Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 16: You Must Lose

Translator: Kats  Editor: Perriemix

Xia Chunyu was slouched on the couch, resting, when he heard Ye Jiayao humming as she made her way back to the house. “So noisy.”

Ye Jiayao shut her mouth and stealthily went over to the cabinets to hide her silvers. It was her private money and it needed to be hidden well.

Xia Chunyu opened one eye and saw her moving around like a thief. What goodie was she hiding?

“Go get a cup of tea for me.”

“What do you want a tea for? Aren’t you sleeping?” Ye Jiayao muttered as she went to get water for him.

“I want dragon well tea.”

Ye Jiayao narrowed her eyes at him, her tongue itching to give him a verbal lashing. He really just had to be difficult. As he was a don, Ye Jiayao had no choice but to go to the kitchen and bring him hot water.

As soon as she left the room, Xia Chunyu got up and opened her wardrobe, reaching out with his hands. He touched some silvers that weighed almost five bucks. Wasn’t that what she lost last night? Where did she get it? Did she ask them back from Song Qi and Peng Wu?

Xia Chunyu thought she had a headache and could not sleep last night. How could she possibly do that? She lacked poker skills and gambling luck. Xia Chunyu looked down at the silvers in his hand and immediately pocketed it, softly sneering. As if nothing happened, he returned to the couch and laid back down.

“Chunyu, tea is here.”

Xia Chunyu got up and took the tea to the study.

Ye Jiayao stood behind the assorted lattices and peeked at him. She saw him took out the map to study, so she tiptoed to open the wardrobe to move the silvers. She thought that it was better to hide them under the bed.

Where were the silvers? Ye Jiayao couldn’t find them! She knew for sure that this was where she hid them. He must’ve found out!

Should I ask for it back? Why not? Even though he paid the debt, it was her who won the money back. It belonged to her. After some consideration, Ye Jiayao marched to his study confidently.

“Chunyu, did you take the thing I put in the wardrobe?” Ye Jiayao asked softly, trying to stay calm.

Xia Chunyu didn’t even give any indications as to what he did. He simply replied, “What thing?”

“Silvers.”

“Where did you get silvers?”

“I… I won it back.” Ye Jiayao’s newfound confidence was slightly wilting.

Xia Chunyu finally lifted his eyes and looked at her. “You still owe me five silvers anyway.”

How is he such a stingy man?!

“I used my wisdom and tried so hard to win back those silvers. You should at least split half with me!” Ye Jiayao complained.

“Oh? With your wisdom? Could you tell me how smart you were? Enlighten me.” Xia Chunyu’s expression held a clear ridicule towards her.

“It was Rock, Paper, Scissors. Don’t look down on this easy game, it has lots of wisdom. If you don’t believe me, then let’s play one round. If you lose, return the silvers to me. If you win, you can keep it.” Ye Jiayao was angry that she had to resort to this maximum compromise to win her money back.

“It was originally mine. Why do I need to bet with you?” Xia Chunyu ignored her and continued to look at his map.

Ye Jiayao sat down sadly and complained, “When I lived at home, I should’ve been given three silvers per month, but stepmother always finds a reason to deduct. Sometimes, she said that they had less income and could not afford to spend any more. Sometimes, she said I was too easy-going that the servants might try to scam it from me. Other times, she’ll say that she forgot and she would give it all together in the next month. However, I never got any reimbursement the month after. I found it embarrassing to fight for a couple of silvers so I let it go. I got nothing while my younger sisters had new clothes made and got gifted new pieces of jewelry. My grandmother sent many things to me but they never arrived in my hands.”