My Co-renting Lady Boss
Chapter 257 - 0257: Don’t Scare Me

Chapter 257: Chapter 0257: Don’t Scare Me

The others all laughed at Chen Cang being pitifully tricked by his own culinary disaster.

"How could this happen?"

After rinsing his mouth, Chen Cang returned to his spot and cautiously tasted the food in front of him again, only to find that the excessive seasoning had compounded the flavors, with predictable results.

"Finally, I can eat!"

Tang Ming couldn’t be bothered with everyone else and wolfed down the food he had grilled.

"Let me try!"

Xia Wei’er, sitting beside Tang Ming, picked up a mushroom and took a bite.

"Wow, this is so delicious, how did you grill this?"

"Really? For real?"

Li Xiaoli asked dubiously, "You aren’t just saying that because you like Tang Ming and are trying to flatter him, are you?"

"I... I don’t like him at all, it’s genuinely tasty..."

Xia Wei’er explained with some blushing.

"I want to try too!"

Unable to resist the temptation, Li Xiaoli stepped forward and took a bite of the belly pork, "This is so delicious, Meng Meng, come and try Tang Ming’s food."

Seeing the situation, the others quickly moved closer to Tang Ming.

"Hey hey, don’t snatch my food."

Tang Ming, with cheeks full of food, glared with wide eyes and protested incomprehensibly, naturally to no avail: the pile of food he had intended to enjoy was quickly hijacked by everyone else.

"I really didn’t expect Tang Ming to be so skilled!"

Liu Mengting looked strangely at Tang Ming, who seemed a bit sullen, as if there wasn’t anything he didn’t excel at.

"Lousy fly, look, this is a real BBQ master. What you grilled was practically poison!"

Li Xiaoli, holding a sausage in each hand, teased Chen Cang with a glare.

"Is it really that good?"

Chen Cang touched his stomach and looked at Tang Ming sullenly.

While everyone else was fighting over Tang Ming’s food, Chen Cang and a few others didn’t dare act rashly. Their own grilled food was simply inedible, leaving them hungry up until now.

Unable to bear the hunger any longer, Chen Cang reluctantly made his way to the others, stealthily grabbed a grilled chicken wing from Tang Ming, and took a wild bite. Remembering the taste of his own grilled disaster almost brought tears to his eyes.

"Oh, I put some extra seasoning on that one since I was going to eat it myself,"

Tang Ming remarked indifferently, giving Chen Cang a glance.

"Ah? Cough cough..."

Now, Chen Cang really did have tears streaming down his face: "Ming bro, please don’t scare me..."

"Forget it, considering you paid for all this food, I won’t tease you anymore."

Chen Cang stopped causing trouble, and Tang Ming, no longer interested in dealing with him, bowed his head and resumed grilling.

Being a glutton, Tang Ming had always grilled his own food during missions abroad. He could turn things like venomous snakes and poisonous mushrooms into culinary delights. Chen Cang, a rookie, trying to show off in BBQ was utterly masochistic.

The capable should do more work. Since Tang Ming’s food tasted so good, he ended up being the only one responsible for the grilling by the end. Liu Mengting and the three girls sat lounging on the grass not far away, tasked with eating, chatting, and frolicking.

Zhou Dafu, Chen Cang, and the others were dedicated to serving Liu Mengting’s group and Tang Ming, the master griller, snagging bits and pieces for themselves in the process.

Tang Ming was unconcerned about the situation. As long as he was in charge of the BBQ, he could eat whatever he wanted, in any quantity he desired, without worry of his food being snatched away.

The afternoon passed leisurely with BBQ, and Tang Ming, the big eater, kept grilling non-stop while everyone else was full and resting, not stopping until he had finished all the food he brought.

As dusk fell, the group sat on the beach, watching the sunset.

"Such a beautiful burning cloud, you definitely can’t see this kind of scenery in the city."

Xia Wei’er gazed dreamily into the distance, filled with emotion.

"Indeed, it’s so beautiful, nature is really magical!"

Liu Mengting also nodded her head, "We should walk more and see more in future, so as not to take this beautiful view and life for granted."

"Look, a monkey, a monkey!"

Li Xiaoli suddenly pointed to the sky and cried out in surprise.

"Huh? I’m here."

The bored monkey quickly stood up in response.

"I’m not talking about you, look, that cloud looks like a monkey, and there’s a horse, a swan too!"

Li Xiaoli rolled her eyes at the monkey and shouted excitedly, pointing at the ever-changing fiery clouds.

"It does look a bit like that, your imagination is so rich!"

Liu Mengting became interested and joined Xia Wei’er in guessing the patterns of the clouds.

"What’s so good about clouds!"

Tang Ming mumbled indifferently, having spent a lot of time on outdoor missions in the past and seen too many stunning natural landscapes, he was completely uninterested in the current scenery.

"Brother Ming, Chen Cang is gone!"

At that moment, Zhou Dafu leaned close to Tang Ming and whispered, "That guy wouldn’t be plotting something again, would he?"

"Would he dare!"

Tang Ming gave a cold smile, having always seen the other party behave respectfully, he had been too lazy to teach him a lesson, but if Chen Cang dared to mess around, then it would be a trip back to the hospital for him.

"Right, with Monkey and Little Jun here, Chen Cang alone probably can’t stir up too much trouble."

Zhou Dafu glanced at Monkey and Little Jun, feeling more at ease.

Soon after, Chen Cang sneaked over to Tang Ming with a bunch of stuff in his arms.

"Brother Ming, Brother Ming!"

Chen Cang greeted Tang Ming obsequiously, with a fawning look on his face.

"Where did you go off to, don’t tell me you were up to mischief again?"

Tang Ming yawned and asked casually.

"How would I dare!"

With a serious expression, Chen Cang said mysteriously, "I went to get something good for Brother Ming?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Cang immediately handed the stuff in his arms over to Tang Ming, explaining, "This is the Poisonous Ganoderma you wanted, guaranteed to be exactly like the previous one, maybe even more poisonous!"

"Hmm?"

Tang Ming’s eyes lit up and he took the item immediately, sensing it briefly, and indeed, it was highly toxic.

"I felt the previous stuff didn’t satisfy you, Brother Ming, so I called back right away and had someone prepare it again."

Anxiously, Chen Cang asked, "How is it, is it satisfactory this time?"

"Not bad, not bad, you’ve finally caught on, kid!"

Tang Ming swallowed hard, satisfied, "You’ve seen it for yourself, as long as you pursue Liu Mengting in an upright manner, I won’t trouble you. Plus, with these delicious goods, I’ll turn a blind eye, and when the time is right, I’ll give you some opportunities."

"Yes, yes, I’ll definitely be upright and proper from now on, guaranteed not to cause any trouble!"

Seeing Tang Ming’s satisfaction, Chen Cang nodded repeatedly and then said somewhat sheepishly, "Um, there’s something I’d like to ask you for help with tonight, Brother Ming."

"Go ahead, as long as it’s not too much, I’m pretty magnanimous!"

Tang Ming agreed swiftly – one does not refuse favors from those they owe.

"Tonight, I’m planning to set up an opportunity to establish a formidable image in front of Liu Mengting, and I need a bit of flexibility from you, Brother Ming. Otherwise, with a master like you around, I won’t have a chance to show off!"

Chen Cang rubbed his hands together and asked cautiously.