Bailu stood to the side, listening to Sushang and Stelle's conversation with a splitting headache.
That last remark from Jiang Yu did get her blood pumping for a moment, but the thought that even going out when Little Fish wasn't around meant being controlled by the Dragon Masters instantly cooled her down.
Then Bailu shook her head. "I never thought we'd run into so much just by coming out."
With that, Bailu looked up at Stelle. "Still, if you're willing to help, one more person means one more pair of hands. That way, Aurum Alley's snacks won't have to disappear!"
Stelle turned to look at Bailu. "You're just worried all the snack shops will be gone?"
The next moment, she heard Jiang Yu and Bailu protest in unison:
"Isn't that important? It's very important... Aurum Alley without good food is like... like instant noodles without seasoning (a medicine gourd without pills). Completely meaningless."
The corners of Stelle's mouth twitched into a helpless smile.
The world seemed remarkably consistent through these children's eyes.
Bailu's talk of a gourd without pills was hard to understand. After all, as far as Stelle was concerned, a pillbox could hold pills just as well.
But Jiang Yu's instant noodles without seasoning... that was something Stelle understood perfectly.
There were plenty of little gluttons aboard the Astral Express, and they always needed convenient food. She herself had once had the honor of hitting the jackpot.
When she was about to make instant noodles, she discovered to her horror that there was no seasoning packet inside. It was truly terrifying-even Aha would have been so frightened his mask would fall off, Fuli would have applied multiple layers of Remembrance encryption, and Nanook himself would have felt as though he'd suffered Destruction!
Although sharing a bowl with Little