Quan Ji coughed several times, then looked at everyone's expressions with feigned mystery, wondering if they were just saying one thing but meaning another, and actually really looking forward to what she would say.
Unfortunately, she was overthinking it. The other person just stared at her speechlessly, making even someone as thick-skinned as her start to feel embarrassed.
"Ahem, well, I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Well... Jun Chenlan and I have actually explored almost the entire Noah World. We don't plan to keep traveling around for the rest of our time. We'll be starting a new life with you guys for the long term. How about it, are you happy?!"
She felt that this was the most perfect gift ever, after all, how could anyone not like her?
Her popularity in Noah's World is now higher than her money!
Everyone: "...Oh."
They simply gave a casual "oh" and didn't react any other way, leaving the young lady there smiling and waiting for a long time until her face was stiff from smiling.
Young Miss: "Oh? And then what?"
Everyone: "And then that's it? Isn't that normal?"
Quan Ji's smile gradually faded, and a feeling of grievance instantly surfaced. She stared at everyone with a pitiful expression: "You all have no heart!"
Everyone: "You guessed right, we really don't have hearts."
Quan Ji: "..."
I feel insulted, thank you.
She had never been so speechless in her entire life!
She prepared such a big surprise, but none of them seemed particularly happy.
She realized that her trust had been misplaced.
Seeing Quan Ji's expression, everyone laughed: "Just kidding, just joking. You're finally willing to live with us. Life is so boring without you. You're really not leaving this time?"
Quan Ji then smiled again: "I'm really not leaving. I'll stay with you."
Cang Mingyou: "Alright, welcome home, our young lady."
Everyone responded: "Welcome home!"
As they spoke, they opened their arms wide, their faces beaming with bright smiles.
Quan Ji felt an indescribable sense of emotion and warmth, and quickly joined the others in hugging them.
"Thanks!"
Quan Wuyue and Jun Qingchi, the two little brats, looked at each other and finally decided to join in the adults' sentimental spree, clinging to their mothers' legs without saying a word.
Welcome home!
...
After everyone happily decided to live together, they planned to cook a big meal to celebrate.
It was Quan Ji who made the suggestion; it seems she had been preparing for this for some time.
Everyone: "If there are so many of us, and we want to cook a big meal... then we'll need a huge pot to cook the rice. Where are we going to find a big pot?"
Without saying a word, Quan Ji pulled out a giant alchemy furnace from her spatial pouch: "This, this, I got it while traveling in the dwarf tribe, it makes rice taste amazing!"
Everyone: "???"
You're using a furnace to cook rice?!
If the dwarves heard this, wouldn't they go to great lengths to give you an instruction manual and teach you the common language of the continent?!
With the pot issue resolved, a series of other problems arose.
"If we have a pot, we also need enough ingredients... Everyone's tastes are quite different, so do we need to go buy groceries?"
Quan Ji: "Buying groceries? No need. Don't you guys store food in your spatial pouches?"
After saying that, Quan Ji opened her spatial treasure bag, causing all the ingredients inside to float in the air instantly. They were all kinds of food, both meat and vegetables, dazzling the eyes and leaving only two words in people's minds for a moment.
Holy crap!
Countless ingredients floated in the air, their diverse varieties seemingly encompassing everything in the entire Noah's Ark world, leaving one breathless and awestruck.
"Damn it...why is there dragon tail meat here? Quan Ji, what did you do?!"
Quan Ji glanced at the dragon's tail and calmly said, "One of the dragons accidentally got its tail stuck, so I cut off its tail to free it, and then used the rules of healing to restore it to its original state. Don't worry, there are so few dragons, why would I harm a dragon?"
Everyone: "...Really?"
Why don't they believe it?
Quan Ji: "Of course it's true. Do I look like I'm that wicked?"
Everyone: "..."
There's something I'm not sure if I should say, but it seems I shouldn't.
"Whatever makes you happy."
The group continued selecting ingredients, both meat and vegetables.
"Holy crap! Why are there phoenix wings here?!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked toward the phoenix's wings, and what they saw was that the enormous wings were covered with golden-red feathers, full and beautiful, and surrounded by flames. From any angle, they were beautiful to a new level.
Quan Ji: "Oh... This is from when I was playing near the Flaming Mountain. I encountered a vicious bird that was planning to cause a volcanic eruption, so I just killed it. To be honest, phoenix meat is really good."
Upon hearing this, everyone just wanted to ask Quan Ji a question from the bottom of their hearts: Do you even remember that you raised two phoenixes?!
They thought that now that Princess Quan was so ruthless, if she really found out about this, wouldn't she kill those two guardian beasts that she kept in the Holy Kingdom like chickens?
It's not that they don't trust Kwon Ji, it's just that Kwon Ji is the kind of person who would do something like this.
Everyone gasped in surprise, and after going back and forth to select several more ingredients, they finally managed to settle the matter.
Quan Ji put all the remaining ingredients back into her spatial pouch to store for later consumption.
Jun Chenlan offered, "Let me and the rest of the family do the cooking. Quan Ji can go find the guests who haven't come to us yet during this time."
Quan Ji's eyes lit up when she heard Jun Shenlan say that.
"Oh right, there are still some people who haven't arrived yet. I'll go call them now."
As soon as she finished speaking, she disappeared from the spot.
The others crowded around Jun Chenlan, puzzled. "Jun Chenlan, did you deliberately send Miss away? We really wanted to eat her cooking."
However, upon hearing that they wanted to eat the food cooked by Quan Ji, Jun Chenlan and the two children, Jun Qingchi and Quan Wuyue, instantly changed, turning pale and wearing an inexplicable, weary smile.
Everyone: "...What's with those expressions? What do you mean by that?"
It's utterly inexplicable and bizarre!
Jun Chenlan and the two little children exchanged a glance, and then all three of them looked at the group of parents standing together.
"No, you wouldn't want to eat her cooking."
Everyone: "Why?"
Jun Chenlan: "...Because it's so delicious."
Quan Wuyue: "Because... Mom has an amazing talent for cooking."
Jun Qingchi: "Because my mother can turn all the ingredients into a strange, bitter taste... and it even bubbles."
Everyone imagined it and felt a chill run down their spines.
Damn, thank goodness the young lady is gone!
—Author's Note—
Waaaaah, only 8,000 words left to finish the book, it's been so hard!
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