Chapter 365 - 332: Young People Have No Martial Virtue?
Chapter 365: Chapter 332: Young People Have No Martial Virtue?
"Yes, that would be a happy thing."
A sweet smile touched Ning Ruoxi’s lips. She closed her eyes, seemingly imagining a future where the two of them had grown old together.
An image suddenly flickered in her mind: two white-haired elders, supporting each other as they slowly walked into the distance under the setting sun...
’This must be the lifelong dream of every couple in love!’
Time always slipped by unnoticed. In the blink of an eye, it was around five in the afternoon.
The sun was already setting in the west, and the chirping of birds echoed through the woods. Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi decided it was time to head back.
"Are you tired today?" Ye Ling asked Ning Ruoxi.
"Mm... I think so, a little."
Ning Ruoxi stood up, furrowing her brow slightly. Then she added, "But I should be fine. Let’s go."
"How about I give you a piggyback ride?"
Ye Ling said, looking at the young woman.
"No way."
Ning Ruoxi mumbled and started walking ahead.
’Alright then.’
’The girl’s a bit stubborn, isn’t she?’
However, going downhill was clearly much harder than climbing up. The young woman walked slower and slower, until eventually, Ye Ling had to stop and wait for her.
She hadn’t felt it on the way up, but after resting for so long, the moment she started on the downhill path, a wave of muscle soreness hit her.
Ning Ruoxi stopped, her small face filled with a woeful expression as she looked at Ye Ling.
"Alright, alright, I’ll carry you down." Seeing her expression, Ye Ling immediately crouched down in front of her.
"I don’t want to..."
Ning Ruoxi shook her head.
"Hurry up and get on."
Ye Ling frowned, his face stern as he spoke.
"Fine... Why are you being so mean to me?"
Ning Ruoxi grumbled but obediently climbed onto Ye Ling’s back.
With a slight exertion of his arms, Ye Ling lifted Ning Ruoxi straight up.
’This girl is really light!’
Carrying Ning Ruoxi, Ye Ling felt like he was carrying a plush doll; there was almost no weight to her at all.
"Can you manage?"
Ning Ruoxi asked, resting her small head against Ye Ling’s neck.
"Of course. You’re very light. I could even run with you."
Ye Ling said nonchalantly, even bouncing her a little to prove his point.
’He wasn’t bragging, either!’
After his tenfold physique enhancement, his body was now powerful enough to rival even special forces soldiers who trained daily.
And Ning Ruoxi weighed only about a hundred pounds or so. What kind of burden could she possibly be to Ye Ling?
’Most importantly, the girl’s body was so soft!’
As Ye Ling carried Ning Ruoxi, he felt the soft girl on his back...
’This was pure bliss!’
And since it was so enjoyable, the "work" became even more invigorating.
Ye Ling carried Ning Ruoxi down the mountain. Only when the crowd of people around them started to grow did he put her down.
"Mwah! That’s your reward!"
Ning Ruoxi leaned in and gave Ye Ling a big SMOOCH on the cheek.
Ye Ling glanced at her, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.
’This seemed to be the first time Ning Ruoxi had taken the initiative to kiss him in a crowded place!’
’Not bad.’
’Looks like my effort just now wasn’t in vain.’
"Let’s go. I’ll take you out for a big meal. You worked hard today." Ye Ling ruffled the girl’s hair and took her hand.
Having learned his lesson from the morning, Ye Ling had researched nearby restaurants during their break at noon. He ultimately chose a seafood buffet with good reviews.
Initially, Ye Ling had wanted to go to a nearby traditional imperial cuisine restaurant. However, after looking it up online, he opted for the seafood buffet instead.
The main reason was that the reviews for those kinds of imperial cuisine restaurants were genuinely not very good these days.
Take the famous Li Family Cuisine, for example. As a renowned Imperial Banquet-style restaurant in the Imperial Capital with a history stretching back hundreds of years, it had been blasted so hard it became a trending topic.
It started when several Weibo influencers tried Li Family Cuisine and felt the 298-yuan-per-person imperial meal was not worth it at all, describing everything from the "ambiance to the food’s color, aroma, and taste" as "absolutely terrible."
Although a staff member responded by explaining that these influencers had ordered the lowest-tier menu, this failed to satisfy the online onlookers. On the contrary, it triggered a new wave of condemnation.
’So the lowest-tier option is just a synonym for expensive and terrible?’
’Besides, 299 really isn’t cheap!’
For three to five hundred yuan, you could easily have a top-tier buffet.
In reality, this phenomenon wasn’t caused by a problem with the transmission of traditional imperial recipes. The root of the issue was...
Times are changing!
Imperial dishes from hundreds of years ago might have been excellent back then, but what about in the modern era?
They probably don’t hold up so well!
With rapid economic development, people’s standards for food quality have become higher and higher. It’s understandable that they might not appreciate the ’imperial cuisine’ of the past.
Under these circumstances, it’s crucial for these traditional, time-honored brands to innovate and adapt to contemporary tastes instead of just resting on their laurels!
Ye Ling drove the Maybach out of the parking lot. After Ning Ruoxi was in, he headed straight for the seafood buffet he had chosen earlier.
This particular seafood restaurant was actually quite high-end, with a per-person price of 399 yuan.
Ye Ling and Ning Ruoxi gave it a try, and overall, the experience was quite good. First, there was a wide variety of seafood to choose from, and all of it was relatively fresh.
’All in all, it was worth the price!’
「Around eight o’clock at night」
Ye Ling walked hand-in-hand with Ning Ruoxi, strolling down the street.
Ning Ruoxi rested her head on Ye Ling’s shoulder, cherishing this precious time they had together!