Chapter 130 Dispute
The parrot flapped its wings and squawked incoherently, making hoarse and unpleasant noises.
If you could understand the meaning of its bird language, you would know how filthy its curses are.
Seeing that it kept shaking off the water, Tao Tao quickly got up and stepped back. When she looked up, she noticed that the man in front of her was resting his chin on his hand and watching her with great interest.
He immediately remembered the purpose of his trip.
Her hands, hanging at her sides, clenched tightly as she asked in a cold voice, "Did you come to my place last night?"
What are you trying to say?
Duan Gan picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea, placing one in front of himself and the other in front of her, his posture elegant and relaxed.
His calm and composed demeanor made her seem extremely anxious.
"Ding Yunxiang, did you kill Ding Yunxiang?"
She hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up.
She didn't know why Duan Gan would attack Ding Yunxiang. Perhaps Ding Yunxiang had said something bad to him and offended him, but that didn't just mean he could kill her.
"This tea is a tribute tea from Beiyuan, called Longtuan Shengxue. Would you like to try it?"
Tribute tea? Tribute tea for the emperor?
“I’m not here to enjoy tea, nor do I possess the refinement of your aristocratic sons. Ding Yunxiang is only staying at my house temporarily. Even if she has offended you in some way, you can’t be so cruel.”
"Am I cruel?"
Duan Gan slammed his teacup down on the table with a sharp, unexpected sound, startling Tao Tao instantly.
He suddenly stood up, stood in front of her, looking down at her, his face slightly tense, his eyes filled with a hint of annoyance.
Tao Tao looked up, meeting his gaze head-on without backing down.
“Am I wrong? Ding Yunxiang is just a young woman from a fallen family with no means of survival. Besides, given her upbringing, she would never say anything unpleasant to you.”
"Tao Tao, in your eyes, am I the kind of person who can't distinguish right from wrong and is cruel and heartless?"
She didn't answer his question directly. "So, why did you kill her?!"
"Even if I kill her, so what?"
His expression returned to its usual indifferent and nonchalant state.
"you!"
Tao Tao was furious. After spending so many days with him, she couldn't believe he was the kind of person who would indiscriminately kill innocent people. So what was the reason?
Why won't he answer his own question?
She took a deep breath and sneered, "Yes, even if you killed him, so what? You are the high and mighty Chief of the Privy Council, and I can't do anything to you."
"Excuse me, Lord Duan."
She spoke the last three words slowly and deliberately.
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned and left angrily.
Standing on the shore, Leng Qiao watched Tao Tao walk over from the middle of the lake and gazed at the Water Pavilion, where her master was looking at Tao Tao.
"Miss."
Upon hearing the voice beside her, Tao Tao immediately stopped and said calmly, "Lord Leng, I dare not accept such praise. Duan Gan is your master. You don't need to come to my place anymore."
Leng Qiao frowned, thought for a moment, and then followed.
Duan Gan looked down at the parrot that was still preening its feathers. "If she doesn't spare you, you don't need to live either."
The parrot paused, its body stiffening as if it understood. It flapped its half-wet wings and hurriedly flew in the direction Tao Tao had gone.
After leaving the Privy Council, Tao Tao did not choose to go home first, but went to the street to buy a lot of snacks and pastries.
When I got home, I grabbed all my bags and went straight to my room.
"Miss, what's wrong...?"
Before Zhu Xia could finish speaking, he disappeared from sight, followed by a loud bang as the door slammed shut.
Tao Tao sat at the table, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of water, and gulped it down. One cup wasn't enough, so she had another, until she choked and stopped.
She started tearing open the beautifully packaged items on the table, grabbing the delicate pastries inside and taking big bites. She finished a bag of pastries, then ate sesame seed cakes and candied fruits—basically, she ate everything she could.
It's exactly like a starving ghost reincarnated.
But only she knew that this was the best way for her to vent.
Binge eating can greatly alleviate her anxiety and anger, and it's also the least troublesome way to do so.
She hadn't been like this in a long time, almost never since she came here. Perhaps it was because she was too busy and didn't have the energy to think about too many complicated things.
She can't control herself now, and she doesn't want to. If she doesn't vent in this way, she's afraid she'll suffocate from the anger trapped in her heart.
That damned Duan Gan! How dare he kill someone in her own home!
Her face was pale, and she gripped the teacup tightly, her fingertips turning white from the pressure.
Tao Tao's chest heaved as she tried to regulate her breathing, her mind gradually clearing after the shock.
She thought she should calm down; there must be something fishy going on here, but Duan Gan, with his arrogant nature, just didn't want to tell her the truth.
Perhaps in his eyes, the reason why Ding Yunxiang died was completely unimportant; she was dead, that was all.
"Leng Qiao!"
She shouted loudly towards the door.
Before Leng Qiao could reply, Yu Shan's anxious voice rang out: "Boss! Boss!"
Tao Tao stood up, and then the door was pushed open. Yu Shan rushed in, panting heavily: "Heh... the shop... the shop got a customer... it's..."
"When business comes in, just treat the customers well. Why are you in such a hurry?"
She looked at him, puzzled, and patted the crumbs off her hands.
"It's different this time, boss. Why don't you go and take a look? I really can't handle it."
Yu Shan regained his senses and wiped the sweat from his brow.
He recalled that half an hour earlier, a bearded man stood in the shop with a bulging bundle on his back, which was very large and had a strong, fishy smell.
At the time, he thought the man hadn't showered for days and nights, otherwise why would he smell so bad?
But when the man opened the bundle on his back, the shopkeepers screamed in terror and scattered, moving away from the man who had become terrifying from that moment on.
Tao's mother, in particular, was so frightened that she almost fainted, but fortunately, Xixin was by her side.
It turned out that the bundle didn't contain clothes or food, but rather the dismembered body parts. The fact that he didn't go weak in the knees and was able to run back to deliver the message showed him the greatest courage he could muster.
That man had a particularly strong air of江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world) banditry, and his friend must have offended someone in the martial arts world to end up in such a miserable state.
Upon hearing Yu Shan's words, Tao Tao's expression turned slightly serious, and she quickly walked out.
Leng Qiao was standing to the side of the door. She didn't go in because she saw Yu Shan arrive.
Tao Tao naturally saw it too, and thought she would ask Leng Qiao about it when she got back.
The three of them quickly arrived at the shop in the south of the city by carriage.
Inside the shop, Xixin herself was trembling, and she was holding Tao's mother, who was also pale-faced, while the thin Yu He stood in front of them.
All three of them stared at the man sitting by the door, a scruffy-bearded man with a bandit-like air about him.
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