After serving the crab roe soup, Lan Linxue carefully held it in her hands as if it were a rare treasure, completely ignoring Qin Kou'er's outstretched hand. Instead, she personally presented it to Qin Kou'er and carefully placed it down.
"Let me tell you, this is the first time in my life that I've ever served something like this, so you'd better be careful and make sure you don't spill a drop or leave a single mouthful. This stuff is very precious!"
After putting it down, he glanced at it one last time, a little reluctant. What a pity, the things he had personally served had ended up benefiting Qin Kou'er, that money-grubber.
Qin Kou'er was speechless at Lan Linxue's extremely arrogant and narcissistic personality. She brushed his hand away, then elegantly took a bite. Mmm, the taste was consistently delicious.
With Qin Kou'er by her side, Lan Linxue seemed to have a better appetite. While eating, she casually asked, "Where did you put Shi Mengjian's body?"
"Set it on fire." Qin Kou'er said casually, picking up a piece of squirrel-shaped mandarin fish and savoring it carefully.
"What do you plan to do with Zhao Ling'er, who has connections with Shi Mengjian?" Lan Linxue said, picking up a mouthful of boiled dried bean curd, removing the few remaining chili threads and cilantro, looking around to see where to put it, and finally placing it directly into Qin Kou'er's bowl with smooth and natural movements.
Qin Kou'er glanced at him, said nothing more, picked up her chopsticks and ate, but continued talking, "Of course I'll keep her. I can't let these ten thousand taels of gold go to waste. This woman will still be useful in the future!"
"What use could it be?" Lan Linxue said dismissively. She picked up a spoonful of cherry flesh and put the ones that weren't golden enough into Qin Kou'er's bowl.
Qin Kou'er sighed inwardly, but still didn't say much, slowly picking up her chopsticks and eating. "Shi Mengjian is closest to her, and keeping this woman around might be very useful in the future. At least in crucial moments, I need her to testify for me that I have never had any grudges against this Lord Shi, let alone killed him!"
Lan Linxue nodded, "If that's the case, keeping her around might be useful! But you'd better keep a close eye on her. Jiang Ming isn't stupid; if he finds something wrong with you, he'll bite you hard!"
After saying that, he put two slices of carrot from the sweet and sour pork ribs into Kou'er's bowl.
"Bang!" Qin Kou'er slammed her chopsticks down on the table, her brows furrowed as she stared coldly at Lan Linxue: "Can you please not put things in my bowl that you don't want to eat? Would it kill you to leave them there?"
Lan Linxue was startled. Looking at the angry Qin Kou'er, he also shouted loudly, "Isn't it because we didn't have any extra bowls? Besides, if you pick all this stuff out and put it in a bowl, it'll look like a disgusting mess! Since you can eat it, just eat it!"
Qin Kou'er secretly told herself not to get angry, otherwise she would suffer internal injuries.
Taking a slow breath, Qin Kou'er picked up her chopsticks again, lowered her head, and began to eat. She decided that from now on, she would never speak to Lan Linxue again, otherwise she would be so angry that she would vomit blood.
Lan Linxue noticed that although Qin Kou'er wasn't saying anything, her expression was still one of anger. She couldn't help but pick up a piece of tofu skin and meat roll with her chopsticks and put it in Qin Kou'er's bowl, muttering, "So stingy! You can get this angry just eating! Here, meat! Is that enough?"
Qin Kou'er looked up at Lan Linxue speechlessly, unsure of what to feel. She then lowered her head and ate the meat roll piece by piece.
Watching Qin Kou'er savor her meal, Lan Linxue suddenly found it amusing and leaned closer to ask curiously, "Qin Kou'er, I've noticed something. Most well-bred young ladies never eat cilantro or carrots, but you, with your pile of money, seem to enjoy everything. You'll eat anything given to you? Are you some kind of reincarnated pig? Or are you just incredibly stingy?"
Qin Kou'er smiled slightly, surprisingly not angry. Instead, she looked at Lan Linxue quietly and said with a hint of indifference in her tone, "Do you know what it feels like to be hungry? Do you know what it feels like to be so hungry in the dark that you can only gnaw on the wall?"
Qin Kou'er casually picked up a piece of carrot, still elegantly put it in her mouth, and then said with a smile, "You'll know how delicious carrots are back then!"
After saying that, Qin Kou'er stopped looking at Lan Linxue and just lowered her head to eat silently.
Lan Linxue stared at the head in front of him, his gaze lingering. For the first time, he seemed to see Qin Kou'er, deeply hidden within this bustling metropolis. Perhaps there were stories behind her that he couldn't even imagine, and he was becoming increasingly interested.
Lan Linxue suddenly became interested and stopped eating herself. She just put food into Qin Kou'er's bowl and watched her eat with a smile.
Qin Kou'er remained silent, showing no signs of discomfort, and ate elegantly with her head down. After eating for a while, she noticed that Lan Linxue was only serving her bland food. She picked up her chopsticks to take a piece of braised beef, but Lan Linxue slapped her hand away with her chopsticks.
"What are you doing?" Qin Kou'er looked angrily at Lan Linxue, whose mood was unpredictable.
"You can't eat smoked or braised food! The flavor is too strong!" Lan Linxue said coldly, her face, which had been fine just moments before, now filled with frost and snow.
"What's wrong with eating it? I want to eat it!" Qin Kou'er, who had been holding back her temper for so long, finally snapped and reached for the food again with her chopsticks.
Lan Linxue immediately flew into a rage. She not only snatched Qin Kou'er's chopsticks and slammed them on the ground, but also swept the plate of beef off the ground. "I said you can't eat it, so you can't eat it!"
Qin Kou'er was taken aback by Lan Linxue's inexplicable anger, and stared blankly at the man who had already stood up.
Hearing a noise from inside the house, Gao He reached out to push the door open and go in.
"Don't come in!"
Lan Linxue roared again, and everyone froze outside the door.
Qin Kou'er rubbed her temples, gritting her teeth to swallow back the frustration in her chest. She grabbed Lan Linxue's sleeve and said calmly, "What are you doing? If you don't want to eat, fine, but why are you throwing such a tantrum? There are people outside; if this gets out of hand, rumors might spread. I don't want to hear any rumors that Qin Tiange has offended the Crown Prince."
Lan Linxue was pulled by Qin Kou'er's sleeve, took a couple of deep breaths, glared at Qin Kou'er, and then obediently sat down.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the room turned icy.
After a long silence, Lan Linxue stared at the mess of cups and plates on the floor and said in a somewhat hollow voice, "Do you know that because the flavor of the pickles is so strong, even if poison were added to them, it wouldn't be detectable!"
Qin Kou'er slowly raised her head, looking at Lan Linxue whose eyes were somewhat unfocused, "You've taken that kind of poison?"
Lan Linxue turned to look at Qin Kou'er, a somewhat captivating smile appearing on her lips: "I only know that the things I used to love to eat, I won't touch now!"
After saying that, Lan Linxue didn't look at Qin Kou'er again and strode out.
Qin Kou'er watched Lan Linxue's retreating figure, but fell into deep thought.
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