Chapter 45: She’s a “Eat It All, Never Spit It Out” Kind of Person
After deciding I would treat her, we immediately set off to eat.
To let her eat meat right away, we couldn’t go to a place with a long queue or one where the food took a long time to be served.
Thinking about it, only a fast-food restaurant would do.
After finding the nearest fast-food restaurant on the map, we practically ran there. Seeing that there weren’t too many people inside and only two people in line, I quickly pulled Li Nai in.
When it was our turn, I first asked the cashier for a chicken leg for Li Nai to gnaw on before continuing with the order.
The main reason was to be prepared, as I was genuinely afraid she might go berserk again.
Xuan’er had already said that her sanity depended on how much meat she ate. The single finger I fed her earlier wasn’t even enough to get stuck in her teeth. Who knows how long she could hold on.
“I want to eat enough for three people~”
“Got it!”
It’s really infuriating, but I can’t refuse her. For the sake of my life, I have to try my best to satisfy her appetite.
However, I still feel so unhappy. The money in my wallet right now was an advance from Miss Akiko… Although dating Ruansui cost less than originally planned, spending that money to pay for someone else just doesn’t feel right.
Sigh, let’s just consider it a misfortune averted… Please, let the bad luck end here and not happen again!
When all the ordered food was ready, I, with a pang in my heart, carried a pile of food to Li Nai’s seat opposite me.
At this moment, Li Nai had a blissful expression on her face, her sparkling eyes like she had found the greatest treasure in the world, making one wonder if she was possessed by some rubber man. The status bar below her name, which had been empty as Li Nai returned to normal, now had a new status: [Voracious Appetite]. It made me worry if she would eat me into bankruptcy.
“Ohohoho~ Oh my, you’ve gone to so much trouble and expense for me~”
“I suddenly have the urge to throw all of this on your face.”
“Oh my, do you want a parade of naked women?”
I should just throw it on her face, yes, I’ve happily decided.
However, just as I was about to make my move, she snatched the tray from my hands and started eating, completely ignoring me.
The corners of my mouth twitched, and I finally sat down. Although I had ordered a curry rice for myself, I felt… completely no appetite.
Ugh… Just looking at her eating makes me lose my appetite…
No, what I mean is not that she eats messily; in fact, she eats elegantly, without a drop of salad dressing on her lips.
The reason I said that is because she eats too fast…
Watching a hamburger disappear in three bites, I couldn’t help but wonder if her mouth was some kind of portal, directly transporting the food elsewhere.
“Whoohoo, eating fast food is the best! Better than any wonton noodles!”
“Swallow what’s in your mouth before you speak.”
With a mouth full of food, Li Nai’s cheeks puffed out like a squirrel hoarding nuts. Then she gulped down a drink, swallowing the food in her mouth along with it, and her face lit up with genuine happiness as she exclaimed.
“Hah! This is amazing!”
“Are you really a woman…?”
Watch your image! How can you call yourself a girl like this? You’re completely a tomboy… Well, no need to doubt it, she’s definitely a tomboy.
Normally, any girl would get angry hearing such a comment, but Li Nai not only wasn’t angry, she puffed out her chest proudly and said.
“Hmph, of course, I’m a real woman! What, do you want to check?”
“Huh? How do you check?”
Is this development…?
“Here, look at my ID card! It undoubtedly says female!”
“Tch…”
I thought there would be some explicit development, but it turned out to be so boring.
“Hmph, perhaps you thought there would be some explicit development, Juncheng? What a shame, I’m not a stupid woman!”
“No, no, no, you are a stupid woman.”
Although it was just a joke, I took her ID card to look at it anyway, and then my eyes slowly widened…
Comparing the photo on the ID card with the Li Nai in front of me, I said in disbelief.
“Is this you?!”
Normally, ID photos are unflattering, but this one was different. Li Nai in the photo wasn’t in a ponytail; her hair was down, and she was smiling, exuding the air of a young lady from a good family, even feeling a bit like Lianbing.
Damn it! Really? Is this quiet and demure girl really Li Nai?
What happened during this time!
“Hmph, you’re impressed, aren’t you! That’s right, this is the real me!”
“I am indeed impressed… I just want to know what happened for you to undergo such a huge transformation…”
How should I describe this difference?… Got it, I have a living example right beside me.
Yes, it’s like the difference between Lianbing and Ruansui, but the difference between the current Li Nai and the demure Li Nai in the photo is even greater. It feels like two people who look alike.
“I died.”
“What?!”
“So, I don’t know what I was like before. Ever since I became like this, I completely don’t remember my life… my past.”
Completely forgot about her life before death…
I glanced at her ID card again. Her birth year was much earlier than mine. I remember Li Nai saying she had been dead for about five years.
This means that the current Li Nai and the previous Li Nai are completely different people.
Because she has no memory at all, her past is a blank slate, is that why she’s like a child…
I suddenly felt a bit sad. Why did she become a zombie? If she hadn’t encountered this, she might have married someone and lived a happy life instead of living in the gloomy Underworld…
Perhaps she’s like this now to stop herself from dwelling on the past.
“Oh well, past is past~ As long as there’s delicious food, that’s good~ Yum!”
Correction, she’s just carefree, there’s no hint of forcing herself.
“Ah, Juncheng, are you not eating your curry rice? If not, can I have it?”
“Uh, take it…”
With my appetite already gone, I had barely taken a few bites. I simply pushed the curry rice over to her and let her finish it for me.
Li Nai began a new round of gluttonous eating, leaving me with only a sense of awe, it even felt spectacular.
It’s a waste that she’s not participating in a competitive eating contest…
I sighed and took a sip of the hot milk. As soon as it touched my tongue, I spat it back out. I didn’t expect it to still be so hot after sitting for a while.
At this moment, Li Nai, who was still stuffing food into her mouth, froze like a computer crashing.
“Ouch!”
After letting out a strange and somewhat cute cry, her expression changed, and she moaned.
“Mmmph, mmmph mmmph…”
Judging by her reaction, she bit her tongue and reflexively swallowed, causing the food to get stuck in her throat.
The esophagus is only so wide, so of course it got stuck when she stuffed so much in…
Then Li Nai quickly took a sip of her drink, but I don’t know if she finished it or if the remaining liquid couldn’t help dislodge the food, her complexion didn’t improve.
“Uh, are you okay…”
“Mmmph mmmph mmmph mmmph! Mmmm!”
She seems to be in a lot of discomfort. After struggling and pounding her chest for a while, she suddenly pointed at the hot milk in my hand and expressed the message “Give it to me to drink” through frantic gestures.
Uh, but…
Seeing my hesitation, Li Nai made a magical gesture to tell me not to worry about indirect kissing or anything…
No, it’s not about indirect kissing, it’s just… this cup of milk…
“Mmmph mmmph mmmph!”
“Uh, are you sure you want to drink it?”
“Mmmph! Mmmhnn!”
Li Nai nodded repeatedly, already impatient.
Alright, you asked for it, heh heh heh…
Chuckling darkly in my heart, I subtly brought my cup to her lips.
Li Nai, who had reached her limit, directly took a big sip.
“%(&m%*(……%￥*&￥#!￥&…*&*&!”
Then her expression was priceless…
She had accidentally bitten her tongue, and this second hit to her tongue caused her to explode.
Ah, this is really, really… I suddenly felt a sense of relief, like a long-awaited revenge.
Ah~ The world is so beautiful, karma truly does come around, it’s not that retribution won’t come, it’s just that the time hasn’t come yet~
Oh! Danger!
Li Nai suddenly spat out a mouthful of hot milk, and I, anticipating she might, quickly got up with my mug using Thought Acceleration. As a result, the hot milk she sprayed didn’t hit me, but instead landed on her chest.
Oh boy, white liquid all over her mouth and chest, what a terrible sight…
“Aha, ha, are you okay…”
“Juncheng!”
However, although her tongue was injured, the food that was stuck in her throat seemed to have been swallowed.
She glared at me resentfully, pulled out a tissue, wiped her face, then wiped her chest, protesting.
“Really! All the milk drunk like this is wasted!”
“You’re angry because of that?!”
Your focus seems to be a bit off, girl!
“Of course! It was something that entered my mouth, and to spit it out without properly tasting it, what a waste!”
“Uh…”
As expected of a foodie, her devotion to food is unmatched.
“But I didn’t taste what kind of meat it was when I ate your flesh just now. I really want to try it again.”
“Your statement is very dangerous. Depending on the situation, I’ll consider whether to chop off your head. I’m serious.”
“How about this, I give you a piece of my flesh, and you give me a piece of your flesh, then it’s a fair trade, right?”
“Who wants to eat that!”
“But I’m already a zombie, so it should be called zombie meat, or is ‘rotten meat’ more accurate?”
“I think ‘rotten meat’ is more accurate, because your heart has already rotted.”
“Hey, that’s so mean~ Then I’ll order two more sets~”
“…I was wrong, older sister, please spare this humble one’s wallet.”
“Hmph hmph~ What should we do?”
In the end, Li Nai was still Li Nai. It felt like nothing could affect her mood, and she never truly got angry at anyone.
We chatted at the fast-food restaurant until after six o’clock before heading to Black Street, to the Investigation Department’s Class 6 building.
And waiting for us there was… the stern-faced Miss Akiko.
It seems like something big is about to happen.
