Chapter 182

182 CINNAMON AND RED GINSENG

“You are a werewolf. What did you smell from the fish then?”

This wasn’t the first time Zhu Ge had asked back instead of directly answering his question, but Bai Chen chose to ignore that annoying attitude while frowning at the memory of the fish after hearing the man’s question that even brought the fact about him being a werewolf.

True, he was indeed a werewolf, and his five senses were sometimes sharper than most humans. But, it was necessary to underline the word “sometimes” because he couldn’t use that ability all the time like other werewolves.

The fact that he was only half-werewolf was probably the main culprit behind the fact that his five senses didn’t always work perfectly, and maybe the reality about how he no longer had the Power Crystal within his body probably only made it worse.

Unfortunately, he couldn’t even protest against his fate because the Gods in this world probably were in a bad mood when they decided on Bai Chen’s destiny.

“It seems that I smelled the cinnamon aroma on the fish then,” Bai Chen replied, but there was a hint of hesitation in his voice.

Seeing that, Zhu Ge smiled slightly before replying, “It’s already good for you when you can smell the cinnamon in the fish.”

“...” Bai Chen didn’t know if Zhu Ge was sincerely praising him or maybe he was just mocking him in a polite manner.

“So, there’s really cinnamon in the fish, right?” The Werewolf Prince finally returned with a question. “What’s with cinnamon? You said the fish was poisonous, but I don’t think there’s poison in cinnamon.”

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Even in his previous life, cinnamon was often used in food, and he also often ate food with cinnamon when he was still in the modern world. He didn’t die from cinnamon, and instead, he lost his life to a heart attack.

Yes, he had a heart attack while about to have sex with his girlfriend, and remembering that only added to the reason behind his bad mood today.

“Cinnamon is indeed not poisonous,” Zhu Ge replied again. “But there was another ingredient used to cook the fish back then, and the combination of cinnamon and that could be dangerous for you.”

Hearing that, Bai Chen’s frown deepened. “What do you mean? What other ingredient was used in the fish besides cinnamon? I could only smell cinnamon at that time,” he asked again while also voicing his thoughts about the fish he had almost eaten a few weeks ago.

“You really can’t smell another ingredient?” Zhu Ge asked again while raising his eyebrows. “There was red ginseng in the fish, and the smell and taste must be strong on you. You really can’t smell it?”

Bai Chen fell silent again. Even if Zhu Ge didn’t directly say that he was useless, his question just now only showed that the man looked down on him. However, Bai Chen had quite a bit of respect for the man as he didn’t openly insult him, so he wasn’t humiliated by it.

Choosing to ignore Zhu Ge’s intentions, Bai Chen carefully tried to remember when the fish was on the table in front of him a few weeks ago. He did smell cinnamon, but he didn’t remember smelling the red ginseng even if red ginseng was supposed to have a strong smell as well.

“But it’s probably normal that you can’t smell the red ginseng,” Zhu Ge spoke again when he saw how Bai Chen thought deeply about his question instead of answering it. “I think someone in the palace kitchen has great cooking skills, and they even know how to cover up the strong smell of red ginseng. That’s why you failed to smell it when the food was in front of you a few weeks ago.”

This time, Zhu Ge indirectly defended his uselessness, and Bai Chen almost smiled at the man’s statement. However, he still had a straight expression on his face as he asked again, “So, there’s cinnamon and red ginseng in that fish? But I still don’t think that the two ingredients would be harmful if put together in food.”

Bai Chen actually didn’t know much about food. He didn’t know how to cook, and he only ate his mother’s cooking in his previous life. If his mother didn’t cook, then he would just order takeout or maybe go out to eat, so it could be said that his knowledge of food was limited.

“Maybe you don’t care about this kind of knowledge, but it’s common knowledge in Wu Li that cinnamon and red ginseng can boost men’s libido if they are eaten together,” Zhu Ge explained, and Bai Chen widened his blue eyes after hearing it.

He had indeed never cared about it even when he was in his previous life, and that was why he had no idea that cinnamon and red ginseng could have such an effect on men.

“And you must not know that the combination of cinnamon and red ginseng will affect werewolves the most, right? Werewolves are more sensitive than humans, so when they eat cinnamon and red ginseng together, the effect on their bodies is also stronger than the effect on humans. That’s why I said that the fish is dangerous for you,” Zhu Ge added his explanation, and Bai Chen was even more shocked after hearing it.

Of course, he knew nothing about how the werewolf body was supposed to work, nor did he know that eating cinnamon and red ginseng together would have harmful effects on werewolves.

He furrowed his brows again after he heard Zhu Ge’s explanation, trying to connect the dots that floated in his head after he received such unexpected information from the taller man.

“So, if I ate that fish at that time, I’d be turned on by it, and I’d probably lose my mind too?” The man wearing the white hanfu finally responded. “Is that the reason why I was even able to have sex shamelessly without closing the door in the past? Is it because of the effect of cinnamon and red ginseng?”