Jing Li uttered a low "Oh".
Silence returned to the house.
The servant brought in the food soon.
The servants in the Regent's Palace were taught to be very well-behaved. They didn't even look up at Jing Li the whole time. They just put the food on the table, took out a silver needle, and tested each dish for poison.
Jing Li's eyes widened.
So this is how it’s a poison test?
Then wasn't he exposed from the beginning???
Jing Li looked at Qin Zhao guiltily, but the latter just looked at him with a half-smile, and the deep meaning in his eyes was obvious.
Yes, he was exposed from the beginning.
Jing Li covered his face in despair.
He is so stupid.
I've never seen him so stupid.
.
It was already past dinnertime, and the dishes on this table were freshly prepared by Qin Zhao's order. He dismissed the servants who had finished testing for poison and turned his head to see that the young man's eyes had already been attracted by the table full of food, and he could hardly take his eyes away.
...looks like he has never seen the world.
But no matter how much he wanted to eat, Jing Li knew the basic rules. He knew that he couldn't pick up his chopsticks until the host did. Jing Li's eyes moved around the food on the table, then quietly returned to Qin Zhao.
He happened to meet the latter's smiling eyes.
Qin Zhao said, "Eat."
Jing Li: “Yeah!”
Jing Li didn't rush to pick up his chopsticks, but first served Qin Zhao a bowl of soup and placed it in front of him: "Your Highness, please enjoy."
The attitude is very flattering.
Qin Zhao raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you not afraid of me anymore?"
"I'm scared, but..." Jing Li thought for a moment and blinked at him, "You don't really want to eat me, do you? You were just trying to scare me, right?"
It took him almost half an hour to react. Look how proud he was.
Qin Zhao simply admitted: "Yes, I didn't hire any chefs, nor did I hire any Taoist priests."
"I guessed it." Jing Lile laughed.
He had been exposed since the "poison test" at the beginning, but the Regent did not expose him then and let him go. Today, he had clearly seen him transformed into a human, but he was not surprised or called for help, and even invited him to dinner.
Jing Li suddenly felt that the Regent was not fierce at all.
At least it was completely different from the rumors and what he imagined.
Jing Li couldn't help but look at the Regent a few more times.
Qin Zhao was drinking his soup, feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by the people around him. He put down the bowl and asked, "Have you seen enough?"
Jing Li quickly retracted his gaze: "I was just thinking about something."
Qin Zhao: "What are you thinking about?"
"I'm wondering...why you are so nice to me." Jing Li asked the question in his heart.
"Is this considered good?" Qin Zhao asked back.
Jing Li lowered his head, took a bite of the dessert, and stopped talking.
The boy was no longer as reserved in front of him as he was at the beginning. While he was nibbling at the snacks, his eyes were darting around, making him look more lively and adorable than before.
Qin Zhao's lips curled up unconsciously as he continued to ask, "That day, you were afraid I would starve, so you risked being discovered to bring me some snacks. Why were you so kind to me?"
"I don't know either." Jing Li thought for a moment, "Maybe it's because you're pretty."
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