Chapter 490 - New Years Eve (2/2)

Headmaster Yuan was unhappy by this turn of events, “Your Imperial Majesty, can you finish all of the food you just ordered? This food is so good, so it’d be a pity to waste any of it ah! If you want to eat more, then you can come back another time with me!”

“Old Yuan, you made a mistake! I already said that today I'm the Fifth Lord and not the emperor emeritus. I need to punish you...in a moment, you’re not allowed to touch a single dish that I ordered. Hmph, hmph!” The emperor emeritus was already displeased that he had to fight for food with this old glutton. He grinned evilly as he craftily stated his requests.

Headmaster Yuan wasn’t going to go down without a fight, so he hurriedly said, “Fifth Lord, are you really able to finish that many dishes? How about this, I concur that I spoke wrongly. I’ll punish myself by drinking three cups of wine, how’s that?”

The emperor emeritus immediately snatched the wine jug off the table and growled, “You certainly know how to get every advantage possible. This jug of grape wine was brewed by Xiaocao personally. It has a smooth and mellow taste, and it’s obviously a top-notch product. There’s not much wine left in the jug, yet you ‘punish’ yourself with having to drink three cups. Is this a punishment or a reward ah? You’re so sly that you even thought of this, huh? That’s not okay, I need to punish you to drink three fewer cups of wine.”

This table only had Little Shitou and Royal Prince Yang attending the two old urchins. When they saw the two old men, who had a combined age of around a hundred and fifty, fighting like two kids over a jug of wine, the two youngsters exchanged helpless glances and pretended that they couldn’t see anything as they continued to eat the delicious food in front of them.

Yu Xiaocao came in with a platter of sweet and sour crispy pork and saw Headmaster Yuan and the emperor emeritus on the verge of starting a fist-fight over a jug of wine. She hastily went forward to stop them, “Today is for eating and sampling delicious food, so you absolutely cannot drink too much alcohol. If you two become drunk, wouldn’t that be an offense to this table of scrumptious food? If the two of you like this wine, then when you leave, both of you will get a jug each!”

When they found out that they both could get a jug to take home, the two old fellows decided not to fight anymore. They pushed their winecups away and started to eat with gusto.

In the blink of an eye, New Year's Eve arrived. The Yu and Fang families were currently sitting in a privately reserved room at Zhenxiu Restaurant, resting after they finished their New Years Eve dinner. That evening, fireworks and firecrackers went off nonstop throughout the capital. Yu Xiaocao sat in front of the window in the private room and watched as brilliant blossoms of light erupted in the sky. She somehow started reminiscing about her family in her previous life.

Were her younger brother and sister doing well there? She had an unexpected accident on what was supposed to be a happy day, so she wasn’t sure if her younger brother would feel guilty about this. As time passed, the pain from hurtful situations should dim. She hoped that her younger brother and sister would be able to get together in happiness and remember the good times...

“Hey! What are you thinking about? This prince has been waving at you for almost half a day but you haven’t reacted one bit!” Zhu Junyang was dressed entirely in black and was wearing a black overcoat that was threaded with red embroidery at the edges. He was seated high on a large horse and had his head raised to look at her. Under the radiant light of the fireworks, he looked incredibly enchanting with the snowy ground as his background.

“Why are you here? Did you eat your New Year’s Eve dinner?” Yu Xiaocao lay on the windowsill with half her body outside. She had a somewhat misty smile on her face.

Zhu Junyang raised an eyebrow and an alluring and bewitching smile appeared on his face, “Lass, did you drink wine? This prince knows a good place to view fireworks. Do you want to come?”

“Go! Why wouldn’t I go?” Yu Xiaocao propped herself up with two hands on the windowsill. With the alarmed cries from the Yu and Fang families surrounding her, she leapt out of the window. Her silvery laugh seemed to fuse with the snowy landscape as she exclaimed, “I’m coming, make sure to catch me…”

The Yu and Fang families had reserved a private room on the third floor of Zhenxiu Restaurant for their New Year’s Eve dinner. Once again, they were on the third floor! The room was dead silent for two seconds before cacophony exploded. Xiaolian, who had also been admiring the fireworks at the window with Xiaocao, was currently frozen in a position with her arms stretched out. Her younger sister had jumped down from the third floor and resembled a large and brilliant butterfly as she fell down with her clothes trailing behind her in the snowy winds. She only had the time to brush against her younger sister’s clothes but wasn’t able to grab onto her…

Below them, Zhu Junyang was stunned for 0.1 seconds before he stepped forward like lightning to where the little lass was following. He stretched out his two muscular arms in preparation to catch the little lass’s light body.

“Hee hee hee...so provoking and addicting!” Yu Xiaocao grinned like a fool when she fell into Royal Prince Yang’s arm. She grabbed onto his clothing and her large eyes seemed to be clouded over with mist, as if she was in a fog.

Thwap, thwap, thwap! Her small butt had suddenly been slapped by a large hand three times. The smile on her face immediately disappeared as she glowered angrily at Zhu Junyang. She forcefully bit down at his chest and snarled, “Bad man, you even dare to hit me!”

Unfortunately, Zhu Junyang’s chest muscles were too hard and he had also had the padding of his winter clothing. She was only able to bite onto a scrap of silk fabric. Zhu Junyang very rarely saw the little lass act in such a childish manner and an enchanting smile curled onto his lips as he said, “Lass, you got guts. Don’t you know that it was so dangerous earlier? If this prince wasn’t able to catch you time, what do you think would have happened?”