Chapter 653 A Waste of Time Talking to You
In an unsophisticated quadrangle courtyard, when the door is closed, you can vaguely hear bikes’ chains rolling, bells ringing clearly and locals speaking dialects.
Yet, on either side of the yard lies the vegetable garden, which looks quite agreeable and refreshing.
On the stone table in the center, there is a bird’s cage. Yue Xincheng hasn’t seen the bird in the cage before, but he can feel the energy fluctuation of the bird. Evidently, this is a rare beast too.
An old man wearing the grey Chinese tunic suit is eating his meal, sitting on the stone bench. The dishes include the braised pork with brown sauce, shredded pork with vegetables and two vegetable dishes. Next to his feet is the electronic cooker.
“Sir, eating meat without garlic will decrease the flavor by a half!” Yue Xincheng looks around and jokes.
The middle-aged man glances at Yue Xincheng with a weird look.
Feeling the glance of the middle-aged man, Yue Xincheng is somewhat uneasy. Now, countless possibilities just flash across his mind. After excluding various possibilities, he asks worriedly, “Are you Lord Dragon King?”
“Bingo but no prize for you,” After saying that, the middle-aged man strides forward, fetches the bowl from the old man’s hand and fills his bowl with rice.
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The old man smacks his lips, looks up at Yue Xincheng and asks grinningly, “Have you eaten anything?”
Yue Xincheng doesn’t know what to say.
On the plane, Yue Xincheng was a bit excited.
He knows that this time, he can get to meet Lord Dragon King in the capital, who predominates over all the cultivators like a mountain.
Therefore, he has imagined numerous times what Lord Dragon King looks like and how majestic he is. To his surprise, Lord Dragon King turns out to be a very ordinary old man. If this old man strolls in the street, holding a bird’s cage and rubbing two walnuts in his palm, he will be drowned in the crowd soon. He is literally not distinctive at all...
Hence, Yue Xincheng can’t help gasping now.
Tsk.
The feelings are so beyond description...
“Lord Dragon King has asked you a question,” the middle-aged man passes the bowl of rice to the old man with both hands and then reminds Yue Xincheng to give a response.
“I...haven’t.” Yue Xincheng is a bit struggling.
“Good. Let’s eat together!” The old man waves at Yue Xincheng.
Actually, that is what he was struggling about.
He just feared getting a reply from the old man like that.
“What are you afraid of? If Gao Ge were here, do you think he would be afraid of me?” Dragon King coughs and says.
Yue Xincheng thinks about it and smiles. Then he just sits down at once.
The middle-aged man fetches the bowl and chopsticks. He wanted to fill the bowl with the rice for Yue Xincheng but the latter just takes the bowl over. “Let me do it myself.”
He is quite sensible.
Those who can guard Lord Dragon King can’t be ordinary.
It is reasonable that the middle-aged man fills the bowl with the rice for Dragon King but Yue Xincheng doesn’t feel that he can be that prestigious to let the middle-aged man do it for him too.
Being neither humble nor pushy is one thing but being too rash is another.
Well...
This time, he is here on behalf of his boss so he can never do anything shameful. If he does anything inappropriate and becomes a laughingstock, how can he have the cheek to meet his boss then?
“Are you Yue Xincheng? I know you!” The old man speaks while eating. Not many people can keep quiet while eating and sleeping. After all, the Huaxia people all like to chat over the meal, for they think it is the most comfortable moment.
“I also know you...” After saying that, Yue Xincheng feels he must be insane, for he has just said stupid words. Now, how many people don’t know this old man in Huaxia?
Dragon King is dumbfounded.
Somehow, he feels that he has just been dissed by Yue Xincheng unknowingly.
However, he can’t find fault with Yue Xincheng’s reply. Anyway, Yue Xincheng can’t ask him who he is instead.
It wouldn’t be appropriate!
Dragon King coughs and asks, “How is it going on in Jiangnan City?”
“I don’t know. Neither am I in Jiangnan City now. Lord Dragon King, anything wrong with your throat? I’ve heard you cough a few times. How about me buying some throat lozenge for you later?
Lord Dragon King continues to eat.
Yue Xincheng puts on a confused look.
He is curious as to why Lord Dragon King suddenly keeps quiet. Did he say anything wrong? Yet, having thought back and forth, he still can’t find anything wrong with what he has said. Does Lord Dragon King dislike those who are too obsequious? Well, he offered to buy some throat lozenge for Lord Dragon King just now, which must make the latter feel that he wants to fawn on him. Hence, he hastens to say, “I won’t buy the throat lozenge for you then.”
Dragon King raises his head to glance at Yue Xincheng with a complicated look.
What’s the problem with this young man...
Yue Xincheng scratches his hair and has no idea what to do.
Dragon King thinks for a moment and then turns around to say to the middle-aged man, “When Horn Dragon comes, tell him that Yue Xincheng is quite talented, who needs training.”
The middle-aged man smothers a grin, nods his head and then gives a sympathetic look to Yue Xincheng.
Yue Xincheng feels as if thrown into an icehouse. Suddenly he has a feeling that he seems to have been set up. It shouldn’t be a wise choice to come to the capital this time.
However, it seems a bit too late to leave now.
“Since you are here on behalf of Gao Ge, do you know why you are asked to come here?” Dragon King takes a breath and squints at Yue Xincheng, saying.
Yue Xincheng shakes his head and says nothing. It is not because he is too nervous to utter any word but because he is busy chewing the braised pork with brown sauce in his mouth. He is wondering who cooked the dishes. The cook must be some top-graded chef in Huaxia. Honestly, the braised pork tastes so yummy. He doesn’t realize the braised pork he has eaten before was so inauthentic until he has tasted this.
“Don’t you want to ask anything?” Dragon King hesitates and then asks. He is kind of trying to lead Yue Xincheng patiently.
Yue Xincheng ponders for quite a while. Probably having considered deliberately, he finally stretches out his neck and asks in a low voice, “I just want to ask how the braised pork with brown sauce is made.”
Dragon King is so speechless.
“Ahem. Lord Dragon King, I was just asking!” Yue Xincheng hastens to say.
“Actually, it is not complicated but a bit time-consuming. It needs to take three hours or so. You have to braise the pork for more than two hours and then turn up the high heat to have it cooked until the liquid is absorbed,” Dragon King says seriously.
Yue Xincheng heaves a sigh. “It does take a lot of time.”
“Actually, it is just fine. As long as you take delight in cooking, you won’t care about spending some time on it,” Dragon King says laughingly. “It’s like when you are still a student, you find surfing the internet is fun. Then when you spend the whole night in the Internet cafe, will you feel it is a waste of time?”
Yue Xincheng takes a tumble and also feels a bit surprised. “You made this?”
“Yeah! What do you say? Would you like to learn how to make it?”
Yue Xincheng shakes his head. “I’ll pass. I think cooking is quite boring...”
“Humph. It’s a waste of time talking to you.” Dragon King snorts, disgruntled about Yue Xincheng’s attitude.