Little Cooking Saint – 0334 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (g)

Chapter 334 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (g)

Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Gumihou

 

Gumihou: *sets fire to calming tea*

 

Now that she had completed everything she needed to do at Qiyun Town, Shiyu did not linger in place. On the very same day, she led her companions back to Grand Martial Empire.

As for their brief appearance at Quyin Town, they were there so briefly that while some people might have some impression of their visit [1], most soon forgot about it. As for that black Soul Drawing Flag, the impression would linger a little longer.

“Where shall we go next?” asked Qing Chen. “Profound Sky?”

“Of course [1],”

“What of Jin Ming? Should we bring him too? I have the impression that he may be baiting us. His true intention was to lure us over there,” said Qing Chen [1].

The way ahead was unknown.

The Woman in Flamingo Red actually managed to teleport away. Although she had borrowed the power of a jade talisman and did not open casually up voids like Wen Heng, it showed that her resources were no joke. She would not be easy to deal with.

There was also the State Master and this tricky Jin Ming.

“I know he did it on purpose,” said Shiyu. “Profound Sky is his stronghold. If we go there, we might get caught like a turtle in a jar.”

“If you know, then why…”

“Don’t you think people like him are too annoying? He caused a big mess to our plans and still plans to reap the benefits like a fisherman on the shore. Does he think we are all vegetarians? This time, I want to go to Profound Sky and will not leave until I see him kneel and cry for his daddy!” said Shiyu viciously.

As for that Jin Ming, just locking him up and beating him half dead would not be enough. The thing he liked best is money, right? Well, she would certainly let him feel what it’s like to carve out a piece of his flesh.

Seeing her gnashing her teeth, Qing Chen [1] reflected on her words again and thought: ‘Catching Turtles in an Urn [2]’? Don’t joke. Isn’t this more like ‘Leading a Tiger Down the Mountain’?

Back at the Grand Martial City [1].

This time, Shiyu did not plan to take too many people with her [1].

She found Ling Xiaoxiao and said, “If I don’t come back in 10 days or sent no messages, leave this place immediately and take [1] everyone with you.”

She did not want to involve too many people in this matter.

Ling Xiaoxiao noticed something odd about the [1] phrasing and guessed that something dangerous must be up. She nodded, “Yes, I shall pay attention. You should be careful too.”

“En,” now that this was done. She suddenly asked, “Have you reconciled with Eleven?”

Ling Xiaoxiao had not expected the topic to change. Her face stiffened, “It’s not like we argued, what’s there to reconcile? I’ve been very busy lately and cannot be with him all the time like before.”

“He didn’t come to see you yesterday?”

Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head, “Did he say he was coming to see me?”

“Yes, ah! He said that he has something important to tell you. Something about clearing up some misunderstanding or something. Anyway, I’m not going to say more and let him explain himself. [1] Once we leave for Profound Sky, I shall leave this place to you,”

A smile bloomed across Ling Xiaoxiao’s face, “You may rest assured.”

Shiyu looked at her and thought of Liu Eleven again, a complicated feeling arose in her heart.

The love of youths has always been like flowers or clouds in a mist, so hazy that no matter how one looks at it, it was like looking at poetry.

She hoped that these two will achieve a happy ending together.

After speaking with Ling Xiaoxiao, Shiyu and Qing Chen left for the Luo mansion.

On the way, Qing Chen suddenly said, “You know that Eleven and Ling Xiaoxiao has feelings for each other?”

“Isn’t it obvious? I’m not blind,” whenever those two talked about each other, both would have a shy or timid expression on their faces.

She guessed that those two did not know what the other person thought of them just yet.

“It turns out you’re not slow when it comes to emotional matters, [4]” sighed Qing Chen.

Shiyu said nothing.

After a long silence. Qing Chen, having noticed that she had not responded [4], decided to press on, “About this matter, why don’t you just help them along and be their matchmaker?”

Shiyu felt more equipped to answer this question.

“Matters of love are too complicated, I dare not intervene.”

She recalled that in her past life, her deskmate used to like a boy. However, maidenly shyness prevented her from confessing her love and she begged Shiyu to help her carry her love letters to the boy.

Later, there was no story of her sending letters on behalf of others where the prince fell in love with the letter carrier. [Gumi has no idea why this unnecessary sentence was included]

The boy accepted the love letter and got together properly with her deskmate. However, the girl was too shy and always ask Shiyu to accompany them on their dates.

Back then she had no idea how to act in a way that would not arouse wrong attention or suspicion. As the matchmaker for the two, she did not see any problem accompanying them to their dates.

However, after a long time, a strange rumour about how she had a crush on the boy came out of nowhere.

Because of this, the deskmate’s attitude towards her changed drastically. The girl began to act cynically toward her and the guy believed the rumours and thought she was secretly in love with him and always give her a look of disdain every time they meet.

She was speechless by their behaviour. People were just making up things according to their own imagination.

She was so angry that she simply stopped associating with them. However, the gossip still followed her.

After a month of speculations, she announced that she was secretly in love with a boy in the next class and the rumours finally died down. 

Then, her ex-deskmate broke up with the boy. After the breakup, the boy approached her and told her he really preferred spending time with her.

When this became known, rumours about her being the reason for their breakup spread like wildfire. This ex-deskmate of hers gave this vivid description of the situation to everyone: I wondered why she was so enthusiastic about helping me send my love letters, but it turns out she has an ulterior motive.

Nearly everyone scolded her for being shameless and laughed at her for stealing a friend’s boyfriend. Wherever she went, she kept hearing people talking bad things about her.

This caused her to suffer a nervous breakdown and she ended up switching schools.

This incident had a profound impact on her. She knew that she was wrong and that the biggest mistake was that she should not have meddled in other people’s love matters.

Regardless of whether it was for their own good or not, matters of love should be solved by the people involved. As the outsider, you might cause more trouble than good.

Since then, she made sure to keep a careful distance away from all couples. She no longer enthusiastically help others to matchmake. Perhaps, it is best to be a bystander.

If they ended up together: Congratulations. If they break up, give them a hug.

That’s it.

Moreover, love is like a little sapling. The little sapling that should have grown freely and bear fruit on its own could die prematurely if someone tries to pull it up to make it grow faster.

It was because of all this consideration that she did not meddle in the matters between Liu Eleven and Ling Xiaoxiao.

In the time they spoke, they arrived at the Luo mansion.

Unexpected, the first person they saw was Liu Eleven. He looked quite bruised up, as though he had been struck. Next to him was Luo Diemeng, who was sitting with her legs crossed and a face twisted in anger, hating that iron was not steel.

Shiyu tilted her head, not quite understanding what these young people were thinking. In the end, she took Qing Chen to see Luo Dongting first. 

 

[Gumihou: …excuse you? What drama is this? If a misunderstanding happened it’s because you were too dumb and your friends were shit. Thank you last paragraph for illustrating Shiyu’s mental inability. It’s not even written by Gumi, believe it or not!]

 

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[1] Just some auto (major and minor) adjustments. Gumi does not wish to talk about it.

[2] Catching Turtles in an Urn – trapping an enemy or besieging an enemy

https://daydaynews.cc/en/history/17121.html

[3] Luring a Tiger Down the Mountain – Enticing an enemy out to face you in a defensible position

http://changingminds.org/disciplines/warfare/36_strategems/36_stratagems_15.htm

[4] Gumihou: … … wut?

 

 

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