City’s Best Divine Doctor
Chapter 872 - 0872: Eating Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals

Chapter 872: Chapter 0872: Eating Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals

Ye Qiu returned to the field at the Jin University Campus to continue practicing military boxing. As the morning training was about to end, Song Ying, still wearing a dress, walked over.

Last night, Song Ying realized that none of the students were willing to sign up to perform any programs. If that was truly the case, their group would have no choice but to collectively report performing the military boxing routine as their program.

Wu Shuang saw Song Ying approaching and guessed the advisor had something to say, so he left first.

"Students, have you still not decided on a program to perform?"

Song Ying asked.

The students exchanged glances with each other, seeming entirely disinterested.

Helpless, Song Ying turned to Ye Qiu and said, "Ye Qiu, you’re the top scorer in the college entrance examination, and now you’re the class leader during the military training. Tell me, what program do you plan to perform?"

Song Ying knew she needed to grab one person to take the lead, otherwise, if no one signed up, this class would end up embarrassing itself.

"I’m not interested."

Ye Qiu had no intention of performing any of those boring programs.

"That won’t do! You just need to report one—whether it’s playing an instrument, painting, calligraphy, a comedy sketch, anything. You could even just go up and perform a military boxing routine; you’re the best at it in the class."

In reality, Ye Qiu wasn’t the best at it; it’s just that he already knew how to do it.

But Song Ying had no idea about that!

Seeing Ye Qiu’s unwilling expression, Song Ying was ready to force this political task onto him!

"Advisor, is it really impossible to skip performing?"

"Absolutely not!"

Song Ying replied.

With other students in the class looking curiously at Ye Qiu, he could only say reluctantly, "Fine, whatever. Instruments, painting, calligraphy—whatever weird stuff works!"

Ye Qiu said flatly.

Once Ye Qiu agreed, Song Ying continued, "Alright, I’ll report this for you. Does anyone else want to perform a program?"

The entire class remained silent.

Since even Ye Qiu had been pressured into it, there was no way any other students would want to volunteer.

Given that this class was full of science majors, it was no surprise that they weren’t interested in performance programs.

As Ye Qiu was about to leave with Luo Yang and the others, Song Ying called out, "Wait a moment. I’ll invite you for dinner later; don’t forget to come!"

What Song Ying mentioned was that Song Jing’s parents were inviting Ye Qiu over for dinner, coinciding with treating her niece’s illness.

However, the other male students didn’t know this and assumed the beautiful counselor was inviting Ye Qiu to dinner herself, making them all incredibly envious.

The female students, on the other hand, couldn’t understand why Ye Qiu, who was so average-looking and dressed so ordinarily, managed to attract so much attention from beautiful women.

"I’m heading back to take a shower first."

As Ye Qiu and Luo Yang headed toward the boys’ dormitory, Ning Yun said, "Brother Qiu, once the military training is over, I’ll take you to a thrilling place to have fun!"

"We’ll see," Ye Qiu replied.

Right now, Ye Qiu was busy preparing for his trip to France. He needed to handle all his affairs before leaving, as this time he planned to make the ’Viscount’ wine brand a hit.

This endeavor was likely to take up a significant amount of his time.

To outsiders, Ye Qiu seemed carefree, but in reality, he was juggling both cultivation and other responsibilities.

Even the planning and architectural design sketches for the mountain estate weren’t fully completed yet. Naturally, he was far too busy to follow Ning Yun to some thrilling spot.

"Take us along!"

Zhou Shaohui asked Ning Yun.

"You guys? Don’t bother—none of you even know how to drive!"

Ning Yun replied bluntly.

Back at the boys’ dormitory, Ye Qiu headed straight to shower, handed his military uniform to Zhou Shaohui for washing, then took a quick rinse. He changed into his usual plain clothes, dried himself off, and relished not having to wear those sticky liberation shoes anymore—it was far more comfortable now.

At 6:30 PM, Ye Qiu set out for Song Jing’s parents’ place.

Having been there before, Ye Qiu already knew it was in Teacher’s Building, Block B. He took the elevator directly upstairs.

When he reached the door and rang the doorbell, it was Song Jing’s mother, Han Fang, who opened the door.

"Ye Qiu, you’re here! Come in!"

"Hello, Professor Han."

Ye Qiu greeted her.

Upon entering, he saw Song Zhi, Song Ying, and Song Jing all inside.

Their housekeeper was busy preparing dinner, a feast featuring plenty of fresh seafood.

Although Jinling isn’t by the sea, Jiangnan Province is a coastal region. The seafood here is still incredibly fresh, often delivered straight from the docks to bustling cities like Jinling. So, the selection of seafood is abundant.

Now that Song Jing no longer had to worry about allergic reactions to seafood, Song Zhi and Han Fang had asked the housekeeper to buy even more seafood, especially during the peak crab season.

"Ye Qiu, I actually wanted to chat with you about witchcraft!"

Once Ye Qiu sat down, the well-read Professor Song brought up his fascination with witchcraft and witch doctors.

But of course, all of that was just random stuff Ye Qiu had made up.

After all, what he practiced wasn’t witchcraft, and even if he did know something, it was only through absorbing Soul Consciousness.

Like when he absorbed Zhang Wei’s Soul Consciousness, he learned why Zhang Wei’s body had disappeared after dying in the hospital, eventually ending up in the hands of two wizards who turned him into a zombie.

Since Professor Song seemed so intrigued, Ye Qiu casually recounted the story of Zhang Wei being turned into a zombie.

Of course, he just randomly fabricated a name for it.

Upon hearing Ye Qiu’s story, aside from Song Zhi, who remained unaffected, Song Jing, Han Fang, and Song Ying all had chills running down their spines. The thought of witchcraft being so terrifying—that people could still ’live’ like normal after death, even retaining Soul Consciousness—was truly unbelievable to them.

"It’s just a made-up ghost story!"

Song Ying remarked.

She didn’t believe Ye Qiu’s tale.

Ye Qiu simply smiled and replied, "Well, it’s definitely made up."

At that point, the housekeeper had finished preparing a lavish seafood dinner. Han Fang and Song Ying helped bring out the dishes.

There were crabs, lobsters, mantis shrimp, and even three sizeable abalones—all looking tantalizingly delicious.

Of course, this seafood bought from the market had cost nearly a thousand yuan.

"Mom, I really want to eat mantis shrimp!"

Song Jing said eagerly.

"Go ahead, eat as much as you like; you’re fine now anyway."

As Ye Qiu sat down to eat with the Song family, he noticed the housekeeper’s seafood cooking was excellent, on par with dining out.

The key benefit, though, was the relatively lower cost of preparing it at home!

By the time Ye Qiu finished eating, it was after 7 PM. He had eaten quite a bit, particularly indulging in the newly-in-season, plump crabs. They were truly a delicacy, even beyond what he could enjoy at the Heavenly Court Imperial Medical Bureau.

After all, those ’shrimp soldiers and crab generals’ were under the jurisdiction of the East Sea Dragon King;

How could he possibly eat beings akin to humans like the ’shrimp soldiers and crab generals’?