Why am I, a cook, always involved in cases?

"You seem to be a little short of money?"

"Indeed, the situation is quite tight."

"Can you give me some time to repay the debt after I have achieved success?"

"I'm afraid it's difficult to do so. If we can gather ten thousand silver taels right away, that would be perfect."

"One...it's actually a huge amount of ten thousand!"

Seeing Liu Wu stunned with shock, Lin Zhiruo secretly planned a countermeasure in her heart.

As long as a way to raise funds can be found, Liu Wu would be a suitable candidate to redeem himself.

He looks energetic and full of life, and Yuqin should not refuse easily.

She might not refuse, but whether she would be happy about it is unknown.

(Um--)

Lin Zhiruo looked at Liu Wu's depressed look and couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Wu seemed to feel the same way and looked at Lin Zhiruo with an uneasy expression.

"...Suppose I could raise these ten thousand taels of silver, do you think I could buy my freedom?"

"Is Lord Liu worried that the young lady will firmly refuse?" Lin Zhiruo asked calmly. Liu Wu's eyes were bloodshot and his teeth were clenched.

She just said it was possible, without making a firm statement.

(There's nothing I can do about it.)

Lin Zhiruo stood up and slowly walked to Liu Wu.

"Sir Liu, could you please stand up?"

"……certainly."

Liu Wu, who was in a depressed mood, acted like a obedient big dog and followed Lin Zhiruo's instructions.

"Then please take off your shirt, sir, and raise your hands to your shoulders to make your muscles more visible."

"Ok."

Liu Wu did as he was told, but the eunuch guarding him panicked and tried to stop Liu Wu.

"I have no ill intentions. I just want to observe carefully."

Even if Lin Zhiruo explained it this way, the eunuch found it hard to accept.

Liu Wu sat back in his chair dejectedly.

"Will you not be rejected if you take off your clothes?"

"I am only judging based on Miss Yuqin's preferences."

“…I’ll do as you say.”

Liu Wu began to undress, and the eunuchs tried to stop him, but he silenced them by showing a mysterious jade pendant that symbolized his official position.

Lin Zhiruo circled around Liu Wu, who had posed, and looked at him carefully from different angles.

Sometimes he would make a square with his thumbs and index fingers and look through it carefully.

He was indeed a military officer and had a strong physique.

The skeleton is upright and the muscles are evenly distributed.

His right arm is slightly thick, perhaps because he is right-handed.

Although Yuqin is not picky about food, she does have her preferences.

If Yuqin were here at this moment, she would probably be drooling over it.

"Then please take off your lower body clothes as well, sir."

"...You want your lower body too?"

"Lower body too."

Lin Zhiruo said seriously.

Although Liu Wu was reluctant, he untied his belt, leaving only a loincloth covering his body.

Even so, Lin Zhiruo remained expressionless and examined intently.

His waist and legs are strong, which shows that Liu Wu has never slacked off in his daily exercise.

The thigh muscles bulge and connect evenly to the knee joint, then extend to the calf, bulging all the way.

(What great muscles.)

(That's exactly what the lady wants.)

Compared with those guests who were addicted to alcohol and sex and had big bellies, Liu Wu had a much better figure.

The skin does not appear pale or sickly.

Lin Zhiruo thought this might work, so she asked Liu Wu to change his posture and observe the lines of his muscles.

Liu Wu also seemed to be easily carried away by success, and his postures became more and more vigorous.

Lin Zhiruo was about to confirm the most critical part and said:

"Then please take off one more piece of clothing..."

At this moment, there was a "bang" sound of a door opening.

Liu Wu, who was originally posing happily, suddenly turned pale.

The eunuch's face looked as ugly as if he had been sentenced to death.

Lin Zhiruo was dumbfounded.

"What are you doing?"

The harem steward and his deputy stood in front of the door with angry faces.

Outside the door, the palace maids who were peeping seemed to have seen something they shouldn't have seen, and they all fainted on the ground.

all in all……

"Good luck to General Manager Quan."

Lin Zhiruo replied first.

Things in this world are truly wonderful.

Lin Zhiruo thought so.

Why am I kneeling on the ground now?

And Quan Wushuang was right in front of Lin Zhiruo, looking at her with cold eyes.

Liu Wu, who had been in the same room with her just now, was now half-naked and left dejectedly.

What a complete fool.

Although Lin Zhiruo felt that Liu Wu was cunning, she also thought that if he was there, things would only become more complicated, and perhaps it would be better if he was not there.

"What were you doing just now?"

Lin Zhiruo raised her face while thinking, "When a beauty is angry, she is really scary."

Quan Wushuang crossed his arms over his chest and stood with his legs crossed, as if trying to intimidate everyone.

Behind him, Gao Zhongcheng had the look of a Buddhist monk who had reached the state of selflessness, with his hands clasped together.

In front of the two entrances, although the two eunuchs looked tired, they still frequently stole glances at the beautiful chief eunuch.

Outside the tightly closed door, there must be a group of palace maids peeping.

Lin Zhiruo was thinking about what to do when she went out later.

"I didn't do anything. It was just that Lord Liu came to discuss something with me."

Lin Zhiruo had already reported this to Caiwei when she was in the Glazed Palace.

The clothes were washed in the morning, and there is no tea party appointment today, so there is no need to taste the food.

As long as I get back before dinner, it probably won't affect my work.

"Then why does that man look like that?"

Oh, so that’s what it is—Lin Zhiruo thought.

Although there were guards present, it was indeed inappropriate for a man outside the harem to be so disheveled.

This misunderstanding must be resolved right now—she thought.

"I have done nothing wrong. I have not touched anything, I have only admired it carefully."

Lin Zhiruo emphasized the four words "just admiring", telling herself that she had not even touched him with a finger, and only hoped that Quan Wushuang could understand her meaning.

However, Quan Wushuang widened his eyes and leaned back slightly.

I always feel that Gao Zhongcheng's expression seems to have entered a state of liberation from a state of selflessness. Why does he look at Lin Zhiruo with a bodhisattva-like expression?

"You... carefully admire it?"

"Exactly. Just admiring it."

"Why?"

"There's no real reason. I just wanted to check it out myself to see if it suits my taste. Confirming it with my own eyes is probably the best way."

Lin Zhiruo thought a lot about Yuqin's redemption, but she also wanted to respect Yuqin's feelings.

Although Yuqin is a sentimental person, Lin Zhiruo feels that it would be great if she could marry the man of her dreams.

If Liu Wu and Yuqin had very different preferences, Lin Zhiruo would not have given him such advice.

Lin Zhiruo doesn't like to take care of others.

Before Lin Zhiruo traveled through time, she grew up in Hongxia Tower before being adopted by the father of this world.

The one who took care of her at that time was Yuqin.

Although Yuqin had never given birth, she had a special physique and could secrete breast milk, so Lin Zhiruo was raised by her.

When Lin Zhiruo's original body was born, Yuqin had just finished her apprenticeship training, but her body was already mature.