Chapter 2716: Reincarnated as a Pig in a Previous Life

The old man finally reacted, looked up at the servant boy, bewildered: “Ah…!”

The servant boy looked at the old man: “Old Master, what’s wrong with you?”

“N-nothing.” The old man appeared lost and devastated, his face turned extremely pale, and his hand holding the letter shook incessantly, as if struck by some shock.

“Knock knock…!”

At this moment, there was a knocking at the door…

“Sir, sir, are you up?” It turned out to be the inn’s attendant bringing washbasin and breakfast.

“Eh, coming!”

The servant boy’s eyes lit up when he heard this, disregarding whatever was happening, as nothing was more important than food. After filling his stomach, everything else could wait.

He scrambled to open the door.

The attendant set the breakfast on the table, placed the washbasin tools aside, instructed them to let him know when they were done, and then left.

The servant boy, nearly starving, hurriedly washed up while urging the old man to be quick with his washing up; otherwise, he couldn’t start eating before the master, as that wouldn’t be proper.

However, the old man’s face was deathly pale, clutching the letter and sitting there, like a wooden statue, unable to hear what the servant boy was saying.

“Old Master, what’s really the matter with you?” The servant boy finally sensed that something was amiss.

The old man generally had a broad heart, hardly any worries, except concerning his two sons.

Could it be that something happened to the Left and Right Protectors?

The servant boy asked tentatively: “Old Master, did something happen to the Left and Right Protectors?”

“What nonsense are you babbling! Those are just rumors, are you joining the ruckus too?”

The old man, usually good-tempered, suddenly burst into anger, scolding the servant boy: “You’re driving me mad, my sons treated you well, didn’t they? Are you wishing trouble upon them?”

“Old Master, it’s a misunderstanding, I didn’t mean that.”

The servant boy was utterly baffled by the scolding, he only mentioned it in passing, was it necessary for the old master to be so angry?

The old man angrily cursed: “Didn’t mean that? Then what did you mean? If you can’t speak properly, then don’t speak, only speaking ominous words, just hoping for misfortune on my sons, aren’t you?”

He had just received this letter, which said his two sons were no longer alive, and the killer was the Princess Consort of War Prince.

The moment he saw it, his heart filled with shock and fear, scared it was someone’s prank, deliberately deceiving him, and also scared it was true, that his two sons were not in this world anymore, leaving a white-haired father to bury black-haired sons, the most miserable thing in the world.

He was contemplating the truth of this matter when the servant boy uttered such ominous words, causing the old man to explode at once.

The servant boy was extremely aggrieved, lowered his head in apology: “Please don’t be mad, Old Master, I was wrong, can’t I admit it?”

“Hmph!”

The old man snorted, then sat on the bed dazedly, neither washing his face nor eating breakfast.

After about Half a Cup of Tea’s time, the breakfast already went cold, the servant boy’s stomach growled with hunger, he glanced at the pastries on the table, swallowed water, gathered his courage, and called again: “Old Master?”

The old man didn’t respond, still sitting wooden-like on the bed, occasionally picking up the letter to glance at.

Has this old man gone mad? The servant boy was internally frustrated, just a letter and he’s turned into this ghostly state.

He didn’t even know who sent it, sneaky enough to place it by the door, showing that the sender wasn’t a good person either.

Servant boy: “Old Master, time for breakfast!”

The old man looked at him, his face filled with displeasure, scolded: “Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating, were you a pig reborn in your past life? Thinking of nothing but eating, with no concern for anything proper.”