Chapter 012: Stealing Things

The smile on Gu Caiwei's face froze.

She knew that Du Yi was right. And if she guessed correctly, this banquet was probably arranged specifically for her!

No, it should be for her cousin Gu Caiqin. After all, since marrying into the Changning Marquis's mansion, Gu Caiqin had not done anything decent, and had repeatedly tarnished the reputation of the Du family. This time, she even caused someone's death. The Du family probably had the heart to tear her apart.

However, since she had already married into the family, when the elders called her over, she, as Gu Caiwei wearing the shell of Gu Caiqin, could not refuse to go.

But the thought of the impending danger made Gu Caiwei's mood inevitably low.

Seeing her defeated look, Du Yi pursed his lips. "If you give me this bowl of soup now, and promise to cook for me obediently for the next month without making any more demands, then I might consider helping you tomorrow."

"Is that so?" Gu Caiwei smirked. "Will it ruin your mood if I say I don't need your help?"

Du Yi's face turned stern again.

Gu Caiwei immediately covered her mouth and laughed. "Okay, I won't tease you. I've already made the soup, how can I not give it to you? But after you drink this soup, you still have to help me with something! I'm not asking for anything else this time, I just want you to get me some rock honey, you can definitely do that, right?"

"What do you need rock honey for?" Du Yi asked casually.

"To make sugar balls!" Gu Caiwei answered openly, "Let me tell you, the sugar balls I make are delicious! I guarantee that after you eat one, you'll want to eat another."

"Tch, I don't eat such sweet things!" Du Yi immediately turned up his nose.

However...

The next afternoon, when Du Junqing and his son were ready to go to the carriage hall to ride horses, Du Junqing suddenly noticed that his son's cheek was bulging.

"What are you holding in your mouth?" he asked immediately.

"Nothing, just a sugar ball," Du Yi replied indifferently.

"Made by the Gu family?" Du Junqing asked again.

"Yeah!" Du Yi nodded with a straight face, "Although I dislike that woman, the things she makes taste pretty good."

Du Junqing reached out his hand. "Let me see."

"What?" Du Yi was puzzled.

"Sugar ball," Du Junqing said, "She must have given you more than one, right?"

"Of course. I brought her a pot of rock honey yesterday, how many sugar balls do you think she can make with that?" Du Yi proudly nodded and handed over the pouch filled with sugar balls.

Du Junqing poured out a sugar ball from the pouch and threw it into his mouth. As the sugar melted in his mouth, along with the outer layer of sugar coating, the sweetness spread in his mouth, but it didn't make him nauseous at all.

He swallowed another mouthful of sweet saliva, and then another...

Surprisingly, it was actually quite delicious?

His expression darkened as he looked down at the bulging pouch in his hand, and he decisively poured out half of the sugar balls.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing this, Du Yi immediately screamed and tried to snatch his things back from him.

But Du Junqing was a big man, how could the small Du Yi be his match?

Seeing that he couldn't get his things back, Du Yi was about to cry.

And at this moment, Ah Zhong called out, "Marquis, Young Master, Madam is here!"