Chapter 9: 有我在
[I’m here.]
“Fine.” After saying that, he realized that he had spoken too quickly, and quickly added,
“Actually, I don’t need too much, after all, there are only the two of us who eat.”
He did not not think of giving the things he made to the subordinates below to eat, just that when everyone heard himself say this, immediately changed his face, his look was still very frightened, he insisted on two more sentences that person would kneel down and beg for forgiveness, making it seem as if he was forcing him to eat the □□, making Tang Xiaobao very depressed, and he also no longer try it.
“Good.” Ji Ling just listened, occasionally giving a sentence or two in reply.
After the past few days, Tang Xiaobao is now clear that Ji Ling is a good person. He used to scare himself because he was sick and looked scary.
Cai Yue, as the person who had been serving Tang Xiaobao since he entered the mansion, watched the two people’s harmonious backs from behind, looking a bit unwilling. When she thought of her young master’s health, which had been improving since Tang Xiaobao’s arrival, she felt that Tang Xiaobao’s luck was simply too good to be true, or else how could the young master have received a gift of miraculous medicine from a travelling doctor, and how useful that medicine was. Tang Xiaobao does not know his own young master’s character but how does she not know? Just the young master in front of him pretending to be too good, otherwise how could Tang Xiaobao not be afraid, just at this point she can not say. Since the young master can behave harmlessly in front of Tang Xiaobao, it can only mean that Tang Xiaobao still has some weight to his own young master.
Looking at Ji Ling whose body was getting better and better, thinking of the days when there is shock every day, Cai Yue was a bit unwilling. If it were in other rich families, their own such a maid would have become a concubine, how come this kind of Ger from the marketplace on the throne. Looking at Ji Ling’s body is obviously getting better every day, originally Cai Yue who did not have any thoughts, in the heart she began to have a new scheme.
The two talked all the way, basically Tang Xiaobao talking, Ji Ling listening to him, exceptionally harmonious. Back to the house, the two went together into the washroom, ready to simply wash a face, then began to eat.
Looking at the cute little steamed buns in front of him, Ji Ling froze for a moment, and then calmly picked them up and ate them. At the first bite, he felt that there was a milky flavour inside, sweet but not greasy, and it was very tasty with the special congee. Perhaps it was because he was a bit hungry from this morning’s morning exercise, coupled with the fact that his appetite had really increased recently, the small portion of buns and congee was quickly eaten up by Ji Ling.
By the time Ji Ling elegantly finished eating, Tang Xiaobao still had a little bit of food left. Seeing this, Ji Ling naturally extended his chopsticks to Tang Xiaobao’s remaining dish.
Seeing that half of what he usually eats has been pinched away, Tang Xiaobao’s first reaction is that he should give Ji Ling more food in the future, so that he would not ‘eat not full’ all the time.
After helping Tang Xiaobao to finish the small portion of food, the servant cleaned up the things neatly. Ji Ling got up, due to the recent health improvement, originally Ji Ling who could only stay at home to read the books, can now also go out to inspect the shop, although only once a week, but enough for Ji Ling to grasp the situation.
Now it’s the day Ji Ling went out, looking at Tang Xiaobao stand there every time after they finished eating, even if he has been accustomed to it, but still feels not elegant. Ji Ling who was about to wear clothes and leave said to him: “Now it’s still early, you take a few maids to go out for a round, better than you are doing nothing at home.”
Tang Xiaobao thought about it, he has been here for a long time, except for the last time he went out to feel the horror of the outside world, he never went out again, he still has to go out for a spin. Just think of the last kind of buy buy buy buy situation, he was somewhat hesitant.
Without looking at Tang Xiaobao, Ji Ling turned towards Cai Yue who had been there and ordered, “Go out and listen to the young madam.”
Hearing Ji Ling’s words, Cai Yue was shocked, froze for a moment, and quickly answered, “Yes, Young Master.”
Putting on his clothes, looking at Tang Xiaobao who was still a bit cramped, he thought about it and decided that it would be better to bring the person by his side. Looking at him, he asked, “Do you want to go around the shop with me?”
Hearing Ji Ling’s words, Tang Xiaobao pondered for a while, but still nodded his head. Compared to going out by himself, it was better to follow a familiar person. Having made the decision, Tang Xiao Bao stood up and said towards the person who had been watching him, “Then I’ll go change my clothes.” After saying that, he immediately ran towards the inner room.
While waiting for Tang Xiaobao, Feng Ling received a short text message, and when he saw the content inside, he immediately placed the item in front of Ji Ling’s eyes, “The main family’s side has sent someone over.”
The person who was originally sipping tea leisurely paused for a moment, then quickly returned to normal, and asked him, “When will it arrive?”
“It will arrive in about four or five days.” Feng Ling answered very cautiously, and was now lowering his head, not answering.
Ji Ling looked down at the tea in his bowl, his expression was indistinguishable, and finally slowly drank the contents of the cup in one go.
Waiting for Tang Xiaobao to change clothes out of the time, thinking now the atmosphere is a little strange, looking around, and thinking everything is normal, so he also did not care much.
Looking at Ji Ling who was walking there obviously waiting for himself, he said very happily, “Let’s go out ba.”
“Okay.” At this moment, Tang Xiaobao wore an ink-coloured robe, the fitted clothes set off his skin tone to be even fairer, coupled with the fact that he seemed to have lived a very comfortable life these past few days, the whole person looked radiant, just like a rich family’s young Gongzi, and there was still a little bit of a gap compared to the little poor thing who just entered the mansion some time ago.
Seeing Tang Xiaobao ready, Ji Ling got up and led the people out. Seeing this situation, Cai Yue wanted to follow, but before she stepped out of the door, she heard Feng Ling, who was one step behind, say to herself, “Young master said that there is no need for too many people to accompany him, and that Cai Yue will be fine to stay in the mansion.”
Cai Yue froze, bowed towards Feng Ling and replied, “Yes, this slave girl knows.” Standing there, she watched as Feng Ling quickly caught up with the two people in front of her, and fiercely squeezed the handkerchief in her hand. Feng Ling was the Young Master’s beloved, and even had more say than the housekeeper in the mansion. It was just that he was the same subordinate, based on what, he could be so arrogant in front of her.
“Sister Cai Yue, some time ago the young master ordered us to prepare some clothes for the young lady, when do you think we should start getting them?” The little maid next to her warily came up to Cai Yue and asked carefully. Originally she didn’t dare to come and ask, it was only because the season was about to change recently that she dared to come and ask, after all, the Young Master was very scary.
Cai Yue slanted a glance at the little maid standing beside her, the corner of her mouth revealed a cold smile, “Naturally, I will wait until the young madam returns to the house.”
“Yes.” The little maid got her answer and retreated to her position.
Tang Xiaobao followed Ji Ling, and as soon as he left the door, he got on the carriage, looking at the very comfortably arranged carriage compartment, he couldn’t help but be a little surprised. It was just comfortable to look at, but it really wasn’t as comfortable to sit in as modern transport. Fortunately, the journey was not far, but even so, Tang Xiaobao still felt very uncomfortable when he got off the carriage.
Ji Ling got out of the carriage first, Tang Xiaobao, who followed behind, rubbed his buttocks inadvertently, and then tidy himself up and got out of the carriage with the help of his subordinates.
When Tang Xiaobao got out of the carriage, he saw a very fat middle-aged man was in front of Ji Ling, “Welcome to the young master’s visit, there is an private room prepared for the young master, please follow me.”
Ji Ling nodded but did not move, instead he looked towards Tang Xiao Bao who was standing at the back tilting his head to look at the restaurant, waiting for him to walk near him, “Go.”
“Oh, good.” As soon as Tang Xiaobao returned to his senses, he saw that everyone present was looking at him, so his face instantly reddened, and somewhat embarrassed, he quickly walked to Ji Ling’s side.
Seeing Ji Ling’s movements, the shopkeeper’s eyes turned and guessed the identity of the person in front of him. With a smile, he said, “Young master, young lady, please.”
After walking in, Tang Xiaobao realized that the inside was much bigger than the outside. Looks like a TV drama in that kind of top restaurant, a total of three floors, the ground floor hall, the first floor rooms, the third floor is the elegant room. At this time in the morning, there are not many people, only to see a few sporadic guests in the ground floor eating breakfast.
The two came to the third floor’s elegant room along with the shopkeeper, after inviting people in, the shopkeeper said very respectfully: “Young master, please wait for a while, I will go to get the account book now.”
Ji Ling nodded his head, glanced at Tang Xiaobao who seemed to be very interested in the room’s decoration, and said unconcernedly, “There is no hurry for the account book, by the way, bring some of your signature cakes here.”
Seeing Ji Ling’s eyes keep following Tang Xiaobao, the shopkeeper had a slight plan in mind and respectfully said, “Yes.” Then he quickly retreated.
In a short while, Ji Ling had waiter delivered the things that Ji Ling had just ordered, placed them on the table, and then went down.
Looking at the pastries placed on the table, as well as the accompanying tea, Ji Ling then turned his head towards Tang Xiaobao, who had been staring around, and faintly said, “We may have to talk for a bit longer later, if you are hungry, then take these and eat them. If you’re still bored, then go to the restaurant and take a look around.”
Tang Xiaobao, who was still observing the decorations in the restaurant, was caught off guard by these words, and did not react at that time, but when he did, he nodded his head.
Just after Ji Ling’s words, the shopkeeper came over with the account book of this period, and then the two of them went into the room to discuss the business, only Tang Xiaobao and the waiter who brought them out remained outside.
Seeing that Ji Ling has business to attend to, Tang Xiaobao sat there and braved himself to listen to a few sentences, and found that he did not understand, and then stopped listening, and only looked at the cakes in front of him. It looks like a small pumpkin, it can eaten in one bite, sweet but not greasy, there is a pumpkin fragrance, instantly Tang Xiaobao like it.
In the end, before Tang Xiaobao could savour the taste, the cakes on the plate were gone. Looking at the plate of pastries, Tang Xiaobao was a bit depressed, and turned his attention to the two people who were still talking inside, and found that their topic of conversation had not changed, and they were still talking about the profits of the restaurant. Tang Xiaobao also did not dare to disturb, sat there for a while, found that the two people would not finish talking, listening to the outside gradually becoming noisy. His heart moved, he would like to go out.
Thinking of what Ji Ling said just now, he glanced at him, saw that he did not pay attention to himself, then opened the door and went out.
The instant he went out, Ji Ling stopped talking and looked at Feng Ling beside him and instructed, “Follow the young Madam.”
“Yes.”
After saying that, he continued to talk with the shopkeeper about the things he hadn’t finished discussed about just now.
As soon as Tang Xiaobao came out, he was attracted by the scenery below. When they first came here, the place wasn’t exactly bustling, but now that it was nearing noon, the number of people eating gradually increased, and the whole restaurant began to be filled with the scent of various colours. Looking down at the endless stream of people, Tang Xiaobao lying on the fence quietly watched, and incidentally observed the structure of the restaurant.
His dream used to be to open an old-fashioned restaurant, which did not need to be big, but just exquisite, with fine craftsmanship and materials of his own choosing, and best of all, even the dishes for the guests were recommended by himself. Unfortunately, the previous generation did not succeed, he doesn’t know how about this generation?
After lying down for a while, Tang Xiaobao felt bored. At this time he was on the third floor, the scenery below is plainly visible, just looking at the end will feel a bit boring, some things are not fine. Think of the business that Ji Ling will not be able to finish for a while, and then look at Feng Ling, who does not know when to come out and keep following himself. Tang Xiaobao, who has a great sense of security, decided to go down and take a look.
Looking at Tang Xiaobao walking towards the bottom, Feng Ling frowned a little, he still did not say anything to stop him, just following behind him, fear that there would short sighted person who bumped into them.
Tang Xiaobao interestedly looked at the flow of people of all colours and differently decorated rooms, and was counting the number of different styles of rooms here. Then he heard a delicate female voice, which gave him chills, “Little Brother, I didn’t expect that I will meet you here.”
Following the voice, he saw his nominal sister, Tang Shiman, looking at him with a smile on her face, but her eyes kept scanning over her body, as if she was evaluating a certain product. When Tang Xiaobao saw her face, he subconsciously took a step back, and the voice from the bottom of his heart told him to stay away from this woman with a scorpion’s heart.
When he saw Tang Xiaobao like this, Tang Shiman didn’t retreat, but advanced, and then brought her best friend towards Tang Xiaobao’s position, “Brother ah, although we’re not siblings from the same mother, but you’ve been out for so long, and you haven’t even come back on your homecoming, so it’s really bitterly disappointed for me and Mother was really worried about how you were doing, but you didn’t even notify me, so I pity my that mother for worrying about you all the time. She can’t eat well, and she can’t sleep well too.”
Listening to Tang Shiman’s speech is even better than singing, knowing the truth, Tang Xiaobao immediately got goosebumps, seeing Tang Shiman reaching out towards him, he couldn’t help but shiver. When Tang Shiman first came here, he also liked this kind and beautiful sister, and did not have any rejection of her. Until later, when he went to Tang Shiman’s residence, he will be sick, occasionally his favourite things as long as she knew, his father would ask him to give in, in front of outsiders, it always looked like he is the one who bully her. Over time, he stayed away from this sister. Later, his father died, this big sister did not forget to step on their own foot (family), she became the family’s master, and he is the family’s longterm hired hand.
Seeing Tang Xiaobao’s reaction, Tang Shiman heart is very happy, even if he is married out, isn’t he still in the mercy of others? Thinking of this, his lips gently hooked up. In fact, she was also very surprised to see Tang Xiaobao here, because this restaurant is the largest and the best one here, even a small plate of cakes are very expensive. Even a small plate of cakes is very expensive. If it wasn’t for the sake of showing off, she wouldn’t have decided to invite someone here.
Just when her hand was about to touch Tang Xiaobao, she was stopped by someone. Turning her eyes to see this man in a guard’s uniform beside Tang Xiaobao, she wrinkled her brows, “What are you doing?”
“Miss, my young master asked me to protect the young madam, please forgive me, miss.” Feng Ling looked at her, his tone was very respectful, but the hand he was holding back was completely not polite .
Tang Shiman stared at him and unhappily withdrew her hand. Looking at Tang Xiaobao who hid behind her, she smiled faintly and said, “Little Bother, this subordinate of yours needs to be properly managed.”
Tang Xiaobao looked at Feng Ling, then at Tang Shiman, and didn’t say a word, but instead leaned back towards Feng Ling’s body, wanting to express a meaning that it was self-evident.
Tang Shiman’s eyes instantly turned cold, just at this moment, a waiter came down from the stairs, constantly looking around, and when he finally saw Tang Xiaobao and the others, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran over, saying towards Tang Xiaobao, “Young madam, the young master said that it’s almost time for lunch, and he also invites you to go up.”
Originally still being stared at by Tang Shiman and not knowing what to do, Tang Xiaobao heard his words and quickly interjected, “I’ll go up right away.” After saying that, he didn’t care about Tang Shiman’s expression and hurriedly went upstairs.
Seeing Tang Xiaobao, who completely ignored herself, Tang Shiman’s heart was about to explode. If it turns out, this person dares to treat her like this.
“Young miss, your box is here, please.” The waiter, who had been standing by the side without saying anything, spoke out, opened the box beside them, and welcomed them in.
Seeing that the people who followed her looked at her with different colours, Tang Shiman quickly adjusted her emotions and went in.
Tang Xiaobao, who had gone upstairs on the other side, ran back in a breath, saw Ji Ling sitting at the table, and only then sat down with peace of mind, patting his own chest to soothe his overly frightened soul. Perhaps it was because the original owner was so screwed up, coupled with the fact that he himself was timid so when he saw that woman, he only instinctively dodged.
Ji Ling, who had finished his business and was waiting for Tang Xiaobao to have his meal, saw him running back like a scared rabbit, still gasping for breath, and signalled with his eyes to Feng Ling, who had been following behind him.
Receiving his family’s young master’s eyes, Feng Ling quickly told what he saw, “Young madam met his own sister downstairs ad said a few words.”
Hearing this, Ji Ling then turned his gaze to Tang Xiaobao who was obviously ‘smoothed out’. Now he looked at him rather embarrassedly and said in a very calm tone, “You’re afraid she….” Not a doubt, but a certainty.
Hearing his words, Tang Xiaobao opened his mouth, wanting to refute. But thinking of his timid look just now, he still did not open his mouth, just lowered his head. He looks very poor and cute.
Seeing such a pitiful Tang Xiaobao, Ji Ling didn’t say anything more, just reached out his hand and touched his head, “I am here.” So don’t be afraid.
Without waiting for Tang Xiaobao to feel the warmth on his head, he heard a knocking sound from outside, followed by the subordinate’s careful inquiry, “Young master, can we serve the food?”
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