Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 326 Yumilia's Emotional Problems

"Thank you, Aunt Masa." Yumilia waved again to the bakery owner standing at the door, happily hugging the jar in her arms.

"It's alright, we have plenty here anyway. You're a regular customer, so giving you a jar is nothing," the proprietress said with a smile.

"Well, I'll be going now. Goodbye."

After saying goodbye, Yumilia got into her car and left.

She came out looking for inspiration for cream puff flavors and ended up at her usual bakery. After chatting with the owner for a long time, she was given a jar of mysterious pickled vegetables, which she said could be used to make cream puff flavors. Apparently, it was a new sweet pickled vegetable they had developed, and the taste had received unanimous praise. Although it was pickled, it was perfectly fine to use it as a sweet filling.

"Mrs. Matsa is such a kind person, hehe. I really look forward to seeing what kind of expression she'll have after eating the new cream puff Caesar," Yumilia thought with a chuckle as she sat in the back seat, clutching her pickled vegetables.

"Madam, shall we go back now?" Kardashian asked.

"Okay, let's go back first. Oh, right, let's go to the market first. It's plum blossom season now," Yumilia said, remembering something.

Plum blossoms are a unique crop that matures only during a specific period in the afternoon. The best time to harvest them is during this time. To keep them fresh, farmers who grow plum blossoms harvest them in the afternoon and sell them in the evening. These blossoms can be used to make a sweet and sour beverage that is very popular, and if you go too late, they may all be gone.

“Just mention it next time, and I’ll send someone to buy it,” Kardashian said.

“It’s alright, I’m going that way anyway, and I’m free anyway,” Yumilia said.

Kardashian then drove her to the market, where there were already many vendors setting up stalls to sell their wares.

"Kardashian, wait for me," Yumilia said before getting out of the car.

She stopped at a stall and started picking things out.
"Little sister, these are all the freshest and best quality, only five gold coins a bundle!" the farmer at the stall said with a smile.

"Sorry, let me take another look." Yumilia shook her head, put down the bouquet, and stood up.

As an elf who has studied at the Institute of Ecology for so long, she can now easily distinguish between good and bad plants, and she skips over those that are not of particularly good quality.

She finally found a stall with decent plum blossom wine, but there was only one bunch left. Just as she squatted down and reached out, she noticed that someone else was also reaching for that bunch of flowers.

Yumilia looked up, but her eyes widened in surprise: "Mrs. Winnie?"

The plump woman in front of her was also somewhat surprised to see her: "Yumeria? I didn't expect to meet you here."

Winnie was their neighbor when they lived in the apartment building; she was a very kind woman.

"What a coincidence, you're here to buy plum wine flowers too?" Winnie asked with a smile.

“Well, I was just coming out for a quick trip, but then I remembered that plum blossom wine is in season, so I came to take a look. It’s been a long time since I’ve had plum blossom wine juice,” Yumilia said.

“I never would have guessed! You’re a lady of leisure now, coming to the market to buy things yourself. I always thought all those ladies of leisure sat at home waiting for servants to wait on them,” Winnie said.

"Hehe. Because I'm free, and I don't have anything to do anyway, so I came out for a stroll," Yumilia said with a grin, scratching her head.

“Then, you can take this. I’ll go take another look over there.” Winnie picked up the bundle of plum blossoms and handed it to Yumilia.

“No, it’s alright, Mrs. Winnie, you take it. I’ll just take another look,” Yumilia said.

After several attempts to refuse, the two decided to each buy half a bundle before going out together.

“By the way, Mrs. Winnie, your daughter is graduating soon, isn’t she?” Yumilia said as they walked. She remembered that Winnie had a daughter who was two years older than Caesar.

“Graduation? Haha, she’s already married, and her child is almost a year old,” Winnie said. “Really? Congratulations,” Yumilia said.

"Oh dear, don't even mention it. Marriage is a complete mess. They've only just settled into stable jobs, and they have to worry about everything. Just a few days ago..."

Mrs. Winnie told Yumilia about the trivial matters at home along the way, and finally sighed, "Ah, your family is so much better. Your Caesar is so successful that you don't have to worry about this or that."

“Well, it’s not like we don’t have to worry about anything,” Yumilia said.

"By the way, your Caesar is almost twenty, does he have a girlfriend yet?" Winnie asked.

"Well... I think so... I'm not entirely sure either," Yumilia said uncertainly, thinking about the relationship between Caesar and Itha.

"But I'm not in a hurry either. The most important thing is that he's happy. There's no need to rush things like getting married," she added.

In fact, Yumilia knew that her two children had been having an ambiguous relationship for a long time. She had noticed it all along, and Ita had told her before that she would marry Caesar when she grew up. She had always hoped that the two children could be together, but she didn't know how their relationship was progressing.

"Come to think of it, your Caesar is so handsome, and now he's a big boss, he must have a lot of girls pursuing him, right? There will be plenty of good girls in the future, you definitely don't need to worry." Winnie said, then changed the subject:
"But what about yourself?"

"Huh? Me?" Yumilia pointed to herself.

“Yeah, you see, when Caesar grows up and gets married, he’ll definitely be with his wife and kids, and you’ll be all alone,” Winnie said.

“Ah, this one.”

Yumilia scratched her cheek awkwardly. She understood what Winnie was talking about. Caesar was adopted, and her family had always been a single-parent household. In addition, as an elf, she matured slowly and had no experience with romance. After all, no man would be interested in her childlike appearance. Even in social situations, she would not be approached by men. Her most frequent contact with the opposite sex was in her daily work at the Ecological Institute and her interactions with the researchers.

“So, Yumilia, you should start thinking about yourself too,” Winnie said.

"No need, I already have Caesar, what's the point of being lonely?"

She waved her hand with a smile and said, "Okay, I didn't mean anything by it, just chatting about everyday things. Look at you, you're so nervous."

"My...that..." Yumilia lowered her head shyly.

"Oh, right, here, this is for you. It's a gift from an event I attended last week." Winnie handed her something that looked like a gift certificate.

"This is... Flower Moon Social Afternoon Tea?" Yumilia asked upon seeing the text on it.

"This, this is something I'm going with friends, right?" Yumilia stammered.

“Oh, not necessarily. There are a lot of single people too. I heard that most of the participants are from the middle class or above, and there are quite a few socialites too. Well, to put it bluntly, if you have a partner, you can exchange relationship tips. If you don’t have a partner, you can meet someone you like and chat with them directly. You should go and check it out,” Winnie said.

"I...I don't need it." Yumilia said awkwardly, her lips twitching.

At her current age as an elf, it's still too early for her to be involved in that kind of thing.

“Sigh, just take it. It’s no use for me anyway. I’m so old, and if my husband sees it, he’ll definitely argue with me. Just take it,” Winnie said. “Besides, with this voucher, drinks and snacks are free. You might as well go and freeload.”

"Well... okay then."

Since that's what they've said, Yumilia couldn't very well refuse, so she thanked them and accepted the gift certificate.

(End of this chapter)