Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack-Chapter 738 - 718: Gnawing on a Duck Neck
By the time Luo Xihan had finished lecturing Luo Yanran, six people watched as Luo Yanran entered with his usual expression, dragging his suitcase along. He sat down next to Luo Qianqian, squeezing Qin Nuan over a bit.
Luo Qianqian was somewhat speechless, "Aren’t you afraid you’ll be on your knees scrubbing clothes in the future with the way you’re going?"
Luo Yanran opened his suitcase and said, "I knew you would be fine, look, I even brought back some delicious treats for you, quickly, eat up." As he spoke, he took out a variety of duck products and some sort of meat laced with bright red chilies from his suitcase. Qin Nuan subconsciously swallowed her saliva; was Luo Yanran too into enjoying life?
Cong Rong took a second look and calmly mentioned an address, which surprised Luo Yanran, "Wow, Third Sister-in-law is a half-immortal, huh?"
Cong Rong’s face, which was previously normal, instantly blushed. They weren’t even married yet, what Third Sister-in-law?
Luo Yanwu looked especially pleased with Luo Yanran, a look of ’a child who could be taught’ on his face, "Seems like you’ve had an awakening."
Cong Rong was speechless, helplessly looking in Luo Qianqian’s direction.
Luo Qianqian and Qin Nuan clearly knew why Cong Rong knew the address—hadn’t Cong Rong brought the same thing home before? However, it was obvious that the ones Cong Rong brought looked slightly better.
"Fourth Brother, do you know that eating at night makes it easy to gain weight?" asked Luo Qianqian, calmly looking at Luo Yanran.
Qin Nuan raised an eyebrow, "You’d better gain some weight, I wonder who they say is slightly malnourished."
"Malnourished???" Luo Yanran frowned, "Where’s Grandma? No, we shouldn’t bother her if she’s asleep, and my dad’s there too; is my mom around? Can she come out and make some soup? Eat while sipping on soup?"
"Just sit still, haven’t you been beaten enough?" said Luo Yanhao, his patience wearing thin with his own brother, who really lacked common sense. Who eats in the middle of the night?
Luo Qianqian pouted, "I won’t expose you, that makes you a good friend." She said as she naturally picked up a box of duck necks and slowly started gnawing on them.
??? So who was it just now who mentioned that it’s easy to gain weight?
Seeing Luo Qianqian begin to eat, everyone else started to lose control. That’s how it is with people; when nobody eats, it’s fine, but once one person starts eating, everyone else’s cravings skyrocket exponentially.
By the time Luo Qianqian was gnawing on her third piece of duck neck, everyone had started eating, each with a box in hand.
No one was talking, they were busy eating. Bored, Luo Qianqian even turned on the TV, and everyone watched a nighttime movie channel while nibbling on duck necks. Late at night, Luo Xisi came out for water and saw seven kids with greasy mouths, tears streaming down from the spice, silently laughing while pointing at the TV.
After finishing her water, she also took a box of duck necks.
So, about fifteen minutes later, Luo Xisi and Ye Qianying joined the group, eating and watching the movie together.
Luo Yanran secretly celebrated his foresight in buying extra, fearing that there wouldn’t be enough for the three "pigs" above, and filling a whole suitcase was just so right...
Yeah, another hour later and even Luo Xihan and his wife, who normally wouldn’t fancy these treats, came out to eat. Some things just have that charm; the more people eat it, the more attractive it becomes.
At the break of dawn, Yue Tingyu got up planning to make soup for breakfast, and Old Master Luo was about to get up for his morning exercise. As soon as he opened the door, he saw his sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and future granddaughter-in-law all eating in the living room???
"Haven’t slept all night?" Old Master Luo looked at his granddaughter whose nose was runny and eyes teary from the spice, a pile of tissues by her side and each wearing plastic gloves while happily eating, and he couldn’t help feeling a bit helpless. It was as if they had been neglected at home, wasn’t it?
"This spicy? Just wait, Grandma will make you some soup." Yue Tingyu looked at the fiery red dish and then at her granddaughter with tears in her eyes, feeling a deep pang of heartache.
"Grandma is the best." Luo Qianqian grinned, picked up two boxes from the ground nearby, and waited until Yue Tingyu went into the kitchen before slipping them to Grandpa, "Eat these sneakily, Fourth Brother bought them."
Old Master Luo watched his grandsons eat messily while still fighting over the food, then turned to see his granddaughter crying from the spice yet still remembering to save some for him, and patted Luo Qianqian’s head.
Luo Qianqian grinned again and took the last two boxes to the kitchen, "Grandma, these are what Fourth Brother bought, we saved these for you, they’re only mildly spicy."
Seeing his granddaughter’s nose turning red from wiping away tears, he felt sorry for her and said while accepting the boxes, "You kids should just eat them, try to eat less spicy food from now on, look at your nose, it’s all red. After breakfast, go back to sleep, okay?"
Luo Qianqian nodded vigorously, smiling very sweetly.
Thus, aside from Luo Xisi, who had breakfast with her three brothers before heading back to the military, everyone else went back to their rooms to catch up on sleep.
Old Master Luo and Yue Tingyu started to watch TV while nibbling on duck necks.
Old Master Luo complained with a face full of disdain, "What’s so good about this thing? It hardly has any meat."
Yue Tingyu watched Old Master Luo talk disparagingly while honestly stuffing them into his mouth one after another, and felt a bit helpless. After eating two, she pushed the rest to Old Master Luo, "Xiao Ran brought these back, and don’t think I don’t know that you had Laoer beat him up last night."
"...If he hadn’t brought this stuff back, would Qianqian have stayed up all night?" Old Master Luo’s reason was very solid, "He deserved that beating!"
"...Which of your grandsons hasn’t been raised by your beatings aside from Shufan?" Yue Tingyu’s face showed her helplessness, treating her granddaughter with special regard was indeed showing favoritism, but she was just as biased. Rarity is precious, with so many grandsons who would still care for them? Granddaughters are the best.
"Shufan gets good grades, he’s sensible, why would he need my beatings? Look at those four, aren’t they all like little monkeys?" Old Master Luo was defiant.
Yue Tingyu chuckled, "Even if you wanted to beat them, you wouldn’t dare with Qianqian around, right? You’re afraid you’ll scare her away and she won’t be close to you anymore."
"You say that, and now I feel like beating up that fourth boy again, back then if it wasn’t for his scaring..."
"How many times have you already punished Xiao Ran for that? Can you not be so unreasonable?" Yue Tingyu was speechless, "Nuannuan said Qianqian has a mild case of malnutrition, what should I make to nourish her?"
Asking Old Master Luo that question was undoubtedly a mistake.
The well-rested folks got up for lunch and were shocked to see the table full of Dongpo pork elbow, happy family meatballs, braised pork ribs, cherry meat, spicy chicken wings, explosive fried shrimp... with not a hint of vegetables in sight.
The only green they could see was the parsley used as a garnish...
"Is today Grandpa’s feast day after fasting?" Luo Qianqian asked with a puzzled look.
Just as Old Master Luo was about to excitedly nod his head, Yue Tingyu calmly placed a small bowl of pickled vegetables in front of him, "Isn’t Qianqian a bit malnourished?"
Jia Ning snickered, "Mom, did you consult with Dad about the dishes?"
Yue Tingyu nodded with a head full of black lines; after cooking, she realized the serious problem – there were no vegetables at all, these were all dishes that Old Master Luo himself wanted. In a fit of anger, she ended up pulling out some pickled vegetables, the more you crave it, the more I won’t give it to you!
