Chapter 16

It was dinner time, and almost every table in the hotpot restaurant was full of people, laughing and talking, and it was quite noisy.

"Just give us a set meal for two for 288, and as for drinks..." Luo Yu's gaze shifted from the menu to the person opposite.

Luo Zhi folded his hands on his thighs, lowered his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Luo Yu said, "Luo Zhi, do you want to drink anything?"

Luo Zhi looked up at him, shook his head, and said, "I'll drink whatever you drink."

"Then give me two glasses of orange juice." Luo Yu said to the waiter.

After the waiter left, Luo Yu took out his cell phone and sent a message to his parents saying that he would not be going home for dinner tonight.

After sending the message, he got up to prepare the dipping sauce.

Luo Zhi saw him leave, hesitated for a few seconds, then stood up and followed him.

Seeing him following, Luo Yu took a condiment dish from under the condiment table and handed it to Luo Zhi. Pointing at the condiment table, he said, "You can mix and match these as you like. There will basically be no dark dishes."

Luo Zhi wasn't interested in any of this. He said, "I'll just watch you adjust it."

Luo Yu smiled: "Then I will make you the most delicious one. I guarantee you will want to come again next time."

Luo Zhi hummed, and began to adjust it while looking at him.

Luo Yu picked up the small spoon and started with the peanut butter closest to him, followed by sesame oil, beef cubes, oyster sauce, beef sauce, green onions, and chili oil. The hot pot dipping sauce was ready.

He handed it to Luo Zhi and asked him to take it to the table while he continued to mix other flavors.

After preparing three servings, they came back and found that all the dishes were served. The hot pot soup base was bubbling and gurgling, calling them to start eating quickly.

"I'll scoop you a bowl of chicken soup first, and then you can drink it with fried rice." Luo Yu scooped a bowl of chicken soup, then scooped a few spoonfuls of fried rice from a small square box and put it in the bowl, then handed it to the opposite side.

Luo Zhi looked at the fried rice floating on the chicken soup, picked up the spoon, and started drinking it spoonful by spoonful.

It tastes really good.

The lounge chairs at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant were half full, mostly filled with people waiting in line. Luo Zhiluo and his friends ate their hot pot quickly, finishing the dishes on the table in just over half an hour. They left without a moment's delay.

"Luozhi, I have to go home now and talk to my parents about my plan to meditate." Luo Yu said.

At this time, they had walked some distance out of the hot pot restaurant and were wandering around in an alley.

Luo Yu continued, "I'll go get a room at the hotel up ahead. You stay in the hotel and wait for me to come back."

Luo Zhi said, "No need, I'll just wait downstairs."

Luo Yu said: "What I mean is, we will come back here later, and we will stay here tonight, so I don't want you to follow me around anymore. Now, you should have a good rest, and wait..." When he said this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, deliberately leaving something to talk about.

Luo Zhi was merely curious about what he was going to do, not worried. He said, "Well, then, go quickly and come back soon."

"Okay." Luo Yu quickened his pace and walked towards the Dahei Hotel in front.

After checking into the room, Luo Yu took Luo Zhi to the room. Before leaving, he reminded him several times not to run around and to wait for him to come back.

Obviously this is something he doesn't need to worry about, but he can't help but want to worry about it.

Luo Zhi was so shocked that he didn't know how to face him for a while. He felt that Luo Zhi was taking care of him like a child, and he was afraid that if he was not careful, the child would be abducted by human traffickers.

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When they got home, Xu Xiaoxia and Luo Zeping were sitting on the sofa watching TV, with a durian on the coffee table.

"Hey, where have you been hanging out?" Xu Xiaoxia asked while poking her teeth with a toothpick.

Luo Yu changed into his slippers, walked over to them, and began his performance in a cold voice. He said, "I'm going to the interview."

"Another interview? How was it this time? Why didn't you say hello to us?" Xu Xiaoxia put down the toothpick.

Luo Yu sat on the single sofa on the left, sighed and shook his head: "Not very good."

Xu Xiaoxia was shocked. Her son had never shown such an expression since he was a child. He was always sunny and smiling.

She said worriedly, "Oh, there's no rush. It's so hot now, it's nice to stay home and escape the heat. There's no rush."

Luo Yu saw that she had fallen into the trap, so he decided to get to the point. He sighed again and said, "Well, so I'm going to Yunshan Temple on Huangbei Mountain to meditate for a week."

"Ah?" Xu Xiaoxia was a little confused.

Luo Yu nodded at her and said dejectedly, "Well, I've already made an appointment with the master in the temple. I'll go there tomorrow. After I get to the mountain, I will cut off all contact with the outside world and concentrate on my cultivation."

Xu Xiaoxia wanted to say something, but she felt that it was okay for Luo Yu to do so. She had also gone to the temple to stay for a few days to clear her mind when she encountered some difficult problems.

Thinking of this, she said, "Okay, then are you going alone or with..."

"Just me." Luo Yu paused for a moment, then thought of something and said quickly, "But he will take me up."

Xu Xiaoxia said, "Oh, so what time are you leaving?"

Luo Yu casually reported a time: "Around three in the afternoon."

Xu Xiaoxia: "Then invite him over for lunch tomorrow at noon. What does he like to eat? I'll buy it tomorrow morning."

"..." Luo Yu had no idea that this would happen, but if he refused, it would definitely arouse suspicion. After thinking about it, he could only make the decision for Luo Zhi.

He said, "Crawfish, stir-fried beef with onions, uh... that's it."

"Oh, and he also likes chicken soup."

Xu Xiaoxia nodded and wrote down everything. She laughed and said, "Don't lie this time. Mom and Dad won't interfere with you."

Luo Yu felt very sorry when he heard this. It was impossible not to lie, and even tomorrow would be a day full of lies.

But there was no other way, really no other way, he could only do this.

He forced a smile and said, "I see. Then we'll come home at ten o'clock tomorrow."

Xu Xiaoxia crossed her legs and said, "From what you said, it seems that you are going out tonight to spend the night?"

Luo Yu stood up, put the durian on the coffee table into a Wangzai handbag, and said, "Yes, I won't come back to sleep tonight, see you tomorrow." He carried the durian to the entrance to change his shoes, and went out to find Luo Zhi who was still staying alone in the empty room.

In the steamy shower room, Luo Zhi closed his eyes and let the showerhead wash over him. His body had been in contact with water for a long time, but as a ghost, he didn't really need to shower. They only needed to cast a small spell to instantly cleanse their dirty bodies, which was more effective than scrubbing in the human body.

And today, for some reason, he really wanted to try it. His whole body was wet, and under the stimulation of the hot water, every pore was slightly opened, and his skin began to heat and redden. It was a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time.

And in the end, he couldn't help but release some liquid that shouldn't appear in his body.

This is ridiculous. He shouldn't be in this situation.

Bang bang——

A knock on the door brought him back to his senses. He turned off the shower, wiped his head with a towel, wrapped himself in a bathrobe, rubbed his face to make himself look normal, and then went out to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, a stench so foul it stunk like the cesspool of hell nearly made him vomit on the spot.

“Ugh—Ugh—”

"..." Luo Yuxin, who was standing at the door, said, "No way, you actually dislike something as fragrant as durian? I brought it specially for you to eat!"

Luo Zhi didn't spit it out, but just kept retching. His face turned pale and he said uncomfortably: "What did you bring? Why does it stink? Ugh—"

Luo Yu walked in and kicked the door shut. "Hey, it just smells bad, but it tastes delicious."

He placed the durian on the table, opened the window, and began to break the durian with his bare hands.

Luo Zhi quickly hid far away. He really couldn't stand the smell.

This durian has already opened a small crack, and it is very quick to open it. It takes less than a minute to open it completely.

"Damn, room six is ​​full of meat! Luo Zhi, come and eat." After Luo Yu said that, he picked up a piece and started eating.

Luo Zhi, wrapped in a white bathrobe, sat upright at the head of the bed, his arms folded, his eyes closed, his face full of resistance. He spoke word by word, "No, eat."

"No." Luo Yu chewed more and more deliciously, "It would be a shame if you didn't try something so delicious. I got this without my mother's consent. If you don't take a bite, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

Luo Zhi: "Then I'll give you a hypnotic spell."

Luo Yu: "No, how can something as important as sleeping be achieved through hypnosis?"

Luo Zhiwei opened his eyes and glanced at him.

Luo Yu smiled. He peeled a piece of flesh from the durian shell, brought it to Luo Zhi's mouth, and said, "Try one, Master Luo Zhi."

Luo Zhi's tall nose was twitching, and it seemed that he was slowly getting used to the smell.

Luo Yu continued to push harder: "Come on, open your mouth, open your mouth into an O shape, ah."

Luo Zhi finally failed to adapt. He turned his face away and said, "Let's go enjoy the nightlife." He had no choice but to say this.

“Hahahahahahaha…” Luo Yu laughed so hard that his stomach hurt.

"Is it really that scary? Durian is a very pleasant smelling and delicious fruit. Alas, you are not lucky enough to enjoy it, so I can only show off by myself."

After eating three pieces of meat, Luo Yu couldn't eat anymore. He looked at Luo Zhi.

Luo Zhi's eyes were still tightly closed, and he sat upright without making any sound. He looked like an empty shell, and no one knew whether his soul was in the underworld or here.

He called out softly, "Luo Zhi?"

Luo Zhi: “Yeah.”

Luo Yu wanted to tell Xu Xiaoxia that she had invited him to dinner at her home, but it was a bit difficult to say it. After all, it was Xu Xiaoxia who misunderstood them, and when he realized it was a misunderstanding, he was not in a hurry to clear it up, but instead enjoyed it.

He said: "It's like this, my mother misunderstood us, she thought we were in that kind of relationship."

Luo Zhi opened his eyes and looked at him, frowning: "That kind of relationship?"

Luo Yu nodded guiltily: "Yeah, that kind of relationship, so when I told her about Zen meditation just now, she asked me to take you home for dinner tomorrow."

“…”

Luo Zhi showed a slightly surprised expression, as if he was still digesting the meaning of this sentence.

Luo Yu repeated himself: "Tomorrow the four of us will have dinner at one table at my house."

Luo Zhi: "Okay."

"?" He agreed just like that? No way, it felt like less than a minute? So straightforward? Could it be that during that minute, he wasn't deciding whether to go, but was simply too happy to react?

Hiss... Impossible?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Luo Zhi's voice again: "Have you finished eating your durian?"

Luo Yu came back to his senses and said, "Okay, okay." He looked at the wall clock and said, "Oh, it's almost eleven o'clock. Let's go out and experience the nightlife."

The windows in the room were wide open, and the smell of durian dissipated a lot. Luo Zhi went to the table, closed the blooming durian, threw it into Wangzai's handbag, and finally tied an airtight knot.

Luo Yu walked towards the door: "Let's go, I'll take you to enjoy happiness."

Luo Zhi took off his bathrobe, put on his clothes, and said, "Didn't you say you would assign me a task?"

Luo Yu: "This enjoyment can also be considered a mission."