Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 45 - Cute Lady Li_1

Curious, she probed, “Auntie, what did you manage to make?”

Zhulan looked at Wang Ru with meaningful eyes, “Lady Li, why don’t you ask Xue Han if you got it right?”

Lady Li’s eyes sparkled as she turned to Xue Han, brimming with pride, “Xue Han, did you use sorbitol in your kimchi?”

Xue Han’s face stiffened; indeed, she had added sorbitol.

Lady Li continued, “Xue Han is very smart.

Not only did she add sorbitol to the seasoning, but she also used radish water, masking the radish flavor with garlic and ginger.”

Zhulan saw Xue Han’s shocked expression juxtaposed with Lady Li’s look of self-assumed mastery and couldn’t help but find Lady Li adorable.

Oh dear, why did she find Lady Li so cute?

Lady Li went on, “These two ingredients are not key; the essential part is that you added small river shrimps to the seasoning, right?

You ground up the shrimp flesh after removing the shells, not wanting anyone to know.

Unexpected, isn’t it?

I tasted shrimp in the first bite, I just couldn’t detect the radish water.”

Wang Ru wanted to spit blood.

She thought the Zhou family was out to get her.

She intentionally made the seasoning indistinct to mask the ingredients, yet Lady Li had detected them.

Grinding her teeth, she retorted, “Auntie, your taste is off.”

Lady Li paused, responding earnestly, “Impossible, the seasoning I perfected is definitely what I tasted, mother.”

Zhulan was charmed by Lady Li’s eagerness to affirm, “Mother believes you.

If Xue Han denies it, it’s just to keep the recipe secret.

Once you’ve made it, we’ll know whether it’s right or not.”

Lady Li, completely unaware that she was cutting off Wang Ru’s financial path with her revelation and oblivious to the enmity she was stirring, arrogantly said, “Once I’ve made it, we’ll see what you have to say then.”

Zhulan, “….”

This enmity she was racking up…

in the future, she’d have to protect Lady Li a bit more.

But Xue Han had just tried to outsmart the Zhou family and had her face slapped hard.

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Tasting bitterness with a tinge of sweetness in her mouth, Wang Ru’s mind heated with frustration, “Even if Auntie figures it out, the Zhou family can’t very well start doing business, can they?”

Zhulan uttered an “Oh,” “So Xue Han already knew, hence her earlier suggestion for our family to run the business.

That’s condemnable.”

Wang Ru was quick to feign innocence, “I only found out from Grandma Zhou.

Did I say something wrong?”

Zhulan internally scoffed at Wang Ru’s act, “Xue Han better remember this time and not make the same mistake again.”

Wang Ru dared not underestimate any member of the Zhou family anymore.

Thinking Zhou Xuehan, who seemed so easy to deceive, had stopped seeking her out after two encounters with Yang’s shrewdness, she realized that no one in the Zhou family was simple-minded.

Her heart was heavy as she lowered her head, “I won’t let slip again.”

Lady Li scornfully picked up the conversation, “I thought Xue Han had smartened up and wouldn’t be foolish again, but it seems she’s still a fool.

Our family might not be in business, but my maternal family can, of course.

Given that my maternal family aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed and own so little land, it’s better for them to have a merchant in the family.

Once my little uncle takes office, my maternal family will have even more support.

Even with a low status, no one would dare to mess with us.”

Zhulan, “….”

Calling Lady Li a fool might be apt as she wasn’t the brightest, but in matters involving herself, she was indeed astute, her mind clearer about calculations than anyone else’s!