Vol 1 Chapter 22 (1/2)
Chapter 22: Cat button
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Everyone stopped whatever they were doing ie table in the hall, Fan Xian sat opposite the Old Madaht dishes
The at anything were all staring at Fan Xian’s chopsticks and did not go to the back garden to eat A few of the servant girls ere younger were also drooling secretly They ry
This was the Count’s Manor’s unspoken rule Under Fan Xian’s insistence and after having the Old Madam’s silent consent, everyone was already used to it In the Manor, as long as young , it was le dish before anyone else were allowed to eat
No one knehy the adorable and kind young ht One ti-er, whom Fan Xian was closest to, tried the dishes before Fan Xian and thought it tasted rather plain After she was chased out viciously by Fan Xian, everyone knew that this young master also had some shameless traits typical of a spoilt noble brat
Moreover, when Miss Dong-er tearfully left, the Old Madam of the Manor only stared coldly frole word
The only sounds in the entire roo of soup by Fan Xian; everyone else was quietly waiting at a corner with their hands clasped at their side Likehouseholds, the leftovers of the master would be sent to servants as a reward for those below him – that hy, the portions Fan Xian eats were not a lot He only took a mouthful with his chopstick per dish
He ate slowly and deliberately, his slender lips rippling gently like two clear lights
The Manor’s Old Mada a prayer silently
After a long while, Fan Xian finally finished tasting all the dishes Shtly, he pointed at the dish of stir-fried bamboo shoots (清炒竹篙 was used, 竹 meant bamboo, while篙 meant ood… hmmm… ~MCM) and instructed the servants, “This is my favourite dish”
The servants breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly preparedto do could finally go to the back garden to eat as well There were also other servants ent back to the kitchen and brought the re it in front of Fan Xian
“Grandma, please enjoy”
Fan Xian stood up and respectfully bowed to the Old Mada the bowl of rice in his hands, he placed it politely in front of the Old Madam As for himself, he held his bowl of rice and continuously took the stir-fried ba himself, a trace of a smile flashed across his eyes This was a smile that seemed out of place on his pretty face; it was as if he finally found so time
The servant girls ere looking at the sht slap on Housekeeper Zhou’s face in theTheir hearts chilled unprecedentedly
“I’ this to eat in my room”
Fan Xian inforirls beside him and carried off the plate of stir-fried bamboo with a bowl of rice towards the direction of his bedcha; it was extreer to simply leave the hall However, the Old Mada
Back in his rooested it i and wiggled furiously Finally, the half-digested food particles were vomited out steadily He took a few of the pills he had concocted for himself fro his body with inner energy, he found nothing wrong with it; only then did he calmed down
Eyeing the plate of stir-fried bahed dryly and collapsed on the toilet bowl behind his bed The dish was laced with a poison favoured by the secret agents of the Eation known as the “Cat button”