Unruly Phoenix Xiaoyao

Chapter 87: Request from a daughter of the Ji Clan

Ning Xiaoyao munched and crunched on her egg yolk guoba as she looked at Ji Yuerong with a self-satisfied expression--despite the fact that it was the latter who'd help to pay for her food. "Tasty?" she asked curiously.

When Miss Ji saw Ning Xiaoyao staring at the half of the guoba in her hands, she simply stuffed the entire thing in her mouth.

"......." said Ning Xiaoyao. Did she think I'd steal her share?

"Not bad," Ji Yuerong said as she swallowed the guoba. Then she took a look at the stall and made a mental note of its location, so she could come here next time and buy some more.

"They were the last ones," Ning Xiaoyao said, savoring the taste of egg yolk guoba in her mouth before its last traces disappeared. "If you want to buy them again, you'll have to wait 'til next month."

Quietly, Miss Ji erased the memory of the stall location from her mind. Meanwhile, Shadowgale had been standing woodenly behind them. Now he offered the egg yolk guoba in his hands to Ning Xiaoyao. Her eyes grew wide at the sight.

Still wearing his wooden expression, Shadowgale said, "Your Majesty, this servant doesn't like to eat things like this."

Ji Yuerong smiled mockingly. This was the first time she'd seen someone wearing an expression like that while acting like a toady. Ning Xiaoyao reached out to take the guoba, because she really did want another one. But at the same time, the snow wolf pup jumped out from her robes and bit into the guoba instead.

"Well dang," Ning Xiaoyao snatched it back. The guoba was a brittle and crispy snack. As human and wolf fought over the snack with their hand and mouth, it snapped in half in the grown man's hand. Shadowgale grabbed the wolf pup just in time before the snack-thief tumbled to the ground. Meanwhile, Ning Xiaoyao stuffed her stolen guoba into her mouth and crunched on the remnants before batting the wolf pup on its head.

"You're a wolf, and you're still eating guoba?" Don't all wolves eat meat? Did this wolf pup's mother abandon him because he was a picky eater? (Author: You're overthinking it. o(╯□╰)o) The little wolf pup chewed on its guoba without sparing Ning Xiaoyao a single look. He allowed her to bat his head as she wished.

"......." said Ji Yuerong. So that was a wolf.

"Eldest lass." Ji Jiu rushed over just then on his horse, with his troops in tow. Ning Xiaoyao and the rest all lifted their heads to look at him.

"Your Majesty?" Ji Jiu quickly dismounted his horse at the sight of Ning Xiaoyao.

"No need to bow," Ning Xiaoyao held on to Ji Jiu before he started kneeling in the streets. Because she'd used her hands to eat the guoba, her oily fingers managed to stain Old General Ji's sleeves as well.

Ji Jiu looked around them until he found that Shadowgale was the only one guarding Ning Xiaoyao. He asked in worry, "Your Majesty only took along the head commander to protect you?"

"That's not it, ah," Ning Xiaoyao shook her head.

"Where are the rest of the Dragon Guards?" Old General Ji asked.

"The rest, ah," Ning Xiaoyao pointed towards Lady Xiang's house. "We caught a Northern Hu..."

"Your Majesty," Shadowgale's voice cut off Ning Xiaoyao's words before he lowered his head to whisper in her ear. "This servant thinks it'll be better to tell the details to other people after we've interrogated the woman."

"Oh, so it's like that," Ning Xiaoyao nodded without thinking twice. "Sure, whatever you say."

"What Northern..." Ji Yuerong wanted to ask, but Ji Jiu lightly pulled her behind him. If His Majesty didn't want to say, then they shouldn't pry.