C31

Chapter 31 - Threatening

"He bullied you?"

"En!" Duanmu Yan quickly nodded, and timidly hid behind Gong Shengrui.

The waiter opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but under Gong Shengrui's frightening gaze, he was unable to do so.

Gong Shengrui walked straight to the waiter: "Apologize!"

"…" The waiter's body trembled again. He looked at Gong Shengrui in panic, then at Duanmu Yan, and finally said in a low voice. "Sorry, sorry!"

"Louder!"

"I'm sorry! 'This little one was wrong. This little one shouldn't have teased her on purpose. This little one had eyes but was blind, I hope that you, my lord, will not remember this little one … ' When the words left his mouth, the waiter immediately knelt down, "... "This lowly one has an old one and this lowly one has young ones. I hope you can forgive this lowly one …"

At the end of the day, the lives of common people were like ants in the eyes of the nobles and officials. Just a simple accusation was enough to make them disappear from this world, so …

The more the waiter thought about it, the more scared he became. The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.

He swore to himself that if he didn't kill himself today, then he would never tease others again.

"You're afraid now?" Gong Shengrui's face did not turn any better just because he begged for mercy.

If he was even a few seconds late, the consequences would have been disastrous.

"This little one was wrong. This little one truly knows my wrongs. I hope you can forgive this little one …" The waitress was so scared that her tears and mucus dripped down. He was still young and didn't want to die.

Duanmu Yan looked at the trembling waiter and pulled on Gong Shengrui's sleeves: "He knows he's wrong!"

"So?"

"Let's forgive him!"

Gong Shengrui stared at her eyes that were red as a rabbit for a good while. "... "Alright!"

When the waiter heard this, he hurriedly kowtowed. "Thank you, my lords, for not remembering, thank you …"

"You should be glad that she didn't fall. The child in her embrace is fine as well, or else …" Gong Shengrui coldly snorted, the meaning self-evident.

The waiter's body suddenly stiffened. From this, it was even more certain that their origins were not small.

"Let's go!" Duanmu Yan whispered.

"En!" Gong Shengrui reached out his hands and protected her within his arms, preventing his from making contact with the crowd that was watching the show.

When they disappeared into the crowd, a middle-aged man in his forties rushed out from the inn. He raised his leg and kicked the waiter who was about to get up, kicking him down onto the ground.

The waitress cried out in pain and looked back, "Boss …"

"Do you know who the person you just offended is? Prince Regent, the Prince Regent that is below one person, and above tens of thousands of people! " At this point, the boss kicked the waiter in frustration. "If you want to die, no one will stop you. But don't drag me down. I'm old, I'm young. I can't afford to waste my time with you …"

"Soul, Prince Regent …" At this moment, the waiter did not seem to hear the boss's curses anymore. He kept repeating the words' Prince Regent 'as the blood on his face slowly drained away.

Although he had expected the other party to have an extraordinary background, he had never expected that he was actually a deity-like Prince Regent.

The surrounding crowd sighed and scattered, afraid that they would be tainted by bad luck.

The boss glared at the waiter fiercely. "From now on, you don't have to come back to work. Our store is small and can't accommodate a great Buddha like you!"

The waiter quivered, and without caring about the pain on his body, he got up quickly: "Boss! "I know I was wrong. Please don't look at the face of a monk, look at the face of a Buddha, give me a chance to start anew, boss …"

"Don't even think about it. I don't want to live every day in fear because of you!"

"Boss!" "I beg you …"

"Scram!"

"Boss …"

The sounds of begging and cursing slowly disappeared from the inn.

And in the distance …

Duanmu Yan hugged Yuxuan, and followed behind Gong Shengrui with difficulty.

only stopped when his footsteps became slower and more distant.

"Even turtles go faster than you!"

"…" Duanmu Yan pursed his lips, then walked in front of him in an aggrieved manner, lifting Yuxuan up in his arms.

It obviously meant that I couldn't carry it anymore.

Gong Shengrui sighed silently, took Yuxuan and turned to continue walking.

Although Duanmu Yan wasn't very smart, she could still tell that he was angry and didn't dare speak as she jogged behind him.

"Sugar gourd, selling candied fruits, candied fruits …" The sound of hawking came from far away and near by.

In Duanmu Yan's mind, that bright red, seemingly delicious candied flakes appeared, and she couldn't help but gulp down a mouthful of saliva.

Eyes rolling down, he reached out and tugged on Gong Shengrui's clothes.

Gong Shengrui looked back, staring at her small face that was trying to curry favor with him, and didn't say anything for a long time.

Duanmu Yan blinked her crystal-like eyes, braced herself and whispered. "I'm hungry!"

"So?"

"You want to eat?"

"Go back to the palace and eat!" Gong Shengrui said without a doubt.

"No!" Duanmu Yan anxiously said, noticing that he was looking at her, she bit her lips: "There is no such thing in the palace!"

Gong Shengrui raised his eyebrows, and quietly waited for her to speak.

"I don't have any silver taels with me, lend me some. I promise that when I return to the palace, I will pay you back tenfold, no, a hundredfold!" Duanmu Yan stared at Gong Shengrui with hope all over his face, afraid that he would not agree.

Gong Shengrui looked around, his gaze landing on the man selling the candied fruits at the end: "You want to eat candied fruits?"

Surprise flashed across Duanmu Yan's eyes. "How did you know?"

"I knows how to calculate!"

"…" Duanmu Yan.

"It's not impossible for me to eat it. After returning home, I'll recite the first ten pages of the book!"

After Duanmu Yan heard this, she instantly raised her small face.

"From the looks of it, you don't want to eat anymore. Since that's the case, let's go!" Gong Shengrui said as he turned around.

Duanmu Yan quickly reached out and grabbed his clothes: Three days?

Gong Shengrui did not say a word.

Duanmu Yan gritted her teeth as her face that was like a crystal bun tightened into a ball, "Then … At least two days. Otherwise, I really won't be able to recite it! "

"Good!" "Deal!"

Duanmu Yan's large eyes instantly curved into crescent moons as she urged: "Let's go! Let's go buy it! "

Gong Shengrui helplessly shook his head, he took a step forward and headed towards the direction of the candied fruits seller.

Duanmu Yan anxiously walked forward to catch up, but when her eyes landed on the man who was selling the candied flakes, her face turned white, and she abruptly stopped herself in her tracks.

Sensing that the person behind him was not following him, Gong Shengrui glanced back, "What's wrong?"

"I-I'm not eating anymore!"

Gong Shengrui raised his eyebrows in surprise, wasn't her change in attitude a little too fast?

"The reason!" Based on his understanding of her, she would definitely not change her mind for no reason.

"Not eating his sweet gourd, he's fierce!"

Gong Shengrui frowned: "He bullied you before?"

"En!" Duanmu Yan nodded her head heavily: "He gave me the candied fruits herself, but I didn't give him the silver. In the end, after he snatched the candied flakes back, she even dragged me to the officials.