Chapter 201 - 198: Good News, Good News

Chapter 201: Chapter 198: Good News, Good News

The grand lunch banquet Qin Xiaoxia mentioned was, in fact, originally just going to be some deli food from the market, which he’d supplement by stir-frying a couple of extra dishes himself to get by.

However, Jiutian had been busy for a long time. He’d earned a decent amount of money from his salary, but aside from sending some home to his family, he’d had no opportunity to spend the rest.

Although the Dawn Association wasn’t short on money right now, this was a rare opportunity to spend some. Besides, this group was anything but modest when it came to eating.

No matter what, they had to go out for a proper feast for this lunch.

At first, Qin Xiaoxia thought it was too much trouble, but then he suddenly remembered he had never been to a high-end restaurant in his entire life.

Before, he felt he couldn’t afford it and was too lazy. Now, he could afford it and wasn’t exactly lazy, but he was swamped with all sorts of random problems.

His original plan in life had been to enjoy a life of leisure. Now, in pursuit of that future leisure, the path had become a bit more winding. Still, he deserved to splurge at least once, right?

So, he immediately scrapped his plan to cook.

The ones most excited about this were Doudou and Sun Monkey.

The former was a glutton, while the latter had never truly eaten at a restaurant before and was now a little overexcited at the prospect.

Only Mumu couldn’t go. The Monkey could use the Red Demoness’s power or Secret Realm Power to overcome his appearance issues, but with Mumu’s size, it would be difficult to get it into a hotel, even if they made people ignore it.

Now that it had symbiotic digestive flora and could "eat" too, Mumu was frantic.

In the end, Huang Jiutian had no choice but to console it by promising he would pack up a whole table’s worth of new food for it to take back.

Mumu tried to negotiate for more, but it was violently suppressed by Qin Xiaoxia. ’We’re already bringing food back for a tree, what more do you want, royal service?!’

They had also wanted to invite Gou Junbao, but unfortunately, the poor guy was being forced by his elders to go back to his hometown for a blind date. The matter had even eaten up the annual leave he had planned to use for a trip.

「At the Fuhua Grand Hotel in Kehua District」 Qin Xiaoxia and the others took their seats in a private dining room.

Even with the interference of Secret Realm Power, they were by all accounts a group of handsome men and beautiful women, plus an adorably lethal child.

The waitress serving them in the private room was exceptionally friendly.

Qin Xiaoxia sat on the outside, flipping through the menu as if shuffling a deck of cards, letting out a series of sharp FLICKS.

He finished looking through two food menus and a drink menu in under half a minute.

"Mm, I’ve pretty much seen and understood everything on the menu."

The waitress beside him was taken aback. ’He calls that seeing and understanding everything?’

’Maybe he’s a regular customer.’

"Sir, have you decided what you’d like to order?"

She held her wireless ordering device, ready to key in their choices.

"For drinks, let’s start with a case of coconut milk and a case of orange juice."

"Sir, did you say one bottle of coconut milk and one bottle of orange juice?"

"I said a case of each!"

The waitress was speechless.

"Alright, I’ll put that down for you."

Qin Xiaoxia smiled. He just wanted to mess with them a little.

"And then, for the dishes in these two menus, give us three rounds of everything."

The waitress stared at him blankly for a moment, then noticed the smile on Qin Xiaoxia’s face. Realizing he was joking, she smiled as well.

"You have a great sense of humor, sir. It’s rare for customers to poke fun at us."

The main reason she felt no ill will was because this table of people had an extraordinary air and outstanding looks. Had it been another group, she would have probably been a little annoyed.

Qin Xiaoxia didn’t press the issue. Otherwise, he could easily imagine their floor manager coming in to confirm the order, which would just be a hassle.

So, he casually ordered about twenty-odd dishes.

Once the waitress had left, Huang Jiutian looked at Qin Xiaoxia with a curious expression.

"What were you teasing her for? Don’t tell me you’ve taken a liking to her?"

SHING~ SHING~

The moment he said it, Jiutian suddenly felt a chill. Two inexplicable cold currents converged from his left and right, shooting straight to the top of his head. Yet, nothing at the table seemed to have changed. The Red Demoness was playing a mobile game with Doudou, and Su Su was teaching the Monkey how to use chopsticks. Everything looked perfectly harmonious.

’I’m a genuine Perception-Type Evolver now,’ he thought. ’That felt like some kind of danger just now, right?’

Although it vanished in an instant, Jiutian considered quietly telling Qin Xiaoxia about it when they got back.

Hearing Jiutian’s question, Qin Xiaoxia laughed.

"You didn’t recognize her?"

"Huh? Recognize what?"

Doudou, still playing on his phone, spoke up without even lifting his head.

"Gou Junbao’s child-free ex-girlfriend."

It suddenly dawned on Huang Jiutian, but he immediately cried out.

"That can’t be right! Didn’t she say she was child-free? How is she pregnant?"

Of those present, basically everyone except for Doudou and Sun Monkey had noticed the second heartbeat inside the waitress the moment she approached.

The Red Demoness closed her eyes for a moment to sense it, then glanced at Qin Xiaoxia.

"You’re still the sharpest one. The thing inside her isn’t human."

Everyone except Qin Xiaoxia and the Red Demoness was stunned.

"That’s impossible. How did I not sense that? We run into one of these just trying to have a meal? When did these anomalies become so frequent?"

Huang Jiutian’s occupational hazard, developed over this recent period, kicked in. He subconsciously prepared to investigate and gather evidence, adjust anomaly data, and even took out one or two never-before-seen instruments and began fiddling with them.

And as the famous "Huang Radar," he had never had a failure of Perception before, aside from that one incident with the mice.

"Hey, hey, hey, we’re here to eat. Can you stop working for a minute?"

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Qin Xiaoxia gently tapped on the table.

"With us here, even if it really is an anomaly, it won’t be able to cause any trouble."

Jiutian came to his senses and thought about it. That was true. Two big shots from the Dawn Association were sitting right here—the kind of people who could beat the Eye of Void from another world into submission and then recruit it to guard the Door to the Otherworld. (According to the internal rumor mill of the Association.)

"How interesting. HAHAHAHAHA, this is so damn interesting!"

Qin Xiaoxia kept laughing as he spoke, confusing everyone. Toward the end, as if he couldn’t hold it in any longer, he collapsed onto the table, pounding it as he laughed.

In Su Su’s and Sun Monkey’s eyes, their Mentor had always been very composed and rarely lost his cool like this. At the same time, their curiosity was intensely piqued.

’What on earth was so funny? The Demon in the waitress’s stomach?’

"Little Hero, what’s the fun in laughing all by yourself?"

"Yeah, yeah! Big Cousin, hurry up and tell us what’s so interesting!"

Doudou put down his phone. Seeing his Big Cousin laughing like that, his troublemaker’s intuition told him this was definitely something fun.

The more Qin Xiaoxia thought about it, the funnier it got, and he continued to laugh by himself. If it weren’t for his powerful physique, his stomach would have started to hurt.

He laughed for over a minute before finally calming down.

He looked at everyone’s curious faces; even the Red Demoness was waiting for him to explain.

"Haha, I was just thinking... shouldn’t we give Brother Gou a call and share the good news?"

"What good news?"

Su Su asked innocently.

"What good news? Isn’t him becoming a father good news? HAHAHAHA..."

As he said this, Qin Xiaoxia couldn’t hold it in and started laughing again.

The Red Demoness looked at Huang Jiutian and Doudou with a confused expression.

"If I remember correctly, Gou Junbao is a human, isn’t he?"

Doudou was confused by his Big Cousin, and when he heard the Red Demoness’s question, he nodded subconsciously.

"That’s right."

The Red Demoness looked from Qin Xiaoxia to Doudou.

"But that woman... she has an egg in her stomach..."

Hearing this, Qin Xiaoxia’s laughter became even more outrageous.

P.S. The third Chapter for Thursday.