The bottom of the flowerpot had been worn down in the Colosseum and had some scratches. Cheng Anlang hadn't done anything except clean it. He planned to smooth out the worn areas.
Some tiny gold fragments fell onto the table with the sound of the polisher, shimmering with a faint light. After polishing, Cheng Anlang touched it and found it to be quite nice. However, the flowerpot was slightly uneven after being placed down, but it was barely noticeable unless one looked closely.
Cheng Anlang nodded in satisfaction and carefully collected the gold fragments that had fallen onto the table: "When more gold fragments fall in the future, we'll see if we can melt them down into something else."
He placed a piece of breathable gauze at the bottom of the flowerpot to cover the small hole, poured in soil, planted Cheng Dahua in it, and added some water.
He dug the soil from downstairs, picked out all the debris, and left only the soil with few impurities.
He took out the small silk scarf he had bought last time and wrapped it around Cheng Dahua's neck.
Once everything was ready, Cheng Dahua suddenly looked quite dignified, exuding the aura of a successful person.
"Awooooo!"
Cheng Dahua looked at herself in the mirror with satisfaction.
I'm becoming more and more elegant!
After tidying up Cheng Dahua, Cheng Anlang then tidied himself up, especially washing his hair thoroughly. Last time they ate together, Zhang Mingyu touched his hair and then kept staring at his own hands, which made Cheng Anlang very uneasy.
After washing the fish tank, Cheng Anlang sealed it and put it in his mini storage compartment. He then put on his new clothes and went to his appointment with a happy Cheng Dahua in his arms.
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It's the same restaurant and the same private room as last time.
As soon as Cheng Anlang entered, a waiter came up to him and led him to a private room.
The surrounding diners whispered among themselves.
"Hey, look, it's Cheng Anlang and his flowers!"
"Wait, why is Cheng Anlang heading towards Zhang Mingyu's private room?"
"Cheng Anlang went to Zhang Mingyu's private room last time, okay? I heard they even got into a fight. Why is he going there again this time?!"
"What's going on? Even if you're trying to help students from impoverished backgrounds, you can't do this?!"
"There's definitely something going on here, quickly take a picture!"
Cheng Anlang tried to straighten his back as the waiter gently pushed open the door.
The private room was brightly lit, and in an instant, sounds of "quack," "crack," and "hiss" leaked out from the open door.
They had already arrived.
Cheng Anlang was slightly startled and carefully stepped inside: "I'm sorry, I'm late..."
Zhang Mingyu pulled out the chair next to him without a care: "It's nothing, we just arrived too early."
Cheng Anlang stepped forward and sat down on the chair. The waiter then brought out a small chair and placed it next to him. Cheng Anlang understood and put Cheng Dahua on the chair.
The duck was about to fly towards Cheng Dahua when Cheng Dahua had only opened her beak halfway when the duck suddenly stopped as if it had stepped on the brakes. It turned around with a "hiss" and flapped its wings to fly back.
Luo Sifen stepped forward, placed her tail on Cheng Dahua's leaves, and shook hands with Cheng Dahua.
The lizard had already learned a trick; it climbed up Luo Sifen's body to Luo Sifen's tail, which was clasping hands with Cheng Dahua, and then landed on Cheng Dahua's outstretched leaves.
As if by telepathy, Cheng Dahua instantly understood what the lizard wanted to do. She rolled up the lizard with her leaves and shook it, thus completing the first "handshake" between them.
Chapter 26, 26. Burrito
Looking at the somewhat ridiculous scene before him, Shen Rui tapped the table lightly: "Time to order!"
The table suddenly lit up, and a menu appeared in front of everyone.
The lizard climbed down from Cheng Dahua's leaves and up Zhang Mingyu's trouser leg to the table where the menu was displayed. Luo Sifen and Ya Ya also gathered in front of Yu Ya and Shen Rui.
Although the mutated beasts couldn't read, they all crowded forward to look at the text. Cheng Dahua rested her head on Cheng Anlang's bent arm and looked at the text with him.
Cheng Anlang still didn't know what was written on the menu. Although he had secretly looked it up after returning last time, he discovered that he didn't recognize the ingredients of those dishes at all, let alone the finished product...
He continued to pretend to be looking down intently, his mind racing: Should I order? Should I order the same thing as last time? But I still don't know how to dismantle a crab, or just order some prawns...
Zhang Mingyu sat to Cheng Anlang's right, ordered a clay pot autumn fish soup for Xigua, then turned to see Cheng Anlang staring at the menu without touching it: "What do you want to eat..."
"Huh?" Cheng Anlang paused, touching the edge of the table and mumbled, "Anything is fine, you guys can order..."
Zhang Mingyu smiled, ordered a plate of golden prawns and a plate of misty black prawns, and then asked Cheng Dahua, "Dahua, what about you..."
"Huh?!"
Cheng Dahua perked up immediately. Although it couldn't read the words on the menu, that didn't stop it from ordering. It stretched out its leaf and boldly covered the menu, swish, swish, swish, covering more than a dozen dish names with a single leaf. The dish names it touched lit up.
Cheng Anlang's eyebrow twitched: Does it know what it ordered?
Cheng Dahua didn't know what she had ordered, but she knew that everything on it was edible.
Before Cheng Anlang could say anything, Zhang Mingyu clicked "confirm".
Cheng Anlang: "..."
Yu Yaguang ordered two bowls of nourishing soup for herself and Luo Si fans, along with some fresh fruit salad and small cakes.
Shen Rui didn't move, because Ya Ya had been pecking incessantly at the menu with its beak, lighting up more than twenty items. Ya Ya couldn't read, but it remembered where Shen Rui had pressed each time, so later Shen Rui didn't need to lift a finger...
After everyone had ordered, the waiter pushed in a small cart with four large bowls and a huge basin of water on it. The water had a fresh yet slightly sour smell, and the waiter placed a bowl of water in front of each person.