"Then try the other ones."
"Hmm."
Seeing Shi Aoju eat contentedly, Su Jiuyi hesitated for a moment before boldly making her request: "Can I go out this afternoon?"
Shi Aoju raised an eyebrow: "Where to?"
"I made plans with a friend to go pick out ingredients together," she replied.
"Which friend?" As far as he knew, her only friend was Qi Jingren, and she hadn't mentioned any others.
"A culinary expert, the author of the dessert book I use." She explained.
"When did you meet a culinary expert..."
"At the last masquerade ball," she recalled, remembering that while standing by the window, Shi Aoju ought to have seen Ye Han beside her.
So it was that guy.
Shi Aoju furrowed his brow, realizing he hadn't paid attention to who wrote the dessert book she cherished. He had just thought she simply liked the book, but now it seemed it wasn't as simple as he had assumed.
"No, you can't go." He coldly refused.
"Why?" she asked, dissatisfied.
