Chapter 158 - Secrets in the Letter (1/2)

w.a.n.g Dashan and a couple of others were on guard duty outside the room of Ling Zhang when Yao Yi suddenly came into sight, beckoned to them and said in a lowered voice, “Come here.”

w.a.n.g Dashan walked over and asked him, “Guard Yao, what’s the matter?”

Yao Yi drew him a few paces further away from the others and replied, “Childe Ling is still asleep?”

w.a.n.g Dashan tossed a glance at his hand which was still being held by Yao Yi.

Yao Yi hurriedly released his hand and gave an apologetic giggle, “Sorry. Please don’t take me wrong.”

w.a.n.g Dashan was thrown into speechlessness.

‘I just asked you to release my hand. What could I possibly have misunderstood?’

In a resigned tone of voice, he said, “Our young master is still asleep. Is there anything particular that the Marshal wants to see our young master about?”

Yao Yi replied, “Not really. It’s my intention of consulting with you about something that brings me here.”

w.a.n.g Dashan was rather surprised, “What is it? Does it have anything to do with the a.s.sa.s.sin?”

Yao Yi shook his head. “No. It’s…” He gave an unnatural cough and continued, “Do you know how to make Childe Ling happy?”

w.a.n.g Dashan’s eyes dilated with astonishment goggling at him. “Guard Yao, how dare you attempt to poach from the Marshal?”

Yao Yi was sent into embarra.s.sment and hastily gestured for him to lower his voice, “What are you talking about? The Marshal will have me beheaded if this reaches his ears!”

w.a.n.g Dashan also felt somewhat awkward. He had just blurted that out in a jolt of dismay. “Then why did you take it into your head to win my young master’s favor?”

Yao Yi answered in a deep tone of voice, “It’s for the sake of Childe Ling that I’m doing this.”

w.a.n.g Dashan looked at him in puzzlement. ‘For the sake of young master?’

Yao Yi observed, “The attempted a.s.sa.s.sination must have scared Childe Ling pretty bad. We can even see it on his face. It’s just that we want to know if there’s anything we can do to cheer Childe Ling up.”

w.a.n.g Dashan gave a bob of his head. “We are not as considerate as you are. This never crossed the mind of any of us.”

Yao Yi patted w.a.n.g Dashan on the shoulder. “You’re too young to be blamed for it.”

w.a.n.g Dashan, who was no younger than Yao Yi, fell speechless with embarra.s.sment.

“In the past, every time our young master feels depressed, our second mistress will cook him dishes that she’s best at cooking, and young master always cheers up after enjoying them.”

Yao Yi raised his head and pondered for a while. “Is there an alternative?”

‘The level of difficulty of this method is too high. Surely we can’t just return to Tanyang and take Second Mistress Ling here?’

“Sometimes, when our young master feels a bit down, he would play with our second young master and Ada. We can always hear his laughter when he is with them.”

Once again, Yao Yi responded in resignation, “I’m afraid I’ll have to pa.s.s on this one as well. Hey, bro, it’s not that I’m being picky, but neither of these two is an option for us. Childe Ling is now away from Tanyang.”

w.a.n.g Dashan looked at him with a deeply meaningful expression in his eyes and remarked, “As far as I could tell, our young master is actually pretty happy when he’s with the Marshal.”

Yao Yi was delighted to hear this, but soon something occurred to him and with that his face darkened again. ‘This one is not doable either. The reason why the Marshal wants us to cheer Childe Ling up must be that it’s not very convenient for him to do it himself. Thinking about this, Yao Yi frowned and said, “Is there by any chance another way? For instance, Childe Ling’s favorite food, what he likes to watch the most, what he likes to listen to the most, etc. Whatever and wherever it is, we’ll figure out a way to bring it to Childe Ling.”

w.a.n.g Dashan looked at him with a resigned expression on his face. ‘Did I not tell you that our young master likes dishes cooked by our second mistress, likes to watch Childe Maomao playing with Ada and also likes hearing the Marshal say…’ Thinking of this, w.a.n.g Dashan secretly gave a cough.

w.a.n.g Dashan stopped deliberately making impracticable suggestions, which had put Yao Yi in an awkward situation. “Our young master likes Ada pretty much, which he was unable to take with him on this journey to the capital city. Though he didn’t say anything, I could tell that he feels somewhat regretful. So maybe you could try get him a puppy?”

Yao Yi’s eyes lit up. “Thanks, bro!”

After saying this, he left like the wind.

w.a.n.g Dashan stroked his nose and returned.

Liu Yi flicked him a glance. For fear of waking up Ling Zhang, w.a.n.g Dashan didn’t say anything about the conversation.