The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 893 - 893 411 Ahen (third watch)

Chapter 893: 411 Ahen (third watch) Chapter 893: 411 Ahen (third watch) Xiao Liulang glanced at him, “Are you sure you want to eat what I make?”

Little Jingkong choked and stuttered, “Then, then maybe not.”

The brother-in-law’s cooking was too awful, he could stand to be hungry a little longer.

Little Jingkong’s stomach rumbled loudly, eating candies and pastries didn’t fill him up, after all, he was a child with a large appetite, or else he wouldn’t have fought over food with the other little monks.

Xiao Liulang still went to the kitchen and cooked him a bowl of Vegetable and Egg Noodles.

Looking at the dark noodles on the table, Little Jingkong internally rejected them.

Xiao Liulang handed him the chopsticks, “Eat.”

Sitting in his own chair with a small crossbar in front of him, Little Jingkong didn’t immediately take the chopsticks, but instead looked earnestly at Xiao Liulang, “I just want to ask you, would you eat this bowl of noodles yourself?”

Xiao Liulang spoke indifferently, “It’s not me whose stomach is growling right now.”

Little Jingkong hung his head, the bad brother-in-law made such a reasonable point that he found himself speechless.

Eventually, hunger prevailed.

“Sigh.” Little Jingkong sighed, stretched out his small hand to take the chopsticks, and resignedly started to eat.

It wasn’t actually far from mealtime, but Xiao Liulang wasn’t hungry; however, he didn’t let Little Jingkong sit alone in the hall to eat.

He moved Little Jingkong, chair and all, into the Study Room. He did his own eating, he did his own Arithmetic.

Halfway through eating, Little Jingkong suddenly looked at Xiao Liulang with deep resentment, “Can I ask you a question?”

“Speak,” Xiao Liulang didn’t look up, continuing with the Arithmetic problems in his hands.

Little Jingkong, full of curiosity, asked, “How do you manage to make every meal even worse than the last?”

Xiao Liulang gave him a glance and shamelessly said, “Effort, just cook well.”

Little Jingkong: “…”

Little Jingkong admitted to himself he couldn’t learn this skill, because the sweet potatoes he roasted at the age of three already tasted better than anything his bad brother-in-law made.

Little Jingkong had developed the good habit of not wasting food in the temple; no matter how bad the taste, he would grit his teeth and finish eating as long as he had taken it for himself.

“Are you full?” Xiao Liulang looked at the dark empty bowl in front of him and asked.

Little Jingkong pursed his lips, his expression solemn, “With your cooking being so terrible, do you really expect someone to ask for a second bowl… Alright then, congratulations, you’ve achieved your wish.”

Alas, he had no choice even though he wasn’t full!

Xiao Liulang knew that the little monk’s stomach wouldn’t be easily satisfied, so he had also steamed Dried Meat, corn cobs, and sweet potatoes for him in the pot, which should be about ready by now.

He took the empty bowl away from Little Jingkong and brought over steamed Dried Meat, corn, and sweet potatoes from the kitchen.

Little Jingkong crossed his arms and turned his face away, “I don’t want this plate.”

He had very pretty tableware!

Xiao Liulang said indifferently, “You’re still being picky? Eat it or not, I won’t indulge you.”

Little Jingkong began eating reluctantly, pouting, “Without Jiaojiao, a child is just like a blade of grass!”

Xiao Liulang: “…”

Taking care of a child was very draining, and Xiao Liulang felt tired after a while, but this tiredness seemed somewhat different from his usual fatigue, with some dizziness and swelling in his head.

After eating, Little Jingkong went to the backyard to wash the dishes. The cupboard was too high for him to reach, so he had to stand on tiptoes to place the clean dishes and chopsticks on the kitchen counter, one by one.

He also took a damp cloth, planning to wipe down his little table.

But as soon as he entered the Study Room, he felt that something was off.

Huh?

The bad brother-in-law had fallen asleep on the table?

It wasn’t even dark yet!

Little Jingkong trotted over, tilting his little head, calling out to Xiao Liulang, “Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law!”

No response.

Little Jingkong thought for a moment, “Ahen~”

Still no response.

Little Jingkong made an odd sound of surprise and touched Xiao Liulang’s forehead with a hand that had just been wiping with the damp cloth, “Yikes! So hot!”

Xiao Liulang had fallen ill, quite suddenly, with a fever and his mind turned to mush in an instant.

He began to have a repetitive dream, where he found himself back in the Princess Residence.

Today, Zhuang Xianzhi came to teach Wo Linlang, who was usually taught at the Lin family’s home, but since it was too far, they decided to have the class at the Princess Residence instead.

Wo Linlang was his fiancée, and he accompanied her to class.

After Zhuang Xianzhi’s lecture ended and there was a break, Wo Linlang complained, “Ahen, Master Zhuang’s class is too hard. Can we go out and play instead?”

Going out would mean he could see his mother; he nodded in agreement.

They went to the Back Mountain.

Wo Linlang spotted an injured rabbit, “Ahen, this little rabbit is hurt; can we take it home with us?”

His mother’s rabbit had recently died, and she had been upset about it for a long time.

“Ahen, I want to eat dates, can you climb the tree and pick some for me?”

His mother also liked dates; he climbed up to pick them.

“Ahen, can you buy me Osmanthus Cake?”

His mother liked Osmanthus Cake too; he went to buy it in the carriage.

When he went to see Princess Xinyang, eagerly carrying the rabbit, a pocketful of dates, and a box of Osmanthus Cake, what he saw was a face of cold indifference.

“Ahen,” she waved at him, smiling.

He walked over slowly, “Mother, are you feeling unwell?”

She looked at him meaningfully, “Ahen, do you like your mother?”

“I do.”

“Would you do anything for your mother?”

“I would!” he declared decisively.

“Then go die for your mother… Ahen, would you die for me?”

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