Chapter 24: Gu Yanran's dark kitchen
"Furthermore, the Jinling Public Security Bureau has reported that the first thing Mo Bufan did after being released was to meet with people from the Palace. They are currently hiding in a hotel," continued Chu Jun.
Upon hearing this news, Li Yun nodded his head in satisfaction.
Evidently, he was very pleased with the information.
The Li family has strong influence in Jinling, with people from the Li family in every industry in the city. Although their information network doesn't cover the entire city, finding the Palace's subordinates wasn't difficult at all.
Li Yun didn't understand how he had failed in the original story. Could it be that the protagonist's aura was too strong and affected them with a mental blow?
"Keep monitoring them, and inform me immediately of any movement."
Regardless, he couldn't relax.
He didn't know when this secret card would start working for him.
Thinking this, Li Yun headed to the basement through a secret passage.
In the basement, Tao Ruisi was curled up in a corner, disheveled and somewhat emaciated.
Evidently, he had exhausted her the previous night and she still hadn't recovered.
Seeing Li Yun approach, Tao Ruisi showed no intention of fighting or making a dramatic scene, nor any other movement. Only her eyes, which looked at him with such intense fury that it seemed she wanted to devour him alive.
"Don't look at me like that. After all, we are like a one-night marriage, don't you think looking at your man with that expression is inappropriate?" Li Yun took a chair and sat next to Tao Ruisi.
"Scoundrel!"
"You've ruined me, but someday I'll eat you piece by piece," said Tao Ruisi with hatred.
Clearly, she hated him deeply.
Although this was normal, if she didn't hate him, that would be strange.
As for the idea that a woman never forgets her first man, there's only one explanation: she wishes to kill him.
If someone wanted to fall in love at first sight, it would only be if he were the protagonist and had the protagonist's aura.
Without saying much more, Li Yun moved on to the next thing.
Exercising before meals always helps with digestion...
...
An hour later, Li Yun returned to his study satisfied and took the opportunity to take a bath.
Meanwhile, Gu Yanran had already set the food on the table.
At that moment, Gu Yanran's skin was slightly flushed, her forehead covered in sweat drops, and her breathing was quick. Clearly, that hour of work had exhausted her.
That's the difference between men and women. Li Yun had also worked hard for an hour, but now he seemed as if nothing had happened.
Seeing the two dishes and soup in front of him, Li Yun couldn't help but think something was off.
The color of the dishes was strange, somewhat yellowish with dark tones, and the soup also looked odd.
Could it be that Gu Yanran had "poisoned" the food?
With a suspicious look, Li Yun nodded slightly and said, "It's fine."
Upon hearing this, Gu Yanran felt like vomiting.
It was her first time cooking, she had worked for more than an hour and the only thing she got from him was a "it's fine."
If Gu Yanran had known what Li Yun really thought, she probably wouldn't have just felt like vomiting, but would have actually done it.
"If you think it's fine, try it yourself," said Gu Yanran with a proud tone.
This was her labor, after all, and she wanted Li Yun to see that she wasn't just anyone.
"Don't worry, it's your effort, better you try it first."
Afraid of possible poisoning, Li Yun didn't dare to try it himself and decided that Gu Yanran, the author of the dish, should do it.
For Gu Yanran, this meant that Li Yun approved of her work.
Happy inside, Gu Yanran took a piece of lean meat and put it in her mouth, chewing slowly.
"Ugh…!"
"Blech…!"
"Blech…!"
As soon as she chewed, Gu Yanran spat out the meat, continuing with a series of retches, as if she were vomiting like a pregnant woman.
Seeing this, Li Yun put on an expression as if he had already expected it.
Thankfully he didn't eat, because he would have been the one in trouble.
"What the hell is this? It's so salty!"
Gu Yanran, while still vomiting, kept complaining about her own food.
Clearly, if he had eaten, he would have been poisoned.
After a while, Gu Yanran looked at Li Yun with an embarrassed expression.
She wanted to show him her effort, but ended up in this situation.
"Let the maid do it all again, and you go see if you learn something," said Li Yun calmly.
This time, Li Yun didn't take the opportunity to ridicule Gu Yanran.
He knew that, since Gu Yanran was a young lady, it wouldn't be easy to cook something edible the first time. If she didn't kill someone with the food, it was already a good start.
Embarrassed, Gu Yanran said no more and went to get the maid to help in the kitchen.
Thirty minutes later, Li Yun finally enjoyed dinner. Compared to Gu Yanran's "dark food," the maid's food seemed like a delicacy, and Li Yun rarely ate three bowls of rice.
This made Gu Yanran, who was beside him, feel furious, but she couldn't say anything, as she only knew how to make that strange food.
Furious, Gu Yanran decided she had to make a dish that satisfied Li Yun and genuinely surprised him.
She didn't even know why, but now she just wanted to impress Li Yun.
After eating and drinking, the cleaning and dishwashing tasks fell on Gu Yanran.
This time, she didn't dare complain and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.
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On the other hand, in the Hotel.
Mo Bufan arrived with Cheng Tian at the presidential suite, where he met with the Palace's subordinates.
"King, you're back, that's great!"
"That damn Li Yun dared to go against the King, he even killed our brothers from the Palace! We can't forgive them!"
"King, give the order! Together we can destroy the Li family!"
The Palace's subordinates, upon learning that Mo Bufan had been arrested by Li Yun, were furious and wanted to take revenge on him, even exterminating the Li family.
The people of the Palace constantly lived on the edge of death, with their hands full of blood, and the people they had killed were countless.
Therefore, for them, destroying the Li family wasn't something that caused any problem at all.
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