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Lin Yuan pursed her lips with a smile and waved to the chef, whispering a few words in his ear.

The chef furrowed his brows, looked at Lin Yuan with some suspicion, and took away the clean stack of bones.

Before long, the chef returned with a beaming face, holding a steaming bowl of soup, his voice filled with excitement, "Miss, the method you mentioned really works, this soup is indeed delicious!"

Lin Yuan curled her lips in a smile and said, "Since that’s the case, I wonder if you could agree to what I just mentioned?"

The chef nodded joyfully, "Agreed, agreed, not just one, but even two! Oh right, and for your meal today, we’re not charging you. If it’s not enough, I’ll have the kitchen send up another one!"

Hearing the chef’s words, Lin Wei, Xiao He, and a few others covered their mouths, stealing laughs. Their table already had three roast geese on it, and they all ate with greasy lips and full stomachs.

Having eaten enough roast goose, they divided a basin of soup as white as creamy gelatin among them.

Lin Wei and the others were fine, but Dong Qing was so excited he couldn’t even speak.

He had come to Liu Ji for roast goose more than once or twice, but never had he enjoyed a meal as delightful as today.

This soup was truly a gastronomical delight.

Lin Wei covered her mouth, teasing, "Such soup counts as a culinary delight? You haven’t tasted my elder sister’s cooking; if you tried her food, no matter how good anyone else’s is, you’d find it bland in comparison."

Dong Qing had indeed heard of Lin Yuan’s culinary skills before, but as she was the mistress and he merely a young servant, even if Xia Zheng highly valued him, he knew his place well and wouldn’t dare let Lin Yuan cook for him.

Dong Qing chuckled, but he was indeed very curious about Lin Yuan’s cooking skills.

Together, they had consumed three roast geese and a large basin of soup, finally feeling fully satisfied.

Looking at the color of the sky outside, Lin Jiaxin and the others were probably getting ready to eat too. Without staying any longer, Lin Yuan quickly led everyone back home.

The chef and shopkeeper of Liu Ji were indeed honorable, not only waiving their bill but also sending an extra three roast geese.

Initially, Lin Yuan had only asked for two, intending to send one back with Dong Qing for Xia Zheng, and keeping one for Lin Jiaxin and others. Unexpectedly, Liu Ji was so honest that they gave them three instead.

Catching the three tightly wrapped, yet still aromatically steaming roast geese, Xiao Linshuang’s saliva started flowing again, no wonder that simpleton liked to eat so much, the taste was indeed good!

By the time the group arrived home, it was already late. Dong Qing, still thinking about delivering the meal to Xia Zheng, didn’t enter the house but hurried back instead.

As he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back, and said in a low voice to Lin Yuan, "Miss, I just remembered a phrase the young master said after I had eaten."

Lin Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly, so this fellow couldn’t remember what Xia Zheng had said if he was hungry?

Seeing Lin Yuan’s cannibalistic expression, Dong Qing instinctively shrank his neck, then chuckled and stepped back before quickly conveying Xia Zheng’s words, "The young master asked you to stay home on the fifteenth, he will come out of the ancestral hall to spend the Lantern Festival with you."

Lin Yuan’s eyebrows raised, and her lips involuntarily curled up, only to hear Dong Qing muttering to himself again, "The young master is really strange, with a feast at the palace every Lantern Festival, how can he come out and stroll with you? Isn’t he afraid of angering his father and Madam?

Last year, when the lord and Madam couldn’t find him at the palace, they were so furious.

If they can’t find him again this time, won’t my little behind suffer?

Oh no, I need to go back and discuss this with the young master, maybe I can convince him to take me along? "

Muttering to himself, Dong Qing ran back, forgetting even to take the carriage, leaving the coachman staring dumbfounded.

Lin Yuan shook her head amusedly, turning to go back to the mansion with her sisters.

However, as she took a step, her body suddenly stiffened, and she unconsciously glanced sideway only to see a figure hastily hiding behind the stone lion across the street.

The stone lion was stationed right outside Yao Mansion’s gate. With a cold chuckle, Lin Yuan knew without asking that the person spying on her was definitely sent by Yao Mansion.

It seems that Yao Hanai is not as gentle and pleasant as she appears on the surface.