Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1546 - 344, Nonsense or Idle Chats (Third Watch of the Night)

Seeing Xia Hen scolded like this in front of the juniors and Lady Liu, Princess Anle was also enraged, but then again, it was justified. As an elder, not only did he fail to give his nephew a gift, but he actually went as far as to steal someone’s bride price. It was truly infuriating.

Xia Hen and Princess Anle grew up together as childhood companions. Later, when she became his cleaner, Xia Hen felt even more reverence for her. Scolded like this, Xia Hen immediately wilted.

Lady Liu was an outsider and it was inappropriate for her to interject, but watching Princess Anle chastise her younger brother-in-law like this, she also felt embarrassed, incessantly shooting looks at Xia Zheng.

But Xia Zheng, the rascal, pretended not to see or if he saw, then pretended to be stupid, which infuriated Lady Liu so much her nose was almost crooked.

Lin Yuan laughed awkwardly while quietly consoling Lady Liu and rolled her eyes at Xia Zheng.

Princess Anle, livid, took a while to calm down before asking him, "Have you been out drinking theftily again and got caught? Did you use those things to settle your debts?"

As soon as she said it, Princess Anle realized something was off. The items missing from the storeroom weren’t just Xia Zheng’s bride price, but a few other things as well.

Except for the few valuable bride price items, the rest of the things were of little interest to any slightly well-to-do family.

Would anyone be happy to settle accounts with such items?

Being questioned by Princess Anle, Xia Hen hung his head in silence, scuffing his shoes back and forth on the ground, acting just as he did when scolded by Xia Zheng’s grandfather as a child.

Before Princess Anle could speak, Lao Fan laughed with a "Heh" sound first.

"You brat! Haven’t seen you for so many years, originally I thought you might have changed those rotten habits! Heh, it’s just the same old you! Haha, wonder if your old man would be so mad he’d jump out of his grave and choke you to death if he knew about this!" ƒree𝑤ebnσvel-com

"Yikes! You old coot, he’s more likely to choke you to death!"

Xia Hen rolled his eyes dramatically at Lao Fan and glared at him, but upon receiving a stern look from Princess Anle, he obediently stayed still again.

Xia Zheng knew this guy would definitely not bring back those bride price items, but that wasn’t his goal for today. He didn’t care if one or two bride price items were missing, since he had plenty of silver and properties. As long as Lin Yuan was pleased, he could get her any item she wanted.

His goal for today was to let Princess Anle know that this guy had someone he liked and even knew to send gifts. Hehe, I wonder which girl it was, never seen him take such interest in anyone before!

He coughed, then leaned over to Princess Anle and murmured in her ear for quite a while.

Although Lady Liu didn’t know what he was saying, seeing Princess Anle’s expression alternating between shock, mystery, and glee, she looked at Lin Yuan with some puzzlement.

Lin Yuan certainly knew what they were discussing, but since it was someone else’s family matter, it wasn’t appropriate for her to talk about it in front of them.

After whispering for a while, Xia Zheng finally stepped away from Princess Anle and raised an eyebrow, "Mother, since Uncle won’t return those items, let’s just pick a few from his bride price to compensate!"

Princess Anle glanced at him sideways, chidingly, and nodded with a smile, "Alright, I think that’s a good idea."

Seeing the mother and son happily reach an agreement, Xia Hen immediately became anxious, hopping and skipping over to Princess Anle, repeatedly saying, "No, no, I’ve already given those bride price gifts away, they can’t be missing!"

Given them away?

Xia Zheng and Princess Anle pressed on with their advantage: "Given to whom?"

"Given to the town..."

Xia Hen almost blurted out but quickly caught himself, immediately clamping his mouth shut and shaking his head vigorously like a pellet drum: "Nobody, nobody, it just can’t be less!"

Despite being a carefree character, Xia Hen also inherited the Xia family men’s exemplary conduct and was stubborn, once he set his mind on something he would persist to the end.

So, the trick just played on him could only work once and wouldn’t be effective if used again.

Princess Anle, fully aware of the Xia family men’s nature, didn’t further inquire which girl he was fond of, but she still admonished to always follow proper etiquette.

Princess Anle had actually prepared other bride price gifts to make up for the shortfall, after muttering a few words, she sent Xia Hen back to change his clothes.

However, before he left, she made him promise over and over not to steal from the storeroom again before she let him go. Xia Hen grimaced, musing to himself as he walked what he should exchange to give to Liu Limin next.

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