Durin's Diary

Chapter 975 Fearful Wolf

After finishing his meal, Du Linxuan continued to lie in the garden of the Zhulong Pavilion to digest his food. At the same time, he heard that Lady Qi had returned to the capital. Because she still had to treat the wounded, she would return later than Du Linxuan and the other main Zhulong warriors.

"Lady Qi is hosting a banquet from heaven tonight. It's said that Grand Tutor Pang and the others will also be there, and of course, you and I will be there too. We're all Zhulong, so we won't be bringing our families." Chief Ping, who had gone to the gate on business, brought this news to Du Lin after he returned.

"I understand. I need to make arrangements for my girls."

While Du Lin was still figuring out how to ensure his daughter ate and drank well, the Emperor sent another messenger. Chen Xiaohu's chief secretary, Rabbit Head, came in person with a message for Du Lin: the Emperor wanted to see his eldest granddaughter, Xiang Shu, and having heard that Du Lin was having a banquet that evening, he invited Du Lin's daughter to his place for a small gathering and a family feast.

At this point, the Rabbit Head Secretary chuckled, "His Majesty knows you have Miss Silver Dragon of the Western Lands, so he specially prepared a whole roasted cow for her. He'll definitely feed them both well."

"Then it will really trouble Your Majesty." Du Lin seized the opportunity—look how kind the old emperor is! He heard that Du Lin has a place to eat tonight, and he and his old woman can even provide meals for Du Lin's daughter.

In any case, the emperor's family banquets could easily outshine ordinary restaurants.

Besides, there's also a whole cow; Dulin thinks Lina, the little female dragon, will be very excited.

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Indeed, when Lina returned to the Candle Dragon Pavilion and heard that there was roasted whole cow, her mouth watered – in her words, the Chang Tang family's food was so delicious, the roasted whole cow must be even better than the one in the Western Continent.

"Haven't you ever eaten this before?" Dulin asked.

"I have eaten it, but the people of Xilu don't bleed their meat much, unlike Changtang. Changtang's meat is so fragrant when stewed, and there's no blood whether it's stewed or roasted. After eating Changtang's roasted meat, I feel nauseous whenever I think about roasted meat from other countries in Xilu," Lina replied.

Upon hearing this, Dulin felt a sense of empathy—indeed, compared to the food of the Changtang people, whether it was the Sidney Union, the Northern Kingdom, or the Great Woodlands, their roasted meat was always a bloody mess.

Only in the Eastern Territory, Dulin used to find it strange that the dishes cooked by the Western Land Elves looked so rustic, but now he sees that it's clear the grassland elves have received the true teachings of Director Sun.

Farol and the Chaoyang District of the peninsula where Yongzhu Fortress is located must have seen many Changtang people and learned a few tricks. At least in these two places, when killing sheep and Salo beasts, they bleed them first. In fact, in the area where Yongzhu Fortress is located, male beasts are systematically castrated when they are young.

That's why they dare to call their barbecue second to none, and no other country has ever criticized them.

"Really, I also think the meat in Changtang is delicious." Du Lin's little tigress Yara also publicly stated this.

As two of the Dulin family's top carnivorous experts, their affirmation of Changtang Food must be genuine.

"Then let Xiangshu take you there tonight. By the way, did you buy anything today?" To be honest, Du Lin was a little curious—after all, he really didn't know what the extraordinary market in Changtang had that the Western Continent didn't have.

"The work is still being done. The master craftsman takes his time and produces fine results. We can only pick it up tomorrow," Anta said with a smile.

"What is it?" Dulin asked curiously, looking at his own Anta with anticipation.

“No, this has to be kept secret. You’ll find out tomorrow anyway.” After saying that, Anta smiled and kissed Dulin. “Sorry for keeping it a secret.”

After saying that, she led the girls back to their room to rest.

Dulin glanced at Melinda, who smiled and blew him a kiss before running off to Anta.

Wow, are they all so united today to give me a surprise?

Thinking of this, Dulin slumped back in his recliner.

Chief Ping laughed heartily: "Youth is wonderful. People who love each other will keep their feelings of novelty to themselves. Unlike my wife, the first thing she does when she sees me is ask why I didn't wash the pot last night."

After saying that, he lay back in his chair and laughed heartily. Dulin laughed along, "Why don't you hire a servant?"

"Ordinary servants can't handle matters concerning the giants," Chief Ping replied helplessly.

Dulin slapped his forehead: "I forgot about that."

Indeed, the giants' cauldron is bigger than Durin's; it's true that an ordinary servant couldn't handle it alone.

"I can't chat anymore, it's getting late. I need to go back early to take a shower and change my clothes. I absolutely can't go to see you all in short sleeves. You should change too." Chief Ping got up and ran off at this moment.

Dulin glanced at his pocket watch—good heavens, it was already past four in the afternoon. Dulin looked at himself: short-sleeved shirt, capri pants, and Crocs. It was indeed a bit inappropriate to meet his elders dressed like this.

But it's alright. The girls had picked out quite a few outfits for Dulin before, so Dulin decided to go to them and let them dress him up.

As a clothes hanger for girls, Dulin had long been aware of this.

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Xiang Shu watched as Du Lin was dressed up by her sisters, wearing a long Tang Dynasty-style robe. The wide-sleeved outer robe already made her look quite adorable, but if her long hair were tied up, she would have an even more ethereal air about her.

"Come on, Xiangshu, you're in charge of taking care of Dulin's hair." Sister Anta waved her hand.

Xiang Shu, who was sitting there, pointed to herself.

“It’s you.” Lan En nodded. “My sister and I will comb Du Lin’s hair. Come on.”

Xiang Shu let out a cry and came to the side to help her sister Lan En hold her long hair.

"Mr. Dulin has such beautiful hair."

"Eating well and sleeping soundly, of course that's good." Sister Lina stood in front of Mr. Dulin with a smile, reaching out to pinch his waist: "...Wait! Where's your extra fat!"

"How dare you ask that? You've used it all up!" Mr. Dulin said, while mercilessly pinching Lina's waist. "You stupid woman, why don't you look at how much fat you have? I told you to lose weight, but have you ever tried, you fat dragon?"

Lina let out a mournful cry, which brought laughter from her sisters.

"Lina is better off a little chubby, she's warm and cozy, I like hugging her," Anta said, coming to Lina's rescue.

"Just keep spoiling her," Mr. Dulin sighed helplessly.

Sister Lan'en had already styled Mr. Dulin's hair into a high bun. She skillfully put on the headband to secure the bun, and then gestured for Xiangshu to pick up the hairpin: "Come on, Xiangshu, take the hairpin."

So Xiangshu picked up the hairpin and inserted it into the hole of the headband.

“You look beautiful now, darling. I’m a little worried that you might get snatched away by a bad woman when you go out.” Sister Anta smiled and stepped forward to kiss Mr. Dulin on the cheek: “Alright, you can go out now.”

"Then I'll be going now." Mr. Dulin kissed each of the sisters with a kiss, and finally patted Xiangshu's head: "I'm entrusting the sisters to you tonight."

"Yes, leave it to me." Xiang Shu nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

(End of this chapter)