Chen An carried Wu Wu in his arms. Did she simply leave her beloved beast with him?
"Hurry and keep up!" Lin Yingxue waited in front, determined to stick around Chen An.
Outside the auction…
A man and a woman were about to enter when another man stopped them.
"I am sorry. The auction will not take place today. It is postponed for some reason. Please come back a few days later."
Lin Yingxue's pretty brows frowned again upon hearing this. "What? Will not take place today?" Coincidentally, she had just happened to move up the levels, and it had been postponed. "When will it be resumed?"
The man smiled embarrassedly. "I'm sorry, I'm just responsible for guarding the door. I don't know exactly when it will take place."
Lin Yingxue pursed her small mouth, stomped her feet, and said to herself, "This is so annoying."
Chen An pulled her back, lest she exploded in anger. "We can't help it. This is the way auctions are. They don't happen every day and depend on luck."
Precious treasures were often rare, and most of them could only be bought at auctions.
"How about we check out those shops?" Chen An suggested.
"No." Lin Yingxue did not continue.
Based on Chen An's understanding of her, she was very picky and particular. She simply did not like general merchandise, and she refused to lower her requirements or to settle for less.
This was typical of a wayward, indulging young woman.
"Hmph!" Lin Yingxue lowered her head and tapped her toes on the ground. She was irritated and bored, so she vented her anger on the stones and kicked them far away.
Chen An suddenly could not help but laugh at her unhappy and frustrated look.
"How dare you laugh!" Lin Yingxue crossed her arms and turned her face away angrily. "This won't do! I have to find a better spirit core and skills books for Wu Wu. No matter what, we have to continue fighting together!"
"Well, then let's wait for the auction. Hopefully, we can catch it. But before that, you have to take a good rest and reorganize."
Chen An merely made a casual statement, but Lin Yingxue was stunned as soon as she heard of taking a good rest and reorganizing. She stayed rooted to the spot as if she was reminded of something.
"I…"
Originally, Lin Yingxue believed that it would be impossible for her to advance through the levels. She had participated in the competition so as to put Wu Wu through more training, and she could improve from actual combat. Thus, she had not prepared much, thinking that she would not stay there for long.
However, right now, she had no choice but to stay for a long time. This was why she appeared to be stunned.
She changed out of her torn gold-red dress, put on a plain white dress, and walked out of the bedroom, still fiddling with her hair. "Will it be inconvenient for you if I stay here?"
Chen An looked up and almost did not recognize Lin Yingxue the moment he saw her.
She wore a red dress previously. She seemed to be enveloped in roaring flames, especially when she was fighting as the sleeves swung around like raging flames.
And now, the white clothes accentuated her snow-white skin, and indeed, her looks were, as her name suggested, as fair as snow.
"What do you want to eat tonight? I'll prepare the food."
"Huh? Anything is fine…" Seconds ago, Chen An was still excited, but then Lin Yingxue summoned Wu Wu and caressed it in her arms.
It seemed that the sentence was not directed at him.
Before transmigration, Chen An did not know anything about cooking. After he had transmigrated, he had to be self-reliant and make do with simple meals.
It had been a long time since he had a delicious meal. He thought that he would be able to have his share of good food.
Lin Yingxue went into the kitchen, rolled up her sleeves, and tied her hair.
She was busy in the kitchen and seemed to be quite adept at cooking.
"Unexpectedly, you don't look like someone who can cook." Chen An could offer no help, so he just stood by the door looking at her.
"Look like? Then tell me, what do you think of me? Do you have the impression that I am the kind of difficult and unreasonable delicate lady? Oh yes, you must have thought that I am grumpy and tend to resort to acts of violence as well."
Lin Yingxue mocked herself in a rarely calm and gentle tone.
"No." Although Chen An agreed with her, he would not embarrass her by being so blunt. "I just didn't expect this."
"After Wu Wu became my beast, it seldom ate the beast feed. I feel that those things are not good for it. I would personally prepare Wu Wu's food and feed it." Lin Yingxue was busy, so Wu Wu stayed next to her, holding up its front paws and looking around.
Chen An did not continue the conversation. It seemed that she really did not prepare food for him. He could only settle his dinner in the eateries that he was tired of eating.
[The Beast Rearing System has been launched.]
The system automatically recognized the food prepared by Lin Yingxue.
"Super-grade beast feed."
Chen An was rendered speechless. Most people would only use normal- and medium-grade beast feed. Unless for those particularly good beasts, people might be willing to use high-grade feeds, he had not heard of super-grade beast feed.
Wu Wu ate the food without any sense of urgency. It was enjoying the food.
Dou Buxiang squeezed in, rushing over to snatch the food from Wu Wu.
Chen An stretched out his hand, wanting to pull it back. It would be so embarrassing if he allowed Dou Buxiang to snatch the food.
Lin Yingxue smiled and took out another serving. "Don't hurry, this is yours."
Dou Buxiang rushed up and devoured the food like a hungry wolf.
Chen An had never made Dou Buxiang go hungry before. Why was it so famished?
"Get ready. We're going to have dinner too. You can check out my culinary skills. This is also to thank you for lending me so much help…" Lin Yingxue was busy and methodical.
Chen An's eyes lit up. "Do you really know how to cook? Great, where did you actually come from?"
He was really curious. After all, he had transmigrated to this world and had yet to explore this world.
Lin Yingxue's hands suddenly paused, and she lowered her head, casting her gaze downwards. She did not look at Chen An or speak. After a while, she continued to prepare dinner.
The atmosphere was a bit awkward. If he had known it, he would not have asked the question. This might be something that she did not want to talk about.
Chen An immediately changed the subject. "Then let's go to the auction together tomorrow morning. Although it was postponed due to some reasons, it is probably only for a day. The earlier we prepare the spirit core, the earlier you can be assured."
Lin Yingxue still lowered her head and said nothing.
She did not even respond to matters regarding Wu Wu. She seemed to be deep in her thoughts.
Chen An turned his head to a side out of curiosity, wanting to see her expression.
Her expression was as calm as stagnant water without a trace of emotion. He wondered if she was angry or sad.
Family was always a taboo subject for Lin Yingxue.
During dinner, Chen An savored the food while sighing to himself. Lin Yingxue had good culinary skills. It was amazing that she could fight in the arena and whip up delicious food.
However, he still had to worry about such an amazing girl.
They had obviously agreed to go to the auction together the next day. However, early next morning, Chen An was the only one left in the house.
Lin Yingxue was missing.