167: Little Jade Buddha

What is she doing here?

“I’m afraid of the heat, so I like to eat cold food.”

Han Yi was slightly startled, then reacted, and said seriously.

“Oh, this servant thought Young Master disliked the food I made…” Tao Gu said with a charming smile, “Being afraid of the heat is easy to fix, this servant will blow on you~”

Then, she bent down, her red lips slightly pursed, about to make a blowing motion.

“Ah!”

Perhaps because the burden on her chest was too heavy, or perhaps she was too tired from cooking, Tao Gu’s legs softened, her center of gravity became unstable, and with a cry of surprise, she fell into Han Yi’s arms, directly sitting on his lap.

Han Yi immediately reached out to support her, his right hand grabbing Tao Gu’s wrist.

“Whoosh~”

Unexpectedly, Tao Gu didn’t care; the first thing she did was blow on the pancake in his left hand.

“Young Master, try it again, it shouldn’t be hot now~” Tao Gu giggled.

A fragrant breeze assailed his face, he didn’t know if it was the scent of the meat pancake or the fragrance of Tao Gu’s powder, and for a moment, Han Yi felt a little intoxicated.

“So fragrant! Indeed, it’s not hot now…”

Han Yi suddenly felt hazy, a little dazed, and he opened his mouth, about to take a bite of the fragrant meat pancake.

Suddenly, he felt a trace of coolness seeping from his neck, sliding to his collarbone, and rushing straight to his brain, invigorating his spirit.

As Han Yi lowered his head and opened his mouth, the small jade Buddha also pressed tightly against his skin with his movements.

“Hmm? Why…”

Han Yi was still a little muddled.

“I said, you bad woman, how much longer are you going to sit on his leg!”

Qian Xue’s cold voice rang out, and it was not hard to hear the jealousy in her tone.

It was no wonder; she had never sat on Han Yi’s leg, yet now a strange woman had taken the lead!

Han Yi shook his head violently, this time finally waking up.

“Young Master! You hurt me!” Under Han Yi’s sudden force, Tao Gu cried outDelicately.

“My apologies.” Han Yi released her without changing his expression.

“Little sister, what’s the rush? You’re about to have a sister-in-law soon! Hahahaha!”

The surrounding Martial Artists from the Huang Family burst into laughter upon seeing this, thinking Han Yi was deliberately taking advantage of her.

“All of you, behave yourselves! Don’t cause trouble for me!”

It wasn’t until Huang An spoke up to reprimand them that the crowd stopped their teasing.

Rip!

After Han Yi recovered from his daze, he remained silent. Suddenly, he quickly stood up.

“Han Boy, what are you doing again…”

Bai Sanren asked, puzzled, as he was eating with relish.

Han Yi didn’t respond immediately. He took another meat pancake from the plate, held it up, and said with a smile to Tao Gu and the others, “It’s too hot inside, I’ll eat outside.”

Then, he subtly made a gesture to Bai Sanren and walked towards the door.

“Wait, I forgot to get something, I’ll come with you two.”

Bai Sanren also stood up, pulling Qian Xue, who had just picked up a meat pancake and was about to eat it.

“Oh, oh.” Qian Xue was startled by the words, picked up two pancakes, and got up with Bai Sanren, then followed Han Yi to the courtyard.

As soon as they stepped out of the door, Han Yi saw Qian Xue putting a pancake into her mouth, and he subtly patted her arm, stopping her action.

After leaving the courtyard, Han Yi led the two of them to the small house next to the stables.

Tao Wu’s courtyard had a total of five rooms: one main house, and the remaining three were taken by the Huang Family’s caravan. The worst one, closest to the stables and with a strong smell, was assigned to Han Yi and his two companions.

“This room smells awful!”

As soon as they entered the room, Qian Xue frowned deeply and said, covering her nose.

Tao Wu’s stables were connected to a pigsty, and although it was deep winter, the accumulated stench of manure from the stables still seeped in through the tightly closed doors and windows.

Under theInfluence of the stench, the exquisitely fragrant pancake in her hand also seemed to lose its tempting appeal.

Plop!

Just then, Han Yi snatched the meat pancakes from Qian Xue and Bai Sanren’s hands and threw them on the ground.

“Yi Gege?!”

“Han Boy?!”

The two looked puzzled, not knowing what Han Yi’s inexplicable actions meant.

“I think there’s something wrong with these pancakes…”

Although he didn’t know what had just happened, Han Yi, as a Lian Xue martial artist, was full of energy and could stay awake for days without feeling tired.

But he had suddenly felt a little dizzy, coupled with the subtle sense of unease he had felt deep down since entering the village…

Han Yi still believed it was better to be careful!

“Ah, that’s impossible. I was watching when they were cooking, even if they wanted to tamper with it, there was no opportunity! Besides, Tao Wu’s family also ate these pancakes!”

Bai Sanren couldn’t help but say, confident that with his many years of experience, he could guarantee there was no trickery involved.

“You boy, are you thinking too much!”

He looked at Han Yi with suspicion.

“Sanren Bai, when we came out this time, didn’t we agree that I would take the lead and you would follow my arrangements?”

Han Yi didn’t answer directly but instead asked back. Before entering the village, Bai Sanren had agreed with him that he would be fully in charge, ostensibly for “training.”

“Yes… that’s correct… but…”

“Since that’s the case, then follow my arrangements!”

Han Yi’s tone was firm and beyond question. Although he felt that these meat pancakes, including Tao Wu’s family, and even the entire village, seemed subtly problematic, this was only his intuition, and he had no evidence.

Therefore, he only thought about this intuition inwardly. If he were to say it out loud, Bai Sanren and Qian Xue would certainly not believe his so-called intuition.

So, he simply used the agreement they had made before entering the village to suppress their doubts.

“This… alright…”

Bai Sanren hesitated for a long time before speaking.

As for Qian Xue, she didn’t mind; she was already used to following Bai Sanren and Han Yi’s arrangements.

“Here are some dry rations and dried meat. Eat some of this for now and make do.” Han Yi took out the food he had brought from his pack and handed it to Bai Sanren and Qian Xue.

After the three finished their dinner, they returned to the main house.

At this time, everyone in the room had already eaten the meat pancakes clean, full and satisfied, and were chatting.

And Tao Gu, who was busy serving tea and water, saw Han Yi, who had taken the meat pancakes out and returned empty-handed after eating them, and showed a satisfied smile.

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Since they had to get up early to travel tomorrow, after everyone finished eating, they sat for a short while before Huang An called for his Martial Artists to quickly return to their rooms to rest.

Han Yi and his two companions also bid farewell to Tao Wu and returned to their room.

Although this small room still had a slight odor from the adjacent stables, thankfully it wasn’t their first time entering.

This time, although Qian Xue still frowned deeply, her reaction was much better than the first time.

“Alright, I’ll explain tonight’s plan…”

Seeing that Qian Xue had almost adapted, Han Yi clapped his hands, attracting their attention, and said calmly.