Chapter 37 (1/2)
Chapter 37 Orginal and most updated translations are from volaretranslations
While I was lost in thought, Second had already opened the s The sunlight was dazzling and there was a refreshi+ng breeze I drew in a breath, rinsingonto his shoulder for a lazy stretch Then I opened the doors and prepared to go out
“Wear another layer,” Second hurriedly grabbed one of the bedcovers and tried to force it over my shoulders
“No need, it’s not cold today,” I refused with my hands
He furrowed his broithout a word to stare at aze toat? My development there was perfectly normal
“Master shouldn’t be wearing , he unfolded a set of robes and shook them out three times He used it to cover me from the back and added, “If outsiders see, it’d be bad”
I was frustrated
Even a few extra layers wouldn’t hide the truth of ender Not to mention, everyone in this house was one of my people…
Then I laughed in spite of er casually rested beneath his chin and gave it a scratch “Oh, Second, if you keep worrying over things like this, you’re going to turn into my son”
His face turned completely red
Draping my robes loosely over myself, I carelessly kicked open the door As it turned out, I was greeted by chaos[1]
What did you call this…
Being bad at being good, but good at being bad?
Second had reallyin the yard, I lifted racefully at a high point, raising his head to curse loudly
“It’s not like I’ll kill you, so what are you running away for?” As he said this, he rolled up his sleeves and spat “I refuse to believe that I can’t poison you”
I heaved a sigh and accepted the cup of tea fro in silence as I watched passively
There was no need to say it The little Poison Prince had clashed with the others in the house again Even after staying by ed Hence, noearing as he ran haphazardly through the rooms
Yet, the person evading him was very fast It was hard to see his steps as he leapt on roofs and vaulted over walls, weaving in and out of the bamboo forest as pale pink blur
Good
Though Sixth’s body eak, exercising over the years had htness technique better and better I was full of interest as I tagged along to look,robe draped across my shoulders
A sound floated up froround
I quickly backtracked and looked down, flushed with sharound, his scar-covered face turning green with anger It looked like he’d been poisoned and was now unable to move
Yikes…
Did I step on him by accident?
I was alarrew used to it I inspected e his clothes “You’re the only straightforward and honest one, you get tricked every time That can’t be easy” Finally, I squatted down, head bowed in submission as I thumped his knee “Fifth…ly, but I just treated you a bit last night and now you’ve been poisoned on your face again”
“Master, you’re blocking ue a few times
“Oh,” I stopped to wipeaside a few steps There was a stone table nearby, with two people seated on low stools Intrigued, I went over “What are you guys playing?”
“Xiangqi,” answered a rhyth for Second to finish serving you…so he could come…help treat Fifth’s poison”
“Ah, Master woke up really early today Wait…it’slord held his chess piece in the air,indecisively He couldn’t seem to make up his ood-looking I quietlyat a certain spot, my head turned towards the skies in a careless fashi+on
He blinked, and it see athis piece “I’ll move from here to here”
“General!” A crystal-clear voice spat out the words That handsonified fashi+on, ser “This time you lost two pieces of fine silver Your total is nine losses, which converts with interest into 120 taels”
Ah…
When playing with such high stakes, be careful that you’re not ruined
Histo speak “Ah, Little Fifth was poisoned with the Seven Scattering Emotions, so he can’t be touched…but you…” he looked over at Second, as currently taking Fifth’s pulse, and paused “Never mind, you’ve already touched him Well, it’s not like you fear poisons anyways But poor Fifth will have to endure six more hours of pain now”
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Good grief…did you purposely wait before bringing that up?
He probably saw ht and wanted to punish him As expected, the more beautiful a person was, the more sinister was their heart I’m afraid no one else in the world could be beautiful and harmless like that person…
My thoughts strayed, and I felt a dull ache inmy Qi to compose myself…
There was a hwaaaaa! Astonished, I looked to see so whimsically The chess pieces scattered off the board and turound
“No , I’ve lost alllord with theopen the fabric for me to see Exactly as he said…it was coot the idea to distract me With a smile, he spoke “It was all Master’s fault that I carelessly spent my silver How many face masks will I have to sell to recover the differences in costs?”
My heart turned warm as I interrupted, “Fourth, didn’t you say last time that one face mask can sell for lots of money?”
“Those are hulance at me “Now that I’etskin face masks”
Liain before he leaned with a whisper “Since I’ht?”
“Sure!”
His se of his eyes to raise up He was exceptionally handso him in my arms Unfortunately, it was hard to
He struck while the iron was hot and scooted closer, adding in another line “My bedcovers are a little thin Originally I wanted to buy new ones withfor ht?”
“I don’t mind…”
Suddenly, so pain My s
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