Steward Mo glanced at Ji Yujin, then at Chu Fengqing, his wrinkled old face slightly reddened. He had never done such a childish thing in his entire life, so he found an excuse and left.
Chu Fengqing opened his mouth, thought about it, and decided to give up, sending the porridge in his hand into his mouth.
Ji Yujin: “Is it delicious?”
Asking while knowing the answer.
Chu Fengqing didn’t want to pay attention to him, but he was under his roof, so he said coldly, “It’s just right, not too sweet or salty.”
Ji Yujin leaned against the head of the bed, curled his lips when he heard his answer, and stopped teasing him: “Alright, don’t eat anymore, I’ll have them serve you a big meal in a moment.”
He paused and said meaningfully, “I’m not as petty as someone.”
Chu Fengqing: “……”
Ji Yujin indeed did not lie to him. As soon as he finished speaking, the maid came in with food.
Soon, the table was full. There were many dishes, but the portions were small, enough for one person to finish.
Chu Fengqing blinked. There were many dishes in front of him that he had never tasted due to physical reasons. His asthma would cause him to get sick if he touched peanuts, so he couldn’t eat anything related to peanuts. When he was a child and didn’t know any better, he ate half a peanut and almost lost his life. Since then, he never touched peanuts again.
His mother was careful, and from then on, not only peanuts were not allowed to be eaten by him, but nuts of all kinds were not allowed to appear in front of him. He was afraid that his mother would worry, so he did not touch them again, but in fact, other nuts should be fine.
There were many dishes on the table made with nuts. His eyes lit up slightly. Whenever he passed by a nut shop on the street, it would be filled with fruit fragrance, but he had never tried the taste of nuts. He was a little curious.
Chu Fengqing glanced at Ji Yujin, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly, as if the winter snow melted in the warm spring sun. He thanked the maid who was serving the food, then started to eat his meal in small bites.
Ji Yujin, who was leaning against the bed, was stunned when he saw it. He stroked the tip of his nose with his fingers, turned his head, and muttered softly, “He can be bribed with just one meal…”
That maid’s face instantly turned red, and she looked at Chu Fengqing in hesitation, unable to speak.
Ji Yujin took a quick glance and said to the maid, “Retreat. It’s not like he doesn’t have hands. Does he still need you to serve him food?”
Chu Fengqing also nodded. He had lived a rather rough life in Jiangnan, and he was a little uncomfortable with someone serving him food.
After the maid left, Chu Fengqing ate silently. Ji Yujin found that although he still had a cold face, but his eyes would become brighter than usual when he ate something.
Ji Yujin found it interesting, so he simply put his bowl down, propped up his head, and stared at him while he was eating.
Chu Fengqing noticed his gaze and frowned, but soon calmed down. He wanted to eat?
What do you call this? This is called the law of nature, no one can escape it.
Last time, Ji Yujin didn’t let him eat and asked him to watch him eat. This time, he asked him to watch him eat as well.
Chu Fengqing ate very politely and courteously, quietly without making any sound. After he finished eating, Ji Yujin looked at the remaining plate of peanut soup on the table and asked, “Why don’t you finish it?”
Chu Fengqing just said, “I don’t like peanuts.”
Ji Yujin raised his eyebrows, “You are even picky about food.”
Chu Fengqing: “Do you want to eat? You can eat this.”
Ji Yujin: “Chu Yinyin, you are getting bolder and bolder now. You want me to eat the things you don’t eat?!”
Chu Fengqing frowned: “I didn’t touch it.”
Ji Yujin: “I still won’t eat it either.”
Chu Fengqing: “You are really hard to please.”
Ji Yujin couldn’t believe it: “I’m hard to please? You are full and satisfied now, but I’m only having a bowl of porridge, and I can’t even lift my shoulder. This is called destroying the bridges after crossing the river!”
Chu Fengqing: “Your left shoulder is fine.”
Ji Yujin: “You are not me, how do you know that my left shoulder doesn’t hurt? My whole body is in pain now.”
Chu Fengqing pursed his lips, walked to his side, and stretched out his hand, saying, “Hand.”
Ji Yujin: “What do you want my hand for?” Shouldn’t he feed him porridge now?
Chu Fengqing glanced at him and frowned. “Let me feel your pulse. You shouldn’t have such symptoms. Are you injured somewhere else, or is the poison taking effect?”
Ji Yujin, who just wanted him to feed him porridge and talk nonsense: “……”
“You’re not even a physician, how can you take a pulse?” Ji Yujin said as he picked up the porridge. He didn’t even need a spoon, he just picked it up and drank it. After a few sips, his face almost turned green. “This thing is too bland, it’s so unpalatable.”
Then he glanced at the table and said, “Hey, bring me the peanut soup.”
Chu Fengqing glanced at him with an expression that said, “See, you are so difficult to please.”
Ji Yujin almost laughed at his bitter and vengeful face. He drank peanut soup and said with a smile, “You are such a heartless person. I provide you with delicious food and drink, but you won’t even feed me the meal. If I were in my seventies or eighties and couldn’t move anymore, would you not even look at me? But for a sickly seedling like you, it is still a question whether you can live to that time or not.”
He speaks too fast and doesn’t think twice before speaking. Even though he’s talking nonsense, he was still stunned after he said it. But words are not something you can take back just because you want to.
Chu Fengqing didn’t show much expression. He was always so indifferent, as if nothing could break the alienation and coldness on his face.
The two were silent for a while, and then Ji Yujin said, “You retreat first.”
Chu Fengqing nodded. When he walked out of the door, he suddenly thought, What does Ji Yujin mean by this? Can the two of them still stay together when they are seventy or eighty years old?
He looked up at the snow fluttering outside the door, all white and silver, except for a hint of green on the rockery. He didn’t know whether it was a wild flower or weed, but it had such tenacious vitality that it brought a touch of green to this cold winter.
When he lowered his eyes, he thought, No, his fate with Ji Yujin would not last long, and he would have to leave here as soon as there was progress on his father’s side. He always felt that he owed Ji Yujin something, and he could only find compensation elsewhere.
In the afternoon, Steward Mo came to look for Chu Fengqing anxiously. Upon hearing what happened, he found out that Ji Yujin had a sudden high fever.
Chu Fengqing was not surprised. It would be strange if such a big wound had no effect. Ji Yujin’s health was already excellent. He could eat and sleep last night with such a big wound, but he has a high fever now.
Walking into his room, Ji Yujin was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his pupils narrow, and his red lips tightly shut. Being sick, he had less aura than usual, making him more approachable.
Chu Fengqing stretched out his hand to touch Ji Yujin’s forehead but was grabbed before his hand could even touch him. Even though he was sick, his hands were like iron claws, making it impossible to break free. Ji Yujin opened his eyes as his hand was held.
His eyes seemed a little confused and were covered with red bloodshot. After he clearly saw that it was Chu Fengqing, he slowly loosened his hands and also slowly closed his eyes.
Chu Fengqing was stunned for a moment, and after confirming that he had fallen asleep again, he placed his hand on his forehead.
It’s burned the hand. The temperature is very high. It needs to be cooled.
Chu Fengqing ordered Steward Mo to get a basin of cold water and wrote a prescription for the servants to get the medicine and boil it.
He thought that would be enough, and the servants would do the rest, but unexpectedly, Steward Mo said, “The master doesn’t like outsiders touch him, so we dare not.”
Chu Fengqing: “……” Am I not an outsider anymore?
