In the quiet side hall, Ban Chun and Liang Jiusi stole a quick glance at each other and then silently averted their eyes.
Thanks to her whole - hearted admiration, Ling Shan had the honor to sit and dine with Jun Wuyuan for the first time.
After the upgrade in treatment, even tonight's dinner consisted entirely of light and blood - nourishing dishes, which showed just how much thought had been put into it.
However, the atmosphere at the dinner table was rather solemn. It seemed as if the cold - faced tyrant was angry.
Ling Shan murmured to herself: It couldn't be that the little joke she made earlier had angered him, could it?
If that was really the case, Jun Wuyuan was being so petty!
【Tsk, this silly goose has quite a temper. All I did was reject her advance once, and now she can't even enjoy her meal properly. Does she expect me to comfort her?】
Ling Shan: 「......」 She let out a slight sigh of relief.
He should have said so earlier. She had been worried for so long.
Was this plan to win his heart progressing too fast?
It seemed that this tyrant had quite a good capacity to accept things. Maybe she could speed up the process.
Just as she was thinking, she saw Jun Wuyuan, with a cold face, pick up a piece of duck and place it in front of her.
Ling Shan immediately looked at Jun Wuyuan in surprise.
Her eyes sparkled like stars, which made Jun Wuyuan feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
【I'm not trying to comfort her. I'm just doing this because this silly goose loves me whole - heartedly and is injured!】
Ling Shan: 「......」
She rolled her eyes in her mind but on the surface, she took a shy and delighted bite of the duck.
What a pretentious guy.
As soon as this thought crossed her mind, a bowl of fragrant chicken soup appeared in front of her the next moment.
Ling Shan gave a sweet smile. 「Your servant thanks Your Majesty. I will surely finish all the dishes with Your Majesty's care.」
Jun Wuyuan's gaze paused for a moment, and his eyes involuntarily landed on her red and plump lips that were opening and closing.
「Eat your meal properly.」
【Why is she smiling so seductively? This silly goose is always trying to seduce me. Doesn't she know I'm a gentleman?】
Ling Shan: 「......」?
What?
Ling Shan, who was sipping the soup, almost spat it out.
But the chicken soup she forced down made her cough violently. In a short while, her little face turned bright red.
Jun Wuyuan frowned slightly and scolded 「stupid silly goose」 under his breath, but his body was honest as he quickly rushed behind Ling Shan.
Thump, thump, thump...
Ling Shan's face turned even redder from holding back. A thought even popped into her dizzy head.
Was this tyrant holding a grudge? Otherwise, why did it seem like he was trying to kill her?
Jun Wuyuan: 「......」
He said he didn't mean it.
Would the silly goose believe him?
Ling Shan: 「......」
She had almost been beaten to death by him.
How could she believe him?
Well.
Hearing Jun Wuyuan's rare show of guilt, Ling Shan raised her almond eyes filled with misty tears.
「Your Majesty, your servant is fine. You don't need to worry.」
Jun Wuyuan's face darkened. He softened his touch and gently patted her on the back, feeling ashamed and embarrassed.
How could he, the great emperor, make the silly goose's injury worse?
「It won't happen again.」
Ling Shan was taken aback.
Through the mist in her almond eyes, she looked into his originally cold peach - blossom eyes and caught a glimpse of his uneasiness.
It was really strange to see Jun Wuyuan like this.
Who would have thought that less than half a month ago, Jun Wuyuan, who had been so eager to chop off her head to fertilize the flowers or feed the fish, was now giving in to her?
Tsk.
This feeling was really quite satisfying.
Ling Shan smiled at Jun Wuyuan with a curved brow, her tone full of trust.
「Your Majesty, your servant believes you. You don't need to feel bad.」
Thump.
Jun Wuyuan stared at the girl in front of him with a smiling face, looking extremely charming. His heart suddenly itched.
Before he could figure out this strange feeling, a soft and unique itch crept up his wrist.
Jun Wuyuan looked down and saw a pair of tender hands with thick, fluttering eyelashes on a shy face wrap around his.
「Your Majesty, you haven't eaten much just now. Will you stay and eat a little more with your servant, okay?」
【Fine, I'll eat. But why does this silly goose have to touch me and talk like that? She's trying to seduce me with her beauty again. She just won't give up!】
Ling Shan: 「......」
Who was talking?
She wasn't unaware of his malicious look on her lips just now.
This pretentious tyrant was the one who wanted to make a move.
Although she knew this in her heart, on the surface, she shyly pursed her lips. Her fingers gently traced Jun Wuyuan's palm, looking coquettish and alluring.
「Your Majesty~」
Her sweet and delicate voice was like honey with hooks, sweetly reaching his heart and stirring up that indescribable itch again.
【She's really quite charming.】
「Stop touching me. Drink your nourishing soup properly!」
Jun Wuyuan almost fled back to his seat. He ate absent - mindedly with a rather complicated mood.
After teasing him, Ling Shan was quite satisfied and started to enjoy the delicious food.
Seeing this, Jun Wuyuan felt annoyed again.
【What's wrong with this silly goose? She doesn't even look at me. Just now, she was holding onto me with admiration on her face. Now she doesn't even care about the dishes I like?】
Ling Shan: 「......」?
No way. Does this tyrant expect her to wait on him like a nanny?
She was an injured person after all. Didn't he have hands of his own?
Couldn't he just eat a meal on his own?
She was really fed up with him.
【She still won't look at me? I want to eat cherry - glazed pork with Chinese yam!】
Ling Shan silently took a sip of the bird's nest and duck soup. Then, as if to annoy him, she looked up and gave Jun Wuyuan a sweet smile.
Jun Wuyuan: 「......」
【I'm so angry. Why is this silly goose so dull today? She used to be so considerate. Or was all her admiration just an act?】
Ling Shan: 「？」
What? Did he just ignore the arrow she took for him?
Jun Wuyuan saw it with his own eyes. He couldn't just pretend it never happened!
【No, no, no. It's impossible. The silly goose was even willing to die for me. Her admiration can't be fake.】
It was absolutely impossible!
Ling Shan: 「......」
He was so confident. Keep it up.
After leaving the tyrant hanging for a while, Ling Shan kindly picked up a piece of cherry - glazed pork with Chinese yam and put it on his plate.
「Your Majesty, try this cherry - glazed pork. It's sweet and sour, and the Chinese yam is soft and glutinous. I'm sure you'll like it.」
Jun Wuyuan raised his proud chin and glanced at Ling Shan casually.
「Since you've put so much effort into it, I'll give it a try.」
【I knew it. The silly goose couldn't bear to see me with a poor appetite. She loves me so much that she even knows what I want to eat.】
Ling Shan: 「......」
Thanks to this mind - reading superpower!
Otherwise, as a normal person, she really wouldn't be able to keep up with this proud and pretentious tyrant's train of thought.
She would probably die before she even had a chance to implement her plan to win his heart.
That would be too tragic!