“Autodidact?” Luke was slightly perplexed as he clearly hadn’t heard of that school before. “Yes!” Christopher nodded. “Because I was self-taught.” Luke raised his eyebrows upon hearing his answer. “You’re joking, Mr. Yard.” The background information on Christopher he asked Earl to look into already made its way to his office desk yesterday morning. Even though the information showed that Christopher did not have much backing or a mentor in culinary, Luke did not believe that a person could master Dual Wielding on his own and get to Christopher’s level. Luke saw this apparent ‘autodidact’ as an excuse Christopher used because he was reluctant to reveal the identity of his master. Even though Christopher was not willing to tell him, Luke did not intend to pry any further either. “Mr. Yard, you—” When Luke was about to launch a flank attack on him to find out more about the four century-old Unique Cookware in his possession, Maya’s assistant came in. “Maya, Mr. Yard, you should get ready. The reporters and film crew staff have taken their seats. The press conference will begin very shortly.” “I got it!” Maya answered before she pushed Christopher out with her. At the door, she turned around and said, “Luke, we’re off to the press conference now! Let’s talk later.” With that, she walked off quickly with Christopher alongside her. “Go ahead!” Luke smiled as she walked off, but the moment they disappeared from his field of vision, his expression turned cold. “How interesting!” he uttered indecipherably all of a sudden. … By the time the press conference ended, it was already noon. The entire press conference did not have much to do with Christopher since all the reporters were clearly focused on Maya, the national goddess. Even Rex Harper, the assistant director of the movie, was reduced to a supporting role, while Christopher was only asked a few unrelated questions of little importance.Nevertheless, Christopher had fulfilled his task. When he was about to take a cab home, an odd-looking woman dressed in a windbreaker and wearing a mask and scarf entered his field of vision. “It’s strange to dress like that in this heat!” He shook his head. Without thinking too much of it, he shifted his gaze somewhere else. The strange part, however, was that the eccentric-looking person was headed toward him. “You are…?” he asked quizzically when the odd person was standing in front of him. It looked like she had come just to see him. “It’s me!” she said and pulled down the mask on her face to reveal her flawless appearance. “Miss Maya?” After determining that it was Maya from her voice, he laughed. “Why are you dressed like that?” “The press conference just ended. Those people are definitely still blocking the entrance. If I didn’t dress up like this, I wouldn’t have been able to come see you out here,” she explained. When the press conference ended earlier, she went to socialize for a bit, but in the blink of an eye, Christopher was gone.When she found out the direction Christopher left in from the staff in Caesars Palace, she hurriedly changed out of her clothes and caught up to him. “Come see me?” He looked at her and asked puzzledly, “What do you need to see me for? Isn’t the press conference over now?” “That’s exactly why I wanted to see you!” Blinking her glistening big eyes at him, she continued, “You’ve helped me tremendously, but I haven’t thanked you properly yet! Let’s go! It’s almost noon. I’ll treat you to lunch.” “You’re treating me to lunch?” He looked at her with a peculiar gaze. “Are you sure?” “Of course I am!” Looking at him innocently, she asked, “What’s wrong? Are you not willing to?” Not willing to? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can I not be willing to? What man would refuse the national goddess’ offer to buy him food? Wouldn’t that be foolish? But… “Aren’t you afraid of someone taking pictures of us eating together and putting them online?” Christopher did not mind, but it was not the same for her. She was currently the national goddess. If pictures of her eating with an unknown man were taken and uploaded on Twitter or Instagram, only God knew the kind of uproar that would ensue. Despite wanting to eat with Maya really badly, Christopher felt the need to remind her of the risks. “It’s fine!” She waved her hand nonchalantly. “I’m dressed like this. I don’t think anyone can recognize me. Let’s go!” She started crossing the road right away. Seeing Maya lead the way independently ahead of him, he was also rendered speechless. Other female celebrities especially cherished their reputations and were afraid that people would take misleading pictures of them, but Maya did not seem to care at all. All right! If you don’t care, then what else can I say? Thus, he quickly followed after her. … In a European-style restaurant, Maya had her whole head wrapped up with only her eyes exposed as she looked around like a criminal. He was speechless. Is this silly girl Maya Soto, the national goddess? This is the complete opposite of her image on screen! What happened to her reputation of a goddess?Also, doesn’t she think this is much weirder? As it got too hard to keep watching, he said while looking at her, “I think it would be better if you took off the scarf and were a bit more natural. The way you look now might arouse more suspicion.” Isn’t that so? It’s strange enough that you’re wearing a windbreaker and a scarf in the middle of summer. Now that you’re even looking left and right like a criminal, people are definitely gonna be able to tell that you don’t want to be recognized! “Really?” She seemed to have realized that her actions were not appropriate. Licking her lips, she took off the scarf around her head. Christopher was really baffled now. Fairy tales weren’t the only ones that lied to people—the silver screen also lied. Who would have thought that the same noble and elegant Maya was really such a dork? It was no wonder she was childhood best friends with Scarlett. Their personalities were essentially identical. The entire lunch was low-key. Even though some people did steal curious glances at her because of her stunning looks, no one associated this girl with the national goddess, Maya Soto.After lunch, the both of them walked out of the restaurant.