Chapter 63: Chapter 34: The Homicide Triggered by Pork
The next day, Gu Changsheng didn’t rise as early as he had the day before. Just as he had managed to painfully dress Little Meat Bun, Dong Lei came to call them for a meal.
Upon reaching the dining hall, Gu Changsheng looked at the table full of meat and instantly felt deflated.
He turned to look at Dong Lei with a sheepish expression and asked, “Xiao Leizi, is the pork free today?”
Dong Lei shook her head blankly, her voice still melodious, “My lady, you jest. If it were free, Butcher Wang would surely go bankrupt.”
“Then there’s a massive discount on pork today?” Gu Changsheng pressed on.
Dong Lei continued shaking her head, responding with a look of pity, “How could that be possible? Butcher Wang is notoriously stingy. I bought so much meat, and he wouldn’t let a single Copper Coin slide.”
“So you decided to prepare a full pork feast early in the morning and weren’t afraid of making your lady sick with it!” Gu Changsheng snapped, and with a smack of her hand, she scolded, “You prodigal girl!”
Dong Lei was suddenly confused, covering her head with her hands, tears welling up and brimming over as she broke into a “wah…”
“Whimper… It was my lady who last night… last night said to add more dishes… whimper… wanted to eat meat… whimper…”
Gu Changsheng covered her eyes as she watched Xiao Leizi cry her eyes out, facing condemning glares from all sides.
Had she really said that? It seemed there might have been something to that effect…
“Mother, you made Aunt Lei cry, whimper…” Little Meat Bun accused, then also began to cry…
The glances from around became even less friendly. Xiao Cui held Little Meat Bun close, soothing him tenderly while occasionally shooting her a clever little glare.
Whimper… The old gal wants to cry too!
Who had she wronged? Was it just a small joke that had led her to be besieged from all sides?
But Xiao Leizi was her lifeline; without her, it was as good as starvation. Well then, better to coax her…
Gu Changsheng wiped her face fiercely, pride be damned, resilience comes with a fresh breeze! She threw caution to the wind.
“Come, Xiao Leizi, can you give me a smile?” Gu Changsheng scurried over, her finger saucily lifting Dong Lei’s chin, “Or how about I give you a smile?”
Gu Changsheng put on an awkward grin, almost cramping with the effort, while Dong Lei didn’t even deign to glance her way.
Gu Changsheng was internally wounded. Damn, coaxing people was an art form! If Zhou Mu, that frigid evildoer was here, probably just one glance would have smoothed everything over!
Indeed, the art of coaxing people also depends on the face!
Gu Changsheng wiped her face, damn it, why did she even think of that evildoer, it was outright ghostly!
Turning her head, Gu Changsheng spotted the complete pork dish set on the table, scurried over, picked up the biggest bowl, and then scurried back, “Um, Xiao Leizi, your lady invites you to eat braised pork. Could we not talk about flooding me out, okay?”
At this, Dong Lei finally became animated, swiftly wiping her tears and taking the plate to sit down and eat, muttering as she did so, “Hmmph, my mother says, food comes before the Emperor, nothing is more important!”
Go to hell with what your mother says! Your mother is simply too damn insightful and brilliant! Gu Changsheng had never felt so genuinely and sincerely about Xiao Leizi’s mother as she did now. Whenever she heard ‘her mother says’, her instincts told her it was never good news.
Today, her mother was frankly like the merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva!
Little Meat Bun frowned as he watched Aunt Lei contentedly hug the bowl and eat, then he looked up, “Mother, I misunderstood you.”
Actually, Aunt Lei’s crying was for that bowl of braised pork, wasn’t it?
Hearing her son’s words, Gu Changsheng suddenly understood!
Damn! That Xiao Leizi was indeed scheming; the real issue wasn’t her trampled dignity, but the half-eaten bowl of braised pork quickly disappearing into Xiao Leizi’s stomach!
“Xiao Leizi, has your lady not fed you enough?” Gu Changsheng asked with a contorted expression.
Half-buried in the braised pork, Xiao Leizi barely nodded in response, then continued to eat!
“So why go through so much trouble for a bowl of meat, nearly drowning my humble shrine?” Gu Changsheng felt hurt. She really hadn’t mistreated the girl!
Aunt Lei finally raised her head, replying solemnly, “My mother says, don’t aim for the face when hitting someone, don’t reach for the head when teasing.”
“Your mother, your mother… I’m kneeling to her…” Gu Changsheng groaned in frustration, deciding to look away. Really, that’s too damn bullying! Let her cry for a while…
The looks of the others in the room suddenly changed. The lady was truly pitiful…
Aunt Lei’s mother was unmistakably the arch nemesis looming high above the lady!
Forlornly devouring three bowls of porridge and two buns, Gu Changsheng was visibly overstuffed.