Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 622 Souvenir Collection Plan
In terms of team culture building, the Fire Phoenix team was also a leader - the team would have dinner, drink and brag together every few days. Because they went to restaurants so frequently, other teams even heard about it.

The Pingxi National Defense College even compiled intelligence on which restaurants had the highest chance of running into the Fire Phoenix team during mealtimes. A student once tried this and actually ran into one. Before she could even ask for her idol's autograph, Zhou Hongyu's icy gaze frightened her so much that she pretended to have walked into the wrong box and fled.

When they eat, they like to close the door and not be disturbed by anyone...except for those who serve food and wine.

Within the team, Zhou Hongyu enjoys eating and drinking, and likes spicy wine; Zhang Huaide is completely the opposite, and is very restrained in both eating and drinking. However, according to Meng Qingxi's guess, the deputy captain's alcohol tolerance is bottomless, and he is definitely a big drinker.

Qin Meng, Meng Qingxi and Hou Qing all loved drinking, chatting, bragging, gossiping, teasing each other and even cursing at each other; as for Tang Xiaolian, although she ate and drank as much as she wanted, she didn't have a big appetite. She was just very good at using her female advantage to smooth things over. For example, when the boys got drunk and started arguing, she would say a few witty words to smooth things over and calm the tense atmosphere.

Now that Tang Xiaolian is practicing in Mount Wutai, everyone inexplicably misses her, so they took half a day to go to Shanxi Province and invite her out for dinner.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Tang Xiaolian was speechless, because this was the same restaurant where she had invited Yan Yu, and even the private room they had booked was the same one!
The scene brought back a lot of emotions! I even shed tears there!
She subconsciously wanted to leave quickly, but since everyone in the team was there, it was difficult to explain, so she could only sit down with a forced smile.

After eating a few bites of food, he couldn't help but send a message to Yan Yu.

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Yan Yu, it’s all your fault!

【Conquer others with virtue】: What’s wrong with me?

[Miao Girl Tang Lingling]: Today, everyone in the team came to have dinner with me, and it happened to be the same restaurant as last time!
【Winning People with Virtue】: What's wrong with that? Just order from the menu last time, there are a few dishes that are pretty good.

[Miao girl Tang Lingling]: Let’s shoot the same scene again, right? Believe it or not, I will cry in front of you now?

[Conquer people with virtue]: You can confess your feelings to Zhou Hongyu, maybe she will agree, and then you can overwrite what happened last time.

[Miao Girl Tang Lingling]: No! Without Joyful Sound this time, I won't do anything stupid!
Tang Xiaolian was sending a message when she suddenly heard Zhou Hongyu ask:
"Xiao Lian, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing." Tang Xiaolian calmly locked the screen and placed the phone upside down on the table. "I was chatting with Chen Lingyun. I said I would be back later."

"You have a pretty good relationship with Chen Lingyun," Meng Qingxi said with a smile. "Very good. I heard that she holds a high position of power in the Zhendong Army. At least half of the captains and vice-captains of the teams below listen to her. Tang Xiaolian, you've really climbed the ladder."

"After all, she is the only daughter of the Jianghai Governor." Qin Meng also said with emotion, "If Captain Yan captures her, she probably won't have to struggle for the rest of her life."

"Was it Team Yan who took her down, or was it Team Yan who took her down?" Hou Qing asked thoughtfully, "Who has more gold content: the number one cultivator in Lu Country or the only daughter of the Jianghai Governor?"

"Different tracks," Zhang Huaide replied. "If they were together, their resources would complement each other."

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhou Hongyu said suddenly, "They have nothing to do with each other."

Everyone immediately looked at the captain.

Zhou Hongyu knew she had spoken out of turn, but fortunately, she always kept a cool expression, so she wasn't afraid of being noticed by others. She just said indifferently:

"Stop gossiping about other teams."

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering, "Haven't we gossiped about other teams enough before? Why can't we talk about them now?"

Zhang Huaide lightly lifted his glasses and echoed:

"Let's get down to business. The situation in Sakura Empire is turbulent, and the Longxiong team is ready to go. Tianzhu is invading the southern border, and the Qing'an team has already rushed there. The end of the year won't be peaceful, so we must be fully prepared. Xiao Lian, how long do you estimate it will take to reach the Huafu stage?"

"Probably a week." Tang Xiaolian felt a little embarrassed, feeling that she was holding the team back.

"Those who haven't advanced yet, hurry up and attack the Huafu." Zhang Huaide looked around at everyone and warned, "If a military order comes down one day, it won't matter how many days it takes for you to advance. For those who have already advanced, hurry up and train to improve your condition as soon as possible."

"That's right." Zhou Hongyu was already worried about being seen through, and now that the vice-captain had helped change the subject, she immediately said sternly, "On the battlefield, no one is allowed to slack off!"

Everyone expressed their determination to work hard, but Tang Xiaolian frowned in confusion, staring at Zhou Hongyu's profile.

I always feel that the captain is a little bothered by the relationship between Yan Yu and Chen Lingyun... although I also mind it.

She lowered her head calmly, picked up her phone and sent a message to Yan Yu.

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On the other hand, on the Zhenhai team's side, Su Yunjin's collection work went very smoothly, and now he has basically collected all the acquired water elites.

The next step was purification and refining. This step was also a painstaking process, but there was no need to rely on the weather, or travel across the country in the wind and rain. All she needed to do was find a secluded place, so she returned to Jinling Prefecture.

Everyone prepared a welcome dinner for her. Lin Ning rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen herself, preparing more than twenty dishes for the banquet. Originally, sixteen dishes were planned, but considering that there would be a certain amount of "waste in serving", they prepared more.

Despite making a plan in advance, the actual loss rate was found to be extremely exaggerated. Lin Ning had no choice but to go to Yan Yu for help:
"Captain, please take care of Sister Zhao! She's almost finished all the food!"

"She cheated again?" Yan Yu said in confusion, "Why don't you just stop her... Shit!"

In the restaurant, where the dining table was originally placed, a red lotus bowl was now turned upside down.

Although it is impossible to see what is happening inside, considering that Ningning temporarily put the prepared dishes on the table... we can come to a conclusion.

Yan Yu immediately became furious. Is this how you were given the Red Lotus Bowl to use?

"Come out!" He made sword gestures in his hands, and the Huangting Sword and the Liangyi Sword took turns to strike, making the Red Lotus Bowl bang.

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Yuanzhen's voice came from inside, "This dish has spilled a little, I'll pick it up..."

"I picked it up in your stomach, right!" Yan Yu sneered.

There was no more talking inside. Su Yunjin and Xie Ruoxi also came over after hearing the noise. The four of them gathered around the red lotus bowl, frowning.

"Don't force me to use the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire to cut you." Yan Yu threatened.

There was still no response from the bowl. Su Yunjin asked:

"Do you need me to use a spell?"

"Don't!" Lin Ning quickly stopped him, "The food I cooked is still in there! How can I eat it if it's soaked in water?"

"Why don't we just go out to eat." Xie Ruoxi suddenly came up with an idea and said deliberately.

"Very good." Yan Yu immediately nodded in understanding and said loudly, "Let's leave these dishes for her to enjoy slowly. Let's go out for a big meal! That restaurant is said to be the top of the Huaiyang cuisine. The owner and head chef are planning to retire soon, so the last meal is left for us. No one else will be able to eat it again!"

Feast, ceiling, last meal, these three words combined, the power of the female food lover is simply the top, how can Zhao Yuanzhen still sit still? Immediately put away the magic weapon, rushed out anxiously and said:

"I also need to go……"

Before he could finish his words, Yan Yu grabbed his throat and forced his head back onto the sofa.
"Die to me!"

"Huh?" Lin Ning rushed to check the dining table and found that the dishes were not finished, but there was a little less on each plate. In addition, there were indeed a few fish balls and soup stains on the ground. Combined with the overturned bowl next to it, it can be seen that someone sneaked over to eat and knocked over the soup bowl with his arm.

So she covered the table with the bowl just now to quickly pick up the fish balls on the floor and eat them? She didn't want us to find out?

Lin Ning turned around and saw Zhao Yuanzhen being twisted by Yan Yu's arms and pressed on the sofa to be punished, but he was still shouting:

"I didn't! I'm innocent! I was really just cleaning..."

"There's no point in saying more, just leave your last words!" Yan Yu shouted.

Su Yunjin and Xie Ruoxi went over to try to mediate. The former grabbed Yan Yu's left arm, smiling and trying to calm him down; the latter hugged his right arm, pretending to pull him away—in fact, they were both taking advantage of the opportunity to cling to each other.

Lin Ning felt a tightness in her chest, as if a nodule was about to grow.

Forget it! I won’t explain anymore. I’ll teach Sister Zhao a lesson!
She turned around and continued to cook, and after the two girls' earnest persuasion, Yan Yu finally magnanimously forgave her.

The demon woman climbed up, tears in her eyes, and felt extremely aggrieved in her heart. She thought to herself, I was just cleaning up the fish ball soup that I spilled, why should I suffer such an injustice?

I'll remember this grudge! When I'm in charge, I'll repay you tenfold!
Thinking of this, the scene started playing in my mind again: I saw myself pushing Yan Yu to the foot of the bed, the stinky man trembling, and I was laughing wildly:
"Run? Why don't you keep running? I just ate a few fish balls, and you pushed me down on the sofa and humiliated me! I have a deep hatred for you, and I will always remember it in my heart, day and night! Now I finally have the chance to avenge my humiliation. If I don't eat all your fish balls, I will take your surname!"

Yan Yu was about to turn over and escape from the bed when he heard a burst of laughter! It was Su Yunjin and Xie Ruoxi, wearing light gauze, who walked into the bedroom with obscene and lewd expressions on their faces. One of them grabbed Yan Yu's left arm and said, "Forget it, Captain, let Sister Zhao calm down." The other grabbed Yan Yu's right arm and pressed him hard against the quilt, making it impossible for him to escape!

"Quack! I want revenge!" Zhao Yuanzhen, lying on the sofa, couldn't help but smile with relief as he imagined this.

"What is Sister Zhao laughing at again?" Xie Ruoxi asked curiously.

"I don't know." Yan Yu said casually, "I don't bother to care about her."

"Sister Zhao, come and have dinner!" Lin Ning came out of the kitchen carrying dishes and called out.

Everyone sat down around the dining table and started eating.

The Zhenhai team's dinner was quite different from the Fire Phoenix team's. First, it was all home-cooked dishes prepared by Ningning, emphasizing freshness and flavor, with minimal oil and spice. Second, most of the people were girls, so they didn't drink alcohol, let alone bragging or gossip. Finally, Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi were incredibly skilled fighters, so even those with smaller appetites like Su Yunjin had to hurry and eat a few bites of each dish, otherwise it would be gone quickly.

Yan Yu ate for a while, then lowered his head to play with his phone and chat with Tang Xiaolian. Suddenly, he received a message from Zhou Hongyu:

"eating?"

"Yes." Yan Yu was quite surprised. Hongyu actually took the initiative to send me a message this time. The sun rose from the west?
"As agreed last time, when will you come over again?" Zhou Hongyu asked in typing.

"What was agreed?" Yan Yu asked.

"You're trying to pretend you don't remember, right? Believe it or not, I'll kill you!" The other party replied quickly, "You still owe me a hair tie!"

"Oh!" Yan Yu quickly typed a reply, "Then how do you want me to pay you back?"

"Come here and let's discuss it." Zhou Hongyu replied immediately.

This is a bit scary. Honestly, if Hongyu had simply said, "Go shopping with me" or "Go to a secret realm with me," Yanyu would have been willing to oblige. But when she said, "Come over here and we'll discuss this," it felt cryptic and awkward.

You know, before in the secret realm of Kunlun Mansion, even when she was doing official business, she never forgot to take a few bites of various things; this time she had no official business and rashly ran to Shuzhong Mansion, wouldn't she be dragged to the hotel and eaten up?

"I'm not very convenient recently." Yan Yu typed back.

"What's inconvenient? Haha, isn't it because Chen Lingyun is not here and is busy flirting with those girls in your team?"

Yan Yu was silent for a while and asked:
"Are you jealous?"

"Yes." Zhou Hongyu said without hesitation, "I wish I could fly to Jinling Mansion right now and burn you all to death!"

"If you burn me to death, I won't repay the favor I owe you." Yan Yu replied.

"Let's light them one by one and burn them right in front of you." The other party said, "Let's see if you beg for mercy!"

"I beg for mercy? You're dreaming." Yan Yu smiled faintly and clicked send.

"Yan Yu, what are you laughing at?" Su Yunjin beside him noticed that the corners of his mouth were raised.

"Nothing, I just saw a joke." Yan Yu locked his phone and shouted, "Are you all eating? What are you standing there for? Are you waiting to lick the plate with Sister Zhao?"

"You look very busy, everyone is waiting for you!" Lin Ning said sourly, "You are so busy chatting with someone on your phone that you can't even take care of eating."

As if to agree with her statement, the phone suddenly lit up again, and it turned out that Tang Xiaolian also sent a new message.

Yan Yu put his phone upside down on the table as if nothing had happened, indicating that he was going to eat seriously.

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After having a good meal and a drink, Yan Yu returned to the bedroom and put the hairband Zhou Hongyu gave him into the cabinet.

The cabinet already contained Chen Lingyun's jade pendant, Su Yunjin's book, and Zhou Hongyu's hairband. Of course, filling the remaining compartments would be easy enough by asking others for items, but Yan Yu wasn't impressed by ordinary items—if you want to collect something, you have to have something important to you, okay? And don't try to fool me with used socks; I'm worried about athlete's foot!
"What is this?" Ningning's voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"Why didn't you knock before coming in?" Yan Yu turned around and asked.

"Your door is open, and I didn't know you were in there." Lin Ning pointed to the half-open door. "I came here to ask you, you didn't seem too enthusiastic about eating today, is there something wrong with my cooking?"

"No, it tastes good, but someone just asked me for it." Yan Yu shook his head.

"Who is that?" Lin Ning sat down beside his bed and asked tentatively.

"Zhou Hongyu." Yan Yu said with a smile.

"You're lying." Lin Ning curled her lips. "If you don't want to tell me, forget it."

Zhou Hongyu of the Fire Phoenix Team was known for her cold, icy image. Not to mention her previous feud with the Zhenhai Team, where she'd lost several team battles. Afterward, she'd looked at Yan Yu with eyes that seemed to want to devour him... Would she come to you on her own initiative? Even if it was official business, she'd usually talk to Deputy Captain Zhang.

"Believe it or not." Yan Yu continued to stare at the cabinet and suddenly said, "Ningning."

"What are you doing?" Lin Ning asked.

"Give me something."

"what?"

"It doesn't matter, but it has to be something that is extremely important to you." Yan Yu said.

Lin Ning was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reached out to cover her chest, blushing and shouting:

"rogue!"

"What hooligan?" Yan Yu was speechless for a moment, then suddenly understood and laughed, "I'm not asking for your first kiss or anything! I just want to ask you for a small item and put it in this cabinet as a testimony of our friendship that has known each other for so long."

Lin Ning stood up and looked at the cabinet:

"If you want to keep it as a souvenir, why not wait until your next birthday and I'll give you a gift? Why would you ask for it?... What is this book?"

"Yunjin." Yan Yu replied.

"Where's the jade pendant?"

"Spiritual."

"Headband?"

"Kureha's."

Lin Ning immediately showed a skeptical expression, thinking, "How could Zhou Hongyu give you a hairband?" "If you don't want to tell me, just tell me. I won't pester you and ask you about it."

"So, are you going to give it to me or not?" Yan Yu said with a smile, "If you don't, forget it. I can't put much in this cabinet anyway. There are only a few spaces."

"Hmph." Lin Ning stood up angrily and left quickly.

After a few minutes, Yan Yu saw that she had not returned yet, so he came to the door of Lin Ning's room and pushed it open.

"Why didn't you knock on the door?" Lin Ning was sitting on the ground, rummaging through a small tin box. When she looked up and saw that it was Yan Yu, she asked dissatisfiedly.

"Your door was ajar, and I didn't know you were in there." Yan Yu said with a smile, "Are you looking for a souvenir for me?"

Lin Ning wanted to say "No," but she managed to hold it back and replied:
"I don't know what to give you, why don't you just choose it yourself?"

"Let me take a look." Yan Yu sat down next to her.

There were all sorts of small items in the tin box, such as hairpins, glass beads, Sailor Moon colored cards, etc. Yan Yu picked up a small notebook, but before he could open it, Lin Ning snatched it away:
"Don't look!"

"What's inside?" Yan Yu asked.

"A diary I wrote when I was a child." Lin Ning started to blush again and tried to make a fierce expression.

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