Chapter 141: Chapter 141 - One-Hundred and Forty-One: Questions

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Yan Tang showed a rare moment of childishness before Mai Fen as she retorted, “We were out working!”

Mai Fen swatted her shoulders in mock admonishment. “You mean you were accompanying Shi Xiu when she worked, right? It’s not like you’re willing to feed the chickens and ducks.”

Yan Tang smiled without saying anything. Shi Xiu reached out to grab chicken feet from one of the dishes and said, “Of course, Yang Tang is willing. She helped me carry the feed basket. We worked well together!”

Yan Tang laughed, and so did Mai Fen. Mai Fen tapped the back of Shi Xiu’s hand with her chopsticks, gently chiding, “Don’t eat with your hands! Sit down when you’re eating. What’s the hurry?”

Shi Xiu stuffed the deboned chicken feet into her mouth and repeatedly nodded while mumbling with her mouth full, “This is delicious!” She grabbed a stool and sat down.

Yan Tang and Xiao Zhao sat on either side of Shi Xiu, and sitting opposite Shi Xiu was Ji Fei. Shi Xiu swiftly stood up to scoop a bowl of rice for Ji Fei before handing it to him with both hands. “Here you go, Master!”

Ji Fei smiled and thanked her as he accepted the bowl of rice.

“Hey, what about me?” Si Kun shouted.

Shi Xiu was quite perceptive; she quickly scooped another bowl of rice and handed it to Si Kun. “Mr. Si, please help yourself to the food.”

By the time Yun Liu realized and went to scoop some rice for her seniors, she only had time to give one bowl to Mai Fen as Shi Xiu had already speedily handed everyone else their rice. She’d even scooped up a bowl of rice for Yun Liu and placed it in front of her. “Here, Yun Liu. This is yours.”

Si Kun couldn’t help but say, “Whoa, slow down there! Why are you in such a hurry?”

Shi Xiu sat back down and chuckled, “I wanna eat! I’m hungry!” That made everyone laugh, and they began eating after some polite conversation.

“Today, Mr. Si and I dedicate this meal to Mr. Ji and Shi Xiu! Congratulations to

Mr. Ji for taking on a talented disciple and to Shi Xiu for gaining a master!” Xiao Zhao cheered. “Let’s raise our glasses to them and celebrate! Come, everyone, cheers!”

Everyone raised clinked their glasses together, and Shi Xiu merrily stated, “Thank you, everyone! Thank you!” She was evidently better at socializing than Ji Fei. After a glass of wine, everyone chatted as they ate.

Yun Liu ate with refined manners, while in comparison, Shi Xiu… Well, it could only be said that she made a clean sweep of the food. Yan Tang couldn’t help but comment, “Will you please slow down? The food isn’t going anywhere.

Aren’t you afraid your fans will dislike you when they see you like this?”

Shi Xiu was grinning even as she chewed her food and said, “Why do I have to be so polite when eating is such a happy activity? Besides, my fans are long used to me being unbothered about such formalities!”

Everyone looked at Shi Xiu dotingly at that. Si Kun put down his chopsticks and told her, “Shi Xiu, I originally thought you were just a wealthy young lady who came here for fame. To be fair, you were late on the first day, giving me quite a bad impression of you even before you came.”

Shi Xiu giggled. Yun Liu—sitting beside Yan Tang— suddenly poked her head out and curiously inquired, “By the way, Shi Xiu, why were you late on the first day? Didn’t the production team provide all of us with private cars to drive us here? Did you miss your plane?”

Shi Xiu scratched her head in embarrassment and replied, “No, I should have arrived with you, actually. The production team arranged for us to take different cars. However, when we were about to leave the airport, a child suddenly fell ill, and no car was available, so I discussed it with the production team. I asked them to send the child to the hospital first before coming back to pick me up.”

For so many days, no one had asked about Shi Xiu’s late arrival, and Shi Xiu also never mentioned it, so they didn’t know that such an interlude had occurred.

“What happened after that?” Yan Tang questioned.

“The child was very sick. The hospital near the airport couldn’t take him in; he had to be taken to the hospital in the city center. The driver said that since they’d come this far, they might as well go the extra mile. They sent the child to the city, and I had to figure out a way to come here by myself. I had too much luggage; they couldn’t all fit in one car, so I chose the airport bus. It’s cheap and can carry all my luggage. But it’s slow.”

“After a while, I left my luggage on the airport bus and only brought the important things along before taking a taxi here. In the end, I arrived here much later than expected,” Shi Xiu continued.

Shi Xiu embarrassedly apologized, “I’m very sorry for making you all wait so long. It was my first time going out by myself; I didn’t have any experience. Actually, I could’ve left my luggage at the airport and taken a taxi; that wouldn’t have taken much time. But, I took the bus—which took me further and further away from my destination—before switching to a taxi and ended up wasting a lot of time.”

Yun Liu wished she could take back the question she had just asked. She’d intended to embarrass Shi Xiu but had unexpectedly given the girl the upper hand. ‘Is Shi Xiu here to jinx me? she mentally grumbled..