Insanely Pampered Wife: Divine Doctor Fifth Young Miss

Chapter 7: Chapter 7: "Enjoying Food, One of the Perks of Being Alive"

"Why is it these two names again...?" She whispered.

This night, as the moon hung high in the sky, she could no longer sleep a wink. As long as she closed her eyes, the two names resounded in her mind.

Sima You Yue, Ximen You Yue.

She tried to scour through all her memories but there were only traces of Sima You Yue however it was a complete blank for Ximen You Yue. Whether it was the past life of her own or this body's there was not even a hint of such a name in either of them.

As she tossed throughout the night, when she looked into the mirror the very next morning, she found a pair of puffy eyes resembling a panda staring back at her. While waiting for breakfast with her Grandfather and Brothers, she chatted a bit and cheered them up.

"Third Brother, Fourth Brother, why haven't you guys gone to the Academy? Big Brother, Second Brother, don't you need to head out today?" Sima You Yue asked but before she could look at them properly, she got distracted as her eyes rested on the dishes on the table that the maids placed before her. They looked pretty much the same as yesterday's unpalatable breakfast. Her brows furrowed deeply as she grudgingly picked up her chopsticks and stared intently at the dishes before her.

"We were waiting for you, we had to make sure that you were alright first. We still have some time, it's still not too late to leave." Big Brother Sima You Qi replied.

"What happened to your eyes?" Second Brother Sima You Ming stared intently at her dark undereye circles.

"Two huge mosquitoes in my room made my whole night restless." She replied bitterly.

It was now summer, hence the appearance of mosquitoes were not a rare occurrence.

She picked and nibbled on breakfast and put her chopsticks down midway.

"Why have you stopped eating?" Sima Lie asked with deep concern.

"The food is horrible, and I have lost all my appetite." Sima You Yue replied very matter-of-factly.

"Haven't you been eating like this all these while?" Sima Lie asked in a befuddled tone as he looked at the breakfast before him and couldn't find any difference from what they usually had.

"Since You Yue doesn't want to eat anymore, clear the table." Sima Lie said aloud.

The maids scurried over and cleared the table up quickly. The other brothers did not voice out any opinions as they didn't really need to rely much on food anymore. The only reason they were eating together was to spend time with Sima You Yue.

"Well then, we'll head over to the Academy now." Sima You Ran stood up as he prepared to leave.

"We'll also head out now." Sima You Qi chimed in.

"Go on, go ahead." Sima Lie waved his hands casually and after all the brothers left, it was just the two of them alone. Sima Lie asked: "You Yue, what are your plans for today? What are you going to do?"

Her initial plan was to study more about this new world and she had wanted to go to the library to read and gather more information, however the quality of food here haunted her so much that she blurted out: "I want to go to the kitchen and have a look. At the same time, I want to teach the chefs a thing or two about cooking!"

"Teach... teach the chefs how to cook?!" Sima Lie choked out, as he stared at her with wide eyes as he stood stunned in place.

"Yes. Oh, weren't you invited by the Emperor to the palace to discuss some things? Don't worry, I won't go out, I'll be good and stay home the whole day." She reassured him. She knew her Grandfather was afraid that if she went out on her own, she might get bullied again. Now that she had given him her word, he should be more assured.

However, Sima Lie did not believe her entirely as she had done this countless times in the past, once he stepped out, she followed suit and went out on her own. But when he saw her head straight to the kitchen, he could only throw in more faith in her words and hope she would stay home as promised.

Sima You Yue stayed in the kitchen the whole day and when Sima Lie returned from the palace, she called out excitedly: "Grandfather, come quickly! Try out these new dishes they've prepared!" She grabbed a pair of chopsticks and picked up the closest dish and fed it straight into Sima Lie's mouth.

"Mmmmmm!" Sima Lie was surprised as he closed his eyes and slowly savoured the delicious food she just fed him. "What dish is this? How is it so delicious?!"

"This was what I've taught them today! How is it? Isn't it delicious?" She asked with a sparkle in her eyes.

"Hahaha, really much better than before!" Sima Lie beamed with pride.

"Of course, they spent the whole day practising to finally get to this point." She quipped. Although they failed to meet her requirements, this was still much better than what she had been eating the past few days.

She even dragged Chun Jian and You Yue into the kitchen when she felt that they had a bit of talent in this area. In fact, the dish that she had just fed Sima Lie was cooked by You Yue.

"Very good, let them prepare more delicious food for you next time. See, you can do it if you put your mind to it! In future, you can spend more time teaching them more dishes." He tried to encourage her as she rarely had other interests. She only knew how to chase handsome men or create trouble.

"I know, don't worry." She answered softly. Suddenly, she thought of something and she immediately put down her chopsticks and sat up straight before she looked at Sima Lie warmly.

"Grandfather, I would like to go to our Book Pavilion to have a look at some books." The Book Pavilion was what they called the library in her previous world. She really had to get used to the different terms they used in this new world.