Chapter 011: The Absolute Hongmen Banquet

A couple of days after the wonton incident, Du Yi appeared on the wall of Gu Caiwei's courtyard again.

At that moment, a bowl of tender shrimp and egg stew was just ready.

Gu Caiwei scooped a bowl of fragrant scarlet rice and poured a spoonful of tender and smooth stewed egg on top. Mixing the stewed egg evenly with the rice, she then picked up a pair of chopsticks and sent it into her mouth. The fragrant, soft and smooth sensation spread in her mouth instantly, and Gu Caiwei nodded in satisfaction, quickly taking several more bites.

Gulp, gulp.

Soon, the sound of someone swallowing saliva came from above.

This time, Gu Caiwei didn't even lift her head, just continued to enjoy her egg and rice, ignoring the little guy perched on the wall eyeing her food.

But Qingluo couldn't bear it any longer. "Madam, look, the young master seems to have lost weight again. He must not have eaten well these past few days. Let's share a bowl with him!"

Du Yi immediately frowned.

But before he could speak, Gu Caiwei glanced over and coolly said, "Is the food I made something anyone can just eat? If it were outside, this bowl of stewed egg and rice would easily sell for at least a guan."

"It's just a guan, right? I have it!"

Du Yi, being young, couldn't handle the provocation. Upon hearing this, he casually took off a jade pendant from his waist and threw it over. "Is this jade pendant enough?"

Gu Caiwei reached out and caught the jade pendant in her hand.

Opening her palm, she saw a piece of jade pendant about the size of half a palm. Although not large, the jade was warm and smooth to the touch, indicating its considerable value.

Satisfied, she nodded. "Barely enough!"

Then she turned to Qingluo. "Serve a bowl for the young master too."

"Yes!" Qingluo happily complied and also filled a bowl, then handed it to the courtyard outside.

It wasn't until the fragrant stewed egg and rice was placed in front of him that Du Yi realized what he had done. His face immediately turned stern, and he became even more unhappy.

"Hey, don't you want it? Then I won't give the jade pendant back to you either!" Gu Caiwei casually played with the jade pendant.

"Who said I don't want it? I paid for it!" Du Yi became angry again and immediately called for Ah Zhong, "Bring the food, let's go!"

Ah Zhong hurriedly took the bowl from Qingluo's hand, and the master and servant left in a huff.

As for the fate of this bowl of stewed egg and rice, it naturally all ended up in Du Yi's stomach.

After these two incidents, Du Yi gradually relaxed and climbed onto Gu Caiwei's courtyard wall every few days to exchange money for food. Du Junqing, upon learning of this, did not react at all.

Unknowingly, half a month had passed.

On this day, Du Yi and Ah Zhong, as usual, climbed the wall and saw that Gu Caiwei had already uncovered the pot. The small stove was still burning, and the water in the pot was bubbling, causing the various meatballs inside to roll up and down, emitting waves of enticing fragrance.

Du Yi's stomach growled again, and he immediately took out a guan intending to throw it over, but Gu Caiwei looked up and smiled at him, "This pearl meatball soup took me half a day to make, a guan won't be enough."

Du Yi frowned. "You, don't take advantage of me!"

"What if I want to take advantage of you?" Gu Caiwei lightly laughed, "Anyway, if you want to eat my food, then agree to a condition—take me to the Gu family's house as soon as possible!"

To their surprise, upon hearing this, Du Yi laughed.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. Just now, someone from the Duke's Mansion sent a message, inviting us to a banquet tomorrow night— for you, it's definitely a feast of the Red Cliffs!"