CH 103

Chapter 103 The Clever Wen Yantong Finally Discovered Her Special Buff (2)

After Chi Jingxi tasted it, he looked up at her. "...A bit too salty."

Wen Yantong instantly deflated like a punctured balloon. She tsk’ed but continued to persuade, "Just eat it, there’s nothing lighter than this."

Chi Jingxi said, "...I don't want to eat."

Wen Yantong pinched her chopsticks, forced a smile and said, "Little Marquis, please at least take a few more bites."

Chi Jingxi stated, "I want to eat noodles."

Wen Yantong took a deep breath and stood up from her stool. She went to the door and opened it forcefully, startling the guards outside.

She said angrily, "Little Marquis wants to eat noodles, go and get him a bowl of noodles in clear soup."

Still feeling indignant, Wen Yantong added, "Make it lighter, best not to use any salt!"

When she returned, Chi Jingxi was using a spoon to taste the cabbage dish, "The flavor of this dish is quite nice."

"It’s too salty, stop eating it." Wen Yantong sat back down on her stool. She held her bowl and began to eat.

Chi Jingxi chuckled at her puffed-up appearance. He slowly ate porridge with his spoon and asked, "Where is Qianyuan?"

Seeing him eating porridge, Wen Yantong felt somewhat better, so she honestly replied, "I don't know."

"Were the monks all caught?" he asked again.

Wen Yantong thought for a while and answered, "I don't know."

"What was hidden underground?"

"...not quite sure."

Chi Jingxi glanced at her casually, "You don't know anything, do you?"

Wen Yantong grinned, "I'll inquire after eating."

Chi Jingxi said, "Who will you ask?"

"I'll go out and ask around."

"Then you won’t be able to find out anything." Chi Jingxi lightly stated, "Don't bother inquiring about those things."

After hearing this, Wen Yantong realized that Chi Jingxi didn't want to know anything from her, but was asking how much she knew. He even reminded her not to inquire about these things, as if he knew that she would definitely ask others out of curiosity.

Wen Yantong nodded obediently.

Chi Jingxi glanced at her, knowing that she had understood his meaning, he said, "Your muddled head can sometimes clear up."

"Of course." Wen Yantong followed up.

The two then fell silent for a while. Although Chi Jingxi was using his less dominant left hand, he ate faster than Wen Yantong. After eating more than half of the bowl, he put down the spoon.

Wen Yantong looked at him, as if hesitated to speak.

"Speak." Chi Jingxi said.

"Little Marquis...can you try scolding me for a bit?" Wen Yantong requested.

"Why? Are you itching for a beating?" Chi Jingxi was a little surprised.

"No, it's..." She didn't know how to explain it, so Wen Yantong just said, "You can try cursing a few words, there’s nothing to fear."

Chi Jingxi didn't speak.

Wen Yantong said, "Here, you can just call me a dumb fool or dumb airhead. Or what you used to call me, say my hands are like chicken feet, or that I'm a waste."

"You couldn’t have been scared stupid by what happened at night?" Chi Jingxi looked at her strangely.

"I'm fine, I just want to hear you scold me." Wen Yantong answered.

Chi Jingxi pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then go out as soon as possible after you finish eating...dumb airhead."

Wen Yantong was overjoyed. She hurriedly agreed, packed up her things, and said, "Then Little Marquis, you should go to bed earlier. Let the doctors come and check your wound again and don't remove the gauze by yourself. "

Chi Jingxi chased her away, "Hurry up and get out."

Wen Yantong went out with her things, but as soon as she took a few steps forward, she suddenly saw a group of people coming towards her. The leading man looked tall and strong. He was dressed in a dark cloud-pattern robe, it seemed to be an official’s uniform.

He went straight to Wen Yantong and blocked her way.

Wen Yantong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, looked up at him, "What is it, Your Excellency?"

"Are you Wen Yantong?" The man asked.

She nodded.

Immediately afterwards, the man picked up a bright yellow gold brocade cloth from the tray next to him. His voice was as deep as a gong, "Songhai Academy Wen Yantong is to receive this imperial decree—"

Wen Yantong’s eyes widened with shock. She immediately knelt down and placed the items in her hands to the side.

"Songhai Academy Wen Yantong is intelligent and brave. Courageous and resourceful, he made great contributions in saving Little Marquis Chi from danger. As a reward, he is granted a worthy residence in Chaoge, a personal plaque, a thousand taels of gold, a hundred bolts of silk, and dozens of pearls. End——!"

Wen Yantong kowtowed immediately. "This commoner accepts the decree! Long live the emperor!"

After the man handed the imperial decree to her, he congratulated her and left quickly, leaving Wen Yantong dumbly standing there.

As soon as Chi Jingxi finished scolding her, the imperial edict followed up right after.

This was... too exaggerated!