At first, Jing Fu only thought of Huanhuan as Xue Hui’s friend. Although he was polite, he was a little distant.
But after knowing that she was the supplier of those fruits and vegetables, the relationship between the two sides immediately changed from mere acquaintances to a cooperative relationship with common interests.
Jing Fu’s attitude toward Huanhuan became much more enthusiastic.
He asked Jing Liang to send some gifts to Huanhuan as a sign of goodwill from the Golden Leaf Chamber of Commerce.
After eating and drinking their fill, Jing Fu and Xue Hui both got busy. Only Huanhuan stayed in the house alone, eating fruits and chatting with the system.
She touched the bandage on her neck and asked, “Do you think Xing Chen has left the City of 10,000 Beasts?”
The system said, “Who knows? With his personality, he won’t let you off if he knows that you’ve tricked him. If you’re caught by him again in the future, tsk tsk, I can imagine how miserable you’ll end up.”
Huanhuan was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat. She was immediately in no mood to eat.
She immediately said, “You’re in cahoots with me. If I’m caught, you won’t be able to escape either. You have to help me avoid being caught by him!”
“Sigh, I can’t do anything about him!”
Huanhuan also sighed. “I hope the heavens don’t let me meet the demon king again.”
The system said, “Someone’s here.”
Huanhuan quickly picked up the veil and put it on her face.
Jing Liang walked past the window and realized that it was open. He glanced into the house and saw Huanhuan sitting on the carpet. He waved the flowers in his hand. “I came to give you something.”
Huanhuan quickly said, “Wait a moment. I’ll open the door now.”
“No need.” Jing Liang placed one hand on the window and climbed over it in a confident manner. He landed steadily in the house and brought the flowers to her. “These are for you. I hope you like them.”
The pink and tender flowers had some dew on the petals. They looked very cute.
Huanhuan was flattered. She quickly reached out and took the flowers. “Thank you.”
Jing Liang smiled and said, “I saw the flowers on your head and guessed that you must like flowers, so I specially went to the garden to pick some flowers for you.”
The lotus was very unhappy to be compared to ordinary flowers. It was about to speak when Huanhuan, who had guessed what it would do in advance, pressed it back down.
In Jing Liang’s opinion, Huanhuan only touched the small bud on her head. But when she raised her hand, her sleeve slid down, revealing her fair and slender wrist and the green crystal bracelet on it.
She asked, “Do you have a clay pot or something of the like?”
Jing Liang didn’t understand why she wanted clay pots, but he still got someone to bring a few over. They were all different in size and height, so she could choose from them.
Huanhuan chose a taller pot. After filling it with water, she inserted the flowers into the pot.
She placed the pot by the window so that the sun could shine on the flowers.
Huanhuan turned around and saw that Jing Liang’s eyes were filled with confusion. She smiled and explained, “Flowers that have been cut off will wither quickly. If they’re put into water, the flowers can live longer.”
“I see.” Jing Liang smiled. The mole under his eye swayed slightly. “Actually, it doesn’t matter. There are still many flowers in the garden. Even if these flowers wither, there are still many other flowers. You can have as many as you want.”
“No, these flowers are enough.”
Jing Liang said, “Aunt Xue Hui was worried that you would be bored alone in the house, so she specially instructed me to come and play with you for a while.”
Huanhuan was slightly stunned. “You call her Aunt Xue Ran?”
“That’s right. She’s friends with my father. In terms of seniority, I should call her ‘Aunt’. And she’s old enough to be my aunt.”
Huanhuan was very surprised. “But she looks very young to me. She looks about your age.”
“The members of the Divine Wood clan live longer than ordinary beasts. They live long and age slowly. Aunt Xue Ran just looks younger. In actuality, she’s about my father’s age.”
Huanhuan did not expect the Divine Wood clan to have such a special attribute.
She blinked. “I guess I’ll have to call her ‘Aunt’ from now on.”
Jing Liang looked into her eyes and found her even more adorable. He couldn’t help but ask, “There are no outsiders here. Why are you still wearing a veil?”
Huanhuan didn’t know how to explain. Was she going to say that she was deliberately wearing a veil because she didn’t want to be seen? Just thinking about it made her feel like she was asking for a beating!
She made up a lie. “I’m not very good-looking. I don’t want anyone to see my face.”
Jing Liang didn’t believe her. “Your eyes are beautiful. I’m guessing that your face should be very good-looking too.”
Huanhuan could only whisper, “I really don’t look good.”
“It doesn’t matter if you’re not good-looking. I’m not a beast who judges people by their appearance.” Jing Liang stared into her eyes. “Can I see your full face?”
Huanhuan was embarrassed. “No, let’s forget about it.”
Seeing that she insisted on not taking off her veil, Jing Liang couldn’t help but sigh. “Alright, it’s fine if you don’t want to.”
Huanhuan thought that she should make a mask to cover her entire face so that no one could even see her eyes. If she said that she was ugly while wearing that mask, the other party would probably believe her.
Jing Liang asked, “There have been many foreign beasts in the city these past two days. It’s very lively. Do you want to go out for a walk?”
Huanhuan shook her head. “No, I don’t like going out.”
She didn’t know if Xing Chen had left yet. If he was still in the city, wouldn’t she be walking into a trap if she went out?!
It was safer to stay inside!
Seeing that she refused to go out, Jing Liang stayed in the house with her and chatted with her about some interesting things.
Not long after, an attendant knocked on the door and said that something had happened outside and Jing Liang needed to deal with it.
Jing Liang said to Huanhuan, “I’m going out for a while. I’ll be back soon.”
Then, he left.
Jing Liang followed the shop assistant to the front hall and saw a male beast kneeling on the ground with four beasts standing beside him. The four beasts were all thugs of the Golden Leaf Chamber of Commerce. When they had nothing to do, they would watch the place from the outside and try to find out the background of suspicious unfamiliar faces.
One of the four beasts had slanted eyes. When he saw Jing Liang, he immediately smiled ingratiatingly.
“Young Master!”
Jing Liang glanced at them. “What happened?”
“The four of us were patrolling outside today and found three suspicious fellows. We wanted to capture them and interrogate them, but we didn’t expect those three to attack us without a word. I was beaten up by them.” Arched Eyes revealed the wounds on his body and said indignantly, “They ran away after beating us up. We chased them for most of the day and finally caught one of them.”
At this point, Arched Eyes kicked the beast kneeling on the ground beside him. “This is the guy who dares to do whatever he wants in the territory of the Golden Leaf Chamber of Commerce!”
