The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish [Transmigration] - Chap 50

Chap 50
Li Yu obtained the liquor he wanted. Normally only the title of the shitty system’s missions was
pretty scary, but in reality, it wasn’t actually anything hard. As soon as he put his mind to it, it
could finish it. The “wind, flower, snow and moon” had a meaning of indulging in drinking and
pleasure, but there’s no need to think about it too complicatedly. According to his deductions, he
only needed to have a sip of the wine and it should be enough.

Li Yu was still concerned about the tyrant master’s recently healed hand. Normally when
someone was injured, they shouldn’t drink too much wine. Li Yu didn’t plan to get the other
completely drunk. He opened the wine jar that Wang Xi gave him. The sweet smell of fine wine
immediately came out of the jar. Li Yu only scooped out a small cup with the ladle and poured it
into another clean, jade bottle. In addition, he also added several cups of cooled tea inside. After
a shake, it was already not possible to smell the liquor. Like this, he could do the mission easily
and not get drunk at the same time. Also, it wouldn’t affect Jing-wang’s injury.

There’s probably no one in this world who was better than him at doing missions.

Pleased with himself, Li Yu put away the well mixed wine. After preparing the liquor, an
important question followed.

How was he supposed to get Jing-wang to drink this watered down wine?

Jing-wang was a prince. Before putting anything in his mouth, he’d always have a personal
servant test it first with a needle and then use a bit of it in front of Jing-wang. The liquor that Li
Yu had altered had already been poured into a teacup or the wine bottle. It’d definitely be
discovered before Jing-wang drank it. The servants definitely wouldn’t serve this kind of wine to
their master.

Therefore, Li Yu can only pour the wine in front of Jing-wang and test it himself. Jing-wang
seemed to trust him a lot. When Jing-wang was injured, he even ate the cookie that Li Yu handed
over. Li Yu felt like this could work.

However, this would mean that he needed to finish the mission in human form– actually, this
was pretty good too. The System never required that he must use either fish form or human form.
Plus, not to mention, a fish probably couldn’t drink wine, even if it had water mixed into it.
Human form was really much more convenient.
First he needed to invite Jing-wang over. In order to make it easier to drink liquor, the excuse he
would use was…… inviting Jing-wang to a meal??

This was the only excuse that Li Yu can think of at the moment. He has “lived” in the Prince’s
Estate for a considerable amount of time. No matter in human form or in fish form, he has
received plenty of care from Jing-wang. In order to repay Jing-wang, he’ll invite Jing-wang for a
meal. This sounded pretty justified.

So after making a big circle, the main point turned into inviting Jing-wang for a meal. Li Yu
suddenly recalled how the shitty system increased his luck in the “food and clothing” aspect.
Was this indicating that the food he made would taste very good?

Why not take this chance to give it a try. Feeling like he was possessed by the cooking god, Li
Yu rubbed his hands in anticipation.

He guessed that there was still enough time to maintain his human form. He didn’t need to get
too complicated the first time cooking anyways. Regular household dishes were very good……

Li Yu swiftly entered the kitchen in Jing Estate. Jing-wang normally didn’t restrict him. It was Li
Yu himself who’s afraid that time won’t be enough, so he rarely wandered. Occasionally he’d
come out here and there. Most of the people in the estate already recognized him, including the
servants inside the kitchen who often made things that Li Yu loved to eat. When the servants of
the kitchen saw Li Yu, they were surprised but also especially friendly. After all, practically
everyone knew that his highness Jing-wang regarded this Li-gongzi very importantly.

Li Yu never had plans to bother them. After greeting them, he asked them to continue their own
business. Aunty Xu who helped him before was also in the kitchen. Li Yu was afraid he wasn’t
too familiar with the rules of the kitchen so he invited Aunty Xu solely to help him.

This Aunty Xu was once punished because of Li Yu. At that time, Jing-wang and Li Yu weren’t
familiar with each other yet. Li Yu became known as a fish thief. Aunty Xu was implicated
because of this. Li Yu still felt somewhat guilty because of what happened. After he was able to
freely move around, he personally went to find Aunty Xu and apologized to her.

Aunty Xu already knew that what happened before was all a misunderstanding. She was pretty
open minded because back then, she really did go against the estate’s rules. The punishment
wasn’t injust. Aunty Xu didn’t hold a grudge and also didn’t blame Li Yu. Plus, later on,
somehow Jing-wang heard of this matter and specifically increased Aunty Xu’s monthly salary
as compensation. Aunty Xu joked that she seemed to have profited from the punishment.
At this moment, Li Yu mentioned that he wanted to make Jing-wang something. Aunty Xu
automatically took on the job of the assistant. Li Yu picked the easiest cucumber with scrambled
eggs to make. The kitchen had both cucumbers and eggs. And it wasn’t easy to make a mistake
on this dish. Aunty Xu very quickly helped him wash and clean the cucumbers. The eggs were
also scrambled and ready. She placed all sorts of condiments in front of Li Yu and told him what
they were. There’s a saying: “A nobleman stays clear of the kitchen.” For such a noble and
benevolent person such as Li-gongzi to personally cook something, he must have some real
skills. Aunty felt like she can definitely broaden her horizons here through watching.

In actuality, she really did broaden her world view, but it wasn’t because Li-gongzi was too
skilled. Instead, it was because Li-gongzi really wasn’t the type to make food. Aunty Xu has
worked in the kitchen for all these years. She has never seen this kind of novice in the kitchen. It
was just a simple cucumber with scrambled eggs. What kind of splash can someone make? But
somehow, Li-gongzi managed to cause a disaster in the entire kitchen.

Thinking he was a chef god before entering the kitchen, Li Yu who became utterly flustered after
the pan heated up: “…….”

Li Yu also felt very wronged. He already knew the system loved to screw with fish. Why
couldn’t he have learned from his past mistakes? What Koi luck? He didn’t notice anything. No
matter how he held the pot and spatula and moved them, he always ended up burning the eggs
that Aunty Xu prepared into a crisp. Losing track of how many times this had occurred, there
were no more eggs in the kitchen. To call someone to go buy eggs was too late. Li Yu finally
learned a tragic life teaching: Some skills can’t be advanced from nothing to something just by
sheer luck.

However, since he already said that he wanted to make food for Jing-wang to eat and there was
still a mission he needed to do, Li Yu helplessly thought, since there were no more eggs, why not
make it even simpler. Instead of making cucumbers and scrambled eggs, he can just make
flattened cucumbers?

He should know how to make this.

Li Yu used the back of the knife to press on the fresh, moist cucumbers and smacked down with
exceptional grandeur. This time, there were no issues. The shape of the flattened cucumber
pieces were just a bit different. Then Li Yu poured a few big spoonfuls of soy sauce and vinegar
down based on instinct and stirred it a little. Aunty Xu who was watching only trembled in fear.
The chefs of the estate kitchen not only had a taste requirement. The food they made must also
look good in order to enter Jing-wang’s eyes. The cucumbers that Li-gongzi made probably
would look very unsightly to his highness.

“Gongzi, why do you… why don’t you just make a soup– how about fish soup?” Aunty Xu
suggested carefully as she looked at Li Yu’s expression. She really wanted to help Li Yu. Li
Yu’s culinary skills didn’t look too good. Making fish soup was better. She can prepare the fish.
Li-gongzi only needed to put it into the pot and let it boil. And plus, his highness hasn’t drank
fish soup for a long time. It was really quite tasty and also couldn’t cause any big accidents.

Aunty Xu had good intentions. Li Yu who was hard pressed and now suddenly shocked by the
words “fish soup”: “……..”

QQQ This idea was not bad. But he was a fish. How could he do such shady business as boiling
another fish into soup!

Li Yu tactfully declined. He already said he’ll make the food. Even if he had to kneel, he needed
to finish it.

There wasn’t much time left for the transformation and he still needed to do the mission. Li Yu
hastily held the small plate of finally finished cucumber salad with both hands and went off in
search of the tyrant master to present this treasure.

Li Yu left Aunty Xu behind to face the terrible mess that he left in the kitchen. The kitchen that
Li-gongzi stayed in was like the aftermath of a locust swarm. Aunty Xu didn’t even know what
to say.

Meanwhile on Jing-wang’s side, Jing-wang had received the news that Wang Xi reported earlier
and rushed back to his room to find Xiao Yu. Yet Xiao Yu wasn’t here. The jar of wine that
Wang Xi gave to Xiao Yu was also hidden. Xiao Yu seemed to not have planned to drink
together with him.

Jing-wang: “……”

The wine jar was hidden under the bed by the carp demon. An ocean bowl covered it, which
made it seem a bit like covering one’s ears while stealing a bell. Since the fish wasn’t present,
Jing-wang secretly took it out. The wine was basically untouched. Next to the wine jar, there was
another bottle of extremely watered down wine.
What was this fish planning to do now? Jing-wang didn’t know, but he still had to put the wine
bottle and wine jar back where they belong in order not to alarm the fish.

It was strange that Li Yu didn’t remain in the room. Jing-wang did allow him to wander around
the Estate. However, as soon as he left the room, someone would be watching him constantly in
case the fish needed something.

Very quickly, a guard came to report that Li-gongzi was in the kitchen, saying that he wanted to
make food for Jing-wang.

Jing-wang was secretly delighted. Although he didn’t have a share of the wine, he was still in
Xiao Yu’s heart. Because he was afraid that Xiao Yu would encounter danger in the kitchen, for
example suddenly changing back to a fish or whatever, Jing-wang immediately rushed over to
the kitchen in response. While Li Yu was conquering the pot and bowl with a forehead full of
sweat, Jing-wang was right outside the door. The servants and attendants all kneeled on the
ground, accompanying him as he quietly watched the youth inside rushing about.

This fish came here because of him. Also the fish was rushing around for his sake.

A ripple of warmth surfaced in Jing-wang’s heart that can no longer be suppressed.

Li Yu carried the cucumber salad and rushed back to the room. Unexpectedly, Jing-wang was
sitting inside looking like he didn’t have anything to do??

Li Yu said in a friendly tone: “Your highness, do you have any free time…… I want to eat a
meal together with you.”

Li Yu was terrified that Jing-wang would refuse. He didn’t have much time left. If Jing-wang
refused, he can only try again next time and completely remake the cucumber salad.

Li Yu felt his heart jumped around very apprehensively, however, Jing-wang didn’t hesitate at all
and nodded his head: Okay.

Li Yu: “……”
“Your highness, please wait a second. Everything will be ready soon!” Overjoyed by the turn of
events, Li Yu hastily placed the cucumber salad down. He actually only made one dish for this
meal; it seemed a bit unpresentable.

–good thing there was wine ready to be put to use.

Li Yu pulled out the wine bottle from under the bed and then gave Jing-wang a somewhat
embarrassed look.

“Your highness, it’s not enough to just eat cucumber. You should…… add a little liquor. This
wine is very light so it won’t be a problem!”

So the wine was for him as well. Jing-wang smiled in return, expressing that he didn’t mind.

Li Yu was waiting for this moment. He found two wine cups and voluntarily poured the blended
liquor. Then he gathered his courage and took a sip.

He was done here. If everything went to plan, Jing-wang would definitely drink first and then eat
the food. Then the “wind, flower, snow, and moon” task would be done!

Li Yu’s burning gaze followed Jing-wang’s slender fingers as they touched the wine cup. After a
moment, Jing-wang put the cup down and instead, used silver chopsticks to pick up a piece of
cucumber that was pressed soft and limp.

…… eating the food first was fine too!

Li Yu sat and waited as Jing-wang ate a bite of the cucumber.

Jing-wang: “………………………………”

“So? How is it, your highness?” Li Yu asked nervously. Actually, other than doing the mission,
he also wanted to know if the cucumber salad he made tasted good or not.

Without changing the expression on his face, Jing-wang swallowed the little cucumber that made
his hackles rise and then picked up another piece.
Li Yu: !!!

Li Yu thought excitedly. Did the system not screw with fish? Was he actually a kitchen chef
koi?!

Jing-wang finished eating the cucumber that Xiao Yu made. Holding the wine cup, he took a
small sip of the wine that Xiao Yu poured.

Li Yu anxiously waited for the System’s notification. However, as the time passed second by
second, Jing-wang was even almost done drinking the cup of wine, the mission still didn’t
update.

Li Yu realized… the little trick that he played– seemed like… apparently… it failed.

How come it didn’t count again?

Li Yu groomily pouted. If this didn’t work, then what did he need to do to complete the mission?

Depressed for a little while, Li Yu discovered that Jing-wang who was drinking across from him
stopped moving for a while. Li Yu raised his head to look. Jing-wang was holding his head up
with a hand and had his eyes closed.

Li Yu: ???

No way. The tyrant got drunk to this kind of light wine? Didn’t this person drink several cups of
green plum wine in succession before?

However, Li Yu heard before that this thing with drinking…… it’s hard to say. It can be related
to mood and physical health. Perhaps Jing-wang just can’t handle liquor.

If he slept drunk like this, he’d catch a cold. Li Yu was already very conscientious in taking care
of Jing-wang. Actively moving forward, he placed Jing-wang’s hand over his shoulders, and
supported the other up.

He wanted to move the person to the bed. However, Jing-wang was way taller than him. With
Jing-wang leaning on his shoulder, Li Yu felt it was very strenuous to support him. Finally, Li
Yu managed to place the person onto the bed and cover him up with the blanket. He was just
about to retreat when his sleeve unexpectedly felt heavy–

Perhaps when he placed Jing-wang down, his sleeve accidentally got caught under Jing-wang. Or
perhaps he tripped over something. In any case, in his attentiveness, Li Yu found himself being
pulled back.

Falling on top of Jing-wang with a plop, Li Yu blinked several times, unable to comprehend
what happened.

Then he saw the person beneath him slowly open his eyes.

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