miles north of Jin City, Wangyou Valley!
At dusk, Sheng Shuai stood at the edge of a cliff with his hands on his hips, looking at the remnants of a broken bridge hanging from the opposite mountain wall, filled with an urge to go back to the cabin and fight Sheng Shaochen to the death.
After going through so much trouble to bring the Little Village Flower here, he thought that even if he hadn’t captured her heart, at the very least they could have spent some unforgettable time together.
Now, he could only sigh and think about it.
Since he couldn’t leave and was no match in a fight, he might as well let them have the wooden cabin, so he wouldn’t have to be treated like a servant by that pair of adulterers!
Bored, he took out his phone and started snapping pictures indiscriminately.
When he photographed a cluster of white, wild mushrooms, an idea popped into his head—weren’t these the poisonous mushrooms rumored online?
They looked delicious but would actually cause one’s brain to malfunction shortly after ingestion, leading to hallucinations, then incoherent babbling and all sorts of disgraceful behavior!
The worst part was that they wouldn’t even kill a person!
So naturally, he thought of Sheng Shaochen, who had earlier complained of hunger and asked him to bring up some fragrant meat.
Well, here was an opportunity...
After picking the poisonous mushrooms, he rinsed them perfunctorily and dumped the entire basketful into the donkey meat pot, then added water to simmer.
In no time, the pot brimming with donkey meat and poisonous mushrooms began to emit a rich and enticing aroma, prompting Ye Shu upstairs to shout, "Handsome B, is the fragrant meat ready yet? Your brother said he’s starving."
My goodness, it was just a game you won, but with ’your brother’ this and ’your brother’ that, do you really think you’re his wife?
Sheng Shuai responded darkly, "It’s ready, coming right up!"
In the second-floor room of the wooden cabin, Sheng Shaochen was sprawled out on the bed in the shape of a "big character," with Ye Shu sitting beside him rhythmically tapping her small fists on the man’s well-defined bare back.
The man’s eyes were gently closed, clearly enjoying himself, while the woman’s face was sweetly smiling, as if the bubbling outside pressures had nothing to do with them.
Just then, Sheng Shuai served up the ’poisoned meat,’ glanced at Sheng Shaochen and Ye Shu, and said, "Yo, looking really lovey-dovey there, huh? Be careful—love birds often meet tragic fates!"
"What are you rambling on about?" Ye Shu sniffed forcefully, "Hmm, it smells great! Handsome B, I didn’t expect your cooking to be half-decent. Sit down and eat with your brother and sister-in-law, won’t you?"
"Forget it, you two keep up the lovey-dovey act. I won’t stay here and be a third wheel, contributing nothing but awkwardness. Bye!" Sheng Shuai said, before putting down the meat and heading downstairs on his own.
No sooner had he descended than he impatiently pressed his ear against the wooden wall on the first floor, listening intently to what was happening upstairs.
He thought, those two shameless wretches, once they drink the soup with the poisoned mushrooms, their heads better get all jumbled up until they’re beyond help, brawling with each other, ending up total fools!
Ye Shu picked up the big bowl of donkey meat and blew on it, finding it still too hot, so she set it down to cool.
By then, the Great Demon King had sat up and noticed a small bruise with swelling under her right thumbnail. If it wasn’t drained soon, her beautiful fingers would bear a scar.
So, he picked up a small bamboo skewer and grabbed her little finger.
Seeing the size of the skewer, Ye Shu recoiled and said, "Husband, what are you doing? No, it’s too big, it will hurt!"
[Too big, it will hurt?] Handsome B eavesdropping downstairs shivered suddenly, with thick black lines sliding down the corner of his eyes, wondering what on earth those two were up to?!!!