Kong Wu: I Don't Like Venison

The summer night was a little cool, making warm food less unappealing than it was during the day.

Bai Yao brought over the dinner he had kept warm and hurried Kong Wu to eat. He didn't want the man to go hungry.

Tonight's dinner was two reheated steamed buns and... ten jin of braised meat.

That spread was truly the best in the village, beyond compare.

Still, it had to be said that Kong Wu was quite good at braising meat. Even though it had only recently finished cooking, it smelled wonderful.

Bai Yao figured it was partly because the ingredients were good and partly because they had plenty of seasonings at home.

Though Bai Yao had only just woken up, watching Kong Wu eat so heartily whetted his appetite. After a bun, he also ate half a jin of braised meat.

As for Kong Wu, the buns were merely an "appetizer." The braised meat was his main meal today.

With soda that had been sitting in the well for several hours to wash it down, Kong Wu ended up eating close to five jin of meat.

That appetite was truly enough to leave people dumbfounded.

Fortunately, Kong Wu had money too. Otherwise, ordinary people really couldn't afford to feed him.

"Bai Yao, this meat wasn't cheap, was it? What I paid for my meals before definitely isn't enough anymore, right?"

As he spoke, Kong Wu pulled out a thick wad of ten-yuan notes.

"I have a big appetite and eat a lot, so naturally I should pay more for meals. I only have 500 yuan in cash on me right now. Take it and use it for now, and tell me when it runs out."

Bai Yao wasn't all that shocked. After all, the money wasn't even as much as the small change from what he had gained today.

"All right, I'll take it, then. Also, today's meat really wasn't cheap. It's venison, and it cost 30 yuan."

"Venison? No wonder I thought it tasted different," Kong Wu said with a chuckle.

But the next second, as the realization sank in, Kong Wu's expression turned sour.

Venison!

Didn't that mean eating so much of it would give him a huge boost?

The problem was, he didn't need a boost!

He already had so much energy he had nowhere to vent it. If he got any more of a boost, wouldn't something go wrong?

As he thought this, Kong Wu felt his body growing hot, though it might have been all in his head.

Seeing Kong Wu's face turn red, Bai Yao thought he was embarrassed about eating so much and comforted him. "It's my first time eating venison too. If you like it, eat as much as you want. It's fine. When we finish it, I'll just go buy more."

Hearing that, Kong Wu shook his head repeatedly. Venison wasn't suitable for him.

"No need. I don't like venison. Um, I'm going out for a walk. I ate too much."

With that, Kong Wu strode outside. As he went, his walk turned into a run.

When he reached the front gate, he didn't even open the locked door. He went straight over the wall.

Those practiced movements and those eye-catching long legs as he ran and leaped made Bai Yao terribly envious.

He would have been happy with either those long legs or that kind of physical fitness.

"Sigh~"

After a sigh, Bai Yao prepared to go back inside.

As for whether Kong Wu would be in danger going out?

No exaggeration, he thought Kong Wu could take a stroll through the mountains in the middle of the night without any danger.

After all, Kong Wu was the greatest danger of all.

Of course, that was just what Bai Yao thought. He personally didn't want Kong Wu going into the mountains in the middle of the night either.

And Kong Wu was a grown man. He naturally knew his own limits, so there was no need for Bai Yao to worry himself over nothing.

Back in his room, Bai Yao figured he wouldn't be able to sleep, so he took out the flawed cloth he had promised the brothers Xiang Qian and Xiang Hou.

Once he had found it, Bai Yao realized that he really did have quite a lot of flawed cloth. Most of it had serious flaws, but there was also a small portion whose flaws were impossible to spot without a close look.

He then took a bolt of cloth with hardly any flaws and cut off six chi for the twins.

After all, they followed him, so naturally his own people got first pick of the good stuff.

As for the rest, he would leave it to the brothers to sell and make money for him. He didn't think much of flawed cloth anyway.

After tidying up, Bai Yao picked up the soda beside him and prepared to drain it in one go.

The soda wasn't cold anymore, so there was no problem drinking it all at once.

But the very next second after he finished it, his stomach suddenly made a peculiar noise.

Having experienced this just that afternoon, Bai Yao knew exactly what it meant. His expression changed, and he bolted straight for the toilet.

Once, twice...

In the end, Bai Yao stopped going back to his room and just sat in the courtyard.

During that time, he also remembered what had caused this.

That was right. He shouldn't have eaten the braised meat.

Although most of it was lean, there was still fatty meat in it.

In his condition, how could he eat fatty meat without getting diarrhea?

"Greed leads to trouble!"

Fortunately, Bai Yao hadn't eaten much. After a bout of suffering, he was fine again.

Lying on the kang, Bai Yao didn't want to move a muscle.

But the next second, the sound of someone climbing over the courtyard wall made him sit up warily. When he saw that Kong Wu had returned, Bai Yao lay back down and stayed still.

At that moment, Bai Yao was tired but unable to sleep. He closed his eyes, but focusing on his hearing only made him hear more clearly.

For instance, Kong Wu was drawing water in the courtyard.

For instance, after drawing the water, Kong Wu was taking off his clothes and getting ready to rinse himself off.

For instance, after the splash of water, muffled groans sounded from time to time.

Bai Yao didn't understand.

Could Kong Wu really have gone up the mountain and gotten hurt?

The thought had suddenly sprung into his mind, and no matter how many times he dismissed it, he still couldn't put his worries to rest.

In the end, Bai Yao decided to take a look with his Mental Power, saving himself the worry.

But the moment his Mental Power swept over and he saw what Kong Wu was doing, Bai Yao withdrew it at once.

He shouldn't have worried over nothing. Now he had seen something he shouldn't have again.

The man was taking care of his own important business, and the muffled groans were merely an expression of emotion.

His face red, Bai Yao felt that his trip to town today had been for nothing. His brain had only recently cooled down, and now pop-ups were appearing again and making it overheat.

To put an end to the images popping up in his mind from time to time, Bai Yao decided to custom-order some sleep incense from the system.

He had to sleep. Otherwise, after what he had just seen, he feared he wouldn't get a wink all night.

As for dreaming once he fell asleep, whatever. Dreams were free, after all.

Couldn't he let himself run wild in a dream with a man he couldn't get his hands on in real life?

Bai Yao lit the sleep incense and fell asleep before long.

What Bai Yao didn't know was that Kong Wu, rinsing himself outside, spent a long time taking that cold bath.

The next day, Bai Yao woke up full of energy.

He had to admit, the sleep incense custom-ordered from the system was truly good. Not only did he fall asleep quickly, but he also slept soundly. Bai Yao hadn't dreamed at all that night.

Emmm, not dreaming was probably a good thing.

When he went outside, the first person Bai Yao saw was Kong Wu, who was even more energetic than he was, as always.

And there was also that patch of ground that had been washed down with water and still hadn't dried.

Honestly, Bai Yao thought vegetables could be planted right in that patch of ground.

But when he thought of what had happened last night, he seemed to understand why it had been washed so thoroughly.

After his face turned red, Bai Yao hurriedly deleted that trash from his brain.

Then Bai Yao composed himself, and they carried on as usual.

Breakfast, then work.

They were still pulling weeds, still working one mu of land, and still finishing early and heading home.

"Let's go home and eat watermelon! There was so much going on yesterday that I completely forgot about the watermelon in the well."