I'll also work hard to conquer the dungeon today.

Chapter 201, Section 1.14: Hot Pot
Standing at the bar, Mu Yegui, his face expressionless, uttered his bewildered words in the silence, "A stray dog? A bedbug?"

“…Forget those two words.” Ji Qi subconsciously put away his folding fan, scratched his head with the fan ribs, and felt a headache coming on. He had carelessly forgotten that there was someone next to him. If Xie Er found out that Mu Yegui had been corrupted by him, he would probably hunt him down for miles.

Mu Yegui nodded, but whether he actually listened or not, no one knew.

She stretched out a hand towards Ji Qi, her cool silver eyes fixed on him, and said in a soft, childlike voice without any emotion, "Xie Er said you brought me something? What is it?"

His dark eyes glanced coldly at Adele, who was lost in thought, before softening his tone and saying to Mu Yegui, "Come out with me. I can't stand being here for even half a minute longer."

After following Ji Qi out of the intelligence office, Mu Yegui looked at his very smooth, long black hair and couldn't help but reach out and grab a handful.

It was indeed very smooth, unlike her naturally curly hair that couldn't be straightened.

"What are you doing?" Ji Qi's face turned pale, but he had to hold back his anger because of someone else. He looked up and gritted his teeth.

"I'm sorry," Mu Yegui apologized earnestly, obediently lowering his guilty hand.

The houses in the fairy tale kingdom are as beautiful and colorful as ever, with all sorts of pretty mushroom houses and candy houses that can evoke the fairy tale dreams hidden in everyone's heart.

The man in the blue robe stood out from the crowd on the colorful street, slowly waving his fan, his dark eyes fixed on the girl in front of him.

He reached into his wide sleeve and took out a card, during which another small card accidentally fell out.

The card depicts an incredibly fat sheep and a large, dripping cleaver, with a black fork striking the sheep, creating a horrifying effect.

"Ah~ sorry~" He glanced at the card with his dark eyes, gave a perfunctory reply without any guilt, bent down slightly to pick it up, and stuffed it back into his sleeve.

"What is that?" Mu Yegui stared at Ji Qiwen's wide sleeves embroidered with bamboo leaves and asked earnestly in her soft, childlike voice.

"It's just some amateurish little sketches, I hope you'll forgive my poor work," Ji Qi said casually with a light smile.

This person doesn't seem to realize that drawing their boss in such a terrible way is wrong; it seems to have become a habit. Does this person really have any sense of responsibility as a subordinate?
She took the card Ji Qi handed her. It depicted a fat sheep with a belly so big it looked like it was about to fall to the ground, but the face was the same as Rong Yi's, which she had seen before, and it also had a pair of horns. The card read, "It's ready to eat."

Mu Yegui: "..." What is this thing?
His cool, silver eyes looked at Ji Qi with a hint of suspicion. The latter blinked innocently. He leaned forward slightly to take a closer look and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah~ I took the wrong one." His surprised tone sounded inexplicably perfunctory, as if he didn't think he had made any mistake at all.

Reaching out, he took the card from Ye Gui's hand and stuffed it back into his sleeve. With his other hand, he snapped open his folding fan and slowly began to fan himself.

“Speaking of which, I’m a little hungry. Let’s go get lunch first. There seems to be a really good restaurant around here.” Ji Qi slowly fanned himself with his fan, turned his head to look at a mutton restaurant on the street corner decorated like a cute big sheep, and said slowly.

"Is there something you're unhappy about with the sheep?" Mu Yegui followed his gaze, then, recalling the drawing on the card, asked expressionlessly.

"How could that be? Pigs are excellent animals. I even raised a super fat pig in the Food Kingdom." Ji Qi said slowly, waving his fan.

pig?
Isn't that a sheep?
Or did she actually admit she was wrong?

"That's a sheep!! Don't be misled by this guy!" Mu Yin said angrily.

"Ah." Mu Yegui's mouth opened slightly, seemingly surprised. "Was that really a sheep and not a pig?"

This question lingered even as the two sat down at the table to prepare hot pot. Mu Yegui stared intently at the steaming hot pot in front of him, the bubbling broth making a gurgling sound. The rich, white broth was made by simmering bones over a low flame until it reached its current state; it smelled delicious even without any other ingredients.

We've only met twice, yet we've ended up having lunch together. Is this person just too outgoing?

"This is really good!" Ji Qi picked up a piece of mutton from the hot pot with his chopsticks and ate it without even noticing how hot it was.

Mu Yegui looked down at the two wooden sticks in front of him, his eyes narrowing slightly. How was this thing to be used?
"Ah, this shop is from the Kingdom of Food, so the tableware is chopsticks, these are the ones." Ji Qi said to Mu Yegui, holding up two chopsticks.

"Can I pick something up with my chopsticks?" Ji Qi seemed to be enjoying his meal, so it shouldn't be too difficult.

She tried to pick up two wooden sticks, and then with a 'snap', the chopsticks were broken in two.

Her cold, silver eyes looked at Ji Qi without any emotion. The latter raised an eyebrow, waved to the waiter, and then a new pair of chopsticks was placed in front of Mu Yegui.

Mu Yegui looked down at the chopsticks in silence. To be honest, she had never used chopsticks before; she had always used forks or spoons.

Mu Yin's words...

hand.

Yes, Mu Yin habitually eats with his hands.

Because Mu Yin preferred raw food, he would usually bring the prey to him and then start eating. Since everything could be digested, there was no risk of him eating something bad.

"Like this, first take a chopstick, place one-third of it between your thumb and forefinger, and then use your forefinger and thumb to clamp the one-third of the chopstick together. Then place the bottom of the chopstick between your ring and middle fingers, and use your ring finger to support it from below to hold it tightly."

Next, pick up another chopstick and place it between your index and middle fingers, holding it with your thumb, index, and middle fingers. Finally, by prying your middle finger, move the upper chopstick up and down while keeping the lower one still, thus gripping the food.

"Did you understand?" Ji Qi asked with a light laugh as he watched her demonstrate.

Mu Yegui glanced at Ji Qi with his emotionless silver eyes, then looked at the chopsticks and said, "I don't understand."

Ji Qi sighed softly, slowly stood up, picked up a chopstick and placed it in Mu Yegui's hand, saying, "Follow my arrangement."

She watched as Ji Qi placed two chopsticks on her fingers, and then moved the chopsticks in the same way he did.

then……

With a snap, she broke the chopsticks again.

"I'm sorry, it was my fault for making you use chopsticks..." Ji Qi said apologetically, holding his forehead with one hand.

"Hmm?" Mu Yegui tilted his head and looked at Ji Qi, his expression showing a hint of confusion.

The instructions on how to use chopsticks are from Baidu, because I don't know how to use chopsticks either...

To this day, my sister still praises me for being able to hold meatballs in my hand (I seem quite proud of it).
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(End of this chapter)