I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Lou Wangyue had originally planned to have Su Banxia get closer to her mother today, and cooking was just a pretext to get Su Banxia to come to the mansion.

But now that Su Banxia had been upset because of him, Lou Wangyue couldn't hold back his anger. He felt annoyed just looking at all the people in the kitchen.

So he waved to Jixiang.

"Get all these people out of here. I find them annoying. I'll also go to the front and tell my mother that I'm staying in the kitchen to help Banxia cook today. I want my mother to try my cooking later."

Upon hearing this, Jixiang nodded in agreement. With a wave of his hand, several guards rushed in from outside and lifted up all the servants who were kneeling in front of Lou Wangyue, crying and wailing.

"Stop crying and making a scene here. Since you're not doing anything, you should leave quickly so as not to annoy the master."

"Please forgive us this time. We were blind and didn't recognize your greatness. We have offended Miss Banxia."

"Miss Banxia, ​​you are very generous, please don't hold it against us."

"Miss Banxia, ​​please beg our master to spare us this time."

"Yes, I have elderly parents to support and young children to raise. If I didn't have this job, I really wouldn't be able to survive!"

Su Banxia wasn't a kind-hearted person to begin with, and now, listening to this group of people wailing and howling in front of her, she had no intention of helping them at all; instead, she just felt annoyed.

After all, these people were quite capable in front of him just now, completely different from their current pitiful and pathetic state.

Now that they're acting all pitiful, I naturally won't go easy on them.

So Su Banxia stopped looking at them and turned to busy herself with cooking.

Seeing Su Banxia's appearance, Lou Wangyue felt for some reason that Su Banxia was different from other women. If it were any other woman, she would have pretended to beg for mercy from these people, even if she was just putting on an act. She would have helped these people beg for mercy in front of her to show that she was kind and soft-hearted.

But Su Banxia was different. Instead of pleading for them, she glared at them with disgust and then turned to do her own thing.

This truly pleased Lou Wangyue, since she had stood up for Su Banxia and Su Banxia hadn't held her back, which was excellent.

Seeing that Su Banxia was extremely busy, Lou Wangyue consciously rolled up her sleeves and helped Su Banxia. Bai Shifu, who was squatting down washing vegetables, was so frightened by the sight that he trembled and hurriedly sped up his work, not daring to delay at all. After all, he had personally witnessed the maids and servants being taken away by Jixiang.

He was also afraid of losing his job, so he was even more cautious.

Su Banxia ignored Master Bai's eagerness and silently kept her head down, busy with her own work. She didn't hold back in directing Lou Wangyue to work, and Lou Wangyue was quite happy with what she was doing.

The lady in front of the building waited and waited, but her son did not return. She was getting anxious, so she sent her maid to the back to ask.

Seeing that Madam Lou was anxious, Lou Wangyue assigned several maids and servants to serve the dishes. Su Banxia prepared a total of ten dishes, and with Lou Wangyue and Chef Bai helping out, she quickly finished cooking.

After finishing all that, Su Banxia went to eat with Lou Wangyue.

When Madam Lou saw that her son was covered in dirt and his sleeves were rolled up, she knew that he had gone to help Su Banxia cook.

She felt a pang of discomfort. Her son had never done any heavy work before, and now he was even helping Su Banxia cook. She didn't feel comfortable eating the meal herself. Thinking this might be Su Banxia's way of putting her in her place, Madam Lou glared coldly at Su Banxia.

"Did you really cook this meal all by yourself?"

Su Banxia gave a slight bow and greeted Madam Lou.

"I was the main cook for today's meal. Wangyue helped me a lot. Madam, please try the food and see if it suits your taste?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Lou gripped her chopsticks tighter, then turned to Lou Wangyue and spoke gently:

"Come and sit down. You've been busy all day. There are plenty of maids and servants in this mansion, why do you need to help out?"

After saying this, Madam Lou glanced at Su Banxia standing beside her.

Su Banxia understood the meaning behind the blaming look in the eyes of the lady upstairs. She was probably upset that the lady was blaming her for making her son help her with chores.

Thinking this way, Su Banxia stopped paying attention to Madam Lou. However, she and Lou Wangyue were just friends. She came to the Lou residence to cook today to repay a favor to Lou Wangyue. Now, Madam Lou really thought of herself as someone high and mighty. Perhaps in Madam Lou's eyes, she was no different from the maids and servants of the Lou residence.

Seeing the awkward expressions on their faces, Lou Wangyue quickly stepped in to smooth things over. She smiled and pulled Su Banxia to sit down, then spoke to Madam Lou:

"Mother, most of the dishes today were made by Miss Banxia. I was just helping out and it's nothing special. Miss Banxia's cooking skills are quite good. You should try them quickly before they get cold and affect the taste."

Seeing her son speaking up for Su Banxia like this, Madam Lou naturally didn't have much to say. She could only sigh silently, then picked up a piece of crispy white pork with her chopsticks.

This dish is crispy, delicious, and incredibly sweet. Although it's made with fatty meat, Mrs. Lou couldn't taste the fatty meat at all; she only found it sweet and delicious, which suited her taste perfectly.

She had intended to find fault with Su Banxia and belittle her, but the dishes were indeed delicious, and most of them were ones she had never seen or eaten before.

Madam Lou ate the crispy white pork one bite after another, unable to stop.

Seeing her mother eating so heartily, Lou Wangyue secretly winked at Su Banxia, ​​indicating that she was doing a good job.

Su Banxia looked up at Lou Wangyue and smiled faintly.

Madam Lou, who was engrossed in eating, inadvertently caught the two exchanging glances, which made her even more upset. She forced herself to suppress her craving and put down her chopsticks.

Looking at the two of them,

"I approve of your friendship. However, there are differences between men and women, so you should still be mindful of that."

Upon hearing this, Lou Wangyue quickly placed a piece of meat in Madam Lou's bowl and smiled.

"Mother, let's not talk about anything else, let's eat first."

Madam Lou picked up some meat from her bowl and placed it in Lou Wangyue's bowl.

"You must be tired today, so eat more."