“Vegetables?” Yiluo Enya looked puzzled. “But I have money. You cover my housing, I cover your food. That’s fair.”
“You have money? If you have money, why would you eat vegetables every day?”
Zhu Qiu didn’t understand. What rich person only ate vegetables? It wasn’t like she was trying to lose weight.
This question made Yiluo Enya even more confused. She could only explain to Zhu Qiu:
“But I’m from the Elf Race. I can only eat vegetables. I can’t touch meat.”
“Huh?”
These words directly shocked Zhu Qiu’s worldview.
Actually, it was normal for her not to know. Back then, the Human Race’s life was still fairly stable. After being stable for so long, information naturally became closed off. She knew nothing, and even less reached her ears.
She only roughly knew that the Elf Race existed. She knew nothing about elves’ diets or other aspects.
Yiluo Enya looked at Zhu Qiu’s wide eyes and put on an innocent expression.
“I thought you knew. If you want to eat meat, I can still buy it for you. It’s just that I don’t eat it myself.”
Zhu Qiu was still frozen, not knowing how to handle the situation.
‘She actually didn’t know elves couldn’t eat meat and had acted like an idiot in front of Yiluo Enya. She really wished she could find a crack in the floor to crawl into and never come out.’
‘No! My persona!’
She reacted instinctively, immediately pouncing on Yiluo Enya and pushing her onto the bed. Then she quickly let go and turned her back to Yiluo Enya, avoiding her gaze.
“Huh?”
“What are you doing?” Yiluo Enya was confused.
“Cough, cough! I was just testing something. It’s fine now.”
“Testing? What test?”
“Nothing.”
The way Yiluo Enya looked at Zhu Qiu now was even more like looking at an idiot.
This little dragon cub didn’t seem very smart.
Growl~
Zhu Qiu’s stomach growled at an inopportune moment.
“Haha, um, Yiluo Enya, it’s about dinner time now, right?”
She scratched her head awkwardly.
“I understand what you mean. Don’t worry.”
Yiluo Enya turned and went out, closing the door behind her.
The moment Yiluo Enya left, Zhu Qiu collapsed to the floor like a deflated ball.
‘So embarrassing.’
‘She should talk less from now on. She couldn’t let others actually think she was an idiot.’
When Yiluo Enya came back, she indeed brought a lot of meat, and all of it was what Zhu Qiu liked.
There were plenty of vegetables too, and naturally, bitter melon was among them.
Zhu Qiu quickly finished her meal, leaving only the bitter melon.
To keep Yiluo Enya from noticing, she specifically hid the bitter melon under the packaging box and threw it into the trash bin along with the bag.
However, this couldn’t stop the sharp-eyed Yiluo Enya.
In order to make Zhu Qiu more satisfied with the food she’d bring in the future, she felt it was very necessary to ask.
“Zhu Qiu, don’t you like bitter melon?”
‘How did she know I threw all the bitter melon away?’
“Um…”
Zhu Qiu racked her brains and finally came up with a perfect excuse.
“Well, I’m allergic to bitter melon, so I threw it away. Haha.”
“I see. It’s a pity you can’t eat such delicious bitter melon.”
‘Wait.’
‘What did I just hear?’
‘Yiluo Enya actually said bitter melon… is delicious?’
Zhu Qiu was once again shocked by the elf in front of her.
‘Is this even human?’
‘No, she isn’t human. She’s an elf.’
“Bitter melon is my favorite food. Too bad you’re allergic. I won’t bring it from now on.”
Yiluo Enya wore a self-blaming expression, as if she felt sorry for bringing the wrong food.
“Actually, I’m also allergic to green peppers. Just not as severely.”
“Then I won’t bring green peppers either. I’ll switch to something else, like small desserts after meals. Cake, cookies?”
“Yay!”
Zhu Qiu suddenly realized her image wasn’t quite right and quickly coughed.
“Cough, cough! I mean, very good.”
After a brief discussion, the two finally reached an agreement on food.
Afterwards, Zhu Qiu continued sitting at the table quietly reading a book, while Yiluo Enya had nothing to do, so she watched Zhu Qiu, who was reading.
People could never stay idle for long. Elves were no exception.
At 2:00 PM, Yiluo Enya hadn’t seen which mentor Zhu Qiu ultimately chose. She was quite curious about which mentor Zhu Qiu ended up going to.
However, wouldn’t it be a bit rude to proactively bring up such things?
‘Yiluo Enya, oh Yiluo Enya. Why can’t you be a bit braver? Why are you so afraid of troubling or offending others?’
She was the same at home. She was careful in everything she did and cared very much about her family’s feelings. It was the same outside.
Previously, because of her personality, she gave in on everything, making herself very uncomfortable.
It was precisely for this reason that her mother thought she was too timid. She specially applied for a Dragon Race exchange student spot and sent her to the Dragon Kingdom to train.
Actually, to be precise, this couldn’t be called a personality problem. It’s just that people with different personalities excel at different things. There’s no need to forcefully change.
“Yiluo Enya, what did the teacher teach in class this afternoon?”
Zhu Qiu couldn’t understand the book she was reading and was bored, so she happened to ask Yiluo Enya.
Yiluo Enya was taken aback for a moment.
‘Zhu Qiu actually spoke first. That’s great.’
“In the afternoon, the teacher had everyone in class introduce themselves. Then he taught a bit of Grass Magic theory. That was it.”
“That’s it? That sounds so boring. Theoretical knowledge and such is the most boring. Of course, that’s just my personal opinion.”
To avoid saying something wrong, Zhu Qiu quickly added a sentence.
“I think so too.”
Yiluo Enya agreed.
“By the way, Zhu Qiu, which mentor is yours?”
“My mentor? His name is Ajimi. I call him Teacher Jimi. He’s a big guy.”
“A big guy? He must be quite formidable.”
“Of course. I came here to learn swordsmanship. Magic and such doesn’t suit me.”
Zhu Qiu made her stance clear.
Just as the two were chatting happily, Zhu Xiaxia called.
“Yiluo Enya, wait for me a moment. I’m going to the bathroom to take a call.”
After Zhu Qiu went in, Yiluo Enya looked puzzled.
“Telephone? What is a telephone?”
Inside the bathroom.
“Zhu Xiaxia, is there anything you haven’t finished saying?”
“I’ve said everything. I just wanted to tell you that Xiaguang’s mother, Xiali, made a lot of snacks and sent them over to thank us for helping her last time. I’ll have Xiaguang deliver them to you tonight, so you can bring some snacks to school in the morning.”
“Huh? Bringing snacks to school? Is that reasonable?”
“In principle, it’s unreasonable. But when the principle isn’t around, it becomes reasonable. Let’s leave it at that.”
Zhu Xiaxia ended the call.
But since Zhu Xiaxia said it becomes reasonable when the principle isn’t around…
If Xiaguang’s cooking was that delicious, then Mother Xiali’s cooking…
‘Hehe~’
She was already starting to look forward to it.
Zhu Qiu walked out of the bathroom with a smile on her face.
Yiluo Enya tilted her head, looking at her in confusion.
“Yiluo Enya, there’s something delicious. Do you want some?”
“Delicious?”
Subconsciously, she associated Zhu Qiu with the bathroom.
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