CHAPTER 142: 142: EAT FOR FREE IF YOU CAN

Mu Nan and Jiang Nuo exchanged glances: This woman is up to something!

"This is cheese corn bake, this is braised eggplant, this is fried chicken nuggets, this is sweet and sour crispy bites, these are cola chicken wings..." As Xu Ruoxuan served the dishes, she introduced them enthusiastically, even wanting to use her chopsticks to help them pick some.

"No need, no need, I’ll help myself." Mu Nan quickly picked up a few pieces.

Jiang Nuo was afraid she might also serve him, so he quickly started himself: "Wife, these fried chicken nuggets look pretty tasty, you should try them."

He picked, and Mu Qiuniang ate, with elegance and grace.

Xu Ruoxuan’s eyes widened: "Why are you here?!"

"My wife has always been here," Jiang Nuo said a bit unhappily, "The food we’re eating now was made by my wife."

He even separated the dishes made by his wife from Xu Ruoxuan’s, making it clear that the woman wasn’t welcome.

"Wife, your cooking is still the best, eat more." Jiang Nuo tried a bite of Xu Ruoxuan’s dish, then placed it in the trash box beside him, eagerly continuing to serve his wife, always serving her own cooking.

Mu Nan silently quickened his pace at picking the food, naturally choosing dishes made by Mu Qiuniang. Jiang Nuo was right, the food Sister-in-law Jiang made was the best. If he didn’t eat quickly, the doting husband would finish it all.

Xu Ruoxuan’s expression stiffened: "Oh, so Miss Mu can cook too. I thought that once Miss Mu married, she’d become a wealthy lady with nothing to do." She looked at Mu Qiuniang’s impeccably fair and soft hands, speaking somewhat ambiguously.

Mu Nan found it odd, as everyone in the crew had tasted Mu Qiuniang’s food, knowing well that "Sister-in-law Jiang is the reincarnation of the God of Cooking." Xu Ruoxuan had been with the crew for two to three days and hadn’t heard a word?

"Miss Xu, you should call her Sister-in-law Jiang." Jiang Nuo, very concerned about his sense of ownership, spoke up immediately, "First, my wife is older than you; second, she is my wife."

Corrected, Xu Ruoxuan was unhappy. She knew he was married, but did he have to keep reminding her? This damned man, so stupid, didn’t he realize she intended to "seduce" him?

To seduce a married man... especially just a regular person... she already felt enough shame, and he kept emphasizing it, was he trying to make her the despised "third party"?

Xu Ruoxuan bit her chopsticks in frustration: "Jiang...sister-in-law...I’ve called you that, is that enough? Why do you only eat what she cooks, have more of my cooking, I make it quite delicious. Let me tell you, people around my master praise my cooking all the time."

"I prefer eating the food my wife makes." No matter how much she boasted, the fact remained, it wasn’t as good as his wife’s cooking.

"How can you know whose cooking is better if you don’t try more of mine? Comparison tells you what’s better, right?" Xu Ruoxuan looked at Jiang Nuo with a hidden implication, even giving him a flirtatious wink.

But unfortunately, it was like winking at a blind man. Jiang Nuo didn’t notice at all; he looked down and picked up a piece of tofu for Mu Qiuniang: "Wife, this is your favorite, eat quickly, or else Mu Nan will finish it."

With that, he served a few more pieces.

"Hey, hey, hey, leave some for me..." Mu Nan, seeing the plate about to be empty, quickly picked up the remaining pieces, "Jiang Nuo, you shouldn’t be so selfish, if you take it all, what can others eat?"

"Didn’t you always like eating ladies’ tofu?" Jiang Nuo sneered.

"But this is different, this is made by Sister-in-law Jiang. As long as she makes it, even if it’s poison, I’d eat it."

"Next time, I’ll have my wife prepare some rat poison, and you can eat it for me."

...

Ignored, Xu Ruoxuan was very unhappy, biting her chopsticks in frustration. This is too much! This is too much! This is too much! She was a living person here, and they dared ignore her?!

She glared at Jiang Nuo, almost wishing she could bite him.

If it weren’t for the mission...

She glared even more, giving Mu Qiuniang a look.

This woman better not get in the way, or she wouldn’t mind eliminating her.

Mu Qiuniang immediately sensed a murderous intent coming her way and furrowed her brows slightly. She raised her eyes, giving Xu Ruoxuan a faint glance.

Just that glance chilled Xu Ruoxuan to the core. Of course, she didn’t know why, since she didn’t regard Mu Qiuniang in her heart at all, nor would she notice her gaze.

To Xu Ruoxuan, she was the disciple of Tong Master from the Cultivation World, a future fairy girl, mere mortals should bow before her. If they don’t, they offend her and will be tossed into the black house.

Her pride was not ordinary, and she looked down on common men, including Jiang Nuo, a mere human.

If it weren’t for the Master assigning her to investigate Jiang Nuo, which was her first task since entering the mortal world, she wouldn’t bother with him. Just looking at him made her feel dirty.

Since the age of seven, she was favored by the Master and taken as a disciple. The senior brothers older than her, and she being the only girl, naturally doted on her.

Any dirty work had seniors to do; any grievance had seniors to console, everyone spoiled her, giving her the illusion the world revolved around her. When the Master mentioned investigating someone, she volunteered without hesitation.

Originally, the Master was worried about her, but considering it was just a regular human, there shouldn’t be any danger, especially since her senior was watching over her, so let her go.

Thus, under the arrangement of Second Senior Brother Tong Raosheng, she entered Mu Nan’s crew.

Xu Ruoxuan’s first impression of Jiang Nuo was that he was quite handsome, seemingly even more attractive than her seniors, sparking a bit of her interest.

To make a good impression, she put in a lot of effort, changing clothes, wearing hair ornaments, dressing beautifully. She even struck her prettiest pose to appear before him.

However, to her disappointment, she was ignored.

What was worse, she soon discovered this man was married.

The proud her immediately became displeased, her fondness turning negative. The result was her throwing a tantrum on set, walking off directly.

She went back to complain to Second Senior Brother, who comforted + encouraged her, telling her to complete the Master’s task first and he’d handle the rest afterward.

"Second Senior Brother, you said it, keep your word." Xu Ruoxuan looked aggrieved, with crystal tears on her cheeks.

"Rest assured, Second Senior Brother keeps his word, alright, be good, complete the task first." On the phone, Tong Raosheng’s voice was very gentle, and his deep tone was so nice it could make one pregnant through the ears.

"Alright, alright, I just don’t understand, what does the Master think, just a regular human, what’s there to investigate?" Xu Ruoxuan unwillingly grumbled a bit.

Tong Raosheng naturally wouldn’t tell her that; she thought she was something important, just a "plaything" the Master kept.

If this didn’t want to alarm the target, would they send her? Besides a pretty face, what did she have to offer?

Hanging up the phone, Tong Raosheng’s demeanor turned cold.

If she couldn’t handle even this little task, there’d be no need for him to defend her in front of the Master.