Group Pet Young Sect Leader
While the three were chatting enthusiastically,
A dense mass of figures slowly came up from the stairs.
The three immediately quieted down. The other dining guests also looked over in surprise. They only felt that the surrounding temperature was dropping along with the approach of this group of people... For a time, the entire restaurant was completely silent.
In this atmosphere, the waiters at the side didn't quite dare to step forward. Eventually, a man looking like a foreman respectfully asked:
"Everyone, this is..."
"We need two round tables, the large ones." A Man in Black spoke beyond doubt.
"Alright, everyone please come this way!"
Led by the waiter, this group of people mightily arrived at the large round tables not far from the Chen Ling trio, but didn't take a seat. Instead, they unanimously looked at the Young Sect Leader in the crowd, as if waiting for an order.
Whoosh—
Everyone quickly took their seats.
Only a few figures who were too tall or too large to sit on the chairs obediently stood behind the Young Sect Leader, like a highly oppressive city wall.
"Order." A Man in Black spoke in a deep voice.
As the waiter quickly handed over the menu, the Man in Black swept a glance and directly threw it on the table.
"Bring one of each."
"What?"
"Bring one portion of everything on the menu."
Under the shocked gaze of the waiter, that person seemed to remember something again. "Do you have king crab here? Serve us a portion."
"Mister, the other dishes are easy to handle... it's just that for this king crab, our restaurant's stock for today has already sold out."
"Sold out?"
The voice of the Man in Black seemed somewhat displeased. For a time, the surrounding temperature dropped again. It was so cold that the waiter directly shivered!
The Man in Black coldly snorted. Just as he was about to ask something more, bursts of strange noises came from behind.
Food carts were pushed out from the restaurant's kitchen one after another. Gorgeous and massive king crab shells were placed on exquisite ice platforms. Thick and sturdy crab legs were split open by tools, piled up in clusters. Bowls of crab roe steamed egg were stacked up like a mountain, embodying the word "luxury" to the extreme!
One cart, two carts, three carts... nine carts, ten carts, eleven carts, twelve carts!
Twelve smiling waiters, twelve food carts, and twelve king crabs that attracted the gazes of all the guests in the restaurant, just completely surrounded their table under the shocked gazes of Chen Ling and 9 of Spades.
"Mister, the king crabs you ordered." That waiter spoke towards Chen Ling.
At this moment, the entire restaurant fell silent;
"How many did you order??" Chen Ling viciously glared at Jian Changsheng.
"O... Four each, right?" Jian Changsheng also sensed the atmosphere was somewhat wrong, and answered in a low voice, "They only had twelve in total, I thought four each would be just right... so I ordered them all."
Chen Ling: ...
The appearance of these king crabs directly shifted the attention of everyone in the restaurant from the Esoteric Sect crowd to their trio. Chen Ling could even clearly feel that the gazes of the people at the two large round tables next door looking at him were already somewhat abnormal.
Although Chen Ling wished he could beat up Jian Changsheng on the spot, since things had already come to this, of course he couldn't make a move under the watchful eyes of the public...
He looked at his nose, his nose looking at his heart, and faintly said a sentence:
"Understood, put the crabs here."
The mighty crowd of waiters subsequently dispersed, leaving only those pairs of fiery eyes staring at the Chen Ling trio the whole time.
[Audience Expectation Value +2]
Extravagance and flamboyance had never been Chen Ling's nature. Helplessly, having a teammate who loved to stir up trouble, he was pushed to be the focus of the whole venue with just twelve king crabs... Relying on his powerful Director-Screenwriter experience and his understanding of story structure, Chen Ling could already brainstorm the following plot development:
The crowd of the Esoteric Sect from the distant Hanging Jade Domain, seeing their Young Sect Leader's king crab snatched away by someone, flew into a rage, regarded themselves as Pushovers, and took the initiative to pick a fight. Unexpectedly, the three of them were deeply hidden, tit for tat, finally getting into a big fight and shocking the audience... The conflict between the two sides intensified more and more, until the start of the Trial of Stars, where they fought a life-and-death struggle...
Just as Chen Ling silently placed his hand on the handle of the gun in his sleeve,
The Young Sect Leader in the crowd blinked in surprise, speaking as if lamenting, yet also as if envious:
"Eating so much... won't their stomachs get cold?"
Chen Ling: ...?
A crowd of Men in Black stared at the king crabs almost piled into a mountain, seemingly about to snatch them by force the next moment. But hearing this light and airy sentence from the Young Sect Leader, their aura instantly weakened.
"... Young Sect Leader, do you really not want to eat?"
"My stomach is cold."
"..."
Under the helpless gazes of the numerous Men in Black, they still gave up snatching the king crabs from Chen Ling's table. After waiting for not long, plates of food carts fully loaded with exquisite ingredients were placed on the round tables.
"Young Sect Leader, since your stomach is cold, drink more of this goji berry black-bone chicken soup to nourish your body."
"Young Sect Leader, this double-skin milk looks very good, let me feed you a bite..."
"Young Sect Leader, you must eat more meat. I'll pick a chicken drumstick for you. Eat slowly, after you finish I'll pick another one for you..."
"Young Sect Leader, eat more, taking small bites at a time, if people see it they'll think our Hanging Jade Domain can't afford to eat... You must eat until you're full, understand?"
"Aiya Young Sect Leader, drink soup with a large spoon, a large spoon! Don't just sip it bit by bit..."
"..."
A clamoring crowd surrounded that Young Sect Leader, picking up dishes from the full table and putting them into his bowl. In a short while, it piled into a high mountain peak. Those who didn't know would think that Young Sect Leader was about to starve to death.
The Young Sect Leader seemed to have already gotten used to this. Holding a pair of chopsticks, he dawdled to take a bite here, a bite there, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly... Although Chen Ling and the others couldn't see his face clearly, they could feel his distress and helplessness.
"This Young Sect Leader of the Esoteric Sect is somewhat interesting..." Jian Changsheng opened his mouth with great interest while gnawing on a Crab Leg. "What is this? The group pet of Hanging Jade Domain?"
"In the rumors, he's a pampered young master living in ease and comfort. This time should be his first time traveling far from home."
Seeing the crisis lifted, 9 of Spades also naturally started using a spoon to dig into the steamed egg with crab roe. "He has a very formidable older brother, so normally, there's fundamentally no need for him to come out and show his face... Even the Dusk Society doesn't understand his information."
"Very formidable older brother? Did he also come to Tianshu Domain?"
"No, he can't come."
9 of Spades cast a glance at the busy back of the Young Sect Leader eating, and slowly spoke,
"His older brother... is currently in Wuji Domain, one of those five Ruling Proxies who betrayed humanity."