Chapter 382

Xie Xinghan smiled and did not pursue the question, but stood up to feed the rabbit.

That little gray rabbit was also very sensible; originally eating lazily like it was on vacation, as soon as it saw its owner's plain hand reach out, it immediately leaned forward, its little claws resting on it, making a cute appearance waiting to be fed.

Watching the rabbit hold the green, tender grass and chew it rustlingly, Little Xie's eyes curled into a beautiful arc.

The autumn wind blew, the vines swayed slightly, and accompanied by the rabbit's fine sound of gnawing grass, it lightly entered his ears.

Wang Yang sat there, quietly watching this scene.

The tension of the defense system that had just been activated quietly dissipated, and he only felt the vine shadows were shallow, the tea smoke was floating. The leaves rustled, and Xinghan was beautiful.

Time seemed to have turned a corner here, refusing to go forward anymore...

"I recently heard an interesting story, would Young Master Wang like to hear it?"

Xie Xinghan said while feeding the rabbit.

Wang Yang also left his seat and walked to the rabbit cage to watch:

"Okay, I like listening to stories."

"There was a person who raised an eagle. That eagle grew bigger and bigger, refused to obey its owner, and prepared to peck its owner and replace him. It began to invite helpers widely and also pulled a cunning rabbit along. Do you think this cunning rabbit should agree?"

Xie Xinghan's tone was relaxed and casual, her fingers flicking the rabbit's ears.

Wang Yang pondered:

"No, a rabbit is just a rabbit, why add a 'cunning' rabbit? You said the eagle, but you didn't say a 'vicious' eagle, so why is there an extra word for the rabbit?"

Xie Xinghan raised her eyes to look at Wang Yang, her tone gentle, her eyes innocent:

"Because this rabbit is really cunning!!! Isn't a cunning rabbit a cunning rabbit? Besides, I said it was a rabbit, what is Young Master Wang in a hurry for?"

Wang Yang paused slightly:

"I... I'm not in a hurry."

Xie Xinghan's smile was sweet:

"It's good that you're not in a hurry. Then Young Master, tell me, should this cunning rabbit agree or not?"

Wang Yang thought for a while and asked:

"Is this rabbit big?"

Xie Xinghan's smile froze; she had calculated everything but couldn't calculate Wang Yang saying this!

She said in astonishment:

"Does this have anything to do with it?"

"Of course it does! If this rabbit is big enough, then it has many choices! That eagle wouldn't dare to easily pull this rabbit, because it's big; if it can't pull it and then trips itself..."

Xie Xinghan:...

"Then what if it's not big? It's a little cunning rabbit!"

Xie Xinghan bit her words, poking the rabbit's ears as if venting.

Wang Yang showed a worried expression:

"If it's not big, then it's miserable. It's already not big, so no matter who fights the eagle, a gust of wind could blow it away. If by any chance a group of little rabbits it knows are caught, and among these little rabbits there is a 'little beautiful rabbit,' then it would be very bad..."

Xie Xinghan's little face turned red instantly, and she stammered:

"You... what are you talking about... who... what little... little beautiful rabbit..."

This time it was Wang Yang's turn to be innocent:

"Since there is a little cunning rabbit, naturally there could also be a little beautiful rabbit! A very beautiful little rabbit, isn't that a little beautiful rabbit? Besides, I said it was a rabbit, what is Xie Xie Niangzi Xie in a hurry for?"

"You—"

Xie Xinghan's pink cheeks flushed, her breathing slightly chaotic. She hurriedly turned her head to pick alfalfa grass, her voice carrying an irrepressible shyness and annoyance:

"Now don't talk about the little... little beautiful rabbit... thing—"

Xie Xinghan endured the shame and finished saying the three words "little beautiful rabbit" quickly, her ear tips already bright red, her volume suddenly raised, carrying a bit of bluffing flavor:

"Now let's talk about this little cunning rabbit! What exactly is this little cunning rabbit prepared to do?!"

Wang Yang also picked up a handful of alfalfa grass, feeding the rabbit slowly, saying:

"Don't be in a hurry, let it run with the eagle first..."

Xie Xinghan wanted to hit Wang Yang:

"Still not in a hurry! Isn't the little cunning rabbit afraid of being shot by an arrow!"

Wang Yang focused on teasing the little gray rabbit:

"If it's shot, it'll be the eagle first..."

Xie Xinghan's voice became urgent:

"When arrows are fired together, how can they distinguish between eagle and rabbit?!"

Wang Yang smiled:

"No, this rabbit is so cute, its owner can't bear to shoot it—"

"That's exactly what I want to say!"

Xie Xinghan interrupted Wang Yang, put down the grass leaves in her hand, her expression very serious:

"That's exactly what I want to say. I know the little cunning rabbit might have its own little thoughts, maybe it wants to wait for the situation to move, watch the wind, and jump whichever way the wind is favorable, but the result of doing so is likely that no matter how it jumps, it will jump into the pot—"

Wang Yang burst into laughter and pointed at Little Xie:

"Not bad, not bad."

He didn't know if he was praising her witty humor or praising her for seeing things clearly.

Xie Xinghan: (￣^￣)

Wang Yang apologized with a smile: "You say, you say..."

"Things are different, and times are different. If it were the Three Kingdoms period, and we changed to another matter, not an eagle fighting a person, but two eagles fighting each other, then even if the little cunning rabbit stood on tiptoe and cheered for one of the eagles, it wouldn't necessarily be going down one path to the end. If the other eagle was determined to spare the little cunning rabbit, it would just be a matter of one sentence.

But now it's different. The situation is different, and the matter is different. Let alone the little cunning rabbit jumping up and down, even standing closer to the eagle might make it hard to escape because it's stained with the eagle's scent, let alone running with the eagle!

The mountain is not the owner's mountain alone, and the forest is not the owner's forest alone. (The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world; this concept has existed from the pre-Qin period to the Ming and Qing dynasties, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing, but it has never been broken. In the medieval period, people argued about the monarch's exclusive power, and there were many theories. Like this euphemistic expression, the variant is 'The world is the world of the Gao Zu, not the world of Your Majesty,' which at least is definitely the ownership of the emperor's ancestors. The non-euphemistic ones directly say 'The world is the world of the world' or 'The world is the world of the Imperial Heaven,' and the Son of Heaven cannot refute it.)

At this time and in this matter, it is no longer something the owner can decide with one word. Even if we take a step back, even if the owner really has the heart to protect it, it might not be possible. At most, it will save the little rabbit's life! But the rabbit's tail and rabbit fur and so on, I'm afraid..."

Xie Xinghan's expression was cold and solemn. However, the bit of pink that hadn't faded from her ear tips made this expression have a contrasting cuteness.

Wang Yang said vaguely:

"Cunning rabbit, cunning rabbit, since it's called a cunning rabbit, how can it be so easily plucked of its tail and fur?"

Although the words were vague, the voice sounded... confident?

Xie Xinghan didn't know if Wang Yang was really confident or fake confident, she looked deeply at Wang Yang:

"Don't think of the owner too simply. And don't think of the chickens, ducks, geese, and dogs too simply."

Wang Yang met Xie Xinghan's gaze and smiled:

"Don't think of the cunning rabbit too simply either."

"No matter how cunning a rabbit is, it's still a rabbit. The eagle's nature is vicious; it will definitely keep the cunning rabbit by its side. As long as it finds something wrong, it will immediately strike with its claws, absolutely not giving the cunning rabbit a chance to escape."

Xie Xinghan made a fierce expression, stretched out her palm, and made a claw gesture at Wang Yang.

Wang Yang handed the last bit of alfalfa grass into the rabbit cage, patted the grass scraps on his hands, and went to touch the rabbit's ears. But this little gray rabbit didn't know if it couldn't be fed or what, but Xie Xinghan could touch it, but as soon as Wang Yang touched it, the little gray rabbit dodged its head, shook its ears, and even glared at Wang Yang, looking like a different rabbit from the cute one just now.

Wang Yang laughed:

"Although the rabbit is weak, it's not without a temper. If it's really in a hurry, it can also kick the eagle."

Wang Yang's original words actually wanted to say, "If it's really in a hurry, it can both bite people and kick the eagle." But he and Xie Xinghan couldn't be considered to know each other's roots, and he didn't know on what bottom line Xie Xinghan's goodwill toward him was built. Plus, he speculated on Xie Xinghan's position, so when the words came out, he omitted the "can bite people" part.

Xie Xinghan didn't speak immediately. She leaned close to the rabbit cage and gently scratched the little gray rabbit's ear tips with her fingertips. That little rabbit immediately arched its head like a sycophant, rubbing against her fingers, which was the exact opposite of the guarded appearance when it dodged Wang Yang just now.

Wang Yang laughed:

"This thing is too good at judging people..."

Xie Xinghan heard the phrase "judging people" for the first time, understood its meaning after a slight thought, and a smile curled on her lips. While petting the rabbit, she said:

"It's a female rabbit, men and women shouldn't touch, how can it let you touch its ears casually! Besides, it's smart; it knows who feeds it for a long time and who feeds it something fresh..."

"That's true, a truly smart rabbit naturally knows who really has grass in their hands..." Wang Yang said casually, not knowing if it was really said casually or if it had a double meaning.

The smile on Xie Xinghan's face gradually faded, and her voice was a few degrees lower than before, but every word was clear:

"A truly smart rabbit won't stick to the rules of 'who it should kick.' If a rabbit wants to survive, it must cast aside 'should' and adapt to circumstances. So it's not just kicking the eagle; whether it's people, eagles, cats, or dogs, it can kick them all!"

Wang Yang was startled, not expecting Little Xie to have this "realization"!

Although his heart was warm, he didn't immediately respond. Because he couldn't be sure if Xie Xinghan was saying this on purpose to test his true intentions.

Although it shouldn't be, and the current era is a flowing dynasty, an iron-clad family. If the family is really forced into a corner, who cares if you are the Son of Heaven or not, so it's not strange for Xie Xinghan to say such words. But kicking people is a taboo after all. If Little Xie knows, will she guess his intentions at some critical moment in the future and then cause some unpredictable consequences...

"Kicking them all won't work either."

Little Xie didn't need Wang Yang's response and changed her words herself.

"After all, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. If it meets a companion from its own burrow, it's not good to kick them, right? Let me calculate where these three burrows are!"

Xie Xinghan stood up, put her hands behind her back, her bright eyes moving, smiling, and said with cadence:

"This first burrow is naturally the rabbit's nest. The rabbit's nest is full of the rabbit's own family, so naturally, it can't be kicked."

Wang Yang was noncommittal: You thought too much, let alone that I don't have a family, even if I did, like that kind of family that wants to harm me, I'd kick them anyway!

Xie Xinghan paced, stretched out two fingers, and moved them back and forth, looking cute and spirited:

"This second nest, let me calculate again—"

Xie Xinghan pretended to calculate:

"Oh! This second burrow is actually with the Young Master—"

Wang Yang:???

"Young Master?"

"Yes, the eldest son of the owner's family, isn't that the Young Master? I calculated this, and it turns out this cunning rabbit was adopted by the Young Master!"

Wang Yang heard Xie Xinghan point directly at him being the Crown Prince's person and immediately said:

"Then you are wrong. This rabbit is named 'Carefree Rabbit,' descending from heaven, carefree outside of things. The so-called 'A piece of ice and frost condenses a jade soul, occasionally carrying the spring breeze into the mortal dust.' It's not adopted by anyone."

Little Xie asked curiously:

"Who wrote this poem?"

Wang Yang didn't dare to admit he wrote it:

"I don't remember, maybe it's an anonymous person in the streets. Anyway, this little rabbit has nothing to do with any Young Master..."

"Without a Young Master, there is also a Young Xie Xie Niangzi. Oh!"

Xie Xinghan suddenly said "Oh," opened her bright eyes, and leaned close to Wang Yang with curved brows, as if she had dug up some great secret:

"Young Xie Xie Niangzi, Xie Xie Niangzi Xiao, Carefree Rabbit, all have the same surname! Maybe—"

Little Xie stared at Wang Yang, tilted her head slightly, her smile as sweet as if it were soaked in honey:

"Maybe they are one family!"

Wang Yang began to sweat.

Especially on his back, it was as hot as a steamer!

He didn't know if it was the autumn tiger, why was it so damn hot!

"Uh, actually, I don't understand this rabbit story either, it's all just nonsense. Oh, we've been chatting for so long, I'm a bit hungry. Speaking of which, what are we eating tonight?"

Wang Yang contributed one of the few clumsy performance scenes since he traveled through time.

Xie Xinghan didn't speak, just quietly looked at Wang Yang, looking until Wang Yang felt like he was turning cold! Then she smiled gently:

"Eat roast rabbit."

Wang Yang: ( "▔□▔)

Little gray rabbit: (⊙ˍ⊙)