Chapter 2343: Chapter 2343: Almost Choked to Death
The Thin Man, although very thin, was incredibly muscular. And as for the Fat Man, even though he looked bulky with his big belly and large ears, his earlier actions were extremely agile, contrary to what one would expect from a fat person.
His physique was real, and the only explanation was that this person had high martial arts skills.
The old man lay on the bench, speaking with difficulty: "Uncomfortable... I’m uncomfortable... hungry... hungry...!"
The Fat and Thin Man put their ears close to his mouth and barely understood him.
"Dad, are you hungry?"
"Mm!"
The old man weakly responded. Without listening carefully, it was impossible to hear him.
"Shopkeeper, Shopkeeper, if you don’t come out right now, I’m gonna wreck your lousy inn." The Thin Man’s temper flared up again with urgency.
The Shopkeeper rushed out, flustered by the War Prince’s presence, juggling between greeting the guards and feeding the horses, not daring to be careless: "Hey hey hey...! I’m coming, I’m coming, what can I do for you, sir?"
"What else could it be for, obviously to eat. Are you brainless? Who comes to this rundown inn without wanting food? Stop the nonsense, what good food do you have? Hurry up and serve us, or I’ll wreck your place." The Thin Man, with his fiery temper, spewed a torrent of words upon seeing the Shopkeeper.
The Thin Man, with a fierce look on his face, was clearly someone hard to get along with.
With the War Prince still in the inn, the Shopkeeper was afraid of disturbing him and nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Sir, please wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
The Fat Man also smiled and said: "Exactly! Shopkeeper, if my dad starves, your inn won’t need to stay open."
The Fat Man’s face carried a smile, but his tone was dripping with threat.
"Sir, don’t worry, it will be ready soon." The Shopkeeper instructed his staff to serve up some good tea and snacks so they could nibble on something before the main dishes came.
"Damn Fourth Prince, turning our dad into this state. If I catch him, I’ll slice him to pieces." The Thin Man fed a piece of snack to the old man, but the old man was too sick to handle such dry food.
After taking a bite, the old man coughed violently: "Cough cough... cough cough... ah cough cough...!"
"Dad, what’s wrong?" The Thin Man set aside his complaints and, along with the Fat Man, hurriedly patted the old man’s back to help him catch his breath.
Long Yi and Long Rui were discussing official matters nearby.
Xuexue overheard the Thin Man cursing the Fourth Prince, couldn’t help but step forward, and saw the old man coughing so hard he was turning pale.
She picked up a teapot from the table, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to the Thin Man, saying: "He’s choking on the snack. Give him some water, and he’ll be fine."
Hearing this, the Fat and Thin brothers turned their heads towards Xuexue, not reaching out to take the tea, their eyes filled with hostility, speaking with a harsh tone: "What, are you looking to harm my sick dad while he’s vulnerable?"
Xuexue’s face darkened, placing the teacup back on the table and said: "Good intentions are wasted here. If I didn’t see this master about to choke to death, I wouldn’t bother with you. Such a big person looking foolish, clearly choking on a snack, and you don’t even give him water. If you want him dead, just keep patting him."
The Thin Man glared angrily at Xuexue, furious: "You...!"
The Fat Man was more reasonable: "Brother, this young lady is right. We should give dad water, otherwise, he really might choke to death."
The old man kept coughing, eyes rolling back, like he wouldn’t make it.
Seeing this, the Thin Man also gave in, but not trusting Xuexue, he found another teacup himself, poured water, and gave it to the old man to drink.