Chapter 1214: Chapter 1214: Matriarch of the Darwin Family

Linda stared fixedly at Gu Jin’s back, the killing intent in her eyes and the Evil Qi spreading from her whole body almost slicing Gu Jin into a thousand pieces.

Anyone who shows the Family Head the slightest disrespect deserves to be killed without mercy!

"Who told you you could lay a hand on her?!"

From inside the room came An Mingji’s cold voice, laced with anger, demanding an explanation.

Linda’s already pale face turned even whiter.

She immediately dropped to one knee in front of the door. "Family Head, your subordinate admits her mistake!"

An Mingji sat in his wheelchair, expressionless as he stared at the kneeling Linda at the doorway. His voice was emotionless and indifferent, yet deadly serious: "From now on, without my order, none of you are allowed to touch her."

Linda knew all too well who this "her" was.

She had thought that when the Family Head saw Gu Jin appear, the resentment and killing intent flashing in his eyes were more than enough to show that woman was his enemy.

The Family Head’s enemy was their enemy—someone they, as subordinates, must stay alert to at all times.

She just hadn’t expected the Family Head to care about Gu Jin this much.

"Understood!"

Linda placed her right hand over her left shoulder, her tone respectful.

An Mingji’s expression eased quite a bit. He waved a hand at Linda. "Go down. See what she’s up to."

"Yes, sir!"

Linda rose and left quickly, only her expression was extremely strange.

The Family Head’s attitude was off. It was like ever since Gu Jin appeared, he’d become ever so slightly more... human.

Even though the brows and eyes of the Family Head were still all icy arrogance, his face utterly blank, the suffocating pressure from all sides keeping people from daring to approach.

But the unfamiliar aura surrounding him—this was clearly him being interested in someone, having a faint, expectant trace of joy.

Linda felt that none of this was quite real.

This woman who’d suddenly shown up—was she really the Family Head’s enemy, or...

Thinking of a certain possibility, Linda shook her head quickly.

The mistress of the Darwin Family is not someone a sudden, out-of-nowhere woman can possibly handle.

Linda hurried downstairs to look for Gu Jin’s figure.

Gu Jin had already found her way to the kitchen, where there was an old acquaintance—Mrs. Kasi.

"Hi, miss, do you need anything? The kitchen’s rather messy; you’d better not come in. If you need anything, you can tell me."

Kasi blocked Gu Jin’s steps from entering the kitchen’s territory.

Gu Jin’s face was all smiles, and she spoke fluent Italian: "I want to make tomato-braised beef brisket, personally, and I don’t need your help."

Hearing "tomato-braised beef brisket," Kasi’s expression froze for a moment.

This dish was one that their Family Head had to eat every so often.

But for so many years, this dish that appeared on the Family Head’s table had never been made twice in a row by the same chef, then served to him.

When Gu Jin said she wanted to make this dish, Kasi mentally counted the time; it really was about when the Family Head would want to eat it again.

She stepped aside and let Gu Jin into the kitchen.

"Do you have tomatoes and beef?" Gu Jin asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"We do, they’re in the fridge."

Kasi went over to the refrigerator and opened the door.

Just then, Linda also came downstairs and stepped into the kitchen.

She simply leaned against the kitchen doorway, her eyes tracking Gu Jin.

The Family Head had told her to watch this woman; all she had to do was keep her in sight.

As for making a move, with the Family Head’s orders, she naturally wouldn’t provoke her of her own accord.

The bout upstairs had made one thing clear to Linda.

Something that left her very vexed yet she had no choice but to admit: she couldn’t beat Gu Jin.

Gu Jin finished preparing all the ingredients, cutting them into chunks and setting them aside.

Under Kasi’s and Linda’s watchful eyes, two hours later, the tomato-braised beef brisket, rich with an enticing aroma that made one’s mouth water, was finally done.

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