219: Chapter 17 First Impressions Upon Meeting 219: Chapter 17 First Impressions Upon Meeting A clever and adorable little girl is welcome anywhere.
She can win over everyone from a white-haired old man in his eighties to the silly eight-year-old son of a landlord.
Though a thousand yuan is indeed expensive, there’s a reason behind the cost.
Jiang Yinyin was very perceptive and busy, helping Mu Yuming bring out the noodles from the kitchen.
Two pounds of fresh noodles had been cooked into an entire basin, making Li Ya’s eyes widen in astonishment.
“Mu Yuming, have you lost your mind?
Are you feeding pigs?”
Mu Yuming was embarrassed.
The noodle shop owner didn’t know his family’s situation and had cut two pounds of noodles for four people, even worrying it wouldn’t be enough.
He hadn’t been paying attention at the time and hadn’t considered this detail.
It was only when the noodles were ready that he realized…
it was a bit too generous, right?
How did it multiply into a basin’s worth?
He pushed up his glasses and chuckled dryly, “It’s fine.
Mumu eats a lot, and now we’ve got an extra mouth to feed, so Yinyin can have the leftovers.”
What do you mean I eat a lot?
Do I really look like a bottomless pit?
Well, it is indeed a lot, and I’m still growing, so I don’t have to worry about dieting yet.
Especially after being so hungry for a long time at Edo Port, since arriving in Tianmen, Li Mumu has always been eager to eat.
Jiang Yinyin brought over bowls and dishes and expertly divided up the noodles for everyone, then quietly asked Mu Yuming, “Sir, do you eat garlic with noodles?”
Mu Yuming hesitated, “Is there a saying in China about eating noodles with garlic?”
“Yes, there is.”
“Okay, go and get me a clove.”
Li Mumu ladled some tomato and egg sauce onto her noodles and called out, “Yinyin, bring me half a bulb!”
Laughing to myself, a single clove is hardly enough to fill a gap in my teeth.
We don’t have guests, so I can eat as much as I want…
Just as this thought crossed her mind, the hairs on the back of Li Mumu’s neck bristled.
Her fingernails subconsciously clutched the edge of the table.
Something isn’t right…
What’s off?
Her intuition was usually accurate but unreliable—these two descriptions weren’t contradictory.
In other words, it was like having a prophecy, but not knowing what about.
Did I say something wrong just now?
While Li Mumu was deep in thought, the room’s door suddenly was banged upon loudly.
The banging was so loud that it startled everyone inside.
Li Mumu’s gaze sharpened instantly, her Red String quietly wrapped around her pinky finger inside her sleeve.
Wendy held her bowl of noodles, and a silent crack opened beneath her feet.
Mu Yuming looked towards Li Ya.
Li Ya appeared innocent, “Why are you looking at me?
Do you think I have friends here?”
Mu Yuming realized this was true; he knew his wife’s character better than anyone.
But he also didn’t move, because now they had a servant in the house to do their bidding.
“I’ll get the door!”
Jiang Yinyin was peeling garlic in the kitchen and upon hearing the noise, she quickly stood up, rinsed her hands under the tap, and headed toward the door.
Before she could reach it, Li Mumu grabbed her shoulder and held her back.
Li Mumu felt something was off.
Although she didn’t know what it was, without knowing who was outside, she couldn’t let the young girl take that risk.
If the visitor were a bad person, what if they walked in and started shooting?
A thousand yuan…
Of course, it wasn’t all about the money, but what would it mean if she died on her first day in their home?
Bang, bang, bang—
The person outside knocked on the door three more times, evidently growing impatient.
“Who’s there?”
Li Mumu inconspicuously flexed the ten fingers of both hands as she moved to the door.
“Did your family just use the tap water?”
A stranger’s voice came from outside the door.
Could it be the downstairs neighbor?
It couldn’t be a leak in the water pipe, could it…
Li Mumu’s heart relaxed slightly, and she unlocked the door.
…
It was hearing someone inside call out “Yinyin” that made Wang Yunxiao decide to knock on the door.
If by some stroke of luck he actually came across the right person, it would save him a lot of effort.
If it wasn’t, he would just go back to school and make further plans.
As for the excuse to knock, it didn’t really matter, ordinary people these days shouldn’t be too cautious.
If they acted very cautious, on the contrary, it would suggest something fishy.
But when the door opened, Wang Yunxiao was stunned.
The girl who opened the door was young, with clear soup noodle-like black straight hair, her features picturesque, white and soft… Wang Yunxiao, with his limited cultural level, could not think of more artistic words to describe her on the spot.
All he knew was that the girl was… hey!
A nose like a nose, eyes like eyes.
And damn good-looking!
Of course, it wouldn’t be accurate to say she reached the level of celestial beauty beyond human comparison, with built-in beauty filters and twinkling two-dimensional starlight backgrounds.
How should it be put, it was more like you’ve been holed up at home, deeply engrossed in reading the Romance of the Three Kingdoms for several years, and then suddenly, while out for a walk, you hear a teahouse storyteller recounting the tale of White Hair Zhao Zilong’s single-handed rescue mission—it was that kind of feeling.
Quite stunning, the aesthetic was about 1.5 levels higher than the local girls around here.
The daughters of wealthy families certainly have a refreshing spirit!
Wang Yunxiao thought, how could I have failed to notice such a beautiful girl before?
I was too busy discussing mutton soup with Han Bin and Yan Yu’an, those two smelly men.
No…
what was I going to say?
Knocking on someone’s door in the dead of night, unexpectedly dazzled by beauty, and now I can’t even keep my emotions straight.
Wang Yunxiao didn’t speak, and Li Mumu didn’t speak either.
She had been prepared to slash out with her claws, but when she opened the door, all she saw was a plainly dressed young man, with a somewhat intense gaze but no other notable features.
Her fingers twitched a bit.
Based on his attire, he didn’t seem like someone who lived here.
Was he here to fix the drains?
If you’re up to something, why don’t you just say it?
“Uh…”
“Ah…”
“Jiang Yinyin!”
Wang Yunxiao wasn’t some naive young man who’d never seen a woman, he just froze for a moment before snapping back to his senses, remembering what he came for, “Is Jiang Yinyin here?
Tell her to come out!”
When Jiang Yinyin heard someone calling her name from behind Li Mumu, she quickly peeked out, but the moment she saw who it was, she couldn’t help but gasp and instinctively stepped back.
My goodness!
It’s the school’s big loafer!
Seeing the look of alarm on Jiang Yinyin’s face, Li Mumu had a fairly good idea of who this might be, likely no good person, possibly someone sent by her family to cause trouble.
Even though she didn’t know how he managed to find this place, if he had the nerve to come knocking, then don’t blame me—
No, that’s not right, I can’t think like that, what about my character setting?
What was my character setting again?
Li Mumu’s nails itched, and so did her scalp.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard the young man outside assertively exclaim, “You know you’ve already committed a crime!”