Chapter 2698

"Even if we really wanted a picnic, this isn't the right place. We should go outside for a picnic," Zhu Yanyi said. "Staying inside doesn't count as a picnic. At best, it’s just a buffet."

"As long as there is good food, it doesn't matter to me whether it’s a picnic or a buffet," the Fire Empress answered seriously.

The Immortal Empress chuckled softly. "It seems Fu’er hasn’t changed at all. As long as there is food, she is happy."

"How could that change? This is delicious food," the Fire Empress replied without anger. She had always loved good food.

"Then I will go prepare," Zhu Yanyi smiled. "But we are not familiar with this place. A picnic might scare the nearby beast pets. How about we have a self-service barbecue in our own courtyard?"

"I have no objection," the Fire Empress said directly. For her, good food was enough to satisfy her.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan said nothing more. They just looked at each other and smiled, then went to prepare. Seeing this, the other six gods felt a bit embarrassed and followed to help.

With eight people together, there would usually be some minor friction. However, since everyone held similar status, there was no hierarchy. Even Zhu Yanyi, who had the lowest cultivation, was the ancestor of the Medical Dao and the successor of the Yan Realm. Thus, there were no levels to worry about. It was mostly about getting used to each other. Since they got along well, everything was fine.

Fortunately, all eight were open-minded. After just a few days of adjustment, they knew how to cooperate, though their tacit understanding was still not perfect.

It had to be said that the Black Emperor’s idea of living together to adjust was good. At least for now, the situation was very harmonious.

Zhu Yanyi and Yan Aohan brought out the barbecue grills and prepared plenty of food. Then everyone started grilling.

The grills were specially refined by the Black Emperor. They did not need charcoal; they just placed a top-grade spirit stone as fuel.

The grills were not large, so basically each couple had one. It was another way of showing that men and women working together made the work less tiring.

Because of this, everyone grilled what they liked to eat.

"Wife, here are your mushrooms," Yan Aohan handed Zhu Yanyi several skewers of grilled mushrooms.

Zhu Yanyi liked these things, so she ate them, nodding as she chewed. "Husband, please make me some enoki mushrooms and green vegetables."

"Okay," Yan Aohan smiled and continued.

"I never expected the Yan Emperor to have such a skill," the Black Emperor said seriously while grilling for the Empress.

It had to be said that the four men present were all devoted husbands. So they were the ones doing the grilling. At this moment, they did not seem like gods, but just ordinary family men.

Yan Aohan laughed. "If my wife likes it, I will make more."

The Immortal Emperor handed a skewer of tenderloin to the Immortal Empress and said, "Yes. At home, the wife is the most important. So we must make what she likes."

"I absolutely agree with this point," the Fire Emperor said. "My wife has no other hobbies except loving food. So naturally, I must help."

Yan Aohan said, "Indeed, friends with the same ideals. Our feelings are the same."

Hearing this, the four men laughed together.

After laughing, they continued grilling.

"Husband, please roast a sweet potato for me," the Empress handed a raw sweet potato to the Black Emperor.

The Black Emperor smiled and placed the sweet potato on the grill. "I rarely see you eat sweet potatoes these days." He did not forget the scene when they first dated and bought a sweet potato together.

The Empress’s face showed some nostalgia. "So it is good to have such activities occasionally. It reminds us of everything in the past."

Many years had passed, and some memories had become blurry. But their meeting and understanding still lingered between them.

The Black Emperor chuckled. "Don’t tell me you plan to sell roasted sweet potatoes."

"I am not the Fire Empress. I just eat them occasionally," the Empress said directly.

The Fire Empress was currently gnawing on a roasted pig trotter. Hearing the Empress mention her, she said, "You know, roasted sweet potatoes are actually very delicious. How about we open a roasted sweet potato shop in various planes?"

The Fire Emperor looked at the Fire Empress helplessly. "Please don’t say that again. What do you mean opening a shop? The truth is you just like to eat them."

"That is certain," the Fire Empress did not deny it. "If I didn’t like them, I wouldn’t suggest opening a shop."

"Truly the Fire Empress. Among us, you are the best at eating," the Immortal Empress teased.

Just as the gods were teasing each other, Flame carried someone on his shoulder and walked in. "Master, Master, I found a toy."

Zhu Yanyi was slightly stunned. She went over to look. The so-called "toy" was actually a girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old. Her face was green, clearly poisoned.

Zhu Yanyi took her pulse, then took out an antidote pill and put it in the girl’s mouth. Then she said to Flame, "Flame, take this little girl to the west guest room. The poison is already cleared. She will be fine after sleeping."

"Okay," Flame happily took the girl to the guest room.

Zhu Yanyi said, "I didn’t expect a patient to visit on our first day of settling in. Is this a kind of fate?"

"It seems she didn’t come on her own. Your beast pet brought her," the Immortal Emperor reminded.

Zhu Yanyi said, "No matter how she came, we look at the result. The result is that this girl is here. Since she is here, we cannot refuse her presence. So her being here is very understandable."

Yan Aohan handed a skewer of roasted potato slices to Zhu Yanyi and said, "Wife is right. For people like us, fate is not about whether they come automatically, but whether the result allows them in. Since she is already in, no matter if Flame did it, she is a person with fate."

"What do you plan to do?" the Black Emperor asked.

Zhu Yanyi looked at Yan Aohan. "Husband, who is she?"

Asking her husband was the best way to know such a person’s identity.

Yan Aohan smiled slightly and said, "This girl is called Qingyun. She is the daughter of the third branch of the Qing family in the outer Seven-Color City. Her parents were killed during a training trip. Her younger brother went missing the year before last. Now she is the only one left in the third branch. However, because she has a good marriage prospect, her family pays more attention to her. But this marriage has also become her death warrant."