novelraw Chapter 136 : I Can Show Off!
Chapter 136 : I Can Show Off!
Volume 4: High School Arc - “I” Come to Find You~
As he spoke, Lu Haochen took a sip of iced green tea and continued.
“Secondly, there's the time limit—seven days. That gives you plenty of time to explore. In other words, no matter what, the APP will definitely provide enough clues during these seven days. And once you can’t find that thing within seven days...”
“I’ll die.”
Looking at Lu Haochen, who found it a bit hard to say, I helped him finish the sentence he wanted to speak.
What Lu Haochen said was very true.
I didn’t think it through carefully last night, but looking back now, everything matched what he had said.
Unable to use any props, a seven-day time limit, and the need to find it/him/her—these three points combined had clearly conveyed one meaning.
Fail to find it within seven days, and you die.
And the final special rule, which was directed specifically at me—that devour rule—judging by the reward quantity above, this time’s monster had likely already exceeded S-rank.
As mentioned before, the monster and task levels didn’t always match exactly.
Like this time, the task gave plenty of time.
I had a full seven days to search for clues, so the difficulty was lowered to a certain extent.
However, the inability to use any props in the mission had, in another way, increased the difficulty.
Maybe… it wasn’t that props couldn’t be used, but rather… props were useless against this monster!
In other words, this monster should be extremely powerful, or... bizarre!
And that last rule, I believed, was meant for use after I "found it/him/her in advance."
In other words, if I could find it within the seven days, then I’d have the chance to fight it.
But if I couldn’t find it within seven days, then sorry—certain death.
At that thought, I... suddenly regained my appetite!
Damn!
Even if I die, I’ll die full!!
Seeing me wolfing down food, Lu Haochen looked completely astonished, but he still subconsciously picked up a bowl and chopsticks and started snatching food from me.
When I saw this guy actually dare to snatch from me, naturally… I sped up my eating.
As I ate faster and faster, his face got more and more anxious, snatching dishes from me in a flustered and irritated manner.
But... as he gradually got full, a big smile actually appeared on his face.
It was different from his usual smile.
This one was… genuine happiness from the heart.
“Haha~ I give up, I can’t beat you…”
We had only eaten about half the food when this guy threw down his chopsticks, placed his bowl on the table, his mouth full of oil.
Not even caring about cleanliness, he rubbed his somewhat rounded belly, plopped onto a chair, and laughed loudly.
“You really can eat, huh? How does your tiny body hold all that?”
“Don’t worry about it. Haven’t you heard girls have dimensional stomachs? Ordinary girls have one. I’ve got eight!!”
I glanced up at him, then lowered my head and continued eating.
“How come you’ve got seven more?”
Lu Haochen asked like a curious baby.
“Because my country has eight major cuisines!”
I answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
“Pfft! Hahaha... hic!”
A burst of laughter echoed through the room, ending in a hiccup.
“Speaking of which... hic! N-no, excuse me...”
Lu Haochen’s face turned a little red.
He looked like he felt embarrassed hiccupping in front of me?
“It’s fine. There aren’t many who can eat like me. I’m not surprised.”
“Uh... anyway, hoo... speaking of which.”
Lu Haochen had just spoken half a sentence when a hiccup surged up.
He quickly and forcibly held it back, then hurriedly picked up his drink and took a huge gulp to suppress it.
Only then did he continue.
“Why aren’t you scared at all? You do realize you’ll die in seven days, right?”
Suppressing the hiccup in his belly, Lu Haochen finally asked his question.
He had asked me this before, but my answer back then might have been different from what it was now.
I straightened my back, swallowed down the food, looked at Lu Haochen, and quickly chewed the stuff in my mouth...
Have you seen a hamster?
Anyway, in the reflection of myself in Lu Haochen’s eyes, the "me" I saw... looked pretty much like a hamster.
Both cheeks were stuffed full of food, puffed out, and the girl's mouth was still moving rapidly.
Who would've thought that me wolfing down food would unexpectedly come off as a little cute?
I had to admit, Liu Yunyan really had a good foundation.
Back when I was Zhang Yiwei, if I ate like this, people would definitely call me a “reincarnated starving ghost.”
I swallowed the food in my mouth, pulled out a pack of wet wipes, oh~ the wipes for wiping the mouth and “wiping the mouth” were from two different brands.
After wiping the oil from my lips, I picked up the chopsticks and drew a big circle on the table, looking straight into Lu Haochen’s eyes.
“If I don’t eat, I might die. If I do eat, I might still die. So… do I even need to say the answer?”
“I got it.”
Lu Haochen just stared at me like that, his eyes filled with amusement.
“What the hell are you smiling at! If it were you, you'd do the same. Live or die, I still gotta eat. Might as well eat happily!”
“Haha! Right! Makes perfect sense!”
Lu Haochen slapped the table, laughing heartily.
But just as he was about to pick up his chopsticks, a hiccup surged up.
“Hic~ You eat… I really can’t eat anymore…”
I rolled my eyes at this guy, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating again. While eating, I said:
“I already told you I’m not like other people, so don’t even think about comparing yourself to me. My appetite alone is eight times yours.”
“You’re not kidding… tsk tsk tsk, with this appetite, who could afford to feed you?”
“Tch! I… I don’t need anyone to feed me, alright? I’ve got more money than I can ever spend. See this? Just a mobile game, and I waved five grand into it without blinking!”
“Oh? Let me see, what game is it? Isn’t this F-something-O?”
Lu Haochen casually took the phone and glanced at the gacha banner I was pulling from.
“Kama? You spent all that money just to pull this character?”
“Ah… yeah!”
“… Don’t tell me you don’t know what this woman’s personality is like?”
“I do know! She can…”
Uhh… crap, I forgot I’m a girl now.
What does it mean to say I like SSY?!
The moment the word “can” came out of my mouth—like “can lick”—I couldn’t continue.
Say what?
That she’s lickable?
“Can what?”
Lu Haochen looked at me with a puzzled face.
“Can show off!”
After hesitating for a long time, I finally came up with this non-excuse of an excuse.
Lu Haochen was stunned for a moment, then looked at the phone, then at me, and couldn’t help but smile bitterly and shake his head.
He handed the phone back.
I put down the chopsticks, took the phone back, and naturally, for the rest of the meal, he just watched me eat.
In no time at all, I cleared the entire table.
Lu Haochen could only watch on with a helpless face.
“I’ve really never met a girl as fearless as you…”
“Tch! You little brat, how many women have you even seen?”
“You talk like you’re way older than me.”
“I… tch!”
I thought about it but decided not to say more.
At least for now, since I didn’t know him that well yet, I had to avoid letting him learn anything too important.