Venerable Demon King & The Doting Immortal (QT) novel Chapter 108

Chapter 108: "How much?"

With everyone gathered around the table, enjoying the large feast laid out before them, one would think that they were a big, happy family. It was like a wholesome family reunion dinner putting a smile on Xiang Yu’s face. For a moment he even forgot why he was in this world in the first place.

Han Zhan took a bite and remarked, "For this kind of place, the food is really good." When he found out that Peng Xiu only came here for the food, he didn’t believe it at first but now he understood. The meals were better than at the inns.

Yi Nuo nodded in agreement as she savoured the juicy duck meat. It wasn’t the best food they had ever eaten, but it was much better than anything they had had for days. Han Zhan noticed his cousin was barely eating. He offered him some steamed fish making sure it had no bones in it.

Han Xin thanked his cousin, trying to suppress the discomfort of being in a brothel. He appeared disinterested in Peng Xiu’s conversation with the young man serving them, but in reality, he was paying more attention to them than his food.

The way Peng Xiu was drinking, one would think she was a seasoned veteran. Han Xin had seen many women drink at festivals and in the army, but Peng Xiu was exceptional. It seemed as though her stomach was a bottomless pit and she wouldn’t get drunk at all. When she leaned in to whisper to the young man, Han Xin felt a pang in his chest. It was as though he was falling ill. Each time Peng Xiu was involved he would feel some type of way.

This feeling especially intensified when Peng Xiu placed some pork slices in the young man’s bowl and said, "Eat more, you are still growing." It felt like a blunt knife was slicing through the pit of his stomach. Maybe that was why his appetite was so bad.

Mei added a drumstick to Baihe’s bowl and smiled warmly. Lian, not to be outdone, added long beans to Baihe’s plate. Xiang Yu reprimanded her, "Don’t give him vegetables because you don’t want to eat them."

Lian denied it, but she had also put long beans in Yi Nuo’s and Mei’s bowls. Xiang Yu sighed, "Stop feeding others when you should be eating more vegetables yourself, Lian." He knew Lian was a full carnivore but she still needed to eat her vegetables. It was good for her but making her eat vegetables was like pulling at teeth.

Halfway through the meal, Xiang Yu whispered something to Baihe and stood up, straightening his lower skirt. He turned to Mei intending to make her supervise her sister. "Make sure Lian eats her vegetables before she leaves the table," she instructed firmly.

Han Xin watched her leave out of the corner of his eye, wondering where she was going, only to meet Han Zhan’s gaze. His cousin’s expression seemed to say, "And you say you don’t like her?" Han Xin’s face twisted into a silent "shut up."

He tried to sit patiently, waiting for Peng Xiu to return, but as the minutes ticked by, his restlessness grew. Han Zhan, who was also curious, finally asked Mei, "Where did your master go?"

Mei shrugged her shoulders. "I don’t know. But she wouldn’t leave unless it was important."

Xiang Yu left the private room, his mind set on finding the madam of the establishment to get Baihe out of there. He approached one of the courtesans and asked if she could lead him to the madam. At his words, the young woman’s smile grew gleeful. It was the kind of smile that irritated him. It seemed she thought that Baihe had messed up and she was rejoicing in his misery. _{freewebnσvel.cøm}