Chapter 47: You Are Very Good-Looking

Su Qing glanced at the guards on either side, then followed Ji Tianxin around the screen.

As Ji Tianxin entered, her eyes locked unwaveringly on the roasting chicken, sizzling with oil atop the stove. She didn’t spare a single glance at the person tending to the chicken.

Su Qing, upon entering and seeing the master and servant behind the screen, was momentarily stunned. Especially that young man, so intent on roasting the meat—his beauty was so striking that even she couldn’t help but marvel at how such a handsome man could exist in this world.

He wore a dark brocade robe, his long hair simply gathered, imparting an air of effortless elegance, yet with a distance that felt unapproachable. There was a natural nobility in his cold, refined features.

Recovering from her surprise, Su Qing noticed the attendant standing beside the young man—she had seen him before!

“It’s you?” she exclaimed, her guard rising instantly.

If this attendant was present, then the young man devoted to roasting meat must be the one from the carriage that day.

Meanwhile, Ji Tianxin had already lifted the hem of her robe slightly and, hugging her lantern rabbit, sat opposite the young man. As if oblivious to everyone around, she stared unblinking at the roasted chicken between them on the stove.

The young man’s lips curled faintly as he gently moved the spit in his hand, every motion of his fair fingers so pleasing to the eye that one could only lament the unfairness of fate.

His gaze, as Ji Tianxin sat down, fell briefly on the little rabbit cradled in her arms, a subtle shift in his eyes.

Lin Si, seeing Su Qing recognize him, merely nodded in acknowledgment.

“How much longer?” Ji Tianxin didn’t even raise her head to look at Si Kouyan, obviously far more attracted to the chicken than to the people present.

“Soon,” Si Kouyan replied, lips curved in a smile.

Ji Tianxin frowned, pressed her lips together, and continued to wait patiently.

Lin Si couldn’t help but twitch his mouth at the scene. This young lady—couldn’t she at least spare a glance at the prince? It was the first time he’d seen someone so completely disregard his master’s looks.

Her eyes practically spelled out “roast chicken.”

Moreover... he couldn’t shake the feeling that his master was deliberately prolonging the moment.

Su Qing, although used to her master’s ways, still found him far too... single-minded.

“How much longer?” After a while, Ji Tianxin asked again.

“Almost ready,” Si Kouyan replied in his usual measured tone.

“But I want to eat it now,” Ji Tianxin said, frowning and visibly salivating as she stared at the chicken.

Not only did Ji Tianxin crave the chicken, even Su Qing and Lin Si—who were not typically food lovers—were being tormented by the aroma.

“There’s one condition,” Si Kouyan said, lifting the roasted chicken in his hand.

The chicken was now perfectly golden, its fragrance filling the air, the skin glistening with oil, and the sizzling juices gradually absorbed into the meat as it left the stove.

Only then did Ji Tianxin, following the chicken, lift her gaze and finally see the person before her.

At last, the eyes that had only seen roast chicken now reflected a human figure.

Seeing Si Kouyan for the first time, Ji Tianxin was slightly surprised. Then, almost involuntarily, she said, “You’re very good-looking.”

Ji Tianxin’s soft, gentle voice was mild and unhurried. She was just a child, yet somehow the scene carried a peculiar hint of flirtation.

Si Kouyan was momentarily taken aback, then raised his brows and met Ji Tianxin’s gaze directly, his lips curling in amusement. “Is that so?”

“Cough, cough, cough...” Lin Si couldn’t hold it in and resorted to coughing to cover his inner turmoil.