Futuristic Gourmet’s Spoiled Marriage Chapter 54: Ling Yaoyao's Biggest Secret
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Lu Lin was very efficient. The next morning, Ling Yaoyao received an encrypted information package called "Investigation Results" from an anonymous communication number. She needed to verify her fingerprint and scan her cornea to open it. After all that, there was a prompt to make sure to open it in a safe environment.
Ling Xuan's message also followed, "Just read and tell me what do you want to do. This matter involves your former friend and current friend. Remember that you are one of the contestants. Don't come out in person."
When Ling Yaoyao returned to the dormitory at noon, she opened the information package that Lu Lin had sent.
They found that Wu Lili cooperated with Yan Yifei to frame Su Qinghe.
Wu Lili's reasoning is easy to understand.
First, Wu Lili had become an enemy with Ling Yaoyao. Su Qinghe and Ling Yaoyao were close, and she could be considered Ling Yaoyao's friends. Second, Su Qinghe was actually quite close with Xiao Ming recently, and Wu Lili liked Xiao Ming.
Wu Lili couldn't deal with Ling Yaoyao, so she planned to use Su Qinghe to vent her anger.
Anyway, Su Qinghe's background was ordinary. Even if she was wronged, it would be difficult for her to avenge her grievances. Ling Yaoyao's attitude towards Su Qinghe was a little cold, and she shouldn't take revenge for a commoner like Su Qinghe.
What surprised Ling Yaoyao was that Yan Yifei was still involved in this matter!
It's no wonder that Su Qinghe's ranking, which should have been in the thousands at this moment, reached fifth...
In addition, they perfectly forged the evidence that it was Su Qinghe herself who faked the votes. Wu Lili could never do this alone.
Suppose it weren't for Lu Lin's sky-defying hacking technology, which is top-notch in the Huanuo Empire and better than the hackers Yan Yifei was using. In that case, she really couldn't get any evidence. Let alone found the secret that the Master behind the scenes is Yan Yifei.
After she got over her shock, Ling Yaoyao quickly understood the reason for Yan Yifei's participation.
In the original novel, Yan Yifei's often played the role of an adviser to the original Ling Yaoyao. She gave various bad ideas to teach the original owner how to deal with Su Qinghe and snatch Xiao Ming.
After all, as long as Ling Yaoyao and Xiao Ming are together, she won't rob Xiao Zhen from her!
Even if Ling Yaoyao couldn't catch up with Xiao Ming, after Xiao Zhen watched Ling Yaoyao's vicious and arrogant behavior, maybe he wouldn't like her anymore.
Yan Yifei likes Xiao Zhen. But because of her ambition and face, she never told the original owner. She hid her jealousy and kept pushing her friend into trouble.
After the original owner got over Xiao Ming and agreed to Xiao Zhen's marriage proposal, Yan Yifei did not communicate her feeling with the original owner as a friend but turned her face directly!
It can be seen that Yan Yifei is by no means a pure-hearted and broad-minded person.
But Yan Yifei was not too bad either. After all, she cared a little bit about old friendship. Yan Yifei had never thought of hurting Ling Yaoyao.
After the decline of the Ling family, the Yan family chose to protect themselves and stood by. This is not a surprise. After all, Yan Yifei and the original owner had become strangers from good girlfriends. The Yan family has no obligation to take the risk of offending the already powerful Xiao Ming by helping the Ling family.
But now, Ling Yaoyao has replaced the original owner, completely deviating from her original character and the plotline.
Therefore, Yan Yifei causing trouble for Su Qinghe is actually in line with the original plotline.
Just because Ling Yaoyao didn't take the lead, Yan Yifei became a mastermind. The reasons for embarrassing Su Qinghe also changed slightly. Su Qinghe blocked her way. She wanted to fight for the title of the best therapist from the medicine department and attract Xiao Zhen's attention.
Love is really blinding. Yan Yifei never thought that when Xiao Zhen liked the original owner, Ling Yaoyao was not so outstanding and dazzlingly unique.
Ling Yaoyao was in a daze for a while but finally sighed.
She really shouldn't intervene in this matter. Otherwise, she will not only be a stranger to Yan Yifei but will completely become enemies.
For this reason, Ling Yaoyao carefully thought about the fate of the heroine, Su Qinghe, in the original novel.
In theory, if this world is really a real-world constructed according to the "Legend of Huanuo," then Su Qinghe should also be the woman of absolute luck in this world. Those who oppose her will not end well. Those who make friends with her will have a good destiny.
Because Ling Yaoyao predicted the plot in advance and made some changes, the relationship line between Su Qinghe and Xiao Ming appeared to have deviated. But now, probably the world order has started to fill in the plot automatically.
She never planned to intervene in the affairs between the male and female leads. She just wanted to stay away from them as far as possible. Ling Yaoyao, who wanted to live her own life, can't help but come up with an idea...
'Is it possible for Su Qinghe not to be with Xiao Ming?'
After all, even in the original novel, many readers dislike Xiao Ming, the so-called male protagonist. People clamored for a change of male protagonist, or so the novel simply doesn't have any male protagonist at all. Everyone likes to see Su Qinghe's struggling career line and how she has become stronger and more powerful from the bottom, as a grassroots heroine, into becoming the most dazzling existence among the pharmacy assistant therapists.
Many readers felt that Xiao Ming's approach to Su Qinghe was entirely because he was fancying Su Qinghe's outstanding medicinal talents and her civilian status that would not cause his brothers to target him. To put it bluntly, it was all for the throne.
Moreover, after the lines of emotion were attached, Xiao Ming discovered that Su Qinghe was Marshal Zhao's granddaughter. He felt that Su Qinghe's identity could help him from being blocked by his biggest opponent, the Great Prince Xiao Rui. However, he asked Su Qinghe not to disclose his kinship with the Zhao family too soon.
When Ling Yaoyao first arrived, she only wanted to change the fate of herself and the Ling family. Now, she has confirmed that her fate could indeed be changed through hard work.
Although she still inevitably has an intersection with Su Qinghe, it was a completely different relationship compared to the original novel.
She was considered her friend by Su Qinghe. When she saw the was Su Qinghe was looking at her many times, with a sincere and fierce look in her eyes... Ling Yaoyao is unable to watch Su Qinghe being framed.
She even began to feel that Xiao Ming was not worthy of Su Qinghe. Su Qinghe should be with a man who treats her wholeheartedly!
Of course, this was only Ling Yaoyao's momentary thoughts. If Su Qinghe was exactly the same as the original novel, who like Xiao Ming sincerely, Ling Yaoyao couldn't help it.
It was also out of this concern that Ling Yaoyao kept keeping a distance from Su Qinghe and didn't want to get too close to her.
Ling Yaoyao frowned and thought for a long time, but she finally made a decision that might cause Su Qinghe and Xiao Ming to miss out on opportunities...
That is to prompt the Zhao family and Su Qinghe to recognize each other as relatives in advance.
Before Xiao Ming was strong enough, he only dared to approach Su Qinghe, "a daughter of civilians" and "simple." If it was revealed that Su Qinghe was actually the granddaughter of Marshal Zhao Bohai, Xiao Ming could not deal with it and had to keep his distance.
If the two of them are destined for true love, they should be able to get together in the end, but with more twists and turns.
If they really miss each other because of this, it means that Su Qinghe's destiny can also be changed.
Thinking about this, Ling Yaoyao only replied to Ling Xuan, "I hope Lu Lin could send a message to 'Nikko' or Zhao Qingyun anonymously, Su Qinghe is his twin sister."
After a while, Ling Xuan's message came back. "How did you know about this? Is the news reliable? According to the information I found, Marshal Zhao's only daughter, Zhao Mingru, disappeared for three years after graduation. Later, she took a son back to the Zhao family... which is Zhao Qingyun, who had always been raised as a grandson of Marshal Zhao. But it was never mentioned that Zhao Mingru had a twin or a daughter."
Ling Yaoyao did not expect that because she trusted Ling Xuan too much, she accidentally exposed an unexplainable "predictive power"...
Ling Yaoyao's heart was suddenly anxious. After considering it for a while, she replied, "The news is reliable. As for how I know about it, I will tell you when you go home later."
Ling Xuan didn't ask anymore. After all, he could only talk to her with Lu Lin's communication device at the moment.
Fortunately, Ling Xuan chose to trust her. He only said, "Okay, I will get Lu Lin to do it. It is indeed more appropriate to leave this matter to the Zhao family."
In the original novel, Su Qinghe's mother, Zhao Mingru, was born in a marshal's house. But because she was not with her parents since she was a child, she lacked love. As a young and vigorous girl, she ignored Zhao Bohai's opposition and fell in love with a commoner mercenary man, Su Yiyong. She was also very confident, saying that Zhao Bohai himself was also a commoner. Didn't he also marry a rich and beautiful lady?
After graduation, Zhao Mingru ran away with Su Yiyong very willfully. She went to a sub-planet with backward conditions, got married, and stiffly didn't want a penny from her father or contact the family.
However, either because the good times didn't last long or the poor couples' life was hard. After marriage, Su Yiyong's nature was revealed. He liked to drink, and he had a bit of machismo. The contradiction between the two people increased.
Zhao Mingru became pregnant and gave birth to twin children with high talents. This was originally a happy event, but his son had a genetic defect, which could be cured if treated when he was young. However, the high price of genetic optimization medicine was something that Su Yiyong could not earn for hundreds of years.
Love has faded. Su Yiyong has to rely on one person's income to support his wife and children. The burden of life makes Su Yiyong out of breath. Zhao Mingru still scolds him all day for uselessness. Su Yiyong cannot treat Zhao Mingru like he did before. He was often away on a task, and when he came home to rest, he often came back drunk.
As the daughter of a marshal, Zhao Mingru has never suffered for money. Her dream of love is broken. In order to cure her son's genetic defect, she chose to leave her husband.
The divorce was fairly peaceful. Her healthy daughter, Su Qinghe, was left with Su Yiyong.
After returning to the imperial capital, Zhao Mingru paid Su Yiyong a sum of money, saying it was alimony for her daughter Su Qinghe.
However, Su Yiyong has a backbone. He returned the money given by Zhao Mingru and moved away from his original residence. His original communication number was also canceled. He raised his daughter, Su Qinghe, with his own hard work, and he worked very hard.
However, after more than ten years, although he still has a small accomplishment, he is only the captain of a mercenary squad. Even the cost of learning medicine for his daughter is a little stretched.
Su Yiyong was embarrassed to let Zhao Mingru know his current news. He didn't want his ex-wife to know that his life was so bad. He refused to tell his daughter that she actually had a distinguished mother for fear that even her daughter would abandon him.
In the novel, Su Qinghe and the Zhao family recognize each other several months from now.
Su Qinghe's father, Su Yiyong, took on a relatively high-risk mercenary mission for money. If it can be successfully completed, Su Qinghe will not have to worry about the cost of learning medicine for the next four years. There will even be a small surplus. The father and daughter can move to the civilian area of Imperial City Star and buy a house in a place where only well-off families can afford to live.
Who knows, this mission almost killed Su Yiyong. However, with the help of Xiao Ming, Su Yiyong was rushed to the best military hospital, and Su Qinghe was naturally grateful to him.
At that time, the marshal, Zhao Bohai, who was undergoing routine physical examinations at the same hospital, suddenly saw a girl who was 50-60% similar to his daughter when she was young. That was how he recognized his granddaughter.
It was also because Xiao Ming gave Su Qinghe great help by saving her father's life. Su Qinghe and her father were dependent on each other, so she was finally tempted. After recognizing her relatives, the Zhao family, this change in identity dissipates the inferiority complex hidden in her heart. She no longer felt that she was not worthy of Xiao Ming. After Xiao Ming took the opportunity to confess to her formally, the two confirmed their relationship. When Xiao Ming asked her not to announce her relationship with the Zhao family too early for his consideration, Su Qinghe also obeyed.
Zhao Qingyun was very happy to know that he had a twin sister. However, he didn't like that the sister he had just recognized had a boyfriend. He went to Xiao Ming to provoke him several times, but Su Qinghe told him to go back or else he was not allowed to call her sister. The relationship between sister and brother became a little stiff.
Zhao Mingru wanted to make up his daughter but found that Su Qinghe no longer needed her. Because her father was almost dying for money, Su Qinghe refused any material grant from the Zhao family. The relationship between the mother and daughter was also very weak.
When he saw that Su Qinghe had identified Xiao Ming, Marshal Zhao realized his granddaughter's happiness in the future relied on this person. All he could do was to help Xiao Ming secretly.
Zhao Bohai is a three-star marshal who represents the civilians. He is only responsible for the patrolling security forces that patrol the Imperial Capital and the surrounding important star regions. He does not control any important legions. On the contrary, he is the emperor's most trusted and relied upon among the three marshals.
The other two marshals who are stationed in the capital are the four-star marshal of the royal branch, Xiao Qing, who was the current emperor's uncle, with the Paladins under his name. His group was the first that would defend the imperial power, and the emperor respected him very much; and the five-star marshal of the Ling family, Ling Zhenghai, who has the Grey Wolf Army under his name. He is so powerful that even the emperor is afraid of him and has to be polite!
In contrast, the ruling emperor was naturally the closest to the most submissive marshall, Zhao Bohai, whom he pulled up with one hand.
Such Zhao Bohai, because of his relationship with Su Qinghe, became Xiao Ming's invisible help!
But all of this has not happened right now!
Ling Yaoyao's heart was beating very quickly... Her intervention, perhaps, would change not only the line of affection between Su Qinghe and Xiao Ming but also the line of the fate of Xiao Ming.
If Xiao Ming were not with Su Qinghe, without the assistance of the Zhao family, Xiao Ming would not be able to take that position so easily in this life!
However, Ling Yaoyao has no guilt at all!
In the original novel, for the throne, Xiao Ming caused the original owner's mental domain to collapse, so she was mad and stupid. He also designed Ling Xuan's accident and framed Ling Tianyue to become seriously wounded and mentally incomplete... He is the biggest culprit who led to the ruin of the Ling family!
If Xiao Ming is destined to be the emperor, her move is just to make his road to success a little more difficult! Compared to Xiao Ming's ruthless hand to the Ling family, she was a thousand times kinder!
Ling Yaoyao thought about how she would tell Ling Xuan and how she would convince him that it was true.
Of course, Ling Yaoyao wouldn't say that this world is in a book and she was traveling through space and time. Who would want to believe that the world they live in is just a world constructed by a book?
Although the relationship between her and Ling Xuan is much closer than ordinary brother and sister, there are still many gaps between them.
She was not sure. If Ling Xuan knew that she was not really Ling Yaoyao, but just an outsider who occupied the magpie's nest, would Ling Xuan also want to kill her? Even though she never had any malice to the Ling family.
She would only say that she had a prophetic dream in the days when she fell into a coma from the hoverboard fall. She had foreseen these things in that long dream.
Then she would tell him that a few days after waking up from the dream, Xiao Zhen actually asked her to attend the graduation travel party in the Xuelan Star. Yan Yifei's various performances also corresponded to the fact in the dream that she actually liked Xiao Zhen.
In other words, the dream is real. This is also the important reason why Ling Yaoyao suddenly disliked Xiao Ming and had to switch to the food supplement department.
The battle between imperial power and military power was turbulent. Ling Xuan definitely knew this better than her. Ling Xuan would be able to participate in things that she couldn't participate in.
It would be best if Xiao Ming could not be the emperor...
However, Xiao Ming was working with the eldest prince Xiao Rui to deal with the Ling family. Neither of them is a good thing.
But the third prince, Xiao Zhen, did not even have the ambition to be an emperor.
No matter who is the next emperor, the Ling family needs to have more defenses and preparations to protect themselves and not be a victim of imperial power struggles.
After thinking about it, Ling Yaoyao felt relieved. She will share her "greatest secret" with Ling Xuan, which means that she can also take off a lot of the burden on her shoulders. She could change the original destiny of the Ling family, and she will no longer be alone in this matter.
In the afternoon, she will have an experimental class. However, Mr. Cai will not come to the food therapy research base today, so she can arrange her subject by herself.
Ling Yaoyao thought for a while and planned to cook a delicious meal to treat herself and the baby blood vine 012.
By the way, she would also record the production process. From today, she will resume the update of the ancient Chinese food teaching video on Weibo.
Feeling relaxed and having enough time, Ling Yaoyao decided to make two complicated fish dishes, unlike the previous teaching videos, which were mostly homemade dishes.
One is Squirrel Mandarin Fish from Suzhou, which is slightly different from the pine nut fish she made for her family before. The pine nut fish was slightly improved to be a squirrel mandarin fish.
The squirrel mandarin fish looks orange-yellow, arousing appetite. It tastes crispy on the outside and sweet and sour on the inside. What will be interesting is that when the fried mandarin fish that looks like a "squirrel" is served on the table, the steaming marinade will be poured, and the fish will make a squeaking sound like a squirrel.
The other dish is a famous fish dish from Anhui Province, the fish bite lamb. The cooking method is to put a piece of lamb into the fish's belly and cook it.
Legend has it that Confucius created the word "Fresh" because of this dish, which is a combination of the words "fish" and "lamb." Therefore, The "fish bite lamb" is also called "fresh stew." You can imagine how delicious the taste is.
[T/N: The word is "鲜" pronounced "Xian," meaning "fresh." It is a combination of the word "鱼" pronounced "Yu" meaning "fish," and the word "羊" pronounced "Yang" meaning "lamb."]
Both dishes are made from mandarin fish, but they taste completely different!
In addition, Ling Yaoyao also made two side dishes, winter melon with dried shrimp skin and vinegared cabbage.
Without waiting for the other two vegetable dishes to be ready, 012 tried the two meat dishes. It was tangled for a while and asked in a painful manner, "Master, can we invite Erbai as a guest? The cat said that it would be home alone today. It is boring..."
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Translator Notes:
Squirrel Mandarin Fish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVhNPkskzaA
Fish Bite Lamb. Note: I can't find English speaking video, so this is in Chinese.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSmWb3szM_g
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