CHAPTER 421: CHAPTER 419: WHY IS YOUR FACE SO RED?

Finally, Nan Xian got to taste the donut made by Chu Yan, which he had coveted for quite some time.

In front of Chu Yan, Nan Xian took a bite.

Then, his facial expression became somewhat frozen.

"What’s the matter? Doesn’t it taste good?"

Chu Yan asked with concern, a hint of anticipation in his eyes.

"No! It’s really good!"

Nan Xian’s brow furrowed, and there were even some tears in his eyes.

Why was this donut spicy?

Aren’t donuts supposed to be sweet?

The last time I had a donut, it didn’t taste like this, right?

"This is a new flavor I’ve been experimenting with."

Chu Yan said to him seriously, "I heard you like strawberry-flavored donuts, but strawberry-flavored things are too sweet, which isn’t good for the teeth.

So, I added a bit of chili to neutralize the sweetness of the strawberries. What do you think?"

"I, I..."

Nan Xian stuttered, finding it really hard to falsely praise.

Because it was truly too awful to eat!

"Thanks for your kindness, but I think the flavor got a bit strange after adding the chili."

Nan Xian tried to speak as tactfully as possible, "If you think the strawberry flavor is too rich, you could use less strawberry jam and sugar."

Right then, Qin Zhao happened to come out of the room.

Seeing Nan Xian’s handsome face exhibit an abnormal flush, she asked, "What’s wrong with you? Why is your face so red?"

"It’s all my fault."

Before Nan Xian could speak, Chu Yan intervened.

"He doesn’t like the donut I made. Next time, I’ll make him another batch."

"No, no! I really like it!"

Seeing him blame himself, Nan Xian quickly took another bite of the spicy donut.

"It’s quite tasty!"

With tearful eyes, he reluctantly offered his insincere praise.

"Really? But you just said my method wasn’t good."

"I was just making a small suggestion."

Qin Zhao looked at them oddly, thinking that her master’s social anxiety was getting worse.

Chu Yan had only spoken a few words to him, yet his face turned this red.

The more she looked, the more she felt something was off. After finishing the donut, Nan Xian started breathing heavily, his eyes red-rimmed, an elegantly transcendent man incongruously exuding an air of passion.

Could it be... Master has taken a liking to Chu Yan?!!

"Zhaozhao, have a donut too, as breakfast."

Qin Zhao took the donut Chu Yan passed to her and ate it while looking at the two of them.

As Nan Xian finished his donut, his handsome face turned even redder.

And the way he looked at Chu Yan was a mixture of love and hate!

"..."

Qin Zhao’s expression turned wooden for a moment.

(￣□￣;)

Ah, could it be that Master has really fallen for Chu Yan?

After all, Chu Yan’s appearance was astonishingly good-looking. With a cool and handsome beauty, and the grace of a high-mountain snow lotus, if he were to dress as a woman, many females would fall short.

His stature was tall and straight, with broad shoulders and a slender waist—appealing to men wasn’t... impossible.

"Nan Xian, why is your face so red?"

Qin Zhao asked him, puzzled, while chewing on her donut.

"It might be that the weather is too hot."

Nan Xian mumbled ambiguously and turned to run back to his room.

"????"

The donut in Qin Zhao’s hand nearly fell.

Why did Master run away so shyly? She was just asking casually, wasn’t she?

Nan Xian couldn’t handle the spiciness and went back to his room to rinse his mouth.

Chu Yan had filled his donut with the world’s hottest Devil’s pepper powder.

"What are you thinking about?"

Chu Yan, noticing she was always staring at Nan Xian, felt a bit displeased.

He reached out to snatch the donut from Qin Zhao’s hand and ate the remaining part.

"Master, he..."

Qin Zhao didn’t even notice the donut was taken, hesitantly pointing towards Nan Xian’s room.

"I think there’s something wrong with him."

"I think so too. You’d better stay away from him."

"No, you should stay away from him."

Chu Yan’s eyes darkened. What did Qin Zhao mean by that?

Was she worried he would harm Nan Xian? Hmph...

After breakfast, Shangguan Qiu came looking for them.

Ma Bin had already been to the village and taken Qi Ling and nine other strong men away from the village.

"They left in a car. Let’s hurry and catch up."

Shangguan Qiu originally wanted Qin Zhao to use Sword Control, but then he noticed Chu Yan was there.

"Why is he here? Can your Flying Sword not accommodate him?"

"Nan Xian isn’t feeling well; he doesn’t need to go. We’ll be enough."

Upon hearing Chu Yan’s words, Qin Zhao turned to glance at him.

"How do you know Nan Xian isn’t feeling well? Didn’t he say he was fine?"

"His complexion doesn’t look right. Let him rest here."

"That seems about right."

Qin Zhao sent a text to Nan Xian and then set off with Chu Yan and Shangguan Qiu using Sword Control.

Thanks to Qi Ling sharing his location, they quickly caught up to the truck.

Ma Bin was driving in front, with the others in the back of the truck.

His direction was not towards the city, but towards the Ghost King’s lair they had destroyed the day before. He likely planned to offer these men to the Ghost King.

When the truck reached a secluded dirt road, Qin Zhao used her Spiritual Power to damage the tires, forcing the truck to halt.

Ma Bin got out to check, and a woman suddenly appeared beside him.

Before Ma Bin could react, Shangguan Qiu quickly subdued him, pressing him against the car door.

"What do you think you’re doing?!"

"I should be the one asking you, where are you taking these people?"

Qin Zhao appeared, staring coldly at him.

"I’m taking them to trial medication! You’re not trying to rob us, are you?"

"What trial medication? You want to offer them to the evil ghost so it can eat them."

Ma Bin’s expression froze, then he exclaimed, "What are you talking about, there are no such things as ghosts in this world!"

Seeing he was still in denial, Qin Zhao opened his Heavenly Eye.

"Ah! Ghosts!"

Ma Bin instantly saw the two ghosts clinging to him and shook in terror.

A foul smell wafted from below—he had wet himself out of fear.

Shangguan Qiu, disgusted, let him go, allowing his limp body to collapse to the ground.

Upon realizing Ma Bin could see them, the two ghosts bared their teeth menacingly, as if eager to devour him.

"No! Don’t come any closer! Get away!"

Ma Bin flailed his arms, attempting to get up and flee.

"So you’re scared now?"

Qin Zhao scoffed, kicking him back to the ground.

"It’s best if you come clean, who sent you to deliver live people to the ghost? Otherwise, I will let these two ghosts swallow you alive."

"Please spare me, master! I’ll tell you everything!"

The presence of the two ghosts made Ma Bin’s skin crawl, his face turned deathly pale, and sweat beaded on his forehead.

He stuttered, "Miss Xu from the Xu Family ordered me to deliver living people to the evil ghost. I had no choice. If I didn’t follow her orders, the Xu Family would take my life!"

Chu Yan asked coldly, "Is this person Xu Zhiwei?"

"Yes, it’s her! She needs to take her medication daily, and that medication requires a human heart. After the evil ghost consumes a person, it leaves the heart, which I then fetch for her!"

The two ghosts stayed close to Ma Bin, their chilling yin energy enveloping him.

Nearly fainting from fright, Ma Bin hurriedly spilled all he knew.