SWNOVELXO 179. Jumbo Beef Noodles
When a person lacks something, they want to possess it.
When Su Qi was a man, she really wanted to train a body with strong, shiny muscles like a truck driver.
One look and you could see it possessed great strength!
Even though she had now become a girl, it was still the same.
Officer Zhang Ru, seeing Su Qi admiringly looking at a burly truck driver with big eyes that seemed to sparkle with stars, just felt this little girl’s tastes were a bit strange.
Shouldn’t girls her age like handsome guys?
Then she saw the little girl bend her arm to check her biceps.
Even through the Hanfu, Officer Zhang Ru could see that her biceps were a bit soft.
Officer Zhang Ru was a bit embarrassed. At first she thought this little girl liked muscular men. But after seeing her make this action, she guessed the little girl probably wanted to train muscles.
Thinking about how the little girl’s developed biceps would look, Zhang Ru felt it was better for her to be soft and tender like now.
She patted Su Qi’s little head, indicating for her to quickly go to her seat and order!
Su Qi sat down and picked up the menu. There were few dishes on the menu, mostly soup noodles, and no distinction between small and large bowls. Su Qi estimated it defaulted to that huge bowl.
Seeing the boss coming over, she asked a bit embarrassedly, “Do you have small bowls of noodles? That’s too big, I can’t finish it.”
The boss looked at Su Qi’s pair of pure, big eyes blinking, as if silently pleading with him, and just felt this little girl was too cute.
But his shop really didn’t have anything too small. After thinking, he said, “How about this, little sister, I’ll give you less noodles and more meat!”
If a regular customer said this, he would refuse. But who let this little girl be so cute!?
Just as he was about to agree, Officer Zhang Ru spoke up, “No need, just serve it normally. The two of us will share a bowl, so it won’t be wasted!”
Only then did the boss size up Zhang Ru. Fair, clean skin, delicate facial features, just lacking some genteel aura of a sheltered lady. Instead, she had a heroic air that wasn’t obtrusive, giving her a unique charm.
The boss guessed she was probably the little girl’s sister.
Otherwise, leaving such a little girl alone on the highway would be very dangerous!
The boss wasn’t upset that the two ordering one bowl would reduce his profit.
Because he used to be a long-distance driver himself. Later, when his body really couldn’t take it anymore, he thought of opening this noodle shop. It was mainly to let the drivers eat their fill and relax. He didn’t care that much about money!
Thinking of Su Qi’s cute little appearance, the boss, while his wife wasn’t paying attention, prepared to secretly put two large chunks of beef into the beef noodles.
As a result, he was caught red-handed with evidence.
“Say, you’re thinking of sneaking food again, aren’t you!” The boss’s wife said as she raised the rolling pin, gesturing to hit him. Apparently the boss was a repeat offender.
“No, hey, don’t hit me. If you hit me, I’ll hit back. Ow, stop hitting!” In ten seconds, the boss was successfully subdued on the ground by his 160-jin wife, with no ability to resist.
Only then did he explain what happened. The woman walked out of the kitchen and indeed saw Su Qi, this delectable little girl. At the moment, she was very happy being amused by the odd things Officer Zhang Ru was talking about.
Chuckling softly, two dimples appeared on her smooth, delicate face, making people want to poke them.
The woman returned to the kitchen and glanced at her husband who had just gotten up. Thinking of that girl’s sweet smile and slender arms, she felt she was just like herself when she was young!
At that time, her family was poor and couldn’t afford meat. When she grew up and conditions improved, she got fat before she realized it.
Thinking that girls look better a bit chubby, she put two more large pieces of beef into that bowl of jumbo noodles!
When the boss brought the bowl that could be called a “basin” of jumbo noodles to the table, Su Qi, seeing so many pieces of beef, including two particularly huge pieces, had eyes full of starlight. Even the uncles eating beside her could see how happy the little girl was.
The boss’s wife also came out from the back kitchen at this time. Seeing this delectable, soft and cute little girl happily eating noodles, she also felt a surge of tenderness in her heart.
The noodles were chewy and the soup was rich. Taking a mouthful of noodles paired with a piece of braised beef from the soup was an excellent experience.
Officer Zhang Ru, seeing Su Qi eating with a satisfied face, just felt this girl was too easily pleased. Thinking of how her high school roommates were all picky eaters, Zhang Ru felt this little girl was cuter.
As she spoke, she split apart a pair of chopsticks.
Sweeping her bangs behind her ear, she also started eating.
This action of Officer Zhang Ru made Su Qi feel it looked extremely good. Especially the delicate earlobe exposed from behind the hair usually hidden by the strands. She even discovered that Officer Zhang Ru was actually wearing a small diamond stud, which looked extremely shiny against her swept-back black hair.
Officer Zhang Ru, seeing the little girl in front of her spacing out again, helplessly knocked on her head and said, “Eat. How come even eating can’t stop you from thinking!”
Su Qi, tapped like this, could only shift her gaze back to the noodles. But while eating, she would still occasionally glance at Officer Zhang Ru’s small diamond earring, feeling it looked better the more it sparkled.
As a police officer, how could Zhang Ru not feel Su Qi’s gaze on her? After confirming a few times, she finally realized the little girl’s eyes were on her ear.
She looked at Su Qi’s cute, pink earlobe under her short hair and finally understood why she, who had always been a boy, would go pierce her ears!
Which girl wouldn’t want to also have a pretty earring?
This little girl was really pitiful. When they got to Zhe Province, she would take this little girl to the hospital to get her ears pierced!
Su Qi didn’t know that the Officer Zhang Ru across from her had already thought so much. She fiercely slurped a mouthful of noodles. Perhaps because she hadn’t eaten all day, she just felt it tasted too good! It’s just that this bowl was really too big. Even after eating so much, it didn’t seem like the noodles had decreased much.
Suddenly, Su Qi discovered that one of the noodles she was slurping was the same one Officer Zhang Ru was slurping.
The two quickly brought this noodle to the classic mathematical image of the shortest line segment between two points.
Su Qi, looking at this straight noodle, just felt this was a famous scene from anime, right? Thinking this, her fair, crystal clear face was dyed a shade of red.
Officer Zhang Ru, seeing the little girl’s face turn red again because of this noodle, just felt this little girl’s thoughts were really problematic. Why did she love blushing so much?
If you’re so shy, why don’t you bite the noodle off?
Su Qi also wanted to bite off that noodle connecting the two of them. It’s just that if she did that, wouldn’t it be equivalent to Officer Zhang Ru eating her saliva? Thinking this, she didn’t bite the noodle off.
Officer Zhang Ru slowly slurped the noodle, just feeling the little girl’s face getting redder and redder. They were both girls, what was she shy about?
At this moment, she suddenly remembered, this little girl had been pretending to be a little boy all along.
Then from a male perspective, now wouldn’t it be…
Officer Zhang Ru thought for a bit and said, “Do you think this counts as a date?”
The next second, she saw Su Qi’s face, like peach blossoms blooming in March, dyed with the vibrant red of spring. Seeing the lovelier than a blossom Su Qi with a slightly flustered look.
Zhang Ru couldn’t help but think of that most splendid poem about peach blossoms—Peach blossoms day after day, bright and glorious.
For some reason, after learning the little girl liked girls, Officer Zhang Ru actually felt relieved.
You ask why?
Because at least it meant the little one wouldn’t be deceived by boys!