Adorable Food Goddess

Chapter 136: Bickering

Translator: Kats  Editor: Perriemix

As the boat slowly came closer, the sound of the qin stopped and the green yarn slowly opened. Liu Yiyi stepped out wearing a white silk coat that emphasized her small waist and a long silk skirt with a white soft smoke pattern. Both the cuffs and the skirt were embroidered with bright yellow silk thread that complemented the goose yellow muslin on her arm. She walked gently and delicately as if she was treading on a glass, her steps crossing like a cat.

Little Jing’s boat was positioned perfectly in front of the water stage so Ye Jiayao was able to see Liu Yiyi clearly.

She was really a beauty. Her dark hair framed her face her seductive eyes in a way that accentuated them even more. Ye Jiayao could totally see what Zhao Qixuan was saying about the courtesan’s high quality.

“She is beautiful but she still can’t compare with Susu,” Zhao Qixuan exclaimed.

“She is beautiful but she cannot compare with… someone,” Little Jing repeated.

Xia Chunfeng squinted at him. “What are you talking about?”

Little Jing raised his brows, giving nothing away.

Xia Chunfeng lips twitched. “Idiot.”

Ye Jiayao was frustrated to find that Liu Yiyi really was gorgeous. She could not compare to her! The woman was elegant, could play the qin, has a face that could launch a thousand ships and a body that men would kill for. She could grudgingly say that Liu Yiyi really was worth thousands of silvers.

I am worth thousands of silvers, too! Well, I can make thousands of silvers, at least, so I should be much better than her! Right?

Ye Jiayao hated feeling this unsure of herself. She’s an imperial chef, for cripes’ sake! Why was she feeling so insecure compared to a woman whose job was to just to giggle and look pretty?

Her predicament was so shallow and so unlike her that she could not help but let out a bitter laugh.

The three nobles turned to her, looking at her as if she had lost the plot.

Ye Jiayao rolled her eyes. “What?”

They shook their heads.

“Chunfeng, go and ask Lady Liu over to the boat later,” Little Jing said.

Xia Chunfeng’s forehead wrinkled. “Why me? I have nothing to do with her.”

“Just go there,” Zhao Qixuan urged.

“Fine. I’ll try.”

Fortunately for them, Liu Yiyi was easy to invite today. After her appearance on the stage and a few rounds on other boats, Liu Yiyi came to them.

“I wish peace to Young Royal Highness, Heir-Son Lord Zhao, and Heir-Son Lord Xia,” she greeted softly, sounding and looking coquettish.

Ye Jiayao couldn’t believe that this woman’s income relied on  this.

When Liu Yiyi looked at Ye Jiayao with her bright eyes, she smiled and asked, “May I dare to ask who this sir is?”

“He is the famous chef who makes ice cream mooncakes in Jin Ling. He is the head chef of Heavenly Residence and he’s also the Mobile Imperial Chef, Li Yao,” Little Jing responded proudly.

“Helian Jing, stop talking me up,” Ye Jiayao muttered.

Liu Yiyi hid her surprise. “So you were the one who invented the ice cream mooncakes?”

She has heard people talking about this chef before but she didn’t expect her to be a  woman.  Liu Yiyi wondered if the company of nobles she was keeping knew about it.