While Firefly was pouring out her feelings to Stelle, Zhang Xiu and Yaoshi were facing a challenge at a restaurant far away...
"Bet you can't out-eat my wife!"
Looking at the man before him, who held an ice cream and wore a strange green outfit, Zhang Xiu gave a dismissive snort. He didn't take him seriously at all.
The important part of the story hadn't begun yet, so he had decided to find some fun. As luck would have it, a restaurant was holding an Eating Contest.
Naturally, the contestant was the petite Yaoshi.
But judging by the laughing crowd inside the restaurant, they clearly thought nothing of Yaoshi's tiny frame.
"Pfft, hahahaha! How much could a little squirt like her possibly eat?"
"If you ask me, she hasn't even grown up yet! Hahaha."
"Maybe she's from some unusual species, hehehe. But what did that guy call her again?"
"I think it was... his wife?"
At that, the commotion in the restaurant abruptly died down, and everyone turned a strange look on Zhang Xiu.
"Wh-what are you looking at?! My wife's older than me! Besides, why don't you look at that Pepeshi drinking over there instead?!"
With a sweeping point of his hand, Zhang Xiu directed everyone's attention toward a Pepeshi drinking alone in a corner of the restaurant.
He seemed drunk already, and when he saw everyone looking over, he let out a boozy belch.
"Hic~ What're you looking at... n-never seen someone as tall as me?"
With that, the Pepeshi collapsed onto the table and began snoring away.
"Enough! Are we holding this contest or not?"
"Yes! Of course we are. But you'd better watch your wife carefully. Don't let her eat herself into a balloon~"
"Who are you looking down on?! My wife's going to scare you