Chapter 9 The Advantages of Glutinous Rice Balls

  A Zi stared with her big round eyes, stuffing a piece of cake on the left and a bun on the right into her mouth, making it bulge. Cui Niang's maternal instincts overflowed as she repeatedly urged him to eat more.

  Fang Xiaoling snorted disdainfully, the dishes on the table couldn't arouse her interest at all. For demons like Yu Youmo, especially those ancient ones like Fang Xiaoling who had lived for thousands of years, they had basically reached the state of Bigu, where they didn't need to eat anymore. Occasionally, they would take a few bites just to satisfy their still-functioning taste buds.

  The boss saw Ah Zi eating non-stop, looking a bit suffocated. Looking at this starving ghost-like posture, could it be that the food in his place was really that bad?

  "Big sister, one more serving." Ah Zi suddenly sparkled with big eyes staring straight at Cui Niang, her face still wearing an incomparably sweet smile, directly killing the girly heart of a thirty or forty year old woman.

  "Someone, prepare another serving for this child." Cui Niang covered her mouth, gazing at the delicate and lovely little doll with shining eyes, thinking that Xun Qing was also so adorable when he was young, couldn't help but like this little doll even more.

  Xu Qing stared blankly across from him, thinking that his mother had never treated him like this before and wondering if he was hallucinating.

  "What's wrong, are you jealous? Do you want me to think of a way... Hehe." Zhang Zuoyan poked him with his elbow on one side, laughing with a sly face.

  He sprang up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, slamming his hand on the table and blurting out: "You...!" It wasn't until he received the weird stares from everyone present that he came to his senses. He shot a fierce glance at Zhang Zuoyan, who was grinning mischievously, and suddenly felt extremely fortunate to have swallowed back the second half of the sentence: "his mother's..."

  Cui Niang frowned and said: "Qing Er, is there something wrong?"

  "Cough...cough..." Xun Qing immediately changed the subject, noticing that one of the phoenix-head chairs was empty, and hastily asked, "Has Nai Nai not arrived yet?"

  Cui Niang's face immediately turned cold, staring fixedly at Xun Qing, without saying a word.

  The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point, and even Zhang Zuoyan's attempt to laugh it off was useless.

  "Slap"

  The boss hit Ah Zi's forehead with a chopstick, earning him a very resentful glance from Ah Zi.

  "Look at you, still eating. You've annoyed your elder sister, see who will give you pastries to eat now." The boss lightly scolded, but that phoenix-like eyes didn't reduce the flirtatious glances given to Ah Zi.

  A Zi's heart was filled with divine inspiration, and she crawled onto Cui Niang's body with her hands and feet, pinching a piece of osmanthus cake in her hand and putting it to her mouth, coquettishly saying, "Big sister, don't be angry, eat cake, eat cake."

  Fang Xiaoling couldn't help but cover her forehead, feeling unbearable to look directly at him. Xun Qing nervously glanced around, wondering which sentence he had said that made his mother angry again.

  Zhang Zuoyan kicked him, hinting that he shouldn't say such unlucky words again. Isn't it known that mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law have never gotten along? What's the point of getting involved?! Xun Qing pouted, also feeling wronged...

  Cui Niang's misty eyes finally softened a bit, she took a small bite of the osmanthus cake, chewed slowly and smiled slightly, "It's very sweet."

  A Zi saw that his task was accomplished, and he began to dance around the boss, muttering about wanting a hug. Cui Niang hugged him and handed him back to the young man sitting in the seat, slightly bowed and smiled faintly, "I'm sorry to make you all laugh. A Lan, take away all the dishes and bring new ones. These are cold, it's really impolite to our guests."

  Zhang Zuoyan saw that the danger had passed and hurried out to smooth things over, "Cui Niang, this guest is being too polite. What kind of relationship do I have with Xun Qing that requires such a grand display? I'm sure the gentleman won't mind."

  Cui Niang saw the boss nod slightly, and she was no longer shy. She sat down with a big smile, her slender white hands raised the cup, and said loudly, "Today my son has found a virtuous teacher, it's as if he had heavenly help. I'm setting up this banquet to pay respects: first to our ancestors, second to the gods in heaven, and third to you, sir. Come on, let's drink!!"

  "Aunt Cui is so powerful!!"

  "Cheers!!!"

  ……

  The boss smiled slightly and raised his glass, seemingly casual, but only took a small sip before stopping. The dishes on the table ranged from vegetable hearts to crystal trotters, everything was available, with full color, fragrance, and flavor. Just looking at Zhang Zuoyi's wolf-like devouring posture could probably understand that the taste wouldn't be bad.

  The boss slowly picked up a chopstick and sat there chewing slowly. In fact, if you look closely, you will find that although the boss was eating from start to finish, but with this speed of eating, it was still no match for Ah Zi's speed in devouring pastries.

  The only thing that could make him emotional was when Ah Zi kept trying to drink the clear wine in front of him, and the boss would accurately slap his hand with just the right amount of force, not enough to make it red and swollen, but still very painful. By the time Ah Zi reached for it for the fifth or sixth time, the boss finally couldn't take it anymore and compromised by pushing the cup towards Ah Zi.

  A Zi didn't suspect a thing, tilted her head back and gulped it down, only to be choked into repeatedly sticking out her tongue, crying out "What kind of thing is this? It's salty, bitter, and spicy, not a single good thing about it..."

  Cui Niang was amused and thought that since children couldn't drink liquor, it wasn't surprising if they had a strange sense of taste. "This wine is for adults to drink, children should just go drink juice."

  A Zi muttered to herself, holding a bowl of juice and hiding in the corner, humming discontentedly. The boss was really ruthless, not just tasting a little wine, but being so cruel that he couldn't taste anything now...

  Fang Xiaoling watched from the side, looking extremely convinced, and couldn't help but twitch at the corners of her eyes. This was probably related to the white powder that Boss had secretly sprinkled in. This is... too ruthless...

  The dinner party was just a formality, welcoming the new colleague with some food and drink, but there wasn't much substance to it. Fang Xiaoling found it a bit dull and could only prop up her cheek with her hand, watching Xun Qing eat with his head down, lost in thought again.

  "Listen up, I'm in a rare good mood today so I'll give you special treatment. If you want to keep Xun Qing safe, you'd better keep an eye on that Zhang Suo Yan. That's all I have to say, now it's up to you..."

  Fang Xiaoling was shocked and looked at the boss in surprise. He still held his bowl and chopsticks with an extremely calm demeanor, his gaze only staying on his own one mu three zhang land, not even sparing her a glance.

  But Ah Zi saw her panicked eyes darting about like a fleeing rabbit, and merely smiled eerily before lowering his head to ignore her.

  A thousand years ago, that tragic scene is still as crimson as blood. The mournful cries, the wails... sounded like voices from hell. She had heard them for long enough, did she have to continue, continue... Hehe...

  She will never give anyone this opportunity again!!