Free Web NovelUnder the night sky, Greenwood City’s streets, though not bustling, were brightly lit, revealing many people dressed in various styles.
Unlike Cloud State’s dazzling night scenery, here one could see much of the unique charm of the Southern Frontier.
According to Zhong Zhenyue, twenty years ago, Greenwood City was merely a place of impoverished mountains and treacherous waters, but under Uncle Qu’s governance, it has now become a place where people can sleep with their doors unlocked and live in peace and contentment.
Many brothers who came from Nanguan (Southern Pass) City even found a home here and settled down.
“Boss, are you making sugar paintings again today?”
Passing by the sugar painting stall from yesterday, the stall owner’s sturdy grandson immediately recognized their “King of Children.”
“Want one?”
Li Mo turned his head and asked. freeweɓnovel.cøm
As soon as he asked this, he felt the delicate hand in his palm tighten, her fingertips slightly curled.
“I ate one yesterday,” Ying Bing said, shaking her head.
“You can draw one that’s different from yesterday’s. They say food should be appealing in color, aroma, and taste, so the ‘color’ is very important. With a different shape, it’s a brand new experience.”
“How so?”
Zhong Ling asked curiously. She had heard that to capture a person’s heart, you must first capture their stomach.
For example, Li Mo and Ying Bing right in front of her.
You see, if Li Mo’s cooking wasn’t so delicious, would the famous Han Xianzi run to the camp gate to wait for him to come home?
To be honest, she was very surprised at the time. At first glance, she felt that this Han Xianzi truly lived up to her name, like a Fairy who seemed to transcend the mundane world and was unapproachable.
Wang Qi Dou Hun... Although she promised not to call him that in front of Li Mo...
But the feeling the two gave Zhong Ling at this moment...
There are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames!
Li Mo smiled slightly; this was his strong suit.
“The same food, but different shapes. Some will greatly increase one’s appetite, while others make it difficult to swallow. Let me give you an example.”
Li Mo asked for a small spoonful of sugar syrup from the stall, poured it onto the table, and gently stirred it with a bamboo stick.
“Do you think this tastes good?”
Xiao Li pointed at the sugar syrup on the table, which was twisted into a few circles and resembled excrement, and asked.
“Ugh...”
Zhong Zhenyue’s subconscious retching revealed his answer.
“...”
Zhong Ling thought to herself that this Wang Qi Dou Hun’s drawing skills were too good.
He understood what it meant for something to look unappetizing.
Ying Bing tilted her head slightly.
“This is a negative example,” Li Mo chuckled.
“What about a positive example?”
“Let me think.”
Li Mo used his scorching true essence to re-melt the sugar syrup, his gaze slightly lowered.
This was actually his subconscious action when thinking.
But, unfortunately, a pair of lustrous long legs, with white silk stockings peeking out above short boots, happened to catch his eye.
I wonder if everyone has had this experience.
Getting distracted while taking notes in class, only to look at the notebook and find it filled with random thoughts from your mind, or even getting distracted during an exam and seeing your crush’s name added to a fill-in-the-blank question...
Xiao Li is currently in this situation.
“Brother Li, is this what you meant by ‘looks very delicious’...?”
“This seems to be...”
Zhong Ling and Zhong Zhenyue exchanged glances, both seeing the surprise in each other’s eyes.
Ying Bing’s peripheral vision swept over.
A true gentleman...
“What a ‘journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’! Isn’t this a great metaphor?”
Li Mo grabbed the sugar piece and threw it into his mouth.
“But weren’t we talking about the ‘color’ aspect? Does this piece of sugar look very good...”
“Sugar? What sugar?”
Li Mo, with a serious face yet acting as if he had amnesia and was experiencing a brief moment of clarity, said:
“Oh, right, where were we? We were talking about the color, aroma, and taste of cooking. How about we have a barbecue today? That would best prove my theory.”
“...”
Seeing his cheeks puffed out, the glistening on his lips still un-wiped, and him still speaking eloquently, Ying Bing remained expressionless, gently withdrew her delicate hand from his palm, removed her jade hairpin, and let down her neatly tied black hair.
Her black hair, when let down, could cover her ears and neck.
Zhong Zhenyue looked bewildered, while Zhong Ling began to have some doubts about Xiao Li’s cooking skills.
Before long.
They arrived at the restaurant.
The owner of Jiawei Restaurant used to be a corporal under Zhennan King. The owner still recognized Zhong Zhenyue, and as soon as Zhong Zhenyue arrived, the one-armed owner quickly greeted him.
The two chatted, sharing many sentiments.
Ice Cube got out of the carriage and went back to her private room alone, her steps seeming a bit... hurried?
Li Mo didn’t know what had suddenly come over her.
“I’ll call you when it’s time to eat.”
“...Mm.”
Li Mo saw her back pause as she entered the room, seemingly lost in thought, and then she nodded softly after two seconds. He couldn’t help but guess.
Ice Cube was probably comprehending some profound martial art, which is why she was distracted?
It was somewhat similar to his own situation just now. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
After informing the owner, Li Mo went into the kitchen. It was already past dinner time, and the kitchen was empty.
As Li Mo was cutting vegetables with Chixiao, a familiar figure entered the kitchen. She looked a bit hesitant, yet also seemed to have something she wanted to say but held back.
Zhong Ling.
“Li Shaoxia.”
“Haha, do you want to learn how to cook?” Li Mo twirled his sword, slicing the precious ingredient, similar to ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) green peppers, as thin as hair.
Zhong Ling shook her head and said:
“No, I wanted to ask, what happened between Zhenyue and that Demonic Saintess in Cloud State?”
“Ah, this...”
The freshly sliced green pepper threads scattered on the cutting board.
Li Mo wondered if Zhong Ling had a habit of flipping tables.
“Didn’t Zhong Zhenyue tell you?”
“He told me some things. He only said that the enchantress had bewitched him at the time, and that you were the one who woke him up. He said you talked more about it, glossing over the important parts.”
Li Mo said earnestly:
“I actually think Little Marquis might not have been glossing over it. It’s possible that I truly left a deeper impression on him.”
At that time, after Zhong Zhenyue ‘escaped death,’ he was looking for a latrine everywhere.
“How was he bewitched? How could that enchantress...”
Zhong Ling gritted her teeth.
She had quietly accompanied Zhenyue for so long, but what about that enchantress? They had only met a few times, yet she had already captured Zhong Zhenyue’s heart.
How could he have been deceived if he hadn’t been moved!
Li Mo thought for a moment and asked, “Miss Zhong, do you know what Little Marquis likes?”
“He likes strong people.”
“?”
“So I worked hard to become stronger. When I was little, he never beat me. Is there a problem with that?”
“...”
Li Mo’s mouth twitched slightly. He thought to himself, given your current situation, you can’t entirely blame Old Zhong.
He wasn't some love guru either.
But Zhong Ling and Zhong Zhenyue, these two, actually made him feel a bit like a relationship mentor.
It was as if he saw himself pulling Ice Cube’s hair when they were children.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this.
Li Mo actually began to think seriously:
“I’m also stronger than Brother Zhong. There are many people in the world stronger than Brother Zhong. His feeling is more about yearning and aspiration; he wants to become strong himself.”
“Then back then... what did that enchantress do?”
“Let me think...”
Xiao Li fell into deep thought.
From his own experience, it seemed that the more of a straight man someone was, the more they fell for the ‘green tea’ type.
She brings you breakfast, ties your shoelaces, copies your homework for you, but it’s still no match for a simple “Brother, are you there?” from a woman with wavy hair.
“That enchantress should have been like this...”
Xiao Li, the relationship mentor, is online!
Hmm.
A relationship mentor who has never eaten pork, but has seen pigs run in his previous life...
“This... will it really work?”
