The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family

Mr. Raven bowed and left. Vera then held up the scroll with both hands and

walked slowly to the long desk. The memorial tablet that Vera had always carried with her was placed on the long table. The characters 'Elijah Lavor, Father' were inscribed on the memorial tablet.

Vera knelt down in front of the memorial tablet slowly, then carefully placed the scroll aside. She then clasped her hands together, looked at the memorial tablet, and said respectfully, "Dad, if I'm lucky, I'll be able to meet again with my benefactor, Charlie Wade, tomorrow. When I appear in front of him, his vigilance will definitely be aroused. I don't know if I will be able to gain his trust, but I hope that you will give me your blessings so I can gain his trust..."

As Vera spoke of this, she had a complicated expression for a moment before she reached out and touched the scroll on the ground as she said softly, "If... If Charlie can't trust me and treats me as his enemy, I... I may be left with no choice but to tell him the truth, then..."

Vera paused for a few seconds at this point, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Vera did not bother to wipe the two lines of tears that rolled down her beautiful cheeks, and she sobbed as she said, "I've always remembered what you instructed me to do before you left. You told me never to tell anyone about my life experience and past, and I've never disobeyed your last wish... But please do not blame me and hold it against me if I can't help but tell Charlie about it one day..."

After saying that, Vera wiped her tears away and bowed three times before her father's memorial tablet.

***

After the lecture ended in the evening, Nanako drove back to Thompson First alone.

When she got home, her father and aunt had already prepared the ingredients she needed according to her instructions.

Yahiko was naturally overjoyed when he found out that Charlie was coming to their house for dinner. He had long regarded Charlie as the best candidate to become his son-in-law, and Charlie had been very kind toward him, so he felt even greater appreciation for Charlie.

After Nanako came back, she quickly went into the kitchen and started cooking for Charlie herself.

She prepared some high-end seafood sashimi first, then added oil to the pan and fried some seafood and vegetable tempura.

Emi helped her with the cooking. After the two of them had prepared several dishes one after the other, she could not help but say, “Nanako, it's time for you to learn some Oskian cuisine. Japanese food is retatively bland, and Oskian men only eat it ocassionally. They will definitely feel bored if they have too much of it."

Nanako was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly as she said, "Aunt, I've always eaten Oskian cuisine in restaurants since I was a child, so how can I have the chance to learn how to cook it? Oskian cuisine is really complicated as well. There are countless spices used for seasoning alone, and they have very particular cooking techniques unlike Japanese cuisine where you can prepare a sumptuous dish by just choosing some fresh seafood ingredients and cutting them into slices, then mixing them with soy sauce and wasabi. There are countless steps and cooking points for Oskian cuisine, and it will be extremely difficult to learn it well if there is no one to teach you how to cook it..." noveldrama

After saying that, she added, "I've actually tried to prepare some Oskian dishes by following some recipes online, but something always goes wrong during the cooking process..."

Emi smiled faintly and said, "That's really simple. I looked around Aurous Hill over the past two days and saw that there is a culinary school that specializes in teaching novices. They are very skilled at preparing local Aurous Hill cuisine. I think it will definitely suit Mr. Wade's appetite.”

Nanako said helplessly, “Aunt, I spend most of my time studying martial arts every day, so how could I have the time to learn how to cook?"

Emi smiled and said, "I can sign up and learn how to cook first so I can teach you at home when you are free. This period of time when you're studying martial arts in Aurous Hill is the best time for you and Mr Wade to cultivate your relationship. He will certainly be impressed if you can learn how to prepare more local Aurous Hill cuisine."

Nanako asked in surprise, "Aunt, are you serious? You would really be willing to

learn how to cook first for my sake?"

Emi said without hesitation, "Of course! Why would I say it if I didn't mean it?"