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”I was wondering where you had been. So you were just hiding here and snacking.” Zhangsun Wuji smiled as he helped her with the fire. ”Are you not afraid that Feng Jingrui will hire someone to assassinate you?”
”Does he even have the ability to do so?” Meng Fuyao pouted. ”It's much more likely that he killed Hua Yan and his wife.”
”What exactly did Hua Yan tell you that night?”
”Nothing much,” Meng Fuyao said as she fell into deep thought. ”I asked him why he crossed his own national borders to find me, and he said that he was being chased, while Feng Yu Chu died along the way because of a serious injury. As he escaped from the northern borders, the first territory he entered was mine, and he recalled how he met me once before. Since I was the only person who was powerful enough in the area to protect him, he came straight looking for me. But I feel that he still had things that were not said. For example, the object which the assassins mentioned was what Feng Jingrui was after.”
”He could not possibly tell you everything when he has only met you once,” Zhangsun Wuji commented and added, ”Fuyao, what exactly is your plan? Send him back to the city or just help him to take revenge?”
”It's not up to me right now.” Meng Fuyao smiled. ”You also know that from the moment I ordered my people to kill them in front of the residence, Feng Jingrui will never let me away. Unless I step back and not care about Hua Yan's life, and allow him to die in front of my residence, I'll definitely become Feng Jingrui's enemy. Since it was meant to be… I might as well strike first and gain the upper hand.”
”So you deliberately showed your strength today as a warning sign, and even sowed discord among the brothers.” Zhangsun Wuji laughed. ”You're indeed an expert at stirring trouble.”
Meng Fuyao just gave a casual grin. Suddenly, she cheered. ”It's done!” After dousing the fire and brushing the ash away, she dug out a few black objects inside and raised them high above her head, and respectfully offered them to Zhangsun Wuji.
”Your Highness the Crown Prince, please have a taste of this unrivaled, extremely sweet and fragrant… baked sweet potato!”
Baked sweet potato…
Stunned, Zhangsun Wuji raised his eyebrows and stared at the black objects. He knew what a sweet potato was, but he had never had the opportunity to eat such things that usually belonged to the diet of commoners. Furthermore, when he inspected sites after disaster struck, the sweet potatoes he saw were cut into slices and cooked with porridge in the pot. They were obviously yellow, so why would they look so ugly now? How could he eat them in this manner?
Seeing his expression, Meng Fuyao kept her hand and gave him a despised look. ”Sigh, does the high and mighty Crown Prince not know how to eat such food of the commoners?”
Carefully, she peeled away the burned and black skin of the sweet potato, revealing a bright and radiant yellow color of the flesh. The sweet aroma unique to a baked sweet potato immediately wafted into their noses. It gave them the warm and fuzzy feeling of cooked food, and the distinct smell caused their stomachs to rumble.
”Does it smell good?”
”Yes…” Zhangsun Wuji smiled. ”I didn't think that it would be so fragrant.
Immediately, Meng Fuyao gave him the baked sweet potato as though she was presenting a treasure. Zhangsun Wuji gently smiled and opened his mouth. After a moment of hesitation, Meng Fuyao blushed and forcefully stuffed the sweet potato in Zhangsun Wuji's mouth.
”I will fill you to bursting point!”
Zhangsun Wuji bit down on half of it and slowly ate. As he chewed, he looked at her with a radiant beam. ”Mmm… so beautiful…”
”What's so beautiful…” Meng Fuyao's mouth was filled with yellow and black contents, and she could only ask in a muffled voice.
”I'm saying that… the commoners indeed have beautiful delicacies.” Zhangsun Wuji smiled and gazed at her, and his eyes were soft. Suddenly, he reached out his hand and lightly brushed it across her lips.
The long finger scooped a small piece of golden sweet potato. Zhangsun Wuji raised his finger and smiled at Meng Fuyao until her face turned red. Then, he placed that piece of sweet potato - which was stained with the fragrance of her lips - into his mouth and ate it.
”Thank you for letting me have… such a beautiful taste.”
His tone was charming and gentle, and each word felt like a tease. Was he referring to the simple but beautiful taste that belonged to a commoner's sweet potato, or the natural fragrance of those bright and radiant red lips?
In an instant, Meng Fuyao turned scarlet.
He's an ancient person… An ancient person like him… actually knew what an indirect kiss was?
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Meng Fuyao started shifting away, as she made up her mind to distance herself from this Crown Prince who looked very dangerous yet tempting, charming and beautiful. How could he create an atmosphere like this just by eating baked sweet potatoes…
Just as she moved away, out of the blue, there was a loud sound in the sky. A light appeared above their heads, and then there was the sound of an explosion.
When she looked up, she saw countless dark red arrows which were lit on fire. They created huge arcs of bright light and had unique whistle sounds. Cutting viciously across the sky, the arrows aimed straight for the second floor, where she and Zhangsun Wuji were staying in!