Lock Xin

Several dishes were placed on the round table, with a faint white mist floating and an alluring aroma.Wang Mo walked to the table with the tray in his hand. He looked at other brightly colored dishes, looked down at the dark eggplant with minced meat on the plate, sighed slightly, and put the plate in the corner.

Sitting at the table, Wang Mo looked at the closed door outside the window. There was a touch of loneliness on his delicate face, and his fair cheeks seemed to be sprinkled with golden spots under the sun, which was very moving.

Wang Mo rested his arms slightly on the edge of the table, and the wide sleeves slid down, revealing the slender knuckles, and there was a slight layer of calluses between the round finger pulps, which did not reduce the three points of beauty, but added a trace of vigor.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, Wang Mo got up suddenly, opened the door and answered.

"I came back a bit late today, is Wang Mo hungry?" Gai Xiong looked at Wang Mo's face anxiously, he may have been waiting for a long time, and he had been dealing with business in the room, only to find that it was already noon when he looked up up.

"No, I'm just worried that the food will be cold." Wang Mo shook his head, he was in the kitchen all morning, tasting the pastry from time to time, how could he be so hungry.

"In the future, if I come back late, you can eat by yourself first, and you don't have to wait for me." Gai Xiong followed Wang Mo and walked into the room. Recently, the Lord's health is not good, and some affairs are pushed on him, so he will be fine. If you hurry up, you will inevitably miss your meal.

"What's the point of me eating alone." Wang Mo said softly, besides, Gai Xiong is the master, so he can't sit at the table before Gai Xiong and move his chopsticks.

There was a faint smile on Gai Xiong's face, he had been eating at the table alone for many years, feeling lonely and desolate, and he didn't want to sit at the table with them, but he watched the servants who bowed their heads and knelt and disappeared A state of mind.And Wang Mo's lively and hearty voice seemed to remind him of the time when he got along with Xiao Xie back then, with a touch of warmth.

"I'll try to come back sooner in the future." Gai Xiong stroked Wang Mo's arm, could it be that Wang Mo was so patiently waiting for him, he didn't want Wang Mo's patience to fade away.

Wang Mo took chopsticks and put some dishes in Gai Xiong's bowl. After staying in the mansion for many days, he gradually got to know what he liked about Gai Xiong. The greasy dishes are more like the light taste of the Central Plains.

Wang Mo poked the rice in the bowl, looked up at the person in front of him, and glanced sideways at the forgotten plate in the corner. He hoped that Gai Xiong would taste his own dishes, but worried that Gai Xiong would dislike that dish vegetable.

Gai Xiong took two mouthfuls of vegetables and put them in his mouth. He faintly sensed Wang Mo's gaze on him, and slightly raised his head to meet Wang Mo's eyes, "Why don't you eat."

Wang Mo has adapted to the mansion for many days, and the food should not be unappetizing.

"I ate a lot of pastries in the kitchen just now, and I'm not hungry now." Wang Mo put a slice of bamboo shoots into his mouth, which was bland and tasteless.

"Eat some even if you are not hungry, eat less rice and more vegetables." Gai Xiong put some vegetables into Wang Mo's bowl.

"In the future, eat less pastries before meals." Gai Xiong didn't expect Wang Mo to be like a child, unable to stop eating something he likes.

Gai Xiong glanced at the table and accidentally found a plate hidden in the distance. He looked at the dark dishes on the plate and frowned slightly, "What is that?" He remembered that he had never seen the cook in the mansion burn it.

"Burning eggplant with minced meat." Wang Mo lowered his head slightly, his face was slightly reddish.

Gai Xiong looked at the eggplant for a long time but did not see the appearance of the eggplant. He picked up a piece of chopsticks and put it in his mouth. Maybe it was just a little different in price. , I want to call up the cook who made this dish.

Wang Mo's eyes were full of disappointment, and he shook the sleeve next to his hand vigorously.

Seeing the loneliness on Wang Mo's face, Gai Xiong swallowed the words in his mouth, "You made this dish yourself." The cook in his mansion alone could not make such a unique taste.

Wang Mo nodded, and he got up and picked up the plate on the table, "I didn't cook very well, so I'd better take it away, and you can continue to use other dishes."

"I didn't say it's not delicious." Gai Xiong reached out his hand to stop Wang Mo, and he purposely put a large piece into his mouth.

"You don't have to do this on purpose. I know what the food I cook tastes like. Maybe I really don't have the talent to learn how to cook. I'll be a handyman tomorrow." Wang Mo whispered, and he learned from the cook. After many days, there is still no progress. He really feels that he is stupid and can't do anything.

"It's only been a few days, how can Wang Mo say he can't. Before you came to the mansion, would you know how to cook vegetables yourself? After many days, you can fry a dish of eggplant with minced meat, which is already very good." If there are too many things to do, he can even ask Wang Mo to sweep the floor and clean the table for him. It would be too much for Wang Mo to do these chores as the dignified prince's secret guard.

Gai Xiongzhi knew that Wang Mo was not suitable to be in the kitchen, but he hoped that Wang Mo would not be so restrained in his house and could do whatever he wanted.

"Since you don't know whether you can do well, why deny yourself in advance, your low self-esteem will only make others less able to see the brilliance in you." Gai Xiong raised his hand and patted Wang Mo's shoulder, " Be confident, you are no worse than others."

He looked at the loneliness and sadness in Wang Mo's eyes, as if he had just been taken back from the Central Plains by his father back then. He knew everything about horseback riding and archery, but he hadn't made any progress after learning for many days. He even wanted to escape back to the Central Plains. His father found out his cowardice and reprimanded him severely. If he had been fearful all the time, he would only be beaten to the ground by a powerful enemy.The Xiongnu is different from the dark strategy of the Central Plains. The strong are kings and the losers are bandits, and there is no chance of turning around.

Wang Mo nodded, but there was still a trace of confusion in his eyes. He is just a servant under the fence now, and there is no capital for self-confidence.

Wang Mo watched Gai Xiong grab the eggplant on the plate, and stopped him with his hand, "You'd better not eat it, lest you lose your appetite."

"It's just a bit salty. It's not as bad as you think. If you don't believe me, you can try it." Gai Xiong took a piece and fed it to Wang Mo.

Wang Mo took a bite and it was indeed very salty, he couldn't taste other flavors other than salty.

"It's okay." Gai Xiong smiled slightly.

When Wang Mo heard Gai Xiong's words, he felt that he could still swallow them, it was not as hard to swallow as he had tasted just now.

"You haven't even tasted it, have you?" Gai Xiong looked at the expression on Wang Mo's face, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"No." Wang Mo shook his head, how dare he bring it to the table without tasting it, if Gai Xiong ate it badly, he would be fully responsible.

"Sit down and eat." Gai Xiong tugged at Wang Mo's sleeve, it seemed that what he said just now had some effect.Wang Mo's reluctance to eat before should be because he was concerned about the dish at the table, but Gai Xiong felt that it was courageous for Wang Mo to bring the dish up.

"Then shall I stay in the kitchen to work tomorrow?" Wang Mo put a piece of meat in his mouth, it was a world of difference.

Gai Xiong sighed, he was still wasting his thoughts in vain, Wang Mo didn't understand his intention at all, "You can choose to learn to handle accounts with the manager."

Wang Mo shook his head for a while. He hated the sound of abacus beads the most. Isn't this embarrassing him.

"There are a lot of things in the mansion, you can do whatever you want, you don't have to wait for me to tell you, but I don't want you to stay in the room all day." Gai Xiong looked into Wang Mo's confused eyes, he didn't need a submissive Attendant, he hopes that Wang Mo can live the life he yearns for, maybe he has always expected himself to be like this, but he is afraid that he will not be able to do it in this life.

Wang Mo ate two mouthfuls of plain rice, he looked at Gai Xiong's slightly serious face, he hesitated to speak.

"Just say what you want to say, I won't punish you like those people in the palace." Gai Xiong put a bowl of soup in front of Wang Mo, he had already indulged Wang Mo enough, why did Wang Mo sometimes Treat him submissively.

"Is the princess okay recently?" Wang Mo's eyes were a little worried, he could not visit His Highness in the palace even if he stayed at the mansion every day.

"The relationship between the princess and the lord is good, and they have become a lot better." Gai Xiong said, otherwise he would not have seen a smile on the icy face of the lord. Even when he did something wrong, the lord would not To reprimand him too much.

"Then how is the princess's body?" Wang Mo still remembered that when he left, His Highness was extremely pale, and he didn't know if His Highness had asked the doctor to take a look.

"You are so worried about the princess, why don't you go to the palace to see it yourself." Gai Xiong frowned a little impatiently, he couldn't see the princess when he entered the palace to discuss matters.

"I won't ask in the future." Wang Mo lowered his head slightly, he can enter the palace casually as an ordinary servant, let alone see the princess.

Gai Xiong looked at the depressed expression on Wang Mo's face, and knew that he had misunderstood. "Didn't I give you the token to leave the palace?" Although he didn't hand it to Wang Mo himself, he put it in the most obvious place in his room.

"It's this?" Wang Mo took out the golden sign from his arms and put it in his palm.

"You can't even recognize your waist badge, right?" Gai Xiong felt a little helpless, it seemed that Wang Mo really stayed in the room every day without knowing anything.

"I recognize it, but can I use this waist card?" Wang Mo asked, he mistakenly thought that Gai Xiong had forgotten it in his room, but Gai Xiong still didn't ask him for it after many days.

"If I don't let you use it, why would I give it to you?" Gai Xiong shook his head slightly, Wang Mo was really a little dull, "If you don't want to return it to me." Gai Xiongxu raised his hand, Wang Mo immediately Hold the badge in the palm of your hand.

"Can I enter the palace if I go down?" Wang Mo's eyes were filled with joy.

"Yes, but you have to come back before dinner." Gai Xiong reminded, he also had a selfish desire to have Wang Mo accompany him for dinner.

"I won't go for too long." Wang Mo nodded heavily.

Chapter 43