Chapter 282: Chapter 96 Spicy Pickled Chicken Feet (Part 2)_3
"There’s always a next time!" Ke Lian felt that Du Xixi wasn’t paying enough attention to her health. She often forgot to eat when she got busy. "Starting tomorrow, I’ll go with you to the house of those two Iron-eating Beasts. Then I’ll watch you finish lunch before you go back to rest!"
Ke Lian couldn’t help much with teaching culinary skills, but he could remind Du Xixi and the others to take breaks regularly. That way, they wouldn’t end up like today, where just a morning of work made Du Xixi forget to eat lunch.
"It’s just one or two meals I skipped! My eating habits are usually quite regular." Du Xixi knew Ke Lian was concerned for her, and she admitted it was her own oversight this time. Yet, she couldn’t help but complain a little to Ke Lian.
Xixi wasn’t foolish; she naturally knew the impact of not eating on time. Being a cook, she usually filled her belly with her skills, and of course, she didn’t want to end up with stomach issues due to irregular meals.
Listening to her "excuse," Ke Lian tapped her forehead heavily in exasperation. Seeing the red mark, he then gently rubbed it with concern. "You! Skipping a meal occasionally is okay, but what if you start skipping a meal every day? How would your body handle it?"
Seeing that Du Xixi wanted to say more, Ke Lian quickly glared at her with no real menace and said in a half-serious tone, "It’s settled then! I will supervise your meals every day to ensure you eat on time!"
Du Xixi pouted, feeling Ke Lian’s decision wouldn’t affect her much. Reluctantly, she nodded. Under Ke Lian’s compelling gaze, she ate some of the food that 2569 had kept warm in the food container.
Du Xixi didn’t eat much since it was already evening and their dinner wasn’t far off. Eating too much now would just mean skipping dinner, which would lead to skipping breakfast, lunch, and dinner later on.
The next day, Du Xixi, along with Ke Lian who insisted on reminding them to rest, arrived at the home of Old Hei and Old Bai. The two Iron-eating Beasts were already very respectful to Du Xixi. With the arrival of the esteemed Marshal Ke Lian, they naturally maintained a respectful demeanor as well.
"No need to be so formal. I’m just your Master Du’s husband." Although Ke Lian didn’t smile, these two fellas were still Du Xixi’s students. Naturally, Ke Lian needed to be more gentle with his wife’s students.
Unfortunately, Old Hei and Old Bai failed to notice Ke Lian’s intentional gentleness. One went to steep tea for him, while the other took some specialty biscuits from the Iron-eating Beast Empire from the kitchen.
Ke Lian picked up a piece of the specialty biscuit but had no intention of eating it. Instead, he scrutinized it closely and was puzzled by a fragment of a nut visible on it.
Why is there a nut in the biscuit? And why is it crushed into small fragments that are clearly not easy to chew?
Ke Lian took a light bite, realizing acutely that his teeth might not be as strong. After all, these specialty biscuits from the Iron-eating Beast Empire weren’t exactly friendly to human teeth.
Out of curiosity, Du Xixi also picked one up, but after Ke Lian, the "poison tester," had tried it, Du Xixi understood that her teeth wouldn’t cope well.
She merely took a closer look at it, then sniffed it and looked at Old Hei and Old Bai with a look of indescribable complexity. She asked, "Are all the biscuits from the Iron-eating Beast Empire like this?"
These specialty biscuits from the Iron-eating Beast Empire appeared creamy yellow with many tiny, reflective particles. They looked attractive, and had a strong milk fragrance, but why include these obvious metal fragments?
Could it be that the Iron-eating Beast Empire had gotten to the point of being "insane" enough to add metal to their delicious milk-flavored biscuits?
Old Hei and Old Bai didn’t think there was anything wrong with the specialty biscuits from the Iron-eating Beast Empire, so they nodded. Old Hei even said, "Yes, our Empire’s biscuits are the best. Even Your Majesty carries a few packs with him!"
"You have great teeth!" Du Xixi hadn’t tasted the biscuits with metal fragments, so she couldn’t comment on the flavor. Instead, she settled on praising Old Hei and Old Bai indirectly.
No wonder they’re a magical race that considers hard metals as food. Their teeth... truly amazing!
Old Hei, though clever, was like his brother. When he heard Du Xixi’s praise-like remark, he simply put a positive spin on it, taking "strong teeth" as a genuine compliment.
Iron-eating Beast: Just ask, whose teeth can beat ours in the Iron-eating Beast world!
Du Xixi couldn’t bear to look at the joyful expressions on the two adult Iron-eating Beasts’ faces, feeling guilty for not praising them sincerely. It was her fault indeed.