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"We can go again tomorrow. Today, let’s just have a good al. Boss, I’ll take all of this at."
"Oh, oh." Watching Zheng Yichen with his ’little body but cunning mind’ appearance and then glancing at the shopping cart brimming with at, the butcher imdiately packed up the at Zheng Yichen was pointing at, thinking it was all the sa money-wise, no matter who bought it.
Afterwards, he continued to the next place. As for the at in the market, despite buying a lot, he was actually picky, purchasing only those ats that whetted his appetite. The ones that didn’t? Definitely either not fresh or water-injected.
He even thought about going to the fire dragon’s base to ask for a couple of tenderloins...
Upon leaving the market, Zheng Yichen’s phone rang. It was Ahn Qi calling, a rather uncommon occurrence. Usually, Zheng Yichen would reach out to her after returning, and only if there was a matter would she take the initiative to call.
"Hello? What’s up?"
"Did you shrink again?" Ahn Qi asked in a peculiar tone. It wasn’t that she was eager to call Zheng Yichen at this mont, but rather that her sister Ahn Ke had contacted her earlier.
Ahn Ke was very interested in Zheng Yichen’s shrinking episode, but given certain agreents and pacts between them, even if she was intrigued, she wouldn’t act on her own, which was a slight relief for Ahn Qi and prompted her to imdiately contact Zheng Yichen.
"Yeah, what about it?"
"The market you went to has Ahn family’s informants, and it would be best if you didn’t wander around too much in your current state." Ahn Qi said, without ntioning Ahn Ke. Since Ahn Ke had contacted her about this matter beforehand and didn’t break their mutual agreent, Ahn Qi didn’t feel the need to bring her up.
She didn’t know the exact cause of Zheng Yichen’s shrinking, but such a change was likely to affect his personal strength. The Ahn family, because of her and her sister Ahn Longling’s close relationship, had started keeping an eye on her, and the dealings between her and Zheng Yichen were not entirely secret.
When Zheng Yichen was strong, not many dared to put pressure on her. Now that Zheng Yichen seed weaker, so might beco restless.
She could help Zheng Yichen avoid so incidents, but as he was cooperating with the Ahn family solo, it was not possible for the Ahn family to shield him from everything. They were partners, not each other’s nannies.
"Thanks, I’m heading ho now." Munching on a piece of dried at, Zheng Yichen didn’t reject the warning. Indeed, he was quite weak now, but weakness is relative to the environnt.
Having consud a fair amount of food, his weakness had diminished significantly, and moreover, he was carrying a large amount of witch’s tools, including curses and other items; when abilities are lacking, equipnt compensates.
"Do you need a lot of food?"
"Eating a lot helps grow."
"...Got it."
When Zheng Yichen got ho, a refrigerated truck was parked at his door, and Ahn Qi was there too: "You don’t mind dropping by, do you?"
"Co on in."
He had been to Ahn Qi’s place many tis, but Ahn Qi had never visited his ho before. The affluent lady had previously been very ’cautious,’ perhaps not wanting Zheng Yichen to misunderstand anything, or for other reasons.
"Hello, my na is Katrina." In the living room, Katrina took the initiative to speak to Ahn Qi. She was aware of Ahn Qi’s existence, but this was the first ti they t the ’wealthy lady’ Zheng Yichen had ntioned. After speaking with her, Katrina realized that this young woman also had a certain power.
Especially the eye pattern tattooed on her earlobe, that mark contained a very special power.
"I’m Ahn Qi, Chang Qing’s collaborator." Ahn Qi nodded in acknowledgnt. This was indeed her first real encounter with Katrina.
There were magic practitioners in Zheng Yichen’s circle, and according to her knowledge, they were from another world, sothing quite normal in Hazy City. Even her hunters group had such individuals.
In fact, since collaborating with Zheng Yichen, she had casually sorted out even the identity information of Katrina and Eileena.
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"Stop with the pleasantries and let’s get eating,"
Zheng Yichen said impatiently. The at had been bought, and what followed was a ti of frenzied feasting. Ahn Qi observed Zheng Yichen voraciously eating and remained calm at first but then began to wonder if the environnt of Hazy City had upgraded?
She watched as Zheng Yichen ate more at than her own body volu, only taking breaks to visit the restroom a few tis due to excessive drinking, yet he looked like he could keep going.
At night, Ahn Qi held a small fork and jabbed it into a piece of roasted at on her plate. She looked at Zheng Yichen, who had slowed his eating pace, and her expression said it all, "I think you could finish all the at in the car."
"No need to think, I can’t anymore," Zheng Yichen rubbed his belly. "I’ve reached my limit."
He had initially thought he could keep eating until he returned to normal, but as the evening progressed, he felt his digestive ability normalizing. It seed that repeatedly eating a large amount of ’low-energy’ food ant his body no longer required such ager sustenance.
To restore his digestion, he needed to eat higher-grade ingredients, like the at of a giant dragon.
Maybe he should ask the fire dragon brother?
Even if he couldn’t eat anymore, it would still be a record within the human range in this world, unless an experintal subject had been modified by her fifth sister. Ahn Qi set down her fork, "When will you recover?"
As she asked, Ahn Qi gave Zheng Yichen an extra look. The ten-year-old Zheng Yichen looked small, cutely soft, and not at all like a troublemaker, giving off a clever yet not dislikeable vibe. She even wanted to pinch his cheeks.
"I can’t be sure about that. It will take so ti," Zheng Yichen clenched his little fist. "But it won’t affect our cooperation."
Ahn Qi shook her head, "Alien Phenonon world incidents happen all the ti, but I don’t want anything to happen to my one-of-a-kind partner."
Although the current Zheng Yichen was adorable, cuteness didn’t put food on the table. If possible, she’d prefer to see the strong, normal Zheng Yichen, not this tender little boy.
After leaving Zheng Yichen’s ho, Ahn Qi didn’t go straight back but went to Ahn Ke’s residence, where her fifth sister was already waiting.
"How is it? If he can’t recover, you’ll leave him to , right?"
"That attitude of yours will get you killed sooner or later," Ahn Qi glanced at the sowhat impatient Ahn Ke. Wasn’t it this sotis reckless attitude that got her into trouble with so many people?
If Ahn Ke was certain Zheng Yichen couldn’t recover or would take a long ti to do so, problems could arise. For now, their agreent kept issues at bay, but the impact of ti could make her itch to act.
"You’ve invested so many resources into the partnership with him, and if you can’t get a good return quickly, you won’t have it easy either," Ahn Ke said lightly, laughing.
"Heh, but my partner has always given confidence," Ahn Qi remained unmoved by Ahn Ke’s words. "I’ll stay here tonight."
She could tolerate Ahn Ke in her ho clothes, as she wasn’t in work mode and didn’t have that strange look in her eyes when they talked then.
"Shall we sleep together? My room is quite large."
Ahn Qi’s smile vanished, "No!"
She could stay over, but she absolutely did not want to share a room with Ahn Ke, even if it was just for a very ordinary sleep!
Back at Zheng Yichen’s ho, two witches curiously watched as he took out a sealed box. After placing the box on the table, he double-checked the witches’ protections before opening the box.
The contents were too dangerous for him to take lightly.
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