"In weather this cold, nothing beats hotpot!" Deng Paopao said, dumping another half-plate of fatty beef into the pot with a sweep of his chopsticks.
"Let's eat, let's eat!" Zhao Xiaodao raised a glass of Sprite and clinked it with Lin Wan and Sun Niangniang. After taking a small sip, she picked up a piece of fatty beef from her dipping bowl and put it into her mouth.
Lu Zheng and Deng Paopao were drinking beer, so their toast did not feel awkward.
"Xiaodao must exercise and diet every day in Northern Capital. Now that she's in Sea City, she needs to eat and drink properly!" Deng Paopao urged.
Zhao Xiaodao gave a soft snort. "Hmph! I don't get fat no matter what I eat!"
Deng Paopao immediately replied, "Then there's something wrong with your digestive system. That's an illness—it needs treatment!"
"Go away, go away! Get lost!" Zhao Xiaodao waved him off and ignored him.
Ever since they had met Deng Paopao and his wife after that magic performance, Lu Zheng had eaten with them once and chatted with them online several times.
Besides, Zhao Xiaodao had come to Sea City once in November to have dinner with Lin Wan, but Deng Paopao and his wife had happened to be away then.
Today was their first time gathering as all three parties.
After Deng Paopao and Lu Zheng had exchanged contact information, Deng Paopao had specifically gone to ask Zhao Xiaodao about him. He told her how he had met Lu Zheng and wanted to learn more about him.
Except...
Deng Paopao had taken Lu Zheng's final words as a joke, but Zhao Xiaodao had not.
Creating water and freezing it out of thin air was the Life and Death Talisman?
Of course it was! Without a