Chapter 95

As it turned out, though Lingxiao had once seen someone do it, heating up the brick bed wasn’t as easy as he had imagined.

He wondered why the fire broke out before midnight with such ease, but now after burning out a bunch of pine torches, instead of lighting up the dry wood in the stove, he left the kitchen full of smoke! Thankfully, the roof had been burned down, or he might have choked to death on the smoke!

In the end, at that asshole, Nangong Du’s sarcastic remarks, he poured almost half a bottle of oil on the wood and finally set it alight.

How come Nangong Du showed up in a place he thought only servants would come to? Because he didn’t want to miss any chance to challenge his rival! The two, who regarded each other as an eyesore, kept attacking each other in the kitchen until Zixiu shouted loudly in the bedroom, “It’s so damn hot!”

After a while, Luo Huali rushed back with two pheasants in his hands. However, before he could get into the house, he heard the three arguing furiously.

“You asshole, get your f*cking hands off me! Let go of me!” Zixiu shouted grumpily.

“Shut up!” Next, Nangong Du’s voice rang loudly.

“Nangong Du, did you hear me…” Before Lingxiao could finish his words, Zixiu interrupted him. “Yan Lingxiao, my brick bed! My dad built it specially for me…”

“Liu Zixiu, do you mean that bed is even more important than your life?” Nangong Du cut in on him.

“Nangong Du, how dare you yell at Xiuxiu!” Lingxiao roared again.

“Cut the crap! Yan Lingxiao, are you an idiot? You’d better stop nagging here and put out the fire right now!” Nangong Du immediately talked back.

‘Put out the fire?’ Hearing that, Huali instantly grew tense. ‘Had Lingxiao accidentally set the kitchen on fire while heating up the brick bed?’

As soon as he rushed in anxiously, he saw Nangong Du stand in the middle of the bedroom angrily with Zixiu, who was wrapped in the quilt, in his arms. Opposite him was Lingxiao, whose bloodshot eyes were bursting with fury.

“What happened?”

“Go put out the fire in the kitchen!” Nangong Du said in a resolute tone as if he were giving orders to his servant.

He had caught sight of a large piece of the mat on the bed had been burnt and there seemed to be flames and smoke coming out from the cracks. Could it be because Lingxiao had filled so much firewood in the oven that the bed was overheated and cracked? In spite of his displeasure, Huali rushed into the kitchen in an instant.

Sure enough, when he got into the kitchen, he saw the stove, which was filled with dry wood, reddened by the blazing fire, from which the heat stung his face and made his eyes tingle!

‘Lingxiao could boil medicinal herbs for patients, but how come he didn’t even know how to heat up the bed?’ At the thought of this, he couldn’t help but complain secretly. Next, he put down the pheasants, picked up the fire poker and the shovel in the corner, and began to get the burning wood out of the stove.

While Huali was busy putting out the fire, the struggle among the three in the bedroom went on!

Now that his senior brother had gone to put out the fire in the oven, Lingxiao could concentrate on fighting Nangong Du. “Let go of Xiuxiu right now, or I won’t show mercy!” he yelled.

“Ha!” With a sneer, Nangong Du shot back in a scornful tone. “If you hadn’t cracked the bed, I wouldn’t have gotten this dumb ass out of it!”

‘Dumb ass?’ Zixiu grew even angrier at his words. “F*ck! Nangong Du, how dare you address me in this way? If you’re a tough guy, just put me down! I’ll definitely…”

“Shut your mouth! How could you blurt out such curse words so easily? Who did you learn that from?” Annoyed by Zixiu’s foul language, Nangong Du shot an angry glare at Lingxiao. It was obvious that he thought it was under Lingxiao’s influence that Zixiu had developed such a bad habit. Anyway, before Lingxiao came to his mansion, Liu Zixiu had never cursed him like this!

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Lingxiao shot a glare back but felt a little bit unconfident. After all, people who spoke rudely were considered ill-bred or even cowardly, and a gentleman would never behave in this way. Actually, Lingxiao learned to swear from Zixiu by accident. ‘But whom Xiuxiu learned that from? Uncle Liu doesn’t seem to be a rude person…’

Unlike Lingxiao, Zixiu didn’t take what Nangong Du said seriously, and without a second thought, he started cursing again, “Damn it! Don’t you think it’s unfair that you call me a dumb ass but don’t allow me to swear…”

“I can’t think of a better word to describe you than ‘dumb ass’!” Nangong Du said with a disdainful look in his eyes. Burning with anger, Zixiu waved a punch at this pervert’s face with all his might.

“Seems you disagree with me!” Grabbing his hand without difficulty, Nangong Du put on a grim look. “If you were any smarter, you wouldn’t have risked your life at this moment!”

“You… What do you want?” Taken aback, Zixiu suddenly realized that he had been too reckless. Though he had Lingxiao as his backing, this brat was in a trance at such a critical moment and left him in the pervert’s arms. It would be a piece of cake for Nangong Du if he wanted to take his life! Moreover, even Lingxiao was good at Qing Kung, he had no eme to save Zixiu before Nangong Du strangled him!

While Zixiu was worried about his life, Nangong Du suddenly whispered in his ear, “Liu Zixiu, seems you’re really funny!”

“Huh?!” ‘What did he mean?’ Zixiu wondered.

“I told you I would never find fault with you again!”

“You… You liar! I don’t believe you!” Zixiu blurted out on impulse. However, no sooner had he said this than he regretted it, because Nangong Du’s face grew even grimmer. “Listen, I don’t have time to play such a stupid game with you!”

“Nangong Du, what are you doing?” When Lingxiao finally came back to his senses, he suddenly saw Nangong Du whispering in Zixiu’s ear. Feeling both furious and anxious, he almost coughed up a mouthful of blood! However, for the sake of Zixiu’s safety, he didn’t dare act rashly.

With a defiant smile, Nangong Du gave a peck on Zixiu’s lips.

“Pah!” Luo Huali got into the room quietly like a ghost and slapped him in the face. Whether Zixiu was a boy or a girl, he wouldn’t allow anyone to bully him!

Before Nangong Du could tell what was going on, Luo Huali had snatched Zixiu from his arms and rushed out.