2021-07-22 18:08:40Bai Feng's eyes were attracted towards Chen Lingxi's. The yellow color and the slits that made her look like a cat made him forget his previous fear of her for a few seconds. She looked quite exotic for Bai Feng, who had never seen such a woman before.
Her slightly tanned skin and her golden eyes- along with her red hair made her look like a cat that tail was swinging from side to side, ready to attack.
Her eyes narrowed as she saw Bai Feng's stunned expression, and she laughed while putting her hand over her mouth and also leaning her head slightly to the back:
"Ohoo? Did I just smite this little waiter?"
Her anger diminished by a bit as she gloated inside. Naturally, as a vain person, she liked to be praised by others. Knowingly or unknowingly.
"Seeing that you have good taste, I might just give you a pass for this one. Now get over here and tell us your specialties."
Bai Feng broke from his stunned state and got a little bit closer to the table as Chen Lingxi huffed and then sat back down at the table.,Her entourage remained a bit puzzled as Chen Lingxi didn't rip Bai Feng a new one as she usually does in these situations. But they weren't the ones to question her behavior as they were all bootlicking side characters that she kept around only to hear praises.
Lingxi picked up one of the menus and took a glance in it, seeing that most of the dishes were greyed out made her scoff as she asked Bai Feng:
"You are out of ingredients? What type of restaurant is this?"
The mockery in her voice was quite visible, she wanted to shame Bai Feng and his restaurant for being inadequate in front of her and her entourage, but Bai Feng scratched the back of his head as he bowed his head and said:
"It's true. We couldn't get all of the important ingredients this time around... it's my fault for that. I'm sorry if this is of inconvenience for you and your friends."
Chen Lingxi snorted as she looked once again at Bai Feng, and continued to mock him:
"So it's your fault? How should you compensate me for wasting my time? From what I can see on this menu, the dishes that I and my 'friends' want aren't available right now, and you wasted my time for that!"
"You should know the saying, time is money, right? Well, you wasted quite a bit of my money."
Bai Feng was quite overwhelmed by all of her words and kept his head down as he said:
"I'm not the boss here... uh. Do you want me to get him for you?"
Chen Lingxi looked at one of her taller 'friends' before waving her hand and saying:
"I think you need some manners lessons first. Bido! Go and teach him how to behave in front of a high-standing lady just like myself. Then you can go and get the boss of this place here to compensate me for wasting my time this way."
Bai Feng was extremely puzzled as the current event unfolded. What was happening? Why was this girl acting this way?
Bai Feng was someone who wasn't coddled nor overpampered, so he wasn't sure why Chen Lingxi acted so unreasonable. After all, this was just a small inconvenience, and all of their food was quite delicious. Couldn't she just order something else that was available?
He tried to stop the tall man called Bido from coming over near him while he shouted for Mo Pian's help:
"Mo Pian, there is some trouble!"
A grunt came from the kitchen as Mo Pian quickly left the ingredients that he wanted to prepare on the counter before making his way towards the mess hall at his quickest speed. However, Bido was faster than him as he tried to hit Bai Feng in the head with his right fist.
Bai Feng didn't have much if any experience in battle as what he did with the Sheriff was a sheer emotional attack, so he panicked quite a bit in the face of the attack that was ready to touch his head.
He tried to dodge only to trip on himself and fall face-first into Bido's muscular arms. Bido frowned as this position felt quite awkward to him. He had missed his original target while Bai Feng fell into his embrace, but the moment Bai Feng's head made contact with his chest, a muffled thud was heard as blood dripped from his mouth, and he fell a few steps backward, creating space between himself and Bai Feng while he clutched the injured area on his chest.
Chen Lingxi's feline-like eyes widened in surprise as she took another glance at Bai Feng's unassuming body frame. Right now, he looked to be on the heavier side, but not as fat as he used to be, so he couldn't be considered handsome in any way, but Chen Lingxi's heart thumped the moment that her crony got beaten back so easily. It was unknown if it was because she liked strong men or because she sensed something in Bai Feng that the others didn't.
Mo Pian made his way to the mess hall and saw the disoriented Bai Feng along with Bido who was clutching his chest angrily while glaring at the person who gave him the injury.
Mo Pian helped Bai Feng regain his senses before glancing at Chen Lingxi, he broke into a small but conservative smile as he gave a small bow towards Chen Lingxi and said:
"Might I ask why lady Lingxi decided to put her dog to attack my new waiter?"
Lingxi chuckled as she saw the skinny Mo Pian and said:
"So you are the boss here? Don't you look quite familiar?"
Mo Pian shook his head as he responded:
"Maybe Lady Lingxi is confusing me with someone else. I'm just a humble low-level disciple who got lucky enough to run this restaurant."
Lingxi mulled for a few seconds over his words before analyzing him better and shook her head then said:
"Yeah, I guess you have a few different things about you compared with the person I know about. Anyways I would like to make you an offer that you can't refuse."
Mo Pian narrowed his eyes inside, but outside he was all smiles as he cupped his fists together and said with a happy tone:
"What type of offer would Lady Lingxi want to give this meek chef?"
"Give me your waiter."
Lingxi went directly to the subject without beating around the bush at all:
"I would like a new bodyguard, considering this foolish oaf of mine got beaten so easily by your waiter. I feel something special in him..."
Lingxi's cat-like eyes widened a bit more as they turned sharp while she analyzed Bai Feng from head to toe.
Bai Feng felt a little bit uneasy under her analyzing gaze. It was almost as if his skin was seen through, and his secrets were revealed to her, even though he didn't even know his own secrets.
Mo Pian appeared in front of Bai Feng and blocked Chen Lingxi's gaze before saying:
"I promised someone rather important that I will take care of Bai Feng, so I cannot give him to you, unfortunately, he is of a similar standing to your father, and I'm sure your father wouldn't want problems with him, right?"
Lingxi's eyes narrowed as she asked while tilting her head to the side:
"Shredder?"
Mo Pian nodded and said:
"Indeed, I'm not sure myself what connection this guy has to Shredder, but his main slave came here and gave me a rather generous offer to take him under my wing, so I can't give him to you if he doesn't want to go with you."
Chen Lingxi frowned as she got up from the table once again, and she took a few steps towards Bai Feng. She made a motion with her hand, indicating for Bido to take a seat as she glanced directly into Mo Pian's eyes.
"Why don't you step to the side so I can have a better conversation with this young man?"
Mo Pian frowned as he felt an invisible pressure descend upon him, but he kept his ground as he said:
"I can let you talk to him, but no funny business, ok? I don't want to give explanations to Shredder and get myself in trouble for your antics."
Chen Lingxi didn't give Mo Pian another glance as she pushed him to the side before making eye contact with Bai Feng once again. Mo Pian watched from the side with a worried expression on his face. While he said what he said, he did care a bit about Bai Feng as they had similar passions, and he kinda grew on him with his country bumpkin acts, and he could see that they were kindred spirits.
Chen Lingxi put her hand on Bai Feng's shoulder, making him tremble as her eyes widened sparks of Qi made a small boom upon contact as Chen Lingxi was pushed backward for a few meters pushing her into her entourage and making her cough blood:
"No Qi foundation? How the hell did he beat my LVL 4 Qi apprentice?"
Mo Pian's gaze turned strange as he wasn't really familiar with the Qi foundation term.
Chen Lingxi took a handkerchief from the insides of her dress and cleaned the blood from her mouth before throwing it at one of her cronies, her eyes contained both puzzledness and heavy interest in Bai Feng as she looked at Mo Pian and said:
"Are you sure you can't convince him?"
Mo Pian shook his head as Chen Lingxi took one more step forward, but her body trembled a bit as she gritted her teeth and got near Bai Feng once again. She looked into his eyes as she asked:
"How did you beat Bido? You don't even have a scrap of Qi in your body!"
Bai Feng shrugged his shoulders as he wasn't sure either then he answered:
"I guess... I just gave him a headbutt?"
"No... no, that's wrong."
Chen Lingxi shook her head.
"You are special in some way, I can feel it, but you don't have Qi inside of you. I want you, come with me!"
Her eyes contained a hint of possession and fondness for Bai Feng, but no fondness that one would find towards someone that she would cherish, but more of a fondness of having found a very very important item that he tried to search for a long time.
Bai Feng could feel that something wasn't right with her, combined with her previous actions towards him made him quite skeptical of her mental state, so he decided against going with her no matter how she looked into his eyes.
He shook his head as he took a few steps backward making Chen Lingxi's hair fall towards her shoulder then to her back. Her former bun became a free hairstyle as her eyes became shadowed by her hair. However, she frowned as she moved her hair away from her face as she shook her head and said:
"That backlash from trying to sense your level broke my hair tie. Whatever, you don't want to come with me? We will see in the future!"
She waved her hand and left with her entourage. Leaving a puzzled Bai Feng alone with Mo Pian who had a contemplating look on his face.
Bai Feng turned towards Mo Pian and tapped his shoulder. His expression told Mo Pian the obvious. He really wanted to know why the hell had everything happened, and why had Chen Lingxi become slightly obsessed with him after he had beaten Bido?
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