Bang!
Ning Rongrong raised her hand and slapped the table.
Her willow-like eyebrows shot up, her eyes filled with a mix of shyness and anger, and she let out a delicate shout:
"Ye Qiu! What are you staring at me for?!"
"Haha... sorry, I just calmed down and took a look, and I realized you're quite pretty."
Ye Qiu chuckled and withdrew his gaze with a smile.
He wasn't lying; Ning Rongrong's looks were indeed striking.
"Hmph! Like I needed you to tell me that! I'm naturally beautiful!"
Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes at Ye Qiu, her expression proud, unable to hide her happiness and satisfaction.
No woman dislikes being complimented on her looks, and the little devil Ning Rongrong was no exception.
"Yes, you're right, naturally beautiful."
Ye Qiu nodded in agreement, drained the tea in his hand, and stood up.
"Hey, what do you want to do? Don't tell me you're trying to ditch the bill?"
Seeing Ye Qiu get up, Ning Rongrong immediately became alert and looked at him suspiciously.
Logically speaking, with Ye Qiu's attire...
...he shouldn't be unable to afford the things she just ordered, right?
He shouldn't be scared away by this, should he?
"What are you thinking?!"
"I specifically invited you to dinner to apologize; I can still afford this much money."
Ye Qiu glared at Ning Rongrong, feeling a bit of anger from being underestimated.
"I just got too engrossed in looking at you earlier and drank too much tea. When nature calls, you have to answer. I urgently need to go out and expel the excess water from my body."
"Pfft haha..."
"I didn't expect you to be quite interesting when you talk."
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but burst out laughing. It was the first time she had heard someone describe relieving oneself in such a fresh and refined way.
Dispelling the doubts in her heart, she smiled and playfully glared at Ye Qiu.
She let out a cold snort and said:
"Hmph! Who told you to stare... Hurry up and go."
"Alright."
Ye Qiu nodded, as if granted a great pardon, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.
He didn't forget to instruct, "Ning Rongrong, don't start eating when the dishes come, wait for me..."
"Got it, hurry up and go!"
Ning Rongrong propped her face with her hand, annoyed, and urged him.
The worry in her heart completely dissipated.
As soon as Ye Qiu stepped out the door, the smug smile on his face couldn't be hidden.
He turned back to look at the room number, then looked at the waiter at the door and waved.
The two began whispering to each other.
In just fifteen minutes...
...Ye Qiu had already strutted out of the hotel triumphantly.
His soul tool was already packed with a lavish meal, and now all he needed was to find a place to enjoy it.
In Private Room No. 6.
Just as Ye Qiu walked out of the hotel, a waiter knocked on the door and began serving the dishes.
Tap tap!
"Please come in."
Ning Rongrong was bored, kicking the leg of the table, a little disappointed in her eyes. She had thought Ye Qiu was back.
A female waiter walked over, carrying a jade plate with a hemispherical lid.
Under Ning Rongrong's puzzled gaze...
...she opened the lid and placed the food, which looked like milk pudding, in front of her.
It was a large, very round, milky-white pudding shaped like an inverted bowl, with a red goji berry placed on top.
The female waiter rested a golden spoon on the edge of the jade plate and introduced in a gentle voice, "Esteemed guest, this is the dessert you asked us to serve first, Papaya Milk Pudding."
"Papaya Milk Pudding? Did you make a mistake? I didn't order this dish."
Ning Rongrong looked at the dessert on the table, feeling as though it was a subtle jab at her, and a sense of unease suddenly arose in her heart.
"No mistake, your companion specifically ordered this for you. Before he left, he asked me to tell you... to eat more so you can grow better. He said he can endure some hardship, but... but his child must not suffer..."
As the female waiter spoke, she became a little shy and couldn't help but glance at the 'door panels' hidden under Ning Rongrong's clothes.
"What nonsense is this scoundrel spouting!"
"I have absolutely nothing to do with him! This is infuriating! How dare he take advantage of me like this! What does his child being hungry have to do with me?!"
Ning Rongrong's face flushed red, and she frantically slapped the table, utterly exasperated.
She immediately reacted and quickly asked:
"What else did you just say?"
"Left?!"
"When did that scoundrel Ye Qiu leave? Did he pay the bill?!"
"No~"
The female waiter, upholding the principle of smiling service, gently plunged the knife Ye Qiu had prepared into Ning Rongrong's chest.
"Your companion has already packed a dish and left, saying you will be paying the bill."
After hearing the female waiter's words...
...how could Ning Rongrong not know that she had been thoroughly tricked?
Her small chest heaved up and down, clearly furious.
Looking at the papaya milk pudding on the table, made according to the principle of 'eating to supplement like parts', her little face was incredibly flushed, and her red lips were almost bitten until they bled!
Her small hands kept slapping the table, driven to madness.
Bang!
"Ah—!"
"This is driving me crazy!"
"Take it away! Take this big milk pudding away! I don't need to eat this kind of thing!"
"Alright, may I trouble you to pay the bill first?"
"Ye Qiu!"
"You just wait for me!!!"
Ye Qiu, who was looking for accommodation, paused in his steps, seeming to hear Ning Rongrong's curses.
He chuckled and shook his head slightly, then walked into an inn.
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... ...
"Phew~ Awesome!"
Inside a decent inn.
Ye Qiu's satisfied exclamation after eating and drinking his fill came from a certain room.
Ye Qiu smacked his lips contentedly and poured himself another cup of ginseng tea he had taken.
As for Ning Rongrong's side, he didn't need to worry too much.
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan was a huge enterprise, wealthy enough to rival a nation.
He had just picked some expensive dishes to pack.
Ning Rongrong could definitely afford it.
Ye Qiu sipped the tea, then poured the remaining tea into the Blue Silver Grass Emperor potted plant nearby.
Then he took out the hair crystal he had intercepted.
At first glance, the inside of this crystal was turbid and had a large number of yellow spots.
But if you had better eyesight...
...it wasn't hard to find that there were tens of thousands of tiny particles accumulated inside.
Those were the Dragon Beard Needles!
In Tang San's words, this was the finest quality of hair crystal, a plate crystal, and for it to be this large, it must have existed for at least a hundred thousand years, which speaks volumes about its preciousness.
Buzz!
A strange fluctuation spread out.
Ye Qiu's left and right hands were already undergoing spirit avatar transformation.
Purple Demon Eyes activated.
Aiming at the weakest part of the crystal, he immediately tossed the plate crystal into the air.
Bang!
Ye Qiu's hands suddenly stretched out, transforming into steel meteor hammers, attacking the plate crystal in the air from two sides.
Under his full-force bombardment, that piece of plate crystal was instantly smashed into dust.
A strange scene appeared.
Countless golden light spots surged out from within the plate crystal.
They scattered throughout the room, as if the entire room was covered in a hazy golden glow.
The dazzling brilliance of the golden light filling the room...
...gave people a feeling of dizziness and enchantment.
The clinking and clanking sounds were clear and pleasant to the ear.
Some collided with the walls, some with the doors and windows, and some even collided with Ye Qiu himself.