Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 54: Gigolo

Translator: YTJS_  Editor: Perriemix

In a suite in Xiang Yi Restaurant, Helian Xuan and Xia Chunyu were having a few drinks together.

“Even after little Jing returned, he continues going out every day. I have no idea what he is so busy with! Seeing him idling around the whole day gives me a headache. I want to arrange an errand for him, but I’m afraid that he would ruin it and bring shame upon the Helian family.” Helian Xuan had his head in hands, troubled.

Xia Chunyu contemplated his friend’s problem. What is Little Jing busy with? Now that he has found the person he was looking for, isn’t it time that he concentrates on more important things?

“In my opinion, I think it would be better to arrange an errand for him. Giving him something to do would get his mind to settle down and give him a sense of responsibility. Don’t think too much if he’d do well or not. It’s the first few challenges that teach young men. Even you lost your first battles. Hell, I also made a fool of myself on my first assignment! Little Jing is quite clever. Just give him a chance and I’m sure he’d be able to achieve something,” Xia Chunyu said.

Helian Xuan bounced the idea around his head for a while. “I’ll take a look and see if there’s anything suitable for him. Help me look for something, too, okay?”

Xia Chunyu smiled and nodded his head. “Of course, I will take note.”

“Right, what is up with the third madam back when you were at Black Wind Ridge? I never had the chance to ask you,” Helian Xuan asked with curiosity.

Xia Chunyu filled his cup up with wine and downed it in one go. The spicy liquid burned right down to his stomach, but it was still unable to dissolve the knot in his heart.

His predicament has been weighing heavily on his heart. It was a little better in the day when he has things to do that kept his mind off it. At night, however, when all was quiet and he was left to his own devices, he would toss and turn, the memories of Yaoyao haunting him. The mere thought of her would tug at his heart and it was like an unbearable physical ache in his chest. Sometimes, he would wake up in the middle of the night and subconsciously feel around beside him, only to find it cold and empty.

He did ponder over his feelings meticulously, trying to figure out if the reason for his obsession was guilt or because he has genuinely fallen in love with her. Perhaps, it was both.

“She is originally from a good household but she got kidnapped up to the mountains. The first-in-charge rewarded her to me and I always thought that she is a spy… it’s only after the whole fiasco that I found out that she wasn’t. I let her down. She died believing that I turned my back on her. I didn’t even get the chance to make amends.” Xia Chunyu laughed bitterly, filling his cup again.

For a long while, Helian Xuan did not know what to say to console his friend. Finally, he sighed. “Beautiful women suffer unhappy fates.” He paused and said, “You don’t have to beat yourself up over it. It’s understandable that you didn’t trust her right away.”

Xia Chunyu scowled harder and when he spoke, his tone was even more bitter. “You don’t understand. I promised her that I’d get her out of there safely. I promised her that I wouldn’t leave her. She believed me. She trusted me, and I let her down.”

Helian Xuan was at a loss for words. He has known Xia Chunyu since they were young, and they’d been friends for a long time. The Xia Chunyu he knew was a capable, cold, arrogant, and an unruly person. He has never seen him become this depressed over a woman. It was clear that the woman was extraordinary to get him to act like this.

“Forget it, brother. Let’s not think about it anymore, it is all in the past. If you really feel that you have let her down, make it up to her family. Surely, you know where her house is?”