Chapter 14 - eating together

Lin Xiao Yi knitted her brows together. She worked as a chef not only because of money but because since she was a child she really liked to cook until she went to college to choose a chef major.

 Actually, Lin Xiao Yi had to continue studying much higher if she wanted to become a professional chef.  But it's a shame because the marriage had to happen.  Lin Xiao Yi had to bury her dreams deep.  But if there was a chance to go back to college, she will continue.

 "How? Do you agree? You don't have to worry about salary problems because I will pay you three times of the salary of a chef," Li Zheng Yu said. For him money was not a problem at all because he was the CEO of a company called China Railway Construction which was engaged in construction. The company was based in Beijing until Li Zheng Yu went to various cities to set up branches to expand.

 "Sorry, I don't want to. I can't be a nanny because I don't like children. I also won't stop being a chef because it's something I really like. You better find someone else who is willing," Lin Xiao Yi said with assertive.  All this time she didn't want to do something she didn't like.

"I have a lot of money so you don't have to worry," Li Zheng Yu persuaded once again.

 "Not everything in this world can be resolved with money," Lin Xiao Yi said emphatically.  Since childhood, she was accustomed to trying to make her own money even though her family was well off.

 Li Zheng Yu was running out of patience facing the stubbornness and pride of the girl in front of him.

 "Alright, if you don't want to," Li Zheng Yu said with a long sigh. Maybe it had to be some other way for Xiao Yi to be willing to be the nanny for her daughter.

 "Mei-Yin, is the food delicious?"  Xiao Yi asked as she fed Mei-Yin a side dish of Peking duck with sweet and sour sauce.

 "Very delicious."  Mei-Yin lifted her thumbs up excitedly and her little face sparkled.

 Lin Xiao Yi can breathe a sigh of relief because she had already satisfied customers with her cooking.  That meant there was no need to worry, according to Manager Wang she would not be fired if the food was delicious.

"Thank you, now eat more so that you grow up," Xiao Yi said, who was very happy.

 "Don't overfeed her. Her stomach is not as wide as an adult's," Li Zheng Yu said, because Mei-Yin had already had eat more.

 "Very well," Xiao Yi said while glancing at Zheng Yu's face.

 "Mei-Yin, it's best not to eat too much. A girl can't eat a lot and will be fat and no one will like you," Xiao Yi said.

 Suddenly Xiao Yi's stomach sounded loud enough that Li Zheng Yu could hear it.

 "If you're hungry then eat, there's no need to be ashamed. I don't want you to faint because of accompanying my daughter to eat," Li Zheng Yu said with a flat face.

 "I'm not hungry," Xiao Yi said. She forgot if she didn't have time for breakfast this morning. She glanced at the various dishes on the table. It really made her stomach struggle even more asking to be filled until Xiao Yi unconsciously drank her saliva.

"Auntie, have a meal with us," Mei-Yin said.

 "Ah, aunty is not hungry at all. Auntie drank too much this morning," Xiao Yi said while enduring the pain in her stomach.

 "Eat it."  Li Zheng Yu took the rice into his plate because it just so happened that he had no appetite.  Then handed it to Lin Xiao Yi.

 "Thank you, but no need. I can eat in the kitchen later," Xiao Yi said firmly.

 "Eat, I said, don't be too prestige. You think you'll be full just by eating prestige," Li Zheng Yu sneered.

 Xiao Yi, who was hungry before, suddenly had no appetite to eat, listening to the words of the man beside her.  Eager to silence his mouth with the food available at the table.  However, for the sake of her position as a chef at the restaurant, she must be patient even longer.

 "If you are hungry, just eat by yourself. I have no appetite," Lin Xiao Yi said with a flared nose.

"How stubborn."  Li Zheng Yu immediately spooned the food and then thrust it into Xiao Yi's mouth.

 "I don't want to," Xiao Yi refused as she covered her mouth with her head while shaking her head firmly.

 "You don't need to refuse because it's rare for a man as handsome as myself to feed a girl like you," Li Zheng Yu said, who was drawn upward.

 Xiao Yi rolled her eyes.  Heard how confident the man beside her was. His self-confidence was too high to disgust her.

 "Open Aunt's mouth like I did," Mei-Yin said as she blinked her eyes so that her curvy lashes twitched.

 Xiao Yi was forced to open her mouth with a flushed face.  And suddenly she felt her heart beat unusually fast.

 'Xiao Yi, what do you think?'  the girl thought to herself.

 "Let me eat alone," Lin Xiao Yi said as she grabbed the cutlery from Li Zheng Yu's hand.

"Mei-Yin, when we finish eating, we better go home because there is a lot of work that daddy should've done," Li Zheng Yu persuaded his beloved daughter.

 "I don't want to, I'll go home with Aunt Xiao Yi," Mei-Yin said with pouted lips.

 "I'm still working so I can't go home with you. You guys go home," Lin Xiao Yi said quickly.  Not wanting to get involved with Mei-Yin and her father again which was already making her quite dizzy.

 "Father, I want to go home with Aunt Xiao Yi," Mei-Yin said with teary eyes about to cry.

 "Sorry, I went to the kitchen first."  Seeing Mei-Yin who was about to cry, Xiao Yi immediately ran away from their table.  Didn't want to get her into more trouble.

 Li Zheng Yu massaged the space between his brows.  It seemed like he had to put up with a lot of patience with Mei-Yin.