Another half hour passed.
The plates beside Lynn had piled up into one little mountain after another.
Zuo Zuo swept every scrap of meat off the plate with her tongue and chewed in great mouthfuls.
Across the table, the family of three had begun to look distinctly uneasy.
"Is there any more?"
Lynn raised his head expectantly.
"Uh..."
The Female Host swallowed, quickly took the inventory list a servant handed her, and spent a long while rapidly flipping through it.
Finally, with a stiff expression, she reached the last page.
"It seems... there isn't... You've eaten our entire two-month food supply..."
The Male Host sprang to his feet and hurried to the side door, repeatedly waving at the Female Host and furiously signaling for her to come over.
The Female Host bowed, then hurried to the side door and closed it behind her.
Lynn pricked up his ears.
His extraordinary hearing soon picked up the voices coming from behind the side door.
"Something's wrong! There's something wrong with this doctor! Didn't you say Alice had just picked some random gullible fool? We haven't even done anything to him yet, and he's already eaten our entire two-month food supply!"
"He's not following the script!"
"I... I don't know either. This man doesn't seem the least bit disturbed. The previous doctors were practically scared out of their wits as soon as they arrived... This... this..."
"So if this one isn't suitable either, we'll have lost two months' worth of food for nothing?"
"Alice is watching him. If we can keep him as part of the family, it won't be too much of a loss..."
Their voices grew quieter and quieter.
Lynn's eyes shifted. He raised his head and smiled at Bai Yi, who sat across from him, watching him excitedly.
"Hey, I