Miss Loser is too enchanting
Chapter 28 The Estrus Herd_1

Meng Sanniang and the others were astonished: "You’re really quite the professional, huh!"

"Grilling over a naked flame tends to char the outside while leaving the inside uncooked, and the flavor is not as good as when you grill with charcoal," Dugu Qianye explained, flipping the fish with the tongs. "I used to like making food myself, so I had this grill custom made."

Dugu Qianye put the grilled fish on a plate and then took out some raw meat skewers from her Space Ring to continue grilling. No one could resist the temptation and ended up leaving only two grilled fish and a few skewers of meat for Dugu Qianye. Seeing that she was still busy after a while and hadn’t eaten much, everyone felt a bit embarrassed.

"That, that... it was just too delicious, we couldn’t help ourselves..." Bei Feng’s voice grew fainter and fainter.

"Wow, what delicious grilled meat!" Suddenly, a voice inserted itself into the conversation, followed by an old man who ran up to Dugu Qianye, grabbed a grilled fish, and started eating it, all the while exclaiming how tasty it was.

The old man wore some tattered clothes and his grey-white hair was messily tied behind him. His skinny and shriveled stature made it seem as though he could be blown over by the wind.

"Hey, who are you? Why are you eating our food without asking?" Wei Lin was quick to anger, chiding the old man sharply when she saw him eating Dugu Qianye’s grilled fish.

"Hehe, the old man smelled the grilled meat from afar and ran all the way here. It really is quite delicious!" The old man said with a giggly smile. In no time at all, one fish had been devoured. He then turned a pitiful gaze towards the plate in Dugu Qianye’s hand...

Perhaps it was his weather-worn face and grey-white hair, along with that all too familiar look in his eyes that reminded her of her grandfather from her previous life. Dugu Qianye handed over the plate to him, saying, "Grandpa, here you go." She herself did not realize how natural and affectionate that address of "Grandpa" had sounded.

The old man was taken aback for a moment but then happily took the plate and sat down on a nearby rock to enjoy his meal.

"Old Grandpa, why are you here all alone?" Dugu Qianye sat next to the old man and picked up a skewer of grilled meat to eat.

"Call me Grandpa. Just now you were calling me Grandpa," the old man looked up at Dugu Qianye and corrected her.

Dugu Qianye’s face was covered in black lines; she had just...

"I’m heading north, and nobody is accompanying me, so I had to make the journey alone," the old man said pitifully.

Soon, the rest of the grilled meat had found its way into the old man’s stomach, and after consuming the last skewer, he blinked at Dugu Qianye. Unable to withstand his look, she took out the cooking tools and said, "It’s not good for the elderly to eat too much greasy food. Let me grill some vegetables for you."

"We want to eat, too." Seeing that Dugu Qianye was about to continue grilling, Wei Lin called out from the side.

Dugu Qianye rolled her eyes in resignation and took out eggplants, potatoes, chili peppers, Chinese chives, lotus roots, and so on from the Space Ring, and started grilling them.

"Old Grandpa, why don’t you travel with us? We’ll part ways after going past Mengjiao Ridge. It’s too dangerous for you to be alone," Dugu Qianye said to the old man. "Looking at your frail arms and legs, if you run into a Phantom Beast, I’m afraid you might not be able to outpace it."

"Call me Grandpa! Grandpa! What old Grandpa? Do I look that old?" the old man yelled.

Everyone was speechless. Is there really much of a difference between "grandfather" and "great grandfather"? So, grandfathers aren’t old now?!

The old man’s eyes rolled around before he said, "Alright then. Since you’ve called me grandfather, you’re naturally my grandson. To accompany you would be justified." I’ll have you make delicious food every day!

The sight of crows flying over everyone’s head happened once more...

Dugu Qianye felt like he was being strong-armed, on the verge of tears without the tears to shed.

Seeing Dugu Qianye’s expression, the old man put the plate aside and started pounding the ground with his fists, crying loudly, "Wuu wuu, I knew you looked down on me, unwilling to call me grandfather. That call just now was just to humor this old man. Wuu wuu, why is this old man’s life so hard. Wuu wuu..."

The old man’s cries almost attracted everyone in the camp. Dugu Qianye quickly covered his mouth and said, "Alright, alright, I acknowledge you, I acknowledge you, stop crying now."

Upon Dugu Qianye’s acknowledgment, the old man’s wailing instantly stopped. He picked up his cooked dish to eat, muttering, "You should have said so earlier, old man’s crying is quite the effort too."

Everyone started laughing heartily, while Dugu Qianye felt an urge to hit himself with a brick. How did he carelessly acknowledge a grandfather! However, this temperament did really resemble grandfather’s!

After returning to camp, Dugu Qianye went to speak with the butler, stating he would take full responsibility for the old man’s safety and wouldn’t slow everyone down. Although the butler was dissatisfied, he did not object.

In the following days, as soon as they set up camp, the old man would clamor for Dugu Qianye to make him something tasty.

Unable to refuse when faced with the old man’s pitiable, hopeful gaze, Dugu Qianye grudgingly cooked roast meats, Sichuan dishes, and Hunan dishes in rotation. She was extremely grateful that her cookware and tools were all well-equipped.

The old man had nothing but praise for Dugu Qianye’s culinary skills. This extended to Meng San’niang and the others, who also got to enjoy several good meals. They were so impressed with Dugu Qianye’s cooking that they were in complete admiration. Curious about the various seasonings, they requested some to keep for later use.

Two days later, the team had ventured deep into the heart of Mengjiao Ridge, and everyone became increasingly vigilant. Only the old man kept his usual noisiness, to the great dissatisfaction of the group, as it could easily attract nearby Phantom Beasts. But since he was with San’niang and the others, they could only grumble and were not able to really drive him away. As for the cold words and remarks, both the old man and Dugu Qianye simply ignored them.

The weather in July was very hot. After a day’s walk, Miss Liu from the Liu Family suggested taking a rest.

"What kind of godforsaken place is this, it’s so hard to walk. My feet are blistered. Find me somewhere to rest," Miss Liu said, fanning herself with her hand.

Young Master Liu looked at the sky and then at his sister’s distressed appearance and commanded his men to find a place to rest for a while.

Someone found a cool open space, and Miss Liu hurried to a rock and sat down, rubbing her feet and complaining non-stop. Others also found their spots to rest, drinking water or chatting. While everyone was resting, Dugu Qianye caught a whiff of a faint fragrance.

"Do you smell something?" Dugu Qianye sniffed deeply and asked.

"No!" Everyone looked at her puzzled, with a few sniffing hard, but they didn’t catch any scent.