C14 – Extraordinarily Cute

After consuming two bowls of rice, Tang Yue stopped consuming and a maid approached him with a towel and mouthwash. Following the others’ lead, Tang Yue rinsed his mouth with out feeling embarrassed.

Tang Yue noticed the eating space and observed that the one particular person nonetheless consuming was the youngest sister. Regardless of struggling to suit the meals in her mouth along with her brief and stout arms and her chubby face twitching, she ate with nice dedication.

Tang Yue observed that the youngest sister had eaten one thing disagreeable as she scrunched her face and pouted. When it appeared she was going to cry, she unexpectedly spat out a vegetable stem and hid it inside her giant sleeves. She continued consuming as if nothing had occurred.

“……” Tang Yue was embarrassed and wished he might gouge out his personal eyes. Have been all the women on this period so cute and harmless? He now understood the which means of getting a face stuffed with blood.

Tang Yue scanned the room and realized that no person was taking note of the youngest sister. Even when he had, he would have pretended to not discover.

Tang Yue discovered himself eager to giggle for no obvious cause. He discovered this household to be fairly attention-grabbing, maybe as a result of they have been army generals and the foundations weren’t as inflexible as he initially thought.

The meal was a pleasing affair, and Tang Yue was content material along with his present state of affairs. Apart from the improved delicacies and the watchful stepmother, every thing was good.

Because the sky darkened after the meal, Tang Yue’s organic clock, nonetheless attuned to the earlier proprietor, signaled his sleepiness.

Everybody was conscious of his latest harrowing experiences, and his secure return was trigger for celebration. Therefore, they allowed him to retire for the evening.

Madam Huo was significantly considerate and despatched somebody to tell Tang Yue’s 4 maids to take care of their decorum and stop any untoward habits from Tang Yue. Neglecting their security might have critical penalties.

Fortuitously, Tang Yue was unaware of this association. In any other case, he might need pleaded along with her, “Madam, please chorus from gazing my decrease half sooner or later, if you happen to please?”

Tang Yue slept soundly on a carved wood mattress that, although a bit onerous, was lined with thick cotton. Regardless of the chilly evening wind, he was wrapped good in a skinny blanket, and even the sound of crickets exterior the window had turn out to be a soothing lullaby.

The morning solar had crammed the room and illuminated half of the mattress when Tang Yue wakened, slowly opening his eyes. At first, he couldn’t keep in mind the place he was.

As a knock got here on the door, a well-recognized feminine voice referred to as in, “Has younger grasp woken up? Servant, could I are available and attend to him?” That’s when Tang Yue realized his environment.

Although he had no real interest in ladies, he couldn’t refuse the supply. Tang Yue wrapped his head in a blanket and shook his head. Even his bodily response within the morning had disappeared on the sound of the girl’s voice.

“Are available in,” Tang Yue referred to as out as he received up and dressed. It was handy to have another person handle washing and brushing his hair, and bringing him breakfast.

Regardless of not having to do every thing himself, Tang Yue wasn’t thrilled about consuming oily barbecue so early within the morning.

“Do you will have porridge?” Tang Yue couldn’t assist however ask.

“Does the younger grasp take pleasure in porridge? The Marquis’s Mansion has an abundance of meals, although we often eat dried rice. You needn’t fear,” the maid stated, assuming Tang Yue was nonetheless adjusting to his new life.

Since he had sufficient to eat, Tang Yue noticed no want for formality. He pushed his bowl apart and stated with a smile, “I’m accustomed to having porridge within the morning. There’s no want to organize such a grand breakfast for me sooner or later. A bowl of porridge and a plate of greens will suffice.”

The maid was stunned and requested for affirmation earlier than replying, “I’ll inquire about it.”

Because the treasure of the Marquis’s Mansion, Tang Yue’s subordinates naturally obliged to his request, which was a easy one at that – only a bowl of porridge and a plate of greens.

The kitchen rapidly ready the requested meals. As Tang Yue ate the thick porridge and boiled greens, he thought to himself, “This style nonetheless doesn’t meet my requirements. The greens lacked oil and have been solely seasoned with salt. It was like consuming weeds.”

It appeared that considered one of his first duties was to enhance the standard of the meals.

Earlier than he completed his breakfast, the servants whispered to one another that this younger grasp was unaccustomed to such luxurious and delicacies, and didn’t recognize it.

In trendy language, the assertion can be: “This nation bumpkin doesn’t know the best way to benefit from the finer issues in life, however insists on consuming plain porridge and bland greens! What a idiot! Courting Dying!”