Editor: Xinghe
Translator: YuQiChen/Churen
On the third day of meeting Shen Tazhi, Jiang Que was awakened by a strong, fragrant smell.
The air was filled with the fresh aroma of Sichuan peppercorns and chilli oil, accompanied by the sound of bubbling and the scent of cooked meat.
Unable to control his salivation, Jiang Que experienced true hunger for the first time, unzipped his sleeping bag, and went straight to Shen Tazhi’s side, asking, “What is this?”
The fragrance was so enticing, much more so than the rice and bread from before.
Although he had already eaten rice and meat to his heart’s content the previous night, he was now suddenly hungry again due to this aroma.
“This is a self-heating hotpot,” Shen Tazhi explained, looking somewhat regretful. “I got the wrong flavour. This might be a bit spicy for you. I’ll prepare some water for you to rinse it before eating.”
“Hotpot,” Jiang Que repeated.
He compared the steaming plastic container in front of him to the copper hotpot he had seen with ill intentions before ultimately choosing to trust Shen Tazhi. He reluctantly believed that this was indeed a hotpot and eagerly waited for the meal.
As the steam from the self-heating hotpot slowly dissipated, Jiang Que watched as Shen Tazhi opened the lid, eager to reach out and grab a bite—
“Wait,” Shen Tazhi stopped his movement. “You have to eat this with chopsticks.”
“Chopsticks? I don’t know how to use them. Can’t I just use a spoon?” Jiang Que asked confidently.
He had used a spoon while eating rice last night, so what was the difference between this hotpot and rice?
Shen Tazhi didn’t argue but instead handed him a spoon with a smile.
Jiang Que took the spoon, confidently scooped up a spoonful, only to watch in dismay as the bean sprouts and meat slipped off the spoon, leaving him with just soup staring back at him.
“Pfft…”
Shen Tazhi’s light laughter sounded in his ears, and Jiang Que glared at him, saying, “Stop laughing. I just wanted to drink the soup!”
He then proceeded to gulp down the entire spoonful of red soup.
“Wait…”
*Gulp*
Before Shen Tazhi could stop him, Jiang Que had already downed the whole spoonful of soup, looking up at him in confusion. “What’s wrong, can’t I drink it?”
“Don’t you find it spicy… never mind, it’s fine.”
Shen Tazhi stopped speaking midway.
That’s right, how could he forget? Spiciness is a sensation of pain, not taste. Jiang Que, who had been imprisoned underground for decades, had long developed a resistance to “pain.”
Thinking of Jiang Que murmuring “it hurts” last night, Shen Tazhi couldn’t help but feel a pang of heartache.
Just how painful was it in his dream that made Jiang Que vocalize his pain?
His thoughts spun in circles, but his expression remained unchanged. Skillfully using a disposable chopstick to pick up a piece of meat for Jiang Que, Shen Tazhi said gently, “It’s okay if you don’t want to use them, I’ll feed you.”
Jiang Que frowned as he looked at the meat being brought to his mouth, feeling somewhat annoyed.
What was this? Treating him like an incompetent child?
He reached out and took the chopsticks from Shen Tazhi’s hand, huffing, “No, I can learn to use them myself.”
It was just a pair of chopsticks; he had seen humans use them many times and would definitely be able to learn!
Unable to contain his laughter, Shen Tazhi watched Jiang Que clumsily use the chopsticks to pick up food and asked, “Should I continue telling you a story?”
Nodding eagerly while eating, Jiang Que replied, “Yes!”
Why was Shen Tazhi so easy to talk to today? Just a few days ago, he had to finish his meal before Shen Tazhi would tell him a little bit of the story of Ye Bingli.
Completely unaware of the impact his nightmare from last night had on Shen Tazhi, Jiang Que was simply delighted to be able to listen to stories again, eagerly looking at Shen Tazhi, waiting for the continuation.
Next, Shen Tazhi took out the book, “Revenge of the Three Princesses vs the Icy Three Princes” from his backpack and continued:
【 Three months later, Royal Academy of England.
A curly-haired female teacher on the platform clapped her hands, “Everyone, quiet down. Today, we have three transfer students in our class, who are also the three princesses of the English royal family. Let’s welcome them with applause!”
As the class applauded, there were also whispers and murmurs.
“The three princesses of the English royal family? Weren’t they lost a long time ago?”
“Don’t you know, recently when the Queen of England went undercover, she happened to find them. I heard the eldest princess, Luo Shang, is the successor of the first major assassin organization – ‘Shang Palace’!”
“Yes, everyone says the eldest princess is the most indifferent, but I prefer the cute second princess and the gentle third princess.”
Luo Shang completely ignored the discussions below the stage, walking up with a cold face. Her long purple hair swayed slightly with her movements, and she blinked her glassy eyes, looking like a princess straight out of a fairy tale:
“Luo Shang.”
She spoke, dropping the two words coldly, completely different from her beautiful appearance.
The people below couldn’t help but shiver.
This was too indifferent; it felt like they were about to freeze into ice blocks!
Mo Yu took a few steps forward, smiling cutely, and mischievously said, “I am Mo Yu, also the second princess of the English royal family. Please take care of me, everyone!”
Beside her, Liu Meng smiled gently, “I am Liu Meng.”】
“So they became assassins in just three months?” Jiang Que couldn’t help but question.
“Yes,” Shen Tazhi explained somewhat guiltily, “Because this is a novel, so some unrealistic aspects are also reasonable.”
Was that so?
Jiang Que continued listening with half-belief.
【The three beautiful princesses of the British royal family naturally attracted the attention of the entire class, with endless admiration and whispers from everyone, except for the three boys sitting at the back row.
“Hey, Yi, why don’t you look up?”
Luo Chen, the “Fashionable school grass1school grass is a title for the most handsome boy in school while school flower or campus belle is for the most beautiful girl” casually brushed his semi-long hair back, lightly knocking on the desk of “Icy School Grass” Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi coldly raised his eyes, giving him a disdainful look, “Boring.”
Beside him, the “Sunshine school grass” Shen Ao smiled, showing his little tiger teeth, “Boring? I find them quite interesting, especially that Luo Shang, right?”
Luo Chen teased, “Yi, don’t you feel sorry for her? Such a beautiful girl, yet she shows such a cold and sad expression.”
Jiang Yi swept his cool gaze over his two friends who seemed to have ‘troublemakers’ written on their faces, making both of them shiver involuntarily.
This iceberg! Too chilling!
Once the noisy two stopped talking, Jiang Yi finally looked up at Luo Shang on the stage. Even though he was indifferent, he couldn’t help but feel shocked when he saw the desolation in Luo Shang’s eyes.
Of course, it was far from the extent of feeling sorry as Luo Chen mentioned. He was just curious about what kind of past this girl had to transform into such a ruthless appearance.】
The little tentacles were already excitedly standing up:
[Jiang Yi! Jiang Yi is the male lead, right!]
[Such a good match!]
[Jiang Yi and Luo Shang being together is the best, Feng is the bad guy, go away!]
Jiang Que looked towards Shen Tazhi who was telling the story, feeling a bit distracted.
Feeling sorry… what kind of emotion was that?
He remembered the inexplicable look Shen Tazhi gave him when they first met. Looking at Shen Tazhi’s profile, he spoke as if by impulse:
“Feeling sorry.”
“Were you, at first, feeling sorry for me?”
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