Chapter 476: Wait until we find it first (2/2)

Han Yunxi gave him a hateful glare, amusing Gu Qi Sha immensely. “What else could he mean if not that?”

Han Yunxi fumed, but had no way to counter his words. Long Feiye and Gu Qi Sha were going to sneak around and search, so bringing her along really would be troublesome. She knew well enough to back down. “Your Highness, I’ll be waiting for your good news.”

Long Feiye gently brushed her hair and said softly, “Be good. There’s no need for you to go and do things like flip over walls, so go and rest.”

Han Yunxi’s gloomy eyes brightened at his touch. There was only a hair’s difference between leaving someone behind because they were a liability, or because they didn’t want to trouble the person in the first place. So what if I don’t know martial arts! As long as someone’s there to cover me, it’s all good!

When she noticed Gu Qi Sha was staring at her, she smugly stretched her back. For someone who hadn’t slept during the trip, her actions were nothing short of harassment! But the sleep-deprived Gu Qi Sha still doted on this woman in the end. He’d rather she get a good night’s sleep and grow nice and white and fat. How could he ever find her troublesome like his previous speech implied?

Just like that, Long Feiye and Gu Qi Sha left the building, leaving Han Yunxi by herself. Her lazy stretch was a feint at most, because she started looking through the papers herself as soon as the men were gone, trying to figure out where she could help them, too. At this moment, a succession of soft movements suddenly came from her large and wide sleeves.

What was that?

Han Yunxi quickly grabbed her sleeve.

“Chee…”Lil Thing gave a shrill squeak. Mama Yunxi shouldn’t do this, she’ll squeeze all my organs out!

Han Yunxi dragged Lil Thing out of her sleeves and dangled it in the air. “When did you follow us here? I thought you weren’t coming!”

This little fellow was always running off to Gu Beiyue’s every two to three days. Sometimes it wouldn’t show up for days, so much that she’d forgotten she had such a poison beast in her possession. Lil Thing had no idea what Han Yunxi was saying, but scrabbled with its paws as it acted cute. It only hoped that its charms would make Mama Yunxi put itself down. Instead, Han Yunxi kept it hanging as she looked at it in amusement. Gradually, the smile on her face widened.

She just thought of a good idea!

“Lil Thing, I’ll give you a chance to get on His Highness Duke of Qin’s good side! Want it?” Han Yunxi asked seriously.

“Chee, chee…” Lil Thing replied back just as seriously. Actually, it had no idea what Mama Yunxi was talking about.

Han Yunxi quickly brought out an ingredient from her medical pouch—sulfur!

That’s right, sulfur was a chemical component that could be used in various prescriptions and poisons! More important, it was also an important ingredient in gunpowder! As soon as Lil Thing smelled the item, it covered its nose. How smelly!

Han Yunxi grew amused and purposely held the sulfur in front of Lil Thing. “Have a good sniff. Gunpowder should smell like this too.”

Lil Thing wasn’t merely an animal. It might not understand human speech, but it was quite sharp-witted. Seeing Han Yunxi’s movements made it realized Mama Yunxi wanted it to smell this thing. Its nose was many times stronger than a typical dog, so it could pick out the faintest traces of poisons in its surrounding environment. Something as stinky as this had no chance of escaping its notice!

Lil Thing grabbed the piece of sulfur and carefully sniffed it. After a while, the stinkiness receded from its nostrils and it even grew a little addicted to the smell. The next thing Han Yunxi knew, it nearly ate the sulfur! Fortunately, she managed to snatch it back in time.

“Are you trying to kill yourself?!” she exclaimed. Sulfur was neither medicine nor poison, but could have curative or toxic effects when mixed with the appropriate ingredients. Heaven only knows what would happen if Lil Thing just ate it plain!

Lil Thing gave an aggrieved squeak. It wasn’t a glutton—it just hadn’t eaten any nice things for a long, long time. All the medicine it’d found recently had been offered up to Imperial Physician Gu. As for poisons—Mama Yunxi’s current offerings wasn’t to its tastes! Its little body was still recovering its health, so right now it didn’t even have detox properties in its blood. Lil Thing gave up on the sulfur and scampered to the windowsill, where it sat staring at Han Yunxi. She saw through it right away and helplessly took out some very rare poisons from its pouch.

“Here, you can pick and choose this time!”

As soon as Lil Thing smelled the delicious scents, it ran over ravenously and gulped them all down. It just knew Mama Yunxi had hidden away plenty of tasty eats! How could it miss the chance to loot this burning house? Han Yunxi couldn’t decide whether to laugh or rage at the sight. Once again, she relented and brought out even more rare poisons.

“Here, fill yourself up a bit! The black market is huge, so you’ll have lots of ground to cover!”

Lil Thing turned around and widened its jaws to swallow another poison. If Han Yunxi wasn’t imagining things, then its mouth had just expanded to surpass the size of its body! Intimidated by the sight, she glanced at her hand to make sure the fingers were still there before feeling relieved. Lil Thing gave her a grin after stuffing itself, before quickly leaping out the window to track down the scent of sulfur! Of course, Han Yunxi wouldn’t follow it out. Even if she wanted to, she didn’t have the skills. She’d long witnessed Lil Thing’s astonishing speed first hand in the past.

She would simply sit content to wait!

Han Yunxi had no idea whether Long Feiye or Gu Qi Sha would find the gunpowder first, or if Lil Thing would come back with the earliest report as a surprise. If anyone tried to bet with her now, she wouldn’t be confident in guessing the winner.

What would be the ultimate conclusion?