Chapter Eighteen: Tyrant's Feast

  "All of a sudden, I feel a bit lost..." Lu Xiaoqian closed his eyes, after cultivating the Star Sutra, he always felt that there was something he couldn't remember, and wanted to go to Benning immediately, as if something was calling him.

  Lan Ran's sweet face flushed with two red clouds, her long eyelashes fluttering constantly, gazing at Lu Xiaoqian with tender eyes like water. He is so handsome! Still a prodigy! His martial arts skills are great too! The faint scent on his body...

  The most important thing is that the two of us meeting was dramatic enough, and today there's even a heroic rescue! He really is a good person! He actually fought against five thugs with knives for me! Unlike that dead security guard who hid aside and didn't dare to come out! Is he hinting at me? My heart skipped a beat! (My girlfriend said this. If my heart skips a beat, it's all worth it.)

  The broken loudspeaker of a nearby store was playing Jay Chou's song:

  Love comes too quickly

  Like a tornado

  Can't leave the storm circle, no time to escape

  I can't think anymore

  I don't I won't I can't

  "Suddenly, he felt a little lost..." He really understood romance, Lan's heart was immersed in this endless romantic atmosphere, his pupils began to lose focus...

  Lan Leng's eyelashes trembled slightly as she asked softly, "Why are you wandering?"

  "Hmm, I think I might be hungry." Lu Xiaoqian opened his eyes and his expression returned to normal. His Heavenly Eye naturally saw the girl's changing expression and couldn't help but secretly smile.

  "Ah!" Lan Ran heard the inexplicable answer and hastily raised her head, seeing Lu Xiaoqian staring at herself with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, clearly aware of her awkward state.

  "You wouldn't be falling for me and wanting to devote yourself to me, would you?" Lu Xiaoqian squeezed her eyes at Lan Ran.

  "Chop! You're so beautiful!" Blue Luan's face turned bright red as she punched Lu Xiaoqian's chest with a powdery fist. As soon as she entered Lu Xiaoqian's arms, Blue Luan was attracted by his special scent, and every time she smelled it, she felt an inexplicable sense of security.

  "Alright, alright, you're not ladylike at all. Who's going to want you in the future?" Lu Xiaoqian symbolically struggled a bit and thought to herself, "I didn't expect you to have this side to you. Truly, people can't be judged by appearance, and the ocean can't be measured with a small cup."

  Lan Ran's face turned red as Lu Xiao Qian spoke, and she gently pulled her ponytail to the front of her chest from behind. Her two hands kept playing with the green silk in front of her chest, looking embarrassed: "I'm a lady, you know."

  I'm going! Lu Xiaoqian was struck by lightning, what a versatile girl, her mood changes faster than flipping through a book.

  "How can you say that today's matter is also because of you? How will you repay me?"

  "Still repaying? Didn't Uncle Wang give you his business card? If there's any trouble in the future, just call him and he'll definitely take care of it."

  Lu Xiaoqian didn't even look at it and threw Wang Mingyang's business card into the wind, laughing: "I just want you to repay me."

  "How could you have thrown away his business card? Do you know what Wang Shu is doing? Some people can't even get his card!" Lan Ran was surprised on the surface, but he was actually very happy. Did he really want me to repay him?

  "Hehe, I don't care about his business card..." Lu Xiaoqian naturally saw through the little girl's thoughts and thought to himself that this girl was too naive. Had she forgotten that he had a photographic memory and had already memorized her phone number? That business card was just a useless piece of paper.

  "So what do you want?"

  Lu Xiaoqian smiled slyly and said: "Then let's pledge our bodies to each other..."

  "Cut it out, I don't even care about you!" Blue Luan's face turned red with annoyance.

  "Alright, I'm really hungry, you can treat me to dinner." Lu Xiaoqian had no qualms about letting a woman pay the bill.

  "Great! I'm also getting a bit hungry, what do you want to eat?"

  "Elbow!" Lu Xiaoqian set out his own conditions, "I want to eat chicken elbows, duck elbows, goose elbows and pork elbows."

  Lan Ran heard this and looked at him with a strange expression, saying: "You've never eaten meat before? And chicken thighs too? I'm hearing about it for the first time..."

  Lu Xiaoqian rolled her eyes and thought, "You've never been to Africa. In Africa, people eat chicken in all sorts of ways - stir-fried, roasted, fried... But after staying there for so long, you haven't even had a chicken thigh? One reason is because you're poor, the other is that it's a rule there: only cool guys get to eat chicken thighs, while small fries like us can only have chicken breast and giblets. Eating cassava and corn stalks every day can drive you crazy."

  "Okay, let's go to that Hangzhou restaurant over there, they have Dongpo pork! The little girl pointed to the nearby Hangzhou restaurant.

  "Going there? Okay." Lu Xiaoqian didn't expect Lan Ran to be so generous, Hangzhou Restaurant was a high-end star-rated restaurant. Lu Xiaoqian had been there several times before, the luxurious room with a 37-inch three-star LCD TV and nationwide free calls showed off its luxury, it seemed that Lan Ran wasn't going there for the first time either.

  They arrived at a restaurant in Hangzhou, Lu Xiaoqian and Lan Ran ordered a private room. The waiter handed them the menu, then looked at them with a strange gaze.

  Lu Xiaoqian didn't mind, and ordered a crispy chicken leg and Dongpo pork hock. Lan Ran, on the other hand, ordered two relatively light dishes and also asked for a sea cucumber soup.

  Watching the waitress leave the private room, Lan Ran curiously said: "Look at her using such a strange gaze to look at us?"

  "She's afraid we're going to eat at a cheap restaurant." Lu Xiaoqian pointed to the street vendor clothes on himself and the low-end uniform on Lan, "Two young people dressed like this coming here to eat, it's strange if others don't suspect anything."

  "Cut." Lan Ran disdainfully curled her lip, then dug into her pocket and rummaged around for half a day, her face growing increasingly ugly.

  "You didn't bring any money, did you?" Lu Xiaoqian's face turned black with anger, thinking that today was really an unlucky day. "Eating a free meal will get your butt kicked by the chef!" Lu Xiaoqian intentionally tried to scare the little girl.

  Lanlan's face changed upon hearing the words, and she took out her phone again. But when she looked at it, it was out of battery. She said anxiously: "It's all over! My phone is also out of battery. Dad and mom never answer my calls when they're working. And you threw away Uncle Wang's business card too! What am I going to do now?!"

  Lu Xiaoqian asked while sitting on the blue ridge: "Did you bring money? You help me pay first, and I'll return it to you next time."

  Lu Xiaoqian spread his hands and said with a pretentious sigh: "You can tell by what I'm wearing."

  "Let's just let them not cook anymore and leave quickly," Lan said with a bitter face, then got up to leave.

  The door of the private room suddenly opened and the waiter asked with an apologetic face: "I forgot to ask what drinks you two want, I'm really sorry."

  "What? Has our dish been cooked?" Lanlan asked hastily.

  "Oh, our hotel doesn't refund if you've ordered food, miss...you wouldn't be..." The waitress looked at Lan with an embarrassed expression, her face filled with worry.

  "Well, since that's the case, let me take a look at the menu and order a few dishes." Lu Xiaoqian had originally wanted to save some money for Lan Ran, but now it seemed like he would have to pay for this meal himself, so he didn't care anymore.

  Under the astonished and anxious gaze of the waiter, Lu Xiaoqian ordered six or seven more dishes and a bottle of Wuliangye, all of which were the most expensive on the menu.

  When the waiter came out of the private room, he gave Lu Xiaoqian a glance with that pleasant and sorrowful eyes, thinking to himself that this guy looks pretty good but seems to be short on cash, probably going to eat for free again. Our security guard isn't someone to be trifled with.

  The waiter just came out of the private room and grabbed Lu Xiaoqian's arm, saying angrily: "How can you still order food? Originally nothing was wrong, now something is wrong, hurry up and run, otherwise the head chef will really come soon." [Friendly reminder, please vote after reading!]