99: Jiuyi Journalists' Day is launched!

Fang Yun and Vavinia continued to dally for a while longer, until the surrounding Buckle Family members shifted their attention and stopped focusing on them. Only then did the two reluctantly separate.

Fang Yun cleared his throat and pulled out two chairs from behind the barbecue stall's grill cart.

Then, Fang Yun placed one chair behind him and sat down "quickly."

Next, Fang Yun handed the other chair to Vavinia.

"Ahem, well, let's sit down, chat, and grill the meat slowly. No rush."

Vavinia replied with a flushed face.

"Okay."

Immediately, Vavinia smoothed her slightly messy hair back with her hand, adjusted her collar, took the chair from Fang Yun's hand, and sat down.

Because of the temperature of the grill on the cart, Fang Yun had been monitoring and controlling it using Human Intelligence Ascension.

So, although no one had flipped the meat since it was placed on the grill, it hadn't burned at all. Instead, it was slightly undercooked.

Fang Yun restarted the grill, his mood becoming very heavy.

Fang Yun's mood suddenly became heavy, not because the meat wasn't grilled well, but because he recalled a passage from a story he had read before.

"Monkey Brother, I'm sorry. Your Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle was ultimately snatched by me."

"[Failed the recoil control, I guess (laughs).]"

"This was not my intention, but the idea of my Second Brother. It insisted that I do this."

"Monkey Brother, you know that I have always been a good older brother who cares for his younger siblings. So, I had no choice."

"Alas~"

"But don't worry, Monkey Brother, I will return the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle to you very soon."

"Because before I could even insert the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle back into the East Sea, the East Sea Dragon Girl moved the entire East Sea away, saying that I had made the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle too big and it could no longer be inserted into its original place."

"So, Monkey Brother, please wait a little longer. As soon as my Second Brother calms down, I will be able to return the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle to you."

Fang Yun recalled as he grilled the meat, unconsciously immersing himself in the story.

"Second Brother, Second Brother! You need to calm down!"

"Although I know you really want to eat Northeast steamed buns and soft large cakes, under the current circumstances, where am I going to find these good things for you to eat?"

"Listen to your older brother's advice, calm down."

"How about this, when there's a chance in the future, I'll take you to watch 'Big Head Son and Small Head Dad'."

"Whatever you say, I'll listen. Whatever you want me to do, I'll do. I won't go back on my word, how about it?"

Just like that, Fang Yun put in a lot of effort. After a period of earnest persuasion, he finally convinced his Second Brother and made it calm down.

Fang Yun returned the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle to Monkey Brother, and then thought to himself:

"I must maintain a good relationship with the East Sea Dragon Girl in the future."

"In case Second Brother acts up again and insists that I insert the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle back into the East Sea, at that time, for my sake, even if the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle has become bigger, she will let me insert it back, and I can also pull it out again."

"Inserting it back makes Second Brother happy, pulling it out and returning it to Monkey Brother makes Monkey Brother happy. This is a win-win."

Fang Yun kept nodding in his heart, determined to maintain a good relationship with the East Sea Dragon Girl.

Just then, the meat was grilled.

Seeing this, Fang Yun collected his thoughts and returned to the present reality.

Fang Yun calmly stood up from the chair, used the knife and fork that came with the grill cart to cut the grilled meat into small pieces, put them on a plate, and then carried the plate over to Vavinia.

"Hehe, perfectly grilled meat goes well with tequila."

"Of course, if you mix two cups of golden butterfly honey aroma as a drink to go with the food, that would be even better."

"[Since there's food to go with the drink, there must be a drink to go with the food (confirmed.jpg).]"

On the chair next to him, Vavinia had been secretly glancing at Fang Yun since she sat down.

"'So hard... Fang Yun's abs.'"

"[A prosthetic body made of steel is naturally hard (serious face.jpg)]"

"'Bouncing, very energetic... Fang Yun's heart.'"

Seeing Fang Yun stand up to cut the meat, Vavinia's gaze gradually moved downwards, landing on Fang Yun's abdomen.

"'I really want to touch it carefully... Fang Yun's stomach.'"

It wasn't until Fang Yun carried the plate of grilled meat to Vavinia that she withdrew her gaze.

"Thank you."

"Then I'll mix two cups of golden butterfly honey aroma."

"You grill a little more meat, and I can mix the drinks while you're grilling."

Fang Yun's prosthetic body was very powerful, so Vavinia's gaze naturally couldn't escape his sharp eyes.

However, this was clearly something that Vavinia couldn't know, ...at least he couldn't be a dense idiot and point it out.

So, Fang Yun just made an "OK" gesture and continued to grill his own meat.

Vavinia took a deep breath, suppressed the curious thoughts in her heart, and stood up from the chair to start mixing the golden butterfly honey aroma.

"..."

Music drifted from a distance, the laughter and conversations of the surrounding people were endless, and the clinking of glasses continued one after another.

In such a joyful and lively atmosphere, the silent Fang Yun and Vavinia seemed to be separated from their surroundings.

In a moment of silence, only each other remained in their eyes.

Because she had mixed it countless times, Vavinia didn't need to put too much thought into mixing the drink.

Vavinia only needed to pay attention to some details, and then the rest of the actions could be left entirely to muscle memory.

Vavinia's hands moved up and down, performing one cool move after another.

Fang Yun, who had originally intended to focus on grilling the meat, was involuntarily drawn by Vavinia's figure.

The process of mixing the drink was very pleasing to the eye.

It was just that the image of a "Northeast steamed bun bouncing on the ground" kept popping up in Fang Yun's mind, which made him very distressed.

...

Just as Fang Yun was experiencing this "peaceful time," what he didn't know was that Valentine would arrive on the battlefield in thirty seconds.

Valentine, who learned from his family members that his precious cabbage had indeed been ravaged by a pig, rushed towards Fang Yun and Vavinia with a dark face.

"'Although I was mentally prepared, when it actually happened, it was still a bit difficult to accept.'"

"'Damn it, I haven't even found a partner yet, and you found one first, and it's my Sister.'"

"'How can I tolerate this? (I just learned grappling.jpg)'"

"'If I don't go over and let Sister stay with Fang Yun, it's not certain if Sister will sleep in her own tent tonight.'"

"'Although this possibility is small, I don't dare to bet.'"

"'Moreover, since Sister chose Fang Yun, it's also reasonable for me to pull him away and have him meet and talk to the important members of the Buckle Family one by one, right?'"

"'After all, Fang Yun can already be considered a 'non-Buckle Family member' Buckle Family member. I'm just taking him to 'pay respects to the mountain' in advance.'"

"[What, Fang Yun dares not join the Buckle Family?]"

"[His wife is in the Buckle Family, who else would join if he doesn't.]"

"[Or is Fang Yun going to be a scumbag?]"

"[Shoot him, shoot him immediately (dog head.jpg).]"