MDZS Characters Watching the Future

47. Spicy Congee

It was very dark on the other side of the door, not allowing anyone to make out what was behind the slit. The person who opened the door didn’t speak either. The boys who were close by couldn’t help but stepped backward.

"It's getting creepy." said Nie Huaisang.

"It was creepy from the start." said a random cultivator.

Lan SiZhui regained his composure, “Excuse us, but are you the manager of the shop?”

A moment passed, and an old, bizarre voice leaked from the slit, “Yes.”

"Someone is really inside." said a random cultivator.

"Who would open it if there is no one inside?" asked Wei Wuxian.

Wei WuXian walked over and patted Lan SiZhui’s shoulder, signalling for him to step back as well, and spoke, “Manager, it’s our first time coming here. The fog was so thick that we got lost. We’ve been walking for a long time already, and we’re rather tired. Would it be possible for you to lend your shop so that we can rest a bit?”

The bizarre voice replied, “My shop is not for travellers to rest.”

"Oh! They're not willing." said MianMian.

"Then what are they going to do next?" asked Jin Zixuan.

"We don't know." said Jiang Cheng.

Wei WuXian looked as if he didn’t find anything strange at all, and spoke with his usual expression, “But, in the area, there isn’t any other shop that has anyone inside. Manager, are you really not willing to do us a favour? We are willing to pay.”

Jin Ling blurted out, “How would you get the money to pay? Let’s make this clear—I won’t lend you money.”

"Like ChengCheng but at least my brother still spoiled me with foods." said Wei Wuxian.

"I can't trust you with money. You're going to spend a lot even just in a day." said Jiang Cheng.

"You also spend a lot." said Jiang Yanli.

Wei WuXian waggled a delicate pouch in front of his eyes, “Look what this is.” Lan SiZhui was shocked, “How dare you?! This is HanGuangJun’s!”

"Oh! My a-yuan is shocked." laughed Wei Wuxian.

"Remember that I didn't know you're my mother that time." said Sizhui.

"But it's okay since you can spend a lot however you want." he added.

"My son is spoiling me." said Wei Wuxian dramatically.

"Maybe because you're broke." said Jiang Cheng making the juniors laughed at his words.

As they argued, the slit was opened a bit further. Although they still couldn’t see the furniture in the room, they could see that a gray-haired, expressionless woman stood behind the door.

Although the old woman had a hunched back, appearing quite elderly at first glance, she actually didn’t have a lot of wrinkles or age spots. It would even be possible to describe her as middle-aged. She proceeded to open the door and move out of the way. It looked like that she was willing to let them in.

Jin Ling was astonished. He whispered, “She really is willing to let us in?”

"Of course she is. She wouldn't open the door if she didn't have any intention to help you." said Nie Huaisang.

"That's good, at least they are safe for now." said Lan Xichen.

Wei WuXian also whispered, “Of course. One of my feet was within the slit, so she couldn’t close the door even if she wanted to. If she still didn’t let me in, I would’ve just kicked the door down.”