Chapter 438: Chapter 438 Rabies Chapter 438: Chapter 438 Rabies Big Bull carried Xuexue and ran quickly to a deserted place.
“Damn it, put me down right now.” Xuexue wriggled nonstop in his arms, trying to struggle free.
“Wife, what are you doing?”
Big Bull gently placed her on the ground.
“You’re the one with rabies! Saying I’ve got rabies, huh! That’s just awful.” Xuexue was visibly annoyed.
Unable to help himself, Big Bull laughed out loud, “Is that what this is about?”
“Hmph!” Xuexue turned her face away, showing her anger.
“If I didn’t say that, how could we have escaped? Surely you didn’t want to keep pretending with that Dog Official?”
“I certainly did not!”
“Exactly, your husband is so clever and witty, you should be praising me, so why are you scolding me?” As he spoke, Big Bull dropped his head in feigned dejection.
Keep acting, just keep acting, Xuexue thought to herself, and without acknowledging him, she turned and walked away.
This guy’s acting skills were too good; she had been fooled N times before. She was not going to fall for it this time.
“Hey! Wife, wait for me.” She’s getting smarter and harder to deceive, it seems like I’ll have a tough time in the future, he thought.
Big Bull took long strides and quickly caught up with Xuexue: “Wife, are we going home?”
“No,” Xuexue answered definitively.
“Then where shall we go?” asked Big Bull eagerly.
“Didn’t you say I’ve got rabies?”
“Hehe…! Just kidding, just kidding.”
“How can you joke about something like that?”
Big Bull immediately put on a pitiful face, looking crestfallen: “Wife, what can I do to make you forgive my slip of the tongue?”
Xuexue glanced back at him: “Now that I’ve got ‘rabies,’ of course, we’re going to town to see the Doctor, get it? Dumbo.”
Big Bull instantly got it; Xuexue was doing this on purpose, planning to go to town to avoid the county magistrate and not entertain him.
“Got it, got it, wife, you’re too clever.”
“Since you’ve got it, move faster.”
Big Bull followed her like a lapdog.
There were no oxcarts available at this time, so the two of them simply walked to town.
Thinking it best to wait until the county magistrate left, they decided to go to Xiaohe Restaurant. It was now Noon, just the right time to have a meal there, sit for a bit, then head to the market to buy some things before returning. By then, the county magistrate would probably have left.
Shopkeeper Fan was very pleased to see them: “Oh my, Big Bull, you haven’t visited for a while. Today’s visit really brightens up the place.”
“Listen to Shopkeeper Fan, making it sound like we’re some kind of big shots.” Xuexue laughed, finding the old man quite amusing.
“In my eyes, you are my nobles, far mightier than those high officials.” Shopkeeper Fan joked while inviting them upstairs: “Come on, please take a seat in the VIP room on the second floor.”
They had been walking for a while, and it was almost past Noon.
Big Bull rubbed his belly: “Perfect timing, I’m pretty hungry.”
“I’ll have the waiters bring your dishes right away, just wait a moment.” Shopkeeper Fan finished speaking and went to the kitchen to instruct the servants to serve food and drinks.
Soon, four dishes and a soup were served, all their signature items looking appealing and quite delicious.
Xuexue picked up her chopsticks, took a bite, and after chewing a few times, perhaps because she was so hungry, she felt it was exceptionally tasty.
Shopkeeper Fan watched them eat with a smile on his face.
“Shopkeeper Fan, please don’t watch us eat, my wife is a lady; she’ll be embarrassed,” Big Bull said to Shopkeeper Fan.
Caught off guard, Shopkeeper Fan glanced at Xuexue, who was gobbling up her food without a care in the world, nowhere near embarrassed.