One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

Feng Baobao nodded, but she still didn't put down the shovel in her hand:

"Since you're protecting him, you shouldn't be stopping me. This kid is going to fight Zhang Chulan tomorrow, and Zhang Chulan can't beat him, so I'm here to help him clear the way."

Dan Shitong, lying on the ground, listened with a face full of grief and indignation.

Although it was humiliating to be cleared away as an obstacle, he wanted to retort: ​​Why can't that scoundrel Zhang Chulan beat me?!

"Can't beat them?"

Zhang Tianyi seemed to have heard a joke, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.

He reached out and gently pressed his hand on Feng Baobao's shovel handle, applying slight pressure.

There was no earth-shattering confrontation, but Feng Baobao felt a gentle yet irresistible force coming from her, and the shovel in her hand involuntarily drooped down.

"Girl, you underestimate Zhang Chulan too much, and you also underestimate the effort I put into that kid."

Zhang Tianyi said slowly:

"I blessed him this morning... oops, I transferred his power to him."

"The Yang Lightning within him has been purified by me. The current Zhang Chulan, let alone this Shan Shitong, could even go toe-to-toe with Zhang Lingyu for hundreds of rounds."

As he spoke, Zhang Tianyi glanced at Shan Shitong on the ground, his eyes filled with disdain:

"If Zhang Chulan still can't beat this kind of trash, I'll bury that kid myself to save him from embarrassing me."

Shan Shitong: "..."

Although I survived, why do I feel even more insulted?

Feng Baobao blinked twice, seemingly processing Zhang Tianyi's words.

After a few seconds, her not-so-complex CPU finally finished processing the information.

"You mean... Zhang Chulan has gotten stronger? And he doesn't need my help anymore?"

"Yes."

Zhang Tianyi nodded and said confidently:

"Don't worry. That kid is my face now, I won't let him lose in a place like this."

"So, you don't need to bury this person."

"Really?" Feng Baobao was still a little doubtful.

"More real than real gold."

Zhang Tianyi waved his hand, as if shooing away a fly, at Shan Shitong on the ground:

"Alright, stop playing dead. Get lost. If you dare utter a single word about what happened today..."

Zizi!

A purple arc of electricity crackled between Zhang Tianyi's fingers, appearing particularly eerie in the night.

"I'll let you experience authentic thunder electrotherapy, I guarantee it'll be even more stimulating than being buried in the ground."

As if granted a pardon, Shan Shitong scrambled to his feet.

"No way! Absolutely not! I didn't see anything! I didn't hear anything!"

After saying that, the Azure Talisman God unleashed a speed twice as fast as during the competition, instantly disappearing into the depths of the forest, leaving only a trail of dust behind.

The woods returned to silence.

Only the occasional crackling of the charcoal fire remained.

Feng Baobao stood there, looking in the direction where Shan Shitong had disappeared, then looked at the shovel in her hand, seemingly somewhat disappointed.

"Since we don't need to bury anyone... I'm going back to sleep now."

She hoisted the shovel onto her shoulder and turned to leave.

"Hey, wait."

Zhang Tianyi suddenly called out to her.

"What's wrong?" Feng Baobao turned around.

"We're already here, what's the rush?"

Zhang Tianyi turned around and walked back to the barbecue grill, picking up a handful of freshly grilled lamb skewers.

Under the heat of the charcoal fire, the marbled lamb sizzled and dripped with oil, and the aroma of cumin and chili exploded to its fullest extent in that instant.

He took out a string of beads, waved it in his hand, and smiled at Feng Baobao:

"You've been busy all day, aren't you hungry?"

"This is authentic Longhushan's exclusive secret recipe barbecue. Back in the day, my senior brother had to beg me for ages just to get a bite."

"Want to try some?"

Feng Baobao's gaze was instantly fixed on that skewer of meat.

His previously empty eyes suddenly lit up.

Her throat bobbed noticeably.

"Hungry."

She answered honestly.

"Come and sit down if you're hungry."

Zhang Tianyi casually pulled over a broken wooden stump from the side and patted off the dust:

"There's a lot of meat tonight, it would be a waste if I couldn't finish it all by myself. This stuff doesn't taste good when it gets cold."

Feng Baobao did not hesitate at all.

She planted the shovel in the ground, walked a few steps to the wooden stump, and sat down heavily.

His movements were bold and unrestrained, without regard for details.

Zhang Tianyi smiled and handed her a large handful of meat skewers.

"Here, be careful, it's hot."

Feng Baobao took the meat skewers without hesitation, picking one up and putting it to her mouth.

Open your mouth and take a bite.

"Click".

The skin is crispy and the inside is tender.

The piping hot gravy, mixed with the unique flavor of spices, explodes in your mouth.

It was a sense of satisfaction that struck right to the soul.

Feng Baobao's usually blank eyes suddenly widened a little.

She chewed much faster, her cheeks puffed out, like a hamster eating.

Is it delicious?

While brushing the remaining chicken wings with honey, Zhang Tianyi asked with a smile.

Feng Baobao swallowed the meat in her mouth, nodded vigorously, and a grain of cumin still clung to the corner of her mouth.

"good to eat."

"It tastes much better than the grilled sausages Xu Si bought."

"That's a must."

Zhang Tianyi raised her eyebrows smugly, her movements as she brushed the sauce on her hands becoming even more fluid and graceful.

"That kid Xu Si doesn't know anything about food. Barbecue is an art of fire and meat, a precise control of time."

"Come on, try this grilled chicken wing, it's insanely spicy, it's so satisfying."

Under the moonlight, by the campfire.

A centenarian (though he looks like a sprightly young man) and a young girl who has also lived for a long time (though she looks like a cute, innocent girl).

Sitting in the middle of nowhere, facing a pile of charcoal fire, they started a late-night diner where there was only delicious food and no scheming.

Looking at Feng Baobao, who was eating with her mouth full of oil and had completely let her guard down, a hint of tenderness flashed deep in Zhang Tianyi's eyes.

This girl...

The burdens of karma on my shoulders are too heavy, making life too tiring.

Even a simple meal was probably one of the few truly joyful moments in her long life.

Eat slowly, there's plenty to go around.

Zhang Tianyi opened another bottle of Coke and handed it over, saying, "Have some water, don't choke."

"belch--"

Feng Baobao let out a loud burp, took the cola and gulped down a big mouthful, revealing an extremely rare, though faint, but very genuine, relaxed expression on her face.

"Comfortable."

She said.

Zhang Tianyi smiled, a very happy smile.

"As long as it's comfortable, that's all that matters."

"There's nothing in this world that a barbecue can't solve."

"If there is..."

Zhang Tianyi picked up a skewer of grilled kidneys and grilled it fiercely over the fire:

"Then two meals it is."

Chapter 22: Baby Gives Me a "Friend Zone"

As night deepened, the aroma of barbecue intensified rather than diminished in the grove of trees behind the mountain.