Chapter 53 Three Delicacies Noodles Moshi Moshi

Looking at the empty corner, Ning Jia had no choice but to wait patiently, staring at the screen for a while. After waiting for what seemed like forever, she finally saw a small figure dart past the camera like a little mouse.

Such speed, no one else can match that.

Her spirits lifted, and without thinking, she called out, "He Meng!"

The little figure in the video seemed startled, hurriedly raising its head, staring with wide eyes, looking around blankly, appearing alert.

Ning Jia called "He Meng" several more times, and the little one's ears suddenly jumped: Huh, why does this voice sound so familiar?

When Ning Jia saw that He Meng recognized her voice, she quickly reminded her to "look at the camera," "It's this round thing on top." The little girl was confused for a while before she realized that Ning Jia's voice was coming from the camera in the room.

"Wow! Huh..."

He Meng gasped in surprise, now completely unafraid. She circled the camera, her little face almost pressed against it, and asked in bewilderment:

"Ning Jia, when did you get back? Is this the entrance to some kind of tree hole?"

What tree hole? It's a camera!

Ning Jia stared at the magnified image of the honey-colored, round little face on the screen, speechless for a moment.

Before she left, she clearly gave all the little people a training session on how to use the camera correctly, so why does He Meng seem to have completely forgotten?

It's only been three or four days, has her memory gotten any worse than a goldfish's...?

Ning Jia had no choice but to patiently explain. He Meng suddenly realized, "Oh right! You seemed to have mentioned that before!"

"What a load of rubbish! I don't think you even remembered." Ning Jia muttered to herself.

"By the way, He Meng, how has everything been at home these past few days?"

"That's great! We've finished all the fruit, and we also had dried apples and meat floss... But I think the dried apples are a bit hard to chew, not as crisp and sweet as real apples..."

Seeing He Meng launch into a long-winded "food review," Ning Jia sighed in exasperation and interrupted, saying:

"Never mind, He Meng, could you please call Chief Cang Lan for me?"

"oh."

He Meng nodded, and was about to leave when she suddenly turned to the camera and said:

"Ning Jia, Ning Jia, can you do me a favor?"

Ning Jia nodded, then, remembering that He Meng couldn't see her, quickly said "Okay," and added, "Go ahead and speak."

"that is……"

He Meng sighed sadly, "Gan Cao really wants to eat popcorn, he wants it so badly, but the clan chief won't let us eat it. Can you help me... talk to the clan chief for Gan Cao?"

Ning Jia chuckled, almost unable to hold back her laughter:

"Okay...okay, I'll talk to Chief Canglan, but I can't guarantee that...Gancao will get to eat it."

"……All right."

He Meng looked disappointed and walked away dejectedly. Not long after, another familiar little figure appeared in front of the camera.

Cang Lan looked somewhat haggard. She gave the camera a polite smile and called out uncertainly:

"...Lord Ning Jia?"

The sound was deafening; Ning Jia's eardrums jolted, and she almost threw her headphones away: ...

"No need to speak so loudly, just speak normally, I can hear you."

Ning Jia touched her ear and quickly said.

Cang Lan nodded shyly. She remembered the camera's function and quickly began exchanging pleasantries with Ning Jia:

"How have you been these days? Is everything going well? Is the weather alright where you are? Are you sleeping well? Are you eating well...?"

Ning Jia hummed in agreement, "All is well, all is well," and then cut to the chase:

"Chief, the situation has changed. I may have to stay here for a few more days. Is there enough food and drink at home? Is everything alright?"

"Don't worry, everything is fine." Canglan stroked her chin. "Everyone is doing well, and there's still plenty of food and water."

"That's good." Ning Jia was relieved, but then added, "If anything urgent happens, remember to press the button on the camera to call me."

"Okay, got it."

Canglan nodded at the camera and then subconsciously gave a polite smile.

The fact that Canglan was nodding, smiling, and talking in front of the camera was rather strange and attracted the attention of other clansmen. Soon, several more small figures appeared on the screen.

"Oh my god, I think I heard Ning Jia speak?!"

"Wow, so what Ning Jia said was true. We can talk to her through this."

Everyone stared at the camera with a mixture of awe and curiosity. Some even tried to greet Ning Jia, and their eyes widened in surprise upon hearing her response.

But the little ones are very adaptable. After everyone had spoken to Ning Jia through the camera, they relaxed.

Oh, so this camera isn't scary at all. It's just something that lets you talk to Ning Jia.

For a moment, everyone was still a little reluctant to leave and wanted to continue chatting with Ning Jia.

Ning Jia really wanted to continue chatting, but when she glanced at the time, she was immediately startled:

Oh no, it's been almost an hour since I came out! I quickly said, "Let's talk later," turned off my phone, and hurried back to my ward.

...

As soon as Ning Jia entered the ward, she saw the nurse changing Ning Fang's dressing and blushed slightly: "Mom, did you press the call button yourself?"

Ning Fang laughed and said, "It's okay, you go ahead and do your thing. I wasn't asleep anyway."

Ning Jia felt embarrassed and couldn't say that she hadn't been busy with the sachet business, but had been chatting with the little people until now. When she heard that Ning Fang was a little hungry, she quickly took out a bowl and made Ning Fang some enteral nutrition powder.

Although this special medicine has few side effects, it can cause some damage to the stomach and intestines. Therefore, you can't eat anything for the first two days and can only drink some porridge or nutritional powder prescribed by the doctor.

Ning Jia was holding a bowl, about to feed Ning Fang, but Ning Fang waved her hand, "It's okay, I can do it myself."

"It's almost lunchtime, why don't you go to the cafeteria and grab something to eat? The three-delicacy noodles are pretty good, and the shumai are alright too..."

Ning Fang was very familiar with the hospital and could name all the nearby restaurants.

Ning Jia chuckled, "Okay, I'll go eat some three-delicacy noodles later."

She watched Ning Fang finish eating the nutritional powder, wash the dishes, and get an IV drip before rushing to the hospital cafeteria and ordering a bowl of three-delicacy noodles.

The steaming noodles, the delicious broth, and the generous toppings look really good, and at only eight yuan, the price-performance ratio is simply amazing.

Ning Jia wasn't particularly hungry at first, but she couldn't help but pick up her chopsticks with anticipation. She blew on the hot noodles and was about to take her first bite when her phone suddenly vibrated.

Is that a call from the Lilliputians? Hopefully nothing bad has happened!

Ning Jia's heart tightened. She picked up her bowl of noodles and ran to a corner of the cafeteria to sit down again. Seeing that no one was around, she quietly took the noodles.

"What's the matter?"

"Wow—" Xuecao exclaimed in surprise after accidentally pressing the button.

"Ningjia, what are you doing? I've been so bored these past few days. I don't have to make sachets, and there aren't any good meals. The clan chief said we should eat the food sparingly, and he won't let us go out because it's too hot outside..."

Xuecao munched on a piece of dried kiwi and mumbled something to the camera.

Ning Jia hummed in agreement a few times, looking at the noodles that had already clumped together a bit: ...

"Um, Xuecao, I'm eating. If there's nothing else, can we talk later?"

"Okay, you can eat now, bye-bye."

Xuecao had no idea what was going on with Ningjia. She put down the dried kiwi, quickly pressed a button, and turned off the call.

It's finally over.

Ning Jia immediately breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating the noodles. Hmm, these noodles are quite chewy; they must be handmade. A sip of the soup soothes the palate... so comforting...

She was engrossed in the deliciousness of the three-delicacy noodles when her phone started buzzing again as she picked up a piece of ham.

Ning Jia: ...

She stuffed the ham into her mouth, picked up her phone, and sure enough, it was another call from the Lilliputians.

She put down her chopsticks, answered the phone, and a small figure appeared on the screen. The little person was facing the camera, earnestly calling out, "Ning Jia, Ning Jia, Ning Jia~"

Ning Jia sighed, "He Meng, stop calling me, I'm here."

Seeing He Meng's puffed-up cheeks and angry expression, Ning Jia had a bad feeling and quickly asked, "What happened?"

"Ning Jia, I'm so angry!"

He Meng's first words were a complaint, "Although I really wanted to eat popcorn, I really didn't steal any!"

Ning Jia: Huh?

It turns out that the two cans of popcorn that Ning Jia left behind before she left had never been allowed to be opened. He Meng would often circle around the cans, and her greedy look was known to almost everyone.

However, in order to ensure sufficient food and avoid waste, Canglan did not open the two cans of popcorn, since Ningjia had said that popcorn could be stored for a long time.

After her afternoon nap today, He Meng woke up and, as usual, went to "visit" her popcorn. But as soon as she got to the jar, she realized something was wrong:

Hmm, it seems like there are a few kernels of popcorn missing from one of the jars?

The other villains didn't take it seriously, and even said that He Meng might have stolen the food herself.

He Meng was surprised, He Meng felt wronged, and He Meng was extremely angry: If she wanted to steal popcorn, she would have eaten it long ago, why would she wait until now?

Now look what happened! He hasn't even had a chance to eat the popcorn, and he's already been branded as a thief!

"Don't be angry..."

Ning Jia, holding her bowl of noodles, listened while slurping them down, and said, "The most urgent thing is to catch... the real thief. Only then... can you clear your name..."

“Oh right,” He Meng’s humming stopped abruptly, “I have to go find Bai Su. She’s so smart, she’ll definitely be able to find the person who stole the food!”

Before she finished speaking, she ran away like the wind, and the screen was soon empty again.

"Hey, at least say goodbye..."

Ning Jia put down her chopsticks, her face showing a speechless expression of having been used and then thrown away.

She wiped her mouth with a tissue and was about to end the call when suddenly a small figure appeared on the screen again.

This shouldn't be someone looking for her, right?

Ning Jia assumed it was just some random little person passing by, but the round little figure drew closer and closer, acting all furtive, looking around while whispering into the camera:

"Sister Ningjia! Sister Ningjia! Are you there?"

Ning Jia: "...I'm here."

The chubby little one, probably tired from running, plopped down in front of the camera, panting. Before she could say anything, she reached out her little hand and started wiping away tears.

Oh dear, why are you crying?

Ning Jia quickly asked, "Tuantuan, what's wrong? Who bullied you?"

"No, no one bullied me, no one betrayed me..."

Tuantuan sobbed, "I did something bad, waaaah..."

Doing bad things? What bad things could such a tiny little thing do?

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Author's Note: Happy weekend, my darlings! Please add this to your favorites!