Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 209 The most worrying thing happened

After the steaming dumplings were served, Yu Shijiu's eyes never left the soup bowl in front of him.

The villa that Anjie and her team rented was brightly lit, but not in a cold, harsh way. Instead, it was a warm, yellowish-orange hue that shone on the polished tabletop, giving off a very comfortable warmth.

Yu Shijiu stared at the dumplings in her bowl, her grip on the chopsticks tightening slightly.

The dumplings are plump and white, with beautiful pleats on the edges to seal them. It's clear that the person who made them has excellent and skilled technique, which shows that even though the team was formed just to complete a game, the members often take the time to make dumplings.

It was strange, yet it seemed to have a kind of eerie warmth.

It was Yu Shijiu, a warmth she had never felt before, a warmth she had never experienced before.

Even though her mother tried her best to appear happy and content while she was alive, the false happiness could not deceive herself, nor could it deceive the precocious Yu Shijiu.

Every night, he would sit down at his mother's door and listen to her suppressed and painful cries behind the door, feeling his heart clench with pain.

But at that time, he was just a very young child.

Yu Shijiu lowered his eyelashes and stared at the dumplings in the bowl, momentarily at a loss as to how to eat them.

Clearly... this was the food that he asked Anjie and the others to make.

But why am I a little hesitant now?

"What's wrong?"

Across from him, Chen Yi placed a bowl of refreshing and palate-cleansing vegetarian dishes on the table and began to untie his apron.

"Is it not to your liking?"

Chen Yi asked with a smile.

Xu Han, who had already started eating his second dumpling, stared wide-eyed and mumbled indistinctly:

"Shi Jiu is really delicious! Trust me! Brother Chen's filling-making skills are absolutely top-notch! It smells amazing! I've never had such delicious dumplings in real life!"

As he spoke, Xu Han swallowed the half-eaten dumpling in his mouth and said:

"Besides, I made these dumplings myself. Aren't they beautiful? Try them, I'm not kidding!"

Yu Shijiu raised his head blankly, slowly shook his head, and picked up the dumplings in the bowl with his chopsticks.

To prevent the dumplings from falling into the soup and becoming bland, Chen Yi didn't put much soup in his bowl of dumplings. It looked dry, but once you bit into the dumpling skin, the rich and savory flavor filled your mouth.

The smooth texture of chopped cabbage, the tender fresh pork... all the seasonings combined diluted the lingering spicy artificial flavor in Yu Shijiu's mouth.

It really is delicious.

Yu Shijiu swallowed the first dumpling, then quickly picked up the second dumpling with his head down and stuffed it into his mouth.

For a moment, only the chewing sounds of Yu Shijiu and Xu Han remained at the dinner table.

Chen Yi was pleased to see his skills recognized, but at the same time he was worried about Yu Shijiu's stomach.

Eating too much is not a good thing, especially for people like Yu Shijiu who clearly suffered from severe malnutrition and hunger. It can easily lead to adverse reactions such as stomach ulcers or even vomiting.

Although Yu Shijiu seems to be doing perfectly well... Chen Yi still feels that something is not quite right.

Where is it?

Anjie, who had intended to say a few words, looked at Yu Shijiu's hand as he picked up dumplings, and her gaze gradually moved up to his face.

From the side, Yu Shijiu actually still has a bit of flesh on her bones, which may be because her cheeks are stuffed with dumplings. The slightly bulging flesh bounces with each chewing motion, which is perfectly in line with Yu Shijiu's current age.

When Anjie thought about the age she had found out, the formulaic recruitment language she had prepared vanished instantly.

Let him eat properly first.

Anjie thought.

After all, the Oracle of Delphi never makes a mistake.

Anjie lowered her eyes and gave Chen Yi across from her a look that reminded him to keep adding dumplings for Yu Shijiu. Then she picked up her own dumpling and started eating.

"..."

This dinner, which was supposed to be used to recruit Yu Shijiu, was unusually quiet.

In the end, the one who ate the least was actually Xu Han, who had initially invited Yu Shijiu to eat dumplings.

He ate fifteen dumplings and then couldn't eat anymore. He slumped in his chair, rubbing his bulging belly and burping every now and then.

"Oh my god..."

Xu Han stared at the three people still eating at the table, tilting his head in despair.

"I've discovered it. Our tiny guild has three teammates who can eat like crazy... Other guilds use their points to buy items, but we use all our points to eat..."

Anjie, standing next to him: "..."

She choked for a moment, quickly swallowed the dumpling in her throat, and slapped Xu Han on the head.

"what?!"

Xu Han cried out in pain, looking at An Jie with a wronged expression: "Sister An, why did you hit me!"

"Can't I hit you?" Anjie rolled her eyes and chuckled.

"You eat my food and live in my house, and you still have the nerve to make sarcastic remarks?"

Xu Han: "..."

Xu Han immediately became obedient.

He shrank back, licked his lips, smiled ingratiatingly several times, and then fell silent.

Across the table, Chen Yi, who had already finished his fourth bowl of dumplings, frowned and stood up as he watched Yu Shijiu still eating dumplings.

He first glanced down at Yu Shijiu's abdomen—

Well, I didn't notice because Yu Shijiu was wearing loose clothing.

Finally, Chen Yi tentatively asked, "Shi Jiu?"

"Ok?"

Yu Shijiu raised his head, licked the soup stains around his lips, and asked blankly, "Huh?"

Chen Yi: "..."

"Ahem," Chen Yi was somewhat "cute" by this superior angle, and said carefully:

"Are you full?"

Yu Shijiu thought for a moment, then reached out and touched her already... bulging belly, and shook her head.

"No."

He answered without any hesitation.

Chen Yi, who could already see how swollen his belly was, said: "...I think you're already full."

"?"

Yu Shijiu stood up, his eyes wide, but suddenly everything went black:

"I don't! I can still eat, ugh—"

Yu Shijiu felt inexplicably nauseous; in fact, she was so full that she vomited. Xu Han, who was standing next to her, immediately caught her swaying body.

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Don't eat yourself to death!!! It's just dumplings, we can come back for more next time!"

Xu Han was truly terrified. After supporting Yu Shijiu, he realized that her stomach was swollen terribly, and his expression immediately changed.

"My goodness, what are you forcing yourself to eat if you can't eat this?!"

With a dizzy and throbbing head, Yu Shijiu subconsciously retorted, "I didn't, I can still eat!"

Dumplings, they're Mom's dumplings, I'm sure, I'm sure I can finish them all...

In his dizziness, he seemed to have returned to that magnificent yet cold luxury villa.

The villa was quiet, completely unlike the sounds of my mother walking back and forth inside in the past.

There was a chilling quietness about it.