“Steam engine? What’s that?” Shen Xuzi was baffled. However, when he heard those words, he realized that it seemed to be related to what he was researching, so he wasn’t in such a hurry to chase them out anymore and planned to listen first.

Jiang Luofu instead misheard and thought Zu An had said steamed chicken. She thought to herself, Is this some famous dish from somewhere or something? She quickly said, “Ah Zu, my fourth senior isn’t someone who chases after good food. Don’t waste time on this anymore.”

Zu An was stunned. He really couldn't figure out why she would say that to him. However, he wasn’t in the mood to ask about it right now and instead focused on replying to Shen Xuzi. “It’s a kind of machine that uses water vapor to power its movement.”

“Nonsense; how much force can steam have? It’ll only be able to move aside a saucepan lid at most.” Shen Xuzi snorted coldly. He felt more and more that talking about these things...