Bai Su: "Huh?"
Li Chenlin stood obediently to the side. "Susu, since you don't mind me joining you... how about I help you out when you cook later?"
Yelias's eyebrows shot up in displeasure.
'What now?'
'First, he steals Lu Tingyan's spot, and now he wants to steal mine?'
Yelias forced a polite smile. "That won't be necessary. I am, after all, an apprentice Susu taught with her own two hands. I'm more than enough help in the kitchen."
Li Chenlin didn't yield an inch, though his face remained gentle and gentlemanly. "I was asking Susu, you know. I only listen to Susu. Yelias, why are you being so tyrannical? I just got over that bad habit myself, and now you're picking it up. Shouldn't Susu be the one to decide who helps in the kitchen?"
The tension between them was palpable, an undercurrent of hostility swirling as they both turned to look at Bai Su.
Seeing this, Lu Tingyan wrapped a fiercely possessive arm around Bai Su.
Bai Su: "..."
