âYoung Miss, Old Master asked you to go over.â Aunt Zhou stood at the door and called her softly.
âOh, okay.â
She looked at Zhuang Mengmeng. âHave a good rest. When you feel better, make some food for me.â
Zhuang Mengmeng: â???â
Ming Shu didnât lock the room after she left. Zhuang Mengmeng could see the corridor outside.
Seemed like she was really safe.
Zhuang Mengmeng didnât know if she should feel relieved.
...
Old Master Wen was in the study alone. The bodyguards had left.
âYinyin, have a seat.â
Ming Shu sat beside Old Master Wen.
âYinyin, I have something to tell you...â
Ming Shu made an X with her hand. âIf you are going to tell me about some arranged marriage Iâve had since young, I will reject it!â
âHuh?â Old Master Wen was stunned. He started laughing. âItâs not about this.â
â???â If itâs not about an arranged marriage, what could it be?!
Old Master Wen turned serious. âFrom today onward, your Brother Yu Shen will be staying with us. You might meet some inconveniences. I have given him the third floor. You will not be affected.
âAlso, you must be careful when you are outside. Iâll hire bodyguards for you.
âYou two are same-aged childhood friends. if you can, accompany him more. He... is quite pitiful.â
Ming Shu retaliated. âGrandfather, if I remember correctly, we were just neighbors when we were young. That is not a childhood friend.â
Old Master Wen replied, âYou two are childhood friends.â
âYou are the old master. Anything you say is right. If thereâs nothing else, I will go eat some food now.â
âHuh?â Old Master Wen stopped her. âWhy are you eating so much recently. If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me.â
Ming Shu found an excuse for herself. âMaybe Iâm still growing.â
Ming Shu left the study and went to the dining hall.
Aunt Zhou hadnât finished making food so Ming Shu went into the kitchen.
âYoung Miss, this is Young Master Yuâs.â
Aunt Zhou stopped Ming Shuâs hand quickly.
Ming Shu: â...â
Ming Shu looked at another dish.
âYoung Miss, that is Young Master Yuâs too.â
Ming Shu sighed. âAunt Zhou, is there anything for me?â
Snatching my food at my house!
Donât let me see this childhood friend of mine!
Aunt Zhou looked at her apologetically. âIâm still making your food. Why donât you have some snacks first?â
Ming Shu hugged her snacks and went to Zhuang Mengmengâs room.
âZhuang Mengmeng, the organization has an important task for you!â
âOrgan... organization?â Zhuang Mengmeng suddenly stammered. âWhat... what task?â
...
Zhuang Mengmeng took some time to understand the situation. She looked at the apron she was wearing. This was an important task?
Which organization needed such things!
âMiss Mengmeng, these are your ingredients.â
âOh, thank you.â
Aunt Zhou waved her hand. âI have to thank you instead. Iâm really busy today. I was afraid that Young Miss would be angry.â
Last time, there was only Young Miss and Old Master in the house. They were not picky about their food so she was able to cope.
However, the young man that came today had a special diet. Aunt Zhou felt tired from all the work.
Old Master had hired more servants; they would be coming tomorrow.
âErm... is her temper bad?â Young Miss seemed like a friendly person, although she said some weird things sometimes.
âYoung Missâs temper is good.â Aunt Zhou smiled. âSheâs just easily hungry these past few days. Maybe she is still growing so she needs to eat more.â
âOh is it...â
âYes. Young Miss never brought any friends home before.â Aunt Zhou smiled. âYoung Miss seems happier recently. It must be due to her friends. This is good...â
Zhuang Mengmeng: â...â
She didnât dare to say anything.
She was not her friend. She was just picked up from the street.
Zhuang Mengmeng cooked really quickly. The visual was not good, but the taste was delicious. You could tell how nice the food was when Ming Shu asked for another bowl.
âAre you interested in becoming a chef?â
Zhuang Mengmeng rejected the idea. âMy dream is to become a teacher.â
âWhat is so good about being a teacher? A human should live to eat.â
âHumans should have ambition.â
âBut if you donât eat, youâll die.â
â...â This makes sense.
Aunt Zhou came down with the food. Ming Shu glanced at the plate. None of the food was touched.
After that, Aunt Zhou continued working in the kitchen to remake the food.
âYou house...â Zhuang Mengmeng looked at the bodyguards in the living room. âIs it always like this?â
âYou might not believe it but when I left this morning, it was not like this. I only know that someone is living in our house after I came back. Look, Aunt Zhou canât even cook for me now.â
Zhuang Mengmeng looked at Ming Shu.
Zhuang Mengmeng asked Ming Shu the question she always wanted to ask: âHow did you save me?â
Ming Shu started engaging in wild talk. She exaggerated everything and made herself sound like an invincible hero.
After experiencing many hardships, she finally saved Zhuang Mengmeng.
Zhuang Mengmeng: â...â
She didnât believe anything Ming Shu said.
It was hard to believe it.
Ming Shu was curious. âWhy did that person want to abduct you?â
âUhh...â
Ming Shu didnât mention supernatural powers just now so Zhuang Mengmeng didnât know where to start.
âDonât worry, I know about supernatural powers.â
Zhuang Mengmeng blinked. âAre you a mutant too?â
If that was the case, it would not be difficult for Ming Shu to save her.
âNo.â Ming Shu smiled. âIâm just a normal person.â
Zhuang Mengmeng was shocked. Wouldnât normal people be wiped of their memory?
Most importantly...
How could a normal person save her?
Zhuang Mengmeng had a meal with Ming Shu so she felt more relaxed around her.
âIâm not sure, either. They said that... I can suck supernatural powers and told me that Iâm special. This is my third time being abducted. I was saved by the Supernatural Power Administration the last two times.â
Zhuang Mengmeng felt depressed. âMy life is a mess now. I donât know why Iâve been involved in such things.â
Ming Shu patted her shoulders. âWhen God is about to grant a man great responsibility, he will first let him practice his cooking skills.â
âHuh?â Did she learn fake proverbs?
âYou will only have the energy to struggle if you fill up your stomach.â Ming Shu smiled as she spoke.
Zhuang Mengmeng: â...â This actually made sense to her.
âI... I will cause trouble for you all,â Zhuang Mengmeng said. âWhy donât I leave this place first. I will definitely repay you in the future.â
âDonât be afraid. Thereâs a bunch of bodyguards here. We can always run away first if something happens.â
Run... away first?
We can do this?
But...
Those are other peopleâs bodyguards.
Zhuang Mengmeng grabbed her hands tightly. âThose are mutants. If you saw their powers, you would know that normal people are not their match.â