noffsinger Chapter 26: Downfall
Chapter 26: Downfall
Shi Ning walked into the vegetable market and left Zhongli under the shade of a tree some distance away from the entrance. It was too cruel to force a god who hated seafood to go to the vegetable market.
On the other hand, Zhongli's temperament and image are excellent in the eyes of modern people. Standing next to him, Shi Ning felt like a servant. The gap is a bit big.
There were a lot of people in the market, but they were all concentrated in the places selling vegetables and meat. Shi Ning and Zhong Li were both novices in cooking, and it was a bit too difficult to cook meat dishes right away. After careful consideration, Shi Ning happily decided to eat steamed rice today. Although there were no ingredients at home, fortunately, all the kitchen utensils were available.
Shi Ning simply spent money to buy a bag of rice and mercilessly left the noisy vegetable market behind him.
But as soon as he came out, Shi Ning felt that he had still underestimated Zhongli's attractiveness.
After only a few minutes, Zhongli was surrounded by people. An old lady asked if he had a boyfriend, a young girl asked if she could give her her WeChat, a young man asked how he got in shape, and a scout asked him earnestly if he was interested in entering the entertainment industry. Zhongli was now like Tang Monk's meat that had been recruited by a wolf pack. Everyone wanted to take a bite.
Seeing the coveted flesh of Monk Tang, Shi Ning stood under the shade of another tree to watch the fun and even raised his cell phone to take a picture of Zhongli's miserable appearance.
Zhongli, who had the ability to sense the rock element, suddenly curled the corners of his lips and revealed a faint smile, which instantly made the girls around him scream.
Zhongli's face is really lethal.
When Shi Ning noticed Zhong Li while she was sighing, he had already walked in front of her. He placed his black-gloved hand on her shoulder very measuredly. The young man said in a low and pleasant voice: "Can you make way for me? Miss, we should leave now."
Shi Ning's expression suddenly froze, and his half-smile looked very strange.
Is this handsome man this girl's subordinate or bodyguard?
Most of the aunties who were originally quite interested in the man disappeared in an instant, but the young girls were still there, and some even looked at Zhongli with eyes of heartache and admiration.
Shi Ning felt that she might know what they were thinking. It was nothing more than that a rich young man fell into poverty and was picked up by a rich young lady to be her personal bodyguard.
Although Shi Ning also felt that Zhongli's appearance and temperament were a bit of a waste of talent for being a bodyguard, but why were these girls so imaginative?
"Miss, let me get it." Zhongli bent down and steadily picked up the heavy bag of rice with one hand, "I'll clear the way for you."
The young man walked in front, pushing through the crowd, and only until they were out of the encirclement did Zhongli fall half a step behind Shi Ning.
【Private chat】
[Seven-day God Statue: Hey, hey, hey, I'm not saying you have a bad taste now. ]
[Zhongli: The ID card says that I am wandering around the world, learning about human emotions and behavior patterns, and creating a set of behavioral logic for myself that matches my identity. I think playing pranks can also be considered learning about human emotions.]
[Seven-day God Statue: Okay, okay, you are right. ]
【Zhongli: What shall we eat tonight? 】
[Seven-day statue: rice.]
【Zhongli: Nothing else?】
[Seven-day Statue: You don’t want to eat meat, do you? No way, no way? But isn’t your body more than just the Rock Devil? You don’t want to eat rocks, do you?]
[Zhongli: Why do you have such an idea? ]
[Seven-day God Statue: ...Professional counterpart?]
[Zhongli: Actually, I can survive without eating now, so I won’t eat tonight.]
[Seven-day God Statue: You don’t think my cooking is bad and you don’t dare to eat it, do you? ]
【Zhongli: Not really.】
Shi Ning curled his lips and gave Zhongli the middle finger.
On the surface, Zhongli is extremely calm, powerful, and has an upright posture, and he is able to control the situation. However, in private chat, it is obvious that Zhongli is relying on the God Card he has to do whatever he wants.
Although this card does make Zhongli feel less hungry now, and he doesn't even need food supplements, but as a human being he cannot not eat.
Once this habit is formed, Zhongli might starve himself to death when he returns... ?
Although he knew that his classmates might not have this possibility, Shi Ningke did not want to try anything that would threaten everyone's life.
"No, you have to eat."
"......Okay." Zhongli sighed, and now he should be thankful that his godly body can be eaten.
***
"So, how do we eat this?" Zhongli looked up at the rice that had propped up the lid of the rice pot and asked calmly.
Shi Ning shrank her neck guiltily. She took out a bowl and put a small piece of rice in it. The hard rice grains in it made her teeth uncomfortable.
Shi Ning failed in his first attempt to conquer cooking, so he made a quick decision and decided to go out to eat.
By the time he finished solving his food problem and returned home, it was already eight o'clock. Given a choice, Zhongli had extremely high requirements for food and would not eat anything that was slightly worse.
"You should be thankful that Walnut's card still has enough money for our meal, otherwise our detective agency would have gone bankrupt and closed before it even opened."
"It's okay, I still have my wallet." Zhongli put down his chopsticks calmly.
Even if Prince Yan has no money, he has a remote wallet so he won't be in trouble because of money.
"A moment of silence for your wallet." Shi Ning smiled and grabbed the bag. "Let's go home. I have to clean up the office tomorrow. I have to take a day off the day after tomorrow and then I have to complete the task."
"The beginning always requires the most preparation." Zhongli nodded in agreement.
"It will be easy after this busy period." Shi Ning shrugged, "With you guys running the office, there's nothing to worry about."
[Personal Mission 2 is now open: Get to know Zhu Fu Jingguang and clear your grievances. ]
【Private chat】
[Seven-day Statue: My second personal mission has begun, to clear Zhu Fu Jingguang's grievances...? Am I going to be tied to the case? ]
【Zhongli: Maybe.】
[Seven-day Statue: I have to think about how to complete this task. This sentence made me know two things. This Zhufu Jingguang is a man, and he will be wronged in the future. ]
[Zhongli: Let it be. The system will not issue any tasks that will have nothing to do with me.]
[Seven-day Statue: That’s right, have you finished eating? Shall we go home? My neighbor should be back by now, I have to deliver the dishes.]
【Zhongli: Let’s go back.】
***
Toru Amuro returned home at a very fast speed. He was still thinking about the bug that was damaged silently. After asking his subordinates to search through the trash cans and surveillance cameras in the entire community during work, Shi Ning was sure that the bug must still be in Shi Ning's home.
After knocking on the door and finding no one in the room, Toru Amuro went around to the back of the building, climbed upstairs with extremely agile movements, and entered the room through the window.
The red ball was floating on the roof. After seeing Amuro Toru coming in, he first moved closer to observe him. After realizing that he had no ill intentions and was just too vigilant, he no longer paid attention to him.
After all, Chituan is just an immature little ghost. Although he is very powerful, he obeys Walnut's orders too much, and he will not drive away or attack anyone who has no ill intentions.