"I know you're awake."

Without letting the other person continue to pretend to be unconscious, Lu Wu helped the person up and placed them on a chair.

The kidnapper could only open her eyes. Although she was awake, she still had no strength and could not circulate her spiritual energy.

Not to mention there was a male cultivator with slightly higher cultivation level in front of her, she had no chance of winning.

She was somewhat surprised after she saw Qin Zhan's appearance clearly.

"Are you a disciple of Daoist Tianfeng?"

She revealed Qin Zhan's true identity.

"You're my fan? You're not going to sign an autograph!"

Qin Zhan immediately refused.

For a moment, the three people in the kitchen fell silent, until Qin Zhan finally broke the silence.

How did you recognize me?

He was curious; could it be that he was now so famous that anyone could recognize him?

The hottest rising star is here.

“My master mentioned you.”

The kidnappers told the truth.

She realized she had misunderstood her master; Qin Zhan had a master and wouldn't compete with her for the master's position.

Seeing the kidnapper's somewhat unfocused gaze, Lu Wu suddenly asked a question.

Who is your master?

"My master is Shan Ji, the city lord of Yuanhai City."

The kidnapper responded instinctively, her tone proud, clearly pleased with her new identity.

Ask questions quickly and answer unexpectedly.

Hearing that name shattered my illusions.

Why did the city lord's apprentice kidnap her?

Are you suggesting we stop her from setting up a pancake stall in Yuanhai City?

Are the city management officials in Yuanhai City really that strict?

Upon realizing that she had exposed her master, Shan Ji panicked: "It was all my doing, it has nothing to do with my master. My master knows nothing. If you have any problems, come at me."

One person does the work, and one person bears the responsibility.

The kidnappers were very loyal.

"Oh~"

Qin Zhan, however, exclaimed "Oh!" and suddenly realized.

"Your name is Shan Hanzhi, right?"

Shan Hanzhi, the genius orphan that Shan Ji picked up, was so talented that even though he hadn't entered a major sect to cultivate, Shan Ji had heard of him.

"It's me."

Dan Hanzhi was unwilling to speak.

She gently bit her lip, her face flushing with embarrassment and annoyance.

The beauty was shy and charming, a sight to behold.

Slurp!

Lu Wu swallowed hard, then firmly rejected the other party's attempt to use her beauty to seduce him.

"Then why did you kidnap me?"

The city lord's apprentice couldn't be some treacherous villain, and she hadn't offended the city lord's family.

Setting up a stall, a small business, isn't necessary.

"I'll have you make pancakes."

"I just want to know why my master hasn't been eating anything else these past few days but only the pancakes you make."

Mentioning this makes Dan Hanzhi grit her teeth.

My master's meals are always prepared by top chefs, but these past few days he's been acting strangely, eating those lousy pancakes every day.

The key point is that when she asked, she discovered that the pancakes came from a suspicious source.

Seeing how much Shan Hanzhi favored Lu Wu, she couldn't help but have the wrong idea.

As a master-obsessed individual, Shan Hanzhi couldn't stand it and brought Lu Wu here.

"So you think I'm your master's mistress?"

Lu Wu pointed to her cheek, speechless.

With her terrible aptitude, how could she become a mistress in the apprentice world? I have to say, the other party really has good taste.

Seeing Lu Wu lost in inappropriate fantasies, Shan Hanzhi hummed.

"Don't even think about it, your master would never be interested in you."

Her master will only have her as his disciple.

She will be filial to her master for the rest of her life, and no one else should even think about getting involved.

The clash between the two women was fascinating, and Qin Zhan watched with great interest, though he felt the content was a bit gay.

Anyway, it's not straight.

After chatting, they discovered they were all "family," and Lu Wu felt it was inappropriate to continue restricting the other party, so she gave them the antidote.

After a bout of coughing, the effects of the medication wore off.

Dan Han moved her hands and feet, but didn't leave. Instead, she looked around at the tools in the kitchen.

"Consider the contents of the storage bag as my ransom; you can have it all."

These words struck a chord with Lu Wu.

"Then it's settled. Qin Zhan, you're my witness."

She's struck it rich.

Seeing Lu Wu's greedy expression, Shan Hanzhi's eyes darted around before she spoke hesitantly.

"It's those pancakes, could you make a few more?"

"I want to take it back for my master to eat."

Of course, she would also eat a little something on the way back.

After all, this pancake is really delicious.

The moment she tasted the pancake, she felt relieved about her master's strange behavior over the past few days.

It's really not Master's fault.

She could agree to anything Lu Wu asked, except for the position of her apprentice.

As long as the other party still makes her pancakes.

In the end, the conversation returned to the pancakes. Lu Wu recalled the spiritual artifacts and spirit stones she had seen in the storage bag, and her heart was filled with excitement.

"Boss Lu, my master's compensation has also been delivered."

Qin Zhan reached out, and after a flash of light, a storage bag appeared in his hand.

“My master said that the bag on the left is compensation for you, and the ones on the right are in the hope of exchanging them for some pancakes.”

As the elder leading the team in this competition, Daoist Tianfeng cannot leave the scene at will.

Lu Wu glanced at it.

There are quite a few spirit stones on both sides.

If she had to make all these pancakes, she couldn't do it even if she broke her arm.

Lu Wu was troubled.

She has mountains of gold and silver right in front of her, but she doesn't have the ability to move them home. What should she do?

“I told my master that each pancake costs 100 spirit stones.”

His master was incredibly wealthy, no doubt about it.

Overwhelmed by the other party's arrogance, Lu Wu readily agreed: "I understand, I'll give you a rebate later."

Lu Wu was willing to pay ten times the price for just one pancake, so he rolled up his sleeves and got to work.

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