Chapter 262 "Pregnancy"
Regarding these king crabs, Nashida suggested to Liu Bai that he invite friends he knew to come and attend a seafood party.
One reason was to help Liu Bai deal with his relationships with friends, and the other was that she didn't want to eat king crab legs every day for the next few days.
"Hmm... System, next time you provide goods, what will happen to the unsold goods?"
Liu Bai felt a little reluctant, so he had to ask the system.
"Ding Di, the system merchant function provides goods as a refresh mechanism, just like the game mall that is refreshed every month. The new goods will cover the unsold old goods unless the host buys them at the lowest price."
The system answered Liu Bai's doubts.
"OK then……"
After getting the system's reply, Liu Bai realized that if he kept the king crabs for himself, they might all be gone one day, so he nodded.
"Okay, let's do as you say, girl. It just so happens that our place is quite spacious, more than enough for the party."
Only then did Liu Bai respond to Nashida's proposal.
"Well, let's go to Wanmin Hall and ask Xiangling if she can cook. Then we will split into two groups. You go and invite the friends you know, while Xiangling and I will prepare the ingredients and dishes for tonight's party."
Nashida nodded, then explained to Liu Bai what to do next and the division of labor between the two.
Liu Bai had no objection to this, and the two of them went out to Wanmin Hall together.
"Wow, Xiangling, please have mercy on me. I haven't been able to cook for a long time..."
Inside the Wanmin Hall, Master Mao suddenly burst into tears. He raised his hand to wipe his tears and spoke to Xiangling in front of the stove, even revealing a pitiful expression.
"Hey~! Dad, didn't you just say that your back aches and you need to take a break so I can help you?"
Xiangling was shocked by her father's condition.
"I-I'm suddenly not sore anymore, and I have to cook now anyway!"
"Okay, okay, then come on, Dad. I'll go see how the rice crust is doing."
Faced with Master Mao's words, Xiangling had no choice but to return the spatula to him.
"Xiangling, are you busy?"
At this moment, Nashida's voice was heard at the door of Wanmin Hall, and she walked in with Liu Bai.
"Ah! It's you!"
Xiangling's eyes lit up and she quickly ran over and came in front of Liu Bai.
"Mr. Liu Bai, you're finally back from Inazuma. That's great! Please help me check on the rice crust!"
Xiangling spoke to Liu Bai anxiously.
"Ah? But I'm not a doctor..."
Liu Bai scratched his head.
"Xiang Ling, just take us to see what happened. Although he is not a doctor, we can help."
Nashida pulled Liu Bai's sleeve and then spoke to Xiangling.
After hearing what Nashida said, Xiangling stood there and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"Come with me and take a look, Guoba's belly is getting big!"
Xiangling said this and led the two into the rest room behind Wanmin Hall.
Chef Mao was concentrating on cooking and didn't pay any attention to them.
There is a bed in the rest room. A little girl with orange hair and round bear ears is leaning lazily on the head of the bed, her hands covering her big belly that looks like she is ten months pregnant. There is a bowl of cut fruits on the table next to her.
"Hey, Guoba, why are you lying down again? At least get up and walk around!"
Xiangling hurried over and helped the reluctant little girl down.
"She, what is she doing...?"
Although she didn't feel any breath of life, the appearance of Guoba still made Nashida's cheeks blush slightly, and she couldn't help asking.
"I know. At first I thought the same thing as you did, but after the examination, Dr. Bai said that she was not pregnant. The specific reason for her big belly was unknown."
"I guess it's because Guoba, after being turned into a human by Mr. Liu Bai, always likes to run around and eat things, so he accidentally ate something strange... or maybe he just gained weight?"
Hearing what Nashida said, Xiangling spread her hands helplessly and explained.
It was precisely because of Guoba’s situation that she hardly dared to let Guoba go out, for fear that people would gossip about her.
After all, with such a big belly, no one would believe if she said she was not pregnant.
Liu Bai walked curiously to Guoba, who was yawning due to sleepiness, and reached out to poke her stomach.
"Hehe, it's so itchy..."
Guoba pushed Liu Bai's hand away, and after he became a little more sober, he hid behind Xiangling, only sticking out his head and big belly to look at Liu Bai and Nashida.
"Let me check her out."
Nashida suggested after thinking for a moment.
After getting Xiangling's consent, Nashida led Guoba to sit on the edge of the bed, and she raised one hand.
"Hmm... This phenomenon is just like a greedy mushroom beast swallowing a giant slime in one gulp. It has a lot of elemental power in its stomach that it can't digest."
Soon, Nashida came up with the answer to why the rice crust turned out like this.
"Eh? Are you saying that Guoba's stomach is filled with elemental forces? But she doesn't have the Eye of God... Yeah, Guoba used to be able to breathe fire!"
Xiangling was stunned for a moment, but suddenly realized something when she was halfway through her words.
Since the last Lantern Festival, Guoba has basically been in human form, and Xiangling almost forgot that she is a mysterious red panda.
She even considered changing Guoba's name. After all, although Guoba was a cute name for a girl, it might not be suitable.
However, Guoba refused, as she liked the name very much.
"Well, anyway, we just need to help her absorb or expel the elemental power..."
"By the way, Xiaobai, change her back for now."
Nashida turned back and made a suggestion to Liu Bai halfway through her speech.
She knew that Liu Bai's ability to turn Guoba into a human was the same ability that made her grow cat ears and a cat tail, and it could be removed at any time.
"okay."
Although Liu Bai didn't remember when he had used it on Guoba, he immediately cooperated to cancel the skill.
The next moment, the little girl with a big belly disappeared, and the only one left was Guoba, a red panda who was already as tall as a person and whose belly was also swollen but not too serious.
"Lulu~"
Guoba, who hadn't turned back to normal for a long time, seemed a little happy.
"Well, that makes it much easier."
"Guoba, I'll help you absorb these elemental powers. Don't absorb them so greedily next time. After all, your body doesn't look like it has fully recovered yet."
Nashida raised her hand again, releasing emerald green light towards Guoba's belly, and at the same time reminded her.
"Lulu!"
Guoba nodded obediently.
With the help of Nashida, Guoba quickly digested the elemental power in his stomach, his body became a little bigger, and some flames and orange-yellow light appeared on his body.
"That's good."
Nashida nodded, then turned to look at Liu Bai.
pat-
Liu Bai immediately snapped his fingers, and the next moment the rice crust disappeared. The little girl appeared beside the bed, and her stomach had completely returned to its flat state.
"Great, Guoba, your stomach is gone~"
Seeing Guoba return to normal, Xiangling excitedly hugged the little girl sitting beside the bed.
"Xiangling, look, I'm not fat anymore. I want to eat golden shrimp balls! I've been eating vegetarian food for two days!"
Compared to his sleepy look just now, Guoba, without his big belly, looked much more energetic. After taking a look at the fruit platter on the table, he immediately spoke to Xiangling who was holding him.
"Okay, okay, I'll make it for you...but the vegetarian food I make is delicious too, how can you be so picky?"
Xiangling agreed happily, but couldn't help but grumble in dissatisfaction after she finished speaking.
"Instead of golden shrimp balls, would you like to try the seafood we brought back? We are going to have a seafood party tonight. I remember that Liyue doesn't have this kind of seafood."
Nashida's eyes rolled and she took the opportunity to bring up the seafood party.
Given Xiangling's passion for food, she would definitely not give up participating if she heard there was seafood she had never seen before.
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