Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder's Daily Rise to Power and Face-Slapping

Chapter 118 Slapping the Face of the Vicious Hostage (Part 10)

Leng Yuexing followed the servants to the reception hall.

Erian and Onin sat at one side of the round table, and a servant pulled out a chair and respectfully invited Leng Yuexing to sit down.

"This was specially ordered by my servants. I hope you like it."

After Leng Yuexing sat down, Elian greeted her warmly.

Leng Yuexing thanked Ellian, then picked up the tea beside her and took a sip.

A sour taste wafted over, and Leng Yuexing frowned slightly before putting down her teacup and glancing indifferently at Erian.

This glance made Erian uneasy, and he asked anxiously, "What's wrong?"

Leng Yuexing glanced at the murky tea brewed from inferior black tea and said indifferently, "If Prince Ellian is sincerely trying to humiliate me, I can disembark now and will not disturb you."

“I invited you with all my heart. I don’t know if I did something wrong that made you feel uncomfortable?” Elion asked anxiously.

Leng Yuexing extended her long, slender, snow-white fingers and gently tapped the teacup in front of her. "This black tea tastes sour and astringent, and the tea soup is cloudy. It was brewed with inferior black tea."

"High-quality black tea has a clear and bright tea soup, a rich and pleasant aroma, and distinct sweet, floral and fruity notes, with a rich and complex flavor profile."

Leng Yuexing said slowly and deliberately, "Could it be that Prince Erian serves inferior black tea to his guests? I must be quite ignorant."

Upon hearing this, Erian immediately turned to look at the attendant standing to the side.

His eyes were filled with anger as he growled in a low voice, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to serve Leng Yuexing the best tea and snacks? What kind of work are you doing?"

The servant knelt down with a thud, then glanced at Onin sitting next to Elian and said, "Please forgive me, Your Highness, it's...it's..."

The servant stammered, glancing at Aoning every now and then, while Aoning looked at him with cold eyes.

Seeing that the servant was speechless for a long time, the prince stood up in anger and kicked him.

The servant was kicked to the ground, and Elrian roared with bloodshot eyes, "Speak! If you don't, I'll kill you!"

Erian was by nature short-tempered and lustful, and he had tried his best to restrain himself in front of Leng Yuexing in order to leave a good impression on him.

However, he cannot tolerate anyone who disobeys him.

Ellian, panting heavily, looked at the servant. It was because of him that he had lost face in front of Leng Yuexing, and he would naturally not forgive him!

The servant saw the enraged Erian and remembered his terrible methods.

He stopped looking at Aoning, closed his eyes, and shouted with a reckless air, "It was Prince Aoning who ordered it! He said he didn't know the guest's background and wanted to test him!"

Upon hearing this, Leng Yuexing showed no surprise whatsoever.

He had already guessed that the other party wanted to test his identity, which was why he pointed out the inferior black tea.

Otherwise, he could simply refuse to drink black tea; why make things difficult for the other party?

Upon hearing this, Erian glanced at Leng Yuexing, who had no expression, and then at Aoning, who was eager to explain to him.

His eyes hardened, and he raised his hand to slap Aoning hard.

A crisp "snap!" sounded.

Aoning's head was thrown to the side by Erian's punch, and he covered his cheek, looking at Erian in disbelief.

He tried to say something, but Erian gestured to the servants beside him to cover his mouth and take him away.

Aoning's mouth was covered, and he could only make "mmm" sounds. He struggled as the servants took him away.

Elian approached Leng Yuexing solicitously. "I'm sorry for upsetting you. It's my fault. I'll have the servant brew you another cup of fine black tea!"

He looked at Leng Yuexing cautiously and said, "I hope you won't be angry."

Leng Yuexing glanced at Aoning, who was being led away, then rose and gracefully bowed, saying, "Yuexing came from the sea and had no attendants with her, so it's understandable that people would suspect her..."

"No!" Erian interrupted Leng Yuexing abruptly.

"Everyone knows that mermaid silk is extremely rare and can only be worn by the noblest of nobles. All of Yuexing's clothes are made of mermaid silk. You are a noble, there is no doubt about that."

“It was Oning who was rude. I apologize on his behalf!” Elian returned to his normal demeanor, as if he hadn’t been the one who had just been furious.

Erian knew that one could not judge whether a person was a nobleman solely by their clothes.

However, Leng Yuexing's temperament and manners were not qualities that could be cultivated by ordinary people.

He might not just be a nobleman, but also a prince from a small country, pretending to be a nobleman to travel around.

With this in mind, Erian looked at Leng Yuexing expectantly, hoping that she would continue to enjoy afternoon tea with him.

Leng Yuexing nodded slightly, then sat back down in her chair.

Since Ellian had extended such a sincere invitation, and he hadn't done anything out of line so far, Leng Yuexing naturally wouldn't be impolite.

Seeing that Leng Yuexing seemed much more relaxed after sitting down, Erian breathed a sigh of relief and then returned to sit opposite her.

He began to do everything he could to please Leng Yuexing, finding various topics to chat about with her.

After discovering that Leng Yuexing was particularly interested in sailing, he talked to her about sailing.

"...So we discovered that steel ships are stronger than wooden ships, and can be made larger and wider, so we developed the first steel ship."

At this point, Erian stood up, raised his arms to his sides, and spun around in place, saying, "That is, the ship right here beneath our feet!"

He looked at Leng Yuexing with some excitement and said, "What do you think? Isn't this ship amazing!"

Leng Yuexing glanced at the steel beneath his feet. He hadn't paid attention to the ship's structure until Elian mentioned it.

After all, he had seen many steel ships in the modern world, so he thought they were just ordinary.

But little did they expect that this steel ship would be the first of its kind in the world.

No wonder the outsiders were able to capture so many mermaids in the previous life; if they had used wooden boats, they would have had no way to reach the deep sea.

Thinking of this, Leng Yuexing's eyes turned cold.

He bent down, pretending to touch the steel floor with his hand, then quickly stuck his fingernail into the steel.

Seeing that his fingernails easily pierced through the steel, Leng Yuexing smiled faintly.

He then stood up and said to Ellian, "It is indeed a good ship."

Now, the mermaid's fingernails, after being trained, are not as fragile as they were in her previous life; they can easily pierce even steel.

Thinking of this, Leng Yuexing felt relieved; in this life, mermaids would never again be arbitrarily hunted and killed.

When Ellian saw the smile on Leng Yuexing's lips, he assumed that Leng Yuexing liked the steel ship, so he smiled happily as well.

He wanted to show Leng Yuexing around the ship properly, but a servant ran up to him and whispered a few words in his ear.

Ellian's face instantly turned cold, then he forced a smile and said to Leng Yuexing, "I'm sorry, I have some urgent business to attend to. Please wait a moment."

Leng Yuexing nodded, and Elian then turned and left the reception hall.

He went to a secluded room, kicked the door open, and growled, "What are you going to do now? Haven't you embarrassed me in front of Leng Yuexing enough?"

Aoning knelt on the bed, covered her face and looked at him, saying coldly, "I wanted to remind you that we are about to dock. The port is full of nobles from the Kingdom of Es. How are you going to introduce Lengyuexing to them?"

"It's better to keep him in the room, so he won't be in the way."