My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

"Mrs. Su, please come in. Miss Su is resting!"

Xu Shuqin nodded and looked around after stepping into the courtyard.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they were destitute!

Just as Xu Shuqin was looking around, Su Yue, munching on an apple, walked out of the house and looked at Xu Shuqin helplessly.

Xu Shuqin also turned her head to look at Su Yue, her face full of helplessness, and finally her gaze fell on Su Yue's shoulder.

"Have you had enough fun? Come home with me!"

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Chapter Seventeen: Making Things Difficult

"Have you had enough fun? Come home with me!"

Su Yue's mission is complete. Once she returns, she will be the Holy Maiden of the Blood God Cult. Currently, the Blood God Cult is undergoing a purge, so it will be safer for Su Yue to return.

"I'm not going back for now!" Su Yue said.

“Give me a reason!” Xu Shuqin asked, raising an eyebrow.

Su Yue glanced at Qi Yu, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"I owe Young Master Qi a favor, I can't just leave like this!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuqin turned to look at Qi Yu and nodded.

"Young man, you saved my daughter. What do you want? Tell us, and our Su family will do everything in our power to give it to you!"

Qi Yu frowned, not answering immediately, but looking at Su Yue, who was also looking at him; their perceptions intertwined in the air.

"Do you want me to leave?" Su Yue asked.

She looked at Qi Yu very seriously, her tone very solemn.

Qi Yu was stunned, his mouth slightly agape as he stared blankly at Su Yue.

Xu Shuqin looked at Su Yue in surprise, then her gaze fell on Qi Yu.

Things seem to be getting complicated!

Qi Yu quickly came to his senses, pondered for a moment, then looked up at Su Yue and asked, "If I don't want you to leave, will you not leave?"

Su Yue nodded in agreement, saying, "If this is what you're hoping for!"

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow slightly and asked, "Repaying a debt of gratitude?"

After thinking for a moment, Su Yue said, "That's part of the reason, but not entirely!"

Qi Yu's lips curled into a smile, and he said, "But I don't need sympathy!"

Su Yue shook her head and said, "It's not out of pity!"

"What do I have that makes you want to do this?" Qi Yu asked in surprise.

"Because of you!" Su Yue said.

Qi Yu was speechless for a moment, then looked at Su Yue with a slight smile and said, "I'm just a poor scholar with nothing to my name!"

Su Yue's lips curled up slightly as she said, "It's okay, I have plenty of money. I'll support you, and I won't let you marry into my family!"

In the ten days or so she spent with Qi Yu, she felt that Qi Yu was quite good, even different from most of the men she had met.

Qi Yu was also the first man to invade her private space, and she didn't really resist him.

After she turned sixteen, many people came to the Su family to propose marriage, but none of them did so because of her.

They either valued her beauty and fame, or they valued her father's power, so she looked down on all of them.

But Qi Yu was different from those people. He didn't know who he was; he simply liked himself.

It has nothing to do with appearance or family background!

If it's Qi Yu, then I can accept it!

When Su Yue said she would support him, Qi Yu's smile widened. Then he looked at Xu Shuqin and said, "Didn't Madam Su say that the Su family would grant me any request I made?"

Qi Yu paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, I want Su Yue!"

We want Su Yue!

Xu Shuqin's expression was subtle, and then she looked at her daughter with a complicated expression.

So many suitors came, but he didn't like any of them. Among them were even the emperor, the crown prince, and people from Tianya Haige who were interested.

But now they've actually chosen a poor, pedantic scholar from a remote mountain village?

She just couldn't understand!

Involuntarily, Xu Shuqin's gaze fell on Qi Yu, and her expression became indifferent.

Su Yue is still young, so she can't see many things clearly. Therefore, she should be the one to make the judgment.

“You saved Su Yue, but you didn’t save me. What good is it if Su Yue agrees if I don’t agree? What makes you think I’ll agree to your request?” Xu Shuqin asked.

The marriage was arranged by her parents and the matchmaker; if she didn't agree, the marriage couldn't proceed.

Qi Yu knew that this was somewhat abrupt for Xu Shuqin, but he could understand.

"So what will it take for Madam Su to agree?" Qi Yu asked.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Shuqin's lips curled into a slightly mocking smile.

"I want you to marry into my family!"

Just now, her daughter seemed to have mentioned marrying into the family, and it seemed that this scholar was very resistant to it. If that's the case, she insisted that Qi Yu marry into the family.

Su Yue raised her delicate eyebrows slightly. Wasn't her mother forcing Qi Yu?

Qi Yu wasn't as angry as Su Yue; he remained calm.

"Madam Su, if I'm unwilling, does that mean you won't agree?" Qi Yu asked.

Xu Shuqin nodded in agreement.

"These are my conditions. You're just a penniless scholar with nothing. What makes you think you're qualified to marry my daughter? I'm sure you've already realized that Su Yue is no ordinary woman!"

Qi Yu smiled and said, "Is it because of your family background?"

Xu Shuqin nodded and said, "That's right, I look down on you! You are not good enough for Su Yue. Even if you still have academic achievements, you are not good enough for her, let alone the current you!"

He spoke very bluntly, but Qi Yu wasn't particularly angry.

Su Yue couldn't stand it anymore, so she walked over to Xu Shuqin and tugged at her sleeve.

"Mother, that's enough!"

Xu Shuqin glanced at Su Yue, then sighed helplessly, looked at Qi Yu, and said, "For Su Yue's sake, I'll give you a chance. If you can do it, I won't ask you to marry into my family. How about it?"

Qi Yu nodded and said earnestly, "Please speak!"

“Fucheng Restaurant in Jiangzhou City is hiring cooks. If you can earn one hundred taels of silver at Fucheng Restaurant within three days, I will agree to work there!” Xu Shuqin said.

Qi Yu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Fuchenglou is the largest restaurant in Jiangzhou City; you need to apply for a job as a cook there.

This requirement would be tantamount to making things difficult for other scholars.

Because the saying goes, "A gentleman keeps away from the kitchen," and nowadays, scholars consider cooking a shameful thing.

And you'll earn a hundred taels!

One hundred taels is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, especially in a restaurant, making it even more difficult.

But that applies to ordinary people. Qi Yu is different!

Even Qi Yu was a little dumbfounded. What kind of problem was this?

Xu Shuqin looked at Qi Yu with great interest. If Qi Yu was willing to put aside his dignity as a scholar and work as a cook in a restaurant, she would consider it, even if Qi Yu could not earn a hundred taels.

All she wanted was Qi Yu's attitude!

The Su family is not short of money, so they don't really care much about external things.

"Madam Su, as long as you earn one hundred taels at the restaurant, you don't have to stay for three days, right?" Qi Yu asked.

Xu Shuqin raised an eyebrow and then nodded.

Qi Yu laughed and said, "I can earn a hundred taels a day at the restaurant in less than three days!"

"Oh? Young man, don't be so sure of yourself," Xu Shuqin said, glancing sideways.

He earned a hundred taels a day, and that was at a restaurant.

Su Yue looked at her mother with a strange expression and a complicated expression.

What seems like a problem for others is no problem for Qi Yu!

Qi Yu was different from those scholars; he didn't care much about those formalities.

Moreover, even his own mother seems to be able to cook better dishes than Qi Yu!

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Chapter Eighteen: Phoenix Seeks Its Mate

Qi Yu completed the bet with Xu Shuqin in just one day because it was very simple.

When Qi Yu returned with a hundred-tael silver note, Xu Shuqin was shocked and looked at him with a strange gaze.

"Can you tell me how you did that?"

Qi Yu nodded and smiled, "That's simple! Restaurants are places to eat, so just sell them their menus, right?"

Xu Shuqin asked in surprise, "A recipe? What recipe? It's worth a hundred taels?"

Qi Yu took out the food box he had packed from Fuchenglou and placed it on the stone table in the courtyard.

Upon opening the food container, a rich aroma of meat wafted out.

Xu Shuqin and Su Yue both looked into the food box, where there was a bright red pork knuckle, glistening with oil, that looked so appetizing that it made their mouths water.