novelraw Chapter 523: The Acting Rabbit
Chapter 523: The Acting Rabbit
Liu Fufeng slightly lowered his head, revealing a smooth, pretty forehead...
Ji You ignored it and bent her head to gnaw on the ribs.
Liu Fufeng picked up his chopsticks and gently put the stir-fried bean sprouts into his mouth...
Ji You slurped on the ribs, getting her hands covered in oil.
Liu Fufeng swallowed the dry bean sprouts, followed it with a glass of water to mask the bland taste in his mouth, and then scooped a spoonful of white rice. Smelling the rich meat fragrance from across, he suddenly felt he couldn’t swallow anymore, no matter what.
After a while.
Liu Fufeng ate the rice and drank a mouthful of clear water.
On the other hand, Ji You seemed to have not noticed and had already finished off the ribs and rice, even licking the plate clean. Afterward, she held her belly and let out a comfortable burp: "Ah—what wonderful food."
Liu Fufeng: "..."
From the corner of his eye, he noticed that there was still more than half of the food left on Liu Fufeng’s plate. Ji You immediately showed a disapproving expression and said, "Student Fufeng, every grain of rice and every natural vegetable took a lot of resources to cultivate, so our food is very precious. Wasting it is particularly shameful."
Liu Fufeng: "..."
Liu Fufeng pursed his lips and whispered, "I understand."
Then, he lowered his head and struggled to finish the remaining food on his plate.
Honestly—
Even when he was a deposed Crown Prince fallen on hard times, Liu Fufeng had never eaten such poor fare as just water and bean sprouts. Now, he not only had to worry about his meals each day but also had to listen to a classmate righteously criticizing him...
For a moment, Liu Fufeng felt his morale breaking.
He pursed his lips, bowed his head, hiding all his grievances and sadness in the shadows...
However—
Ji You simply picked up her plate and walked away brashly.
Walked away.
Walked away.
With such decisiveness, as if she was completely indifferent to whether the Imperial Prince’s acting was realistic or not...
Liu Fufeng lifted his head to watch her leaving, the surprise on his face not having time to dissipate...
Over here.
After finishing her meal and cleaning up the stables with her friends, Ji You went alone to clean the rabbit shed.
This time, the rabbits in the shed were still uncooperative, squealing as if holding deep grudges the moment they saw Ji You coming...
It took Ji You a lot of effort and she was still not done cleaning when she looked up and saw Lin Lele, who had finished and was clapping her hands ready to leave.
Ji You gaped: "You’re done cleaning?"
Lin Lele, who was punished along with Ji You to clean the same rabbit shed, arrived later than Ji You and finished earlier. She took off her cleaning suit, saw Ji You’s astonished expression, proudly tilted her head, and ignored her.
However—
Seeing Ji You’s teetering look of breakdown, Lin Lele felt extremely pleased with herself. Before leaving, she smugly said, "Can’t even handle a rabbit, stupid."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You yelled: "Come back! Let’s get this straight! What do you mean by ’can’t even handle a rabbit’?"
Lin Lele didn’t turn back, continued walking, and said, "You want me to go back just because you say so? Who do you think you are?"
Ji You: "..."
She was looked down upon.
She was actually despised by Lin Lele, which felt outrageously unfair to her.
Ji You glared at the Spiritual Silk in her Spiritual World: "It’s all your fault, can’t you guys hold back your drool? Look at how scared the rabbits are."
Boss: [Master, impossible, wow.]
Second: [Master, can’t do it, ah.]
Third: [Master, it’s tough, oh so tough.]
Fourth was sitting on top of Old Five, pulling at its tail, [Master, if you don’t drool, Sisi won’t drool either.]
Upon hearing this, Ji You’s face was strewn with black lines.
Old Five, fixated on the rabbits, couldn’t shift his gaze: [Master, when do we eat the rabbits?]
Sixth chased after Boss’ tail, [Master, how long are we going to raise the rabbits before we can eat them?]
Ji You lifted her hand to her forehead: "Forget it, talking about this with you food barrels, I must be sick."
Just then, a soft and sweet voice of a young girl suddenly echoed in Ji You’s mind: [Sister...]
Ji You’s eyes immediately lit up, and she exclaimed joyfully: "Xiao You, can you finally communicate with me again?"
Xiao You said happily: [Yeah.]
Ji You quickly asked, "How do you feel? Is there any discomfort?"
The last time Ji You’s Spiritual World nearly collapsed, causing the Iron Plate and Xiao You, who were residing in Ji You’s Spiritual World, to almost suffer a catastrophe. Fortunately, with the help of Mu Jianling, Doctor Luo, and Principal Hong, not only was the Spiritual World stabilized, but the Spirit Level was also greatly enhanced.
It can be said that it was a blessing in disguise.
But!
Since then, Ji You hasn’t been able to communicate with Xiao You inside the Iron Plate, only vaguely knowing that Xiao You was okay, but she knew nothing about Xiao You’s specific situation.
The girl’s soft voice gently answered: [No problem, no discomfort. Sister, the space I’m in now has expanded.]
Ji You quickly followed up: "Expanded? How did it expand? What are the specifics inside?"
Xiao You pursed her lips, her voice tinged with excitement: [It’s big, it’s expanded a lot, my previous activity space was less than 10 square meters, now it’s about 20 square meters.]
square meters...
For a moment, Ji You felt a pang of sorrow; her dear Xiao You, her daily activity space was only this tiny...
But!
This was already a wonderful surprise for Ji You. She remembered how she spent a fortune to buy Cloud Mist Tea from Teacher Mu Jianling, and that only added about 2-5 centimeters to the Iron Plate Space.
That’s right.
A space of 2-5 centimeters.
Such a minor change, if it wasn’t for Xiao You being inside and her confirming it was indeed only such a slight increase, Ji You would not have believed it.
Now, a blessing in disguise had doubled the space of the Iron Plate. Indeed, it was a great joy.
Xiao You continued: [Besides the space change, everything else is the same as before.]
Upon hearing this, Ji You felt quite disappointed: "Only the space increased, huh?"
No other abilities?
This Golden Finger...
Sigh!
I don’t want to complain.
Xiao You nodded: [Yes, only the space increased, but I feel much more comfortable now. My heart has strengthened too.] It was originally only the size of a soybean, now it’s as big as a peanut, when you reach out and gently touch it, you can feel a clear heartbeat...
Thump thump thump...
This gave Xiao You a feeling that she was still alive.
That’s nice.
Hearing Xiao You’s detailed explanation and description, Ji You’s eyes sparkled, and she said with a smile: "Xiao You, let’s keep going, I guess, as long as the Iron Plate’s space keeps increasing, your heart will grow to the size of a normal human’s, and even—"
Even—
She might regrow into a complete body.
Xiao You listened and squinted her eyes, softly laughing: [Yeah, Sister, I’m looking forward to it too.]
Ji You was communicating with Xiao You, but her hands never stopped working. She was holding a broom, sweeping the rabbit shed when suddenly, a rabbit started convulsing, foaming at the mouth...
Ji You glared: "Fuck! Not again!"
Does this acting rabbit not know that the same trick doesn’t work twice?
Suddenly, Xiao You sensed Ji You’s mood and asked a bit puzzled: [Sister, what’s wrong?]
Ji You glared at the rabbit and asked in turn: [Xiao You, want some roast rabbit?]
Xiao You blushed slightly: [I do!]
Ji You put her hands on her hips: "Wait for this rabbit to kick the bucket, I’ll roast it for you! My superb roast rabbit skills just happen to have no place to shine!"
The moment the words landed—
The foaming rabbit suddenly got up with a roll, and with a dart, vanished without a trace.
Ji You: "..."
Ji You: "Heh! Trying to show off your acting in front of your grandpa the acting emperor? I think you just don’t find steaming spicy enough and want to be stir-fried, right?"