The Snail Princess and Her Benefactor

Chapter 116 Maomao Grows Up

Hua Chao was alone in the yard, thinking about his own things. From time to time, he could hear the clinking sounds of cooking. Yang Shilin and Uncle Zhou were busy inside and having a great time.

She was the only one left in the courtyard at the moment. Yang Shilin was so close to her, but Hua Chao was too embarrassed to go into the kitchen to take a look. She could only sit here and listen to his voice.

"Sister, guess what little Maomao is doing in the house! Come up and take a look! Hahahaha..."

Hua Chao was thinking when he heard Ling Mi's laughter as sweet as a silver bell coming from inside the house.

Hua Chao collected his thoughts, turned around and went into the house, and quickly went up to the second floor of the wooden house.

Maomao's chubby little body was facing away from Hua Chao, while Lingmi was sitting on the bed, laughing so hard that she was bent over.

"Hahaha... Look at it, is it trying to make me laugh to death? It just did this as soon as I came up, rubbing against me once, and it's starting again!"

Hua Chao simply sat next to Ling Mi, wanting to see what the little guy was trying to do.

"Maomao, what bad things are you doing? You just act naughty all day long." Hua Chao asked with a smile.

This time the little guy didn't rush over and ask for a hug as usual when he heard his name being called.

The chubby little guy still had his back to Hua Chao, and his little butt kept rubbing against various places in the house.

"Hehe...what is it doing!" Hua Chao asked curiously.

I've never seen Maomao like this. I don't know what stimulated him today, but he kept twisting his butt and rubbing it all over the house.

"I don't know what it's doing. It doesn't respond when I call it, and just keeps rubbing against me."

As they were talking, Maomao staggered towards Hua Chao and Ling Mi.

It looked like the little guy wanted to rush over and rub against them both. Ling Mi didn't allow the little guy to make trouble again so she bent down and picked him up.

"Okay, stop making trouble. Look at you, little one. What's wrong with you? Are you angry?"

"okokokok……"

Little Maomao twisted his fat body in Lingmi's arms, just not wanting to stay in her arms.

Seeing this, Hua Chao reached out to hug it, but the little guy turned his head to the other side.

"Hey! It looks like you're mad at me! Does that mean you want to break up with me?"

Hua Chao looked at Maomao's little face and just found it funny.

"Miss Hua Chao, please come down quickly, the food is ready!"

Uncle Zhou's voice rang out, and Hua Chao and Ling Mi hurried downstairs.

When we arrived in the courtyard, we saw a square table filled with delicious dishes.

Just one look at it makes your mouth water and it smells so delicious.

"Wow! These dishes really look better than those made in restaurants, and they smell good too."

When Lingmi saw the table full of dishes, she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Hahaha... Of course, my Shilin is really an expert at cooking. If you don't believe me, you two girls should give it a try."

Yang Shilin was holding a large brazier and in a blink of an eye he had placed it on the square table.

“What are you going to do!”

Ling Mi asked somewhat puzzled.

"This is hot pot! The hot pot that girls eat in restaurants. We use this kind of brazier at home, and I happened to see this thing in your fire room, so I thought of making some hot pot to eat."

"Oh...oh...this thing is for making hot pot!"

Hua Chao felt a little embarrassed. She had seen this thing in the fire room at home, but she didn't know what it was used for. She always thought it was a farm tool.

She really didn't care about these things. When she and Ling Mi cooked, they just made it into cooked food that wouldn't make people feel sick. She didn't care about so many things.

"Hahaha... then please take your seat quickly and see how good my Shilin's cooking is!"

Uncle Zhou took the initiative and asked Hua Chao and Ling Mi to sit down.

In the small courtyard, the square table has never been so lively. Hua Chao felt a little embarrassed when looking at the table full of food.

She knew what was going on in her and Lingmi's home.

Since settling down here, she and Lingmi would go to the market to buy food, but they would just buy enough to eat.

There wasn't much food at home, and the two of them didn't eat much anyway, so each time they went they only bought what they needed urgently.

Look at the food on the table, there are more than a dozen dishes filling up the table, where would she get all these ingredients at home?

"Come on, stop looking and start eating! My Shilin even made mushroom soup for Miss Hua Chao. This soup is very delicious. Using it as the base of the hot pot will be very good for Miss Hua Chao who was injured yesterday..."

Uncle Zhou distributed chopsticks to Hua Chao and Ling Mi, and now they were real guests.

Lingmi put down Maomao in her arms, her eyes shining and her little mouth smacking non-stop.

"Wow! They all look delicious. I don't even know which one to eat first. Uncle Zhou, what is this shiny red dish?"

Ling Mi pointed to a plate of red food a little far away from her. It looked so tempting that people couldn't help but want to taste it.

"Ah!... This is Maoxuewang..."

"Wow! This Maoxuewang looks delicious! How come it looks better than the ones made in the big restaurants out there!"

Ling Mi was about to pick it up with chopsticks when she spoke, but Hua Chao hurriedly pulled her sleeve gently.

How could this little girl be so greedy? She doesn't even care about etiquette when she sees something delicious.

It was all my fault for spoiling her too much. I thought there were only two of them at home and I didn't need to care so much.

Ling Mi was smart and reacted immediately and sat down quietly.

Suddenly, something seemed to move under Hua Chao's feet, and Hua Chao stood up in surprise.

When he looked down, he found that it was Maomao under his feet. The little guy was rubbing his little butt against Hua Chao's legs.

"Hahaha...it looks like your little Maomao has grown up. This is a normal behavior for giant pandas. It's a way for them to declare their sovereignty. Giant pandas have a strong sense of territory. This is how they mark their own scent on things they think belong to them. The little guy has marked you as well. This means you belong to him from now on!"

"Ah... there is such a thing!"

Hua Chao glanced at Maomao at his feet, but this little guy was only like this today! He had never seen him like this before. Could it be that little Maomao had grown up overnight?

Lingmi got up to find some bamboo shoots, and carried Maomao to the grass in the yard where it was cooler.

Yang Shilin brought a pot of prepared hot pot soup to the table.

Looking at the handsome and elegant guy, Hua Chao said a little embarrassedly while busying around.

"Mr. Yang, you have worked hard! Please sit down and let's get started."

Yang Shilin bowed and said, "Miss Hua Chao, you are too polite. It is not tiring for me to cook these dishes."

When Mr. Zhou heard this, he cursed inwardly.

"Oh my God! You deserve to be single forever. You are so stupid. You deserve to be unable to find a wife. You are worse than that panda cub..."