Chapter 212 You Should Not Be Here, You Should Leave

Sure enough, the little furry thing in Chu Yunshen’s arms peeked at him, and he could almost see the words “I didn’t eat the food” in her big brown eyes.

Chu Yunshen was originally worried that the cat would have a digestion problem after overeating, so he wanted to scare the little glutton a little.

Now that he saw such an interesting reaction from the cat, Chu Yunshen couldn’t bear to punish her.

He put his hand on the cat’s head and caressed its soft fur to his heart’s content.

Cheng Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, played along with Chu Yunshen, shaking her head adorably, wholeheartedly wanting to curry favor with Chu Yunshen.

Xiaowu, who was kneeling on the ground, kept his head down to reflect on himself. He had no idea that the cat and his Master whom he assumed was up in arms had already played with each other.

“Also, I shouldn’t have brought the cat along to find out about the cream. I was too eager to achieve quick success, and I used such a shortcut. I’m sorry…”

“What? You brought her to investigate the cream?” Chu Yunshen deliberately lengthened his voice, making it sound a little ambiguous.

As soon as Chu Yunshen said this, Xiaowu raised his head directly. He was so startled that he even forgot to reply.

Cheng Xiaoxiao’s reaction was much faster. She immediately knew that Chu Yunshen had no idea that Xiaowu had taken her out to investigate the cream.

Xiaowu was really screwed this time. After being scared by Chu Yunshen, Xiaowu spilled the bean.

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at Xiaowu with disappointment, while Xiaowu looked at the cat with a blank face.

Chu Yunshen saw their interaction clearly and added in a deeper and colder tone, “Answer me.”

Xiaowu had been working with Chu Yunshen for many years, so he knew that Chu Yunshen would lower his voice when he suppressed his anger, and the angrier he was, the lower his voice became. Coming to his senses abruptly, Xiaowu told Chu Yunshen everything that had happened today, including the “deal” between him and the cat yesterday.

Every time Xiaowu said a sentence, Chu Yunshen’s face would darken a little.

When Xiaowu finished recounting everything, Chu Yunshen’s face, which was as cold as ice, was already gloomy as if a storm cloud had hovered under it. The coldness in his eyes enveloped Xiaowu in an airtight encirclement.

Xiaowu was almost suffocated by Chu Yunshen’s powerful aura. Even the cat looked at him sympathetically.

Chu Yunshen noticed the cat’s “heartache” expression and directly reached out his slender palm to turn the cat over, forcing her to face his chest, while her smooth and snow back faced the outside.

At first, Cheng Xiaoxiao was a little resentful when she heard Xiaowu confess everything so thoroughly.

After all, not only Xiaowu, but Cheng Xiaoxiao was also terrified that Chu Yunshen would be enraged.

Fortunately, Chu Yunshen did not show any dissatisfaction toward her during the whole process. Cheng Xiaoxiao was happy and relaxed, so she listened with great interest as if she was watching a play.

At this time, Cheng Xiaoxiao, whose line of sight was suddenly blocked, was taken aback. She could not understand Chu Yunshen’s intention at all.

Moreover, she didn’t know that Chu Yunshen had misinterpreted her pure and innocent gazes. Had she known, she would have laughed out loud and jeered, “What an ignorant man!”

The cat was trying to turn her head, but Chu Yunshen held her head again. He did not use much strength, but this gentle force made the cat unable to move easily.

Seeing that the cat finally gave up resisting and obediently buried her head into the border of his clothes, Chu Yunshen was satisfied and released his hand that was holding the back of the cat’s head.

“How did you bring her there?” Chu Yunshen did not sound any better than his previous tone.

Xiaowu knelt on the ground and waited for Chu Yunshen’s instructions with anxiety. When he heard Chu Yunshen’s abrupt question, he was still in a trance, but he answered in detail.

“I carried her out through the back door.”

Xiaowu thought for a moment and added, “I took a few turns and made some detours as I walked on the street with her, making sure that no one followed us.”

Speaking of this, Xiaowu was even a little proud of himself. After all, his method of anti-tracking was the best among all the hidden guards. In fact, his skill was recognized by all the guards. In the past, Chu Yunshen had praised Xiaowu several times because of this.

Chu Yunshen lowered his eyelashes, and the corners of his eyes were cold. The cold and intimidating aura forced Xiaowu to withdraw the smile on his face immediately.

“Go to the Punishment Department to receive forty flogs,” Chu Yunshen finally ordered.

When Chu Yunshen mentioned the Punishment Department, Cheng Xiaoxiao had already guessed what he wanted to say, but what surprised Cheng Xiaoxiao was that the punishment was forty flogs.

Didn’t Xiaowu just receive forty flogs yesterday? Could he walk normally at this rate?

Cheng Xiaoxiao wanted to turn around to look at Xiaowu’s expression again, but Chu Yunshen was always one step faster than her, and he turned her head back in time.

……

“You are so cold, so heartless, so domineering!”

Cheng Xiaoxiao struggled with some dissatisfaction. She even pulled out her claws from Chu Yunshen’s embrace and patted his chest. However, she was not strong. For Chu Yunshen, it was as if she was tickling him.

Chu Yunshen grabbed the cat’s claws and gave her a warning look.

“Huh! How dare you stare at me!”

On the contrary, she silently admitted defeat and automatically shrunk her body into a smaller ball of fur. She even wanted to pull back her claws and lie in his embrace.

She sheepishly hoped that Chu Yunshen would spare her and let her go!

Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t dare to mess around right now. After all, she did commit a mistake herself. If she overreacted, Chu Yunshen might “take care” of her just like how he treated Xiaowu. She could take some verbal scolding, but if it was a physical penalty…

Cheng Xiaoxiao decided not to think further. Life was so difficult, she should focus on something good.

She had a question now though. Why did Chu Yunshen hold her claws and not let go?!

Cheng Xiaoxiao spent some effort to pull her claws out of Chu Yunshen’s hands to no avail. However, she didn’t dare to exert her strength as she didn’t want to annoy him even more.

She tried a few more times, but she failed.

“Alright, I give up!”

Cheng Xiaoxiao leaned down lazily. Chu Yunshen finally succeeded in gaining control of the cat’s claws. At this time, he was happily fiddling with her fluffy and meaty leg pads.

In the past two days, the cat and Chu Yunshen would habitually forget about Xiaowu’s existence. Although they used to be like this, it became more and more obvious recently.

They completely ignored Xiaowu again now.

Xiaowu wanted to retreat, but in a short period of time when he had only just gotten up from the floor, Chu Yunshen, who had been treating him fiercely, had already played with the cat with a warm smile on his face.

Seeing the sight, Xiaowu silently retreated tactfully. He should not be here; he should go out.

Chu Yunshen naturally knew that Xiaowu went out, but he ignored him and continued to rub the cat’s leg pads as if this was his most important matter right now.

The atmosphere in the room gradually calmed down after Xiaowu left. Chu Yunshen’s face also quickly turned warm, as if the person who had spoken coldly just now was not himself. Now the smiling state of his mouth was what he should have maintained at all times.

As long as Chu Yunshen did not get angry with Cheng Xiaoxiao, Cheng Xiaoxiao could not care about other people at all. The sympathy she had for Xiaowu in her heart disappeared as she looked at Chu Yunshen’s deep smile.

When Xiaowu received the forty flogs again, the sun was gradually setting. After getting busy for a whole day without any rest or food, Xiaowu came to Mu Bai’s courtyard to get ointment for his wound.

“Mu, are you there?”

Xiaowu rubbed his butt as he stood outside the courtyard and shouted towards the courtyard.

“Mu? Mu Bai? Doctor Mu?”

No one in the courtyard responded, but Xiaowu could clearly feel the fluctuations of Mu Bai’s inner breath.

He could only shout even louder towards the courtyard, and even changed his address several times.

It wasn’t until Xiaowu’s voice that called out “Doctor Mu” drifted through the air that Mu Bai calmly responded. Soon, the sound of him opening the courtyard door could be heard.

Xiaowu knew that Mu Bai was doing this on purpose. He grumbled unhappily, “I would have jumped in already had it not been for your ointment.”

“I thank you for your respect. If you casually flipped over my courtyard and fumbled my medicine, they would all be ruined.”

Mu Bai didn’t care about Xiaowu’s complaints. He just motioned for Xiaowu to be careful when he came in.

Xiaowu walked into the courtyard and realized that the courtyard was filled with racks and racks of a variety of medicinal herbs that had not been taken back. Mu Bai had set up a table in the pavilion in the middle of those medicinal herbs. Other than the table, there was also a bamboo recliner.

“You really know how to enjoy yourself.”

When Xiaowu saw the tea on the table and the recliner beside the table, he felt irritated. He was outside all day, weathering the wind and rain, and he would have to be punished when he committed a mistake. Mu Bai, on the other hand, was enjoying the time of his life. All he did every day was fiddle with medicinal herbs in his courtyard.

“Stop mocking me! Just say what you want to say.”

Mu Bai ignored Xiaowu’s jealous tone. He lay on the recliner and pushed the teapot toward Xiaowu.

“What else can it be? I’m here to ask for ointment for my wound.”

Xiaowu was even more upset when he heard Mu Bai’s words. He picked up the teapot and drank a few mouthfuls directly from the teapot instead of pouring the tea into the cup.

“That tea… Forget it, I was expecting you to pour it into the cup and drink.”

Mu Bai silently omitted the fact that he himself had just drunk the tea directly from the teapot, just like what Xiaowu did. He waved his hand casually and uttered, “Have you used up the ointment I gave you? That is for external applications. Don’t tell me that you ate it.”

Xiaowu directly glared at him, completely expressing his displeasure with Mu Bai’s mockery.

Mu Bai knew that he should stop teasing Xiaowu, or his pavilion and the medicinal herbs would be doomed.

Mu Bai got up and returned to his room. Soon, he took a bottle of jasper porcelain bottle and walked in front of Xiaowu. “Take it. It’s newly developed. You can help me see how the effect is. It’s for external usage!”

Xiaowu knew that although Mu Bai occasionally made some vague jokes, he never made jokes about medicine. Therefore, Xiaowu did not refuse. He took the ointment and put it into his pocket.

Just as Xiaowu reached into his pocket, he felt a hard box-shaped thing in it. The cold sensation reminded him of something.