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Heh, did they think a Taobao shop owner had never watched a melodramatic palace-intrigue drama?

He did not possess the divine skill of having eyes that could speak, but anyone could express contempt and disdain. Jing Yi had already been sitting with exceptional elegance and beauty; now he straightened up, exuding an air of noble, icy grandeur. He lifted his eyelids and swept Grey Eagle a glance before casually looking away, the slight curve of his lips making it seem as though he had just glanced at something utterly insignificant. Lowering his eyes, he picked up the drink on the table and took a sip, putting on airs to the very marrow of his bones. Even then, he regretted that the juice was not quite right. Tea would have been better—much more atmospheric!

Jing Yi completed the entire performance as smoothly as flowing clouds and water. In his imagination, he must have looked like a lofty aristocratic lady... ptooey! An aristocratic lord receiving a crude and disrespectful subordinate. Let him charge about as he pleased; I remained calm and composed. Compared side by side, anyone with eyes could tell that the rude fellow was the clown.

But in reality, Jing Yi, with his stunningly beautiful concubine-like face, looked more like the legendary favored imperial consort who, backed by the emperor, held her head so high she could barely stand it. Everyone he looked at seemed to hear: "You ugly little bitch, what could you possibly use to compete with me?"

The lack of mirrors in the dining room was truly a great blessing.

Even if Jing Yi had known, though, after his disappointment he would probably have found some comfort in it—after all, his transmigration had still been meaningful. Wearing this face and acting according to the original owner's temperament, he would not be a favored imperial consort, but cannon fodder among the palace maidens. Though a concubine was still a concubine, the rank was different, hehehehehe.

Forget it. Better not let him know. It would be too cruel.

The freak across from him burst into laughter.

He said, "You're very interesting, though you're absolutely unworthy of Qin Meng."

Jing Yi said, "What can I do? I'm already his husband. But you..."

Tsk, tsk. Jing Yi deliberately looked at that bastard the way one would look at some pretty boy trying to seduce his wife.

To his surprise, Grey Eagle laughed even harder.

What the hell was so funny?! Jing Yi could not even be bothered to deal with him anymore. All he did was laugh! The whole atmosphere for a fight had been ruined!

"Oh, right. Did you really make those two plates of meat just now?" After laughing for a while, Qin Meng suddenly changed the subject. "Your cooking is excellent!"

"Thank you for the compliment," Jing Yi said expressionlessly. "Actually, the main thing was that the meat was good. These alien bugs really are extraordinary. General Chen and the others thought they were disgusting at first!"

"Bugs?" Qin Meng had a bad feeling. "What bugs?"

"Oh, I don't know what they're called." Jing Yi described them very helpfully. "They were all huge. One kind had a black hard shell, bright yellow sides, a vivid red head, lots and lots of legs, and a long, slender body... The other kind had a dull green base with scorched yellow patterns, an especially large belly covered in lots of circular spots, bulging eyes, a long thin neck, and especially thick forelimbs..."

The description was vivid and lifelike.

"The meat came from those two kinds of bugs. I didn't expect it to actually be edible."

Qin Meng was such an iron-blooded man, yet after hearing that, his face turned green.

But Jing Yi still did not feel satisfied and added, "The second kind of bug also had eggs. I don't know whether you noticed, but those heart-shaped chunks of meat were especially fragrant. Inside were round little pellets that crunched delightfully when you bit into them. Those were the bug eggs!"

It was not just Qin Meng whose face turned bluish green. General Chen, Madam Chen, and Yang Chun all went pale as well. They had eaten what they had eaten; after all, the food had been fragrantly served on the table and beautifully presented, and as long as they did not think too much about it, everyone had enjoyed the meal. But after Jing Yi described it like that, they all recalled what the ingredients had originally looked like. The delicious experience from moments ago faded away as disgust came roaring back, as though the meat in their stomachs had become the little bugs Jing Yi described, using their internal organs as an amusement park, bouncing, bouncing, crawling, crawling...

"Bleurgh!"

Two minutes later, Jing Yi was the only one left beside the dining table, wearing a mysterious smile.

Hmph. Think you can compete with me?

Jing Yi stayed at the general's residence and had a wonderful time every day.

That fellow called Grey Eagle also stayed there. Jing Yi did not know what strengths he had besides being fierce in battle, but from his observations, General Chen and Madam Chen truly treated him like one of their own children. And Grey Eagle did not act like an outsider either, coming and going freely. Apparently, he was in a rest period. In any case, after suffering a loss once, he had learned his lesson. Whenever he saw Jing Yi, he took a detour. They kept out of each other's way and got along peacefully enough.

Jing Yi was a man who yearned for the stars and the sea. As long as the other party did not give him trouble, who had that much free time to be a fighting cock? He had plenty of serious business to attend to.

Once the genetic compatibility test was finished, he would have to return to the Qin Family's den of jackals and wolves.

While on the spaceship, Jing Yi had been cramming all sorts of basic legal provisions. He did not know whether the original owner simply lacked common knowledge in that area, or whether he had possessed that knowledge but Jing Yi had failed to inherit it. In any case, Jing Yi was now completely ignorant of the law.

Being legally ignorant was terrifying, because if you did not know the rules, you could not use them to protect yourself, nor could you use them to restrain others. Back on Earth, so many migrant workers who came to the cities did not understand the law. They worked diligently and endured hardship without complaint, yet got cheated every day... He did not want to live like those migrant workers, relying on the conscience of "city people."