I married an exasperating eunuch Chapter 8

Chapter 8 I want meat

As soon as Chen Hui looked up, she was met with the malevolent smile of eunuch Li. She didn’t dodge the gaze. She didn’t blame Xiao Tiao for being a foolish teammate. Xiao Tiao was still so young. This exasperating eunuch was so fierce. How normal was it for her to be scared and her words disordered? She had indeed said those words. Only the order was not right. Coupled with the prejudice of the listener, it naturally would become the worst kind of meaning.

Chen Hui felt that the way Li Youde was looking at her at the moment was like a hunter looking at the struggling prey he captured. His expression was cold and disdainful. He seemed to be waiting to see how she would fight to survive in vain.

Chen Hui tried to remember the terror of the lack of meat and tried to make herself cry, but it wasn’t very effective. In desperation, she widened her eyes and said sadly and with sorrow, “Lord, how could you misunderstand me like this? You know that I am not thinking of going out of the residence and only want to have the freedom to come and go inside the residence! Ever since my father sent me over, I am lord’s. How would I still think about leaving the residence?”

As if saddened by the suspicions eunuch Li had towards her, Chen Hui sat on her lower legs disheartened. She lowered her head and her shoulders shook as if she was crying.

Li Youde frowned slightly. A trace of hesitation appeared on his face as if he was touched a bit by Chen Hui’s ‘sincerity and genuineness’. However, after a while, one didn’t know what he thought of, but the trace of softness that had appeared on his face disappeared. He bent slightly, raised his hand to grab her chin and forced her to look up. Looking at her eyes, that face that was not outstanding was grim, “Lady Chen, do you still remember what kind of person I am?”

Chen Hui’s heart tightened, “You are Lord Li…” Damn, did he want her to say his name and identity? Aside from knowing that he is a rich and powerful exasperating eunuch, she knew nothing about him! She couldn’t even call out his name!

Li Youde grinned and sneered twice, “It seems that you still know that I am a eunuch…Lady Chen, the whole world looks down on eunuchs like me. You are an exception. Only after seeing me once, you feel such deep affection for me?”

Hearing him say that, Chen Hui understood that she had mistook his meaning and also knew that her “performance” of before was a bit overboard. If he was a eunuch who was particularly handsome, it would have barely made sense if she pretended to be someone who only cared about appearance, couldn’t move her eyes anymore when she saw him and wouldn’t care that he was not a real man and still love him. However, it happened that his appearance was lackluster and his character so hateful. If she did that, he naturally wouldn’t believe it.

Chen Hui blinked slightly and prepared to speak a few truths, “In fact…lord, you are right. This Lady Chen feels that since I had already come and can’t go back, then, I should make my life a bit better. However, what this Lady Chen said before was not all lies.” She pointed at her forehead, “This Lady Chen truly didn’t really want to seek death. Otherwise, how would I take the risk today to seek forgiveness from lord?”

Li Youde’s eyes jumped slightly. The smile on his face widened. His squatted in front of Chen Hui and said with a smile, “Lady Chen, these words sounded a bit sincere.” He paused. Seeing that Chen Hui’s eyes brightened, the malice from the bottom of his heart surged up. His smile became brighter and his voice a bit sharper, “Lady Chen, the world has a statement about eunuchs like me that is not wrong. That is, people like us are small-minded and hold grudges. I don’t believe any word about what you said about misunderstanding. It is just that you don’t dare to commit suicide again after not having died from the suicide. You are locked up and couldn’t even eat well, so, naturally you will feel regret. Since you have let me lose face, then don’t think about saying a few words to fawn upon me. How you were the before today will remain the same after today.”

After Li Youde had said this, he didn’t intend to say more and wanted to get up.

Chen Hui’s heart sank slowly with every word from Li Youde. While she secretly cursed this exasperating eunuch for being as small-minded as he said, she suddenly leaped at him violently. She slammed into Li Youde’s arms and hugged his waist tightly. He took several steps back because of this and finally he lost balance and sat on the ground. He propped his body up with one hand and looked stunningly at Chen Hui.

Chen Hui cried, “Lord, don’t be so cruel! This Lady Chen knows that this lady was wrong. Don’t treat me like this! I will never dare to let you lose face in the future anymore. If you say to go east, I won’t ever go to west. I will definitely cooperate with you and let you get back your face! Lord, I beg you!” Just give me a mouthful of meat!

In the beginning, Chen Hui was pretending to cry, but as she spoke, she felt a bit sour in her heart. She thought about how she could eat everything she wanted in the modern world and how she couldn’t even eat a mouthful of meat after she time-traveled. Where was there such a girl who became so miserable after she time-traveled?

While Chen Hui cried, Xiao Tiao stared dumbfounded at this scene. The wide-opened eyes on that small face was out of proportion and looked extremely funny. Xiao Liu and his colleague looked at this ineffable familiar scene in astonishment. It seemed that they had seen it before not long ago. It was just at that time, it was hugging the thigh and now she actually hugged the waist directly!

Li Youde’s shocked expression gradually turned blue and white. He had never fallen into such a strange situation before and felt like he was dreaming at this moment. Twice a day and it was by the same person! Who dared to be so bold as her before? He had never seen such a shameless woman before!

“Lady Chen Hui, get up!” Li Youde’s face almost deformed from anger. Even his voice was sharp and harsh.

Chen Hui said, “Lord, please be benevolent and spare this Lady Chen this time! This Lady Chen begs you!”

“Get up!” Li Youde looked once at Xiao Liu and the other servant and motioned for them to come and pull the person up. “Xiao Liu! Xiao Wu!”

• Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu literally mean little five and little six.

Xiao Liu hurriedly came over. He reached out his hand, but before he could touch her, Chen Hui turned her head and glared at him, “Where do you want to touch?”

Xiao Liu quickly withdrew his hand and took half a step back in fright. What was “where do you want to touch”? Wasn’t such a weird statement misleading lord?! No matter what, this Lady Chen was still lord’s person!

Xiao Liu was scared that he backed away. Xiao Wu hasn’t acted yet but was already frightened and didn’t dare to move.

“Lady Chen, you are a daughter from a good family after all. How could you say and do such things?!” Li Youde angrily scolded.

Chen Hui looked up at Li Youde. Her dark eyes didn’t even blink, “Didn’t my father give me to lord? Then, I am lord’s. What’s wrong with being like this?”

Chen Hui was hugging Li Youde’s waist. As soon as she raised her head, the faces of the two were very close, so close that Li Youde could see the hideous scar on her forehead and also that dark and unexpectedly clear eyes.

Li Youde was stunned for a moment and the struggling suddenly stopped.

At this moment, a young servant rushed in. He was dumbstruck as soon as he saw the situation here. A maid and two young servants stood there blankly. Lord Li had been pushed to the ground by a woman. What was more amazing was, why did Lord Li not seem furious and also didn’t let anyone pull her away?

Li Youde turned his head abruptly and glared once at the servant who came in. The latter hurriedly lowered his head and pretended that he didn’t see anything. He said flustered, “Master, someone from Rely Bamboo Pavilion came and said that Lady Jiang suddenly felt unwell…”

Li Youde frowned and his expression suddenly became anxious. When he turned his head and met Chen Hui’s eyes again, he shouted coldly, “Lady Chen, let go!”

Chen Hui’s arms loosened subconsciously and them said, “Then, lord…”

Li Youde seemed a bit impatient and didn’t want to entangle with Chen Hui anymore. He immediately said, “From tomorrow onwards, what you should have will not be given less to you!”

After receiving Li Youde’s promise, Chen Hui was over the moon and let go of him. She saw that he didn’t say half a word more, changed his clothes and hurriedly left.

Chen Hui and Xiao Tiao were sent back to Plum Yard by Xiao Liu. On the way, Chen Hui suddenly realized, wasn’t this not the traditional way of fighting for favor? How could she get sick at the right moment? She must’ve made a big ruckus after sneaking into Chrysanthemum Yard. That Lady Jiang must’ve also heard of it and was unhappy. Therefore, she deliberately sent someone over to say that she was unwell and pulled eunuch Li away.

Chen Hui has never met Lady Jiang, but at this moment, a vague good feeling emerged for that Lady Jiang. If it wasn’t because that Lady Jiang suddenly got ‘sick’ and let that Li Youde promise her (CH) in a rush, she also didn’t know what would’ve happened in the end. After all, that exasperating eunuch was small-minded and hard to talk to. Making an unreasonable scene or flaunt him was useless. Perhaps, if they had continued to entangle like that, she would’ve returned without receiving any achievement.

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The next day, Chen Hui guarded the gate of the yard expectantly. When grandmother Xu brought the breakfast, her expectation was instantly reduced by half. It was still congee in the morning, but there was lean meat in it.

What made fury emerge in her heart was that Plum Yard was still locked and she was unable to go out. Also, all the trees around Plum Yard had been chopped. Now, even if she wanted to go out again, she wouldn’t be able to!

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