"Little Cheng? Here is your rabbit stew you asked for~"
Shao Cheng that has been silently gazing in the distance while constantly planning and scheming on his mind has suddenly paused before gazing at Ren Yuan that has suddenly appeared on his side.
Although Shao Cheng can see that the man apparently has returned to normal, but sometimes he sees a glimpse of the quick flash of frustration that appeared on those grey pupil of Ren Yuan once in a while.
And Shao Cheng just remained composed every single time it happened.
Although the idea of comforting the man doesn't fail to emerge on Shao Cheng's mind whenever he comprehends the man's hidden response and reaction at his emotionless state.
The only thing that Shao Cheng can do is treat the man as normally as he can, so with that, Shao Cheng has patted the seat next to his side.
Seeing as a wide smile appears on Ren Yuan's face, Shao Cheng can only take the offered bowl of stew rabbit meat before beginning to eat.
And the idea of showing a smile that the man seemed to have mentioned about being beautiful before has instantly been thrown away after the last failed attempted of Shao Cheng smiling since the man has complained about it being scary.
"...thank you."
And Ren Yuan always felt extremely comfortable whenever Shao Cheng spoke with him because at least the young man was accepting his presence while the others were completely ignored.
Hmph! Ren Yuan is still extremely special to Little Cheng despite having a hard time feeling emotions that he couldn't help but shoot a smug and proud look at the other three people that remain huddle together while staring in their direction.
"Wow… he sure is annoying."
PengFei's that has become a follower of Shao Cheng while explaining in great difficulty before about not being a great danger in their lives which he has only gotten their belief when his Icy friend has discussed the misunderstanding that has happened.
Although PengFei felt their skeptical and doubtful attitude, at least, they are willing to treat him normally, unlike a certain annoying person that was asking a beating by the expression he just showed their way.
"Sigh.. he is always like that… and that is him being tame, oh god, wait till he is back to the Capital…"
Tian Ying that has been eating a roasted rabbit leg whisper back while giving a resign look in the direction of his friend before a thoughtful expression flash on his face as soon as his eyes landed at the quiet young man in a black robe.
"Although… he might become nicer now though? Since Young Master Cheng is with him… I'm sure Ren doesn't want his image to become dishonest, immoral, and despicable in his eyes."
"AH! Little Ying Ying! You are truly smart! Of course, my tempting younger brother would always want to be a better person in my beautiful cousin's eyes, however, there is something that you forgot to think about!"
Suddenly, Xixi that has been gazing deeply at the two figures a few distances away while trying to keep herself from blinking too much has placed her arm around Tian Ying shoulder, completely ignorant at the pink cheeks, and please smile on his face.
"True love! They won't care about what kind of person they are in each other eyes! Ah, Ying Ying, good or bad, won't matter to these two beautiful young men when they completely and absolutely love each other with all their hearts!"
"Oh! Now, I understand! Even though Ren has a stinky personality, Young Master Cheng has still remained by his side! I see! So that is the reason why!"
Seeing the two people who suddenly enter an entirely different world that PengFei is only able to glimpse from outside the open door has wanted to roll his eyes at their reactions, especially the abnormal process of their mind that has suddenly twisted around.
In which PengFei did in fact roll his eyes because he usually acts without any shyness or embarrassment since having a thick face is also a great skill he has learned after traveling around for years especially when working as a merchant.
However, when PengFei who can accept anything somehow sees an image of pink bubbles between these two people that giggle in a disturbing way while starting a discussion in a strange matter can only turn around knowing full well by experience that it will be quite a while before their return to a normal state.
Before turning quiet once more when his gaze landed at the two figures in the distance that has somehow become closer, especially when the annoying person somehow has gotten himself to be fed by his indifferent Icy friend.
What the hell?
… hmph, being single forever is the best...
"Urgh… it's salty! The meat is still a bit hard!"
Shao Cheng who just accepted Ren Yuan wanting to be fed remained silent, because as long as his demand isn't too much while not crossing his bottom line then he will probably obediently follow along what the man wanted to do.
And as Ren Yuan complain about the food he ate, Shao Cheng has placed the spoon back on his bowl and without any hesitation has used the same spoon he fed Ren Yuan with toward his own mouth as he ate a spoonful of rabbit stew.
In which, Ren Yuan couldn't help his eyes from flickering toward the spoon and the young man for a few seconds before returning back to grimacing since his tastebud was devastated by the salty rabbit stew that he has painfully prepared for tonight dinner.
"Better than last time, I see an improvement."
For whatever reason, during the entire time that they are traveling back to the Capital by using the fakes identities of being once of the members of the Pengfei merchant group, Ren Yuan has suddenly stubbornly insisted to cook any rabbit dishes every night.
On the first night of stopping by during their travel, Shao Cheng who still remembered the way that Purple and Pinky have guided Ren Yuan to his location from before has finally deemed it time to give his punishment.
And since Shao Cheng couldn't do anything too much to Purple in which he can only ignore his existence while not giving any praise to raise his ego has decided to focus more on Pinky, so when it comes to Pinky, it was so easy to guess about how to punish him in which only mentioning about wanting to eat Rabbit meat every night.
While the only sole reason that saves Pinky from becoming rabbit stew and roasted was the fact that he has human intelligence, his specialness and rareness have saved his life from being eaten because, without any hesitation, Shao Cheng in his present state will not feel guilty of cooking him.
And despite the fact that the five of them slowly travel back to Capital, Ren Yuan and Shao Cheng have decided to rest outside every single night, in which two completely different reasons running in their mind.
Ren Yuan still belive that Shao Cheng's health still in a weak state while Shao Cheng wants to meet his biological family in a normal state if he can, so he was taking his time to arrive in the Capital a few days before new year's day.
After all, Shao Cheng has already known that Xixi has definitely reported his sudden change to his family and doesn't want them to become completely disappointed and sad once again because of being unable to feel emotion.
Because Shao Cheng wholeheartedly remembers his reason and purpose in his new life.
"Little Cheng, I'll cook the rabbit meat better next time! Before we get back to Capital, I'll definitely become a master of cooking Rabbit meat!"
Finishing the salty rabbit stew without any change in his expression, Shao Cheng has simply nodded his head while taking the offer berry fruit juice that Ren Yuan has provided while opening his mouth when the man has fed him a snack.
As Shao Cheng chew the food on his mouth, he soon took a sip from the berry fruit juice that he has train Ren Yuan of making.
It was just the simple method of smashing the fruit, adding the juice in the water while a bit of honey into it, which has easily cause Ren Yuan to become extremely delighted to finally have cooking skills.
Although, it was just making a simple drink that couldn't be proud of, nonethless, Shao Cheng didn't remind Ren Yuan of what he really thought about his cooking skill since he knew that Ren Yuan will just become completely depressed after hearing his opinion.
A depressed Ren Yuan is more unpredictable and annoying than ever, that idea flashes on Shao Cheng's mind, and although he might not feel any irritation and frustration at the man sudden antics if he acted out, however, Shao Cheng will stop it if he could.
And since Ren Yuan has been secretly disheartened about the state he was in, then Shao Cheng would just let the man have his peace of mind, while the usual routine that they have become familiar with of feeding each other after they started traveling with PengFei carriage didn't matter in his mind one bit.
After all, to Shao Cheng, it was just their usual interaction with each other, so there was nothing wrong about it, especially when he doesn't feel any awkwardness of what they are doing.
While Purple, who has never returned back inside Shao Cheng's body after the misunderstanding transpired just floats next to the unmoving Pinky that has remained stilled, obedient, and quiets every single night while sinking his body in a rather large grass to disappeared in everyone vision has failed to hide since his pink fur is rather eyecatching.
And with a rather nasty and dark joke, Purple poke Pinky with his tail and askings a question in a similar manner when Ren Yuan was asking to be beaten to death, something that he has been doing every night without missing a single time.
"So how it felt like seeing your race being hacked to death, skinned, cooked before being devoured by the human race?"
Purple is truly and extremely curious about how it felt before unable to stop the sigh that escapes his mouth while suddenly feeling an unfathomable emotion deep within him, after all, he was a single special existence without another one appearing anymore in the later future.
Ah… so this is the feeling of being on top among others…? Somehow… it felt… wonderful rather than feeling lonely.
While Pinky that was being teased by his sadistic Purple Majesty twitch up after listening on the words that Purple has unconsciously spoken out loud causing a certain thought to flash on his mind.
And when Pinky slowly stood up in a manner similar to a human causing Purple to become dumbfounded, especially when Pinky two-leg raise up in a manner of how the human arms move, while miraculously placing one of the raised legs to the waist while the other on his forehead, in an appearance of sighing in woo.
"Your Purple Majesty, I am not the same as them. I am also special! I am not a rabbit! I am now a race called Pinky! The one and only Pinky, just like his Purple Majesty! No one will become like me in the entire world anymore!"
And Shao Cheng that has been hearing the entire conversation of the weird creatures in the distance can only shoot a glance their way, which seemed to finally show a tiny bit of disbelief appearing on his eyes.