America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

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“You didn’t eat dinner last night, of course you’re hungry,” Aunt May explained for Peter.

Peter ate like a starving ghost, and Uncle Ben quietly gave Peter his own breakfast as well.

“I ate like that when I was young,” Uncle Ben explained to Aunt May, describing Peter’s unusual appetite.

Chapter 138 So hungry, so hungry, so hungry

Aunt May and Uncle Ben went to work. Before leaving, they told Peter to rest well at home and to call them immediately if he felt unwell, and they would rush home right away.

Peter stood in front of the sink, carefully examining his reflection in the mirror, looking at himself without his glasses.

His pupils were light blue, his facial features were angular, he had a clear jawline, and there was a faint groove in the middle of his chin.

Previously, a slight double chin would appear when I looked down, but now it's completely invisible.

Body fat percentage has decreased.

Am I still me?

Peter patted his cheek; his face hurt a little.

He wasn't dreaming.

"Is what Liqun said true? That boys can suddenly be transformed one day? And now it's happening to me!"

Peter still remembers Li Qun's explanation last year that he suddenly didn't need to wear glasses anymore, and Peter feels that he should be like Li Qun now.

He reached out and touched his abs; they were the same as Liqun's.

When I woke up, my muscles felt like they had been through countless hours of training. This part should be confidential information that Li Qun didn't disclose.

"Aunt Mei told me to stay at home..."

Peter took out his phone and called Li Qun. He was still a little hungry, as breakfast wasn't provided.

"Liqun, did I disturb your nap?"

“Peter, you shouldn’t be asking why I answered the phone right away this time,” Li Qun teased over the phone.

"Are you feeling better?" Li Qun asked.

"It's much better...no, so much better, it couldn't be better!" Peter said, his voice trembling with excitement.

"That's fine."

“Liqun, could you come over here for a moment? Come to my house,” Peter said.

“It sounds really strange to hear you say something like that,” Li Qun said.

“Could you buy some food from Chinatown on your way here? I’ll pay you for the delivery,” Peter said.

“I won’t let any opportunity to make money slip by. Tell me, what kind of food do you want me to bring you?” Li Qun asked.

"Give me a roast duck, a whole piece of crispy roast pork, and two pounds of braised beef..."

When Peter started thinking about what to eat, his mind was completely occupied by what he wanted to eat, and he completely forgot whether he could finish it.

However, Li Qun did not interrupt Peter's ordering. Instead, whenever Peter paused, she continued to ask him if he wanted anything else.

"anything else?"

"Uh, fried rice..."

"anything else?"

"Fried spring rolls..."

"anything else?"

"Steamed dumplings..."

"anything else?"

"I never expected this..."

"Let me calculate how much it will cost for you."

“$305, Peter, you can really eat! This is enough for you to eat for a week,” Li Qun said on the phone.

Did I order too much?

Peter Parker showed a very obvious decline in his intelligence.

"You'll have to wait an hour or two. The roast duck won't be available until 11 a.m.

“Come slowly, I’m not starving,” Peter said.

"Go take a nap! I'll ring the doorbell when I get there, remember to open the door for me."

"I promise I'll open the door."

Li Qun hung up the phone, turned around and walked into the portal to go to the Sanctuary to find his father.

Old Man's pawn shop is closed in the morning; it opens at 3 p.m., while he practices magic at the Sanctuary in New York during the morning hours.

Old Man is now quite proficient at using portal spells.

"Dad, can I borrow your car for a moment?"

"What do you need the car for?" Dad asked.

"Send something to Peter; there's a bit too much."

"Here you go." The old man took out the car keys and tossed them to Li Qun, who caught them precisely.

Li Qun turned around, walked out of the portal, returned to his bedroom, put his car keys in his pocket, and went downstairs to buy something.

"Auntie, I'm going to see Peter at noon, so I won't be back for lunch."

"it is good."

“I also need to take these with me…” Li Qun ordered food at the counter.

"Is Peter inviting you over for a party?" Auntie couldn't understand why Li Qun ordered so much food to take away.

“My friends all know that Peter suddenly developed a high fever yesterday, and they all went to see him today, so we should bring more food with us,” Li Qun said, having already prepared a reason for Peter’s visit.

“I’ll swipe my card, and they’ll split the bill with me.”

"I need to buy some other things, Auntie. I'll come back to pick up these groceries later."

Aunt nodded to Liqun.

Li Qun made a large purchase at various delicatessens in Chinatown. The delicatessens had just opened for business at around 10 a.m., and Li Qun became their first customer.

Li Qun placed the cooked food he had bought in his father's car, parked it in front of the Chinese restaurant, picked up the food, and immediately drove to Peter's house.

Twenty minutes later, Li Qun parked his car in front of Peter's house. Instead of getting out, he called Peter and asked him to help him get some cooked food.

"There are so many!!"

Peter opened the back door, where the back seat was filled with food.

"Be careful when you take it, don't let it spill out," Li Qun reminded her.

Li Qun and Peter moved the food from the back seat of the car to the dining table, which was enough for eight people to eat.

Peter looked somewhat guilty at the table full of food and asked, "Should I call Gwen and Mary Jane over again?"

“Should we invite Harry too? It wouldn’t be right to have a big meal without him,” Li Qun said.

Peter was contemplating whether to call more people when he realized he was holding a box of fried spring rolls and eating them. He devoured one in one bite and finished the whole box in three minutes.

"There might not be any need to call anyone," Li Qun said.

Peter and Li Qun sat down at the table, and Peter demonstrated to Li Qun his amazing eating speed and digestive ability.

“I think you still have a slight fever,” Li Qun said.

"really?"

As Peter ate a large amount of food, his face turned red, just like yesterday, and his body temperature gradually rose.

Li Qun guessed in his heart that Peter's mutation process was not instantaneous, but rather a process that changed over time and would occur intermittently depending on his physical condition.

When nutrition is sufficient, mutation continues; when nutrition is deficient, mutation pauses.

It felt like they were really considering Peter's feelings.

After finishing all the food on the table, Peter lay down on the sofa with his belly protruding, feeling dizzy as if he had fainted from carbon monoxide poisoning. He fell asleep again after a while.

"Okay, I'll help you clean up the battlefield."

Li Qun collected the trash, sorted and packed the plastic bags and fast food containers, and placed them next to the trash can outside. She then went back to the kitchen, put the dishes in the dishwasher to wash, and wiped the shiny dining table clean while waiting for the dishwasher to finish.

"Well!!"

Peter jumped up from the sofa, and Li Qun glanced back from the kitchen. Peter was completely stuck to the ceiling.

Before Peter realized he was upside down, he landed back on the floor.

"I need to use the restroom."

Peter slipped into the toilet.

“They eat a lot, and they poop a lot too,” Li Qun said softly.

Chapter 139 Spider Monster

Li Qun and Peter sat on the sofa, each holding a can of yellow peaches and eating them.

These are not canned yellow peaches in glass jars, but rather in metal cans, and they are products of a century-old canned food brand.

“I feel my body is healing,” Peter said.

"uh-huh."

"How did I manage to eat so much at noon?" Peter asked, puzzled.