Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 715 - 362: Xu Nuo (Part 1)

It’s Xu Nuo.

Qin Huai had seen Xu Nuo in Gong Liang’s memories before, but only a few times, without paying much attention.

Now, upon closer inspection, he found that indeed, he was the factory manager’s youngest son.

Fair-skinned, looking cultivated and refined, with a touch of scholarly air. His appearance was decent, with rosy lips and white teeth. If it weren’t for the past two years of idling at home, giving the appearance of a prodigal son, Qin Huai suspected that the threshold of Mr. Xu’s house would have been worn down by matchmakers.

"Xu Mo, work’s over! I snagged 6 whole Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns from the State owned Restaurant today and packed two good dishes. No one’s home at my place now, come eat with me!"

"Hurry up, or my dad will be back soon. If he sees I’ve bought so many Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns again, he’ll definitely scold me." Xu Nuo frantically winked at Shi Dadan, who looked at his colleague first, and after seeing his colleague’s uncontrollable envy, nodded at him and sneaked off after work.

"Being Mr. Xu’s son is great, two years at home, freeloading without working, can still eat Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns, and even pack dishes." A colleague commented, shaking his head, "Really, comparing people can be deadly, comparing goods is pointless."

Xu Nuo pulled Shi Dadan towards the cotton mill gate, Shi Dadan didn’t quite want to go out, he wanted to get food from the cafeteria first.

He said so outright.

"Today the cafeteria has minced meat with beans, I brought meal coupons and a lunch box, I want to get food first." Shi Dadan said.

Xu Nuo stopped, looked around cautiously, as if hiding from someone.

"Then hurry up, be quick, I’ll wait for you outside, don’t get caught by my dad. I’ve been coming here every day waiting for you after work, and my dad already heard rumors. A new batch of university students will come to our factory soon, and my dad wants me to take the university exams again. He says it was good when I was in vocational school but now university is better."

"You’re smart, much smarter than me, I think you can make it to university." Shi Dadan said quietly.

"That’s different, that’s not my ambition. I’m not in my first life, going to university won’t help me succeed my tribulation. Go quickly to the cafeteria, I’ll wait outside."

Shi Dadan nodded and sprinted toward the cafeteria, with the momentum of a hungry high school student rushing to the cafeteria after class.

Qin Huai: ?!

Although he had always suspected before, suspected that Xu Nuo might be a spirit. Because even if in his first life the spirit disguises perfectly as human, failure in his tribulation indicates they are not human. The most obvious trait is that spirits don’t empathize much with humans.

Of course, Qu Jing, the overly sentimental little bird, was an exception.

In Shi Dadan’s first life, he would feel guilty about accidentally killing Xu Nuo in a car accident so much that he failed his tribulation directly resulting in suicide. Qin Huai didn’t think much of it at first. Later, Luo Jun felt Shi Dadan wasn’t telling the truth, Qin Huai thought carefully about it afterward, the more he thought, the more he felt something was off.

Back then, Qin Huai suspected Xu Nuo might be a spirit, and Shi Dadan felt guilty for killing a spirit who helped him, leading to his failed tribulation.

Only Qin Huai didn’t expect this suspicion would be verified so quickly. He had just watched Shi Dadan’s memories for a short time when it was confirmed.

Qin Huai wanted to follow Xu Nuo to see what he would do, but since this wasn’t Xu Nuo’s memory, he could only follow Shi Dadan. Shi Dadan ran so fast, Qin Huai paused for a few seconds only to bump into an air wall and could only watch Xu Nuo sneakily, stealthily running to the cotton mill gate like guerrilla warfare.

Unable to see Xu Nuo, Qin Huai could only step up his pace, using the fastest speed he had experienced from viewing so many spirit memories to catch up with Shi Dadan.

Shi Dadan, clutching his satchel, rushed into the cafeteria to line up.

Then he pulled out three lunch boxes, handed over three meals tickets simultaneously, and gave the cafeteria attendant a naive smile.

The attendant, very accustomed to it, served him three large boxes of food, and asked casually, "There’s still a bit of cornmeal mixed with black flour steamed buns, no meal tickets, just money, want some?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shi Dadan nodded repeatedly, happily receiving six big steamed buns.

Shi Dadan happily carried the lunch boxes and steamed buns out, his face full of joy for getting his food.

Workers eating, unfamiliar with Shi Dadan, were astonished at the lunch boxes and steamed buns in his hands.

"Which workshop is working overtime tonight? With lunch boxes and steamed buns."

"Which workshop? That’s Xu Mo from the vehicle team, the one who eats a lot, the one who ate 26 white steamed buns in one meal on his first day at our factory, the prodigal invited by Xu Nuo, you really don’t recognize him?"

"26 white steamed buns!"

"Yes, 26 white steamed buns. They say he’s a relative of Xu Factory, couldn’t afford to feed himself back in the countryside, so he came for refuge. Don’t be fooled by him being in the vehicle team, he’s also good at farming, isn’t there a piece of land behind the cafeteria? Those radishes in the field are his handiwork, growing splendidly, otherwise the cafeteria wouldn’t serve him so generously every time he gets food."

"No wonder he came to seek refuge with Mr. Xu, with that appetite, who could feed him in the countryside?"