Chapter Thirty Two.

Immediately Duan Xinyue walks out of the bathroom he finds Qin Lanhua there.

"Why are you here again?"

"Lord Xu Kong has sent someone over to inform you to pay him a visit."

Duan Xinyue becomes silent as if he's thinking about something.

"Do you have any idea why he has summoned you?"

"I think it's about last night's incident. He wants me to help him guess who the culprit might be."

"You dress up I'll instruct someone to prepare a carriage for you."

"Thanks Sister Lanhua."

Qin Lanhua turns around in shock,"Did you just thank me?"

"What? Can't I thank you or you want me to take back my words?"

"No need."

When Duan Xinyue reaches the Deputy Governor's Residence he sees parked carriages outside the residence. He can recognize some of the carriages. He sighs with relief knowing he's not the only who was summoned. As he walks to the meeting venue he tenses a bit knowing he's a bit late. He composes himself and walks in. He greets the members present and takes a seat. Du Yichen,Lei Qiang,Wei Yi,Xu Han and a few young men from noble families are present. Even the Minister of Justice Bei Sang is present.

Lord Xu Kong reveals that he thinks the podium incident is related to the appearance of Illusion Lair. The Ministry of Justice doesn't have enough personnel to conduct the investigation so he has decided to select a few noble young men to help in carrying out the investigation to prove their loyalty. The assembled young men vow to do their best to help the county in its critical times.

After the meeting the young men each go on their own way. Duan Xinyue and Qin Lanhua sit down to talk again.

"What was the meeting about?"

"The Illusion Lair. Why would the Ministry of Justice choose random guys to conduct an investigation of such a serious case? I think Lord Xu Kong is already suspecting one of us has a connection with the illusion lair. To find a clue about such a professional secret assassin organization is as hard as finding a needle in a haystack. Those who find more clues may think they are in a better position and anticipate to earn more merits but in real sense it shows how familiar they are with the assassins and it will also arouse his suspicion if someone doesn't report their progress.That old fox is testing us,"Duan Xinyue deduces.

"So what should we do?"

"Become useless and deliver a few common findings at the same time to satisfy him."

Meanwhile at Wei Yi's house he's trying to figure out Lord Xu Kong's motive.

"It's not safe in Meanders City tell our spies to lie low for a while. "

"Should we expose one of our men to satisfy that deputy governor?"

"No. He will pay more attention to us and even get us to become more involved. We can only deliver clues that are similar to the others'."

"Sir you're insightful,"Dragon Guard compliments.

Someone knocks at the door and Dragon Guard opens the door revealing Su Jiali.

"Miss Su why are you here?"

"The last time you said you've never eaten jujube cakes and you don't know how they taste like so I brought you some,"Su Jiali says shyly.

"You may leave us,"Wei Yi speaks referring to Dragon Guard.

Meanwhile Duan Xinyue visits the kitchen to cook. Despite being a good chef,he rarely cooks. From now on he has decided to take over the kitchen so people will pay less attention to him. He notices some spilled minced jujube. Someone must have baked jujube cakes but everyone knows his love for jujube cakes. Who would make some without letting him have a taste?Duan Xinyue can't help but ask the two chefs Uncle Liu and Lao Gong who spend most of the time in kitchen.

"Uncle Liu did you bake jujube cakes yesterday?"

"No. In fact I left early. Lao Gong was the one who closed up."

"Yesterday as I was closing up,Miss Su came in and said she would close up herself,"Lao Gong explains.

"It's fine I don't blame you. From now on I will be one of you."

"Young Master are you sure about this? "

"Don't call me Young Master call me Chef Duan."

"Chef Duan,"Lao Gong and Uncle Liu both call out in unison receiving a bright smile from Duan Xinyue in response.

Duan Xinyue grabs an apron and puts it on,washes his hands and starts preparing the ingredients. His slicing speed and slice sizes are uniform and perfect. The two other cooks can only stare in admiration.

"Chef Duan when did you learn how to cook?"

"I didn't learn it's just an innate talent. Even the first time I cooked the food was great too,"he praises himself.

Xu Han is supposed to go to Hope Temple. Duan Xinyue is too busy to go with him so he goes to Ziran Sect to convince Lei Qiang to go with him.

"Where is Young Master Duan?"

"He said he is busy."

"Busy doing what?"

"He has decided to become a chef so he can't come. He said Qingfeng Pavilion has a lot of customers so he has no choice but to help at the kitchen. Bro Lei you're my only hope,"Xu Han whines.

"Fine let's go."

After cooking the whole day, Duan Xinyue is too tired to do something else so after bathing he gets in bed but before he sleeps Qin Lanhua comes.

"How was your first day as a chef?"

"Hectic. It's not my thing."

"It's fine that you've known the trouble people go through while cooking so you can cut down your appetite."

"I don't think cooking is my thing anymore."

"Are you quitting? "

"I had a second thought. If people notice I've disappeared from the outside world they're gonna become suspicious. I will work for a week while you look for another chef to help in the kitchen. Those two men are struggling. Tomorrow you can put posters to advertise it."

"Fine."