Chapter 508 — Could You Sponsor Me a Little?
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"Is that so? Then I'll have the pufferfish too!" Feng Xiaoxiao was hardly about to call out Wu Chengtian and Xiao Wangba's bluff. Instead she turned to Xiao Wangba and said, "Wangba, since you've even eaten a crested ibis, this pufferfish must be nothing special to you. Why not let me have it?"
"Huh?" Xiao Wangba had been drooling over the pufferfish for some time already, but Wu Chengtian had yet to lift his chopsticks, so he had not dared to help himself. Now that Feng Xiaoxiao had spoken up, he found himself caught squarely between a rock and a hard place.
"What's the matter, Wangba? Why the long face? Don't tell me you're reluctant to give it to me?" Feng Xiaoxiao blinked and gazed at Xiao Wangba with an air of innocent delight.
"Of course he's not reluctant—he's just astonished that you'd treat such rubbish as a treasure! Haha, isn't that right, Wangba?" Wu Chengtian shot Xiao Wangba another glare.
"Right, right!" Xiao Wangba's heart was bleeding. He could have slapped himself across the face—why did he have to open his big mouth?
"Brother Wang Dao doesn't want his either, does he? Give them all to me?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked.
Xiao Wangdao had been quietly congratulating himself on keeping his mouth shut, counting on a few good bites later, never imagining that his silence would prompt Feng Xiaoxiao to go on the offensive. Furious, he wanted to ask her whether she could even eat that much, but for Wu Chengtian's sake he could only part with his portion in pain. "Of course, take them all. But seafood is not something to be eaten in excess—too much and you'll be running to the toilet!"
"Oh, that's all right. A bad stomach is even better—once I've emptied myself out, I'll just keep eating!" Feng Xiaoxiao said in perfect earnest. "Makes room in my belly, doesn't it!"
"Pfft..." Wei Zhao nearly lost his composure. This Feng Xiaoxiao really was something—there was nothing she wouldn't say! Then again, she had even dared to walk into the men's room, so nothing about her should surprise him anymore. Still, seeing her today from the vantage of an onlooker, Wei Zhao had to admit that Feng Xiaoxiao did have a certain charm about her.
Wu Chengtian's appetite vanished in an instant. Gazing at the table of delicacies, he felt his stomach turn. Such a feast—and he had not even tasted any of it himself! Even if all the top-grade seafood went to Feng Xiaoxiao, surely he could at least enjoy the other signature dishes? But after Feng Xiaoxiao's talk of the toilet and running to empty herself out, how could he possibly get anything down?
Wu Chengtian was rather annoyed at himself for bringing the Xiao brothers along. What kind of creatures were these—more a hindrance than a help, a pair of idiots! On second thought, though, from another angle, having these two fools around was good practice for his improvisational skills in the art of showing off. Adversity breeds talent—there was a certain truth to that saying after all!
"You two aren't eating these lobsters either, right? Then give them to me as well!" Feng Xiaoxiao polished off three abalones in a couple of bites, and where she managed to put it all was anyone's guess. Even if seafood didn't take up much room, eating that much had to be a strain!
"Fine, take them all, but eat slowly!" Wu Chengtian said, then looked at Wei Zhao. "Brother Wei Zhao, it's not that I mean to criticize you, but you've been far too hard on your girlfriend, haven't you? How can you treat her like this?"
Wu Chengtian, in his excitement, had quite forgotten himself and went straight to showing off in front of Wei Zhao. It seemed he was so used to posturing that it now came out of his mouth as naturally as breathing.
"I'm poor. Why don't you sponsor me a little? Then I could treat her every day." Wei Zhao shrugged.