Chasing Sya

Wife (3)

"Wife! I have come back to eat your delicious food!" Ju Long said as he walked through the door at dinner time the next day. He had been busy the whole day, preparing for his grandfather's birthday that now was the only time he could slip away and see his future wife. "Wife, I want to eat everything you cook! Make it delicious just for me okay!"

Ai smiled widely at Sya as Sya snorted at Ju Long. As if Sya would make her food any less delicious!

"Wife, I have not seen you the whole day, do you not miss Husband?" Ju Long said as he walked up to the kitchen window and watch Sya cook. "Wife, were you not curious as to what Husband was doing the whole day?"

Sya ignored Ju Long and kept on cooking as he stared at Sya.

"Wife, Husband can look at Wife cook all night long. Husband thinks Wife looks the most beautiful when Wife works so hard!" Ju Long charmingly smiled at Sya. "Husband thinks Wife is the most beautifulest and the most talented woman in the world."

Sya stared at the annoying Duke Ju Long before continuing her cooking.

"Wife, please do stare at Husband longer!" Ju Long said excitedly with his cheshire smile. "Husband loves it when Wife only looks at Husband!"

Sya gripped onto her knife harder, controlling her anger. She chops off the head to the fire quail before gutting it and skinning it. Sya quickly finishes the job, imagining it was Ju Long.

"Wife! Husband is so lucky to have a Wife with so much skills! Wife is truly talented! Husband is so blessed!" Ju Long said as he rests his chin on his hand as they rest on the counter of the kitchen window. "Wife, don't you think Husband is also very handsome? Don't you think Husband is also talented and skillful in other areas? If you're wondering, Husband is a great martial fighter and a great strategist! Husband is a very capable person! Wife can rely on Husband! Husband won't hold Wife back if Wife wants to cook at Baozhai Restaurant. Husband is very understanding and forward thinking. Should Wife want to keep Baozhai Restaurant and keep cooking and working here, Husband will let Wife do what wife wills, for Wife now belongs to Husband and Husband trusts Wife!"

Sya snickers at Ju Long at his long tirade.

"Wife is shy!" Ju Long said excitedly. "Husband likes Wife when Wife is so shy! Wife is beautiful when Wife works, when Wife is shy, when Wife is mad, when Wife is concentrating, when Wife is smiling, when Wife is talking. Husband thinks Wife is beautiful no matter what what does, Wife is always beautiful in Husband's eyes!"

Sya finishes a dish and rings the bell. She lifts her hand up and flicks it to the side, telling Ju Long to move over so she can put the dish on the windowsill.

Ju Long frowns and pouts like a puppy before moving to the side so Ai can grab the dish to hand it off to the patrons who ordered the dish.

"Wife~~~~~~." Ju Long complains. "Husband is hungry!"

Sya pays him no mind, for she is already cooking his dish. She finishes the dish quickly adding garnish to it before placing it in front of Ju Long.

"For me?!?" Ju Long said as he points to himself. "Wife! You're the best! Wife knows how to take care of Husband! Thank you Wife!"

Instead of sitting down at his table, he grabs a spoon and a chopstick to eat the Blue Bear Stew over Divine White Rice. He smells the stew and rice before grabbing a little bit of each food item on his spoon and blows on it, to cool it down. When he places the food inside of his mouth, he moans loudly as if he is in complete bliss.

"Wife! Only you can feed Husband for now on!" Ju Long said as he scoops another spoonful of food. "Only Ju Long's stomach can handle Wife's cooking! Only Wife knows the only way to Husband's heart!"

Sya tsks at him again and continues cooking. But Ju Long smiles wickedly. He noticed when Lady Sya stopped cooking to watch him eat. She was interested to know his reaction to her cooking was. Of course! Any chef would like to know what their customers think about their food.

"Wife." Ju Long quickly wiped his mouth with a napkin and scraped the now empty bowl of food. "Thank you for such a delicious dinner. Husband will wait for wife to finish work, so Wife can have tea or wine with Husband!"

Sya didn't even look his way as Ju Long left. Her mind was on the dishes in front of her and the tasks she needed to complete. She had already forgotten about Ju Long, until closing time when she looked up to see Ai cleaning up and those four men again sitting by the window drinking wine. This time, there were two jugs of wine instead of one.

Sya's eye twitched with frustration, but with one look from Ai, Sya turns around and preps the vegetables, sauces and meat for tomorrow.

Suddenly from the door, there was a knocking and giggling of a group of girls.

"Open up!" One yelled. "We're hungry!"

"Open up! Open up!" The ladies started chanting.

Ai lean over the open window and shouts at them. "Sorry, Ladies, but Baozhai Restaurant is close. Please come again tomorrow."

"Do you know who we are!" One of them yelled at Ai. "We will close this stupid restaurant down if you don't let us in!"