My Demon Friends-Chapter 489 - 471: Construction Site Couple

November 11, Wednesday morning.

Zhou Li, half-asleep, felt a small creature continuously licking him, mainly his face, from his chin up to his forehead, then to his hair. The barbs on its tongue tugged painfully at his hair. Perhaps the little creature also found licking his hair uncomfortable, because it then stepped over his chest, switched sides, and resumed licking his face.

Thankfully, Lord Tuanzi was a Great Demon. Great Demons don’t have bad breath; in fact, she even had a strangely pleasant fragrance.

"Mmm..."

Zhou Li finally woke up and raised his head to look at her.

Today, Tuanzi was a round, golden-gradient cat, with round eyes, a round head, and a round body. Her fluffy fur made her appear even plumper, lying on the bed like a little gourd. One look at her was enough to make anyone judge her by appearances, suspecting that this little creature might have some issues with her intelligence.

"Mmm, what are you doing, Lord Tuanzi?"

"This is a blessing from Lord Tuanzi! Lord Tuanzi’s licks bring you a sense of security! They can make you happy all day long!" Tuanzi explained while retracting her tongue and smacking her lips. "But since you’ve already woken up, we’ll stop here for today!"

"..." Zhou Li pondered for a moment. "Thank you, Lord Tuanzi."

"No need to thank me, oh!" Tuanzi was always very polite. "Huai Xu is already outside having breakfast."

"Is she eating instant noodles?"

"How did you know, MEOW?"

"Lord Tuanzi ate some too, right?"

"Right, MEOW!" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"..."

Zhou Li silently wiped his face. He was thankful that Tuanzi rarely ate cat food, wasn’t fond of canned cat food, and certainly wouldn’t eat anything strange.

He got up. In the living room, "Great Emperor Han" was playing on the TV. Miss Zheng was squatting beside the coffee table with a washbasin full of instant noodles before her. She held chopsticks in her left hand and a lamb leg in her right, her face covered in grease.

Hearing Zhou Li’s door open, she lifted her head towards him, her expression calm.

"Awake now?"

Zhou Li was stunned!

Seeing his pained expression, Miss Zheng tilted her head slightly, puzzled, her voice gentle, "What’s wrong?"

He was momentarily deaf!

After standing at the door for nearly a minute, Zhou Li swallowed heavily, suppressing the discomfort in his chest. "Why have you taken on Little Zheng’s appearance again?"

"What do you mean? I am Zheng Zhilan."

"You’re so annoying."

"Huh?"

Miss Zheng looked at Zhou Li, surprised and somewhat perplexed. Her voice was still gentle and clear, like a spring flowing down from the mountains where the Evil God resides. "Zhou Li, what are you talking about?"

If it weren’t for the washbasin full of instant noodles...

If she hadn’t been holding that massive, half-eaten roasted lamb leg in her left hand...

If her face weren’t covered in oil...

Zhou Li averted his gaze, pretending he hadn’t seen anything, and only reminded her, "You’ve dripped oil on the floor."

"I’ll clean it up."

"You’ve almost completely ruined Little Zheng’s image."

"When I woke up this morning, I didn’t know what form to take, so I just randomly changed into this one," Huai Xu said, finally giving up on trying to disgust Zhou Li. She then asked, "How about breakfast? Want some instant noodles? I just bought them."

"What brand?"

"’Full-of-Fortune’," Huai Xu replied, pushing the huge basin towards Zhou Li. "Try it. It’s cheap and tasty."

They still make ’Full-of-Fortune’...

This indeed triggered Zhou Li’s childhood memories.

When he was a child, he lived in the countryside with his grandfather. Many people might picture old folks as ’nagging’ or ’restless,’ but that wasn’t always true. Old Master Zhou, for example, was a rather lazy man who disliked trouble, especially in winter. Sometimes, when he really didn’t want to get out of bed or cook, he would just make a packet of instant noodles.

So, Zhou Li went to the kitchen to get another pair of chopsticks, squatted down next to Huai Xu, and picked some noodles from the basin.

SLURP.

It really wasn’t the same taste as before.

"How is it?"

"Not tasty."

"It’s such a big basin! I cooked ten packs, and it was only ten yuan. Isn’t that a great deal?" Huai Xu grinned.

"That cheap?"

"I snagged them."

Zhou Li gave her a questioning look.

"Snagged! As in, I grabbed a good deal! Not the other kind of snagging!" Huai Xu frowned. Seeing the seriousness gradually fade from Zhou Li’s face, she said, "I think you’re biased against me!"

"Sorry."

"Don’t let it happen again."

"Definitely."

"Want some lamb leg?" Huai Xu then held out the lamb leg to Zhou Li. "I specially stole this from Qingjiang. It’s genuine Qingjiang roasted whole lamb."

"No, thanks..."

"Suit yourself!"

Huai Xu shook her head and passed the messily chewed, illicit lamb leg to Tuanzi. "Little Trash Cat, you eat!"

Lord Tuanzi, however, was quite approachable. Since her servant had already brought the food to her mouth, even though the servant had already gnawed on it, she considered her servant’s feelings and leaned in to take a bite.

She was just too small and couldn’t bite through it. She kept gnawing at it, clearly struggling.

Huai Xu held the lamb leg steady, patiently watching her gnaw.

The scene was surprisingly heartwarming.

After Tuanzi barely managed to take a bite, Huai Xu took the lamb leg back. She put it to her own mouth, tore off a big chunk of meat, and chewed vigorously while mumbling to Zhou Li, "Your mood is better today than it has been the last few days. It seems having a girlfriend is really useful."

"Lord Tuanzi also played a big role," Zhou Li said, looking warmly at Tuanzi, who was focused on her battle with the lamb meat. When he looked up again, he saw Huai Xu’s face etched with question marks.

"And thanks to you too, of course," Zhou Li hastily added.

"That’s true as well," Huai Xu nodded in agreement. "Someone like Yin Le, that perennial single—no girlfriend, no pets like cats or dogs, and certainly no fun Little Demon like me—is truly pitiful. He’s probably still stuck in his gloom."