Ten Thousand Soul Banner: Deceased, do you have any unfulfilled wishes?
Chapter 328: Child of the Wind

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Child of the Wind

Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi wanted to eat firepot, naturally, it wasn’t at just any ordinary firepot restaurant.

It was a locally well-known firepot place in Bin Hai, reservations made in advance in the afternoon; otherwise, they might not even have seats when they arrived.

Shen Siyuan also had been there twice and honestly, he couldn’t taste any difference from other firepot restaurants because there was only one sensation—spicy.

"There’s so much I want to eat. I didn’t dare to order a lot last time for fear of wasting food, but today with Shen Siyuan here, it’s really great." Taozi was exceptionally excited and even ordered five portions of beef rolls.

"Isn’t it all beef, what’s the difference?"

"Of course there’s a difference, these are all from different parts." Taozi spoke with confidence.

Shen Siyuan glanced over and saw names like spoon handle, spoon kernel, triple-layered, and marbled, making one’s head spin. To him, it was all just meat; swallow it down without a care for which part it was.

"That’s like a cow chewing on peonies," Ruan Hongzhuang said with a laugh.

"hanhanhan..."

"What are you laughing at, did you hear what we were talking about?"

Shen Siyuan turned his head to look at Tang Tang who was sitting next to him, who had taken over Ruan Hongzhuang’s spot.

She was cradling a little water bottle, gulping down water with a gu-dong gu-dong sound, her little feet bouncing up and down with apparent good mood.

Seeing Shen Siyuan looking at her, she immediately passed the little water bottle over.

"Oh~"

"Ha ha, she’s offering it for you to drink," Taozi said with a big laugh from across the table.

The little water bottle, newly bought by her mother, was shaped like a little pumpkin, chubby and very cute.

However, at this moment, the straw was all covered in saliva.

"I won’t drink it, you have it," Shen Siyuan said as he pulled out a tissue to wipe her little face.

Then he looked up at Taozi and said, "Order her a cup of fruit juice, or milk."

"As if you needed to say it, we want to drink some too."

"Aren’t you going to drink beer?"

Eating firepot without beer seemed to lack a certain something.

"I have to drive," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

"Alright, then."

"Drink if you want, don’t mind me," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

"I want to drink too," Taozi declared upon hearing this.

Then she directly drew a circle on the menu with her pen.

Upon hearing this, Ruan Hongzhuang gave Jiang Taoshi a sidelong glance.

"Are you sure? With your tolerance, if you drink too much tonight, I’m not taking you home."

"No problem, then I’ll just sleep at your place tonight," Taozi said without a care.

Before they had finished ordering the dishes, the firepot base arrived with the rising steam gently curling up.

Tang Tang, seated on the bench and quite far away, pursed her lips and blew hard.

"Hoo hoo hoo..."

Seeing this from across the table, Taozi broke into laughter: "You’re so far away, how could you... uh..."

Then she stopped talking because a gust of wind blew and the steam "pia" hit her right in the face.

Ruan Hongzhuang saw this and snickered out loud.

"What’s so funny, it’s just an accident..." Taozi said, wiping her face, but then she became silent when her gaze fell on the firepot base.

The wind had no shape, but at this moment, it took on shapes.

The rising steam transformed into a fish, then a crab, and then a chicken...

They either circled around above the firepot or broke free from the surface, disappearing into the air—it was as if they were endowed with life at that moment.

Tang Tang kept blowing, and with each blow, a new little animal appeared.

Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi both widened their eyes, astonished as they watched Tang Tang.

And Tang Tang herself, oblivious to everything, continued to happily bob her head.

Shen Siyuan quickly covered her mouth with his hand.

The moment he covered it, the smoke-formed animals all dissipated.

Shen Siyuan glanced around and seeing no one else paying attention to their table, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Just then, he suddenly felt a wetness in his palm, licked by Tang Tang’s little tongue.

"You little rascal."

Shen Siyuan withdrew his hand, both annoyed and amused.

Tang Tang widened her eyes, looking at him with a confounded expression.

Alright then, Shen Siyuan didn’t feel like explaining too much to her. It was too tiring, as long as she didn’t cause any more bewildering incidents.

"She... she..." Taozi pointed at Tang Tang, stuttering.

In contrast, Ruan Hongzhuang seemed much calmer. Shen Siyuan had told her before that Tang Tang was an extremely special child. She had never understood what "special" meant, but now she had a firsthand understanding.

"Stop stuttering, if she wasn’t capable, would I have taken her as my disciple?" Shen Siyuan said, wrapping an arm around Tang Tang’s tender shoulders.

"Disciple?" Ruan Hongzhuang looked puzzled at Shen Siyuan, having never heard him mention this before.

Shen Siyuan winked at her; that was just something he had blurted out to Taozi, but now that he thought about it, this excuse seemed quite good.

The hot pot restaurant served dishes quite quickly. Just after Taozi passed the menu, the various dishes were brought to the table one after another.

Shen Siyuan picked up some beef and put it in the clear broth pot, all prepared for Tang Tang.

As for the dipping sauce, Taozi had already mixed everyone’s. She seemed to have done a lot of research on sauce combinations.

"Guaranteed delicious," Taozi declared confidently.

Taozi had almost ordered one of each dish, so much so that the table was brimming.

Even a waiter kindly reminded them that it might be a bit too much.

"I’ve always wanted to do this," Taozi said proudly.

"Eat more," Ruan Hongzhuang ladled meat from the pot to Shen Siyuan’s bowl.

"Leave some for me!" Taozi exclaimed in a hurry.

Then, dissatisfiedly, she said, "Choosing love over friends, in the past you always scooped into my bowl."

"With a mouth that never stops even while eating, you should learn from Tang Tang," Ruan Hongzhuang said.

Tang Tang always ate seriously and with concentration. And despite her small stature, she was very adept with chopsticks.

In fact, that skill was forced out of necessity. Without anyone to feed her, she had to be proactive or she would go hungry.

"Watching her eat, you can’t help but get an appetite," Taozi couldn’t help saying as she watched Tang Tang devouring meat.

Seeing this, Shen Siyuan added some kelp and vegetables into the clear broth pot. They couldn’t just eat meat.

Tang Tang glanced at her clear broth pot, then at the spicy broth pot next to it.

She couldn’t help but be curious why she was eating something different from everyone else.

So, while everyone was talking and not paying attention, she quietly extended her chopsticks and poked into the spicy broth pot.

Her action was immediately noticed by the three people.

But Tang Tang was very quick, she sucked on the spicy broth from her chopsticks right into her mouth, eager to taste it.

Then—

She burst into loud crying, with snot and tears flowing, mouth wide open, tongue sticking out, little face all red...

"You little rascal," Shen Siyuan said, both annoyed and amused.

He quickly gave her some juice to drink, which made her feel slightly better.

But she still felt the spice, mouth open wide, continuously puffing out air...

Then—

A gust of wind suddenly blew through the entire hot pot restaurant.

"Eh, waiter, where’s this wind coming from?"

"What’s going on? Is the air conditioning broken?"

...

The customers dining looked around in confusion.

But the gust was quick to come and go, so they didn’t pay much attention to it.

Shen Siyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, releasing his hand from covering Tang Tang’s mouth, his hand covered in saliva.

Tang Tang looked at Shen Siyuan with watery eyes, pitifully not understanding why he was covering her mouth.

And Ruan Hongzhuang and Taozi also shifted their gaze from the surroundings back to Tang Tang, looking at her somewhat in shock.

Tonight, they really had been continuously surprised one event after another.