Other restaurants found out that the new dishes were all my creations and kept trying to poach me to join them but the one where I worked gave me the opportunity to grow there and the pay was good so I didn't want to leave.
One day a group of men tried to kidnap me. There were several of them and this body was weak and frail but I didn't forget all the train I had in my previous lives so I was getting ready to fight them when I was suddenly rescued by a young man.
I don't know why but when I looked into his eyes, I felt like I was being entranced by him.
-Are you okay? - he asked.
-Yes.
He looked at me.
-Are you the little head cook who has a magical hand for cooking?
-I don't know if I have a magical hand or not, but I am a head cook in a restaurant – I reply, looking at him with suspicion.
-I thought so. I usually go to the restaurant where you work, don't you recognize me?
-I'm mostly inside the kitchen, how could I recognize you?
-That's right – chuckle – What is your name little head cook?
-Wu Feng.
-Nice name. My name is Huang Bai but you can call me brother Bai.
I felt a sting of pain in my heart when I heard the name Bai. The emotions that I've been suppressing suddenly overwhelm me.
-Are you okay? You look pale.
I turn my back on him and run away.
I run and run until my legs give up and I kneel on the floor, my eyes burning with unshed tears.
Memories of my time with the emperor keep coming to my mind.
I still can't believe he drank the wine even though he knew it was poisoned.
Why? Why didn't he try to save himself? Why did he let me kill him?
I feel my mind spinning from so many why's.
Suddenly, when I thought I was about to burst into tears, I feel a pair of arms hugging me.
-It's all right Feng'er - whispers a voice in my ear.
I don't care who is, I just breathe on the masculine scent and feel myself calming down.
It was Huang Bai who was hugging me.
He didn't ask me why did I run or why was I almost crying, he just hugged me and patted my back.
I felt the emptiness in me fading away a tiny bit.
