Chapter 129: I’ll Eat Two Bowls

After Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing finished bustling about together, the morning was dedicated to the ignorant baby and the anxious Li Mo.

Looking up at the sun hanging high in the sky, it was working hard to melt the lingering spring chill with its heat.

Although Xiu Qingcheng didn’t have the concept of hunger, when it was time to eat, she was even more active than normal people like Meng Yingxing.

As the saying goes, having a problem with your thinking if you’re not active about eating!

Even as a sword spirit, couldn’t she follow this rule?

So seeing it was almost noon, Xiu Qingcheng took Meng Yingxing to the noodle shop where she had dealt with Nan Feixue.

At that time, there were many people and prying eyes, so Xiu Qingcheng hadn’t been able to transform into human form in advance and taste the signature delicacy of this noodle shop.

To be honest, watching Meng Yingxing eat made Xiu Qingcheng feel very aggrieved; now she had to make up for it.

Meng Yingxing’s thoughts seemed to still linger on the strangeness of the Mermaid’s Tear just now; unlike Xiu Qingcheng who had already self-adjusted, he was puzzled by a hundred thoughts.

So much so that now Meng Yingxing followed behind Xiu Qingcheng with a dazed look.

As soon as Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing took their seats, the waiter of the noodle shop flung the rag in his hand over his shoulder and immediately came over.

“Two Immortals, what would you like to eat?
I recommend our shop’s signature Iron Bull Beef Noodles!”

The waiter turned sideways and pointed to the menu board hanging in the main hall; the beef noodles he mentioned were impressively at the very front of the list of different noodle dishes.

Coincidentally, what Xiu Qingcheng wanted to eat was also this signature dish, so she nodded slightly and said calmly:
“Two bowls, please.”

“Master, I won’t eat.”

Meng Yingxing didn’t feel very hungry right now and wanted to refuse.

“Then one bowl?”

The waiter’s gaze shifted between the two, carrying a questioning look.

The expression under Xiu Qingcheng’s veil didn’t change; she just quietly extended two fingers:
“I’ll eat two bowls.”

Meng Yingxing: “…”

He thought Master had really ordered for him.

“Coming right up!”

The waiter gave a long shout and withdrew to make arrangements.

Not long after, two steaming bowls of beef noodles were placed in front of Xiu Qingcheng.

There were quite a few chopped green onions on the beef noodles, oily green like jade, looking extremely appetizing.

At the same time, a woman wearing a tattered cloak, wrapping herself tightly, appeared at the entrance of the noodle shop.

Seeing the familiar young boy and fairy sitting deep in the noodle shop, her eyes lit up instantly.

Before Xiu Qingcheng could move her chopsticks, a figure sat down on one side of the square table without a word.

Xiu Qingcheng didn’t even need to lift her eyes to know who had come looking for them.

Meng Yingxing pulled his thoughts away from the Mermaid’s Tear, looked up, and saw Li Mo, who had been shaken off by Xiu Qingcheng, sitting opposite him.

“Miss Li Mo?”

Meng Yingxing raised an eyebrow, not expecting that Li Mo, who had been forcefully deprived of her beloved by his master, would actually chase after them.

He thought Li Mo would continue to trouble the family of her husband’s reincarnation after he and Xiu Qingcheng left.

“Little Benefactor, Master Xiu.”

Li Mo wore a formulaic smile.

So, when Master said there was no need to return the Mermaid’s Tear, she had actually calculated that Li Mo would catch up?

Master had great foresight!

Xiu Qingcheng caught a glimpse of Meng Yingxing’s fleeting admiring gaze from the corner of her eye.

Although she didn’t know why her disciple showed such a gaze again, she would just accept it!

Meng Yingxing withdrew his gaze, very consciously took out the Mermaid’s Tear, placed it on the table, and pushed it forward to Li Mo.

‘My Mermaid’s Tear!’

Seeing Meng Yingxing directly return the Mermaid’s Tear, Xiu Qingcheng’s grey eyes widened enormously.

She glared at the Mermaid’s Tear, then glared at Meng Yingxing.

‘Didn’t I tell the stupid disciple not to return it, just don’t return it!’

Facts proved that Xiu Qingcheng simply didn’t want to return the Mermaid’s Tear to Li Mo, not that she had calculated anything as Meng Yingxing thought.

It seemed Meng Yingxing’s moral bottom line was too high; Xiu Qingcheng decided she must beat Meng Yingxing more in the future to lower his moral bottom line!

‘Thanks for the invite. People are in the cultivation world; what’s wrong with being a little selfish!’

Seeing the Mermaid’s Tear returned by Meng Yingxing, Li Mo immediately accepted it.

“Little Benefactor was taken away too hurriedly by Master Meng, didn’t have time to return this thing to me.”

She smiled faintly, appearing very reasonable.

“I knew you two would definitely return the item to me.”

Xiu Qingcheng closed her eyes, pretending to be blinded by the steam rising from the soup before her, and said in her so-called business voice:
“This… is natural.”

“I always educate my disciple to be a person who doesn’t pocket lost money and is full of justice.”

“Knowing he accidentally took your item, Miss Li Mo, I immediately wanted him to return it to you… after finishing this bowl of noodles.”

“But Miss Li Mo, you actively chased after us.”

When Xiu Qingcheng said this, her face didn’t redden and her heart didn’t skip a beat.

Meng Yingxing also nodded from the side as a matter of course.

Out of sight, out of mind; then she wouldn’t feel she lost a billion.

Xiu Qingcheng moved her gaze away from Li Mo and the Mermaid’s Tear, picked up her chopsticks to stir the noodle soup in front of her, and said in a cool voice:
“So… what is the reason for Miss Li Mo chasing after us?”

Hearing this, Li Mo unconsciously tightened her grip on the Mermaid’s Tear in her hand.

She looked like she had made some very bad resolution.

“I thought about it and felt what Master Meng said just now was very correct.”

“I was too impatient, wanting to keep him by my side from childhood.”

“This approach is very selfish; I was only thinking of myself and didn’t consider his feelings.”

“That simply isn’t love.”

Listening to what Li Mo said, Xiu Qingcheng nodded silently.

Unexpectedly, one day her glib tongue could also play such a big role, letting Li Mo return from the wrong path.

Greatest kindness!

Xiu Qingcheng’s gaze landed on Li Mo’s eyes.

At this moment, Li Mo’s eyes were incredibly calm, appearing to have no emotional fluctuations, like a quiet sea.

The crazy love and longing that had just bred seemed to have restrained themselves and ceased to exist in Xiu Qingcheng’s words just now.

“Since you already know where your husband’s reincarnation is, Miss Li Mo, what do you plan to do next?”

Meng Yingxing pressed.

“People like me who can find the reincarnated person they are looking for in just a few months, I’m afraid there aren’t many in this world.
I won’t give up such an opportunity.”

Li Mo looked determined and didn’t hide her next plan from Xiu Qingcheng and Meng Yingxing.

“I will settle down around that family, and then watch my husband grow up little by little.”

“In this life, I will witness his future and past with my own eyes.”

“Miss Li Mo… are you really going to wait?
For the person you love?”

Meng Yingxing spoke hesitantly.

Li Mo looked at Meng Yingxing, a smile on her lips.

“Time is something I have plenty of.”

When Li Mo spoke, she was as calm as her gaze, but one could vaguely glimpse the obsession within her deep love between the words.

The time of the reincarnated person rolled forward; he had birth, childhood, and a future.

While Li Mo, in this life and world, her time, life, everything was only for love, for obsession, for desire.

The Jiaoren named Li Mo, after obtaining love, froze her time at that moment forever.

Xiu Qingcheng lowered her eyes; the noodle soup before her hadn’t been touched, but the steam had already dissipated for the most part.

“Hope you can do what you say.”

“Before your husband’s reincarnation personally agrees to you, you have no right to interfere excessively in his life.
Do you understand what I’m saying?”

Cannot interfere excessively in the reincarnated person’s life.

A light sentence, yet it covered too much.

Li Mo’s gaze deepened instantly, and she nodded heavily.

“Naturally… I understand.”

Saying this, Li Mo’s tone became much lighter.

“Actually, to thank Little Benefactor and Master Meng for guiding me out of my confusion, I have a piece of intelligence I want to share with you two.”

Xiu Qingcheng stirred the noodles in front of her again.

Why wasn’t Li Mo leaving yet?
Her noodles were going to get soggy.

“Speak.”

Li Mo smiled:
“Not far from here is a river.
Actually, as far as I know, there is a very hidden secret realm in the river.”

“I discovered it when I swam over in the river in my Jiaoren form.”

‘Swimming over in such a turbulent river in such cold weather?’

Jiaoren indeed couldn’t be generalized with humans.

Meng Yingxing thought in surprise.

Li Mo continued:

“Originally, I wanted to go in and have a look, but I couldn’t open the gate of the secret realm.
Maybe because I am of the demon race?”

“However, the secret realm is useless to someone like me who only knows a little Jiaoren magic.
It’s better to let you two try your luck.”

“I wonder if Little Benefactor and Master Meng are interested?”

Meng Yingxing and Xiu Qingcheng looked at each other, and Xiu Qingcheng nodded.

“Naturally, we are interested.”

Xiu Qingcheng hadn’t expected Li Mo to be so kind, actually willing to share this opportunity with them.

“What good things can be found in the secret realm is hard to say.
If we can find something good in the secret realm… as for their Mermaid’s Tear, if we can…”

‘If we can… we’ll talk about it then.’

Afterwards, Li Mo told the two the specific location of the secret realm and didn’t stay any longer, leaving immediately.

“Master, what kind of secret realm do you think this will be?”

Meng Yingxing’s attention was completely hooked by this secret realm.

“Who knows?
We’ll know when we go look.”

Xiu Qingcheng wasn’t that interested; she only cared now that the two bowls of noodles in front of her were soggy.

So angry.

Meng Yingxing wanted to ask something else, but Xiu Qingcheng pushed the two bowls of soggy noodles in front of him.

“Here, you eat these two bowls of noodles.
Only after eating your fill can you explore the secret realm properly.”

Xiu Qingcheng smiled with narrowed eyes, putting on the face of a good master.

Then she immediately waved to the waiter and asked him to serve another bowl of very fresh, very flavorful noodles.

Meng Yingxing: “…”

He looked at the two bowls of terribly soggy noodles in front of him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Now he was eating two bowls.

And they were soggy.