Chapter 14: Eating Venison (2) (2/2)

Chu Lian tried a few of the other dishes. There were only two flavours on the table: tasteless or salty. Furthermore, because they had cooked the dishes for too long, the freshness of the ingredients was gone. All the dishes failed Chu Lian’s taste test!

After mentally drawing a line through all the dishes on the table, the only one that she had bothered to keep eating was that small plate of leafy vegetables in front of her.

With Chu Lian’s picky taste buds, she barely managed to finish half a bowl of rice. Her main dish was, of course, the vegetables.

She didn’t seem to think anything of it, but the expressions of the maidservants and Senior Servant Gui changed.

Young Madam had been so frightened by Young Master’s actions that she had only dared to eat the leafy vegetables in front of her. Young Master even took away the best dish so that Young Madam couldn’t have it. How could he be so evil!

Third Young Madam’s looks could be compared to a flower in bloom, and she had just married into the family. She couldn’t possibly have offended Young Master. However, Young Master was already treating her in this manner when they were newly wed. How were they going to continue living out their days with a start like this?!

Senior Servant Gui’s brows drew together as she started worrying about Chu Lian’s future.

On the contrary, Fuyan’s lips curled up into a secret smile. Since Young Master didn’t seem to like Sixth Miss, that meant that she had a chance…

Mingyan and Jingyan, who were standing behind Chu Lian, were shocked silly by He Changdi’s actions.

Those two pieces of venison were rather big; one of them could cover an entire bowl.

The Jing’an Household ate venison regularly. However, He Changdi actually didn’t like to eat venison. He had only taken it to provoke Chu Lian in a moment of impulse. When he imagined how she would have a restless night because of the poor meal, he felt extremely refreshed.

For the sake of making Chu Lian watch helplessly as he ate the venison, He Sanlang held back his disgust and acted as if he was enjoying his meal, forcing down the two pieces with huge, hungry bites.

By the end of it, he was already completely nauseous. He swallowed the last bite while suppressing the urge to vomit.

The dishes weren’t to Chu Lian’s taste, and she had a small appetite. Thus, she simply put down her chopsticks and stopped eating. Without anything left to do, she watched He Changdi eat his venison while she sat idle by his side. Chu Lian gulped. She felt anxious just watching him. Honestly, what was going on in this guy’s head? He looked like he was still determined to finish eating it even though he was clearly in pain. Finally, out of the kindness of her heart, Chu Lian got Mingyan to pour a cup of warm water, and she placed it in front of him.

“Eat a little slower! Why don’t you drink some water?” Chu Lian said sympathetically.