Chapter 50: Fat Water Should Not Flow Into Outsiders' Fields

Yuan Wendong’s face darkened. “Shut up! My family runs a weapons forge. Do you really think I’d shortchange you a few cheap swords?”

After finally managing to appease them, he turned around to find that Zu An and the others had already vanished.

Rage value from Yuan Wendong: 123!

By this time, Chu Huanzhao had already pulled Zu An to the school cafeteria. He couldn’t help but chuckle as he looked at the layout inside; it wasn’t much different from the university cafeterias in his previous life. The only difference was that here, you didn't have to serve yourself; there were staff to take orders. However, some universities in his previous life also had such cafeterias.

“My treat, order whatever you like!” Chu Huanzhao tossed the menu in front of him, looking like a little rich girl.

Wei Suo, who had been banished to another table far away by her, secretly gave Zu An a thumbs-up. His newly recognized "big brother" was simply a role model for men living off women. *Hmm, my stomach isn’t too good either. I should learn from big brother and find a rich woman to eat ‘soft food’ with. Ugh, but Principal Jiang is too far out of reach. I’d better settle for an easier rich woman first…*

Zu An didn't even look at the menu in front of him. He immediately told a staff member, “I’ll have one of everything.” He was full of curiosity about the food in this world; he had no idea what many items on the menu were. This way, he could try a bit of everything.

Rage value from Chu Huanzhao: 99!

“Don’t listen to him,” Chu Huanzhao quickly told the staff member, then glared fiercely at Zu An. “Are you a pig? Can you eat all that?”

“No, I can’t,” Zu An spread his hands. “But I can certainly try a bite of each dish. My family was poor before, so there are many things I’ve never tasted. Since someone’s treating today, of course, I want to try everything.”

Chu Huanzhao: “…”

“No way, you can only order ten… oh wait, at most eight dishes.”

“Why?” Zu An mused inwardly. He had originally thought four dishes would be enough for two people, especially since this little girl was small and probably didn’t eat much. Who knew she’d casually suggest ten or eight? *It seems the daily lives of these noble scions are truly extravagant. Hmph, I must learn… bah, I mean, thoroughly criticize it.*

Chu Huanzhao’s face flushed slightly. “I… I don’t have that much money.”

Zu An looked disdainful. “Then why did you say ‘order anything’ just now? Don’t act tough if you can’t back it up.”

Chu Huanzhao finally couldn’t take it anymore. She slapped the menu down and abruptly stood up. “Zu, are you going to eat or not?!”

Rage value from Chu Huanzhao: 666!

“Eat? Why not?” Zu An said to the dumbfounded staff member beside them. “Then bring us the eight most expensive dishes here.”

“Alright!” The staff member looked at Chu Huanzhao for confirmation. Seeing no objection, he scurried away.

A group of men not far away couldn't help but comment:

“See that? Living off women isn’t all that great. Don’t you have to cater to the rich woman’s mood? Endure her temper all day?”

“Is that right? It looks like the little rich woman is enduring *his* temper?”

“Pfft, who cares who endures whose temper? If I had such a beautiful rich woman, I’d even be willing to fetch her foot bath water every day!”

“Me too!”

“Me too!”

“No ambition… actually, me too.”

“Pfft.”

Meanwhile, Chu Huanzhao was staring intensely at Zu An. “Zu, tell me honestly, how did you get involved with those women?”

Zu An tapped the table. “Hey, hey, hey, call me brother-in-law!”

Chu Huanzhao’s breath hitched, and her chubby little face puffed up again. “Are you ever going to stop? I lost that bet to you, but I’ve called you brother-in-law for so long, and today I even stood up for you. Doesn’t that count as paying back my debt to you?”

Zu An pursed his lips. “You said you’d protect me earlier, and I thought you, Miss Chu Er, were well-connected in the academy. But today, you couldn’t even handle a small-time thug, and I had to step in myself.”

Chu Huanzhao looked speechless. “Was that you ‘stepping in yourself’? You clearly just brought a bunch of women out!”

“Is there a difference?” Zu An spread his hands. “Isn’t being able to get them to help also a skill of mine?”

Chu Huanzhao was dizzy from his roundabout logic. “Alright, alright, just tell me how you got involved with them!”

Zu An couldn’t help but say, “What do you mean ‘get involved’? You’re a young lady, why do you use such unpleasant words?”

Chu Huanzhao looked disgusted. “You’re a man, yet you use reduplicative words. How disgusting.”

Zu An: “…”

“I’m teaching you a lesson: A girl shouldn’t be so loud and boisterous all day like a wild child. If you used some cute reduplicative words, with your looks, you wouldn’t be ranked only ninth on the List of Beauties.”

“Do I need you to teach me? It’s not like I don’t know how to use reduplicative words.” Chu Huanzhao huffed.

Zu An immediately became interested. “Oh really? Try one?”

“Stop blabbering, it’s making you sound like a sissy.” Chu Huanzhao rolled her eyes and poured herself a bowl of tea to drink. She propped one foot up on the stool; her legs were quite nice, but her posture was a bit ungraceful. However, coupled with her spirited, shoulder-length bob, she exuded a unique wild charm.

Seeing her natural way of sitting, Zu An completely abandoned the idea of trying to make her more ladylike.

“You’ve been beating around the bush for so long, and you still haven’t said how you met them.” Chu Huanzhao pressed on relentlessly.

Zu An knew that if he didn’t explain this, she would probably nag him to death, so he answered casually, “I met Ji Xiaoxi when I was walking around the city before. As for Pei Mianman, isn’t she your sister’s best friend? She couldn’t just stand by and watch her best friend’s husband get bullied, could she?”

“That’s it?” Chu Huanzhao looked suspicious.

“What else?” At this point, the staff had started serving the dishes. Zu An’s appetite was whetted by the aroma, and he couldn’t help but pick up his chopsticks.

Chu Huanzhao thought for a moment and said, “No, something’s not right. Why do I keep feeling like you two are secretly involved? It’s not just me; everyone else says so too.”

Zu An replied while wolfing down his food, “In their eyes, you’re my woman too. Are you?”

“Speaking of which, it makes me so angry!” Chu Huanzhao gritted her teeth, looking at the person opposite her. “It’s all your fault!”

Zu An chuckled. “I’m your brother-in-law, after all. Why let good things go to outsiders?”

“What did you say?” Chu Huanzhao’s eyebrows nearly stood on end.

Zu An chuckled awkwardly. “I meant we’re all family, so it’s only right that you help me out.”

“You really have no relationship?” Chu Huanzhao said, half-believing, half-doubting.

“No.” Of course, Zu An wouldn’t admit it. In reality, there was indeed no such relationship.

Chu Huanzhao finally breathed a sigh of relief. But then she noticed that most of the dishes on the table had been swept away by him, and she immediately grew anxious. “Are you a pig? Leave some for me!”

Zu An was taken aback. “You’re the esteemed daughter of a Duke’s residence; shouldn’t you be tired of these dishes by now?”

With her mouth stuffed, Chu Huanzhao said, “My mother is very strict. She doesn’t give me much allowance normally, and these dishes are so expensive that I usually can’t bring myself to order them.”

“How pathetic. Then eat more.” Zu An said, sympathetically putting food into her bowl.

“Thanks, brother-in-law.” After saying this, Chu Huanzhao suddenly realized, “I’m the one who paid, so why am I thanking you?”

“Stop putting food in! Now the dishes are all covered in your saliva.”

“Then why are you eating so happily?”

After they had eaten for a while, Zu An suddenly asked, “Huanzhao, what do you think of me as your brother-in-law?”

Chu Huanzhao was momentarily stunned, then answered instinctively, “Well, you’re a bit annoying, a bit perverted and lecherous, and your cultivation is a bit weak. Other than that, you’re barely acceptable.”

Zu An’s face darkened. Was she complimenting him or insulting him? “Then, who in your residence would least want to see me as your brother-in-law?” This little girl was carefree and guileless; he wanted to see if he could extract any information from her about who in the residence wanted to kill him.

Chu Huanzhao let out a snort of laughter and immediately became amused. “If you put it that way, there are tons of people!”

Zu An suppressed the urge to hit her. “The ones who least want it… the kind who would wish to get rid of me?”

Chu Huanzhao fell into thought. Just as Zu An thought she had someone in mind, he heard her say, “Still a lot…”

Zu An was speechless. He believed the silly girl opposite him wasn’t lying, which proved how much the original owner of this body was hated. So many people in the Chu family wanted to get rid of him?

“What about your sister?” Zu An stared intently into her eyes, as if trying to discern something. Although he didn’t quite believe Chu Chuyan wanted to kill him, Xue’er was her personal maid, after all. Without her instruction, how would that maid dare to be so presumptuous?

“My sister?” Chu Huanzhao was surprised. “Why would she want to get rid of you?”

“Didn’t you say many people in the residence wanted to get rid of me? Why wouldn’t your sister?” Zu An pressed.

Chu Huanzhao shook her head. “You’re the one she personally chose! Back then, my parents prepared many eligible young men as options for her, but she dismissed them all. Then, on the road, she encountered you, this useless… *cough*… this lazy fellow, and she personally picked you to be her husband. Our family even tried to stop her for this. I don’t know what kind of enchantment potion you poured on her, but she insisted on marrying no one but you. To be honest, I still don’t understand what my sister saw in you.” She said, simultaneously looking him up and down with a disgusted expression.

“Hey, hey, hey, that hurts my feelings!” Zu An fell into thought. Cheng Shoubing had mentioned this before, and now that it was confirmed again, it seemed the only person in the entire Chu Residence who wouldn’t try to kill him was Chu Chuyan.

His gaze suddenly fell on the girl wolfing down food opposite him. He immediately retracted his thought. *No, this silly girl is the one least likely to kill him. Chu Chuyan would at most be second.*

“What exactly did your sister go to do?” Zu An asked after a moment’s thought.

“I don’t know.” Chu Huanzhao continued to be engrossed in her gluttonous feast.

Zu An immediately got angry. “You’re her sister, and you don’t know?”

Chu Huanzhao retorted directly, “You’re her husband, so how come *you* don’t know? I usually don’t bother with family affairs.”

“Eat, eat, eat, all you do is eat! And with all that eating, your chest doesn’t seem to grow any flesh!” Zu An’s gaze fell on her unremarkable chest. He thought, *Born from the same mother, why is there such a huge difference?*

“What, what do you mean by that?!” Chu Huanzhao had just finished eating. Noticing his gaze, she immediately bristled.

Rage value from Chu Huanzhao: 666!

Zu An was amused. This girl was quite sensitive about her flat chest. However, at this moment, he didn’t want to provoke this young mistress. “I mean, you should pay attention to your image. You don’t even wipe your mouth after eating.”

As he spoke, he reached over and picked off a grain of rice stuck to the corner of her mouth.

Noticing his action, Chu Huanzhao’s face reddened. “Hey, men and women shouldn’t touch each other casually! You don’t actually have any ideas about me, do you?”

Zu An curled his lips dismissively. “Now you consider yourself a woman?”

Chu Huanzhao paused, then said, “Oh, right.” Her tone no longer showed any concern.