Chapter 23 (1/2)
FRS: Chapter 23 – Unknown Love (5)
Translator: Momoe Pom
Editor: Isalee
Quality Check: s.h.i.+rani
First Published on Ainus.h.i.+.
Hua HuaiXiu kicked him hard under the table.
Fan JiJing's face didn't change at all.
”A married couple?” The bukuais stared at Hua HuaiXiu in shock. It was true that he was very pretty, but if he were to dress like a woman…
It might look pretty good too.
Hua HuaiXiu turned away his head while maintaining his composure.
The bukuais thought he was shy. After all, it was inappropriate for a woman to show her face in public, so they didn't think much. ”If you are a married couple, why do you dress like this?” He skeptically glanced at the two people's backs. Could it be that they were not 'married' but rather 'eloped'?
Fan JiJing made a soft sigh. ”There are lots of inconveniences when you travel outside.”
The bukuais thought of Hua HuaiXiu's appearance, and they all sighed in their hearts. She already looked like this even in men's clothes, if she were to change into women's clothing, they could not imagine how breathtaking it would be! Thinking to this point, all of them failed to hold back the envious look on their faces.
The bukuai said, ”If this is the case, then wouldn't it be better to let her handle housework at home? Why do you bring her out in public?”
Fan JiJing replied with a bitter smile, ”How can I feel relieved if I'm not home?”
The bukuai thought about it and agreed. If they had a wife like her, they too would be too worried to leave her at home by herself. With such a thought, they were not as envious as before. In fact, they even somewhat sympathized with Fan JiJing. Such a fortune with women would be enjoyable if it happened occasionally, but a lifelong one would be rather troublesome.
It was not a man's fault, but the treasure he carried. This had always been the case.
”Did you hear any sounds last night?” The bukuai finally started to focus on the murder case.
Fan JiJing pretended to think, and answered after quite a while, ”There weren't any sounds.”
The bukuai continued to question him. ”Did you two leave the room that night?”
Fan JiJing's smile showcased a little shyness. ”We remained inside ever since my wife finished taking her bath.”
After hearing what he said, the waiter glanced at him in surprise, but the bukuais had their backs toward the waiter, so they didn't see it.
Seeing that they could not get any useful information out of him, the bukuai simply suggested, ”It's not very safe in the town nowadays. All of the ones that died were travelers. You should hurry on with your journey after finis.h.i.+ng your meal.”
Fan JiJing saluted and expressed his thanks at once.
The bukuai shouted at the innkeeper, asking him to bring them to the yard to take a look.
After they left, Hua HuaiXiu asked, ”Who is whose wife?”
All smiles, Fan JiJing sat down and said, ”It’s a matter of expediency. Cousin, please disregard it.”
Hua HuaiXiu's face became a little stiff, but it was unclear whether it was due to the ”matter of expediency” or the ”disregard it” part.
Fan JiJing slowly continued, ”I'll definitely marry Cousin officially, and give you a formal status. But before that, I'm sorry for letting cousin feel wronged first.”
”Marry officially?” Hua HuaiXiu's big eyes widened, the brightness in them was almost frightening.
Fan JiJing turned his head and stared at the waiter who was quickly walking towards them. ”Ah, I want to order.”
Compared to his face which was filled with glittering suns.h.i.+ne, the waiter's face seemed to have been covered by dark clouds for days. He bent down and moved to Fan JiJing's side, whispering, ”Guest, our innkeeper said that we are going to close the inn. You may have to leave early.”
Fan JiJing muttered, ”But we haven't eaten yet.”
The waiter said, ”We have steamed buns and veggie buns, all ready-made. Why don't you buy some to eat on the road?”
”You're driving customers out.” Fan JiJing sighed.
The waiter didn't say anything.
When he woke up last night to use the toilet, he clearly saw Fan JiJing strolling in casually from outside while lifting that big water jar which was several arm spans in circ.u.mference with only one hand. He mentioned it to the innkeeper a moment ago, but the innkeeper did not believe him. He thought the waiter was sleep-addled and couldn't tell dream from reality. Now that the bukuais had come to the door, and told them that someone was murdered and there was blood in their courtyard, the innkeeper finally became afraid. No matter if the scene that the waiter saw was real or not, at a time like this, it would be better to politely see these two plague G.o.ds [1] out.
”Therefore,” Fan JiJing paused for a moment, and smiled, ”give us a discount.”
”…”
Seeing the waiter running over gloomily to discuss this with the innkeeper, Hua HuaiXiu frowned, ”It doesn't save us a lot anyway.”
Fan JiJing said, ”Since we are traveling outside, we should scrimp and save a little.”
Speaking of scrimp and save, Hua HuaiXiu had a bellyful of complaints to vent out. ”You’re truly Jiuhua Sect's zhangmen. Even the food in Jiuhua Sect has retained zhangmen's mannerisms.”
Fan JiJing smiled, feeling slightly wronged, ”When you were staying at Mount Jiuhua, I hadn't become zhangmen yet.”
When he brought up those days, Hua HuaiXiu couldn't help but think about everything that had happened in the past, and the corner of his mouth which had been raised slowly dropped again.
The waiter walked over reluctantly, carrying a small bundle of vegetable steamed buns in his hand.
The price was indeed a lot cheaper.
With a big smile on his face, Fan JiJing reached for his money and took over the bundle.
Hua HuaiXiu suddenly took out a big silver ingot and threw it at the waiter, ”Tips for you.”