31 Run Back

Cheng Nuo finally understood why the waitress had asked him to confirm his order when he was ordering. What was more annoying was how he had specially ordered two more plates of beef. When he saw Mu Leng's hidden smile, Cheng Nuo knew that Mu Leng had most likely come up with the idea.

"Come, Cheng Nuo, try the beef here. It is super delicious." With an entire table of delicious food, Su Xiaoxiao ate extremely happily. However, she did not forget about Cheng Nuo and put a slice of beef into this plate.

"Alright, I will try it." Cheng Nuo forced an ugly smile on his face.

Mu Leng was bothered. Why was Cheng Nuo so sad when he had so much money?

Cheng Nuo put the beef into his mouth.

Ssss…

No wonder Su Xiaoxiao had recommended this hotpot restaurant—the food was really good! Cheng Nuo ate another piece of duck intestine. Hmm, it was delicious! The beef ball was yummy too.

Cheng Nuo feasted in happiness and sadness.

They finished the entire table of food. Nobody was drooling over Mu Leng's beauty and nobody forced Cheng Nuo to pretend.

"Burp. I am so full!" Su Xiaoxiao touched her round belly as she lied back on her chair. She completely disregarded her image as a demure young lady and released a long, loud burp.

Although they had ordered many dishes, the three of them had finished the over 20 plates. Su Xiaoxiao was the main contributor; she had eaten nearly half of the food. Cheng Nuo was very confused. How could that small body of hers contain so much food?

Cheng Nuo used his special power and calculated. Su Xiaoxiao had eaten 8,974 calories in this meal. That was terrifying!

After resting for an hour, the three of them returned to the arcade with the 100 Yuan vouchers that Manager Sun had given them.

After receiving the news, Manager Sun, who was drinking tea in the office, nearly spat the tea onto the monitor screen.

What, the guy returned again?!

Sun Bo went downstairs in fear. He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that Cheng Nuo was not at the claw machines.

Sun Bo was really frightened by Cheng Nuo. He had taken a loss of nearly 1,000 Yuan because of the empty claw machines. If he came a few times, he would lose his job as the manager of the arcade.

"Wang, get someone to keep an eye on him. Once he moves to the claw machines, inform me immediately."

Sun Bo was still worried and asked someone to look after Cheng Nuo.

…

Cheng Nuo had the intention to go for the claw machine again after eating lunch. However, he thought that he should not continuously exploit the arcade, as he would be blacklisted sooner or later. He would rather change his target to another arcade.

Most importantly, he only had 50 cents left in his wallet. What could he do with that? He could not even purchase any game coins!

Su Xiaoxiao waved the voucher and spent all the 200 Yuan in the mall and got five huge packs of snacks. Cheng Nuo, who did not get to enjoy the "shopping" experience in the morning, got to experience it in the afternoon.

In order to purchase 200 Yuan worth of things, Su Xiaoxiao went up and down the arcade five times. Su Xiaoxiao did not feel tired at all in front of snacks. That tired Cheng Nuo out as there were five huge packs of snacks! When Cheng Nuo walked out of the mall, he felt like his arms were gone.

So the novels were true!

Mu Leng and Su Xiaoxiao sat in the taxi and Su Xiaoxiao said softly to Cheng Nuo, "Cheng Nuo, next time, don't forget to call me if you are paying for food. Remember, we are friends!"

Cheng Nuo smiled bitterly and forced himself to nod.

"Bye, Cheng Nuo! See you next week!" Su Xiaoxiao smiled and waved in the taxi.

As Cheng Nuo watched the taxi leave, he felt like he had made a mistake by promising Su Xiaoxiao lunch! Not only had his relationship with Mu Leng not improved, Mu Leng had an even worse impression of him.

Recalling his day, he was nearly run over by a car in the morning, was chased three times by a crazy police officer, and went bankrupt after lunch.

Cheng Nuo sighed and walked back to his house.

One did not have to ask why Cheng Nuo had not taken a bus or taxi. The reason was simple: he had no money!

Anyway, his house was not too far away and he could exercise if he ran back. Cheng Nuo comforted himself.

…

On the other hand, the taxi reached Mu Leng's house first. Both of them should have said goodbye at that point in time, but Su Xiaoxiao wanted to take a look at Mu Leng's math notes, so both of them got off at Mu Leng's house.

Two one-meter-tall bears and five big packs of snacks. That was the reward of their day. Initially, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to give Cheng Nuo some snacks, but Cheng Nuo had rejected them.

Of course, he was already very tired from running back alone. If he had to carry almost ten kilograms of snacks, he would have died.

The two girls went upstairs and saw the door open. There was someone home. When she opened the door, Mu Leng saw her father, Mu Zhengdao, wearing black frame glasses and dressed in home clothes, reading some documents on the sofa.

Mu Zhengdao looked up and looked at Su Xiaoxiao and his daughter, who was carrying a few packs of snacks in confusion.

"Good evening, Uncle Mu!" Su Xiaoxiao greeted.

Mu Zhengdao smiled and said, "It's you, Xiaoxiao. Didn't the two of you go out to play? What's with this?"

"Uncle Mu, it's like this…"

Su Xiaoxiao placed the bears on the sofa and described the day animatedly, including how Cheng Nuo had managed to catch all the plush toys, Manager Sun, who had given them money, and the chase with the police officer.

"So, Cheng Nuo accompanied you two too." Mu Zhengdao looked at his daughter.

When Mu Leng left, she said that she was only going out with Su Xiaoxiao.

Mu Leng blushed from her father's comment.

Mu Zhengdao smiled and said, "Xiao Leng, did you say that Cheng Nuo…"

"Dad, stop it." Mu Leng blushed and stared at her father angrily.

"Alright, alright, I shall stop." Mu Zhengdao smiled and asked for forgiveness. "I shall not meddle in the affair between you and Cheng Nuo. I will let nature take its course, hehe."

…

"Speed: 1.24 m/s, breathing rate: 14 times per minute, heart rate: 91 beats per minute, distance: 2541.25 m, calories burnt: 5714.84…"

Cheng Nuo heaved and puffed heavily as he ran home. Meanwhile, he had burnt half of the calories he had eaten for lunch.

After he reached home, Cheng Nuo took a warm bath to get rid of the bad luck.

After one entire night of pleading, Cheng Nuo finally got 50 Yuan from his mother. On the second day, Cheng Nuo went to every arcade in the area and left after emptying one claw machine from each arcade.