Seeing the grass brought right to its mouth, the horse wisely opened its mouth and began slowly savoring its breakfast.
Seeing how relishfully the horse was eating, Su Mu suddenly felt a bit hungry herself.
From leaving the White Lotus Cult’s lair until now, she and Chen Qing hadn’t eaten a thing—their stomachs were completely flattened from hunger.
But she couldn’t just graze like the horse, so for now, she could only tough it out until they reached Shuangguan City to eat.
After feeding the horse some grass and giving it water, the Escort Team set off toward Shuangguan City once more.
Actually, Su Mu had no idea how to get to Shuangguan City. She didn’t even know exactly where she and Chen Qing were right now.
Fortunately, the sharp-minded Chen Qing had studied the maps of the area around Shuangguan City earlier and confirmed they were in the western suburbs, not far from the city.
Otherwise, Su Mu might have been kicked off the cargo cart by the Escort Team.
Chen Qing and Su Mu sat at the back of the cargo cart. Naturally, a traveling Escort Team wouldn’t have any passenger carriages.
Letting Su Mu and Chen Qing ride on the horse-pulled wooden cart was already pretty decent of the Escort Team.
The rough road made the wooden cart jolt and shake nonstop. Feeling famished, Su Mu listlessly leaned against the crates of goods behind her.
Her mind was entirely occupied with thoughts of what delicious food to eat once they arrived in Shuangguan City.
Seeing Silly Shizun’s wilted state, Chen Qing gently knocked her forehead.
“Hungry?”
“Yeah, it’s been ages since I last ate. And last night, you even drained me dry!”
Su Mu shot Chen Qing a deeply resentful look. If Chen Qing hadn’t worn her out so much last night, depleting her stamina,
she probably wouldn’t be this hungry right now.
Seeing the full-of-resentment Silly Shizun, Chen Qing remained completely unfazed.
She grabbed Silly Shizun’s cool, soft little hand and leaned her face in close.
“I haven’t settled the score for Shizun’s little prank just now~”
Chen Qing’s warm breath brushed across Su Mu’s face. Gazing into Chen Qing’s aggressively intense crimson eyes,
the resentment in Su Mu’s little glare was instantly replaced by panic.
“Ahem, merits and demerits cancel each other out. That’s the deal—no one troubles the other.”
Seeing Silly Shizun desperately pretending to be calm, a playful glint flashed in Chen Qing’s eyes.
This Silly Shizun sure knew how to play little tricks. Even if the two things didn’t cancel out, what could this silly, honest Shizun possibly do to cause her trouble?
Still, Chen Qing had no intention of calling her out. After all, this Silly Shizun always talked tough around her but ended up on the losing end every time.
Su Mu was still smug about successfully defusing the earlier crisis when another wave of hunger rumbled from her empty stomach.
Going hungry really felt awful. Once they got to Shuangguan City, she was definitely going to stuff herself silly and reward her poor suffering stomach.
As Su Mu rubbed her flat tummy worriedly, a sesame flatbread was suddenly handed to her.
Staring at the sesame flatbread that Chen Qing had somehow conjured, a huge question mark popped up over Su Mu’s little head.
“You… where’d you pull that from?”
Seeing the shocked Silly Shizun, Chen Qing gave the little hand in her grasp a pinch.
“When traveling the Jianghu, you always need to keep some dry rations on hand.”
This was Chen Qing’s emergency provisions, which she generally wouldn’t touch unless it was dire.
But seeing how starved Silly Shizun was—and since they’d reach Shuangguan City soon anyway—Chen Qing didn’t mind sharing.
Su Mu eyed Chen Qing carefully from head to toe.
Where on earth had this Detestable Villain hidden the flatbread before?
“Does Shizun really want to know~?”
Seeing Silly Shizun’s curious gaze, Chen Qing’s lips curved slightly upward as she squeezed Su Mu’s hand a bit harder.
“N-No, I don’t.”
Hearing the teasing lilt in Chen Qing’s voice, Su Mu sensed trouble and hurriedly shook her head vigorously.
She had no idea exactly where it was hidden, but it was definitely somewhere no good.
Seeing Silly Shizun’s cowering little look, amusement deepened in Chen Qing’s eyes.
Actually, these flatbreads were easy to conceal. People usually cut a hidden inner pocket into their clothing and stashed them there—easy to preserve for long periods.
Pulling one out in a pinch might even save your life someday.
Su Mu didn’t dwell on where Chen Qing had stashed it. She took the flatbread from Chen Qing’s hand and unwrapped the oil paper around it.
It wasn’t as fragrant as one fresh from the oven, but the rich sesame aroma wafting out still made Su Mu’s mouth water.
She took a big bite, and the irresistible fragrance exploded in her mouth.
After a few more hearty chomps, Su Mu stuffed her cheeks full, looking just like a little squirrel hoarding food for winter.
But as Su Mu was blissfully chewing away, she noticed Chen Qing watching her with an amused smile, her own hands empty.
“Wh- your flatbread?”
Su Mu’s mouth was stuffed full, making her words a bit garbled, but she got them out clearly enough.
“I’m not hungry yet. You eat it. Slow down—you look like a total slob.”
Hearing Chen Qing call her eating manners sloppy, an angry vein throbbed on Su Mu’s forehead.
But she absolutely didn’t buy that Chen Qing wasn’t hungry.
After all, Chen Qing had gone nearly a full day without food, just like her.
She practiced martial arts, not cultivation—how could she not be starving?
Su Mu took two more little nibbles and handed the remaining half flatbread to Chen Qing.
“You eat it. I’m full.”
The gesture caught Chen Qing by surprise. Silly Shizun didn’t have a huge appetite, but half a flatbread definitely wouldn’t fill her up.
“If you don’t eat it, I’ll let the horse have a taste.”
Seeing Chen Qing freeze up, Su Mu issued her ‘threat’.
Truth be told, Su Mu had considered just scarfing down the whole thing and letting this Detestable Villain starve.
But on second thought, Chen Qing had given it to her in the first place—hogging it all would be pretty ungrateful.
Plus, sharing this half would let her rack up a ton of goodwill with the Detestable Villain, lowering her guard. That would make Su Mu’s future revenge attempts way more likely to succeed.
Chen Qing took the messily gnawed half flatbread from Silly Shizun’s hand. She hadn’t expected it to end up back with her.
Looking at the bite marks Silly Shizun had left on it, Chen Qing smiled.
“This counts as an indirect kiss between Shizun and your disciple~”
“It’s just eating my saliva, that’s all.”
Su Mu said haughtily. She was totally immune to this kind of teasing by now.
After all, the two of them had kissed who-knows-how-many times, including several even steamier French kisses.
This little stunt posed no threat to Su Mu whatsoever.
Seeing the smug Silly Shizun, Chen Qing couldn’t help pulling her into her arms and placing a hand on her soft, tender little waist.
Su Mu hadn’t expected this Detestable Villain to be such a rogue. With all those people right in front of them, she still wanted to take advantage of her.
Su Mu’s pretty face flushed bright red as she glared huffily at Chen Qing.
She muttered nonstop under her breath.
“Dead rogue, stinky pervert, what do you think you’re doing!”
“Shizun’s already called me a rogue—what do you think I’m gonna do~?”
Chen Qing’s hand pinched Silly Shizun’s firm, slender waist.
