The Peerless Beauty Stuck With Me

"Hey, what were you eating just now behind our backs?"

The Ent emerged from its portable palace; compared to Tang Rao's hands, its speed was still a tad slower.

"No, I wasn't eating anything."

He had only taken two sips of wine, which he had shared with the Ent before, so it shouldn't be the wine the Ent was after.

"Then how come I smell a scent I've never smelled before, something like... something like the roasted beef you gave me before!"

Roasted beef is one of the most common things on Blue Star. To be precise, barbecues like it can be found all over the country, and business is quite brisk everywhere.

He had just brought back some beef from Blue Star and roasted it when he had the time. After the Ent found out, he shared some with it, so it's not surprising that the Ent remembered the taste. But when it said it smelled roasted beef now, that was a bit odd.

"No, there's no smell of roasted beef."

Could it be the Ent was trying to trick Tang Rao into grilling some beef to satisfy its craving?

Probably not; Tang Rao understood around seventy to eighty percent of the Ent's character. If it wanted something, it would directly ask; it was quite straightforward when it came to asking. But he really didn't notice the smell of roasted beef.

No, it wasn't that he didn't notice; his sense of smell was just a bit slower than the Ent's. Just as a breeze blew, that familiar roasted beef scent... was indeed real!

"See, I told you there's the smell of roasted beef. When did you become so generous, giving good food to your Kao Shan Sect brothers? I want some too, give me a little more."

The Ent refused to let it go, clinging to Tang Rao's right hand and dragging him toward the source of the beef smell.

Following the Ent, Tang Rao found the culprit. What shocked him, even more, was that it wasn't just roasted beef; it was clearly an entire roasted bull.

The bull's head was chopped off and set aside, with the skin removed and the innards discarded, leaving just the body on the spit, slathered with oil and spices.

"Cha Xiangzi, what the hell are you doing?"

The person roasting the whole bull was none other than Cha Xiangzi, whom Tang Rao had personally chosen as the Vice Sect Leader.

Tang Rao called out to Cha Xiangzi twice, but it was as if he hadn't heard a thing, focusing instead on ensuring the bull was evenly roasted by rotating the spit.

"Where did this bull come from? Don't tell me it was from before..."

The thought was unimaginable, yet he voiced his suspicion because the bloodied bull head resembled the one he'd seen before.

The Divine Bull, my gosh, how did Cha Xiangzi manage this?

"This bull laughed at me, so I roasted it. Want some? It's quite delicious."

Cha Xiangzi took a small knife, slicing off crispy bits wherever they were charred, and once other portions cooked through, he'd slice those off too.

Eating an entire bull alone, let alone a Divine Bull – Tang Rao couldn't fathom what terrible things this bull must have done for Cha Xiangzi to kill and eat it in anger.

"The Divine Bull laughed at you?"

Was Cha Xiangzi being self-deprecating or trying out a new game?

From where did he perceive a speechless animal like the Divine Bull mocking him?

"That's a Divine Bull, our Kao Shan Sect brothers' mount. If you eat it, won't other brothers follow your lead and slaughter all the mounts?"

Since Tang Rao had chosen Cha Xiangzi as the Vice Sect Leader, the intention was for Cha Xiangzi to set an example. Yet now, instead of setting a positive example, he was tarnishing the atmosphere. Even as the Vice Sect Leader, without a satisfactory explanation, he'd still bear responsibility and should face punishment.

"I recall telling you before I left not to eat until the day after tomorrow. Have my words fallen on deaf ears?"

Whether his words were taken lightly or seriously depended on Cha Xiangzi's interpretation.

"I didn't eat anything, Boss. You have no idea; this Divine Bull isn't just any ordinary being. As the Vice Sect Leader of Kao Shan Sect, I have some authority, right? Others haven't laughed at me for not having a wife; why should it laugh at me?"

The Divine Bull laughed at Cha Xiangzi for not having a wife?

How could that be?

"If you want to eat the Divine Bull's meat, at least come up with a more believable reason. Isn't this excuse a bit far-fetched?"

Tang Rao clearly didn't believe Cha Xiangzi, and seeing this, Cha Xiangzi grew anxious, hastily imploring: "Boss, you once told me that talking to me is like playing a lute to a cow, so I wanted to know what it's like to talk to a bull, to grasp your thoughts better. I didn't expect that after sharing my woes with it, this bull grinned and emitted unbearable mooing sounds – how could that not be mockery?"

Cha Xiangzi felt he'd shown the Divine Bull great leniency by not butchering it to pieces and eating it.

"And that's it?"

That's it.

That alone was enough to kill the Divine Bull, so what else would there be?

"What more? Isn't this enough reason for me to roast and eat it?"

Plenty of reason!

Tang Rao now really wanted to roast and eat Cha Xiangzi!

"I think everything I've told you has been like playing a lute to a cow. For someone as clever as you, well... I find it hard to grasp your intricate thoughts."

While Tang Rao was speaking, Cha Xiangzi showed no signs of stopping the knife in his hand; this kid was planning to continue his stubbornness, wasn't he?

"Put down that knife in your hand, constantly thinking about eating. You've brought about bad influence, so clean up this mess yourself."

As for whether to publicly apologize for his mistake or to quietly dispose of the meat as if nothing happened, Tang Rao kept silent, giving Cha Xiangzi the time to make his own decision.

"Boss, don't make it sound so severe. There are other reasons for what I did!"

Upon hearing the responsibility he had to bear, Cha Xiangzi, tail between his legs, was ready to slowly reveal to Tang Rao the words he hadn't had the chance to express earlier.

A subordinate shouldn't let the boss misunderstand.

"Boss, do you remember where this Divine Bull came from?"

Cha Xiangzi wanted Tang Rao to recall the origins of the Divine Bull.

It would have been fine if he hadn't asked, but when he did, Cha Xiangzi's words prompted Tang Rao to recollect.

"The Qin Family?"

The Divine Bull was a dowry from Qin Qing's family, though Qin Qing had been dead for quite some time, and the entire Qin Family had fallen into decline. Tang Rao had stopped caring about the Divine Bull, but now with Cha Xiangzi bringing it up, what did he mean by it?

"Yes, exactly the Qin Family. The relationship this Divine Bull has with the Qin Family isn't just shallow."

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