The Feast Part One

Chapter 6: Cross Swords

As if they had a sixth sense, they suddenly turned their head towards Duan Tingxuan and screamed. The bowl in their hands also dropped.

"Be careful!"

Duan Tingxuan shouted, and his movement were very fast. All the two girls saw was a shadow, then the prince bowed down and caught the two bowls of cherry desserts. Not even a drop of these desserts were spilled.

"Oh, so that dumpling must be pair with this bowl of dessert. This is not bad! You two have some good things up your sleeves."

Duan Tingxuan was carrying a bowl in each hand. He looked into the red colour dessert and ignored the stunned Hong Lian and Xiang Yun, and drank from the bowl. Then he smiled, "Oh, this is better than the sour plum soup. The only problem is that this dish is quite hot. If it is cooled down or served chill, this dish will be much tastier."

"Lord, your servants greet you."

Only when Duan Tingxuan had taken the bowls back to the table, sat down and eaten another dumpling, the two poor maids then regain their wits.

They saw Duan Tingxuan waved his hands, "You may rise. There is no need to stand on ceremony with me. Quickly go to the kitchen and take the good food out. Let me guess, these dumpling should have some porridge to accompany it? The porridge should be simple, and should be just sugared congee."

What... .what happen? Are we dreaming?

This is what Xiang Yun and Hong Lian thought. But they do not have the guts to ask, and could only watch the shameless man pick up another dumpling and eat their dinner.

At this moment, suddenly a lion's roar reverberate, "Put down the dumplings!" Su Nuan Nuan appeared from the kitchen and seemed to fly down in a jiff. Then she kicked out at Duan Tingxuan's face.

Duan Tingxuan is a man of about 7 feet tall. This is about 1.83 meters in today's term. If both of them are standing up, Su Nuan Nuan could not have aimed a kick at Duan Tingxuan's face - she could not reach that height. But at this moment, Duan Tingxuan was sitting down, and this allow Su Nuan Nuan to attack him at a vulnerable spot.

Duan Tingxuan is skilled in martial arts, and he immediately leapt up. Because he was shocked and escaped in a hurry, he dropped the dumpling onto the floor.

"Stop it. Why did you attack me?" Duan Tingxun was very angry as he picked up the dumpling that was dropped onto the floor. He immediately shouted, "You.... you want to revolt?"

"Xiang Yun, use this dumpling to feed the chickens." Su Nuan Nuan grabbed that dumpling from Duan Tingxuan's hand and pass it to Xiang Yun. Then she looked at Duan Tingxuan, "Who are you?"

"Missy... Missy..., this is ... Master .. .arh." Xiang Yun immediately stammered. Her face was pale and white as ghost. She thought that her missy had a relapse of 'after death memory loss', and even forgot who her hubby was.

"Master? My husband?" Su Nuan Nuan frown, and saw that Duan Tingxuan was furious. She slowly sat down and smiled, "Oh, it is you. Why didn't you inform me before you come?"

"Why should I inform you? So that you can think of a idea to run away or hide?" Duan Tingxuan sneered. In his eyes, her wild antics are 'normal'. But the kick was too much? When this woman learn martial arts?

"Master, you must be kidding, to hide and not greet you is a low level tactic that I have not used in a long time." Su Nuan Nuan smiled, and immediately passed the plate to Hong Lian. "Oh, it looks as if Master wants to talk to me. Take this plate of dumplings back to the kitchen, and do not let master laugh at us."

Duan Tingxuan's eyes were glued to the plate as Hong Lian took it away. He want to say that they could chat and eat at the same time, but Su Nuan Nuan smiled, and remarked, "Next time, if you want to come, you must first inform me. This commoner's food is not suitable for a man of your status."

"Are you angry because I ate the large dumplings?" Duan Tingxuan could not help slamming on the table in anger. This woman.... How could she live here for just half the year and changed so much. She is not longer as rash as before, and her words are so sharp, he could not refute her. He was really annoyed.

"Master, it is great that you know it."

Regarding this thieving rascal that stole her fine dumplings, Su Nuan Nuan did not give two hoots about embarrassing him. Since she can't hit him, she can use her words to dig at him.

Seeing that Duan Tingxuan's face turned black, she secretly felt very happy. 'How dare you steal my food, you shameless man! Even if you are the lord of this mansion, I will not let you eat!"

"Today, you have a very sharp tongue, but you did not recognise me just now. What happened?

Duan Tingxuan forced himself to calm down, and immediately tried to change the topic. He opened his paper fan and fanned himself as look more like a gentleman as he recovered somewhat and questioned.

"After my near death experience, my memories become hazy. Also, I do not want to forget master, but who knows that just now, I really could not recall who you are?" Su Nuan Nuan immediately come up with a lie.

The powerful kick constantly replayed itself in Duan Tingxuan's mind. He looked at Su Nuan Nuan. This woman had changed a lot, but he could not tell what had changed. She is still as difficult as ever, and hard to argue with.

But why did he feel that when she sits there, she seemed to possess a commanding aura? In the past, Su Meng Nuan was very pretty, but she did not possess this commanding aura.

"It is not early, and time for dinner? Just now, I did not have my fill. En, you really knows how to eat. In this evening, moving the table outside and eating outdoors is really a luxury." Prince Duan tried to shift the topic back to the food that he could not have enough of. At the same time, he was examining Su Nuan Nuan's expressions.

But Su Nuan Nuan is not affected by this. Oh, so you want to use logic and reason to argue with me and eat the food I cooked? Hehe, in your dreams, prince!

"Oh, we are not having dinner anymore. Thank you for your concern, Master. This is a bit too early for dinner. When the sky is dark, it is not too late to eat." Why should I let you eat? All these food are grabbed by me. You tried to starve me.

"Just now, the temperature is just nice. If it is left alone for a long period of time, the taste will degenerate?" Duan Tingxuan could also tell that it not going to be easy to get the dumplings that he craved for. He is a scholar and a gentleman and is not afraid to use reason and logic to argue with Su Nuan Nuan. As long as she is reasonable, the dumplings will be his!