Chapter 18: Intimate

Cheng Xi asked uncertainly, "Are you sure you want to order these? The food here is very large."

Ace: "Well, don't worry that I won't be full."

Cheng Xi: ... I'm obviously worried that you're too full, okay?

Even the waiter who took the order next to him confirmed several times before going to the kitchen to place the order.

Cheng Xi ordered grilled lettuce and seafood fried rice. The food came to the table one by one. Cheng Xi said to him expectantly, "Try it quickly, it tastes very good."

Ace took a bite of the grilled pork chop as she said, gave a thumbs up, and praised, "It's worthy of being a restaurant recommended by Cheng Xi, it's really delicious."

Cheng Xi's eyes were straight, and Ace's taste meant swallowing this pork chop that was bigger than her head in one breath and chewing it within ten seconds and swallowing it into her stomach.

He devoured the remaining food like a whirlwind, and Cheng Xi finally realized that the handsome boy in front of him was not wasting food.

He really has the ability.

It feels like the chef in the kitchen is smoking with his spatula.

But he looked really delicious when he ate. If it were modern times, Ace would definitely be a very popular food anchor, the type who would eat two more bowls of rice than usual just by watching him eat.

Suddenly, with a bang, Ace, who was eating happily, fell directly on the table. His face was completely pressed on the table, and he was still holding the cutlery in his hands. This change came too suddenly, and the few remaining tables of guests in the restaurant were all shocked.

Cheng Xi was also panicked. What was going on?

Food poisoning, recurrence of old injuries, or fainting from eating too much?

Without time to think too much, Cheng Xi stood up and lifted Ace's head from the table to check his body.

His face was normal, and he looked healthier than himself, and he didn't look sick at all. Putting his fingers in front of his nose, his breath was even and warm.

Cheng Xi placed his palm on Ace's chest, feeling the ups and downs of his chest and the strong beating of his heart, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Still alive.

Maybe because his ability is related to fire, Ace's body temperature is a bit high, and he feels hot and warm to the touch. His physical skills must be very good, with eight abdominal muscles, each of which is tight and powerful, with smooth lines. Cheng Xi couldn't help but stretch out his fingers and poke his abdominal muscles. They were hard and felt good.

No!

What am I doing!

Cheng Xi shook her head frantically, why am I touching someone's abdominal muscles like a female gangster!

For Ace, falling asleep while eating is a very common thing, but this time is different. He felt a cold and thin finger moving flexibly on his chest in his sleep.

The feeling is very strange, vague and itchy, like the wild grass growing wildly in spring, dense and unstoppable.

Cheng Xi realized that he was wrong and was about to stop, but Ace happened to open his eyes at this time, and their eyes met. Time seemed to be frozen at this moment.

She suddenly thought of a poem and recited it in her mind on a loop.

That is... to keep innocence in the world.

"I was checking your heartbeat just now. I was just worried about your health. I didn't mean anything else. Please don't misunderstand me." Cheng Xi was the first to explain.

Then she thought of many idioms, such as "the more you try to cover up, the more obvious it becomes", "the thief is guilty", "there is no silver here, but there are three hundred taels".

Sure enough, people become more knowledgeable when they are nervous.

"Really? Thank you so much." Ace didn't seem to see her guilty conscience and explained, "Cheng Xi, don't worry about me. I just fell asleep."

Cheng Xi was speechless by his cheerful tone and complained, "Your sleep quality is too good!"

The shop owner standing by saw Ace wake up, and his heart was finally relieved. He was worried that someone would die in his shop. Now it seems that the two young lovers are playing some weird love. The shop owner shook his head and sighed in his heart that he was getting older and couldn't understand the thoughts of young people nowadays.

Then he went back to the kitchen and continued to make fried rice...

Ace ordered another fifty servings of barbecue and beer, and burped with satisfaction after finishing the meal: "Thank you for the treat, today's lunch is great."

Cheng Xi was about to sigh that Ace was too polite, but he quickly grabbed Cheng Xi's wrist and ran out of the restaurant like a gust of wind. Ace didn't let go of Cheng Xi's wrist until he ran a long distance.

She was confused by Ace's actions and asked the reason. She thought it was a legitimate reason such as the enemy hidden in the restaurant, but she didn't expect the boy in front of her to answer her directly that she was eating a free meal.

Cheng Xi:...

"Idiot!" She couldn't help but punched Ace directly, and she was so angry that she showed her shark teeth and roared, "Didn't I say it was my treat!"

"Is that so?" Ace scratched his head and pretended to be innocent, "I forgot."

Cheng Xi was speechless by his thick nerves and pulled him back to the restaurant to pay.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the largest order the restaurant owner has taken in the past few months. Ace ate half a month's turnover in one meal. When the bill was calculated, it was exactly 99,000 Baileys.

At least 1,000 Baileys were left. After paying the bill, Cheng Xi looked at the empty wallet and mourned.

It seems that she needs to make money as soon as possible. She secretly planned in her heart.

After coming out of the restaurant, Cheng Xi and Ace strolled around the island to digest the food.

During the chat, Cheng Xi also got to know more about the man in front of her, such as he was a newcomer who just went to sea this year, a flame man who ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, the captain of the Spade Pirates, and... he has a brother who always likes to make trouble but is very cute.

There are flower shops on both sides of the street. I don't know how to deal with it. It was a hot afternoon, but the flowers in the bucket in front of him were still gorgeous and vibrant, and looked very vigorous.

She spent the last 1,000 Baileys to pay for her romance.

Cheng Xi was carefully selecting flowers in the store. Ace was sitting behind her, holding her chin and watching her patiently with a smile on her face.

After paying the bill, Cheng Xi turned around and met those gentle and smiling eyes.

An idea immediately flashed through her mind, so fast and sudden that it was irresistible: "Ace, at that moment just now I hope you will always be happy and happy."

Ace asked her: "Why?"

"I don't know why, I just think your smile is very warm." She handed him the sunflower in her hand, "I like your smile very much, it's warmer and brighter than the sun."

"Huh?" Ace was stunned. He took the bunch of sunflowers from Cheng Xi in a daze. The bright yellow petals were bright and colorful, soft and smooth, making people feel warm and comfortable.

"I don't know why I would send flowers to others for no reason, but people always have to rely on intuition to do some sudden, unplanned things in their lives."

Although they have only known each other for less than a day, Cheng Xi believes that sunshine, sunflowers, and Ace have the same concept in some ways, being flamboyant, warm, bright, and growing brilliantly.

Cheng Xi's personality has always been to play straight balls. If she likes or hates someone, she always says it directly, never dragging her feet.

For example, now, she said directly: "Hey Ace, do you want to be my friend?"

Ace held the sunflowers in his hand, he lowered his head, and the brim of his hat covered most of his face, so his expression could not be seen clearly.

"Of course!" He looked up, smiled brightly at Cheng Xi, and put his arm around her shoulders, "I thought we were friends for a long time."

Ace cheered and suggested: "Yoshi, to celebrate making a friend I like very much today, Cheng Xi, let's go to my pirate ship to have a party!"

Cheng Xi: "It's been less than an hour since we just finished eating!"

"What does it matter? You should have a party when you make new friends!" Ace led her to the coast.

Such a vast sea once again verified a fact, that is, the company of interesting people is also interesting.

Ace's deputy is a man with medium-length blue hair, an eye mask, and a gentle personality. Although his position is a ship doctor, his dream is to write a great and popular ocean adventure novel.

Cheng Xi told him that he is also a novelist. Although he is a supernatural novelist, he essentially writes novels. So in this way, Deus and Cheng Xi accidentally hit it off and talked very well. They even exchanged Den Den Mushi numbers to express that they could comfort each other if they got stuck in the future.

In addition, there are intelligence experts wearing skull masks, dwarves, long-handed people, and a timid but very cute furry lynx.

As for the silent Mihael, Cheng Xi concluded that he is a social phobia, and a deep social phobia. Everyone

is a little unhappy about the fact that their captain just got off the boat for a day and made a beautiful friend.

Finamore said: Why can my captain, who is so straightforward, make friends with beautiful women but I can't!

Cheng Xi hugged the furry Kodaz and held a plate of barbecue handed to her by the cook Bonsi. Although she had eaten enough in the restaurant just now, everyone was so kind that they kept persuading and instigating her to eat meat. Cheng Xi had to pick up a fork and put a piece of barbecue. He was about to put it in his mouth when he was stopped by Wallace.

He said that this was Bonsi's specialty barbecue, and he had to swallow it in one bite to feel the deliciousness.

Cheng Xi looked at everyone with doubt, but she finally chose to believe their words under these sincere eyes, and made a decision that she regretted.

She imitated what Ace did in the restaurant just now, and swallowed the whole piece of barbecue in one mouthful.

"Hahahahahaha!" The members of the Spade Pirates in front of her changed their faces instantly, from the sincerity just now to the gloating laughter.

Cheng Xi: ...?

Feeling something wrong in her mouth, even Kodaz jumped off her and ran away.

What an indescribable taste!

There was no taste of any seasoning except salt. Although the surface of the barbecue looked slightly burnt, it was still raw meat inside. The soft feeling and the taste of blood that had not been cleaned up when bitten by the teeth raged throughout the mouth.

She forced herself to swallow the raw and mushy meat, and drank a large glass of water to relieve it a little.

Everyone was surprised to see her swallow the meat. They thought she would spit it out directly, so they all gave her a thumbs up silently to express their praise.

"No one can explain to me? Is it true that you pirates eat this and that every day?" Cheng Xi felt that his heart and taste buds were greatly hurt. He obviously trusted them so much, but they deceived him like this!

But to her surprise, the Spade Pirates did eat "so well" every day, because they had not found a chef yet. So even though they knew that Bonsi's cooking was not good, they still let Bonsi be the acting chef temporarily in order to fill their stomachs. In fact, Bonsi was a fighter of the Shumukan faction with strong shooting skills.

Cheng Xi said angrily: "You can't lie to me, bastards. I trusted you so much that I ate that piece of steak. How dare you lie to me!"

"Private Marseille!" A neat apology sounded.

"Okay, I forgive you." She spread her hands to show forgiveness.

Because she had just eaten, she volunteered to prepare food for the banquet. Everyone praised her cooking skills, and Ace sent her another offer.

"Cheng Xi, do you want to come to the ship to be my partner, be a pirate, and go on adventures together."

Cheng Xi:... You want me to be the chef of the Spade Pirates, your intention is too obvious!