Building The Perfect Harem With My Heavenly Desire System-Chapter 15: Eat First, Fight Later
Chapter 15
Alex frowned slightly as he walked under the dim streetlights. What did his annoying system mean this time? He brought his face close to hers while secretly scanning outside just in case anybody was passing by.
He didn’t want people seeing him talk to himself, unaware that he was actually talking with the little minx floating beside him.
"What about it? This better not be some kind of your mischievous little schemes to scare me" He questioned lightly.
After technically spending time with the system, he knew that she could be incredibly helpful when needed and... incredibly mischievous and naughty at times.
The chibi cleared her throat and floated in front of his face, with a cute face and her tiny hands clasped behind her back.
[So... you know that the recovery water works perfectly, Right?. Well... I sort of forgot to include a particularly important detail about it]
Alex slowed his steps and whispered loudly.
"What do you mean?"
[Gulp. Since you’ve already drank it and got healed, why don’t we forget that I even brought up the water issue. Hmmm?]
"Are you going to spill it or not?" He said while glaring fiercely at the cute little minx who was clearly trying to pull up a pitiful face.
After realizing that her attempt of widening her sparkling eyes and pretending to look wronged wasn’t going to work on him, she finally gave up the act and let out a dramatic sigh as if the entire world had just betrayed her.
[Yeah my big mouth just had to talk about it. Anyways, I forgot to tell you that the side effect of using body recovery water is that... Ahem it forces your body to overwork itself in order to heal you. So any moment from now an intense sense of hunger should be hitting you]
As if right on cue, Alex’s stomach immediately rumbled. And a sense of intense hunger hit him. Right now, he couldn’t focus on what the chibi was saying. Instead his mind was filled with only one thought—how to get rid of this terrible hunger that was threatening to consume him from the inside out.
Unfortunately, it was already late at night. And most of the food stalls had already closed. Plus the little money he had left wasn’t enough to buy something decent... though it might be enough to buy something small.
"Damn it! Next time give me a heads up before I take something from you."
[I can’t promise but I’ll try]
Alex glared at her but she pretended to inspect her tiny clear nails, clearly avoiding his gaze. His stomach growled again, causing Alex to desperately look around the street.
’where the hell do I find food by this time? And what can I even buy with five dollars and fifteen cents? Wait... if I remember correctly, from my previous life, when I was still in college there was a noodle shop down the street that was usually open by this time. What was it’s name?...Yes! It was Mr Chen’s noodle.’
Alex hurriedly walked down the street. If not for the small semblance of self control he had left, he would have immediately sprinted to the noodle stall.
...Soon, the warm yellow light of the small noodle stall finally came into view at the end of the street. Alex almost let out a sigh of relief.
"Finally, there it is..."
The rich smell of garlic and soy sauce drifted through the air, as an old man in a white apron was stirring the broth in a large metal pot slowly. The moment the scent reached Alex’s nose, his stomach cramped painfully. He quickly stepped forward and greeted the old man before ordering.
"Hey uncle Chen, how’s the business going? It’s kind of an emergency so I’ll need one large bowl of noodles and ohh add eggs and pork."
The old man glanced at him and shook his head before flashing Alex a hearty laugh.
"Alex my boy! So you finally remembered to come and eat from your dear old uncle Chen today. You know what? Today’s meal is on the house. Consider it as a gift for my favorite customer."
An idiot might have rejected the offer and insisted on paying, but for someone like Alex who was dirt broke. He heartily accepted the generous offer and sat down at one of the tables.
Glancing around to pass time, he noticed that there weren’t many people at the stall today. Guess they couldn’t make it. Afterall, it was pretty late. Well that was good news for him, since that meant that Mr Chen would have enough time to prepare his food well.
A few minutes later, a large steamy bowl of noodles with perfectly cooked egg and thin slices of pork was placed in front of him. Without wasting a single second, Alex immediately began to wolf down the food without a care in the world.
"Damn, is it just me or does this food taste better than before? It’s so f*cking good" he murmured while chowing down the food like an animal.
As he was enjoying his meal, two thuggish looking men arrived by the stall and sat down heavily on the table opposite him. One of the men, a lanky looking man, shifted his gaze and spotted Alex. Immediately his droopy eyes lit up.
"Hey bro this is the guy I was telling you about. The one who won five million f*cking dollars from the casino. Shit! You should have seen the way he was betting like a legend."
The other man who was huge with large rippling muscles leaned back in his chair. What his friend had said had clearly piqued his interest.
"So that’s the guy right?" His gaze swept over Alex slowly "He doesn’t look like a gambling god, he looks more like all those pretty boy stars on TV."
He chuckled darkly
"Anyways, guess today is our lucky day. Finally it looks like I’ll be able to go visit the new girl at that expensive bar downtown. I hear she’s a pretty sexy bitch."
"Hehe. Bro you’ve got good taste. You know I was able to see her. Like gawd damn you should see the bitch. She’s so thick and has a waist like a water snake. I almost couldn’t control myself."
"Okay we can think of the girl later. Let’s go and get that damn money. I’m sure the pretty face will hand it over to us like a good little boy. Hahaha!"
The two men stood up instantly and walked over to Alex’s table. The lanky man bent slightly, resting his hands on the table. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
"Hey kid, you’re the one from the casino right?" His voice turned cold "Well then how about you hand over that five million you just won. We just want to... Take a look at it, but don’t worry we will give you back."
Alex paused mid-bite, but he didn’t look up. Instead he continued to calmly chew the noodles in his mouth and swallowed it, before taking another mouthful as if he had not heard a single word.
Did the fools really expect that he will just hand over his hard earned winnings like a fool?
The burly man, seeing that the pretty-face boy who he had thought was weak was ignoring them, immediately got angry and clenched his fist, causing the sounds of bones popping to ring out.
Uncle Chen, who had been preparing the next plates of noodles, heard the sound and immediately rushed out. He then caught sight of the two men hovering over Alex.
"Is there a problem?" The old man asked cautiously.
The lanky man glanced at him and scoffed.
"We are just talking to your customer, old man. So don’t f*cking interfere if you know what’s good for you."
Alex finally placed his chopsticks down.
