novelraw Chapter 276 - 277: Sixth Master is a Cook
Chapter 276 - 277: Sixth Master is a Cook
Chapter 276: Chapter 277: Sixth Master is a Cook
"Actually, I served in the Army’s food service unit for a year."
All men have a hero complex: they all want to wield a gun, fight battles, and kill enemies. You were assigned to the food service unit; it must have been boring, right?" Sienna Johnson, sips the velvety lotus seed porridge, casually asking a question.
"I applied to be in the food service unit."
"Why? Did you want to be a chef?"
She raised her eyes, shining brightly, Adrian Desmond glanced at her scornfully, "When I first joined the army, my goal was to have enough food to eat! Fighting battles? Killing enemies? I joined an armed faction of the anti-government organization in Thailand. At the time, I had no other thoughts in mind, I just wanted to feed myself, so I ended up in the food service unit. Cooking, farming, feeding pigs... In a unit, there are about 10 soldiers in a squad, three squads in a platoon, and three platoons in a company. Counting service and support staff like the food service unit, there were about 15 people in total. We, the 10 people in the food service unit, had to cook three meals a day for these 15 people."
"For 15 people?"
"Yeah." Adrian, showing a softer expression as he talked about his days in the military, seemed somewhat interested," At that time, 10 of us from the food service unit cooked. Each of us had to manage a large pot, pour in oil, vegetables, and use a shovel as a stirrer. I was only 11 years old then, not even as tall as the shovel."
"You joined the army when you were 11?"
"What’s so surprising about that? In Himakati, boys as young as a few years old know how to handle guns. Out of all the kids in the unit I served in, the youngest was just eight. An eight-year-old boy, committing murder and rape!"
Sienna was dumbfounded.
"Close your mouth and eat."
"You, did you do what that eight-year-old boy did?"
"What’s that expression? I gave you my first time, and now that you’ve pulled your pants back up, don’t even think of denying me!" Adrian glared at her with his dark pupils, "I’m telling you, if you don’t agree to marry me, I’ll sue you! Those panties are really yours."
Sienna’s face fell, sarcastically asking, "You still have a habit of keeping women’s underwear?"
"I only want to keep yours..." His hand propped up his chin, his head tilted, giving her a wicked glance. Seeing his dishonest gaze, Sienna hurriedly shifted the topic, asking,
"Was the food prepared with a shovel tasty?"
Adrian laughed. When he smiled, his stern facial lines softened. Under the light, his handsome face became even more striking. "Do you think it could have been tasty? ...Being a soldier is hard and tiresome. We ate to get full. If you ate slowly, your food would be taken away. No one had the luxury of pondering whether it was good to eat."
"You stayed a food service soldier all along?"
"I only did it for a year!"
"What happened after?" Sienna was interested. Suddenly, Adrian’s expression drastically changed; his facial lines going back to being stern, "I’m full, you wash the dishes!"
He gets up, returns to his room, and slams the door shut.
Sienna found Adrian’s behavior to be odd.
"What the heck, it was you who wanted to talk, not me who wanted to ask... If you don’t want to talk, then don’t, I didn’t even care to know..."
Since her mind was not on Adrian anyhow, she naturally did not inquire further into his sudden unusual behavior.
Quietly, she finished her meal and cleaned up the kitchen.
....
The next day,
As Sienna had predicted, she immediately became the focus of the headlines on the front pages of all major newspapers.
"Eastminster Group’s Boss Suffers Marriage Fiasco!"
"Mysterious Man Appears, Female CEO’s Chaotic Love History."
"Female CEO Pregnant Two Months, Mysterious Man Stages ’Thrilling’ Marriage Proposal."
"Those Romantic Stories, The Female CEO and Her Many Men...".
Mother Johnson, who was always dignified and composed, angrily tore the newspaper in her hand to shreds after seeing this news. Iris Harris, seeing Madam Johnson getting agitated, kept comforting her,
"Madam, can we trust what’s written in the tabloids? There must be some misunderstanding. Let’s wait for Miss to come back, we’ll get an explanation then. As for the tabloids writing nonsense, we can have Lawyer Powell sue them."
Pauline Briggs, however, was in great distress. She had been anxiously waiting for Sienna’s call all night long, without hearing a single piece of information.
"Madam, Madam, Miss is back, Miss is back."
Pauline Briggs was startled; she sat up violently from the couch, got up too rapidly, and nearly fainted from the dizzy spell that followed.
Pauline Briggs managed to resist the dizziness, welcoming Sienna. As soon as she saw her, Mother Johnson almost popped a blood vessel. Sienna was wearing men’s clothing: a man’s shirt, man’s shorts, and a pair of slippers. Her hair was messy. She walked into the house in such an exasperating manner.
"Sienna."
Sienna glanced coldly at Pauline Briggs, went to her room to change clothes, and needed to discuss matters with her grandmother. She had come straight here without even changing clothes because most of her clothes were in this house.
"You stop right there!"
"Where did you go last night?"
"Madam Johnson, you are too nosy." Sienna was not used to Pauline Briggs paying her too much attention all of a sudden.
Life was indeed ironic. When she was young and yearned for a mother’s love, Pauline Briggs showered all her love on Sabrina Johnson. Now that she no longer wanted it, Pauline Briggs was overflowing with motherly love, wanting to display deep affection between mother and child.
"You are my daughter; how can I not care about you?"
Sienna decided to tell the truth, "I’m living with Adrian!"
"What did you say?" Pauline Briggs’ face changed drastically.
"I am going to marry Adrian!"
As soon as Pauline Briggs heard Adrian’s name, she felt unwell. She took a step forward, staring at Sienna’s face, angrily repeated her question, "What did you say? Repeat it!"
"I am going to marry Adrian!"
Pauline Briggs heard her clearly. Her eyes were filled with disbelief. Looking at Sienna, her gaze was stubborn, not backing down.
Remembering how Sienna had always been more amenable to persuasion than coercion, Pauline Briggs didn’t want to be strict and authoritarian as she usually was, she chose to employ gentle persuasion, "Sienna, you can’t marry Adrian!"
"..."
"You also saw how ruthless that man was yesterday. He even... he even crushed Kenneth Brown’s fingers, if this kind of man hits a woman, what will you do?"
"..."
"Sienna, I know Kenneth’s incident hit you hard, but you can’t just randomly marry someone."
"You have also read the newspapers. After this scandal, no decent man will marry into the Desmond Family. The Johnson Family needs a man; the heir of Eastminster Group needs a marriage. Coincidentally, Adrian is willing to marry into the family, and he is also Curly’s biological father. I think it’s great."
Pauline Briggs asked, "Do you love him? Sienna, marriage isn’t a transaction!"
Madam Johnson, as I said before, I don’t have your luck. I’m unfortunate, so I don’t have your luck to be spoiled by my parents when I’m young and marry a good man like Father when I grow up...
Love?
I wouldn’t get it in this lifetime!"