Night Talk: Second Update

"Do you know what you did wrong?"

"I do."

"Will you do it again next time?"

"Yes."

In the surface world of Diedra World, on the highest floor of Rift Fortress, inside a warm and luxurious royal suite, the noble and great Prince of Diedra—at least, he could be—was doing a plank. That was, supporting himself on the carpet with his forearms parallel, keeping his spine, buttocks, and legs in a straight line, chest up and stomach tight. It was an extremely convenient, simple, yet effective fitness exercise. Apparently, that beast Zhao Huo could hold this position through several episodes of a new anime without breaking a sweat.

However, Ren Suo had added a little difficulty for himself. For example, his deltoids, rhomboids, serratus posterior inferior, erector spinae, gluteus maximus, and all the other muscles on his back that could hold things were now laden with dishes of every kind.

It had to be said that Prince Diedra's meals were refined and complicated, with heaps of little plates. Ren Suo had thoroughly enjoyed eating just now, slowly savoring the various delicacies as they blossomed one after another in his mouth. Now, he wished he'd just eaten a whole pot of hotpot instead. At least that would have been easier to carry on his back!

More than a dozen plates rested on Ren Suo's back while Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei enjoyed the food beside him. He had to maintain the plank while keeping the dishes balanced, doing his utmost to fulfill the role of a dining table.

Dong Chengling and Ren Xingmei said that he had treated them like dining utensils earlier. Now that they were eating, it was only reasonable for Ren Suo to become a dining utensil in turn.

Hearing Ren Suo's honest answer, Dong Chengling raised an