Chapter 677 - 418: A Toad Wants to Eat Swan Meat, But Won’t Even Piss to Look at His Own Reflection

Chapter 677: Chapter 418: A Toad Wants to Eat Swan Meat, But Won’t Even Piss to Look at His Own Reflection

CLICK.

SLAM.

The moment Zhou Tongtong got home, she caught the enticing aroma wafting from the kitchen and quickly ran toward it.

"Mom."

Xia Qing, who was carrying a plate of food out of the kitchen, smiled when she saw her daughter. "Tongtong, you’re back!"

"It smells so good!" Zhou Tongtong’s eyes landed on a small pot of braised lamb with carrots on the table. Inhaling the fragrant scent, she gulped and couldn’t stop herself from reaching out a little hand to grab a piece.

"Tongtong, go wash your hands before you eat," Xia Qing quickly stopped Zhou Tongtong’s unhygienic behavior.

"Okay." Zhou Tongtong pulled back her little hand, turned, and ran to the bathroom. Soon, the sound of rushing water could be heard.

A moment later, Zhou Tongtong ran back, pulled out a chair, and sat down. She grabbed a small lamb rib and began to eat with relish.

Xia Qing placed a bowl of white rice in front of Zhou Tongtong. Seeing her daughter’s mouth already shiny with grease, she smiled and said, "Slow down. No one’s going to steal it from you..."

"Mhm," Zhou Tongtong murmured, slowing her pace slightly. Just then, she noticed her mother hadn’t sat down to eat dinner with her.

"Mom, why aren’t you sitting down to eat with me?"

Xia Qing untied her apron, hung it on a hook, and smiled at her daughter’s question. "I’m going to take a portion of the braised lamb to Lin Li."

A moment later, Xia Qing left her apartment carrying a portion of the braised lamb with carrots. She walked to Lin Li’s front door and pressed the doorbell on the wall.

After she rang the doorbell, more than a minute passed with no sound from inside.

’Is Lin Li not home?’ Xia Qing wondered. She took her phone out of her pocket and sent Lin Li a message, asking if he was there.

When there was no response to her message, Xia Qing turned and went back home.

Chewing on a lamb rib, Zhou Tongtong saw her mother return, still holding the container of braised lamb with carrots intended for Lin Li. "Mom, was Lin Li not home?" she asked.

"That’s right. I rang his doorbell, but no one answered. He must not be home," Xia Qing said.

She then placed the braised lamb with carrots she’d prepared for Lin Li in the kitchen, deciding to bring it over later when he got back.

Pulling out a chair, Xia Qing sat down to eat dinner with her daughter. Tonight, she had made three dishes and a soup: braised lamb with carrots, pan-fried hairtail fish, stir-fried greens, and a tomato and egg drop soup.

"Tongtong, don’t just eat the meat. Have some vegetables, too. You need a balanced diet to grow tall," Xia Qing said as she placed a helping of greens into her daughter’s bowl.

Zhou Tongtong, a devoted meat-eater, frowned slightly at the greens in her bowl. But wanting to grow up faster, she knew she couldn’t be a picky eater, so she ate all the vegetables.

"Why didn’t you take food to those two little stray cats today?" Xia Qing asked her daughter, who was sipping her tomato and egg drop soup, after finishing a piece of pan-fried hairtail.

"Little White and Little Black told me they ate a lot of big grasshoppers, so they’re not hungry..." Zhou Tongtong explained.

"..." Xia Qing was naturally skeptical of her daughter’s explanation. She assumed Tongtong was just being lazy and didn’t want to feed the two little strays.

So, she said to her daughter, "Eating grasshoppers won’t keep them full. Why don’t you take them something to eat after you finish dinner?"

"Okay." Zhou Tongtong thought for a moment and decided her mother had a point.

"Did your teacher assign a lot of homework today?" Xia Qing asked.

"Not much."

"Even if there isn’t much homework, you have to finish it first before you can watch cartoons, understand?"

"I know. I’ll do my homework right after I take some food to Little White and Little Black."

The mother and daughter continued to chat while they ate, creating a very warm and cozy scene at the dinner table.

* * *

By the road at the entrance of the Happiness Garden District, an expensive luxury car was parked.

A handsome young man carrying a gift bag got out of the car. He stood under a roadside tree, waiting with great anticipation for the beautiful woman to arrive.

A short while later, just ten-odd minutes before sunset, a stunningly beautiful girl emerged from the main gate of the Happiness Garden District. She was wearing a white shirt and a long skirt, her long hair draped over her shoulders, and her figure was distinctly curvy.

"Su Yue, I’m over here!" Zhang Xiaohao’s eyes lit up the moment he saw the elegant beauty, and he waved as he called out to her.

Watching the poised and exceptionally elegant Su Yue gracefully approach, Zhang Xiaohao’s heart couldn’t help but beat a little faster.

When Su Yue reached him, Zhang Xiaohao handed over the gift he had carefully selected for her during his trip abroad a while ago.

"Thank you!" Su Yue accepted the gift and politely thanked him.

"Have you had dinner yet?"

"Not yet!"

"I haven’t eaten either! How about I treat you to dinner?"

"No, thank you. I’ve already washed the vegetables to cook at home. Maybe some other time!"

"Okay, then it’s a deal. When you have time later, I’ll treat you to dinner," Zhang Xiaohao said quickly, then immediately followed up, "How about tomorrow night? Are you free?"

"..." Su Yue was speechless. ’I can’t believe I said that,’ she thought, silently regretting giving him an opening. But the words were already out, and she couldn’t take them back. After a moment’s thought, she said,

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner, and the school is organizing student rehearsals for the festival performance, so I won’t have any free time for a while."

Zhang Xiaohao had hoped to strike while the iron was hot and lock down a dinner date, but things didn’t go according to his plan.