Peaceful Jianghu - Chapter 123
Xiao Dao was full of questions, but he was used to Xue Beifan's eccentricities, so he ignored him! Wang Bibo took a small trinket and put it on the table, which quickly caught Xiao Dao's attention, and he went over to take a look.
Xue Beifan rested his chin on his hand, staring blankly at the empty wine glass on the table. When he encountered someone he liked, he always minded her talking to others; when he encountered someone he disliked, he always hoped she would quickly talk to someone else. So, those he liked were unattainable, while those he disliked would come crawling to him. But alas, liking is liking, and disliking is disliking—isn't that just useless, helpless, and frustrating?
Xiao Dao, feeling a bit hungry since the banquet hadn't started yet, looked around. Xue Beifan placed a stack of snacks in front of her, and Xiao Dao's eyes lit up. Then she heard Xue Beifan whisper in her ear, "I'm getting jealous!"
Xiao Dao was taken aback, and looked up at Xue Beifan in confusion, "Hmm?"
"Hey, stop talking to that guy and ignoring me, I'm jealous." Xue Beifan said frankly, making Xiao Dao blush, while pointing at Chong Hua and Lou Xiaoyue.
Xiao Dao glanced over and saw Xiao Yue sitting at the table. Chong Hua was cutting the pastries in her bowl for her, making them smaller so they would be easier to eat and wouldn't stick to her hands. He also had to pick out the raisins, as Xiao Yue didn't like them.
Xiao Dao's lips twitched unconsciously.
Xue Beifan leaned closer and whispered to Xiaodao, "Look at Ren Xiaoyue."
Xiao Dao pouted, not backing down either, "Look at Chonghua!"
Xue Beifan pointed and said, "Xiaoyue doesn't even look at anyone else, her eyes are only on Chonghua!"
Xiao Dao rolled her eyes at him, "Chonghua even cuts desserts for her, but look at you? You throw desserts onto the plate."
Xue Beifan frowned, "Xiaoyue took the snack and ate it right away, and you didn't say anything? Look at you, you're as picky as a cat."
Xiao Dao pouted, "Chonghua isn't as mischievous as you! You just put it in my mouth and I eat it, who knows if you'll feed me a bug or something."
Xue Beifan opened his mouth, "When did I ever tease you like that?"
Xiao Dao protested, "When will you stop teasing me?"
Behind them, Wang Bibo poked at her knife, interrupting the two of them from their flirtatious banter, oblivious to everyone else.
Xiao Dao turned around, and Wang Bibo presented him with a golden nanmu wood food box containing crystal shrimp dumplings. "Here, don't eat those coarse things, this is delicious."
Xiao Dao glanced at the shrimp dumplings, then at the almond shortbread Xue Beifan had given him.
Xue Beifan sighed, reached for his chopsticks, picked up a piece of almond shortbread, and presented it to Xiaodao.
Wang Bibo was not to be outdone, and picked up a crystal dumpling and sent it to the other side.
Xiao Dao stared at a piece of almond shortbread and a crystal dumpling in front of him, glancing at the two people to his left and right.
Xue Beifan and Wang Bibo exchanged a glance, then remained silent, letting Xiaodao choose for herself.
At this moment, Hao Jinfeng came over and said, "Xiao Dao, would you like your older brother to try a crystal dumpling?"
"Oh." Xiao Dao reached out and pushed the crystal glue in Wang Bibo's hand toward Hao Jinfeng, who then smacked his lips and "whoosh"ed it.
Wang Bibo was startled and quickly put down her chopsticks.
Hao Jinfeng exclaimed, "Oh! It tastes delicious!"
"Big brother likes to eat?" Xiao Dao held the dumplings up to Hao Jinfeng's face. "Eat more."
Hao Jinfeng originally thought he was here to eat, but he didn't expect to be sitting here staring blankly and waiting. He was very hungry.
Xiao Dao breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Hao Jinfeng enjoying her food. She turned around and saw Xue Beifan still holding the almond pastry in front of her, staring at it with his eyes.
Xiao Dao looked at him too, and Xue Beifan put the food to her lips, saying, "Eat up."
Xiao Dao frowned, "Why are you treating this like throwing a meat bun to a dog?!"
Xue Beifan almost burst out laughing, and his expression softened. He held up his chopsticks, caught them with his other hand, and brought them to the tip of the knife, lowering his voice, "Didn't you say you were hungry? Have a bite."
Xiao Dao felt a little better. She looked up and saw that Chonghua was also feeding Xiaoyue, whispering something in her ear, making her want to laugh but too embarrassed to do so.
Xiao Dao opened her mouth... and subconsciously took a bite, chewing it somewhat defiantly while glancing at Xue Beifan.
Xue Beifan smiled, reached out and gently wiped the crumbs from the corner of her mouth, then fed her a second bite.
Xiao Dao reached for the cup, but Xue Beifan shoved the remaining mouthful into her mouth and snatched the cup from her, saying, "It's cold, I'll get you a hot one."
Xiao Dao raised an eyebrow and looked at Xue Beifan curiously. Seeing him carefully touch the teapot to check its temperature, open the lid, and even smell it, Xiao Dao felt a strange sense of pride.
Beside him, Wang Bibo rubbed her forehead, watching helplessly as Hao Jinfeng stuffed the last crystal dumpling into his mouth. It was a pity; crystal dumplings were certainly much more expensive than almond crisps, but who would willingly eat almond crisps and not even glance at crystal dumplings?
Just then, they saw Madam Xue and Feng Wuyou finish their conversation and gracefully walk back.
Xiao Dao had just received the cup from Xue Beifan and was about to drink from the warm tea when Xue Beifan wiped the almond crisp crumbs from the corner of her mouth.
"Hiss..." Xiao Dao shuddered again.
"Did you get burned?" Xue Beifan frowned and reached out to touch the cup.
"No." Xiao Dao felt a chill run down her spine. She looked up and met Feng Wuyou's eyes. Xiao Dao was taken aback. Feng Wuyou's face wasn't pleasant at all; the expression on his face as he looked at her was tinged with resentment.
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Beauty and Pig Head
After Feng Wuyou took her seat, she didn't say much. However, everyone could see that Madam Xue treated her with great respect... to put it nicely, it was respect; to put it bluntly, she seemed quite afraid.
Xiao Dao hadn't held much prejudice against Feng Wuyou before; she was just a woman who had feelings for Xue Beifan. But later, after hearing that she wanted to kill anyone Xue Beifan liked, he felt that this woman might be a bit abnormal. Now, sitting opposite each other, with Feng Wuyou's resentful gaze fixed on him, he felt an eerie sensation.
Xiao Dao suddenly realized—Oh! So it was Feng Wuyou who had been staring at him earlier, which was why he had goosebumps. This woman is crazy, her eyes are full of thorns!
Thinking of this, Xiao Dao suddenly felt playful. Speaking of which, this girl was also someone who feared the world was not chaotic enough. She thought to herself, "You, Feng Wuyou, don't you have a crush on Xue Beifan? Don't you want to kill anyone he likes? This time, I'll make sure you get what's coming to you!"
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Dao rested her chin on her hand and looked at the bowl in front of Xue Beifan. The mudfish that the servant had just brought over slid into the tofu. Xiao Dao narrowed her eyes, opened her mouth, and said, "I want to eat that mudfish."
Xue Beifan carefully removed the bones from the loach and fed her a piece of meat with his chopsticks.