Chapter 32: Being Hijacked? (1/2)
Translator: Li Haozhen
Proofread by Men Shunde
Soon Wenren Yao regrets his own ”generosity” a little bit. Nangong Ning is more ”terrible” than he imagined.
She not only very accurately selects the top ten of the one hundred and eight kinds of poisons, but she takes it for granted, saying ”These things are good, but the quantity is too small. You can store more in the future.”
Wenren Yao is stunned.
This young lady, do you think these top quality things are like those Chinese cabbages, the more you want, the more you can find on the street? Wenren Yao thinks in his mind.
Nangong Ning is satisfied no matter what mood Wenren Yao has.She was a poison master in her previous life and dealt with poisons in her everyday.Her former master said that she was born for poisons. Other people may use poisons for profit or harm others, but poisons in her hands will have a more magical effect.
With these poisons in the hand, she feels that her restless mood becomes better now.
Wenren Yao shows the way for Nangong Ning to go out of the building, for she could not find the way out though she wanted to go herself. It is clear that they were in the room behind the Shennong Hall, but she feels as if they were in another world.
On their way walking out, Wenren Yao explains with a smile curling up at the corners of his mouth,”I have a mechanism here, but ordinary people can't see it. You can find something wrong here, which shows that you are beyond the ordinary. It seems that Miss Nangong is different from the hearsay.”
”What's different?” Nangong Ning is now confident. Anyway, she is Nangong Ning. No one can deny that she has the phoenix bracelet on her wrist.
With a honest look in his peach blossom eyes,Wenren Yao says seriously, ”Your face is much prettier than I imagined, and your temperament is more special than I thought.”
Nangong Ning blinks her eyes, and looks at the toxic man on her side calmly. She suddenly has an idea that this is a good chance for her to collect information, so she asks, “That is what you imagined and what you thought. What about the hearsay?”
Wenren Yao perceives the crafty look in her eyes at once, but he still enlarges his topic and says, “In fact, there is no much of the hearsay, which makes people feel different.”
Nangong Ning nods with satisfaction.
There is no much of the hearsay, that is to say, she has been rather low-key?
Being low-key may be a good thing for her. At least, there is no such nickname as “good-for-nothing” for her.
Although the main reason that that Wenren Yao treats her specially is that she is Nangong Ning, rather than the Regent's fiancée, she still think that now she has been bestowed by the
Emperor on the Regent in marriage, she had better keep a low profile.
While lost in thought, she hears Wenren Yao says, ”Here we are.”
Nangong Ning looks around and finds that she has returned tothe courtyard where there is a house in the middle.
”Now you can find your way back.”
With these words, he disappears. Nangong Ning murmurs and goes into the house.
Mr. Zong is still there sleeping with his head down on the table.
Nangong Ning twists her eyebrows.
Mr. Su comes over, saying, “There is a poison called ‘dreaming’ in this tea. It is harmless, but the one who takes it will fall asleep at once.”
Nangong Ning nods to Mr. Su, indicating that he could leave them alone.
After Mr. Su goes out. Nangong Ning sits down at the table opposite to Mr. Zong. She takes a look at Mr. Zong, then stretches out her hand and slaps him hard.
”slap!”
”Ah? !” Mr. Zong wakes up from his dream all of a sudden. His fat body trembles a little, then he stares in horror at Nangong Ning, and asks in a frightened voice, ”What, what’s the matter?”
Nangong Ning picks up the cup that was changed into ordinary tea, sips it lightly, and says, ”What's the matter? You got drunk by drinking a cup of tea, and fell asleep? I really admire you!
”What?” Mr. Zong is flabbergasted and it takes a quite while before he asks, ”I, did I fall asleep?”
Nangong Ning spreads her hands out.
”What do you think?”
Mr. Zong doesn’t seem to believe it. With his eyes fixing on the teacup, he mumbles, “It’s incredible. Doesn’t drinking tea have the function of refreshment?
”It may be because you haven’t drunk such kind of good tea before, so that you are not used to it.” Nangong Ning spouts off.
”Don't assume me to be an ignorant old man,” murmurs Mr. Zong, “I am from the Regent’s Mansion. What kind of good tea haven't I drunk?”
”Then I don't know.” Nangong spreads her hands out again.
Anyway, Mr. Su says that the tea just now is harmless to the body, and Mr. Zong could not perceive anything even though he is in doubt.
Mr. Zong stares at Nangong Ning suspiciously, only to see her disgusted look on her face. In the end Mr. Zong begins to doubt himself, and then it is over.
After drinking the tea, Mr. Su takes out some top quality herbs, Nangong Ning picks some and Mr. Zong also chooses some. After a big discount from Mr. Su,Mr. Zong is so happy that he does not remember his doubt about his sleep there at all.
Out of the Shennong Hall, Mr. Zong happily pulls Nangong Ning into the carriage.
”It seems that I'll have to go together with Miss Nangong to the Shennong Hall from now on. Mr. Su has never shown me such good quality herbs before, not to mention at such a discount. It is really a good deal.
Nangong Ning looks at him suspiciously and asks, ”Are you really from the Regent Mansion?”
”Is there any doubt about this?” Mr. Zong is very happy, doesn't mind at all, just looks at the good herbs he just got.
Nangong Ning says she does doubt about this.