Five o'clock in the afternoon, in the Tianzi box of Xiaochou Pavilion:
"Ah um~~~~"
With a lazy and confused groan, Wang Chen, who didn't know how long he had slept, stretched his waist and slowly opened his eyes.
A slightly blurry but still shockingly beautiful face appeared in front of her.
She subconsciously rubbed her eyes, trying to see clearly that beautiful and familiar face.
However, when she opened her eyes again, although the beautiful outline had not changed at all, what was clearly presented in front of her was a face that was mostly covered by a wide blindfold.
"Did you sleep?"
Wang Chen smiled mockingly to himself, and gently moved Lan Ruoqiao's legs away from her. She slowly sat up and observed her surroundings.
She saw an unfamiliar private room, magnificent decoration, elaborate and elegant design, tatami floor, a messy tabletop, and Fang Rui sleeping against the wall opposite the table with his arms crossed.
As I gradually wake up, the vague memories from before going to sleep slowly emerge in my mind.
Incomparably mellow and intoxicating wine, refreshing and delicious side dishes, absolutely amazing oversized kebabs, and I seem to have completely let myself go...
"Goo!"
"Gulu!"
Before she had time to feel ashamed of letting herself go in her memory, her throat and abdomen made echoing sounds of craving for food.
"are you hungry?"
As if being awakened by Wang Chen's noise, Fang Rui, who was sleeping against the wall, suddenly opened his eyes.
"It should be so..."
Looking at the messy tabletop in front of him, Wang Chen avoided Fang Rui's gaze with some embarrassment.
‘I ate so much last night and I’m hungry again when I wake up today. Am I reincarnated as an evil spirit?’
"I seem to be hungry too."
Lan Ruoqiao, who had also sat up at some point, followed suit.
"Then let's go to the lobby and order something to eat. This private room is not suitable for a second meal."
Fang Rui sat up straight and looked at the messy tabletop.
"Did we eat so much last night? Why do I have no memory at all?"
Wang Chen touched his flat belly and muttered to Lan Ruoqiao in confusion.
"I don't remember either. The red leaf wine last night was too strong. Now I feel like my mind is blank."
Lan Ruoqiao shook her head.
"I'm okay. The wine is very strong, but it doesn't hit my head at all. Not only does it not give me a headache, it also makes me feel quite comfortable. It's just that it makes me feel broken. After eating so many things, I can't help but feel a little bit different."
None, and my stomach is not bulging at all.”
"The meat of cursed creatures has few impurities. After digestion, it will supplement and strengthen the power of your curse." Fang Rui said to "clear up" Wang Chen's confusion.
"Really? What will happen if you eat it?"
"Strengthen your body!" Fang Rui raised his arms and made a movement to show off his biceps.
"So, your good physical condition is all due to eating the flesh of cursed creatures?"
"That's part of the reason."
"Then can you do this on a monthly or annual basis?" Wang Chen was moved.
Who wouldn’t want to eat three delicious meals and at the same time, rely on food to increase their strength?
"Yes! As long as your wallet can bear it."
"How expensive can it be?!"
"After what happened last night, it's almost impossible to get your 10,000-yuan gold card back."
"What?!" Wang Chen's eyes widened.
Although she is not short of money, spending 10,000 gold yuan a night is still an unacceptable high consumption for her.
"This is still for my sake, consumption after discount."
"Why do you still charge money after seeing your face! Isn't this your store?" Wang Chen said with great distress.
"You are the one who insists on treating us, can you blame me?"
"Yeah!" As if he suddenly remembered something, Wang Chen quickly jumped off the tatami floor, put on his shoes and rushed outside the box.
"What are you doing?!" Fang Rui didn't understand Wang Chen's operation.
"Let them issue an invoice! I want to go back and reimburse!!!" Wang Chen said without looking back.
"Reimbursement?" Fang Rui tilted his head in confusion.
"City Lord Zhao promised that all expenses incurred by her to entertain me can be reimbursed at the City Lord's Mansion."
Lan Ruoqiao explained softly.
"to reimburse?!"
Fang Rui's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of an idea that could hollow out Zhao Wuyan.
But before he could take steps to chase Wang Chen, Lan Ruoqiao's words stopped him in place.
"I didn't do anything weird when I was drunk last night, right?"
"No!" Fang Rui turned around pretending to be stupid and looked at Lan Ruoqiao from a distance:
"What's wrong? Why do you ask this suddenly?"
"No." Lan Ruoqiao shook her head, patted her pretty face gently with both hands and said:
"I just feel a little weird in my body and my mind is empty. I'm afraid I've done something rude, so I just ask."
"It's bad. It's normal to have an empty mind. It happens after drinking alcohol. As for your body being weird, it should be caused by your body digesting and absorbing the meat of cursed creatures."
"Probably..." Lan Ruoqiao nodded without further hesitation, but her hand that unconsciously touched the blindfold revealed the main reason for her lingering doubts at the moment.
"If you think your blindfold is strange and are afraid that someone has removed it, I can tell you what caused it." Fang Rui noticed Lan Ruoqiao's little movements.
"What caused it?" Lan Ruoqiao answered subconsciously.
"Wang Chen!" Fang Rui pointed back with his thumb and said with a smile:
"The way she slept after she fell asleep was no different from that of a monkey. She caught you doing a lot of indescribable things, including pulling your blindfold. But you can rest assured that your blindfold
It was entangled very tightly and she didn't pull it off."
"Achen has indeed been lively since he was a child, making you laugh." Lan Ruoqiao naturally smoothed the long hair on the back of her head and said in a normal tone.
But Fang Rui clearly saw that before the other person covered his ears with his long hair, the earlobes that were not completely covered by the blindfold were red.
…
5:30 pm, Xiaochou Pavilion Hall:
"Suck, suck, suck..."
"Suck, suck, suck..."
"Hey! Hey! Hey..."
Except for the central table, the quiet hall, which was deserted, echoed with the different sounds of the three people at the central table eating.
Because Xiaochou Pavilion's main service targets are cursed people, and the time at 5:30 pm is not yet the time when cursed people are active, and the store has not prepared enough types of ingredients, Fang Rui and the other two chose the easiest and most convenient way.
The fastest beef noodles you can eat.
Among the three of them, Lan Ruoqiao was the one who ate the most cheerfully. Perhaps it was because he was in a good mood, perhaps because he was starving, or perhaps because the beef noodles were very satisfying to his appetite.
She, who usually looks very peaceful, was taking big mouthfuls of noodles regardless of her image, making the loudest eating noise among the three.
The next loudest person to eat was Fang Rui. Maybe it was because he was being watched and couldn't let go, but he ate slowly and leisurely, like a gentleman with elegant manners.
The one who made the least noise while eating, but was the most unsightly, was Wang Chen.
Others eat noodles by sucking them, but she eats them by biting them.
With her eyes fixed on Fang Rui, she basically took a mouthful of noodles and bit it off viciously.
The sound of teeth clashing was clearly audible. Just by hearing the sound, someone who didn't know better would most likely think that she was chewing on the bones and flesh of some animal instead of eating noodles.
"Achen, do you need to order another bowl of noodles for you?"
After quickly finishing the noodles and slurping the soup together, Lan Ruoqiao looked at Wang Chen who was chewing on chopsticks and asked, dumbfounded.
"Need not!"
"Click!"
Wang Chen used chopsticks to scoop up the broken noodles in the bowl, took a hard bite of one, and stared at Fang Rui intently:
"I'm just imagining eating his meat and having fun!"
"Is it tasty?"
Lan Ruoqiao was so amused by Wang Chen's cute appearance that she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth and said in agreement:
"What does it taste like? Are the kebabs from last night delicious?"
"It tastes terrible! It tastes far worse than barbecue!"
"Then you still want to eat?" Fang Rui rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"Because I want to torture you, a snitch!" Wang Chen gritted his teeth with resentment.
"How can you blame me for your restless sleep?"
"You still say?! If you weren't so talkative, how would Ruoqiao know that I'm a restless sleeper?! That's so embarrassing!" Wang Chen bared his teeth, as if he really wanted the other party to move his mouth.
"Blame me, blame me!"
Seeing Fang Rui and Wang Chen quarreling, Lan Ruoqiao quickly took the pot and looked at Fang Rui apologetically:
"I shouldn't have told her."
"Ruoqiao, you actually helped him speak?!" Wang Chen was even more unhappy. He puffed up his cheeks and shouted pitifully:
"I understand, I'm leaving! From now on, you can sleep together and don't take me with you! I paid by mistake after all! I...I didn't mean that, I..."
In the middle of the shouting, he realized that the expressions of Fang Rui and Lan Ruoqiao didn't seem right. Wang Chen realized that there was an ambiguity in his words and subconsciously wanted to explain, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he realized that the two of them didn't seem to be looking at him.
"Um?!"
Looking back following the gazes of the two people, she saw about ten people, and the leader of these ten people was her late ex-boyfriend's brother, Xu Feifan.
"Brother Fei..."
Wang Chen called Xu Feifan and wanted to explain the ambiguity in what he just said, but he stopped talking just as he called out.
Because she felt that trying to explain it deliberately would make the misunderstanding worse.
What's more, she has no need or obligation to explain to Xu Feifan!
"Hehehe, Chenchen is such a coincidence!"
After the two sides looked at each other quietly for about ten seconds, Xu Feifan finally spoke first. He explained with a smile:
"I heard that Xiaochou Pavilion is the most unique hotel in the 24th District, and there is no other one, so I quickly wanted to grab a good seat and give it a try, but I didn't expect you guys to come earlier than me!"
"Ah, yes! The food in this store is really delicious."
Wang Chen adjusted his mood, nodded as usual, and recommended enthusiastically:
“Especially the kebabs, I recommend you to try them! Ruoqiao and I both agreed after eating them!”
"Really?! OK!"
Xu Feifan listened to Wang Chen's advice, turned his head and looked at the waitress who accompanied him in and said:
"Ten kebabs for each of us!"
"Sorry sir, the meat still needs some time to be processed. We are temporarily unable to serve kebabs." The waitress replied honestly with a slight apology.
"Huh? Then why can they eat it but I can't?" Xu Feifan frowned.
"Maybe they didn't come here to eat today, the shop... uh..." Before the waitress could finish her words, she was choked by the big man in black next to Xu Feifan.
"Do you think I'm a fool?" Looking at the waitress who was gradually being lifted up, Xu Feifan said with a sneer:
"One of them and I just arrived in the 24th District today, but you told me that they didn't come to eat today?"
"Brother Fei! Don't make trouble!" Wang Chen saw this and hurriedly explained: "We did come to eat in the early morning, and now there are only some simple ingredients in the store!"
"Oh, really? It seems that I misunderstood. However, I came here in the early morning and now again. It seems that this store is indeed in line with your taste!" Xu Feifei first added "pretending to be surprised"
, and then waved his hand to signal the big man to put him down.
"Poof!" The big man let go of his hand, and the waitress lost consciousness and fell directly to the ground.
Xiaochou Pavilion security personnel rushed over to contain Xu Feifan and others.
But after a look from Fang Rui, they wisely transformed themselves into rescuers and swarmed up to take the waitress to the rescue.
"Oh, it looks like this little brother has shares in this store!"
Xu Feifan looked at Fang Rui with a smile.
"To be honest, I don't own shares, but this store belongs to me."
Fang Rui met Xu Feifan's gaze with an indifferent expression.
"That brother is so determined!"
Xu Feifan applauded with an exaggerated expression, then gave a thumbs up and said with meaning:
"If it were me, or any other man with a bad temper, he would definitely not be able to bear this kind of thing happening. People who bully me in my territory and in front of me are not just beating me.
Face?
Of course, I didn’t mean to ridicule you, it’s actually my problem, it’s my inability to discipline my subordinates.”