Central Forest Garden
A figure was slowly moving towards the main hall.
Little Sparrow covered her waist with her left hand and clutched a packet of "special medicine for treating hemorrhoids and local tears" in her right hand.
Wearing a mask of pain, she gasped for breath and muttered curses.
"What a mess this is!"
"That medicine, a specialty of the Great Chu, is far too potent! We absolutely cannot use it carelessly again!"
"Those who contracted the virus were completely disoriented and couldn't even tell which door to use!"
Little Sparrow stopped and took a breath, her gaze falling on the few blooming chrysanthemums in the flowerbed of Central Forest Garden.
The phantom pain surged back into my heart.
"Hiss!"
The Little Sparrow closed its eyes in anguish and sighed deeply, looking up at the sky.
"Truly... a fierce and ruthless person, careless as they were, ended up eating porridge in the capital!"
Having such a master who deserted at the crucial moment, Little Sparrow could only silently shed two lines of tears.
He then pushed open the main hall door and limped inside.
"Oh! Little Sparrow! You're back! Are you alright?!"
The Phoenix Emperor was sitting in the main seat and feeling uneasy, saw the Little Sparrow's miserable state.
He immediately felt guilty and approached her with a face full of concern.
Little Sparrow rolled her eyes and replied resentfully.
"He won't die, but his lower body is a bit unstable."
"Phoenix Emperor, you had your arrows ready last night, why did you run away first?"
Knowing Phoenix Emperor was in the wrong, Phoenix blushed.
She twisted her two delicate fingers together and said coyly.
"Oh dear... I... I'm just a little shy!"
"That kind of thing... it was so sudden."
"My dear Little Sparrow, I'm begging you, shall we do it again tonight?"
"Again?!"
Little Sparrow was so shocked she almost jumped up, but that pulled at her wound and made her grit her teeth in pain.
"My lord, please spare me! What if you desert again tonight?"
"My ass is about to explode! I definitely can't climb onto the roof to blow you sleeping powder tonight!"
"I swear! This time I will absolutely not run away!"
The Phoenix Emperor held up three fingers and then brought them close to the Little Sparrow's ear.
"Moreover, I have devised a safe new method!"
"Go to [Tu's Rabbit Meat] on the Third Ring Town now and buy him his favorite bluegrass-cooked rabbit!"
"Then secretly put the rest of the Great Chu specialties inside!"
"Deliver the dishes to the Perching Phoenix Pavilion tonight, and watch him eat them..."
"The rest, you can leave it all to me!"
After listening, Little Sparrow did a quick mental calculation.
This dietary supplement plan is indeed much more reliable and has a very high margin for error.
"Alright..."
Little Sparrow sighed helplessly, "For your lifelong happiness, I will trust you one more time."
"Great! Little Sparrow, you're the best! Go quickly!"
Phoenix Emperor happily grabbed Little Sparrow's arm and shook it back and forth, almost begging her for mercy.
In private, their relationship is more like that of sisters who can talk about anything.
Little Sparrow couldn't resist her persistent pleading.
He could only clench his legs together, endure the pain, and quickly walk out of Central Forest Garden, heading towards the direction of the Third Ring Town.
Phoenix Emperor stood at the entrance of the main hall, her hands cupping her burning cheeks, eagerly awaiting the arrival of tonight.
Tu's Rabbit Meat Restaurant, located on the Third Ring Town.
"Boss! One of your signature dishes, Bluegrass White Cut Rabbit, please! To go!"
As soon as Little Sparrow entered the store, she generously slapped down a silver note.
"Alright, sir! Please wait a moment!"
Tu Xiaogang recovered the 1,000 taels of silver he had stolen to buy a house.
Today is truly a day of great joy and high spirits; my mood is at its peak.
With swift strokes of his knife, he quickly prepared a dish of blue-grass white-cut rabbit.
He packed the rabbit meat into a food box, locked it, and handed it to Little Sparrow with a smile.
"Sir, your dish is ready!"
"The wooden boxes we use for packing are specially made food storage boxes; once they're sealed shut!"
"If you try to open it again, it will automatically destroy itself, ensuring its original state!"
"No one can put anything in there! No need to worry about your enemies adding anything extra!"
Little Sparrow had just reached out to take it when she heard those words and froze.
"It will destroy everything once it's opened?! How am I supposed to administer the poison then?"
"If the box is destroyed, even a fool could tell that the food has been tampered with!"
The Little Sparrow, quick-witted, immediately withdrew its hand.
"Oh, I just remembered, one serving might not be enough."
"Boss, could you please make another one?"
Tu Xiaogang didn't suspect anything, assuming the girl just thought it tasted good and wanted to buy more.
So he turned around, humming a little tune, and started heating the oil in the wok again.
Little Sparrow stood at the kitchen doorway, her big eyes darting around, observing for an opportunity.
Just as Tu Xiaogang finished cutting and plating the second portion of rabbit meat.
Just as I was about to pack it up in a wooden food storage box!
"Oh no! There's a thief outside!!!"
Little Sparrow suddenly pointed outside the door. "Boss! It looks like someone just took something you hung by the door and ran away!"
Upon hearing the word "thief," Tu Xiaogang's PTSD instantly flared up!
"What?! Not again!!!"
Tu Xiaogang's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. He grabbed the cleaver from the cutting board and ran wildly out of the kitchen.
"That damned thief is here again?! I'll chop you up today!"
Watching Tu Xiaogang rush out the door, Little Sparrow slid into the kitchen.
She took out the packet of [Great Chu Specialty Products] from her pocket and poured it all over the plate of freshly cooked rabbit meat.
After stirring it slightly, the powder dissolved instantly.
"Hehehe! That should do it! Phoenix Emperor, this is all I can do for you!"
The Little Sparrow smiled smugly.
But just as she felt guilty and was about to quickly leave the kitchen...
Because he was walking too fast, he bumped directly into the handle of the big iron pot from behind!
"Awoo!"
A violent, tearing sensation, like my soul leaving my body, shot straight to the top of my head!
The Little Sparrow was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face.
My legs went weak, and I almost collapsed to my knees on the spot, unable to move an inch!
"No... it's cracked!"
"I need to get some painkillers right away!"
Little Sparrow bit her pale lips tightly, clamped her legs together, and dashed towards the Public Restroom!
No sooner had he left than Tu Xiaogang returned from the street, carrying a cleaver and looking puzzled.
"Strange, I didn't see any thieves."
As soon as he entered the store, he saw Little Sparrow rushing out and quickly called out.
"Girl! Where's the thief?"
"Maybe... maybe I saw it wrong!"
Without turning around, Little Sparrow shouted, "Boss, my stomach hurts and I urgently need to go to the toilet!"
"Pack the food up and put it on the table. I'll come back to get it in ten minutes!"
Tu Xiaogang looked at her impatient appearance and muttered to himself.
"What a strange girl, going to the toilet is like her butt's on fire."
He then went back into the kitchen and put the plate of rabbit meat, which had been laced with strong drugs, into a wooden food storage box.
He then placed the two packaged bluegrass-cooked rabbits on the table and went to the backyard to wash his hands.
Just as the two dishes were lying quietly on the table.
"Huff... huff..."
Suddenly, a figure dressed in a black and white Daoist robe rushed into Tu's Rabbit Meat Shop.
It was Shangguan Shuyi had just realized she had targeted the wrong person!
Sweating profusely, she looked around and finally fixed her gaze on the two wooden boxes on the table that hadn't been taken yet.
"Heaven is helping me!"
Shangguan Shuyi was overjoyed.
According to her frantic inquiries, Jiangnan ate over thirty plates of bluegrass-cooked white-cut rabbit at this restaurant this morning!
This shows that the other person has a special fondness for this dish!
Without saying a word, she rushed forward and hugged the two wooden boxes to her chest.
Tu Xiaogang, who happened to be walking out from the backyard, was startled when he saw this.
"Hey! What are you doing! Put it down! That's food someone ordered; they'll be coming to pick it up later!"
"Boss, I have an extremely urgent matter! I'm taking this dish!"
Shangguan Shuyi disregarded all rules and simply pulled a silver note from her sleeve.
"Consider this 100 taels of silver as compensation! Make a new one for that customer!"
It's getting very close to dinner time in Jiangnan.
Shangguan Shuyi had to find him before he started eating.
Then, she presented him with his favorite food as an apology, begging him to forgive her foolish actions during the day!
After saying that, Shangguan Shuyi didn't give Tu Xiaogang a chance to refuse.
Clutching the two food boxes, he took off running and disappeared at the end of the long street.
Tu Xiaogang held the enormous silver note worth one hundred taels, and no amount of persuasion could stop him. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.
"Forget it, forget it. A fool wouldn't take the money."
"I'll make two more dishes for that girl; ten minutes is more than enough time..."
Tu Xiaogang returned to the kitchen.
However, he had no idea.
It was this coincidental interception that led to this small dish soon becoming a part of the Soul Return Town...
This caused an absolutely horrific blunder!