Chapter 1670 - 622: Staying at the Inn (Part 3)
Su Mo listened and felt confused:
"What is Jingxin Hall?"
The shopkeeper immediately felt a loss of interest, as nothing is more boring in life than telling something that seems very interesting, but the listener completely fails to find any amusement.
He gave an awkward laugh:
"Guest, please sit, you’re not a person of Jianghu, there’s no need to inquire about these things. I’ll go to the kitchen to prepare a meal for you."
"Oh, oh... alright, alright."
Su Mo nodded and let the shopkeeper go.
After the person left, Su Mo closed the door and exchanged glances with Little Situ.
Little Situ’s face turned red in an instant.
She recalled calling Su Mo her husband in front of others, even though it was Su Mo’s voice transmission that prompted her, she still felt her cheeks burning now.
Seeing her expression, Su Mo knew what she was thinking, and the words he was about to say got stuck in his throat.
He gave a dry laugh:
"Tonight, you’ll rest on the bed, and I’ll sleep on the floor."
"What about me?"
Dong Cuilan looked at Su Mo and Little Situ.
Su Mo thought for a moment: "You could hang from the ceiling."
"..."
That’s not something people would say.
Understanding the situation, Dong Cuilan wisely kept her mouth shut.
The three of them fell silent, Little Situ’s mind was in chaos.
Having been with Su Mo for so long, it was her first time sharing a room with him.
All that filled her mind was what was said earlier, that she would sleep on the bed and he on the floor...
How can that be?
The floor is cold, and the weather is chilly. If he got himself ill, catching a cold would be terrible.
At this moment, she completely forgot about Su Mo’s supreme martial arts skills.
It’s not to mention in this inn, even in an ice cave, sleeping bare wouldn’t cause him to sneeze.
She was just thinking about how to persuade Su Mo to come up and sleep.
But just thinking about it made her too embarrassed to speak.
In this ongoing inner conflict, until the shopkeeper had the waiter bring the food up, Little Situ couldn’t come up with a solution.
She picked up chopsticks, ready to eat and drink, but as soon as she sniffed, she was stunned and quickly looked at Su Mo:
"Don’t eat yet."
Su Mo was just about to eat a piece of pork, but laughed softly after sniffing it:
"Knockout drug."
To be honest, having traveled in Jianghu until now, he had seen quite a few poison and knockout drug-like things.
But there weren’t many who used knockout drugs to deal with him.
Little Situ also smiled: "Just wait a moment."
She took out two small porcelain bottles from her bosom, mixed the powder inside, then carefully sprinkled it over the food and wine.
She stirred it with chopsticks:
"It’s fine now."
Such a mere knockout drug was naturally no match for Little Situ.
Su Mo tasted a couple of bites and nodded:
"The cook’s skills aren’t bad."
He picked a dish for Little Situ to try.
It made Dong Cuilan incredibly envious.
There was nowhere for her to sit while they were eating.
Now standing to the side, she truly looked like a maid.
When Su Mo picked up the meat bun nearby, as soon as he took a bite, his brows furrowed. After chewing twice, he couldn’t swallow it and quickly spit it out.
"What’s wrong?"
Little Situ hurriedly asked: "Is there knockout drug in the bun too?"
"The meat doesn’t taste right."
Su Mo frowned tightly: "I can’t describe the texture, but it feels strange."
"Is it?"
Little Situ thought for a moment, picked up a bun, split it open, sniffed it, and finally put down the chopsticks:
"Indeed, the flavor is a bit odd..."
She actually loved meat buns the most.
There wasn’t such a taste in Xuanhu Pavilion; growing up, she only ate exquisitely refined food.
Where would she find such simplicity and coarseness?
Therefore, for a long time, she enjoyed carrying a basin filled with meat buns, eating wherever she went.
But after going to sea, such conditions were no longer available.
Moreover, her mind wasn’t on it, so she gradually let it go.
"This inn is a black shop; who knows where the meat in these buns comes from. Better not eat it."
At this, Su Mo glanced at Dong Cuilan:
"But it’s wasteful not to eat. Why don’t you try?"
"??"
Bad meat for me?!
Dong Cuilan’s eyes widened instantly.
Su Mo waved his hand:
"Eat if you want, or don’t if you don’t want to, no pressure."
"Humph!"
Dong Cuilan sneered:
"I am a disciple of the Blood Lotus Sect, blessed by the Blood Lotus Mother, so any meat is all the same."
After finishing, she took a fierce bite of the meat bun, chewed a few times, swallowed, and glanced at Su Mo:
"You have supreme martial arts but lack courage.
"Fearful of everything, as for this meat, if it can’t do anything to me, how could it do anything to you?
"If you’re going to eat it, eat it; what’s the big deal? Am I dead yet?"
Su Mo gave a thumbs up:
"Impressive, impressive."
He didn’t pay her any more mind, and with Little Situ, finished most of the food.
After a short rest, Su Mo told Little Situ:
"Tonight, we probably can’t sleep apart. Since they put knockout drugs in our food, they likely have other plans...
"Tonight, let’s give them a scare."
Little Situ’s face flushed red, but she vigorously nodded:
"Alright."
"Bah."
Having eaten the bun, Dong Cuilan felt braver. Hearing their plans, she couldn’t help but spit, but the words in her throat remained unspoken.
As the night deepened, Su Mo and Little Situ lay down with their clothes on.
Dong Cuilan drew a chair closer for a makeshift resting place.
When the oil lamp went out, Little Situ felt her heart pound like a drum.
Su Mo was so close, she could hear his breathing.
It inevitably made her mind wander.
But remembering that Dong Cuilan was in the room too, she felt somewhat relieved.
Brother Su is a gentleman, not one to take advantage of the dark.
With Dong Cuilan there too, nothing could possibly happen...
Yet as these thoughts churned, inexplicably, a sense of disappointment arose.
Quickly, she pinched her own thigh secretly.
Muttering to herself, Situ Xiangxiang, oh Situ Xiangxiang, you’re a young lady, what are you thinking about all day? Aren’t you ashamed?
At that thought, she suddenly felt a big hand grasp her hand.