When Hao Ren got home, it was already noon, and the whole family was howling with hunger—as everyone probably knew, Goddess Sister was never much for preparing meals unless you happened to catch her while she was eating, or she had once again slipped and dumped half a jar of salt into the noodles and was frantically looking for someone to die with. So Hao Ren, Lily, and Vivian had been driven out by Goddess before mealtime. There was obviously no time for Vivian to cook now, so they took a detour to the small restaurant run by the Nangong Family on the street and brought back lunch for everyone. As luck would have it, the Nangong Family's restaurant had been closed for two months, and business had yet to pick up after reopening. Nangong Wudi and his wife had been fretting over what to do with the ingredients they had prepared that morning, so they packed up all the unsold dishes for them in one go...
Lily happily hauled a huge box of food home, her entire dog radiating an aura of happiness.
The moment Hao Ren opened the door, he saw Roll sprawled on the sofa in a half-dead state. Cat Girl lay limply beside the armrest, her tail wrapped around the television remote as she pressed buttons at random, while Doudou bounced around joyfully on her back. Izax and Elizabeth were hunched over a book titled Practical Radio Technology, muttering as they studied it. The Nangong siblings were cracking sunflower seeds out of boredom while discussing whether there would be anything to eat for lunch. Hao Ren and the other two had effectively saved everyone's lives by bringing lunch back, and they all came alive on the spot.
Nangong Sanba tossed aside the sunflower seeds in his