Chapter 355 Only Now

Uncle Fu said, "They gave me a box and told me to search with it. If I heard any movement inside the box, that was the person they were looking for."

Everyone looked at each other. Since it could make such a noise, could there be some living thing in the box?

Du Qian asked: "What's in the box?"

"No, I don't know." Uncle Fu swallowed his saliva, his face as pale as paper, "I didn't dare to open it and look."

"You're so scared even though you haven't seen it." Feng Jing folded his arms and looked at him suspiciously. The old man's face didn't look like he was ignorant at all.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him suspiciously, Uncle Fu's face turned even worse, as if he would faint at the next moment.

He defended himself by saying, "I really didn't open it. It was just that the noise was scary, and I get a little scared when I think about it."

Hearing this, Feng Jing curled his lips and whispered to Chu Liuzheng, "This old man is dishonest. He says half and hides the other half."

Chu Liuzheng also noticed it.

Xiao Jingfan winked at Du Qian.

Du Qian understood and ordered the servants to carry Uncle Fu back to the guest room so that they could talk in private.

Just because Uncle Fu doesn't want to say some things in front of others doesn't mean he won't say them to him in private.

Everyone was waiting in the yard. Chu Liuzheng went to the kitchen to make tea. When he was boiling water, he saw some fresh river shrimps in the kitchen. Thinking that Siyue was busy saving people and had no dinner, he made her a plate of fried noodles with fresh river shrimps and put a lot of shrimps in it.

Siyue was used to it and originally wanted to eat something casually to fill her stomach. Unexpectedly, Chu Liuzheng not only remembered that she had not eaten, but also specially made fried noodles for her. She couldn't help feeling warm in her heart and ate without even raising her head.

"You still have this skill." Smelling the overbearing aroma of fried noodles, Feng Jing felt hungry again and asked eagerly, "Is there any more in the kitchen?"

"My miraculous doctor, you just had dinner." Chu Liuzheng placed the tea in front of him helplessly. "You said you wanted to eat less at night."

"It's okay to have a meal occasionally." Feng Jing still stared at the fried noodles in front of Siyue with greed. The more he couldn't eat it, the more he wanted to eat it.

Mitsuki silently raised his hand to block it, as if worried that he would reach out to snatch it.

Chu Liuzheng looked at it with amusement: "It's gone tonight, let's wait until tomorrow. If the kitchen can buy fresh fish and shrimp, I can cook it for you."

Feng Jing sighed in disappointment and slumped over the stone table, as if he had lost all color.

Seeing this, Mitsuki hesitated for a moment and ate faster.

Feng Jing: “…”

"Cough cough." Zhou Yuande suddenly coughed twice and winked at Chu Liuzheng.

Siyue, you remember everything, but what about Your Majesty?

Chu Liuzheng was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, then walked up to Xiao Jingfan and said softly, "Master, I just saw some pork rib soup in the pot. Can I make you a bowl of pork rib soup noodles?"

Xiao Jingfan raised his eyes and stared at her for a long while, until Chu Liuzheng's heart began to beat fast, and then he asked, "Why not fried noodles?"

Chu Liuzheng blinked: "Don't you dislike fried noodles?"

She remembered the seafood fried noodles specially made by the royal chef, but this gentleman hadn't even touched it. Why was he thinking about it again now?

Xiao Jingfan: "I want to eat now."

Although the kitchen was out of fish and shrimp, it didn't bother Chu Liuzheng. She looked up at the sky and said, "I remember there's a fried noodle stall on the next street. I heard it's delicious. It should be still open. I'll send someone over right away—"

Before he could even utter the word "buy", Xiao Jingfan uttered two words coldly: "You do it."

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[A good cook cannot cook without rice. How can I make anything for you? I can't just go down to the river and fish—eh? I can take people down to the river and fish!]

Her eyes lit up, and she was about to take action when she saw Xiao Jingfan with a sour face, squeezing out four words from between his teeth: "Pork rib soup noodles."

If she went to the river to catch fish and shrimp at this time, the woman would not be afraid of falling in and drowning.

Chu Liuzheng felt a little regretful.

I can’t play fishing anymore.

The soup is ready, and the noodles are ready too. A bowl of pork ribs noodle soup is cooked quickly. On top of it lie two green vegetables and a golden fried egg, sprinkled with a little chopped green onion and drizzled with sesame oil, which looks very appetizing.

Chu Liuzheng also prepared a plate of pickled radish from the kitchen, which was cut into thin slices and mixed with a little chili oil. It was very refreshing.

Xiao Jingfan took a bite of the noodle soup and found it delicious yet not bland, which was surprisingly to his liking.

The pickled radish is also good and goes perfectly with noodles.

As usual, Chu Liuzheng began to watch the boss eat.

[Tsk tsk, a bowl of noodle soup is all it takes. Tyrants are pretty easy to raise.]

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, she immediately patted herself on the back and quickly added four words: [For now only.]

Xiao Jingfan: "..."

Feng Jing just followed him to the kitchen and earned a small bowl of noodles by washing vegetables.

He wasn't particularly greedy, he just wanted to taste the saltiness of food when he saw others eating.

After the three of them finished their noodles, Du Qian also found out the result.

"Qin Kai asked Uncle Fu to come to me because someone told him that his fortune was in the Wood and Earth phases. He needs to meet a noble person to turn misfortune into fortune and turn bad times into good times."

Xiao Jingfan looked at him: "Qin Kai thinks you are his benefactor?"

Du Qian nodded again and again.

Everyone was speechless. Although it was true that wood and earth together formed the character "Du", wasn't this a bit too hasty in finding this noble person?

"Where is Qin Kai being held now?"

"Uncle Fu doesn't know," Du Qian said. "After he discovered that Qin Kai had been switched, he went to the study as agreed with Qin Kai and found a note in a book that Qin Kai often read. Qin Kai told him to leave the Qin Mansion immediately when he saw the note and come to the Du Mansion to find me."

"It was also his bad luck. He was spotted by the gang as soon as he arrived at the city gate and chased him all the way into the city. If he hadn't been rescued by a kind-hearted young lady, he would have been killed by the gang."

"It sounds like this Mr. Qin seemed to have anticipated that something bad would happen to him." Feng Jing touched his chin and changed the subject, "Who is that kind lady?"

Du Qian said: "I only know the surname is Huang, but I can't see her face clearly because she's wearing a veil."

The surname is Huang and she is wearing a veil, these are the characteristics - Chu Liuzheng glanced at Xiao Jingfan secretly, this means peach blossoms are catching up with him.

Feng Jing also remembered: "Could this Miss Huang be the Miss Huang in Tancheng whose carriage was startled?"

Si Yue said, "That should be the case. The servant from the Huang Mansion followed us all the way and disappeared only after we entered the city."

"What does Miss Huang want to do?" Feng Jing wondered, "Is she trying to harm the young master?"

Everyone looked at him speechlessly. How could a young lady do anything bad to the young master?

With this level of understanding, I'm afraid you'll never be able to find a wife in this life.

Du Qian didn't know what was going on, so he looked at everyone suspiciously: "Do you know this kind-hearted Miss Huang?"

"Guard Lu once saved her, and she came to thank the young master in person." Chu Liuzheng only needed two sentences to make Du Qian understand the entanglement and expressed his understanding.

With the young master's elegance and grace, it's normal for girls to like him.

But Miss Huang was really bold. She actually dared to chase a man without worrying about it getting out and ruining her reputation.

Seeing that everyone's attention had shifted, Xiao Jingfan cleared his throat and asked, "Who was the person who told Qin Kai's fortune?"