novel-bin Chapter 92 Oh my god, I love eating lobster tails!
Chapter 92 Oh my god, I love eating lobster tails!
It was evening in Zero's dormitory.
The distant sun cast its golden rays obliquely into the room.
Lu Mingfei looked at a bald plush bear next to Ling's bed.
The already warm-looking plush bear looked even warmer under the sunlight.
Great location, it gets sunshine all day long.
If you sleep with it at night, the warmth from the sun and the scent of freshly dried blankets will fill the entire bed, ensuring a good night's sleep.
Judging from the bear's age, it must have been guarding Zero's sleep for a long time.
Lu Mingfei looked at the little bear from afar, then gave it a thumbs up to show he had done a good job.
The sunlight slowly crept onto the bear's face, casting a smiling shadow at the corner of its mouth, as if in response to him.
Seeing Lu Mingfei like this, Ling didn't know what to say.
Do you like lobster tails?
The lobster tails I ordered from the cafeteria finally arrived, and Lu Mingfei, like a lackey, gave Ling a shoulder massage.
After all, they just did your homework, so you should reward them.
But Ling was wearing leather shoes today without shoelaces, otherwise Lu Mingfei would have tied them for her. He learned that from Boss Cao, which is all about being courteous to people.
However, he could shine her shoes, but unfortunately Lu Mingfei didn't bring any tools.
So, as a second choice, Lu Mingfei massaged Ling's shoulders, something he was very good at.
Princess Qinghe had shoulder problems; her figure was so impressive that she often experienced shoulder discomfort.
So, before she went crazy and just rarely spoke, Lu Mingfei, who had a decent relationship with her, often massaged her shoulders.
However, zero... zero certainly doesn't have this flaw.
Wearing gloves, Ling peeled off a piece of lobster tail, brought it to her mouth, opened her lips, and gently bit it with her teeth, removing the lobster meat into her mouth.
Very elegant, and there was no lobster tail oil on her face, like a way of eating reserved for the nobility.
It's like using crab-eating tools to eat crab.
When Lu Mingfei saw the video about the eight tools for eating crabs, he said, "What a show-off! You need eight tools just to eat a crab? Does that mean we ordinary people eat crabs with our bare hands?"
But Zero is different. Her nobility is natural, like that of a princess, as if she was born to eat this way. No matter how she eats, that's how aristocrats eat.
Lu Mingfei watched her eat crab... oh, it looked like a lobster tail. For some reason, he suddenly thought of my Uncle Jules.
As a boy from a coastal city, he certainly ate oysters when he was young. He ate one after learning about this text in school.
He spent a lot of time learning how the aristocrats ate.
Later, when he arrived in Twisted Three Kingdoms, he once took out a small knife and specifically taught his men how to eat oysters.
Since none of them had knives, they had to use long knives to pry open the oyster shells. One soldier almost cut off his finger.
This almost led to him being court-martialed for subversion, and at the time he complained, "Is this the Three Kingdoms period or Japan?"
As Lu Mingfei was thinking, a lobster tail was poked near his mouth, and he ate it without thinking.
The first taste is a delightful blend of garlic and chili oil that lingers on the tongue.
Just when you think it's a bit too salty, you bite down and the firm shrimp meat breaks apart, filling your mouth with savory juices that perfectly balance the garlic and chili oil flavors.
"Mmm! This is so delicious, it's incredibly fresh and flavorful."
Lu Mingfei exclaimed in admiration as he chewed on the lobster meat.
"Do you want me to peel it for you?"
Listening to Zero's calm tone, Lu Mingfei was really curious whether Zero was a human-machine interface.
Chu Zihang sometimes uses a different tone of voice, but Lu Mingfei has never seen Ling use a different tone of voice.
So Lu Mingfei sat down in the seat opposite Zero.
The school's waiters were quite something; they provided tablecloths and plates, as well as utensils like knives, forks, and chopsticks that were completely unnecessary.
On the plate in front of Lu Mingfei, the peeled shrimp tail meat was piled up into a small mountain.
Because he had been daydreaming, and Zero had already peeled so many shrimp for him without him sitting down, she finally put a shrimp to his mouth.
To a shrimp, this would be a terrifying sight, like a mound of skulls, but to Lu Mingfei...
She has already prepared all the food and drinks. If I don't eat them, all those shrimp will have been peeled for nothing.
Lu Mingfei also put on gloves, and while eating shrimp, he reached out to peel shrimp for Ling. Ling saw this and said, "Okay, you peel for me, I'll peel for you too."
The two of them ate the shrimp together, the only sounds in the bedroom being the whistling wind outside and the sound of peeling shrimp.
Speaking of which, there was this shrimp-peeling theory a while ago.
In other words, a girl must marry a man who is willing to peel shrimp for her.
Because shrimp are difficult to peel, and they have sharp shells.
Although it tastes delicious, peeling it is not elegant at all; it makes your hands dirty and you might get pricked.
Unless it's unconditional love like treating someone as your own child, or someone as patient as Han Xin, no one would peel shrimp for another.
As Lu Mingfei peeled shrimp for Ling, he thought of Yuan Shu.
The other party really treated him like their own son.
That day, Yuan Shu invited him to dinner. The two sat at the same table with the imperial seal in the middle, but the other party didn't even look at the seal and just peeled shrimp for him.
Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been a problem to have the servants stripped of their clothes, even though servants were very expensive, Yuan Shu could still afford to hire them.
However, that day, in order to show his respect for talent and how well he treated Lu Mingfei, he personally peeled shrimp for Lu Mingfei.
Because that day, Sun Ce, that idiot, left Yuan Shu's camp with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, and Zu Mao.
Lu Mingfei looked down on Sun Ce. This guy always thought Yuan Shu was a bad person. No matter how good Yuan Shu was to him, this guy was never in the right mind.
At that time, Sun Ce was one of the two strongest generals under Yuan Shu, and he would occasionally invite Lu Mingfei to dinner.
They said Yuan Shu wanted to adopt me as his son, and that he had ulterior motives.
Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "He only said 'I would die happy if I had you as my son,' and he told me that too, but I didn't see him planning to adopt me as his son."
Then Sun Ce kept criticizing Yuan Shu, and eventually Lu Mingfei couldn't stand it anymore and broke up with him.
Later, Sun Ce left the imperial seal and planned to leave with his men, in a great hurry, thinking that Yuan Shu was going to get him.
But in reality, even Lu Mingfei could tell that these people didn't intend to come back. Did he really think that Yuan Shu, who was so insightful, hadn't noticed?
So that very evening, Yuan Shu invited Lu Mingfei to dinner.
He said, "Zhizhong, do you want me to become emperor?"
I only have so little time left. Sun Ce is gone. You are now my strongest general.
With you by my side, I fear neither Lü Bu nor the world.
Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say. At that time, he didn't drink alcohol, so he could only watch Yuan Shu drink sip by sip, his face getting redder and redder.
But his speech became increasingly clear.
He said, "I don't know if I should be the emperor."
He also said, "I believe in your abilities. As long as you help me, I dare to try defying the will of Heaven and become emperor for once."
Sometimes, as if feeling sad and lonely, she would say, "Sun Ce is gone, can you please not leave?"
Lu Mingfei was an idiot back then, the biggest idiot of all, so stupid that he didn't even know what fate was all about.
He thought I was unbeatable in martial arts, that my boss was smart and good to his subordinates, and that Yan Xiang was even smarter than I could imagine.
Money, land, fighting power, wisdom—my family has it all, and now we even have the imperial seal in our hands.
Why can't he be emperor? A true man should be like that!
So he gritted his teeth and ate the shrimp that Yuan Shu had peeled for him.
"My lord, why don't you become the emperor?"
Don't worry, you are like a father to me, I won't leave. Just fight, I'll make sure you rule the world.
That year, Lu Mingfei was not yet thirty, still unaware of his destiny, and full of youthful vigor.