In the end, Bexia was defeated by the rogue behavior of Rice Ball. After throwing her the Dragon Clan cultivation technique obtained from the Blood Dragon, she was finally sent away.

However, Bexia knew that this was just the beginning. The day after tossing Rice Ball the technique, she shamelessly showed up at his door, adding an unexpected "disciple" to his otherwise mundane world.

"What are you here for again?"

"Of course, to serve you, Master!" The girl took out her luggage, indicating she intended to stay with him.

"I don't need any service!" Bexia's face darkened, but Rice Ball had already walked in, carrying her luggage as if she hadn't heard Bexia's words.

"Master, where do I stay?"

"Stay wherever you want, I don't need any service!"

"But isn't it normal for a disciple to serve the master? And I'm very capable, I can do laundry, cook, clean, not picky with food, easy to feed!"

"..."

"Master, please let me stay with you! I'll be obedient..."

Rice Ball pleaded pitifully, looking at Bexia, who felt like he saw a furry tail wagging behind her.

"Don't use these tricks on me!" Bexia pushed Rice Ball away without hesitation, rejecting her ruthlessly.

"Master, I can even warm your bed..." Rice Ball persisted.

"Get lost!" Bexia's face turned dark.

"Master..."

"Master..."

"Master..."

It was unclear where Rice Ball's endless energy came from. From early morning bombardment to evening chattering nonstop in his ear, Bexia was truly tired of her.

"Alright! You can stay over there!" Bexia pointed to a room nearby.

"Okay, Master!" Rice Ball happily ran with her belongings to the side room. Soon after, she returned to Bexia, but this time, she slumped on the table like a dead fish, clutching her stomach and looking pitifully at Bexia.

"Master, I'm hungry!"

"But I thought you knew how to cook? Let me taste your cooking."

"Well...," Rice Ball hesitated, then brought out two bowls of instant noodles from the kitchen. Bexia raised an eyebrow; he thought this food only required boiling water to make!

"You only know how to make this?"

"This is delicious. I usually survive on this. Master, try it!"

"..." Bexia felt his patience wearing thin, veins popping on his forehead. He had an urge to hit someone.

"Master, please!" Despite being hungry, Rice Ball offered the noodles to Bexia, not wanting to start eating before her master. Despite her stomach rumbling non-stop, she gazed at Bexia with begging eyes.

"Fine! Fine! Eat!" Bexia relented, mainly because of Rice Ball's pure eyes. Since she called him master, he felt a slight sense of responsibility to her.

"Wait a moment!" Bexia had many ingredients in his spatial realm, mostly stocked by Christine for practicing cooking. Since they were gluttons and had a few others around, Christine liked to keep ingredients there.

Bexia's cooking skills were average, with grilled meat being his best dish. He started grilling meat, and even the simplest handling emitted a tantalizing aroma, making Rice Ball drool on the side.

"Is it cooked?" Rice Ball's stomach growled. "Sniff...sniff..."

"Here! Don't embarrass yourself!" Seeing Rice Ball drooling, Bexia tossed her a grilled meat leg. However, to his surprise, Rice Ball resisted taking a bite and offered the meat leg back to Bexia, saying, "You eat first, Master!"

"...," Bexia paused, then took a piece of meat and muttered, "You have a conscience after all!"

"Hehe!" Rice Ball giggled foolishly.

"Eat quickly! You seemed so hungry earlier!" Bexia said dryly, feeling like he had gained a foolish disciple.

"Woohoo!"

"It's so delicious! I feel like my tongue is going to be eaten up!"

"Awoo! Awoo!..."

Watching Rice Ball devour hurriedly, Bexia had a sense of deja vu from seeing Luo Cailing. Indeed, her appetite was impressive, as she gnawed the leg clean of its meat, leaving Bexia speechless.

Is she a bottomless pit?

"Are you full?"

"Yes! So full! Feels like it's been ages since I last ate my fill!" Rice Ball patted her slightly bloated belly with satisfaction, leaning on the table motionless, not wanting to move after eating.

"Once you're full, tidy up this place!" Bexia left these words and returned to his room. However, soon after, the sound of a broken stone table reached him.

"You..."

"Master, it was an accident. I just used a bit too much force..."

"Get out!"

"But, Master, I'm sorry!"

"Your aegyo* won't work; leave right now!"

"Wuwuwu! Master!"

Ultimately, Bexia couldn't bear to kick Rice Ball out. What left Bexia speechless was that the next day, Rice Ball brought Yun Xi along and shamelessly settled in at Bexia's place. At this point, Bexia didn't have much of a reaction. After all, he already had Rice Ball, so he wasn't afraid to have Yun Xi as well.