Quick Transmigration: Host Dada, This system can't keep up!

The Crown Prince's Profit Lover (5)

When Bai Wei awoke, he was looking at a different ceiling than the previous one. This one was more ornate and even had lattice trimming around the edges of the ceiling. Bai Wei marveled at the subtle sense of wealth in the room. His old habit of gauging how much every item cost started acting up until he came back to his senses. It seems that he fell asleep earlier while on transport to Jiang Long's mansion. Bai Wei felt a bit embarrassed at this realization; it seemed that despite all his years of living life on the edge he was still able to be caught off guard every now and then.

Bai Wei continued observing the room for a while until he heard a knock at the door. "Young Master Wei, have you woken up?".

Bai Wei heard the voice and immediately recognized the voice as Jiang Long's future right-hand man, Shi Qui. In the world plot Shi Qui was originally a normal servant; However, after helping Jia Jinxing with a detective case, Jiang Long recognized his astute attention to detail and quick-thinking skills and immediately placed him by his side as a close attendant. From then on, Shi Qui appeared in many scenes while doing dirty work for Jiang Long. Thinking this far, Bai Wei thought that it wouldn't be bad to have Shi Qui's talent recognized earlier so he snapped into character and said "Oh, Shi Qui? It's so kind of you to walk all this way to check up on me."

Shi Qui paused while opening the door after hearing Bai Wei say this. He quietly shot Bai Wei an analyzing glance before lowering his eyes and saying, "This one is merely a lowly servant, so it is only right for this one to check on you."

Bai Wei made a surprised expression at Shi Qui's words and said back "A mere servant? Surely you jest-"

Bai Wei stopped mid-sentence seemingly realizing that this place was different from the place in his memories, Shi Qui seemed younger too. After a moment's hesitation he opened his mouth and said, "What year is it?".

"Young master, it is the winter season of the year 539".

Hearing this Bai Wei's face paled and then he asked "......Where is Jiang Ge?"

"He is in the dining room about to eat my lord" Shi Qui shot him another questioning gaze as he replied. His eyes held no concern, only intrigue. After all, no normal man could climb to the spot of Jiang Longs right hand man.

Hearing his response, Bai Wei quickly jumped out of bed and bolted out the door. The servants were all bewildered to see the young man that their master had brought home not too long-ago bolt through the hallways barefoot and still in his sleeping clothes. They quietly murmured to themselves before Shi Qui, who was following the young man, shot them a cold glance and they quickly shut up and continued their work.

Bai Wei kept running with the hardware giving him directions until he arrived at the door to the dining room. Once at the door, he paused and stared at it for a while in deep thought. Shi Qui felt lucky that this gave him time to catch up. Slightly out of breath, Shi Qui stood beside Bai Wei and questioningly asked "Young Master Wei?".

Bai Wei seemed to snap out of his deep thoughts and turned to look at Shi Qui with a sad and hesitant expression on his face. He asked in a quiet tone "...What is my relationship with Jiang Ge like right now?"

Shi Qui was about to answer in his usual brutally honest tone when Bai Wei quickly put his hand up, motioning him to not speak, and took a deep breath. He then put on a bright smile and walked into the dining room.

...

Jiang Long was sitting at the helm of the empty table about to start eating the food before him when the door suddenly opened unannounced and Bai Wei walked through the door. Jiang Long was momentarily surprised by this and even further thrown off by his current peculiar attire but still retained his calmness. Bai Wei had a smile on his face, but the sadness and confusion in his eyes gave away his true feelings underneath.

"Jiang Ge, do you mind if I eat with you?" Bai Wei said. As he said this, he sat directly on the chair closest to Jiang Long on the left without giving him a chance to answer. He even seemed to think that he was too far away from Jiang Long and scooted his chair a little closer until their legs were almost touching underneath the table. Jiang Long was internally shocked by Bai Wei's antics but outwardly he remained calm and started to eat without even acknowledging Bai Wei's presence. Bai Wei was unaffected by this and continue to chatter on meaninglessly while the servants prepared a plate for Bai Wei. It was only when Bai Wei had his own pair of chopsticks that he was quiet as he began eating with gusto. Jiang Long silently thought that the boy must have been starving as he had been asleep since early this morning; However, despite this, Bai Wei still didn't forget to put some food into Jiang Long's bowl occasionally.

Jiang Long looked at the food that Bai Wei was putting into his bowl and felt a mix of emotions rush over him. This was the first time that someone ever took the initiative to show such obvious goodwill towards himself. Additionally, he was surprised because all the food was the food that he most liked. Jiang Long was sure that no one in the world knew this information besides himself because he had always taken extreme precautions against showing his likes or dislikes so as not to give others any weaknesses unintentionally. Jiang Long was deep in thought and finally looked up to meet Bai Wei's gaze that had been on him this entire time. Seeing his gaze, Bai Wei smiled happily at himself with a loving look in his eyes.

Jiang Long was taken aback by this realization and silently thought to himself that even if this new Bai Wei was just a bout of insanity or a fake, he was still quite cute.

[Ding! Target's favorability has lowered to one point to -12] the hardware chimed in Bai Wei's mind. Bai Wei felt quite happy at this development and silently looked at the dessert that was now being pushed into the room. He looked at it for a moment longer and felt that the gods must truly be on his side today.

While Bai Wei was internally rejoicing, outwardly Bai Wei paled upon seeing the dessert that had just been placed on the table. It was a peach cobbler with a tantalizing aroma. Jiang Long observed his stare and thought that it must be a look of curiosity as he had never seen this dish before. After all, peaches were a newly acquired good in this kingdom after they painstakingly established a trade route with a kingdom far across the sea. Very few had even had the chance to gaze upon peaches before this, including Jiang Long.

Jiang Long felt inwardly proud of being able to show off his status as the crown prince and gleefully reached out to cut a slice of the peach cobbler to serve to Bai Wei in a rare, good mood; However, before he could touch the cobbler Bai Wei grabbed his wrist in a panic and shouted "Don't!".

Jiang Long stopped and looked at Bai Wei with a questioning expression. Bai Wei's previously smiling expression was now gone as he stared at the peach cobbler with a dark expression, completely lost in his own thoughts. Jiang Long waited for the other to say something, but when Bai Wei didn't answer he shook his arm impatiently and moved to try and cut the cobbler again. Bai Wei once again stopped him by grabbing on to his wrist, this time latching onto it very tightly, looking back and forth between the cobbler with a myriad of expressions on his face.

"What is it?" Jiang Long finally couldn't help but ask aloud.

"That-I...um" Bai Wei stammered out some words while looking suspiciously at the attending servants in the room. Jiang Long quickly got the idea and sent out the servants before asking again. This time Bai Wei looked up at him to speak ,but paused after seeing him. Bai Wei stood looking into his eyes and Jiang Long could almost see the gears in his head turning a mile a minute. He saw glimpses of sorrow, worry, fear, sadness, and then finally resolve before Bai Wei once again looked at the ground and stammered out.

"...You- ....You're allergic to peaches..."

[Ding! Target's favorability has fallen 5 points and is now -18. Host, wtf]