Kung Fu Baby with 17 Doting Brothers-Chapter 613: Seeking Tips Online

Leaving the hotel, Ji Zhangzhuo headed straight to the agreed-upon shop.

By the time he arrived, a few assistants had already ordered the food.

Once seated, all he had to do was put on gloves and peel the lobster.

The cooked crayfish were bright red; once peeled, the shrimp meat soaked in red oil looked perfectly springy, and upon tasting, felt flavorful, spicy, and fresh.

After eating a few and drinking some beer—one word, perfect!

The shop was booming with business, and the surrounding tables were also filled with people, eating and behaving much like them.

Since there was work the next day, the assistants focused only on eating and didn’t drink much.

Alongside eating, they also chatted.

One of the assistants was quite interested in Ji Zhangzhuo’s sect and asked tentatively, "Where exactly is your sect located? In the deep mountains and forests?"

"Pretty much." Ji Zhangzhuo peeled a small bowl of shrimp meat and blissfully popped it all into his mouth.

Nearby, there was the sound of someone swallowing saliva, which wasn’t very noticeable in the bustling environment.

Ji Zhangzhuo faintly heard the sound but didn’t think much of it.

The assistant asked again, "A lot of people around me are quite eager to learn from a master; does the Heavenly Cloud Sect accept students? Do they have to pass a test to enter the mountain gate? Which mountain is your sect on, so they can try themselves?"

Ji Zhangzhuo gave him a half-smile, then cheerfully peeled shrimp, "Not accepting students."

A chorus of regret sounded.

Someone spoke frankly, "Your sect is quite popular lately; if you don’t seize this opportunity to accept students, it’s going to be challenging once martial arts lose its allure."

This implied a lack of faith in martial arts.

Ji Zhangzhuo wanted to stroke his chin and strike a cool pose but found his gloves covered in oil, abandoning the idea.

"It won’t fade away so quickly; as long as we’re active, it’ll stay popular."

These words carried a kind of imperiousness that’s hard to refuse.

"Although a few of our senior brothers are getting older," someone teased about being in their twenties not counting as old, Ji Zhangzhuo smiled, "but our little junior sister is still around; she’s not even six yet, she’ll be active for seventy or eighty years."

He was confident that seventy or eighty years would be enough to allow martial arts to fully exhibit its charm and let the next generation continue this legacy.

The President of the National Martial Arts Association aims to have the younger generation inherit this legacy, right?

With junior sister’s character and the strong support from the Martial Arts Association, she’s certain to keep promoting martial arts in the future. As long as she continues to appear in front of the camera, on various stages, she’ll always showcase the charm of martial arts.

And as long as junior sister wants to do this, even if they become old folks in the future, they’re willing to perform, box, and sword dance on stage.

Imagining that decades later they could still live together, Ji Zhangzhuo felt he could have a few more pounds of shrimp and dozens of skewers to celebrate.

Ji Zhangzhuo looked down, ready to pick up peeled shrimp

Checked left and right and felt like two were missing.

"Must be an illusion."

He ate in one bite and continued peeling.

Looking down again, it seemed like another one or two were missing.

This time he didn’t say anything, acting as if he was full, he stood up to stretch a bit.

An assistant nearby looked enviously at his abdomen.

Just now, when Ji Zhangzhuo was stretching, his clothes lifted, revealing nicely shaped abs.

"Even though I don’t want to learn martial arts, I quite desire abs; yet, I’ve got a gym membership and never went."

To this, the savvy Ji Zhangzhuo didn’t mock back.

Wanting muscles without exercising, there’s no such convenient thing in the world. No effort, where’s the reward? You don’t get abs just by lying down every day, right?

He acted as if he was having fun chatting and didn’t notice the shrimp meat.

But soon, out of the corner of his eye, he definitely saw a piece of shrimp disappear.

Then soon, another piece of shrimp disappeared.

Only Fifth and Sixth Brother could do this.

You can’t de-materialize food while eating, so Brother must be invisible now, making him undetectable by others.

He sat back down, made a few motions, felt the wind direction, roughly estimated Fifth and Sixth Brother’s position, and continued eating and drinking with certainty.

"Hey, it seems like the skewers are gone, the owner is busy; I’ll go add a few more servings."

Ji Zhangzhuo stood up and when passing a certain spot, stomped fiercely with a few steps.

A shriek came unreservedly. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"Ah!"

Ji Zhangzhuo walked away triumphantly.

Stealing his shrimp, serves them right!

He totally forgot that East Gate East and East Gate West could report to Duan Xiayou.

The assistants left behind looked puzzled.

One said, "Did you guys hear something just now?"

"You mean the ’Ah’ sound?"

"Indeed, you heard it too? Who was shouting?"

They looked around, seeing nothing but fun-eating patrons, no one was out of the ordinary.

"Did we hear wrong?"

"It’s unlikely that we all heard wrong."

Soon, Ji Zhangzhuo returned with additional dishes, seeing them look puzzled and asked.

After getting the response, he looked innocent, "No, I didn’t hear anything, have you been watching horror movies recently and it’s left a psychological shadow?"

He mentioned horror movies because earlier that day he learned they all like watching horror films.

The assistants bought into the explanation.

Before long, Ji Zhangzhuo bent down to place a beer bottle and gave Fifth and Sixth Brother a hard punch.

Another shriek ensued.

The assistants couldn’t continue eating.

"Pack the leftovers."

"Yeah, yeah, I won’t be watching horror movies for a month or two now."

"But the recently released one is really good. It’s based on the novel of a famous author. That book sold quite well. This movie’s success boosted book sales too."

While packing, Ji Zhangzhuo gathered information. Upon hearing the author’s name, his expression turned subtle.

"A polite person?"

"Yeah," an assistant saw his odd expression, and asked curiously, "Do you know this person? Or do you find this pen name strange? Compared to other pen names, this one is quite normal."

"Just thinks the name seems quite polite."

Ji Zhangzhuo sneered internally, Wen Li is polite when speaking properly, any other time it’s venomous rhetoric.

Then thinking, with the movie being a hit and boosting book sales, Wen Li must be making money and could treat them to dinner.

Upon returning to Jiang City, he’d bring junior sister to Wen Li’s place and eat him broke, forcing him to write new stories and seek inspiration outside.

The group left the shop and quickly ran into two other guests on their midnight snack venture.

Tuanzi was gnawing on sweet potato skin, and upon seeing the flushed Ji Zhangzhuo, waved vigorously with one paw.

She smiled very brightly, while Ji Zhangzhuo’s smile gradually faded.

He realized belatedly that Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Brother, along with junior sister, all knew he came out for a midnight snack.

All it takes is one person to inform senior brother, and senior brother will certainly say, "Then let’s have another week’s ban." With a smile not reaching his eyes.

A week without eating meat, downright cruel!

Very anxious, very rushed, what can be done to shut so many mouths? He’d gladly offer a pound of spicy shrimp for the solution.