"Slurp..." Doragar is only twelve years old this year, and she can't be counted like a normal human child. In the Fallen Empire, the age of adulthood for humans is eighteen. In the Dwarf Kingdom, the age of adulthood for dwarves is forty. At only twelve years old, Doragar is really small, extremely small.
"Come on, I'll take you to find something delicious." If Shi Tou's mental power were strong enough, she could make everything in this space appear out of thin air in front of her just by thinking about it. Unfortunately, her mental power was not strong enough.
Half-dragged, half-carried, I led Doragar to the restaurant next door. This restaurant wasn't open to the public, or rather, it refused entry to rice noodles. The reason was simple: the restaurant had far too much food, and rice noodles were the kind of person who could instantly turn delicious dishes into unpalatable garbage…
"Please sit down!" Stone quickly took out a large pot of milk tea from a cabinet and led Dora Jiaer to the dining table. "The milk tea needs to be heated up. How about you try some five-color cake first?"
When Dora Jiaer saw Stone take out a large piece of five-colored cake from another cabinet, she immediately became excited: "Okay! Let's eat the cake first. That's fine, the milk tea doesn't have to be hot."
Stone smiled and handed over the cake, also pouring Dora Jiaer a cup of cold milk tea. Actually, the temperature inside the space wasn't low, so even cold milk tea wouldn't be a problem.
Watching Doragar eat without any regard for her image, Stone sincerely thought that Rice Noodles was incredibly capable. Well, if she ever had the chance to go back to that place in her past life, she would definitely take Rice Noodles with her.
Putting everything else aside, just look at her rice noodle-making skills. She could open a restaurant and feed those picky, anorexic kids for days on end. She's sure that even if they only ate white rice every day, they would still enjoy it immensely.
"Would you like anything else? Oh, by the way, I have a lot of frozen soup dumplings in various flavors here, would you like to try some?" Stone rested her chin on her hand and looked at Dora Garl. Although she was quite hungry, she couldn't eat cake as a main dish.
"Yes!" Doragar nodded vigorously as she wolfed down her food.
Shi Tou then went to find soup dumplings. Dumplings have always been Shi Tou's favorite, but they must be heated before eating, so she went to get busy.
Stone, who was busy with his back turned, did not notice that although Doragar was still chewing vigorously, his bright eyes began to look around imperceptibly.
Actually, Stone forgot one thing. Even if dwarves are naturally kind-hearted, a dwarf who grew up in the palace couldn't possibly be truly innocent!
☆, Chapter 189: Encountering an Old Friend in Kodor City
When Shi Tou finished heating the soup dumplings and turned around, he was so surprised that he almost dropped the plate he was holding.
Right in front of the stone, less than half a meter away, Doragar held up something the stone was all too familiar with—the Huo family's divine weapon, the Blazing Rocket Launcher.
"Tell me, where exactly is this place? Are you trying to kidnap me?" Doragar's little face no longer had its usual innocent expression, only a solemn look.
Stone was dumbfounded; she stared at the Explosive Rocket Launcher in Doragar's hand, almost speechless.
Damn it, that bastard Huo Xiaoxiao, who did she sell the Blazing Rocket Launcher to?! Last time at the Imperial Capital Academy's dueling arena, Han Shiyi took out one, although it was a low-quality one, its power wasn't bad!
Afterwards, Huo Xiaoxiao explained to Shi Tou that she had given it to Han Shiyi's seventh sister out of desperation, but she didn't know why it ended up in Han Shiyi's hands. Although Shi Tou was somewhat skeptical, he didn't pursue the matter further after hearing her explanation.
But who can tell her what's going on?
She was the one who forged the explosive rocket launcher, yet Grandpa Huo forbade her from selling the Huo family's divine weapon, not even a replica. But why was Huo Xiaoxiao allowed to?
Gritting her teeth, Stone decided that if she ever returned to the capital, she would put the Blazing Rocket Launchers on the shelves of Ironforge. As many as she wanted, and of course, at a high price.
"Hey, tell me, what exactly do you want from me?" Doragar became anxious when she saw Stone standing there dumbfounded, holding the plate of steamed buns without saying a word. "Let me tell you, this is a divine artifact! If you don't tell me everything right now, I'll blast you to death with one shot!"
Stone remained remarkably calm in the face of Doragar's threat. She knew perfectly well that with a single thought, she could instantly leave the ring space. And everything within the ring space was controlled by Baozi; isolating Doragar would be an incredibly easy task.
"Doragarl, it's me, Huo Yi, have you forgotten?" Although he knew that the Explosive Rocket Launcher in Doragarl's hand wouldn't really hurt him, Stone still felt a lot of pressure facing that dark cannon.
"Of course I know you're Huo Yi, but what do you want?" Doragar remained unmoved. The Explosive Rocket Launcher in her hand remained motionless, aimed at the stone.
Stone hesitated for a moment, then patiently persuaded, "Doragard, didn't I tell you? I'm going to take you to find the couple in the story, and you agreed to it yourself."
Doragar frowned, her face showing obvious doubt: "I've been in this room the whole time. You haven't been traveling with me at all. You've been lying to me the whole time! Huo Yi, are you trying to kidnap me to threaten my father and mother?"
O(╯□╰)o
Stone stared intently at the child, who clearly suffered from paranoia. He said, half-laughing, half-crying, "This is a moving space. In two months, you'll see the couple."
"Two months?" Doragar gasped. "That's a long time!"
How long?
Stone looked up at the sky. Why didn't she think it was alright? Actually, two months wasn't necessarily enough to reach the Dwarf Kingdom! If they traveled at a fast pace, they might reach the Crimson Forest in less than a month. The problem was, Stone herself was currently traveling with others, and when they would arrive was truly uncertain.
Besides, even if Stone did manage to reach the Dwarf Kingdom within two months, new problems would arise.
Well, she didn't have the guts to enter the Crimson Forest during the summer when monsters were at their most rampant and chaotic! You know, venturing into the Crimson Forest in the summer is absolutely suicidal.
"Actually, it won't be long. I'm here to teach you something really fun. Once you learn it, two months won't be a problem, and even two years will pass in the blink of an eye." Stone thought for a moment and decided to find some work for Doragar, otherwise, two months would indeed be quite difficult to endure.
Doragar looked at the stone with a troubled expression. Although she wasn't as naive as the stone imagined, she wasn't exactly clever either. The dwarves' innate intelligence, coupled with her upbringing, meant she lacked social experience.
In other words, they are easily deceived.
"What if you're lying to me?" Doragar thought for a long time, but still felt uneasy.
Stone was also helpless: "I promise I won't lie to you, okay?"
Doragar pursed her lips, looking quite hesitant.
Stone added, "If I didn't take you to meet that couple, then let me become as short as you?"
Instantly, the Explosive Rocket Launcher in Doragar's hand trembled.
Stone was so frightened he almost fled the ring's space. Fortunately, in the end, Doragar didn't attack Stone, though her tone became less friendly: "Hmph, Doragar isn't short at all! Mother said Doragar is the most beautiful baby in the world!"
Stone really wanted to say, "Your mother is so clueless..."
But then she suddenly realized that the "mother" that Doragar mentioned was actually her... biological mother?
"Yes, I misspoke. Doragar is the most beautiful little princess in the world, and Isiyu is the ugliest stinky old woman in the world!" Stone promptly corrected himself.
Doragar was stunned, clearly not expecting Stone to suddenly curse her sister. After a moment's hesitation, Doragar slowly lowered the Explosive Rocket Launcher in her hand: "Fifth Sister knows you took me away. If you do anything to me, my father and mother will never let you get away with it!"
Stone quickly nodded in agreement: "That's right, that's right."
She's already run away, okay?!
"Also, you are the second young lady of the Huo family. If you run away, my father and mother will definitely settle accounts with the Huo family!" Doragar finally put away the Explosive Rocket Launcher, but her face was still sullen.
Stone, who had initially seemed nonchalant, was suddenly startled by Doragar's words. She remembered the communicator Huo Xiaoxiao had given her; although Huo Xiaoxiao had told her to turn back at a green light and run at a red light, but…
Could it be that the Huo family is in danger, and Huo Xiaoxiao has to send a fake message to trick her into coming back in order to save the Huo family from disaster?
"You're finally scared? Let me tell you, Father and Mother love me the most, you must let me go home safely!" Doragar finally saw a trace of fear on the stone's face, and felt very smug.
Shi Tou gritted his teeth: "Don't worry, I will definitely let you see your parents, your biological parents!"
After saying that, before Doragar could react, the stone disappeared from the ring space.
Once outside the space, Stone realized she hadn't given the soup dumplings to Doragar, but at this point, she was too lazy to take them back in. She plopped down in a chair and began to chew the soup dumplings heartily.
Damn it, how could she forget that?
Originally, Shi Tou thought that Yi Siyu would cover up the matter for her because she had given him the complete Nine Heavens Shocking Technique, but ever since he learned that he was wanted by the whole country, Shi Tou had no hope for that bastard Yi Siyu.
However, she thought that the Huo family was one of the six major families in the East, and even if the royal family was angry, they wouldn't do anything to the Huo family. But it seemed that things were not as she imagined.
While eating her soup dumpling, Shi Tou pondered for a moment. After a while, she finally decided to go out and find out some information before Luo Pipi returned.
However, before leaving, Shi Tou looked down at the soup dumplings he had only eaten halfway through, and angrily took a big bite out of each of the remaining dumplings. Seeing the clear teeth marks on the dumplings, Shi Tou finally felt a little better.
He casually tossed the steamed buns and plate into his ring space, clapped his hands, and walked out the door.
Knowing he wasn't familiar with Kdor City, Stone decided to ask the owner if there were any restaurants nearby. After all, didn't those martial arts dramas he watched in his past life say that taverns and teahouses were good places to gather gossip?
But as soon as she entered the hall, before Stone could say anything, she saw an old friend—no, two.
Shrinking his head, Stone tried his best to hide behind a pillar.
"Brother, we've been out for almost half a year now, haven't we? I wonder if anything new has happened in the capital lately." The person speaking looked very familiar to Shi Tou, but she couldn't quite recall his name.
Stone was even more familiar with the person that person called "brother." She had a deep impression of him when they were exploring the Crimson Forest shortly after leaving the Dwarf Kingdom. She didn't know his exact name, but she gave him a nickname: "Show-off Milk."
"Honey, let's rest for a bit today and head straight to the capital tomorrow. We should be able to get into the city before the gates close." Although it had been a long time since we'd seen that flamboyant Milk, Stone immediately recognized him because of his swagger that radiated from the inside out.
Oh, right, honey!
Stone finally remembered—wasn't that Honey the "Love's Milk" she'd once tricked? Come to think of it, since arriving in this other world, it seemed she had quite a connection with the Milk family. But now, should she reveal herself?
Before Shi Tou could make up his mind, Hani Terunsu exclaimed, "My God, aren't you the twelfth young lady of the Han family?"
Stone stared blankly at Hani, wondering how she had become the twelfth young lady of the Han family.
Therefore, sometimes you have to think before you lie, lest you forget what you said later.
Fortunately, Stone just has a bad memory, not that he's really stupid. Seeing Honey looking at him with starry eyes, Stone quickly came out to greet him: "Oh, isn't this Young Master Honey? Hello, hello."
"Are you the twelfth young lady of the Han family?" The flamboyant Milk—who actually has a name, Dali Terunsu—asked with a puzzled look, "But I seem to remember the twelfth young lady of the Han family being a great beauty."
/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~
Those words are so hurtful, so incredibly hurtful!
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I've been having writer's block lately, and it's so cold my brain just freezes o(╯□╰)o
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☆, Chapter 190: Pink Dumplings Falling from the Sky
Faced with the skepticism of the showy milk, Stone decisively changed to an angry expression: "Does this young master from Mengniu mean that I'm ugly?"
Before the flamboyant Milk could speak again, Honey quickly waved her hand and said, "No, Miss Han, you are beautiful too. You have a kind of beauty that makes me fall in love at first sight."
Beautiful? Or love at first sight?
Stone shuddered violently. How could those words sound so disgusting?
"Alright, Miss Han, I apologize for my slip of the tongue." The flamboyant Milk glanced at his younger brother in surprise, but unexpectedly saw an undisguised affection in his eyes, leaving him momentarily stunned. However, he was a seasoned veteran, and knew how to handle social situations.
Stone ignored him and simply told the two to take their leave: "I have something to do, so I'll be going now."
"Hey, wait a minute, Miss Han, are you staying at this hotel?" Hani asked urgently, stopping Shi Tou who was about to slip away.
Shi Tou really wanted to roll her eyes at him, but after hesitating for a moment, she nodded and said, "Yes, but I really have something to do right now, I'm sorry."
Seeing Shi Tou leave in a hurry, Hani sighed with regret.