Chapter 18

Pui, pui, pui! Huang Rong, oh Huang Rong, you are the daughter of Huang Yaoshi; how can you be attracted by beauty? The person you choose must be a dragon among men, otherwise, let alone passing your own test, you wouldn't even pass your father's.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Rong brought up Huang Yaoshi again, wanting to intimidate Lin Fan.

Lin Fan's eyes lit up. As expected, it was the pretty Huang Rong. He hadn't guessed wrong; he had just been thinking in the morning that he needed a cook, and she delivered herself to his door by evening. Very good!

As for Huang Yaoshi's threat, Lin Fan didn't take it to heart. After all, everyone would soon be family; a father-in-law hitting his son-in-law is simply not allowed.

"Rest assured, I will never harbor malicious intentions toward you, Miss. Since you are willing to stay, why not become a maid in my Lin Fu? I will give you ten taels of silver every month. This way, you can supervise whether I am as the rumors say, and you won't have to live a life of displacement anymore!"

Lin Fan began to entice her step by step. He naturally knew Huang Rong's background and knew she wasn't short of money, just playing in the world, but to win over Huang Rong, he had to first soothe her fragile heart.

Although Huang Rong was clever and eccentric, she had lost her mother at a young age, and her father had a strange temperament and was not good with words, so her heart was sensitive and fragile.

She had run away after being scolded by Huang Yaoshi, her heart full of grievances, and had been wandering in the Wu Lin. This was the perfect time to break into her heart.

"You, do you have ulterior motives toward me? Ten taels of silver a month for a maid, that's just not right!"

Huang Rong was both moved and vigilant. She was moved by Lin Fan's care, but vigilant because his care was a bit excessive.

"Aren't you a Second-Rate martial artist? Ten taels of silver a month is even a bit of a grievance for you. But I see you aren't good at fighting, so I won't arrange for you to be a guard, and as a maid, ten taels a month is already considered above standard!"

Seeing Huang Rong looking at him stubbornly yet weakly like a vigilant little beast, Lin Fan couldn't help but explain.

"Is that so? That makes sense, but I don't want to be a thug, nor do I want to be a maid!"

Huang Rong lowered her guard slightly, and then her eyes began to roll.

"Oh? Could it be that you want to become my wife and be the mistress of this Lin Fu?"

Lin Fan said with a playful expression.

"That's not it at all, you lecher! I want to be a cook. The food I make is delicious. Ten taels a month can't hire me; it has to be at least thirty taels a month!"

Huang Rong said with a coquettish pout.

"That's fine too. Since you're so confident, then you can be the cook. However, it's getting late today, so we won't test it, but you will make breakfast tomorrow!"

"If you do well, thirty taels a month. If you do average, ten taels a month. If you do very poorly, then you'll obediently be my maid!"

Lin Fan looked at the petite and cute Huang Rong and said with a smile.

"Just wait until you eat your own tongue off!"

"I look forward to it!"

"Lv He, come here for a moment!"

Lin Fan activated his internal energy and transmitted it into the ears of Lv He in the courtyard next door.

Soon, Lv He ran over and discovered that besides the Young Master, there was actually an extra little beggar in the courtyard.

Lv He immediately drew her Qingping Sword and blocked in front of Lin Fan.

"Alright, she is a cook I just hired. Arrange a room for her, let her wash up and rest. I want to test her culinary skills tomorrow morning!"

Lin Fan touched the little girl's head with some emotion and then said softly.

"Young Master, this person's background is unknown, how can you easily take her in? And to be a cook... wait, she's a girl?"

Lv He immediately objected. It was dangerous enough to have someone of unknown origin stay in Lin Fu, and to let her into the kitchen? Wouldn't that be even more dangerous?

But she suddenly realized the Young Master said 'cook', which meant the little beggar in front of her was a girl disguised as a man.

Then Lv He looked at Lin Fan with the eyes of someone looking at a heartbreaker, making him feel extremely awkward.

This little girl, what kind of look is that? It makes it seem like I've let you down.

"It's decided. Go and make the arrangements!"

As soon as Lin Fan finished speaking, he had already entered his room, not giving Lv He a chance to continue.

"Hmph, let's go!"

Lv He sized up Huang Rong and compared their 'magnificent' features, only then satisfiedly leading Huang Rong away to wash up and rest.

Huang Rong felt offended. What kind of look was that from this little maid? Where are you looking? I'm just young and haven't fully developed yet; I will definitely surpass you in the future!

Lv He didn't know Huang Rong's inner complaints. She led Huang Rong to a room and said earnestly: "Since the Young Master chose you to be the cook, I hope you can be diligent and keep to your duties. Also, you must get up at the Mao hour tomorrow to make breakfast. I hope your culinary skills can live up to the Young Master's trust!"

"From now on, you will live with me. I have to supervise you. I'll send you a few sets of clothes later, and then you can wash up and rest."

When it came to wits, Huang Rong could outshine Lv He by ten streets, but this little girl was quite loyal and didn't seem that annoying, so Huang Rong gave up the idea of pranking Lv He.

The little girl drew bathwater for Huang Rong, not knowing she had escaped a disaster.