“Yes!” Collecting his momentary emotional fluctuations caused by her, his gaze returned to the pot of meat, carefully stirring with a spoon, “I don’t have anything good here. If you want breakfast, I’ll go buy something to cook later…”
“Woof!”
Before he could finish, a sudden sound made him pause. Did he hear that wrong?
“Woof woof!”
The corner of his mouth twitched as he turned to look at her, seeing her eyes blinking, looking more like a puppy trying to curry favor with its master than a Havanese dog.
Good heavens! This beautiful girl would actually bark like a dog just to eat?!
He tried to suppress the laughter starting to make his stomach spasm, and said seriously, “No! This isn’t meat I bought, it’s from Aunt Fang downstairs, and I was about to…”
His voice stopped in the bright, flowing water-like light of her beautiful eyes.
“Wuu…”
A soft, delicate sob escaped, and he was suddenly flustered, not expecting her tears could fall so easily…
For a moment, he had a thought he’d never had before. He actually felt a slight impulse to go against his usual principles and get some of this stew that didn’t belong to him for her to eat.
No, no!
He forced himself to look away from her pitiful, touching face.
Although he had shed his noble status and was no longer Pu Cangxie, he still needed to be a principled person!
“Hey! Don’t cry…”
“But I’m really hungry…”
“Okay… you’re hungry, right?” He made an instant decision, “I’ll go buy something to cook for you right away, okay?”
This pot of meat wouldn’t burn if unwatched for ten minutes. If he ran quickly, he thought he could make it to the traditional market in the next alley and be back within ten minutes.
“Really?” Her eyes instantly brightened, the water-like gleam blinking away, “Then I want meat bone tea noodles, the kind you cooked yesterday, the really delicious one!”
“Uh… okay…”
At her expression that changed so quickly at the mention of food, Pu Cangxie was first stunned, then slightly disappointed, and then smiled gently.
“Okay! So, I’ll go downstairs for ingredients and cook it for you soon.”
“Mm!” She was so happy! Nodding and smiling, “By the way! Where’s the bathroom? Can I take a shower?”
