Chapter 197

Chapter 197

“I didn’t name you. Better stop talking and have something to eat.” His voice actually softened a bit with a sprinkle of coaxing.

This was the first time Huo Yuyan had seen Huo Wujiu acting like this.

Facing a man, he softly spoke and smilingly. He obviously was hooked.

However, a crisp ‘da’ sounded on the opposite side.

Huo Yuyan followed the noise and realized that the seated Jingwang threw his chopsticks onto the plate.

“What is there to eat?” He raised his eyebrows, raised his chin, and looked at the table with dullness and disgust. “What happened to the royal chef today? This squirrel fish is too salty.”

Huo Wujiu hastily raised his hand and summoned several eunuchs.

“Why don’t you go and change the squirrel fish on Jingwang’s table?” His expression cooled down, and his eyebrows all regained their usual sharpness. “Go and ask the imperial chef how he’s doing his job. Better go, cook a new one and send it here this instant.”

The eunuchs nodded repeatedly and swiftly went forward to remove the squirrel fish from Jiang Suizhou’s table.

Huo Yuyan raised an eyebrow.

When Huo Wujiu turned his head, he curled his lips towards Jingwang. Jingwang merely gave him a glance, took his chopsticks and started to eat another dish. The pale eunuch beside him also diligently stepped forward and repeatedly flattered him in an attempt to calm him down. He asked him to try other dishes to see if they were to his liking.

Huo Yuyan restrained his emotions and glanced at Huo Wujiu.

Huo Wujiu, however, smiled at him calmly, and with helplessness painted on his face, he said, “Elder Brother, I’ve made you laugh. He’s really spoiled.”

Huo Yuyan froze and barely forced a smile.

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In this way, Huo Yuyan justified his suspicions.

Jiang Suizhou gave him a sweeping glance, and an unfathomable smile seeped out of the corners of his lips. A twinkle sparkled in his eyes as he gave Huo Wujiu a glance.

Huo Wujiu let out a deep laugh and said, “Don’t forget to leave the door open for me when you go back.”

At this time, the banquet hall was a hub hub of voices. His voice wasn’t that loud, and the officials beneath didn’t catch a word of it. However, they audibly fell into Jiang Suizhou and Huo Yuyan’s ears.

Jiang Suizhou answered with a couple of laughter, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. He clasped Meng Qianshan’s hand on his side, turned around and left.

Huo Yuyan watched his back disappear into the back of the hall, then turned his attention back to Huo Wujiu.

“What’s going on between you two?” He frowned, showing some disapproval on his face. He gave off the impression of a good brother worried about his younger brother.

Huo Wujiu put down his wine cup, looked up at him, smiled lightly, and said offhandedly, “Nothing’s going on. It’s just as Imperial Brother saw.”

“Do you really want to keep him by your side?” Huo Yuyan asked with a frown.

Huo Wujiu leaned back on his chair and said with an unrestrained and frank posture, “Elder Brother, don’t look at him as a man. He’s interesting.”

His smile radiated two points of contentment.

Huo Yuyan gritted his teeth, his expression bearing pain and anguish: “But he is clearly...”

“It doesn’t matter what it is. He doesn’t take himself seriously. If not, do you think he would have waited for the state to be destroyed and still stay by my side so willingly? He’s terrified of death and just wants to rely on me for survival, so why don’t I let him have his wish?” Huo Wujiu said carelessly. “Just treat him as a plaything.”

His demeanor indeed looked as if he has a canary by his side to play with and relieve his boredom.

In that moment, Huo Yuyan couldn’t determine if he really meant it.

He thought for a moment and said, “If you want to keep him for fun, it’s inconvenient for me to say anything more. But Wujiu, you are now looking at turning twenty-four. You have long reached the age of forming a family, but it has been delayed only because of the war some years ago. Now that you have me in the court, you don’t have to worry about anything. You still have to decide on a marriage partner and start a family as soon as possible.”

Hearing this, Huo Wujiu was indifferent.