Chapter 48 Top-quality Green Tea

When Yun Chen returned to the Huo Mansion, Hua Jue saw that she was late and had already done the small errand for her.

She had some free time and was full, so she just went back to her room to sleep.

Not long after she lay down, Hua Jue came in angrily and pulled her.

"Achen, did that bastard Yan Shijiu get hold of something against you? He sent you something again! This bastard is really Long Yang! Is he trying to get you out of the Huo Gang?!"

She was shocked and thought, could Yan Shijiu send her flowers again? Is this the end?

She quickly got up to look, and saw the doorman coming over with a brocade box.

There was a seal neatly taped to the top of the box, which read "Dear little Yun'er, please accept this."

Hua Jue knocked the box down and kicked it away with great caution. He used one hand to pick up the lid with a knife, and with the other hand he protected Yun Chen from getting close, shouting:

"Achen, don't come near! Who knows what harmful things are in there!"

"What reason does Yan Shijiu have to harm me?" She laughed helplessly.

"You never know! What if he loves you but can't get you, and wants to destroy you if he can't get you?" Hua Jue continued to imagine.

She covered Hua Jue's mouth, dragged him aside, punched him twice, and then went to open the brocade box.

A white jade pot lay quietly in the brocade box. When it was opened, the paste was as fat as jade and a rich fragrance emanated from it.

She applied a little on her hands, and the chapped skin immediately became much less so.

It's a decent and thoughtful little gift, which is more appropriate.

Hua Jue came over curiously, picked up a large piece of hand towel, and then greeted her:

"Let's go, it's time for dinner. The young master said there will be extra dishes tonight—"

Since the New Year's Eve banquet, the guards often had meals and snacks with Huo Gannian in Beining Hall.

Runhe said that this was allowed by Huo Gannian, who said it would be a waste of more than a dozen dishes for one person to eat.

As expected, there was hardly any food left in the mouths of his four personal guards. They fought over the food and gobbled it up so ravenously that they almost licked the plates.

Although they were having dinner together, Huo Gannian still sat at a separate table, while his guards sat around a small square table.

Every time Huo Gannian had just taken two bites, at least two dishes were finished on the table over there.

There was no other way. The guards had to run around and fight every day. They were either busy climbing walls and climbing rooftops or standing still for hours. They were really hungry.

In addition, the four of them had already been close brothers for a long time, so they naturally didn't need to be polite to each other when eating.

At dinner that day, Hua Jue grabbed a duck leg as usual and ate it until his mouth was full of oil. "Achen, I'll do your little errand for you today. I'll eat this duck leg first as a token of my respect."

Bu Yan picked up a large chopstick of lily and tender celery, and then picked up a large chopstick of stir-fried ground beef and shredded pork, then took a few mouthfuls of rice and sobbed:

"There's still a duck leg, Chen, have it."

Whenever we eat, we talk the least.

Ye Yan broke off the remaining duck leg and gave it to Yun Chen. He then removed two duck wings and gave one to Buyan. "Why have you only been eating vegetables lately? Eat more meat."

Bu Yan kept picking up the food while taking the time to answer:

"These dishes are good for hemorrhoids lately. I have to eat more."

Hua Jue showed a sympathetic expression. "I heard that most secret guards have hemorrhoids. That's terrible. It must be very painful and cause bleeding, right?"

Buyan nodded repeatedly, eating non-stop. "Don't mention it. I hid on the beams and trees all day, basically squatting. I bled every few days, sometimes even through my pants. It's only been better these past few days."

Ye Yan quickly picked up another large portion of food for Buyan and said, "Eat more, eat more."

At this time, Bu Yan glanced at Yun Chen who was concentrating on gnawing on the duck leg, and kindly reminded him:

"Achen, don't just eat meat, eat some vegetables, otherwise you will suffer like me."

Yun Chen shook his head, his mouth bulging, "I don't have hemorrhoids, I won't eat it, I just like to eat meat."

After saying this, no one noticed that Huo Gannian raised his eyebrows slightly.

Ye Yan continued, "And dumplings. I think Achen would be happy to eat dumplings every day."

Hua Jue thought of the dumplings from the New Year's Eve banquet and sighed, "Achen ate more than forty dumplings on New Year's Eve."

"Goodness! I only ate thirty!"

"Achen, you'll grow taller if you take some supplements. You already have two kids, so you don't need any more. If you continue, your sister-in-law won't be able to bear it. Hahahaha..."

"Sister-in-law, this baby looks like it's still a boy. Brother Ye, you're going to have two sons soon."

Ye Yan stuffed the duck bone into Hua Jue's mouth and said, "Shut up, shut up! How dare you curse me? I don't care, this baby must be a girl!"

The four of them chatted and laughed and enjoyed their meal.

Huo Gannian was thoughtful on the side. He looked at Yun Chen for a long time, then slowly lowered his eyes. "Yun Chen, you ate too little today. Eat more."

Yun Chen touched his bulging belly and said, "I had honey milk cheese outside at noon, and also ate a lot of candy cakes. I feel so full now that I can't eat anymore."

Hua Jue was unhappy and said, "Didn't you go and deal with Yan Shijiu? Why are you still eating out? Did he treat you?"

Yun Chen nodded, "He said he wanted to apologize to me."

Hua Jue snorted disdainfully, "That's more like it. Then why don't you apply the white jade sheep-fat cream he gave you later? I tried it, it's really good. Remember to apply it every day."

"I don't want to wipe it off." Yun Chen answered simply, "I just put a little on it, and it slipped when I was holding the sword."

Hua Jue and Yun Chen chatted as if no one was around. Ye Yan, who had been paying attention to Huo Gannian's expression, kicked them under the table and said, "Eat, eat. Don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping!"

Hua Jue and Yun Chen immediately shut up, but Buyan, having eaten his fill, began to mutter:

"What the hell? Yan Nineteen invited you to dinner? Ah Chen, don't be fooled by that guy. A meal can make up for the fact that he made you bear the reputation of 'Long Yang'! This guy has bad intentions. Now, under the Princess's alliance, the most powerful is our Huo Gang, and then Yan Nineteen. Look at this guy, he joined the salt merchant Han family, and immediately caught up with us to swallow up the Han family, and he became the boss.

Then we allied with the princess, and he somehow managed to become the second-largest merchant under the princess' alliance. Could this guy not have been scheming? Ah Chen, be careful. Don't eat with him for no reason. What if he poisons you? Look at you. The young master prepared a huge table of food for us, but you ate your fill outside. Wouldn't that make the young master angry?

Yun Chen glanced at Huo Gannian, and seeing that he looked normal, she said:

"The young master won't be angry. Yan Shijiu all knows that the young master is generous and not a stingy person."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Yan, Hua Jue, and Buyan all looked at Huo Gannian, whose face had a warmth and kindness that no one had ever seen before.

A terrifying smile.

Huo Gannian drank his tea slowly and said with a smile:

"Yes, good tea—excellent green tea."