Chapter 584. National Treasure (1/2)

“After the New Year passes, I will send someone to your family to propose marriage. After that, you will become my special someone. But before that, why don’t you let me have a small taste of you?” Zhu Junyang pestered her shamelessly. He only had one goal——to get close with her.

“Do you think I will agree to your proposal just because you asked? You have yet to pass your observation period and your observation period has been extended. As for how long it will be extended, it will all depend on my mood!” Yu Xiaocao refused to yield even an inch to him and planned on properly teaching this guy a lesson!

Zhu Junyang pondered for a moment and then put on an act like he was an abandoned and heartbroken puppy. When Xiaocao let her guard down, he suddenly wrapped his arms around her delicate, soft, and slim body, confining her two arms on the left and right side of her body. He smiled slyly at his success and said, “I’ve caught you! Give me a kiss, just one kiss!” He leaned his face towards her as he spoke.

“Ahem! Cough cough!” An untimely voice suddenly flowed towards them at the door of the tent. The darkness in the tent gradually faded as the bright light poured in from the door of the open tent.

Zhu Junyang reluctantly released the fuming little girl in his embrace. He clenched his teeth as he turned to stare at the familiar figure standing by the door of the tent. He wished he could tear that person into pieces. He gnashed his teeth and asked, “May I ask why Chief Steward Su is here?”

“It’s nothing really, I just wanted to check on Xiaocao since she hasn’t come out from the tent for a while!” Su Ran raised his eyebrows at him provocatively, but, when he turned to face Xiaocao, there was only a gentle smile on his face, “Xiaocao, I have hunted a male deer just now. The quality of the antler is quite good, so I came here to ask you if you want it.”

“Yes, I want it!” Yu Xiaocao took this opportunity to kick Zhu Junyang’s lower waist, climbed out of the tent, and walked up to the large sika deer. She instructed Hou Xiaoliang to help her cut off the sika deer’s antlers. She also put the deer penis and deer blood inside her luggage. These medicinal ingredients are very effective when used to treat certain symptoms of andrology. Once she made it into medicine, she was certain that its stocks would sell smoothly in the capital.

Zhu Junyang couldn’t help but frown when he saw how enthusiastic she was while she instructed people to tidy up the deer: Was the little lass suspicious of his capabilities in bed? Was she preparing ahead of time for their future happiness? He didn’t need it at all, okay? His physical strength and energy were extremely good, okay? If she didn’t believe him...then she could try him out?

Zhu Junyang had just coaxed the little lass, so he didn’t dare to stroke the tiger’s whiskers by voicing his thoughts out loud. He was parched after eating roasted venison, but he could only lean pitifully against the tree and watch the small tent from afar. The quiet breathing sound from the small tent made him unable to sleep all night.

Su Ran was resting on one of the thick branches on the tree not far from him. He would glance at him mockingly from time to time. Zhu Junyang had nowhere to vent his anger, and now all the bottled-up anger throughout the day exploded. He dragged Chief Steward Su to a distant place from their camp and fought three hundred rounds with him. Cough. Cough. It was purely a spar to compare their martial arts; it was not what you were thinking!

Xiaocao was awakened by the birds’ chirping the next day. She was feeling quite refreshed when she walked out of her tent, but she was immediately started by the ‘giant panda’ above her. If she remembered correctly, they were currently in Northeast China, not Sichuan. Why was the country’s national treasure here? But upon closer inspection of the ‘giant panda’, she realized that it was merely Zhu Junyang who was in a bad mood. Each of Zhu Junyang’s eyes was beaten up, donning matching symmetrical bruises.

“Oh my! What happened? Did you develop those dark circles under your eyes because you didn’t sleep well last night?” Yu Xiaocao couldn’t help but tease him.

Zhu Junyang narrowed his swollen phoenix eyes at her and handed her the toiletries in his hand. He gently tapped her head a few times and said with his silver tongue, “I ate too much venison last night, so I was parched. Last night, I kept tossing and turning while I tried to sleep because I was thinking of you all night. As a result, I became like this! You are the main culprit!”

Yu Xiaocao burst out laughing, and her crisp laughter startled the birds that were perched on the nearby trees. She went into her bag and took out a small bottle that smelled of medicinal herbs. She opened the lid and scooped out a green gelatin textured ointment and helped him apply it around his eyes.

A cool and refreshing feeling quickly spread around his swollen eyes. After the little lass finished, Zhu Junyang could already feel that most of the swelling and pain around his eyes had faded away. He was certain that it was not an illusion.

“Your ointment is very effective; I will be taking it.” Zhu Junyang shamelessly took the small porcelain bottle from and raised his eyebrows somewhat proudly at the white silhouette in the distance.

Yu Xiaocao applied some mint-flavored tooth powder on her toothbrush and carefully brushed her small teeth. This tooth powder was a product that had recently been launched by ‘Blossoming Beauty’. It was much more effective than the green salt that noble ladies usually used to brush their teeth. Not only did it taste sweet, but it also helped whiten the teeth. The mint fragrance that remained in the mouth after someone finished brushing their teeth kept their breath fresh and clean all day long!

Soon after this product was launched, the upper-class ladies and nobles rushed to her shop like ducks for this product. Even the menfolk in their family would secretly use their tooth powder to brush their teeth. As a result, the ladies would often notice that they were running out of the tooth powder when they were brushing their teeth.

Without any other choice, the noble ladies would buy a box for everyone else in the family the next time they visited Xiaocao’s shop. Even the young children of the houses received them. The young children used the sweet fruit-flavored tooth powders instead of the mint-flavored ones. There were a total of five different flavors, all of which were deeply loved by children.

On this journey, Xiaocao had brought seven to eight cases of tooth powder, and it was enough to last more than half a year. However, on the way here, Zhu Junyang and Sir Su each robbed a case from her. If they stayed in this horse farm for a year, there wouldn’t be enough tooth powder for the three of them!