CFSMS -Chapter 26 Even Death Won’t Stop Me Loving This Pork Knuckle

Normally, Lu Wu wouldn’t laugh unless something was really funny.

Really!

She turned her head away and spent quite a while giving herself a mental pep talk before finally suppressing her laughter.

She had already learned the whole story from Yaya.

Seeing these children climb walls and crash into doors just for a bite of food was honestly hilarious.

The behavior itself was certainly bad, but the process was full of comedy.

“Ahem, get up.”

You don’t need to perform such a grand bow.

Lu Wu kept the corners of her mouth from rising.

Behind her, Yaya poked her head out and looked curiously at the chubby boy.

“Big Brother Chubby, why are you lying on the ground? There’s nothing tasty down there.”

In Yaya’s heart, delicious food always came first.

Big Brother Chubby could only rank second.

Fortunately, their childhood friendship was still intact. She hurried over and helped him up.

“Big Brother Chubby, let me tell you! Big Sister and Grandpa are really nice. They weren’t angry at all. They even saved me and gave me yummy food!”

Yaya couldn’t help licking her lips.

She had only eaten a tiny piece earlier. It wasn’t because she didn’t like it, but because she wanted to take it home and share it with her family.

The kind big sister had agreed and even packed two large pork knuckles for her.

Yaya felt delighted.

“Huh?”

The chubby boy stood up. While listening to Yaya, his eyes automatically followed the source of the fragrance and locked onto the bowl in Lu Wu’s hands.

Grrr…

His stomach growled loudly.

Embarrassed, he pressed a hand against it.

“You want some too?”

Lu Wu asked, deliberately putting on a stern face.

“But naughty children don’t get tasty food.”

The serious expression frightened the chubby boy so much that his lips trembled as he prepared to cry.

Lu Wu had no intention of indulging him.

“If you cry, you won’t even get any soup.”

One sentence successfully made him cover his mouth and swallow his sobs.

So angry!

“Then promise me you’ll behave from now on. No more climbing walls. If you do that, I’ll give you something delicious. Deal?”

With a mischievous glint in her eyes, Lu Wu lowered the bowl enough for him to clearly see the pork knuckle inside.

The tender, soft skin bounced slightly.

It looked remarkably similar to the chubby boy’s round belly.

No one had ever really taught him to behave before.

Looking up with his fair, chubby face, he stared at Lu Wu’s intentionally fierce expression and desperately wanted to refuse.

But the pork knuckle looked far too delicious.

Better than any meat dish his mother had ever made.

His stomach growled even louder.

Still too young to understand concepts like pride and dignity, the chubby boy shamefully surrendered before the temptation of food.

“Okay… I promise.”

He spoke softly while sneaking glances at Lu Wu.

“You’d better keep your word, or you’ll get your butt smacked.”

Lu Wu stopped teasing him and handed him one of the bowls.

“This one’s yours. This one’s Yaya’s. Go home and eat.”

She rubbed both children’s heads and urged them to hurry home.

Seeing how easily he had received the food, the chubby boy’s face turned red.

Lowering his head, he fidgeted with the hem of his clothes for a long while before finally saying:

“I’m sorry. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have told people to climb into Big Sister’s house.”

The moment he finished speaking, he grabbed the large bowl and ran away.

He didn’t even wait for his beloved Little Sister Yaya.

Fortunately, Yaya didn’t mind.

She was also carrying a bowl and running home.

Watching the two little figures disappear without paying attention to each other, Lu Wu suddenly felt a trace of guilt.

She hadn’t accidentally broken up a future couple, had she?

“Then I’ll be heading back too.”

After the children’s matter was settled, Grandpa Li slowly said goodbye while carrying a large food box.

As he walked out the door, he casually removed the protective formation as well.

“Oh right, Boss Lu. What’s this pork knuckle called?”

Grandpa Li asked.

He remembered that Boss Lu had a rather peculiar sense of naming things.

The title Pure-Hearted Meat Bun was still legendary within their sect.

…

Faced with the question, Lu Wu fell silent.

She understood the teasing in Grandpa Li’s eyes.

But she really wanted to say:

I didn’t name it!

The System did!

If anyone has a weird sense of humor, it’s the System!

【……】

“Ahem… it’s called Even Death Won’t Stop Me Loving This Pork Knuckle.”

Lu Wu forced herself to say the name aloud.

As expected, Grandpa Li gave her a look that clearly said, Just as I thought.

Lu Wu felt utterly embarrassed.

“Take care, Grandpa Li.”

She quickly shut the door, refusing to endure any more of his judgmental gaze.

By now, daylight had fully arrived.

The sunlight was warm and bright.

Lu Wu stored all the prepared pork knuckles from the kitchen into her storage pouch.

Since pork knuckles required such a long cooking time, they couldn’t be made on-site.

Everything had to be prepared beforehand at home.

Having eaten her fill of pork knuckles, Lu Wu lay in the courtyard, basking comfortably in the sunlight.

Next door, Grandpa Li opened his food box.

Boss Lu had been very generous.

Before he left, she had packed five huge pork knuckles for him to enjoy at his leisure.

But Grandpa Li was absolutely not the type to keep good food all to himself.

Besides, these were benefits he had fought to obtain for the members of the Bun Sect.

“Anyone want some pork knuckles?”

He sent a probing message into the sect chat.

At this hour, there weren’t many people online, but a few were still around.

For example, Lou Xiaotian, who constantly monitored Grandpa Li’s every move.

He knew the inside story.

Considering Grandpa Li lived right next door to Boss Lu, this message definitely carried deeper meaning.

Unfortunately, not everyone thought that way.

“Pork knuckles? What pork knuckles?”

“We are members of the Bun Sect! The only thing we love is Boss Lu’s buns! No other food should appear in the sect. That would be blasphemy against Boss Lu!”

“Exactly! The Bun Sect must remain pure!”

These were the sect’s fanatics.

To them, Lu Wu’s buns were sacred doctrine.

They upheld the principle of Buns Above All Else for life.

After those declarations, many followers echoed similar sentiments.

Grandpa Li didn’t scold them.

Instead, a crafty smile spread across his face.

He had given them the opportunity.

If they didn’t want it, that wasn’t his fault.

Just as he was imagining himself enjoying all five pork knuckles alone, two private messages arrived.

The first was from Lou Xiaotian.

“Grand Elder, I want pork knuckles.”

The moment he saw the message, Grandpa Li clicked his tongue in annoyance.

The brat had figured it out.

No fooling him.

“Grand Elder, let me secretly ask… were these pork knuckles personally made by Boss Lu?”

“Yes.”

Grandpa Li answered directly.

There was no point hiding it anyway.

“I knew it!”

Still lying in bed moments before, Lou Xiaotian immediately jumped to his feet, dancing with excitement.

This sudden outbreak of madness was instantly detected by his father, Lou Batian’s divine sense.

Originally, Lou Batian had intended to scold him.

But after thinking of something, his eyes lit up.

He was just about to sneak over and give his son a “surprise” when his ear was suddenly twisted.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

It was his wife, Li Wan.

Despite her gentle and charming appearance, Li Wan’s personality was actually domineering and fierce.

Lou Batian didn’t dare lie, so he explained his guess.

“You mean Xiaotian got hold of more delicious food?”

Li Wan instantly became interested.

The taste of those buns was still unforgettable.

Back then, if she hadn’t been worried about damaging their marital relationship, she might have robbed Lou Batian on the spot.

“Come on. We’re going together!”

As the pork knuckles were still on their way, Lou Xiaotian had no idea what painful lesson awaited him.

Meanwhile, at the inn in Little River Town, Qin Zhan—who was secretly lurking within the Bun Sect under an alternate account—burst into laughter.

Ever since missing out on the buns, he had been suffering terribly these past few days.

He spent every night cultivating instead of sleeping.

Just when he was about to get some rest, he saw the Grand Elder’s message.

In that instant, enlightenment struck him.

As expected—

People who stay up late are rewarded.

“Hehehe!”