CFSMS -Chapter 260 The Secret Little Pill, Aba the Little Mute

After once again watching several diners flee in panic, Lu Wu looked at her empty stall and sighed.

Spring had arrived, bringing life back to everything.

Yet her business seemed to be withering away.

As expected, once you’ve been in business too long, customers stop wanting to come.

Perhaps she simply wasn’t suited for this line of work.

The diners would have protested:

Slander! This is slander!

“Boss Lu, I’ll take all of these. I’ll eat here.”

Just as Lu Wu was wallowing in melancholy, a familiar voice appeared.

It was Jiang Yunhe.

Lu Wu’s eyes immediately filled with grateful tears.

Haki Jiang, you’re still the best.

Since she’d promised to reward her customers, Lu Wu packed Jiang Yunhe’s order with an extra bug in every bowl, ensuring he’d have a truly satisfying meal.

“Give today’s new items a try.”

She pointed at the latest dishes.

Golden ant eggs, glossy scorpions, and pepper-salt giant water bugs—each one a delicacy she had painstakingly prepared.

Jiang Yunhe nodded but didn’t start eating immediately.

Instead, he took out a pill and, under Lu Wu’s puzzled gaze, popped it into his mouth.

His throat bobbed as he swallowed it.

Then, seemingly still unconvinced, he opened his mouth and vibrated his vocal cords, trying his best to make a sound.

“…”

Nothing.

Not a single word came out.

Lu Wu waited for a moment, thinking something was wrong with him.

Instead, Jiang Yunhe nodded in satisfaction and calmly picked up a bamboo skewer to start eating.

He had poisoned himself mute.

On purpose.

Lu Wu was stunned by the lengths he was willing to go just to protect his dignity.

Haki Jiang, isn’t that a bit excessive?

The bugs entered his mouth.

Their shells were crispy while the insides remained tender and juicy.

The earthy flavor had been masked perfectly, leaving behind a subtle nutty aroma.

For today’s dishes, Lu Wu had paired everything with mint.

The refreshing coolness swept away the greasiness of the fried food.

The juicy textures shifted continuously inside Jiang Yunhe’s mouth, while fragrant aromas drifted through his nose and lingered in his chest.

Every bite made him feel as though he were floating among the clouds.

It was wonderful.

“…Aba aba.”

Instinctively, Jiang Yunhe opened his mouth to speak.

Not a single word emerged.

Only after snapping out of his bliss did he remember that he had temporarily rendered himself mute.

Lu Wu condemned this behavior.

She was an honest stall owner.

She would never take advantage of someone and ask embarrassing questions.

Never.

Facing Lu Wu’s eager gaze as she waited for feedback, Jiang Yunhe thought for a moment.

Then he manipulated the spiritual energy around him.

The gathered energy formed two large characters before her eyes.

Delicious!

Though there was no sound, Lu Wu felt those two words carry tremendous force.

The sincere praise from a customer restored her confidence.

Even if her customers no longer loved her, she would continue on.

If nothing else, she would persevere for the sake of her purest original dream.

The very next second—

“Boss, I want to place an order!”

“Get lost! I was here first!”

“What do you mean? Old Wang, why do you always try to steal my orders? First come, first served. Didn’t you see my finger touch the stall first?”

“You’re blind! My hair drifted over here first. Me first, you second.”

“You two can go fight somewhere else. You’re blocking me.”

“You’re new, aren’t you? Don’t you know you’re supposed to respect your seniors?”

Almost every courier in Tianyi City had mobilized that day.

All of them had received the same assignment:

Go to the entrance of Divine Physician Hall and buy food on behalf of customers.

The safety of Divine Physician Hall was beyond question.

Though the couriers couldn’t understand why their perfectly healthy-looking clients refused to come personally, they weren’t about to question paid work.

Who knew that while traveling there, they’d suddenly run into countless fellow couriers?

After asking around—

Good grief.

They were all heading to the same place.

Every single one of them was after the food sold by a certain Boss Lu.

In the courier business, speed was everything.

Fast, reliable, efficient.

That was how you earned repeat customers.

None of them had time to ponder Lu Wu’s mysterious appeal.

To make sure their employers got the food first, they fought tooth and nail to move ahead in line.

Where there are people, there is competition.

The couriers shoved and argued, refusing to yield to one another, turning the area in front of Lu Wu’s stall into complete chaos.

“Chirp chirp!”

Huohuo, who was maintaining order, immediately became unhappy.

How dare these humans cut in line in front of a bird!

Outrageous!

“Ah! My hair’s on fire!”

“Serves you right! Who told your hair to float around everywhere?”

“You’re one to talk! Your butt’s on fire too!”

The group instantly descended into frantic firefighting.

Fortunately, Huohuo was only giving them a small lesson and hadn’t actually hurt anyone.

“Chirp!”

Line up for this bird!

After Huohuo’s warning, the couriers finally behaved.

The queue became orderly once more.

The magnificent sight of a sea of people returned.

The flame of hope reignited in Lu Wu’s lonely heart.

Oh my, for a moment I thought I’d fallen out of popularity.

Turns out I’m still a superstar.

While remote orders from diners poured in endlessly, another group arrived near Divine Physician Hall.

Busy with work, Lu Wu didn’t notice that among them was the young master who had once experienced an extremely intimate face-to-face encounter with her.

“Aunt Lan, we’re in the right place, aren’t we?”

The young master stared at the chaotic scene ahead and asked hesitantly.

Hadn’t his father said Divine Physician Hall was a sacred place?

Why was someone running a food stall here?

The place looked more like a noisy marketplace.

“We should be.”

Aunt Lan looked toward the signboard.

Ordinary people wouldn’t notice it, but she could sense the fluctuations of Divine Physician Valley’s unique cultivation technique hidden within it.

The sign was authentic.

“Then what’s all this…”

The young master stood on tiptoe, trying to see what was being sold that had everyone acting like lunatics.

“Young Master, treating your illness is more important. Let’s find Divine Physician Jiang first.”

She had already learned that Jiang Yunhe had recently been seeing patients here.

If Divine Physician Jiang personally treated him, perhaps her young master’s condition could finally be cured.

“Fine.”

Unable to argue with Aunt Lan, he reluctantly agreed.

After only a few steps, he spotted a man squatting by the entrance, eating.

The young master glanced at him.

He didn’t recognize him.

“Hello. Is Divine Physician Jiang here?”

He asked politely.

His family was quite influential, but there was always someone stronger.

Especially when dealing with Divine Physician Valley.

Respect was mandatory.

Divine Physician Jiang?

Looking for me?

Jiang Yunhe, busy eating, spared the newcomer a glance.

After one look, he calmly nodded.

Of course he’s here.

Isn’t it me?

“Why aren’t you saying anything?”

The young master completely missed the hint.

Instead, curiosity appeared on his face.

Then, as if realizing something, his expression turned sympathetic.

“Don’t tell me you’re mute? That’s so tragic.”

“Can’t the people at Divine Physician Hall cure a mute person? Or is it because you don’t have money?”

The young master chattered away endlessly.

What he failed to notice was Jiang Yunhe slowly narrowing his eyes as he looked at him like he was an idiot.

“Young Master!”

Aunt Lan hurriedly interrupted.

Then she offered Jiang Yunhe an apologetic smile.

“My apologies, Divine Physician Jiang. My young master speaks without thinking.”

At first, she hadn’t recognized him either.

But after finding him vaguely familiar, she secretly pulled out her One Realm Communicator and compared his appearance.

Only then did she realize that this “mute” was the very divine physician they had come to see.

Ever since her young master had been kicked out by his father and told to seek treatment, he’d gone to the opposite extreme.

His father had only wanted him to interact more with strangers.

He hadn’t meant for him to become this talkative and tactless.

If Divine Physician Jiang decided to beat him up…

Should she turn around?

Or simply close her eyes?

What a difficult choice.