Chapter 23 Roasting on the Fire
Xing Gu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh aloud: "Our General Wu is a prince of the Interstellar Empire.
As long as my sister-in-law doesn't cause too much trouble or blow up a planet, there's no problem General Wu can't handle.
"Such a beautiful, young, and gentle sister-in-law, what kind of trouble could she possibly get into?
With his assurance, Qiu Ling smiled, nodded, waved at him, and pulled Yan Zhao away.
"Alright, I understand. You don't need to follow us.
If anyone is foolish enough to provoke me, I'll definitely teach them how to behave!
"Xing Gu could only watch wistfully as the young couple drove away in their hover car, racking his brain but unable to understand how this sister-in-law could make such a bold claim.Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Qiu Ling first observed the custom-made hover car with fresh eyes, finding it more and more fascinating.
Indeed, crystal stones limited one's imagination.She turned her head directly and said, "Yan Zhao, I want to learn how to drive a hover car.
"She could refine flying machines, but the required Materials were too numerous and troublesome to gather.
It was better to do as the Romans do and learn to drive first.What's more, hover cars had too many functions, and could even activate an automatic driving mode.
It was simply not something an Old Ancestor, who only knew how to Cultivate, could perfect even if she racked her brain.Yan Zhao smiled and replied, "Alright, we'll start by simulating in a game tonight.
Once you're proficient, we'll switch to the real thing!
"Look, their teaching method was also advanced, and the terminology was fashionable.
What were clearly various simulated training illusions were called games, shared across the entire Interstellar network without regional restrictions.
..Following the navigation, they arrived at the market.
Yan Zhao parked the car and led Qiu Ling into the crowd.It was already getting dark, and every stall in the market had a row of macaron-colored lanterns, their soft, bright light swaying gently with the wind, their shadows dancing along.There were quite a few people in the market at this moment, lively and joyful, completely unconcerned about the outbreak of the beast tide, as if the soldiers and mercenary teams were the most reliable city walls!
Qiu Ling stopped at the first cotton candy stall, like a group of children, watching an old man roll cotton candy into rabbit shapes, her Fox Spirit eyes wide with astonishment.
Could sugar turn into cotton and then be rolled into clouds?
Yan Zhao loved her unsophisticated, country bumpkin look.
He paid with crystal stones and pointed to the dense array of photos on the sign for Qiu Ling, "Darling, come, choose a shape you like.
"The sugar used by this shop was extracted from wild sugarcane, so the price was not cheap.Even if ordinary families doted on their children, they wouldn't carelessly spend crystal stones earned by risking their lives to satisfy all their children's needs, especially their small cravings.So, amidst the envious, jealous, and hateful gazes of the children, she proudly chose the largest one.The cotton candy was soft and beautiful, pulling it apart was like tearing cotton, rolling it into a ball and putting it in her mouth, it melted instantly, sweet and delicious, both tasty and fun!
While eating, she didn't delay standing at the second stall, watching children blow sugar figures.
.. Yan Zhao had never accompanied a woman shopping before, but he knew for sure that no one was like his own, so curious and serious at each stall, making him suspect she was secretly learning the craft.At this moment, Qiu Ling was watching the stall owner sculpt plump slugs from colored dough.
The color, shape, and even the textures and bumps on them were exactly like what she had seen in pictures, except the brutal and terrifying Zerg were now cute and adorable, making people reluctant to eat them.
"Alright, madam, here's your slug. That will be five crystal stones," the stall owner said with a smile, holding out the dough figure.Qiu Ling was about to take it, but a little boy snatched it, then grinned triumphantly at her and bit off half the slug's head with a "gobble"!
Provocation, blatant provocation. Qiu Ling was stunned for a moment, then laughed in exasperation.
"Kid, that's my dough figure."The child turned his head, and the attendant behind him immediately gave the boss five crystal stones.
"Now it's mine!"The attendant also laughed: "Madam, our young master is a bit mischievous.
Please be more understanding. Surely you wouldn't argue with a child, would you?
Or would you like to wait a bit longer?"Qiu Ling nodded, "Alright.
"She said that, but amidst the child's rampant laughter, she angrily bit into a candied haw, chewed it expressionlessly, and then spat out the pit with a "poof.
"The hard fruit pit flew straight onto the child's hand.
The sharp pain made the boy subconsciously let go, and he howled, clutching the back of his hand.The dough figure plopped onto the ground, and Qiu Ling smiled: "So, asking me to wait was to see this.
My Qi is smooth now. Watching a show for free, I guess that counts as your apology.
"The pain on the back of the little boy's hand felt like a nerve spasm.
After his howl, his hand felt completely fine.He skeptically held his plump, tender-white hand to the light, turning it over and over, but there wasn't even a red mark!
Looking at the dough figure on the ground, then at the triumphant smile on Qiu Ling's face, the little boy burst into tears with a wail.
.. The attendant was drenched in sweat, trying to coax the little tyrant, but all he got was the boy's kicks and punches, "That Fox Spirit bullied me, go scratch her face!
"Qiu Ling tutted, "I noticed you earlier.
No matter how much your family dotes on you, they shouldn't spoil you to be so overbearing.If you provoke someone you shouldn't, and you don't have powerful people around to protect you, you might get your neck snapped, and then you'll truly be unable to cry even if you want to!
So, you should cherish these days when you can still shed tears and snot.
"The little boy, who had been crying and about to stop, howled even louder when he heard this, "You bad Fox Spirit, you just can't stand to see me doing well!
Don't think I don't know, you're cursing me to die.
..""You're not stupid, so why don't you know I'm deliberately teasing you to cry, and you're going along with it, crying for me to make me happy?
" Qiu Ling bent down curiously and leaned in, "Eww, you ate the slug and now you're really sniffling, how disgusting!
"The little boy's face turned red. He wanted to cry but couldn't, and not crying wasn't an option either.
He was so angry he could only gasp for breath, and a bubble actually blew out of his nose.
In the bustling market, he seemed to hear the sound of the bubble popping, making him feel utterly mortified.
For the first time, he understood why some people wanted to crawl into a hole.
"You...""I know I'm beautiful, but don't keep praising me as a Fox Spirit.
A limited vocabulary will make people's ears ache!
"The little boy looked at Qiu Ling's delighted expression, as if he hadn't insulted her but truly praised her.
The entire child was dazed, beginning to re-examine the word "Fox Spirit.
""If I'm not mistaken, you are General Wu's system matchmaking wife, aren't you?
You are quite young and beautiful, but as a General's wife, how can you bully a child on the street?
" A noblewoman, accompanied by a group of people, frowned and stepped forward to reprimand her.She stroked the boy's head and said with a pained heart, "Our little Xu is such a robust child, and even he was made to cry by you.
"Twisting black and white, wasn't she? Qiu Ling smiled.Yan Zhao put his arm around her shoulder and said faintly, "Tsk, if I'm not mistaken, you are Madam Yuan, the commander of the Fifth Legion?
Knowing your own child is robust, you didn't step forward to apologize when he was bullying someone, but stood by watching the show.Now you've come out to support him, an old person acting disrespectfully to bully my Darling.Or are you saying this is your usual style as an aunt, spoiling the Yuan family's descendants to their detriment?
"Qiu Ling inwardly exclaimed, "Oh ho, my man is putting her on the hot seat! "