Chapter 261 - Rice Bucket, I’ll Be Your Brother (1/2)

The black shadow was kicked to the ground, he immediately covered his stomach while spitting out curses, “Li Yunduo, you little rice bucket dared to kick me! And you kicked me so ruthlessly too!”

“Shiqi?” Nan Xun yelled in surprise, she hurriedly grabbed the lantern over and saw Gong Shiqi’s face flushed by candlelight.

Gong Shiqi got up from the ground and glared at her angrily, “I thought there was a thief in the small kitchen, didn’t expect it would be you, this little rice bucket. I saw you brought so much food to the hall today, a complete meal of chicken, duck, fish and meat, but after all of that you still become a hungry ghost? Got up in the middle of the night to cook and eat, the heck?!”

Nan Xun yawned, she continued to add firewood to the stove and responded in a spiritless manner, “Didn’t you say that I’m a rice bucket? How can I be a rice bucket if I eat so little?”

Gong Shiqi’s voice abruptly raised, “That’s what you call ‘a little’? That can fill the appetite of five big men! I have never seen a woman who can eat better than you! Did your parents throw you out after they found out that you’re a rice bucket?”

Nan Xun paused for a bit before faintly replied, “My father and mother died when I was very young, they were killed by bandits, I watched them get killed while I hid in a pile of hay, that’s why I don’t have anyone to rely on now.”

Gong Shiqi opened his mouth, a trace of worries crossed his eyes.

“…hey, little rice bucket, because you called me Brother Shiqi before, then I’ll be your brother in the future, with me, I won’t let others bully you, little rice bucket.”

Nan Xun squinted and let out an ‘oh’, “Thank you ah, brother, anyway, I was woken up by hunger, how about you? Are you going out to do something sneaky in the middle of the night?”

Gong Shiqi was startled, his mouth twitched a little, “This young master just couldn’t sleep so just came out for a walk.”

Pausing for a bit, he hesitated before opening his mouth, “Little rice bucket, I heard that Princess Yao pushed you into a pond during the last palace banquet and the Lord picked you up personally? Later on, the Lord also hu – hugged you back? That… is it true what they said ah?”

Nan Xun stirred the stew with a spoon, taking her time to respond, “Most of them are true, but one sentence is false.”

Gong Shiqi let out a sigh, his eyes lit up slightly, “Which sentence is false? Is it the one where the Lord hugged you back? I’m just saying ah, how can it be possible? How old are you, how would the Lord hug you all the way back?”

Nan Xun turned her head to look at him, attacking him with a blinding smile, “The sentence that I said as false is ‘Princess Yao pushed me into the water’, not what you said oh~~”

Gong Shiqi choked, he was speechless for a moment.

Nan Xun said, “Princess Yao wanted to frame me, so I just turned her own trick against her, letting her push me. Until now, Princess Yao is still inside her palace, transcribing female discipline ah, really serves her right.”

Gong Shiqi sighed without interest to the story, “So, the Lord really hugged you all the way back?”

“Really ah.”

“How good ah, little rice bucket, I thought you were just talking, but you actually really did act on it. The Lord made several exceptions especially for you, work harder ah, maybe you can really take the Lord down.”

Nan Xun laughed, “You think that I can take the Lord down?”

Gong Shiqi rolled his eyes at her, “I was only saying it sarcastically, can’t you notice it, you little rice bucket?”

At this moment, the stew was cooked so Nan Xun didn’t care to say anything else. She shared a small portion in a bowl to Gong Shiqi and poured the rest of it in her own bowl, planning to eat them all. Gong Shiqi took his own small bowl, then looked at the huge bowl in front of him, his lips twitched fiercely.

After she finished her bowl, Nan Xun finally smiled and said, “Shiqi, If I succeed to take the Lord down, I’ll invite you to eat both delicacies from land and sea ah.”

Gong Shiqi ‘tsk’ and said, “Let’s wait until you really succeed, then we can talk about this again, do you think what I told you last time was a lie? The Lord isn’t close to women, if you can really make him break his precepts, then I’ll write my name upside down.”

Nan Xun immediately replied, “Qishi Gong? Not bad, coarse enough.”