Chapter 22 Help me, where to help?

At the door of the toilet, the waiter saw Huo Gannian and immediately took him to a toilet that was larger than the others and said respectfully:

"Young Master Huo, please enter this clean room. If you need anything, please tell me directly. I will be waiting outside."

"Thank you." Huo Gannian said.

Yun Chen pushed Huo Gannian in and found that the toilet in this bathroom not only had two more footrests than usual, but also had a wooden frame and leg rests above the toilet.

It seemed to be convenient for Huo Gannian to sit or stand with support, and the style was similar to the toilet that Huo Gannian used exclusively in the Huo Mansion.

It seems that the owner is thoughtful.

Yun Chen had heard about Huo Gannian's habit, that he usually had to lean on a frame or use a single crutch for convenience. She suppressed her blushing face, helped Huo Gannian lean on the frame, and then quickly let go and stepped back.

Huo Gannian supported the wooden frame with both hands and said to her:

"Help me up."

Help me, where should I help?

Yun Chen looked at his idle hands, then at the hem of his robe, and immediately his face and neck turned red with embarrassment.

Although she didn't have a man's thing and didn't know the instructions for use, she had been dressed as a man for so many years that she probably knew that when men go to the bathroom, they have to take out their things and support them.

She told herself over and over in her mind, "I'm a man! I'm a man! I'm a guard! I'm a guard!" Then, with trembling hands, she lifted the hem of his robe.

He immediately dodged with his upper body and asked in surprise:

"What are you doing?"

Her face flushed red as she stammered:

"Didn't the young master ask me to...help...help there, so it would be more convenient?"

In an instant, she saw a chill spread across his face.

He angrily shouted, "I asked you to hold my left arm! What were you thinking?!"

Only then did she realize that the armrest of the wooden shelf was shorter than that of the one in the Huo Mansion, and there was no place to lean on. She needed to hold his left arm so that he could use it more conveniently.

After such an embarrassing misunderstanding, her face suddenly felt hot and almost burned.

He could only hold Huo Gannian with one hand and hold the corner of his clothes with the other, look up at the roof, whistle softly, and pretend to be natural.

Soon, the sound of Huo Gannian... releasing the water came to my ears.

The rhythm was surprisingly consistent with her whistle.

This is even more embarrassing.

She quickly stopped whistling, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and a certain "steady stream" sound seemed louder.

During this long and awkward moment, she tried to ignore the voice in her ears and find something to say.

Somehow, she suddenly remembered that when Huo Gannian was talking to someone just now, the other party heard that he had injured his forehead a few days ago and was concerned about his health.

The incident with the cat assassin happened a long time ago. Huo Gannian didn't mention it, and everyone almost forgot about it.

Now Miaomiao is almost raising the black cat into a black pig.

But in fact, this matter has always been a knot in Yun Chen's heart.

She had always wanted to find an opportunity to confess to Huo Gannian.

I don't know what went wrong with her, or maybe it was just too embarrassing, she suddenly said:

"Young Master, I have something to tell you... Actually, I am the cat-carrying assassin you were looking for... But I didn't mean to do it, and neither did the cat. Stepping on your head was an accident... Can you forgive me?"

At this time, Huo Gannian had finished his work and glanced at the clothes that Yun Chen was still holding in his hand and was reluctant to let go.

He took a deep breath:

"forgive."

Dare you not forgive?

If you don’t forgive me, I’ll be seen naked again, okay?

Yun Chen didn't expect Huo Gannian to agree so readily, and he turned around subconsciously with joy.

Huo Gannian slapped her in time and covered her eyes.

Perhaps he was frightened by Yun Chen's brave act of "help", but after the banquet began, Huo Gannian didn't drink a sip of water, and even took only a few sips of his favorite tea.

Yun Chen pretended not to see it and could only keep serving fruit to Huo Gannian.

During the banquet, the hostess chatted happily with the guests, talking about local customs and interesting stories from various places.

Yun Chen was not very interested and did not listen carefully. In addition, Huo Gannian rarely spoke, so no one paid much attention to the two of them.

As they chatted, somehow, everyone started talking about the past dynasties.

It tells the story of a powerful figure in the previous dynasty before the establishment of the Nan Kingdom. When she was young, she disguised herself as a man and entered the court as a general, commanding nine armies.

Everyone was very interested in this kind of anecdote and there was a lively discussion about it.

Some people said: "The laws of the previous dynasty were liberal, but women dressing as men is also a strange thing and it is against women's morality."

Others said, "If he were reborn as a man, it would be great. He would wield power in the government and the country, and the entire previous dynasty would be overthrown."

Others said, "In today's Nan Kingdom, if a woman dresses as a man and goes out, she will bring shame to her family and will be removed from the family tree."

Everyone was talking animatedly, but the woman in the main seat remained silent, with a distant, faint smile on her face.

When she raised her eyes inadvertently, she happened to see Yun Chen's mouth curled up, with a look of both disapproval and disdain in his eyes, but he quickly returned to normal and seriously read the dishes for Huo Gan.

The hostess became interested and asked with a smile:

"Master Huo, do you have any opinion on the matter of a prominent figure from the previous dynasty disguising herself as a man?"

Huo Gannian only said two words:

“Extremely difficult.”

The woman in the main seat asked again, "What about you, the little brother next to Master Huo?"

Yun Chen had never expected to be called out. Thinking about how her master spoke so concisely in two words, she simply followed suit and said all she wanted to say in two words:

"Extremely bitter."

Everyone was pondering the two answers in confusion, but Huo Gannian and the woman in the main seat both curled their lips and smiled.

It’s just that Huo Gannian smiled at Yun Chen, and then instantly returned to his usual cold expression.

The banquet lasted two hours.

After the meal, all the guests entered the front hall. No one was allowed to bring servants or guards with them. It seemed that they were going to discuss confidential matters.

Only the servants or guards who come to the banquet with their masters can eat at this time.

According to the rules, everyone would take the leftovers from the master's table during the banquet and eat them, and the master would choose two dishes as a reward.

Firstly, in such occasions, no one would prepare separate meals for the servants and guards brought by the guests. There is no such rule.

Secondly, there were quite a lot of dishes at the banquet, and the guests couldn’t finish them all. It would be a waste of such precious ingredients to throw them away.

The servants and guards had simple meals every day and it was rare for them to have good food, so they couldn't help but smile and eat happily.

A servant suddenly noticed Yun Chen, who was busy eating, and took a look at him. He couldn't help but smile enviously and said:

"Guard of the Huo family, your master really loves you. We all get two dishes from our master based on his mood, but I see these six dishes of yours, it seems like they were all left untouched by your master, specially reserved for you!"

Yun Chen looked at it this way and it seemed to be true.

The banquet consisted of four small cold dishes, six hot dishes, three meat dishes and three vegetable dishes, two soups, one salty and one sweet, and six snacks.

There were a few things that Huo Gannian hadn't touched from beginning to end:

A plate of mixed mountain bamboo shoots, a dish of roast goose with brown sugar, a plate of braised Mijiang ham, a bowl of blanched Chinese kale, a bowl of warm pepper soup, and a plate of new-style black pear cake.

Not only that, the amount of white rice in front of Yun Chen was twice as much as that of others, and it was so full that it was almost overflowing.

Yun Chen remembered that when he was serving Huo Gannian meals, her stomach was rumbling with hunger.

Maybe my stomach was growling too loudly and Huo Gannian heard it?

"My young master treats us very well." Yun Chen responded, and then concentrated on eating, and soon finished the whole table in no time.

Being a guard is mainly physical work, and Yun Chen can't do anything about it since he gets hungry so quickly.

After the servants and guards finished their meal, they saw that their masters were still in the hall, so they gathered together to chat and rest.

Yun Chen walked to the guard post at the hall door as usual, and looked at each other for a while with the personal soldier guarding the door.

The guard's eyes widened, his gaze seemed to be asking:

"Are you going to take this guard post? Stealing the job?"

What Yun Chen was thinking was, "This big brother hasn't eaten yet. He must be starving."

In the end, the two avoided looking at each other and no one spoke.

Yun Chen stood outside the guard post, looking at the hall door, waiting for Huo Gannian.

So when the hall door opened wide, Huo Gannian looked through the crowd walking out and saw Yun Chen standing in the front waiting for him.

The other servants and guards hurried over in small steps.

Just by seeing Yun Chen standing there calmly, he knew that she had been waiting for him since early morning.

For some reason, in an instant, Huo Gannian suddenly remembered the time when he left school as a child.

Mother always stood at the front of the group of ladies, like Yun Chen now, the first one waiting to pick him up.

Huo Gannian was dazed for a moment, and Yun Chen had already walked up to him, put a cloak on him, and leaned over slightly to tie the neck strap for him.

Seeing that Yun Chen didn't wipe her mouth properly after eating and there was a white and plump grain of rice at the corner of her mouth, Huo Gannian subconsciously raised her hand, touched the corner of her mouth, and pinched off the grain of rice.

The two were so close that their breath brushed against each other's lips and teeth.

She was tying his belt and he was wiping the corner of her lips, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little ambiguous.

Yun Chen's ears turned red instantly.

Huo Gannian cleared his throat, and his voice was as gentle as the evening breeze:

"Are you full?"

"Um."

"Then let's go home."