Reborn with Steve Stand-Chapter 553: [Sponsored]: Food Fight with Friends and Family

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"This…"

Fang Mo looked at the little gadget in front of him, utterly puzzled: "How... how exactly did you come out?"

"I only intended to come out for an experiment."

Xiao Yao, hands on hips and smiling, looked at Fang Mo not far away: "But as soon as I heard those words from you, I knew you were up to no good."

"Hey, how could that be?"

Fang Mo's smile was a bit stiff: "I, a blocky person, what ill intentions could I possibly have? How many years have we known each other, have I ever lied to you?"

"Yes, we have indeed known each other for a long time."

Xiao Yao looked meaningfully at Fang Mo: "But that's exactly why I understand you so well, I know what you're up to just by the way you carry yourself."

"Cough cough, I'm telling you, a girl should mind her image a bit, what's all this about carrying oneself..."

Hearing this, Fang Mo quickly coughed twice, but before he could finish his sentence, a burst of footsteps suddenly came from inside the door.

Then, Ah Xue's gentle voice resounded behind him.

"Master, do we have guests?"

At the sound of her voice, Fang Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively glanced at his partner.

However, what surprised Fang Mo a bit was.

Xiao Yao didn't say anything, just curiously looked at Ah Xue.

"…Hmm?"

Instead, it was Ah Xue who, upon seeing Xiao Yao for the first time, was immediately stunned, as if she had realized something.

Then quickly, her face showed a slightly hesitant expression, as if pondering something, before she finally raised her head and greeted her with a light smile: "So it's the mistress, my deepest apologies, Ah Xue thought it was another guest."

"Um…"

Hearing Ah Xue's words, Xiao Yao seemed a bit puzzled, and then turned her head to look at Fang Mo.

Although she didn't speak.

But her eyes conveyed a message of confusion to Fang Mo.

"It wasn't me who told her to say that."

Fang Mo immediately understood the meaning in her gaze and shook his head: "As for our current relation... cough cough, in any case, it has nothing to do with me, I never taught her how to address you, this must be a problem with MC permissions."

"A problem with the judgment?"

Xiao Yao tilted her head.

"Back when we were in the Pure White World, didn't you see the Ender Dragon I raised?"

Fang Mo explained simply: "Your current status is also as a player, fundamentally the same as me, so... this will affect the MC creatures' judgment of your identity, the Ender Dragon even called you dad, remember?"

"Oh, I see."

Hearing this, Xiao Yao also came to a realization, though she still seemed a bit awkward: "But... even if you say that... can't we change that address?"

"Then..."

"Do you dislike this title?"

Before Fang Mo could speak, Ah Xue already took the initiative to say: "Then, how about Ah Xue calls you Madam? Or maybe... Madame?"

"Can I not be called Madame? It feels like it's too easy to be threatened…"

Xiao Yao held her forehead.

"Then Ah Xue will call you Madam." Ah Xue smiled softly: "Although it's our first meeting, the master often mentions you."

"Oh? He often mentions me?"

Xiao Yao seemed a bit curious: "What does he say?"

"Hey, hey, you two..."

Seeing this, Fang Mo was a bit baffled. Normally, this should have led to a major confrontation, yet they were chatting happily?

"Although it may be a bit offensive to say, the master's mental state has always been quite poor."

Ah Xue was quite obedient and simply began to explain with a light laugh: "Perhaps it's too much longing for his hometown, or wandering for too long, his mental state has never been very stable, even to the point that he blew up a whole planet just because someone disturbed his dream."

"Oh, it must be Ego Planet."

Xiao Yao nodded, Fang Mo had mentioned this planet-blasting incident before, but he hadn't stated the reason.

"Ah, Ah Xue, you don't really need to explain this, do you?"

Despite Fang Mo's thick-skinned nature, in front of these two women... honestly, he felt quite embarrassed, so he quickly wiped his face to cover it up: "Everyone is waiting to eat, go back quickly..."

"Don't interrupt."

However, just then, Xiao Yao sternly cut him off: "Go cook yourself, don't disturb us..."

"I..."

Fang Mo opened his mouth but didn't know what else to say.

However, at that moment, footsteps were heard in the house again, and then Saitama's voice rang out: "I say, Fang Mo, when can we eat, your Doctor Genus is already starting to gnaw on stones... hmm?"

Before he could finish, Saitama also noticed the Xiao Yao standing at the door.

"Oh, let me introduce, this is my..."

Fang Mo, seeing this, directly pointed to his partner outside, trying to alleviate the awkwardness, but before he could finish, Saitama directly asked: "Is this your daughter?"

"Ha?"

Hearing this, everyone at the door was momentarily stunned.

"It seems so."

Saitama didn't think much of it and said with a chuckle: "So I've been saying, daughters should just move into the house... why sleep in a doghouse at the doorway?"

"Daughter? Doghouse?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yao instinctively turned her head and indeed saw a proper-looking doghouse.

Even next to the doghouse on the ground, there was a bowl of dog food.

"Pfft..."

Ah Xue couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

After all, she knew the inside story, so she quietly explained to Xiao Yao: "Madam, actually, Mr. Saitama misunderstood, that doghouse was previously where the master housed Momo (the Ender Dragon)."

"Oh, I see."

Xiao Yao realized this but soon looked up in surprise: "…wait, did you just say, he is Saitama?"

"Do we know each other?"

Saitama seemed a bit curious too.

"No wonder he looked familiar, so it's the famous Cape Baldy Hero." Xiao Yao thoughtfully nodded, then suddenly looked up at Saitama and asked: "That... Can I touch your head? I want to see if I can unlock a wig module."

"This guy talks so annoyingly..."

Hearing this, Saitama felt his blood pressure rise a bit and turned to Fang Mo and said: "No wonder you let her sleep in a doghouse."

"You curse again!"

"Hey, alright, alright..."

Seeing this, Fang Mo immediately acted as the peacemaker, standing between them and said: "Since everyone's here, what's the point of standing at the door, just come in and chat, by the way, Ah Xue, take Xiao Yao for a tour around here, Saitama, you go to the kitchen and help cook."

"Hey, why do I have to cook?"

Saitama was taken aback.

"Because the chef ran away, and I can't cook." Fang Mo directly pushed Saitama towards the house: "In any case, if you don't want everyone to have to eat poisoned dinner and go shit, just go cook."

"I'm begging you, please stop showing off your home toilet, okay?"

"…"

All in all.

Everyone soon returned to the house.

And just as Fang Mo had arranged, Saitama complained as he entered the kitchen, while Ah Xue took Xiao Yao around the villa.

Of course, it wasn't just a tour; the two seemed to have quite a private chat as well.

Each time Fang Mo tried to eavesdrop, Xiao Yao kicked him back, making him feel quite uneasy now, although it seemed unlikely there would be a backyard fire, one always feels uneasy about the unknown.

Anyway, time moved forward about an hour or so.

Dinner was finally ready.

Although Ah Xue, the main chef, wasn't there, Genos and the Armored Gorilla surprisingly had quite good culinary skills.

Why Genos knew how to cook Fang Mo wasn't sure, but according to Ground Dragon's words, during their time in the House of Evolution, the Armored Gorilla had shown amazing culinary talent, and if not for his strong fighting abilities, the doctor would have specifically assigned him to cook.

As for Saitama.

Being Single, it was quite normal for him to have a few points in culinary skills.

Of course, the ingredients were also important, and the MC ingredients provided by Fang Mo were top-notch, honestly, even a dog cooking this meal wouldn't make it bad.

And after everyone had been busy in the kitchen for over an hour, the dining table was indeed very luxurious, with dishes like baked lobster, tuna, tuna belly sashimi, grilled eel, red stewed seafood soup, Provencal roasted ribs, and snowflake beef donburi, all sorts of dishes that just looking at could make one's mouth water.

Perhaps having never eaten such a lavish dinner.

After Fang Mo announced the start of the meal, the group nearly started fighting over the food.

Especially Saitama and Doctor Genus, the former because he was poor and hadn't eaten well before, and the latter because of a major change in temperament, turned into a thorough foodie, so the fight was quite fierce.

And this enthusiastic atmosphere seemed infectious.

Even Ancient One also secretly used magic to add food to her plate.

Although as the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj, her way of grabbing food was also very elegant, she simply opened a small portal underneath the food, and it automatically fell into her bowl.

Even Ground Dragon and the Armored Gorilla.

Couldn't control themselves for a moment, hugging their bowls and wolfing down their food.

And if you had to say who was the only one who didn't eat well at the scene.

It turned out to be Fang Mo.

It couldn't be helped, even during the meal, Ah Xue and Xiao Yao kept whispering and occasionally looking over at him.

The whole meal made Fang Mo feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Honestly, when he was socializing in his previous life, attending those leaders' dinners wasn't this awkward.

After all, he was young at the time and didn't care about that, nor about the drinking table culture; even if Stephen Hawking came to China, he had to stand up and toast the leaders... jokingly, Fang Mo said he would just eat and eat and eat, sweeping a table full of dishes, if the leaders didn't run, he could eat the leaders too.

But his partner wasn't the leader from back then.

Fang Mo also didn't dare to eat much...

All in all, dinner lasted about half an hour.

And with everyone's efforts, the table full of delicacies was almost cleaned up.

Saitama didn't forget what he had promised Fang Mo earlier, which was to spar, and he soon actively brought it up, but Fang Mo really wasn't in the mood to fight, so he simply pushed it off.

Of course, Saitama didn't say much.

He wasn't stupid, he could also feel that the atmosphere here was a bit off.

So before long, he made an excuse, pulling Genos along and said goodbye, leaving only Doctor Genus, the two synthetic beasts, Ancient One, and Fang Mo's family behind.

The Armored Gorilla was naturally very tactful.

Without Fang Mo having to say anything, he and Ground Dragon dragged Doctor Genus into a guest room, saying they wanted to hear about his current dreams and then closed the door.

And Ancient One, after drinking a cup of tea, also tacitly picked another guest room to stay in.

Just a few minutes later.

In the large villa living room, only Fang Mo, Xiao Yao, and Ah Xue were left looking at each other.

"That thing."

In the end, it was Fang Mo who took the initiative to break the silence, his tone feigning uncertainty: "There is indeed one thing I've been wanting to ask you..."

"Hmm?"

Holding a cup of tea, Xiao Yao didn't look up but hummed with her eyes slightly narrowed: "What is it?"

"How exactly did you come out?"

Fang Mo spread his hands in complete confusion: "Didn't I reject your teleportation? Your permission group shouldn't be able to come out directly, right? Did you dig up another Book of Ages or something?"

"…Sigh."

Curling up on the sofa, Xiao Yao also sighed helplessly: "You never had much brains to begin with, and now you've shot out so much... can't you even figure out such a simple thing?"

"Uh..."

Hearing this, Fang Mo was suddenly taken aback, then looked up at Ah Xue next to him.

The latter returned a gentle, soft smile.

"???"

Fang Mo was even more baffled at this moment.

Fortunately, at this time, Xiao Yao also spoke up.

"About the teleportation thing you mentioned." Xiao Yao slowly said: "You indeed didn't agree to my teleportation request, but did you forget... I came out before, and we have a command called '/back', remember?"

"Ah this…"

Hearing her explanation, Fang Mo also recalled.

Yes, there really was this /back command, and its effect was to return to the previous location.

Xiao Yao had initially requested to teleport Fang Mo out, then used the /home command to return to the MC world, so theoretically, if she returned to the previous location, she would directly appear in the ruins of the House of Evolution.

So, she chased all the way from the ruins of the House of Evolution here?

Damn, this industrial tycoon is indeed terrifying like this.

Thinking this, Fang Mo didn't know what to say for a while, and the two people opposite him were completely silent, making the atmosphere heavy again.

"Hey, hey, this atmosphere is a bit off, right?"

Seeing this, Fang Mo could only continue the conversation, his tone artificially light: "The BGM here should obviously be the Auspicious Three Treasures, but why does it feel like the Triple Trial now..."

"It's not exactly a trial, but I do have something I want to discuss with you."

Sitting to one side, Xiao Yao held a cup of tea, appearing to be savoring the tea while pondering something, her drooping eyelids making it hard to see her expression: "Ah Xue, could you please clean up the kitchen, leave this side to me."

"Yes, Madam."

Ah Xue smiled knowingly, then also looked up at Fang Mo: "Master, please remember to be honest."

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