0041 : Bamboo

When Sun Mingjie answered the phone, his expression turned sour. After giving Xue Yang a cold glance, he angrily walked out of the restaurant.

Tang Doudou, puzzled by Sun Mingjie's abrupt departure, asked suspiciously, "My dear, didn't you want to dine with Boss Bai? Why are you leaving now?"

Sun Mingjie had a habit of turning his phone volume up, and when the dining table fell into silence, the voice from Xue Yang's phone became especially noticeable.

Today, Tang Doudou had made things difficult for Xue Yang, and Song Yu had witnessed it firsthand. At this point, Song Yu could only smile bitterly and shake his head, saying, "It's not your fault. Dou Dou wasn't like this in the past. When we graduated from university, she was still a clear-headed girl. But now..."

"Society can be challenging. The more one faces hardship, the more they try to prove their capabilities. I read a reasonable sentence in a book," Xue Yang paused and poured a cup of red wine for himself.

"What do you mean?" Song Yu asked with a smile.

"Anyone who is harsh to others can only show the misfortune in their heart."

Hearing Xue Yang's words, Song Yu looked at him with an incredulous gaze, reflecting what she wanted to say in her eyes.

Seeing Song Yu's expression, Xue Yang laughed, "What, my big brute has a bit of culture, but is my big boss not used to it?"

"It's more than just not getting used to it. It feels like your head is broken today." After saying that, Song Yu knew that Xue Yang wanted to take revenge on her, so when she tried to escape, he immediately grabbed her arm.

As a result, Xue Yang brought her and Boss Bai to have a meal together. The three of them had met once before in the store, so they were already acquainted. Therefore, they didn't need to introduce themselves this time.

Boss Bai took out an exquisite menu and placed it in front of them, saying, "Feel free to order. Dinner is on me tonight."

Xue Yang immediately flipped through the menu, but then realized that if it wasn't steak or red wine, he couldn't find a third option.

Therefore, he threw the menu to Song Yu and said, "Watch our Lady Boss. I'll follow her lead and eat whatever she eats."

He only wanted to conceal the fact that he had never eaten steak before, especially such high-quality steak. However, he understood that Boss Bai might interpret it differently.

A subtle smile appeared on Boss Bai's face, and he nodded with a profound understanding.

This reaction made Tang Doudou's face slightly red. Clearly, she thought that Xue Yang and Song Yu had already reached the same level as her.

Xue Yang couldn't be bothered and, after all, he had seen this during their fight. Despite Boss Bai being forty-four years old, he had the heart of a twenty-four-year-old.

However, when Xue Yang claimed the two steaks were nearly seventy percent done, he immediately exclaimed with his fork in the air, "Don't, what are you doing?"

The nearby attendant burst out laughing. The young woman quickly realized that she had lost control treating guests this way and withdrew her smile.

Though he knew the waiter was laughing at him, Xue Yang didn't plan to make an issue out of it with the young working girl.

At this time, Boss Bai explained, "Young mister, you might not be familiar with Western cuisine. They don't have as many dishes as Chinese cuisine, but their steaks are seared. You must understand, if you cook a steak to a very well-done state, this high-quality beef will become very tough and unpalatable. It's a taste that we Chinese people don't generally approve of, and this restaurant is one of the best in Eastsea City for Western cuisine."

After being scolded by Boss Bai, Xue Yang realized there was a specific way to eat steak. He nodded as if he understood.

At this point, Song Yu, with a somewhat schadenfreude smile, looked at him.

Xue Yang then glared resentfully at the Lady Boss, "Mistress, you still dare to laugh at me? If you hadn't abandoned me today, I would be eating my fill at home by now."

In the end, only after Xue Yang had devoured four servings of steak consecutively did he pat his stomach in satisfaction. It surprised Boss Bai, but Song Yu didn't mind at all.

When they finished their meal, Boss Bai saved Xue Yang some money for a taxi and sent the two of them to the shop's entrance.

Xue Yang found a few more items to eat in the kitchen before going straight into his own little black room.

By this time, the Little Rat had already fallen asleep in its warm nest, but Xue Yang ruthlessly pulled it out.

The Little Rat seemed somewhat unwilling, but when Xue Yang took out the cloth bag and placed the dragon scale in front of it, the Little Rat opened its eyes wide. It was about to bite down, but Xue Yang stopped it.

Since the Little Rat also desired to eat this thing, it was sufficient proof that the thing was a type of jade. After all, the Little Rat only ate jade.

Xue Yang then took out the pearl from his spatial ring. When he placed the pearl in front of the Little Rat, it refused to take him into the mysterious space inside.

After all, Xue Yang had woken it up from its sleep and lured it into eating something it didn't give it to eat. For an intelligent Little Rat, this was sufficient reason to reject.

However, Xue Yang had already figured out one way to deal with the Little Rat permanently.

Initially, Xue Yang was worried that the Little Rat might not be interested in pearls. But when he placed the pearl in front of the Little Rat and it swallowed the pearl, Xue Yang realized his worries were unnecessary.

Since the Little Rat accepted such a good item, then it could only do things for Xue Yang.

At this time, the Little Rat approached the bead spiritedly. It only needed to rub the bead once or twice with its nose, and Xue Yang found himself inside the mysterious space.

Xue Yang quickly placed the dragon scale in the treasure's location. Every time he added something novel, he got a pleasant surprise. During the process, Xue Yang also tried putting in some regular materials, but there was no reaction.

If he had known earlier, he would have given that thing to the Little Rat to eat. At least, this little fellow would have been able to give him some face after eating it.

Therefore, when Xue Yang placed the hard-earned dragon scales on top of it, his heart was in turmoil.

After waiting for around half an hour, Xue Yang had given up all hope. If it were like before, there would be a reaction within a few minutes.

Just as he was about to exit the space in disappointment, a green bamboo slip suddenly fell from the sky.

Xue Yang quickly grabbed onto the bamboo slip, and as he held the heavy object, he was also extremely shocked. How

 old was the object stored inside the bead space?

The bamboo scroll was more similar to the ones used in the Qin Dynasty, and when Xue Yang saw the small letters written on it, he became more certain of his judgment.

However, the era of the books was of no importance to Xue Yang in the first place. What Xue Yang cared most about was the contents of the book.

"What kind of joke is this? I don't understand it at all," Xue Yang said as he opened the bamboo scroll.

The helpless Xue Yang could only place the bamboo slip in front of the Little Rat, hoping that it would enlighten him. But the Little Rat ignored it and just lay quietly on the ground, seeming to wait for Xue Yang to leave.

Xue Yang searched his entire body, but didn't find any more jade stones. Even if it was a pearl, he had casually picked it up from the bottom of the ocean when he entered the sea. As he didn't expect that he would encounter such a situation upon entering, Xue Yang was a little helpless now.

In the end, seeing that the bamboo slip was starting to slowly fade from his hands, Xue Yang quickly said, "If you help me this time, then the piece of jade that I brought from the ocean last time will let you eat every day!"

In this space, there were only two beings, Xue Yang and the Little Rat. So what Xue Yang said was definitely meant for the Little Rat.