章 344: Her motive

"Are you alright? Are you okay" Yan Mei asked, her eyes wide and her complexion extremely pale, Yan Mei knew without looking that she looked just about the same as the girl standing in front of her in a superhero pose with a tray in hand.

"I'm so sorry miss, I don't know what came over me," the beleaguered chef asked as he got to his feet unscathed

"It was an accident" she responded, piping up to quell the guilt she heard in his voice

The nurse responded practically by grabbing a mop that was at the far corner of the kitchen and started moping the hot spill.

Yue Yan dropped the tray in her hand with a rattle on the breakfast table and walked to meet her, concern blazing in her eyes. "Are you okay Yan Mei? Did any of that water touch you? I hope I was fast enough" a vulnerability ringing in her voice.

Yan Mei caught her hand and quickly squeezed it to reassure her "you were perfect sis"