After teasing each other for a while and helping Shen Qingqiu get used to his strength, the two finally left the Training Room.
By then, evening was approaching.
"Grrrr..."
Jiang Lan's and Shen Qingqiu's stomachs growled almost simultaneously.
They exchanged a glance, each seeing the smile in the other's eyes.
"Let's go home. I'll cook."
"Hey." Jiang Lan caught Shen Qingqiu's arm. "You just broke through. That's tiring, so don't bother cooking. Whatever you want to eat, we can just have it outside."
"Hmm..." Shen Qingqiu thought for a moment. "Let's just grab something at the noodle shop downstairs."
"Sure."
Jiang Lan was a little hungry now, so he was fine with eating anything.
The two returned to the noodle shop beneath their building.
The little noodle shop was small, with only so much space inside.
Still, the food was good, and the two had often eaten there before.
"You're here." Seeing Jiang Lan and Shen Qingqiu, the owner greeted them warmly. "Have a seat. What'll you have today?"
"Two bowls of beef noodles."
"Coming right up."
Shen Qingqiu sat down and stared at Jiang Lan for a while longer.
Jiang Lan raised an eyebrow slightly. "What, is there something on my face?"
Shen Qingqiu rolled his eyes at that, then lowered his head and looked at his fair palms again, seemingly feeling something out.
Having just advanced, it was normal for him to be like this.
With his strength suddenly increasing, he was bound to feel somewhat unused to it.
Jiang Lan was all too familiar with that feeling.
Still, people were highly adaptable.
He would probably get used to it within a couple of days.
Just then, the owner came out carrying two bowls of beef noodles.
"Noodles are here!"
The pale yellow noodles, topped with large chunks