Then she helped herself to Pork Intestine and Tofu. Whenever she had eaten this dish with Cui Jiuyang before, Jiuyang had always eaten the intestines, while she ate the tofu.
Today, the one who ate the intestines was not here, so she spooned some of both into her bowl.
One taste made her frown slightly. The old man was a good cook, and he had cleaned the intestines thoroughly, but a little of that rank smell inevitably remained.
That idiot. Had he never thought that taking a girl out to eat intestines was a real mood killer?
Ever since obtaining the Ji River Hundred Ghosts, she no longer needed wine to harmonize with those Nuo Mask Spirits, so she had not had a drink in quite some time.
Sitting here tonight, looking at the dishes before her, she suddenly wanted a little wine again. She reached for her Treasure Bag, only to remember that Cui Jiuyang had taken even her wine-filled Celadon Porcelain Gourd.
Oh no! He must have realized I hadn't actually drunk any wine that night.
At that thought, Ninth Lady secretly smiled in embarrassment. Afraid the old man chopping vegetables beside her would notice, she turned her face away to look at the Canal.
For a long, long time, she did not turn back.
There was a moon in the sky and a moon in the Canal, and both moons shone on Ninth Lady's face.
She was still smiling, but two trails of tears kept falling down her cheeks.
Jiuyang, where on earth are you?
Chapter 407: Nong Shui
Ninth Lady watched the moon by the Canal for half the night. Finally, she paid the old man at the little meat-and-vegetable eatery and left.
The four unfinished dishes sat on the table, long since chilled by the