The Anarchic Consort (Book 1)

626-630

In fact, he was not overreacting.

It only appeared to be abrupt because he did it without any warning.

Helian Wei Wei looked toward Baili Jia Jue with a bewildered face, her shapely eyebrows raising slightly.

"How could you drink something with such a terrible smell?" The young man did not look at her, instead, he spoke to Nangong Lie coldly.

Nangong Lie twitched his nose. "Does it really smell that bad? I reckon that it is quite delicious. Besides, eating more ginger during winter is good for health."

"Is that so?" The young man sneered and walked off.

Nangong Lie thought that he just simply could not bear the smell of ginger. However, when he woke up the following day, he found that all of the dishes in the Holy Worship Temple had turned into raw ginger.

Shadow stood beside him and reported with a serious look on his face. "Young Master Lie, His Highness said that you should eat more ginger since you think that eating ginger is good for your health."

Nangong Lie was speechless.

Wait a minute!

Make it clear before you leave!

If he is not unhappy with me, then what the hell is this?!

How am I supposed to eat, now that everything is ginger?

Might as well just poison me, that would be faster!

Nangong Lie almost had a breakdown. He could not stand it anymore, and pushed the things aside, bringing Helian Wei Wei along to deliver his flowers.

"Is she out yet?" Nangong Lie was still very bashful sometimes.

Helian Wei Wei glanced at him. "What are you worried about? Of course, Qing Zhan has to report to her master first after she enters the palace."

"I know." Nangong Lie stroked his chin. "But I feel like Ah Jue has been acting strange for the past two days. Do you think that he would bad-mouth me in front of Qing Zhan?"

Helian Wei Wei was inattentive. "He won't. Why would he bad-mouth you in front of Qing Zhan? He isn't so free."

"That makes sense." Nangong Lie stomped his feet. He must be thinking too much. Ah Jue was always a little slow in terms of the love relationship as he was keeping the Eldest Young Lady from the Helian family at an arm's length. He probably would not be able to tell that Nangong Lie had fallen for Qing Zhan. No, he did not fall for Qing Zhan. He just found the little girl interesting. Yes, that was it, he just found her interesting...

Helian Wei Wei raised her eyebrows. "What are you muttering about over there? Get the rose ready at once."

After all, Nangong Lie was a young master who could understand young girls' hearts. He snapped his fingers in a vicious manner.

A rose appeared in his hand, blooming beautifully.

Helian Wei Wei smiled. "I have truly underestimated you." No wonder he would grow up to be someone evil, as he had been learning tricks like these to play around with girls even at this age.

"I wake up to my handsome face every single day and this bothers me a lot." Nangong Lie curved his thin lips as though something had crossed his mind. "This flower is for you."

Helian Wei Wei knew his character and received it languidly without rejecting him. She then asked, "What else do you want to ask me?"

"Nothing much." Nangong Lie smiled wickedly. "Nothing except things that had happened between you and Ah Jue before." He wanted to at least understand why he would die as Ah Jue started to make his life miserable only after this woman came over.