Deities Are All Just My Food

Chapter 2387 - 1071: Late Summer Barbecue Night! (Part 2)

She always wanted to work out, focusing on her thighs and hips, but she couldn’t afford the gym fees.

After all, if you’re going to the gym, you can’t just wear casual clothes; you at least need a set of gym wear, right?

As for yoga pants, some girls at school wear them, but Bai Jiao is too shy to wear them, thinking they’re too sexy.

"Ji Xinyan wants to borrow this gym; it shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

For some reason, Bai Jiao’s thoughts suddenly wandered in this direction.

At the start of the school year, she really shouldn’t have been so cold to Lin Baici.

Regret?

There’s just a tiny bit!

Tao Nai and Liu Zilu first watched a movie, then started playing a motion-sensing golf game.

Bai Jiao, on the other hand, pulled Ji Xinyan aside to ask some fitness-related questions and try out the equipment.

They only reluctantly left when Lin Baici came down to call everyone for dinner.

Lin Baici’s place is truly so much fun.

This was Lin Baici’s first time inviting so many people to his house, and they were all his classmates, so it was a big deal.

Wang Fang went all out, worried that if any dish wasn’t perfect, it would lose face for Lin Baici.

In fact, Wang Fang overthought it; people like Bai Jiao, from ordinary families, had never seen such lavish feasts.

It was all just home-cooked meals!

When Wang Fang first started working, she took a few months to seriously hone her cooking skills to please Lin Baici.

Now, she showed off her skills at the stove,

With eight dishes that looked, smelled, and tasted great, directly winning over Xu Jiaqi and the others.

The taste buds are the most honest; whether it’s good or not, you know with a taste!

"Don’t stand on ceremony, eat to your heart’s content!"

After Lin Baici downed a glass of red wine with everyone, he encouraged them to relax and enjoy.

Tao Nai, Pei Fei, and Xu Jiaqi knew nothing would happen between them and Lin Baici; they’d just be classmates for life, so they were at ease, eating and drinking as they pleased.

At first, Liu Zilu was reserved, but the food was too delicious, and she soon started shoveling rice and asked for another bowl.

Bai Jiao ate in small bites with the grace of a lady.

"Class Rep, this wine of yours is quite nice!"

Liu Zilu smacked her lips, savoring the aftertaste: "It must be expensive, right?"

"Don’t worry about the cost!"

Lin Baici personally poured more wine for Liu Zilu: "If you like it, have more!"

"That’s enough, that’s enough!"

Liu Zilu thought to herself, if I drink too much, won’t I seem like a wine ghost?

Lin Baici’s wine was all sourced from Nangong Shu, of excellent quality, and even Bai Jiao unknowingly drank quite a bit.

After eating, everyone rested a bit before moving grills and coolers to the terrace to enjoy a barbecue while gazing at the moon.

Ji Xinyan carried an ice bucket, half-filled with ice and buried with beer and champagne.

Lin Baici stood at the grill, doing it for the first time, so not very skilled, but fortunately, Ji Xinyan knew what to do.

Set the charcoal, light the fire, put on the lamb skewers!

The tea girl did it with great competence.

"Don’t grill too much meat, we can’t finish it, it’ll be wasteful!"

Xu Jiaqi reminded.

Everyone had eaten quite a bit earlier.

"You enjoy your moon; I’ve got this under control!"

Ji Xinyan became a barbecue master.

"Let me help you!"

Lin Baici came over.

The tea girl immediately gave Lin Baici a sideways glance; with so many people around, don’t come close to me, careful I might lose control, hugging or touching you, giving us away.

"Class Rep, let Little Yanzi grill!"

Liu Zilu, holding a can of beer, ran over to hand it to Lin Baici: "Normally it’s Little Nanzi and I who run errands for her; today we want to enjoy being ladies of leisure too!"

Everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

It was a joke, and Ji Xinyan didn’t mind.

"Today I’ll poison you and take the opportunity to rise to power!"

Ji Xinyan playfully retorted Liu Zilu.

"Here you go!"

Liu Zilu handed a can of beer to Ji Xinyan: "Class Rep, Yan Yan, Jiaqi..."

Liu Zilu raised her beer can, calling out: "Come, a toast to our friendship!"

"May the moonlight bear witness, this friendship never fades!"

"Cheers!"

Liu Zilu cheered.

Xu Jiaqi and Tao Nai, with their outgoing personalities, joined in the cheers, while Bai Jiao just smiled calmly.

Now it’s the tail end of summer and the start of early autumn; when night falls, the evening breeze blows, taking away the heat, and there’s a slight chill in the air.

Sitting on the terrace lounge chair, bathed in the bright moonlight, watching the stars flow through the Milky Way, talking about life, dreaming about the future...

Everyone thought this moment was beautiful.

Alcohol is the best truth serum; whether because it numbs the nerves, making people drop their guard, or because the alcohol swells their courage, everyone gradually started sharing their innermost thoughts.

Lin Baici, blessed with the Divine Grace of the Wine Pool and Meat Forest, of course couldn’t get drunk, and as he watched the girls start chatting, with topics growing bolder, he pondered whether he should leave.

Ji Xinyan handed some grilled meat skewers to Lin Baici: "Just sit tight. Since they’re willing to talk about these topics, it means they don’t mind you being here."

"Besides, you’re the host. What would it look like if you left?"

Ji Xinyan, perceptive as always, immediately saw Lin Baici’s hesitation.

"Aren’t you here to entertain them?"

Lin Baici laughed it off.

Ji Xinyan gave Lin Baici a meaningful look from top to bottom.

"Hey, what are you two whispering about?"

Liu Zilu noticed Ji Xinyan and Lin Baici having a private conversation and immediately called out: "Spill the beans!"

"I’ve heard so many intimate secrets tonight, I’m afraid when you all sober up tomorrow, you’ll want to kill me to keep me silent!"

Lin Baici laughed: "I asked Xinyan if that might happen!"

"And she said I’m dead for sure!"

"What?"

Liu Zilu looked puzzled and shook her head: "Not that bad! Not that bad!"

"What’s not that bad?"

Lin Baici teased: "You’ve revealed the most; when you come at me tomorrow, it’ll definitely be the hardest!"

"Haha!"

Everyone was amused by Lin Baici.

Those with lower emotional intelligence might think Lin Baici was just joking, but the more perceptive ones knew he was gently advising them.

Not to drink too much, let the alcohol get to their heads, and say things they shouldn’t.

If Lin Baici were just a guy better than the average, they’d be reserved and watch their words and actions, but Lin Baici was way out of their league.

They felt no burden at all!

Becoming friends with someone like that would be great, but if not, it was only natural, as they were not on the same level.

The main thing was, Lin Baici was so approachable, always providing emotional value at the right time, which was the terrifying part of a nice guy.

Everyone was chatting happily.

Ji Xinyan finished grilling a batch of meat skewers and took out her phone. After checking it for a few minutes, she frowned.

"What’s wrong?"

Liu Zilu was quite attuned to Ji Xinyan’s emotions.

"That streamer from earlier today is bad-mouthing us now, saying we’re uncivilized!"

Ji Xinyan was concerned about Lin Baici, so she wanted to check on the streamer’s activities. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the live stream room, she saw the streamer talking about the day’s events.

"He’s the uncivilized one!"

Liu Zilu fumed: "Send me the link to his stream; I’ll go curse him out!"

"Send one to me too!"

Tao Nai shared the sentiment of standing up to a common adversary.

Xu Jiaqi and the others all began taking out their phones, ready to denounce that jerk streamer.

"Did he post any videos?"

Bai Jiao was concerned because Lin Baici did hit someone with a beer bottle, which was a fact.

"So far, it seems like no."

Ji Xinyan didn’t see any, and people in the chat room were also questioning Hong Shaoyan, asking him for evidence.

Hong Shaoyan said the footage had been forcibly taken by those staff members during the day, but some viewers did see him being hit in the live broadcast.

Therefore, some viewers who witnessed the scene during the day came out to testify.

"This guy is so shameless; he was clearly the one harassing others!"

Liu Zilu entered the live stream, listened for a few sentences, and couldn’t hold back from typing to lash out, but as it was his territory, after sending just three comments, she didn’t even get a chance to explain the day’s situation before her account was banned by the room moderator.

"Damn it!"

Liu Zilu cursed in anger.