Hearing that drake could only laugh wryly while he slowly entered through the gate. Once he reached the middle of the garden path, which further led to the entrance of the mansion, he took a detour and headed for the large kitchen building beside the mansion.
Yesterday while talking with the former employee, he gleamed a rather important tip on how to bypass the mansion's security formations. Apparently, the city lord is a big foody, and so when he was getting the kitchen building constructed, he had left a separate secret path from the kitchen building to his own chamber in the mansion.
Apart from the city lord and chief cook, nobody is supposed to know about it, as the city lord is embarrassed about people finding out about the reason for him being so fat. The former employee also said that he used to be an assistant for the chief cook and that even he had accidentally stumbled upon this secret path when the chief cook is on sick leave.
Once he got in front of the kitchen building drake took out the ropes from the system's space. He was a thief in his previous life, so drake didn't face any problem in climbing to the balcony on the top floor using a rope. Once he reached the top floor, Drake kept the ropes back into the system's storage and proceeded towards the door.
Though drake is sure that the door must be locked from inside, he still pushed the door gentle just to check. And to drake's surprise, the door was not locked. Drake was so surprised that he couldn't believe that some forgot to lock the door, so he carefully approached the door out of caution and looked in.
He immediately noticed a burly man sitting cross-legged on the dining table. There were all kinds of mouth-watering dishes placed around him, while the burly man was eating them like there was no tomorrow. Drake became stunned and couldn't but gulp loudly seeing the various dishes and how fast the man was emptying them.
Hearing the gulp the burly man stopped eating at once he slowly lifted his head as his eyes met with drakes. Drake instantly became nervous as he saw the burly man's eyebrows knitted in confusion. After a few seconds of silently staring at each other, the burly man suddenly had a look of realization on his face, as he once again got immersed in furiously chomping on the grizzly meat in his hand.
Huh? What is going on? what is this situation?
Drake became completely confused. After a few seconds of thinking, Drake thought that maybe this burly man could be new to this place. Yes, that must be it. Oh! So that's why... drake gentle hit his head and thought
"what's there to be so confused about? This must be the new assistant cook."
Once he came to this conclusion, Drake couldn't help but sigh ruefully looking at how the burly man is enjoying the food without a care in the world. He never thought that the cooking profession could be this good.
Suddenly drake had a thought, Since he doesn't recognize me, why don't I just ask him where the city lord daughter's room is? Thinking up to here, Drake slowly approached the dining table and stood near the burly man.
"Hey, May I know if you are the new assistant cook here ?" Drake asked just to confirm first before enquiring about the information he needs.
"No" the burly man answered without even lifting his head.
Huh? He is not?
Before drake could think further, the burly man's rather gruff voice sounded once again.
"I am a thief" The burly man declared while still being busy eating.
"A thief ?" drake shouted instinctively.
"Shhhh .." the burly man signaled with his index finger on his mouth. He slowly placed the empty plate in his hand on the table and took a look at drake with confusion evident on his face.
"Are you not a thief yourself? Why are you so surprised? Anyway, I will give you a piece of advice as you are a fellow thief. Don't search for spirit stones, gold materials, or spiritual artifacts because I have already robbed them clean. You better go for things like herbs, alchemy pills, or other cultivation materials " the burly man said with a hint of goodwill in his eyes.
Hearing what the burly man said Drake's jaw dropped to the ground.
What the hell? You emptied the whole mansion. Drake couldn't help but look incredulously at the large cloth bag beside him.
Drake quickly composed himself and said " I am not a thief "
"Not a thief? Then why are you here" the burly man asked with a strange expression in his eyes.
Seeing his expression, Drake felt even more embarrassed about his purpose as he said " I am here to gift someone"
"Gift someone ?" the burly man became even more confused. Why would you have to be this sneaky if you want to gift someone? Still, he didn't bother about it much.
"Anyway, since you are here, why don't you help me out and have some food here" the burly man casually said while licking his fingers off the oily gravy.
Drake was just about to reject when his stomach produced sounds of protest. Laughing wryly and hesitating for a few seconds, Drake slowly dragged a chair and sat down.
He first took the spirit wine jug and poured himself some wine. As he took a sip, his eyes instantly brightened. This wine is definitely the tastiest wine he had in his whole life. While drinking it, all the pores in his body opened and he felt like floating in the heavenly wind.
"You like it ?" the burly man questioned as he continued "It is extracted from the special hybrid red grape trees grown in a simulated spiritual environment, this wine here is even preserved for over a hundred years. Not just the wine, all the items here are rich in spiritual Qi. This is the best you can get in a backwater area like this" the burly man tried to explain with a rather funny voice as his mouth is completely stuffed.
"Oh is it ?" drake took a spiritual chicken wing which looked to have been grilled nicely and crisply. He tore off a piece with both of his hands and sprinkled some spices which are on the table and then slowly took a bite.
"Mmmmm..!!"
He couldn't help but moan with pleasure, as the hot and spicy spiritual bird meat rolled down his tongue. It was so tasty that, he couldn't help but take a few more quick bites as a blissful look plastered on his face, with oil dripping down from the corners of his mouth.
"Hey may I know what your name is ?" drake casually asked while licking his lips and getting ready to tear another piece of meat.
"My name ?" the burly man asked and paused, as he took his time to chew the delicious meat while slowly taking a sip of wine.
"My name is Huang Changpu. But I have another name in the outside world" the burly man continued after his pause.
"Oh? What is it ?" Drake asked as he was rather interested. Anyone who could get a nickname in the outside world is not a simple character.
"Hungry thief god," the burly man said with a proud smirk.
Drake stopped drinking the spiritual red wine and look at the burly man peculiarly as he thought ' Doesn't this name fit you a bit too perfectly '
As they continued to laugh and joke while eating the delicacies, it didn't take long for them to finish all the remaining food. Drake slowly got and patted his stomach with a satisfied look on his face.
"Brother Huang do you know where the city lord daughter's room is ?" drake asked after remembering about his mission.
"Why wouldn't I ? Forget it, It must be fate that we met with each other like this. I'll help you out to deliver your gift. Come follow me"
Hearing the burly man, Drake couldn't help but feel warmth in his heart as he followed behind the man.
The burly man stopped before a large dish rack and pushed it aside with some effort. He then pressed gently on a few bricks on the wall. Surprisingly all the bricks he pushed moved back slightly. Once he was done, he moved back a few feet and calmly looked ahead.
In front of Drake's surprised eyes, the brick wall started to move, as an entrance to a secret stone path appeared in the place of the wall.
"Hey, you know about this secret path too ?" Drake couldn't help but ask.
"Of course, do you think my title as a thief god is only for a joke? I know every inch of this mansion like the back of my hand " the burly Huang Changpu said with a smug smile on his face.