Chapter 1838 - 1818:
"Good meat, keep it up, I’m rooting for you." He Wenyu came over, took a closer look, and couldn’t help but praise.
Qhianqhian had a head full of black lines. Can you tell me how you can see it’s good meat? Isn’t all meat red?
Is this like knocking on a watermelon even if you don’t know how to choose it, just for the sake of a ritual and good luck?
Knock on it so the melon knows it’s a good one? A melon that hasn’t been knocked is incomplete?
Praising it so the meat knows it’s good meat, making it even more delicious and tasty?
Seeing Qhianqhian’s strange expression, He Wenyu knew this girl was overthinking again. But... thinking a lot is good. After all, what would the world be like without human imagination?
The pot from the afternoon wasn’t ready yet, but people were already lining up at the gate with containers, led by Di Jun who had wandered for so long that he was hungry again...
Di Jun looked at He Wenyu with a fawning face, "Shiliu, when will it be ready?"
He Wenyu glanced at him, puzzled by the growling from his stomach. Did this person eat a ton of digestive tablets this afternoon? How could he be hungry so soon?
"It’ll be a while, why are you in such a hurry?" He Wenyu rolled her eyes, "Where’s Long Tu? Why isn’t he with you?"
"Oh, he went to take on a mission, said he wanted to buy something but didn’t have enough Glory Points, so I came first." Di Jun answered honestly, but his eyes remained fixed on the pot in front of He Wenyu, not shifting at all.
He Wenyu frowned slightly, "What is it? If he doesn’t have enough, we still have some."
After all, there were still some Glory Points from Fu Qing, and the things she and Qhianqhian needed... weren’t usually acquired by ’buying’.
"I have some too, but he won’t take them." Di Jun pouted, puzzled by this as well, but in the end, didn’t ask further.
Though they were friends, there were topics they didn’t wish to discuss. He understood this well, which is why he maintained a friendly relationship with Long Tu — no excessive curiosity, no prying into others’ secrets, that’s his way of handling things.
"After you’ve had your fill, take some to Forget Worries Tea House." He Wenyu naturally reminded, as everyone in the courtyard was busy.
Di Jun agreed readily, because of the conversation Qhianqhian had with Mo and He Wenyu that afternoon. Ji Lei and Kuang Xiao only tasted a little with small bowls, not eating too much. What if they overeat now?
Yeah, so they’re busy too. However, their task is a bit more challenging, like He Wenyu somehow noticed their intentions, and had them handling the vegetables.
Isn’t handling vegetables easier than handling meat?
What if the vegetables are onions?
Even with protection, the two couldn’t help but end up in tears...
Qhianqhian felt He Wenyu was quite kind. If it were her, she might have chosen to use chili peppers.
"Aren’t you having an extra meal?" Di Jun asked softly after delivering the food and noticing fewer people eating.
After all... weren’t Ji Lei and Kuang Xiao guarding a pot at noon? Now... they’re busy, not eating? That’s not normal.
He Wenyu nodded slightly, "Shiqi wanted a treat, so we’re making something she likes."
As long as it can be blamed on Qhianqhian, everything seems understandable? It’s ’sisterly love,’ right?
Di Jun nodded in realization, seemingly finding nothing wrong, and asked, "What’s for dinner?" Rubbing his slightly full stomach, full of curiosity.
"Meat pie, can you still eat?" He Wenyu couldn’t help but ask, seeing Di Jun’s enthusiasm.
Di Jun quickly nodded, but rubbed his stomach a bit uncertainly, "I’ll bring Long Tu over later, he can eat while I watch."
He Wenyu was speechless at once. For Di Jun, she didn’t know how to comment anymore. Glutton? Foodie? Doesn’t seem quite right? More like a living food container, right?
But she nodded anyway, since the food was almost finished and Long Tu wasn’t back yet.
Di Jun swiftly left with a bucket full of soup.
He Wenyu stretched, letting the classmates help themselves while she naturally returned to the courtyard, where she saw the giant pile of dough in front of Qhianqhian...
"...Are you planning to steam buns?" He Wenyu saw Qhianqhian not forgetting to add yeast, momentarily unsure whether to praise or otherwise, could only sigh and take over.
Qhianqhian, however, was enthusiastic, "I feel like these are pretty good, definitely delicious."
She wouldn’t mention she added milk to the dough.
Oh well, you’ll find out once you eat it. It’s a small surprise.
He Wenyu just wanted to say... as buns, a bit more sugar would be nice, but... forget it, it’s good enough not adding anything else.
So everyone was still very happy with their meal, and Qhianqhian also looked at Long Tu, "Why do you smell of blood?"
When he arrived, everyone noticed this, but no one asked. Yet Qhianqhian, after some hesitance, couldn’t help but ask.
With Di Jun around, there’s no reason for wounds to keep bleeding, right?
It couldn’t be that... Long Tu was actually a woman?
Startled by her own thoughts, Qhianqhian looked at Long Tu with a somewhat flustered expression.
Di Jun was rarely silent, naturally having asked when he arrived, but Long Tu refused, calling it a... man’s badge of honor.
"Yeah, bleed a bit to wake up." Long Tu said calmly, boldly revealing his right leg, showing a visible wound, clearly a scratch from a plant.
"Is this the kind of man’s badge of honor?" Di Jun looked at the scratch on Long Tu’s hairy leg, seemingly minor, but the bleeding hadn’t stopped.
Mo furrowed his brows, "Did you go to the Forest of Myriad Poisons?"
The scratch looked ordinary, but slightly glowed silver, a mark of the Forest’s unique magical plant, the Demon Vine. And this plant belongs to darkness, something Di Jun couldn’t heal.
"Yeah, went for some herbs." Long Tu didn’t hide anything, boldly covering his leg again.
Beside him, Ji Lei and Kuang Xiao’s faces were strangely speechless.
Can this group act normal for once?
They dare to casually enter the Forest of Myriad Poisons? It’s one of the Academy’s Forbidden Lands, a near-death experience, though it’s undeniable that secrets, possibly continent-shaking ones, are hidden within. But, it’s indisputable that it comes at a cost.
"Here." Mo tossed a bottle of medicine, face calm, "Call me next time, I’m looking for some things too."
Long Tu accepted the medicine, sniffed it, capped it, and nodded, "Okay."