Chapter 572: As Rex Lapis, Morax Gets Arrested by His Own Soldiers and Thrown in Jail

"How is it? How is it?"

Jiang Xinyu asked Jiang Yan expectantly.

"It's alright, you can have a taste."

Jiang Yan looked at his daughter with a stiff, forced smile.

As the saying goes, no one knows a father better than his daughter. Seeing Jiang Yan's rigid expression, Jiang Xinyu knew her cooking had been a complete failure.

So Jiang Xinyu had no intention of eating it.

"I'm not tasting it. Just looking at your expression, I can tell it's definitely not 'alright' like you said."

Jiang Xinyu let out a coquettish humph.

Jiang Yan hadn't really planned to let Jiang Xinyu eat it either. Good lord, a dish that could instantly auto-activate his Dog Talisman and Horse Talisman — he wouldn't dare let Jiang Xinyu try it lightly.

If something happened from eating it, going home would mean obediently kneeling on the floor.

"Sigh, why is cooking so hard?"

Seeing that this attempt at cooking had failed miserably, Jiang Xinyu sighed a little dejectedly.

She had originally thought that something like cooking should be very simple.

Jiang Yan stood up and patted Jiang Xinyu's little head.

"If you want to learn cooking, you have to carefully study the recipes."

"How to use ingredients, how much salt is appropriate, what seasonings to use — these aren't things you can just grab a handful and toss in."

Jiang Xinyu looked at her father and asked:

"Daddy, are you really good at cooking?"

Jiang Yan blinked, the corner of his mouth curving up slightly.

Don't joke around, don't ask me if I'm really good at cooking.

If you ask, the answer is master-level culinary skills!

Your daddy here is a man who could pk cooking with the God of Stoves!

Although in the end he narrowly lost (got crushed), that is.

"Your daddy me, once upon a time could also count as a top-tier great chef!"

Jiang Yan's tone was smug, looking quite pleased with himself.

"Eh?? Daddy's that amazing?"

Jiang Xinyu's eyes went wide, looking utterly disbelieving.

"Tch, who do you think has been making your meals all these years?"

Jiang Yan, seeing the little one didn't believe him, immediately got a bit annoyed.

Good lord, all those years of cooking for you were for nothing, huh?

"Th-then, can Daddy teach me how to cook?"01

Jiang Xinyu looked at Jiang Yan with sparkling eyes, her tone carrying expectation as she asked.

"Uh......"

Jiang Yan thought for a moment, realized he really didn't seem to have anything to do, and said to Jiang Xinyu:

"Then let's wait until tonight."

"When night comes, I'll teach you."

"Okay!"

Jiang Xinyu smiled very happily.

"Then it's a deal."

"Mm."

Jiang Yan looked at Jiang Xinyu with a cheerful smile.

"It's a deal."

"Alright, nothing else, right?"

Jiang Yan stood up and stretched.

"If there's nothing else, I'm heading out."

"Going to listen to storytelling again?"

Jiang Xinyu narrowed her eyes, her gaze suddenly turning dangerous.

"No, no, no, how could I!"

Jiang Yan glanced at Jiang Xinyu with a smile in his eyes.

"Going to walk the bird!"

Saying so, Jiang Yan quickly left Wanmin Hall, looking as though he was afraid Jiang Xinyu would chase after him.

"Stinky daddy, every single day doing nothing productive!"

Jiang Xinyu puffed up her little cheeks, but immediately let out a sigh.

Sigh, what a shame — with so many beautiful mommies, how come they all like someone like daddy?

Arriving on the main street, Jiang Yan soon ran into Morax, who was out walking his bird.

The moment he saw him, Jiang Yan couldn't contain his anger.

"Morax! How could you just sell me out like that?!"

Morax set down the birdcage and glanced at Jiang Yan.

"Speaking in general rational terms, what just happened there is called sacrificing a pawn to save the king."

Jiang Yan:???

What the hell?!

Sacrificing the chariot to save the general???

You damn...!

"You seem seriously ill!"

Morax smiled; being with these old friends truly made him happy.

He took a red tube from behind his back and handed it to Jiang Yan.

"What is this?"

Jiang Yan looked at the red tube Morax handed him with some curiosity, asking in confusion.

"Fireworks. They looked rather interesting, so I bought them to play with."

Jiang Yan looked at Morax in astonishment: "You brought money?!"

Morax shook his head decisively.

"The bill was sent to the Northland Bank."

The Northland Bank was a foreign bank from Snezhnaya that Morax introduced after Jiang Yan stepped down.

Jiang Yan knew Morax must have made some deal with that Second Generation Tsaritsa, but he had no interest in asking what exactly it was.

As long as they don't go too far.

Still, it's tough on that little girl from Snezhnaya.

She still has to clear Morax's bills.

But this is a case of one willing to strike and the other willing to take it; if Snezhnaya is willing to clear Morax's bills, I have no interest in interfering.

"By the way, is Barbatos coming to the Lantern Rite this year?"

Jiang Yan asked casually, while Morax stood beside him and shook his head.