Chapter 45
Chapter 45: Your master can really eat!
He had cultivated for a thousand years and had long since lost any appetite for food.
But the taste of these noodles still surprised him.
Su Qian sat off to the side with a smile, watching Lu Yao’s reaction, secretly delighted.
Of course.
This was instant noodles—packed with modern “tech” and all the sneaky additives.
Who could resist that kind of temptation?
“If it’s good, eat more,” Su Qian said.
Lu Yao gave a small nod and kept eating. “Don’t forget to prepare food again in the future.”
After he finished the instant noodles, he set his chopsticks down and looked at Su Qian, his mood clearly much better.
Su Qian saw that satisfied expression and could not help laughing. “Alright, alright. Tomorrow I’ll take you to eat even more good food.”
Lu Yao nodded obediently. “Okay.”
He looked at Su Qian and asked again, “Will I be able to eat noodles like this again later?”
[Good grief, what a greedy girl… no, a greedy divine dragon.]
If she had known one bowl of instant noodles could handle him this easily, Su Qian would not have been on edge this whole time.
“Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you have all the instant noodles you want,” Su Qian promised.
Before long, the delivery arrived.
Su Qian hurried to pick it up and set it on the dining table. “I knew you wouldn’t be full, so I ordered some takeout for you.”
Lu Yao walked over and looked at the table full of food, satisfaction showing on his face. “It’s not as fragrant as that bowl of noodles just now, but it looks presentable. I’ll reluctantly eat a few more bites.”
Su Qian’s mouth twitched.
So pretentious!
While Lu Yao ate, Su Qian went to clean up the empty room next door. At least until the Chat Group could teleport living beings, Lu Yao would be staying here.
After she finished, Su Qian took out a cat treat and got ready to feed Ning Meng.
“That’s weird. Where did the little one run off to?”
Only then did Su Qian realize that ever since Lu Yao showed up, Ning Meng had disappeared.
Usually, when Su Qian came home, it would come running happily, circling her and meowing.
Su Qian searched twice before finally finding it curled up in a corner of the room.
“Meow.”
Ning Meng let out a soft cry, like it was telling her how wronged it felt.
“Little one, why are you hiding here?” Su Qian asked. She picked it up with a pained look and gently stroked its fur.
Ning Meng rubbed against her, as if seeking comfort.
Su Qian looked at it, full of questions.
She carried Ning Meng into the living room. The instant it saw Lu Yao, it burrowed hard into Su Qian’s arms, acting like it was terrified.
Su Qian stared helplessly at Ning Meng’s reaction, then looked at Lu Yao. “What did you do to it?”
Lu Yao shook his head with an innocent face. “I didn’t do anything.”
“Don’t be scared, don’t be scared. Lu Yao isn’t a bad person,” Su Qian said, lightly patting Ning Meng’s back to soothe it.
The moment she said that, even she did not believe it herself.
“Meow, meow…” Ning Meng did not buy it at all and kept shrinking into Su Qian’s arms.
Su Qian sighed. She had basically figured out why.
Lu Yao was an ancient divine dragon, born with a powerful aura.
Ning Meng was just an ordinary kitten. Of course it would be scared.
Fine. She could only keep them from interacting too much.
After thinking it over, Su Qian arranged for Ning Meng to stay in the backyard. The environment back there was comfortable, and Ning Meng liked it anyway.
After settling Ning Meng, WeChat chimed on her phone.
She picked it up and saw she had been added to the class group chat.
The group was in a frenzy, discussing a class gathering on Saturday night.
“Let me share some news—Su Qian is coming to the gathering too,” Zhang Yu said in the group.
With Zhang Yu saying that, the classmates remembered her.
“Su Qian? Oh, I remember. That poor classmate who had to break a steamed bun in half to eat it.”
“Yeah, that’s her. Her clothes were all washed so pale. Her whole outfit probably wasn’t even worth a few dozen yuan.”
“Hahaha, she always got the cheapest dish in the cafeteria. Sometimes she only got plain rice, then secretly brought pickled vegetables from home to eat with it.”
The group chat buzzed with overlapping messages.
All kinds of mocking remarks kept pouring in.
“Seems like we haven’t heard anything about her since graduation.”
“Did she get married? I remember her adoptive mother arranged a blind date for her.”
“Probably not. I saw her interning at a competitor company last month.”
Su Qian quietly watched the messages, feeling nothing at all. She took a slow sip of water.
These people really had not changed.
They always liked stepping on others to make themselves feel superior.
“It’s not good to talk behind her back like this, is it?” a classmate named Tang Shi suddenly spoke up.
The group went quiet for a moment.
Then someone shot back, “How is this talking bad? It’s just the truth.”
Tang Shi replied, “Su Qian just had a hard family situation. There’s no need to keep bringing it up. We were classmates, after all.”
But the classmates who loved mocking Su Qian did not let it go.
She continued, “Tang Shi, are you really close to Su Qian or something? Why are you speaking up for her?”
“Maybe Su Qian is hiding behind the screen crying right now.”
“Hahahahaha!”
Su Qian felt a little surprised when she read that.
She did not expect someone to speak up for her.
The corner of her mouth lifted slightly, a faint smile she could barely hide.
“Eh? Didn’t someone just add Su Qian into the group?” another classmate typed.
“Su Qian, are you coming to the class gathering on Saturday?” someone @-mentioned Su Qian.
“Why are you asking her? She definitely won’t dare come,” a sharp voice said.
“Yeah. With how shabby she looks, she probably won’t even dare step into the place.”
“Hahahaha!”
The chat filled with harsh laughter.
Su Qian’s expression stayed calm. She had heard plenty of this back in college, and she felt nothing now.
“Since you all want to see me so badly, I’ll give you what you want.”
Su Qian’s lips curved into a smile.
She did not bother replying to the meaningless chatter in the group.
After turning off her phone, Su Qian saw that Lu Yao had finished eating.
He sat on the sofa watching her, his eyes lazy and relaxed.
“The taste was pretty good,” Lu Yao said, lifting his chin slightly with a faint smile.
“You ate it all?” Su Qian’s mouth fell open as she stared at Lu Yao.
She had ordered three burgers, two bowls of mixed rice, one family bucket, and two milk teas!
“The food was acceptable. It was just a bit small in quantity,” Lu Yao said, still calm.
Su Qian did not know whether to laugh or cry. “And that’s still not enough?”
Big brother, you just ate instant noodles, then ate takeout for three to five people, and you still think it’s not enough?
[Good grief, what a greedy divine dragon!]
Who could afford to raise him like this?
No way. One day, she had to make Xia Meng Meng pay for his food!
Lu Yao raised a brow. “Is there a problem?”
Su Qian hurriedly waved her hands. “N-no. It’s nothing. I just didn’t expect you to have such a big appetite.”
Lu Yao lifted his chin a little, looking proud. “For me, this is just barely enough to fill my stomach.”
Su Qian: “…”
Fine. You’re a divine dragon. You have a huge appetite. You’re amazing.