Gu Mei stared at Jiang Youzhi's back, tightly twisting the handkerchief in her hand.
She had thought about it for a long time in the room before deciding to come and try Jiang Sanlang.
Jiang Sanlang was as elegant and talented as an orchid in bloom. If he was willing to marry her, she would naturally tell him about that matter. If he avoided it, he would still be the promising Jiang Sanlang, and she could enjoy a good life with him in the future.
Since he looked down on her and didn't want to get engaged, she would wait and see how the high and mighty Jiang Sanlang would fall from the clouds into the mud.
Gu Mei gave a cold smile, that matter wouldn't take long to unfold, and by then, who knew if Jiang Youzhi would regret not agreeing to her.
Jiang Youzhi returned to the kitchen.
Gu Chuan was also there, so it wasn't a solitary man and woman alone.
Yun Jiao saw him come in, moved a chair for him to sit, poured him a cup of water, and then sat down to continue mending Gu Chuan's clothes.
After boiling the water, Jiang Youzhi helped to carry it into the room and poured it into the bath tub, while Yun Jiao finished mending the clothes.
Gu Chuan went to take a bath, and Yun Jiao rummaged through the kitchen, finding a little flour and two eggs.
She beat the eggs, poured them into the flour, added some water, salt, and chopped scallions, mixed it all evenly, then poured some oil into the pan, and poured the batter in to make pancakes.
In her previous life, Yun Jiao didn't know how to cook. Although her family had many ancient books and she read a lot of old recipes in her spare time, she never actually cooked.
With dozens of servants at home, she was a young lady who never lifted a finger.
The skills of cooking and mending clothes came naturally with this body.
Before long, Yun Jiao had made a scallion pancake, which she served to Jiang Youzhi while she continued cooking.
It was just lunchtime, and Jiang Youzhi was hungry. He didn't stand on ceremony and took a bite of the golden, fragrant pancake.
The pancake was delicious and crispy, quickly filling his stomach with one.
Yun Jiao used the spatula to pass over another.
Jiang Youzhi kept eating, finishing three pancakes, and when Yun Jiao offered the spatula again, he waved his hand, "I'm full."
Yun Jiao made two more and put them in the cupboard, then finally made one for herself to eat.
She had only had a few bites when she saw Mrs. Li leaning against the door frame, panting at the kitchen door.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she coyly said, "I've been calling for a long time, how come you didn't hear?"
"Your elder sister has disappeared somewhere, not even cooking, and I'm hungry. Make me something to eat."
As she spoke, she spotted the pancake on Yun Jiao's plate, "I can have some pancakes."
Yun Jiao had been eating the pancake with chopsticks, but hearing Mrs. Li's words, she put down the chopsticks, grabbed the pancake, and stuffed it into her mouth in a couple of quick bites.
Mrs. Li stared at her, dumbfounded.
With her mouth full, Yun Jiao mumbled, "No more pancakes, if you want to eat, make it yourself."
Jiang Youzhi looked at Yun Jiao, whose cheeks were puffed up like a little squirrel, and almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This girl is really possessive of her food, isn't she?
With one hand on the door frame and the other pointing at Yun Jiao, Mrs. Li exclaimed, "You, you, how can you be like this, not caring about your mother—"
Yun Jiao gave her a glance, "I learned to only care for myself from watching you."
"You—" Mrs. Li's face turned pale, and she pointed at Yun Jiao, her body swaying as if she were about to faint any moment.
Yun Jiao raised an eyebrow, "Don't faint, I'm not going to help you up."
Actually, her mother wasn't suffering from anything major. At first, it was just excessive grief, but as she lay in bed every day, her vitality gradually weakened.