Chapter 141 The King is Not Good

Yun Chen stared blankly at Huo Gannian walking towards her with big strides.

Her mind went blank, and it felt as if everything and everyone around her had disappeared in an instant.

In this empty world, only he, who is familiar yet unfamiliar, comes with dazzling golden light.

She was stunned like a fool, and subconsciously said in her heart:

He's so tall...

Ye Yan was considered tall, but he was still a head shorter than Huo Gannian when standing next to him.

A red robe with a swallow-shaped cloud pattern wrapped around Huo Gannian's tall figure.

He wore black boots with tiger patterns and pointed toes, and a black jade belt with a lion pattern around his waist. Above his broad back and flat shoulders was a face that still had a cold look, but could not hide his handsome and energetic face.

Huo Gannian was dressed in dazzling brocade clothes, and his temperament was even more powerful and imposing. As soon as he entered the lobby of the inn, he immediately attracted everyone's attention and caused the diners to exclaim in amazement.

"Excuse me, is this seat taken? There are no seats elsewhere. Can we share a table?"

Huo Gannian stood in front of her and said this to her.

She subconsciously raised her hand to touch her face and realized that she was not recognized.

Between shouting in surprise, "Young Master, why are you here? I'm Yun Chen!" and pretending not to know him, she chose the latter without hesitation.

Worried that speaking would reveal her voice, she nodded repeatedly to indicate that she was okay.

"Thank you very much."

Huo Gannian said something, then lifted up his robe, took a step forward with his long legs, and sat astride her.

Ye Yan sat down on the other side of her, glanced at the words on the table, and said with a smile:

"Young Master, look, someone has written the character 'Huo', but it's missing a horizontal stroke."

Yun Chen's body stiffened, and he quickly raised his sleeve to wipe off the words.

Huo Gannian raised his eyes slightly and looked at Yun Chen:

"What a coincidence! My last name is 'Huo'. Is yours also Huo?"

Yun Chen felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he was so nervous that he could hardly breathe.

Not daring to look Huo Gannian in the eye, she pointed to her mouth to indicate that she was mute.

Huo Gannian acted as if he had suddenly realized something, and said "Oh" and hurriedly said, "Excuse me, my rudeness."

At this time, the waiter came with beef offal soup and black pear cakes, and placed the food in front of her swiftly, and asked:

"Sir, you just said that you wanted this beef offal soup to be spicy and numbing, and that the meat should not be overcooked, and that you should add more vermicelli noodles. The cook forgot to add chili. Shall I bring you some chili oil?"

After the waiter finished speaking, the table fell into silence.

Yun Chen had an embarrassed look on his face, and he used his last bit of strength to speak in a hoarse and low voice, saying briefly:

"No, no, no more spicy food."

After saying "Enjoy your meal", the waiter turned around and left happily.

Yun Chen didn't dare to look up, he only heard Huo Gannian's voice with a smile:

"I thought you couldn't speak, but it turns out you just have a sore throat?"

"Yes, yes, yes." She nodded repeatedly, held the bowl and started eating, but she had no idea what the food in her mouth tasted like.

Huo Gannian no longer paid attention to her, the "stranger", and talked to Ye Yan about the affairs of the hall.

"Have all the fruits in the ice storage been opened?"

"Young Master, all 288 ice storages have been opened, and we expect them to be delivered to all the halls and fruit shops by the end of April."

"The new ice molds should be almost ready. Ordinary square ice cubes are too boring. We need to make some trendy shapes, like round balls, butterflies, plum blossoms, whatever."

"Yes, young master. By the way, the forging station at the south entrance said that iron sand is in short supply this year, and ironware will probably be in short supply."

"That's fine. But we still need to make sure the guards in the mansion have swords and weapons. We absolutely cannot run out of them."

"Over at the tea shop, has this year's Snow Ridge Green Pine tribute been delivered?"

"Replying to the young master, the box has been sealed and shipped."

"Over at the salt business, has the issue of mixing up sea salt and lake salt been resolved?"

"Replying to Young Master, the matter has been properly handled. All the officials involved have been sent to the government office for custody and interrogation."

"Has the rice shop already dumped its old rice at a low price?"

"Replying to the young master, after it is sold, according to the young master's wishes, the main purpose is to provide relief to the poor and disaster victims."

“Is the black pear cake delicious?”

"Young Master, it's not tasty." Yun Chen answered very naturally.

Listening to the two talking about the affairs of the Huo Gang, every detail was familiar to her, and she listened attentively.

Being caught off guard by Huo Gannian's question, she didn't understand what was going on and subconsciously said in a hoarse voice, "Master, it's not tasty."

As she finished speaking, a strange silence fell on the table again.

Huo Gannian and Ye Yan both looked at her in surprise.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to see a smile quickly rise at the corner of his mouth and then fade away.

It's like a tiny grain of sand thrown into a lake, causing a tiny ripple and then disappearing in an instant.

Her face flushed, her back stiffened, and after a long while she managed to squeeze out a sentence from between her teeth:

"Sorry... I was just kidding... Have you ever seen a parrot imitate human speech? I was just imitating..."

After saying that, she quickly continued to eat.

Huo Gannian seemed to be interested in this ordinary-looking stranger sitting at the table, and pointed at the black pear cake on the table and said:

"Can I have a piece?"

She didn't dare to look up, but just pushed the plate of black pear cake in front of him.

He picked it up and took a bite.

"It's really not tasty. It's not as good as the cooking in the mansion's small kitchen."

Ye Yan sighed heavily from the side, "Oh, I remember that Achen used to love eating black pear cakes the most."

"Cough cough cough cough——" When Yun Chen heard the word "Achen", a mouthful of vermicelli went into her nose and choked. The spiciness made her nose run and tears flow, and she kept coughing.

A cup was handed to her before they met, and she took it and took a few gulps.

Ye Yan patted her back with the back of his hand and asked enthusiastically:

"Sir, are you okay? Eat slowly, don't rush."

"Thank you, cough cough cough..." Her voice was really hoarse at this moment, and the sound of her cough was distorted. She quietly touched the mask on her face and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Excuse me, sir, what is your name?" Huo Gannian asked.

Avoiding his gaze, she thought about it quickly for eight hundred times, but couldn't come up with a fake name, so she could only say:

"Um... I... I can't..."

"Nice name." Huo Gannian said without any expression.

At this time, the waiter ran over happily again and said to Yun Chen:

"Sir, I've just added some hay to your horse. Your horse is quite interesting. It has a name tag around its neck that says 'Wang Buxing'. This is the first time I've seen a horse named with both a name and a surname!"

Suddenly, the table fell silent again. The atmosphere was awkward and subtle.

She lowered her head, her teeth almost breaking:

"Yes... I love horses, so... I share a name with horses... I can't just call myself Wang!"

"Oh——" Huo Gannian and Ye Yan both drew out their words and made a...very mean response.

She ate the beef offal soup without any taste, and didn't dare to touch the black pear cake, nor did she dare to look up at Huo Gannian and Ye Yan. But she couldn't help but secretly glance at Huo Gannian's legs out of the corner of her eye.

Perhaps because she had peeked too many times, Huo Gannian suddenly asked:

"Brother Wang, why are you always staring at my legs?"

She looked embarrassed for a moment and said, "Nothing... I just thought your legs were quite long."

"Really?" When it comes to legs, Huo Gannian seems to become interested.

He stretched out the leg closest to her, almost under her eyelids, looked left and right, and nodded:

"It's really long. I can't help it, it's just a natural gift. Every day when I put on my boots, I always put my head down at dawn and put them on at noon."

"Ahem..." She tried hard not to spit out the food, thinking that after guarding Huo Gannian for so long, she had no idea that he could also tell jokes, and he could praise her without batting an eyelid.

Seeing that his legs were safe and sound, and the sadness in his eyes had completely disappeared, she felt happy and sad at the same time.

Too familiar, yet too strange.

After not seeing each other for just over a year, she seemed to need to get to know Huo Gannian again.

But she no longer has the qualifications to start over.

She quickly finished her beef offal soup and tried not to look directly at Huo Gannian and Ye Yan. She just bowed perfunctorily and said, "I'm full. Bye first," and then ran back to the guest room.