I am Cheng Ru Lou. I am an Immortal. I am running a diner business on the middle of the road. My customers are mostly travelers and they are some cultivators who flaunt their powers right in front of my diner. They obviously will respect cultivators with higher realm but me who have Soul Wandering Stage, not a fat chance.
Right now I am dealing this jerk. A cultivator from an evil sect. He is currently on a date with his "girlfriend" they happened to stop by. "Oi lady. Serve me the finest meal or I will kill you." That jerk shouted loudly. The nerve?! He is not one of the worst customer that I ever served but he is bothering others. Everyone feels uneasy because of this man's presence.
I could tell his realm stage is Ensoulment Stage, but I simply didn't care and proceed to think of a dish since he didn't specified what dish I should make. I would ask the "girlfriend" what she wanted but the jerk glared at me. I am a girl. I am not gonna steal her from him. I thought about making Sticky Rice Balls because they are what my grandfather used to eat together with his spouse..
I made up my mind and head to my fridge. (The fridge is a cold cellar where I store my ingredients to avoid being spoiled.) I grabbed the glutinous rice flour and head out of there. It is so freaking cold there. The reason why is it cold because apparently there is a condensed yin energy inside. It highly affects my qi so I have yang pills in stock which I created in order to balance the yin energy in my body.
Now I got the rice flour, I just need to make it soft by adding water. I need to make serving for two people so 10 handful of rice flour should be enough. I added the water slowly then mix it. I have to knead the rice dough to make sure it's not too dry or too wet. When I feel it is soft, I made small balls out of them and set them aside with a thick cloth under it.
With the other balls, I added sugar for sweetness.
I light up the stove with fire and put the pot filled with water on top of the stove and waited it for it to boil. Then suddenly I heard some shouting and as I looked bad, that jerk is threatening one of my customer just because he looks at his "girlfriend". I got angry and decided to intervene. The jerk glared at me and curses at me. But too bad for him, I am unfazed. I decided to threaten him back. "You are just an Ensoulment Stage Mortal. Do you wanna forfeit your life?" I said in a cool way. That jerk let go of my customer and laughs at me thinking it was a joke. "You think you a bigshot miss?" That jerk shouted as he released his pressure.
Suddenly his "girlfriend" stands up and stops the jerk herself. She whispered something to his ear and his face darkened. I don't know what but because of that he behaved and stayed on his seat. She glanced at me and winks at me. How could she fell in love with this jerk? She is a noble lady.
I put the sticky rice balls to the water and waited for it to float. When they floated I prepared the bowl and pour it inside the bowl. I also boiled another water but it is sweetened with brown sugar and a thin strip of ginger. The sticky rice balls in it is more sweet than the other one. I made it because I want to make it delicious for the lady.
I served the unsweetened one to the jerk while the sweetened one to the lady. "Bah, this doesn't even look delicious." The jerk said, insulting my food. I can feel my vein popping out but I stayed composed as he starts to dig in. His first bite surprised him very much. That's right, I added sugar because I wanted it to be tasty. He begins eating it like a normal customer. I look at the lady and I am glad she is enjoying my food.
After they finished eating, I ask for the payment and the jerk became rude. "Why would I pay you weakling?!" He shouted loudly. I had enough of his rudeness. I removed my sandal on my left foot and throw him out of my diner. "You are courting to death young lady!" The jerk shouted arrogantly. I replied, "You still lack thousand of years of training young man." He stance himself ready to fight. I can tell he is a disciple from The Devil-Immortal Sect. I don't care, I just wanna discipline him.
His "girlfriend" watches us along with other customers. This is the first time they have see me fight against a cultivator. This jerk is exposing his qi. Is he trying to scare with that intimidation? He soon rushes in and attacks me with a punch. His punch is so slow I didn't need effort to dodge. I grabbed his arm and trip his leg and let him fall forward. He is very surprised at first. But the punishment has just begun, I put my knee below his stomach just as before he fall completely and I begin slapping his butt with my slipper. Everytime he resisted and cursed me I will slap his butt. He keeps out painful moans and keeps struggling to free himself. This is a fun stress relief, until I noticed how he enjoys getting slapped from his butt. I freaked out when I figured out that he is a masochist.
I looked at his "girlfriend" and she smiled more than anyone. She is sadistic. Fortunately she payed for the food and apologies for the jerk. She introduced herself as Chun Jiao and her junior Zi Hao. She is interested in my life essence and deeply looks into me with her gaze. Her face looks surprised so I think she figured out my realm stage. "We will meet someday cultivator." Chun Jiao said as she drags Zi Hao away and left.
I feel the sign of relief as I continued my business. To my surprise, my customers order the same food as the couple. I will gladly make more sticky rice balls for my customers.
New Sweet Dish Added to Menu:
The Sticky Rice Balls.