Vol 2 Chapter 16.5 (2/2)

What a farce this is.

After all my hard work I out in to avoid all the risks, mow I have to eat the very Jing state chilli that I put in myself.

I sized the chilli as I picked it up. It’s not bid, and basically can be eaten in one bite.

‘*It’s okay, it will be okay.’ I told myself. ‘If Yun Chang can withstand eating one then why not me?’

I steeled myself and ate the chilli in one mouth.

I held it in my mouth as I was frozen by fear and did not dare to chew down.

Perhaps I can just swallow it… No, it’s too pointy, my throat will be scratched.

Do I really have to chew it?

Alright, I’ll start at the center and then quickly swallow.

It’s okay, it will be okay. I rea.s.sure myself once more.

— *Chew*

Wu!!!!!

Though I only chewed it softly, I could feel an intense flame run down my tongue to my stomach and ignite the acid instantly. A strong impulse to spit the chilli out hit me then and there, but my will would not allow me to do so.

In just the blink of an eye, I could feel that even the tips of my ears were burning, and it was so painful that I couldn’t even open my eyes which were overflowing with tears by now.

I don’t know how I overcame the flames in my mouth, but I do know that I did not hold on at the bronze cauldron. On this, I have to admit Guan Yu is better than me.

Half a minute ago, Meng De and Yun Chang were carried into the inner room.

At this time, only I and Guo Jia, who was the judge, stood at the table before the bronze cauldron.

Though I don’t know what happened, it seems like I’ve won.

Though I don’t know how I’m going to use the reward later, in any case, what matter is that I’ve won.

“Lord Liu Bei, don’t think you’ve won just yet.” Guo Jia said as she smiled, as though she read what I was thinking. “Until you’re proven to be alright after eating that tofu, everything is up in the air.”

After hearing that, I nearly laughed.

“Maa, isn’t this just an ordinary piece of tofu?” I said as I picked up the piece of tofu with no hesitation and put it in my mouth.

— Ahen

— *Chew*

— Uhn

“…” I sat there quietly with Guo Jia for a few minutes before I said. “See, I’m alright.”

“Un, indeed.” Guo Jia nodded. “Well then, I’ll head inside to take a look, and in a while I’ll announce the results.”

Gan Qing isn’t back yet though~~~~~~ Before I could say that, Guo Jia had parted the curtains and made for the inner room, while I stayed and waited in the main hall.

… Speaking of which, does everyone know? If you eat honey and tofu together, you will get diarrhoea.

(TL: Unable to confirm. It appears to be an Asian myth, never heard of it before though.)

In any case, back then, I wasn’t aware, that the meat stew I ate, was Yun Chang’s.

In just a few minutes, just as Guo Jia was about to bring me to the inner room and announce the results, I had to forfeit and back out to deal with my diarrhoea.

And because of that diarrhoea, I was unable to make it to the inner room that night, and could not enjoy an actual good hotpot meal.

Just like that, as I was clutching my stomach in pain, the night came to a close.

Ah, there’s still more to this story.

After Gan Qing had put Mi Zhen to bed, she was very surprised when she came back as she was the only one left.

And by the rules, she had to eat 2 servings of food,

“I only picked 2 things at random and both times happened to be the tofu that Xuan De put in! Hehe, as I thought, we have good affinity huh~~~” Gan Qing said to me after it all ended, with a face of sheer unadulterated bliss.

Up till now, I still don’t know how Meng De and Gan Qing were able to repeatedly pick my tofu.

Of course, Gan Qing, as the last survivor, was crowned the winner of the game. According to the rules, she can order one of us to do something.

I don’t know if it was fate, or something else, but Gan Qing chose me.

But that, is a story for another time.

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