Chapter 172 Where is your carriage?
Use a small wooden spoon to scoop a spoonful of the bouncy jelly in the bowl, bring it to your mouth, and suck it into your mouth with a gulp.
The icy, smooth jelly melts in your mouth, with a light sweetness that is just right. The strawberry flesh is fresh and juicy, and the excellent taste makes Mei Cheng'an's eyes narrow into a line.
"How does it taste, Master?"
Huanggua looked at Mei Chengan expectantly, hoping to get his evaluation. This was a new flavor of dessert that she had developed for the outing the day after tomorrow.
Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes, gave Cucumber a thumbs up and smiled.
"Yes! Very good, delicious!"
Cucumber immediately smiled when he heard this.
"If you like it, I'll prepare more. Now there are three flavors: grape, fairy fruit, and strawberry. Is there any other flavor you want to try?"
"emmm..."
Mei Chengan thought for a while and said.
"I can't think of any for now, so these are all. Three are enough. If you have any ideas, feel free to try them as long as you don't mind the trouble."
Cucumber's eyes lit up when he heard that, and he began to imagine what new flavors he could develop.
"If it's not too much trouble for me, I'll go down first, young master."
Mei Cheng'an scooped a spoonful of jelly into his mouth, squinted his eyes and hummed.
"What delicious food are you eating?"
Fan Xian appeared at the gate of the courtyard and said something as he walked inside.
Mei Cheng'an didn't answer. He just kept eating the jelly, squinting his eyes and looking very enjoyable.
Fan Xian didn't care. He walked closer and took a closer look. His eyes lit up immediately.
"Oh, jelly, strawberry one."
As he said this, he looked up at Hongshu who was standing behind Mei Chengan.
"Kind sweet potato sister, if you have any more, please give me a bowl too."
Upon hearing this, Hongshu glanced at the young master. Seeing that the young master did not say anything to stop him, he covered his mouth with his hands, smiled secretly, and bowed to Fan Xian.
"Master Fan, please wait a moment. I will go get it for you right away."
Fan Xian bowed.
"Thank you!"
The sweet potatoes were gone, Mei Cheng'an opened his eyes and glanced at Fan Xian.
"You really don't consider yourself an outsider. You even order my maid around."
Fan Xian snorted complacently and sat down on a stool nearby.
"That can't be helped. I'm just a sweet talker, so people are happy to listen to me. Hey, why didn't you prepare a recliner today and used a stool instead?"
Mei Cheng'an threw the spoon into the bowl and put it on the table. He picked up a small plate of spiced broad beans from the table, crossed his legs, picked up a broad bean and put it into his mouth.
"The recliner is so comfortable. I'm afraid you'll stay here and won't leave."
"..."
Fan Xian snorted, looked at the table, picked up a small plate of peeled melon seeds, and crossed his legs.
He rested the hand holding the plate on his leg, pinched a small handful with the other hand, tilted his head back and put it into his mouth, chewing it with a crunching sound.
Mei Cheng'an said.
"I have a good picnic spot here. How about yours? Have you asked Lin Wan'er?"
Fan Xian sighed.
"Don't mention it. Wan'er confused me and didn't even ask. Since you already have a location, let's go to that one."
Mei Cheng'an raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked at him.
"Something just whizzed past my face. The car was going too fast. Is this something I can hear?"
After being stunned for a moment, Fan Xian glanced at Mei Chengan unhappily.
"What are you thinking? You fainted from my medicine."
Mei Chengan nodded.
"Oh, so it was drugged, that sounds even more exciting."
"..."
Fan Xian became anxious.
"No, what do you mean by drugging? Please don't talk nonsense, okay? What I gave Wan'er was legitimate medicine."
Mei Chengan curled the corners of his mouth.
"Oh, the one I gave her was the real one, which means you still have the unreal one in your hands."
"..."
Tired, destroy it!
Fan Xian's head was filled with black lines. He resisted the urge to slam the plate in his hand into his fellow villager's mouth and said through gritted teeth.
"Fuck you! That's the medicine I made for Wan'er last night to clear her lungs and relieve her cough!"
Mei Chengan suddenly realized.
"Ah, so that's how it is. Maybe it's because the customs in Kyoto and Tanzhou are different. The medicines we use to clear the lungs and relieve coughs here generally won't make people faint."
"..."
This was a critical hit, and Fan Xian's face turned red.
"Maybe one of the medicines was put in the wrong place. But the efficacy is definitely fine. It just has a little side effect, which is similar to being drunk. I will adjust it later and it will be fine."
Mei Chengan thought about it.
"It only takes one second to get drunk. Your medicine is quite effective. It is a great way to fend off enemies. It can also clear the lungs and relieve coughs. Hey, I think there is a market for this medicine. Keep the prescription. Later, you can develop a few more medicines with strange functions. Then you can open a medicine store and make money!"
"..."
Fan Xian glanced at Mei Cheng'an.
"I suspect you are scolding me, but I have no evidence."
Mei Chengan laughed.
"That's really what I thought."
Fan Xian rolled his eyes at him.
"I don't believe you..."
Before he could finish his complaints, he was interrupted by Hongshu, who was holding a small bowl of jelly with a small wooden spoon on top, which she placed on the table to the side of Fan Xian.
"Mr. Fan, the jelly you asked for."
Fan Xian glanced at the small bowl, then looked up and smiled at Sweet Potato.
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Hongshu smiled, glanced at the table, then went to get a plate of melon seeds and put them on the table before looking at Mei Chengan.
"Young Master, if you don't have any other instructions, I'll go down first." Mei Cheng'an nodded.
"Go and rest."
Sweet potato left immediately.
Fan Xian looked at Hongshu's back and clicked his tongue twice.
"It's good to have a maid. She's so considerate and, most importantly, pleasing to the eye. She's a thousand times better than that clumsy and rough fellow Teng Zijing. Oh, comparing yourself to others is really frustrating."
Mei Cheng'an just smiled and said nothing when he heard this.
Fan Xian put the melon seed plate on the table, picked up the bowl of jelly, took a bite and said.
"By the way, your eldest brother-in-law came to my house to look for me this morning, but I had already gone to the Royal Courtyard at that time, so we missed each other."
"Oh."
Fan Xian asked.
"What do you think he wants to talk to me about? Is he going to invite me to a poetry reading again?"
Mei Cheng'an thought about it and smiled.
"Maybe. He does like to hold poetry readings."
Fan Xian looked disgusted.
"Then I won't go. I thought it would be fun to attack from a lower dimension, but it's actually boring and not interesting at all. Wouldn't it be better if I could go and chat with Wan'er during that time?"
Mei Cheng'an did not comment, put down the plate, poured himself a cup of tea, took two sips, put down the cup, picked up the plate of melon seeds, and ate them one by one. Compared with Fan Xian's rough way of eating, his eating method was much more elegant.
Fan Xian said after eating two more spoonfuls of jelly.
"It's fucked up, I tried so hard to convince my dad about the guard thing, but now that this case has happened, my dad finally realized what was happening and is now scared."
"They said they would send me an expert, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was not necessary, so I refused. After going around in circles, I ended up back to square one. It was all in vain. This is what happened."
Mei Cheng was happy.
"It's not all in vain. At least your father, an old man, knows that he made an empiricist mistake, right? This wave of events will teach him a lesson. In Kyoto, carelessness can cost lives."
Fan Xian nodded, agreeing with him.
"Oh yeah, are you busy later?"
Mei Chengan raised his eyebrows.
"What?"
Fan Xian said.
"If you have nothing to do, please accompany me to the Overwatch Council."
Mei Cheng'an was stunned for a moment.
"You want to see the progress of that case?"
Fan Xian nodded.
Mei Cheng'an said.
"Then go by yourself. You are the judge and you have the right to inquire about this case."
Fan Xian said.
"I'm not familiar with the Supervisory Council. I don't know any of the leaders there except my teacher. You know them well, so it'll be easier to talk with you around."
Mei Chengan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I'm not familiar with them. I've only met them once."
Fan Xian put down his finished bowl and spread his hands.
"That's better than me, right? Well, you don't have anything to do anyway, so why don't you go with me?"
Now that things have come to this, what else can Mei Chengan say? He thought about it and decided to go there. He also wanted to meet Cheng Jushu in advance and was curious about what he looks like now.
Thinking of this, Mei Chengan nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I'll take you for a stroll then."
Fan Xian slapped his thigh.
"Hey, this is what a good brother is like. Let's go, let's go."
As he said this, he stood up impatiently and looked at Mei Chengan.
Mei Chengan was speechless.
"There's no need to be so anxious. I haven't finished my melon seeds yet. And you, finish your plate of melon seeds. No one will eat your leftovers."
Fan Xian exclaimed, picked up the plate of melon seeds he had left, poured a handful into his mouth, and began chewing quickly.
Mei Cheng'an glanced at him and continued to eat the grains one by one slowly.
Fan Xian ate really fast. He finished in the blink of an eye. He rolled his eyes at Mei Chengan who was eating so slowly.
"No, big brother, are you planning to eat them one by one until the end of time? It's just a small plate, just eat it in one bite."
Mei Cheng'an turned a deaf ear to him and finished eating the pills one by one under Fan Xian's speechless gaze. After finishing, he calmly poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and then slowly stood up.
Fan Xian was full of admiration and gave Mei Cheng'an a thumbs up.
"Elegant, really elegant! You are really great at controlling your impatience. I am convinced, wholeheartedly convinced, I cannot help but be convinced!"
Mei Cheng'an glanced at him indifferently, walked out of the yard, and left a sentence.
"Let's go. We are going to the Overwatch Council. Why are you dawdling?"
"..."
Fan Xian's head was filled with black lines, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, the veins on his neck were bulging, his fists were clenched tightly, making a creaking sound, and he held it in for a long time before he uttered a word.
"Fuck me!"
Then he followed with gritted teeth.
……
Standing at the door of his house with his hands behind his back, Mei Chengan waited for Fan Xian for a while.
Fan Xian arrived and looked around at the door.
"Where's your carriage?"
Mei Cheng'an said.
"I thought I'd just ride in your carriage, so I didn't ask Bluebird to prepare one. Where's your carriage?"
Fan Xian said.
"I came here on foot. I didn't take a carriage. Teng Zijing went home."
After saying this, the two looked at each other.
Fan Xian suggested.
"How about... asking the concierge to pass a message to Bluebird and ask her to get ready?"
……
(End of this chapter)
