At that moment, Ji Yunshu and Wei Yi were led up into the attic. When they came in, they saw Mo Ruo holding a bottle of wine, drinking leisurely. The fragrance of alcohol pervaded the air. Everyone knew he was a wine lover.
“You came? Sit down.” Mo Ruo pointed to a place opposite him with his chin.
Ji Yunshu pulled Wei Yi to sit down next to her unceremoniously. The apprentice who had led them in brought a pot of Longjing tea and was about to put down the third cup.
“I don’t drink tea, only wine!” Mo Ruo reminded him.
The apprentice nodded and left two cups of tea on the table. The fragrance mingled with the alcohol, filling the open bamboo shed on the balcony. The smell filled their noses. It was light and refreshing.
“This tea is usually left here with no one to drink it since I don’t have many visitors. Try it, how is the taste?” Mo Ruo pointed at the tea.
Ji Yunshu wasn’t in a hurry to talk business, so she picked up her cup and took a sip. “Very fragrant!”
“Only fragrant?”
“Did you add something else to the tea?”
“What a pity for such tea, it appears that Miss Ji isn’t a tea lover.” Mo Ruo looked at the pot with pity.
‘How petty! Isn’t it just a pot of tea?’
Ji Yunshu smiled. “Young Master Mo had perhaps regarded me too highly. I am a common woman, I’ve lived on plain tea and simple food. In my hand, I carry a knife to cut apart corpses. Only the smell of blood and the stench of rotting corpses fill my nose. It is only natural that my sense of smell and of taste are rough; I naturally cannot fully appreciate such good tea.”
Hearing her speech, Mo Ruo raised the corner of his mouth. He didn’t feel revulsed by her words. He was, after all, a doctor and had also seen his fair share of gore.
“What an eloquent mouth!” he praised.
While they were talking, Wei Yi took a gulp of the tea. ‘So hot!’ He stuck out his tongue and fanned it with both his hands.
“Ignorant!” Mo Ruo complained. “This is top quality tea, you can barely buy it with money. Really ignorant!”
He was displeased, so he took a sip of wine to calm the anger in his heart.
“Did my sudden visit disturb your leisure time?” Ji Yunshu asked lowly.
Mo Ruo took another sip of wine. “Every day, countless people go in and out of Yuhua Pavilion. If it’s not at least a thousand, there should be more than a hundred. Where can I find the time to be idle?” he answered, his eyes closed and sounding slightly drunk.
Wei Yi rushed to refute him after putting his burnt tongue back in his mouth, not giving Ji Yunshu the time to reply. “Lies! If you are busy, why are you hiding here to drink wine?”
Looking at the sincere emotions visible on Wei Yi’s face, Mo Ruo couldn’t help laughing.
“What are you laughing at?” Wei Yi asked.
“I’m laughing at you because you misunderstood me!” Mo Ruo answered.
‘Bro, it would be dreadful if Wei Yi could understand your meaning.’
Wei Yi seemed to be hostile towards Mo Ruo. To put it bluntly, he just didn’t like the man for some reason.
“I don’t want to understand you. I remember how you farted last time, and it was so smelly. You’re not Shu’er either. I only want to understand Shu’er.” Wei Yi pouted as he spoke.
Ji Yunshu tugged on his sleeve and reprimanded him. “Don’t be impolite!”
“Oh!” Wei Yi quieted down obediently and leaned back in his chair.
Ji Yunshu turned to Mo Ruo and apologized. “Young Master Mo shouldn’t mind Wei Yi’s words, he…”
Mo Ruo interrupted her with a raise of his hand. “I don’t mind!” His gaze landed on Ji Yunshu’s golden mask. “Remove your mask.”
“Ah?”
“Let me take a look at your scar.”