"Okay, eat up. You can eat as many portions as you want, as long as you can eat." Lu Lu nodded with a smile, gently wiping away the tears on her face with his large hand, his eyes full of doting affection.
"But if I keep eating, won't I get fat? Will you leave me then?" Xi Xi asked Lu Lu with a bit of worry.
"Dumb, you moved into my heart when you were so thin, but now that you've gained weight, you're stuck inside and can't get out." Lu Lu said with a smile, patting Xi Xi's head.
"Hehe, Lu Lu, you're so good." Xi Xi immediately stopped crying and smiled, a happy smile on her face.
"Ah, I'm so envious of this kind of love. If a man said that to me, I would definitely marry him!" A slightly chubby girl at the next table held her face in her hands, looking on with envy.
"You have to be able to enter someone's heart first, otherwise you'll be stuck on the outside." her mother, sitting opposite her, glanced at her and said calmly.
"Mom, if you talk like that, I... I might get a little angry." The girl immediately looked dejected and glared at the woman.
"Go ahead and be angry. If you can't eat, just give me this tofu pudding. Your father has been praising me for my skin getting softer and prettier these past few days." The woman said calmly, looking at the Sweet Tofu Pudding in front of the girl.
"No! I need to eat some delicious Sweet Tofu Pudding to calm my sad mood." The girl quickly reached out to protect her tofu pudding, then picked up a spoon and started eating with a serious expression, becoming happier as she ate.
"Big Bear, you liar! Your heart is so small, how could Sister Xi Xi possibly live in it?" Amy said to Lu Lu with righteous indignation.
"Um..." Lu Lu looked at Amy's serious expression and didn't know how to explain it for a moment.
"Sister Xi Xi, I heard from the older women that men who lie are unreliable. Big Bear looks honest, but he's lying to you." Amy then looked at Xi Xi earnestly and said, "Also, Sister Xi Xi looks best right now. If you get fat, you won't look as good. The last thing a woman should trust is a man. You have to be the best version of yourself to ensure you can live well without a man. That's how men will cherish you. These are all things the older women say."
The guests listened to Amy's mature-sounding admonition to the girl, and their faces showed goodwill. At the same time, they expressed their strong approval of Amy's behavior. After all, the young couple was always showing their affection. Although it was sweet, but...they still felt a little uncomfortable next to them.
They wanted to say something, but didn't know what stance to take or what to say. Amy's words, however, said what everyone wanted to say, expressing their opinions in a child's voice without causing any negative impact on the loving couple.
"That's right, I still can't get too fat, otherwise I won't be able to wear pretty dresses anymore." Xi Xi's smile remained, but she also nodded, reached out and touched Amy's hair, and said with a smile, "Little Amy, you know so much."
"I heard it from the older women." Amy smiled happily at the praise and nodded in response.
"Yes, we should still believe what the older women say." Xi Xi nodded, looked up at Lu Lu and said, "Lu Lu, you have to treat me even better from now on, okay? Don't change."
"Okay, you are my everything in this world." Lu Lu nodded earnestly, his expression sincere.
"Big Bear, you've changed." Amy looked up at Lu Lu and pointed to the bamboo box at his feet. "Look, you clearly still had this box. I saw you carry it in."
"I..." Lu Lu opened his mouth, glanced at the box at his feet, and was speechless.
"Mmm, it tastes even better now." The guests nodded in satisfaction, eating with even greater relish.
"Hahaha..." Xi Xi laughed so hard she was bent over, her mood seemingly completely improved.
"Hehe." Lu Lu looked at Xi Xi's happy expression and smiled innocently. He scratched his head, sat down again, and didn't dare to say anything. As long as Xi Xi was happy, nothing else mattered.
"These two are interesting people, but 'World Tree' sounds familiar? Could they be druids?" Mai Ge turned back to look at Lu Lu and Xi Xi with interest, and couldn't help but think to himself.
Mai Ge • Alex has no memories of druids, but a few days ago he got his hands on a very tattered general history of the Nolan Continent at a bookstore in Aden Square. He didn't know who compiled it, but the owner said it was an artifact from nearly a hundred years ago. After some bargaining, he bought it for one gold coin and has been reading it like a storybook in his spare time these days. He has gained some general understanding of the once chaotic Nolan Continent.
The general history was very brief, mentioning only a few sentences about druids. The gist of it was that druids were a branch of the elves, but they called themselves night elves. They did not regard the Wind Forest as a sacred place, nor did they worship the Tree of Life. Instead, they had their own sacred tree—World Tree.
In the chaotic racial war a century ago, the Druids were powerful, but their sacred land was eventually breached, the World Tree, which was thousands of meters tall, was toppled, the Druids were wiped out, and there were no more Druids in the world.
Countless races on the Nolan Continent were wiped out in wars, and the extermination of the Druids was just one of them. Although the record is brief, but the author speculated at the end about the reason for the Druids' extermination, suggesting that the Elves might have been involved, since the Druids were always regarded as heretics by the Elves.
Of course, Mai Ge has no way of verifying the specific reasons, but if these two are indeed druids who survived a hundred years ago, then they are truly a precious race, probably the only druids left on the Nolan Continent.
"Your four bowls of rice and one serving of braised chicken. Should the other dishes be served a little later, or now?" Yabemia placed the rice and braised chicken on the table and looked at the two of them and asked.
"Let's serve it after we finish eating." Lu Lu said with a smile, watching Xi Xi pick up a bowl of rice and prepare to eat.
"Okay." Yabemia nodded and turned to walk toward the next guest.
"Sister Xi Xi, you can eat slowly then." Amy said with a smile, carrying the Ugly Duckling towards a customer who was checking out. When things were busy, Amy would help Sally with the checkout process and share some of her workload.
"Okay." Xi Xi nodded and happily ate her Braised Chicken Rice, quickly becoming completely absorbed in the delicious food.