Chapter 277 - Barbecue Party (2/2)

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There are so many guests in the house and Mrs. Lin sets up three barbecue grills by the pool. The Lins only has one grill and the other two are brought here by Fatty Cui and Liu Zheng.

Until now Lin Luoran knows that Liu Zheng bought a house on Mount Qingcheng a few years ago when she was trapped in the blood pool. Back then, her family was under a lot of pressure. Liu Zheng’s action makes Lin Luoran think that she may have overlooked Liu’s feeling for her.

Lin Luoran feels inappropriate to ask Liu Zheng about this in front of all the guests. As a matter of fact, there is nothing to ask about. She has long since known about Liu Zheng’s love for her. However, before Baojia wakes up and finds her love, Lin Luoran would never be together with Baojia’s ex-fiancé. Lin Luoran is so stubborn about this that she becomes paranoid. She looks at Baojia’s room. Baojia, you’ve been asleep for so long. When are you going to wake up?

“Aunty Lin, I want the grilled fish. My mom doesn’t let me eat the fish. Please make some for me, please.”

Lucy clings to Lin Luoran’s clothes and hands Lin a stick of fish.

Hands on waist, w.a.n.g Miao’e shouts to her daughter, “Lucy! Look at yourself! You’re going to become a fatty just like your dad! Stop eating!” w.a.n.g’s words actually make Fatty Cui proud of himself. His daughter is chubby and cute and she looks like him a lot. Fatty Cui draws himself up but crouches immediately after being stared by his wife.

Fatty Cui takes a closer look at his daughter. Is she a little bit too chubby? Fatty Cui hesitates. However, he puts the idea behind him after seeing Lin Luoran grill the fish for Lucy. It doesn’t matter whether Lucy is fat or not. Lin Luoran will be there for her always.

The fish is already seasoned and Lucy can’t eat spicy food. Lin Luoran doesn’t put more chili on the fish and she flips the fish quickly on the grill. When it is crispy and juicy, she spreads some shallots and houttuynia on it and a bit of salt. The fish smells very good.

Lucy is too young to eat fish by herself so Lin Luoran gives the fish to w.a.n.g Miao’e. Lucy looks at her mom with doggy eyes and w.a.n.g Miao’e has no choice but to pick the fishbones out and give her daughter the meat.

Lin Luodong and Huang Weijian are grilling the marbled pork and the ribs. Mrs. Lin and Li Xi’er are dealing with vegetables like potatoes, eggplants, and cuc.u.mbers. Mrs. Lin and Li Xi’er want to lose some weight because they’ve put on some weight since winter.

Yuan Ye is chatting with Liu Zheng and Zeng Tian is talking about fis.h.i.+ng with Mr. Lin while grilling this fish. Commander Qin has always been the senior of the family, but he is not today because the crazy Taoist is also here.

Therefore, the former commander of the military subarea is roasting a chicken for the crazy Taoist!

Lin Luoran wants to free Commander Qin from the labor. However, Commander Qin and the crazy Taoist are in harmony right now. They are clearly exchanging feelings so Lin Luoran doesn’t interfere.

Wait! Is that little thing by the grill the cyan fox?

The little cyan fox can’t wait to have a taste of the barbecue. It jumps on the table and takes a stick and starts to grill something. Lin Luoran takes a closer look and sees the little fox grilling a ginseng… Does ginseng taste good after grilling? Lin Luoran decides to leave the little fox alone and sees what it is up to.

The little fox doesn’t know that Lin is watching. When the ginseng is almost done, it brushes chili oil on it and adds a bit salt and pepper, as well as some shallots. The ginseng does smell good. The little fox forgets about how hot it is and takes a bite. Ginseng is bitter. With all the salty and hot seasoning, Lin Luoran knows from the little fox’s expressions that the taste of grilled ginseng is disgusting.

“Ha-ha…” Lin Luoran laughs. The little cyan fox throws the grilled ginseng into the pool secretly.

The little fox gets caught by Mrs. Lin because of Lin Luoran’s laughter. Mrs. Lin cleans the pool every day and she is angry that the little fox just messes up the water. The little fox runs away fast.

Thanks to the little cyan fox, Lin Luoran now remembers that she should feed Goldie. Lin Luoran takes a whole pig’s leg, slices the meat, and puts it on the grill. Goldie can’t eat spicy food either. Lin Luoran flips the pig’s leg now and then and brushes the meat with spirit wine when it is almost done. Then she brushes some jam made of fruit grown in her s.p.a.ce. The leg smells so great and it attracts everybody’s attention.

Fatty Cui is the first one that comes to Lin. He says, “Hey! Luoran, how did you grill the meat? Why does it smell better than those we ate?”

Everybody nods. Lin Luoran casts a glance at him. Fatty Cui has eaten three portions of meat and he just said that the meat was not as good as the leg! Fatty Cui just wants to have a bite of the leg because he is always hungry. Lin Luoran points at Goldie, which is standing on the roof, and says, “If you have the courage to eat its food, I’ll just give you a bite.”

Goldie turns its head around and stares at Fatty Cui coldly. Cui grumbles, “I won’t grab the food of a hawk!”

At the same time, Goldie flies down and lands in the yard. Fatty Cui gets scared and runs away. w.a.n.g Miao’e laughs loudly and Lucy giggles like bells, regardless of her dad’s reputation.

Goldie is just here to eat the meat, not to mess with Fatty Cui. Everybody laughs again.

Goldie’s beak is sharp and it eats fast. People in the yard get even more hungry after seeing Goldie eat. They ask for some jam and spirit wine from Lin Luoran and start to grill meat in the way she did.

The little cyan fox comes with slouching ears. Lin Luoran holds it in her arms. “Just tell me you want to try the barbecue. If you did, the ginseng wouldn’t be wasted.” The little fox gets even more depressed. Lin Luoran takes a few pieces of ribs and puts them on a stick along with tomatoes and cuc.u.mbers. The color is so nice and Lin Luoran grills them perfectly.

Lin Luoran hands the stick to the little fox and it is cheered up immediately. It takes the stick and goes to find Goldie. Lin Luoran suspects that the little fox is going to show off the stick of meat to Goldie.

Yuan Ye notices that Lin Luoran hasn’t eaten much because she keeps grilling things for everybody else. He makes a few sticks of chicken meat and gives them to her.

“Master…”

Lin Luoran is moved by Yuan Ye’s respect for her. She finishes eating the meat and asks carelessly, “Will the new main medicine be out by next week?”

Hearing that Lin Luoran asks about the pharmaceutical factory, Yuan Ye gets serious. Before he tells more about it to his master, Lin Luoran has left to grill more potatoes. She says, “After the medicine is out, you can leave things of the factory for a while. Come live in my house and focus on your cultivation… I really find your level of cultivation embarra.s.sing.”

Is Master Lin telling me to live in her house and focus on cultivation? Yuan Ye wants to pinch himself to see if this is real. Does it mean that Master Lin finally accepts him?

Zeng Tian is speechless. He looks at Yuan Ye with so much jealousy.