Give him a snack

Gu Fengling was originally happily chatting and laughing with the young girl beside him, but as he entered, he saw Zhao Dongchuan, contentedly enjoying a table full of mutton and vegetables, and his expression immediately changed. He let out a soft 'hmm', not expecting such a coincidence, to encounter his 'love rival'!

"Brother Feng, you know him?" The young girl noticed Gu Fengling's change in expression and followed his gaze, seeing Zhao Dongchuan eating hotpot by himself.

"No, I don't!"

"Let's go, find a table!" Gu Fengling said.

"Mm-hm, okay, Brother Feng!"

Afterward, Gu Fengling took the young girl to a table, sat down, and also started eating hotpot.

Zhao Dongchuan didn't pay him any mind, just ate his hotpot and hummed a song!

He devoured the food like a whirlwind, quickly dumping plate after plate of mutton into the pot, eating with immense satisfaction!

"Glutton!" Gu Fengling scoffed at Zhao Dongchuan, but deep down, he was very bothered. He was furious that Zhao Dongchuan's appearance had disrupted his 'girl-chasing' plan. Originally, with his 'looks' and 'talent', he was confident he could quickly win over Liu Yifei, and then he could use her family's connections and influence to rise swiftly.

He never expected a wrench to be thrown into his plans; ever since Zhao Dongchuan arrived, Liu Yifei had completely ignored him!

He was so angry, secretly hating Zhao Dongchuan.

Now, he had finally prepared to regroup and had found a new 'target' to 'conquer', only to unexpectedly encounter his former 'love rival' here. Feeling unlucky, he couldn't help but 'curse'!

Zhao Dongchuan ate very intently, but in reality, he was listening to everything. Gu Fengling's words, of course, were heard by him.

He showed no expression on his face, but inwardly, he had already pulled out a small notebook and made a note of it.

There were too many people and eyes around now, so it wasn't convenient for him to act openly... but secretly... hehehe!

As the saying goes, "Enduring for a moment makes you angrier the more you think about it; retreating a step makes you feel more wronged the more you think about it!"

He planned to give Gu Fengling a small lesson!

Gu Fengling had finished ordering and was waiting, his gaze fixed on Zhao Dongchuan, muttering under his breath!

"Brother Feng, what are you saying?" The young girl heard Gu Fengling seemingly speaking and asked.

"Cough cough, nothing, just a bit of a sore throat!"

Zhao Dongchuan sneered inwardly, just you wait!

Then, without changing his expression, he took out a piece of 'toilet paper' from the item slot in his system space, put it in his pocket, then took it out, wiped his mouth, and blew his nose for good measure.

He wanted to test if the 'toilet paper' he had blown his nose on could still be returned to the system item slot. If it could, then... hehe!

He rolled the used toilet paper into a ball, put it in his pocket, and tried to recall it with his mind... Uh, no, it didn't work~~ Alright, no glitching the system~

Never mind, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. Let's go with a normal version!

Looking at Gu Fengling, who had already started eating, putting mutton and vegetables into the pot, Zhao Dongchuan chuckled.

With a thought, the toilet paper in his system item slot silently appeared in Gu Fengling's pot. The system item slot had a feature that allowed items to be retrieved anywhere within a ten-meter radius, and Gu Fengling's table happened to be within that range.

Since you're cursing people behind their backs, not accumulating good karma, then don't blame me for being impolite; let me add some extra food for you!

"Hahahaha, hahahaha!" Thinking of the funny part, Zhao Dongchuan couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Fengling looked at Zhao Dongchuan's laughing face and cursed under his breath: "Lunatic!" Then he picked up a roll of 'mutton' from the pot with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

As he ate, he found the mutton had a strange texture. He opened his mouth and spat it out.

He saw white stuff mixed in with the mutton he had spat out.

Gu Fengling wondered, what is this?

Tofu? Mushrooms? Fat?

Half-believing, half-doubting, Gu Fengling suppressed his confusion and continued to eat.

Zhao Dongchuan remained expressionless and continued to add more ingredients!

Another piece of 'toilet paper' was dropped into Gu Fengling's pot.

Not long after, Gu Fengling was eating again, and with another chopstickful, this time he saw it: he picked up a white, papery thing.

It was covered in oil!

"What is this?"

He cautiously brought it to his nose and sniffed; it just smelled like hotpot.

He tentatively put it in his mouth and took a bite.

This is??

Unsure, he took another bite.

This is white paper?

Knowing what it was, Gu Fengling could no longer hold back, a wave of nausea swept over him!

He had just eaten it mixed with mutton, and at that moment, anger surged from his heart.

He slammed the table!

"What the hell are you doing! What did you give me to eat, there's white paper in here?!"

Gu Fengling's shout startled the young girl beside him!

"Brother Feng, what's wrong?"

"This is a... black market restaurant... they put white paper in our pot!" Gu Fengling said, exasperated.

His shout made everyone in the restaurant pause and look at him.

A Comrade waiter rushed over and asked, "Comrade, what happened?"

"There's paper in your pot! You're making me eat paper???"

Hearing this, the Comrade waiter's expression immediately changed. Although their service attitude was relatively good, they weren't easy to deal with when encountering 'customers' looking for trouble.

"This is a legitimate mutton hotpot restaurant, state-owned, how could we possibly put paper in your pot? Don't tell me you put it in yourself, trying to extort us!" The Comrade waiter retorted.

Gu Fengling, hearing this, pointed at the uneaten white paper on the table and loudly said, "Look, look!"

The Comrade waiter glanced at it and scoffed, "You've got some nerve, trying to extort us here!"

Other staff members, hearing the commotion, also gathered around, all staring at them with fierce expressions.

The young girl beside Gu Fengling saw this aggressive stance and quickly tugged at Gu Fengling's sleeve.

"Brother Feng, let's just drop it!"

Seeing so many people surrounding them, looking like they were about to get physical, Gu Fengling actually already had a change of heart. Taking the young girl's words as an opening, he went along with it and sat down!

"Hmph!"

Gu Fengling muttered under his breath: "Sooner or later, I'll report your black market restaurant."

Watching Gu Fengling being put in his place, Zhao Dongchuan was secretly amused!

Quickly hold it in, be calm, be calm, don't be too obvious!

"Haha, hahahaha!"

Gu Fengling glared at the laughing Zhao Dongchuan and shouted, "What are you laughing at?"

"I'm laughing at what I want, what business is it of yours!" Zhao Dongchuan glanced at him, directly retorted, then picked up a plate of mutton and added another one to the pot.

"You... you..." Gu Fengling stammered, unable to speak.

Indeed, he couldn't control someone else's laughter, so he could only sit down in impotent rage.

He had finally managed to bring the young girl out for a good meal, only for something like this to happen, leaving him utterly depressed.

No choice, keep eating! Can't waste it!

Thinking this, Gu Fengling specifically stirred the bottom of the pot with his chopsticks, and after confirming there was no more white paper, he continued to eat.

Zhao Dongchuan chuckled, eating even more happily!

While eating, with a thought, another piece of 'toilet paper' quietly entered Gu Fengling's pot.

Before long, another angry shout was heard from behind him.

"Holy crap, how is there still more?!"

Gu Fengling looked at the white paper clamped between his chopsticks, his face full of disbelief.