Ke Jin put away the communicator and went to make lunch.

Bai Fan was a guest after all, so Ke Jin would not be fussy about lunch, and he prepared four dishes and one soup carefully. Bai Fan had just come out of the card pool, and he could smell the aroma of food from a distance.

"You made all this?" Bai Fan was surprised when he saw Ke Jin just finished cooking the last dish. He thought that these dishes were bought directly from the restaurant, after all, Ke Jin didn't look like he could cook at all.

"I don't have any hobbies, cooking is one of them." Ke Jin smiled shyly. Of course, this hobby was forced out of him. Back then, it was because his younger brother was too picky about food and would not touch anything bought outside that he had to learn to cook by himself.

Hmm...his brother is a bit like Uno in this respect.

Ke Jin subconsciously glanced at Ou Nuo. The boy had already sat down at the dining table, staring at the food on the table without blinking, his cheeks puffed up, as if he was a little unhappy.

What's wrong with this little ancestor? Ke Jin was speechless. In the morning, he said he didn't want to eat the pie bought outside, and now he made a table of dishes with his heart, and this child is still not satisfied?

In fact, Oloyi was not dissatisfied with the dishes. On the contrary, he was very satisfied. But because he was too satisfied, he became even more unhappy.

Damn it, they prepared such a sumptuous meal for a stranger, with vegetables, meat, and soup, but they usually only prepared two dishes for him! Doesn't he, a prince, deserve to be treated with good food? This is outrageous! !

The angry Fourth Prince decided to turn his grief and anger into strength. After the meal started, he ate very ferociously, causing Ke Jin to look up at him frequently.

Oloyi thought with relief: Humph, you know how dissatisfied I am! You should treat me according to this standard in the future!

Ke Jin thought seriously: Hmm, why does this child have a tendency to overeat? I must strictly control his diet in the future...

Bai Fan tasted every dish, and he was more and more surprised. If it wasn't for the first draw of SSR in Ke Jin's card pool, he almost wanted to ask Ke Jin to change his career - with this cooking skill, he could really go straight to a restaurant and be a chef.

Moreover, these dishes are no worse than those SR cards in the food card pool. The vegetables are fried to be refreshing and fragrant, the cherry meat is sweet and sour, crispy and soft, the rich gravy is a perfect dish for rice, and the vegetable soup is also quite delicious. If the ingredients are better, perhaps they can meet the standards of SSR cards.

Bai Fan ate silently for a while and suddenly spoke.

"Speaking of which, Sister Ran just called me."

Ke Jin was stunned for a moment before he reacted: the "Sister Ran" that Bai Fan mentioned should be Secretary Xiaobai.

"Oh..." Ke Jin immediately remembered what Secretary Xiao Bai said on the phone before, and couldn't help laughing, "Did she persuade you to come work for me?"

"Yeah." Bai Fan nodded and paused. "She seems to wish I would sell myself as a slave and stay in your snack card pool for the rest of my life."

“…”

Ke Jin wiped his sweat, this young secretary was so selfless, he worked so hard to help him and even betrayed his own family without hesitation!

"Are you short of card makers now?" Bai Fan asked.

Ke Jin nodded and asked, "Are you willing to come?"

In fact, Ke Jin had wanted to ask Bai Fan if he was willing to be the card maker before, but he hadn't had the chance to say it yet. Now that the other party took the initiative to ask, he naturally wanted it more than willingly.

"Do you know why I applied to the Card Master College and aspired to become a Card Master?" Bai Fan suddenly asked.

Ke Jin shook his head blankly.

"It's mainly for my sister, Youyou." The young man sighed, a hint of tenderness in his eyes, "Now that she has finally recovered, my original goal has been achieved. It is not so important to me whether I am a card maker or not. However, she seems to like the snacks here very much. If I can make her favorite snack cards here, it should be my biggest goal and wish in the future."

Ke Jin was stunned: "Uh...so what do you mean?"

Bai Fan couldn't help but feel a little helpless: This person is too slow. I have already explained it to this point, and he still doesn't understand?

"What I mean is," Bai Fan looked into Ke Jin's eyes seriously, "even if you don't plan to use me, I'm going to ask you to let me stay. I'll work for free."

Ke Jin opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything, and Oloy also looked at Bai Fan in surprise. Although the prices in the Empire Galaxy and the Federation Galaxy are different, the status of card makers is similar. If a card maker graduated from a prestigious school, even if he has no work experience, the starting price for employment is definitely not cheap.

When Ke Jin came to his senses, in addition to the sudden surprise, he was more of a bit overwhelmed. After all, this favor was so huge that he was completely unprepared.

"Working for free...this is so embarrassing. You'd better name a price, or I won't hire you." After all, the two of them were not that familiar with each other, and Ke Jin felt guilty about not accepting rewards without doing anything.

"Hmm..." Bai Fan thought for a while, "The money is really not needed, let's try a different form." He glanced at the food on the table and suddenly smiled.

"How about you provide me with three meals a day while I'm working here?"

Ke Jin was still confused: "Are you sure?"

Bai Fan nodded, very seriously.

Ke Jin looked at him for a while, and slowly, finally smiled.

"Okay." He extended his hand. "Happy cooperation?"

Bai Fan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and shook it gently.

“It’s been a pleasure working with you.”

***

So, on the second day after Ke Jin Card Pool opened, it finally had a "formal employee", Bai Fan, who was both a card maker and a card renewal engineer.

However, this cooperation period is very short - Bai Fan has not graduated yet, and he has to return to Aquarius after the college starts, so the time he works here is actually only one month.

But this time was more than enough for Ke Jin. That afternoon, he took Bai Fan to the card-making room and showed him the two card-making recipes provided by the system - "Honey Caramel Cookies" and "Almond Thousand Layer Puff Pastry".

"Is it difficult to make?" Ke Jin waited until the other party had finished flipping through the two recipe booklets before asking a little nervously.

Bai Fan looked at Ke Jin deeply, and suddenly opened his palms to him.

"?"

Ke Jin was puzzled, but he still weakly hit the other person's palm - he didn't know much about the customs on the Blue Star. Could it be that high-fives were a way to increase confidence?

Bai Fan: “………………”

Bai Fan: “…Five days.”

"ah?"

"I mean, excluding the SSR, it will take five days to make the remaining full set of cards for these two snacks." Bai Fan said as he silently closed his palms - he had discovered that it was better to be straightforward when communicating with the person in front of him, otherwise he would never be able to predict where the other person's thoughts would go.

Ke Jin: “…”

Could he just explode right there? It was so embarrassing to mistake it for a high five!!

"Ha, ha ha... Well, you go ahead and do your work. I'll go to town to buy some ingredients to prepare dinner." After saying that, Ke Jin left quickly. After all, he was still very thin-skinned.

Bai Fan watched the man disappear at the speed of light in the card-making room, and a smile flashed across his eyes; but when his gaze turned back to the two recipe books on the table, his expression became serious again.

Ke Jin's current new card pool is not able to extract SSRs, so not making SSRs for the time being will not have any impact. But even if he eliminates the SSR cards, if outsiders know that he wants to complete the remaining set of two basic cards in five days, they will definitely laugh at his fantasy.

But Bai Fan knew that he could indeed do it here.

——Because it is so detailed.

Generally, in the early stages of development of a card pool, especially a new card pool, it will produce some card making formulas of its own. Bai Fan has seen quite a few of them, but this is the first time he has seen a formula with such detailed and complete content.

What's more valuable is that from the recipe description, he saw several techniques and proportions that he had never come across before. If these new ideas were adopted, the card making time could be greatly shortened, and it would be completely feasible to complete the whole set of production in five days. And these new techniques can also be fully applied to the production process of his other cards, which will bring a significant improvement to his card making level.

I thought I was here to help for free, but I didn't expect that I would be the first to benefit. I don't know if this is good deeds being rewarded or just a wonderful chance.

With a secret determination in his heart, Bai Fan took a deep breath, took the blank cards and tools from the table, and quickly started working on making the cards with full concentration.

***

In the vast universe.

A small spaceship is sailing steadily in the galaxy. The spaceship is decorated with extremely eye-catching paintings. The patterns full of personality and impact show that this is a private spaceship and the owner of the spaceship has a very flamboyant personality.

A lively and joyful party was taking place inside the spaceship. Laser lights cast dazzling colorful lights on the dance floor. A group of fashionably dressed young people were dancing passionately on the dance floor. The powerful and dynamic music ignited everyone's enthusiasm. Those who didn't like dancing gathered in groups of three or four, holding wine glasses and talking and laughing loudly.

In a corner, a group of people surrounded a young man with hair dyed completely fiery red. His attire was as alternative and eye-catching as his hairstyle. From the attitude of the people around him who followed his lead, it can be seen that this young man, who is not very old, obviously has a high status and reputation here.

"Mr. Duan, I... hiccup, I just heard something interesting." A man drank so much that his tongue became a little swollen and his eyes could hardly open, but he still squeezed over here with a shameless smile.

The red-haired young man, who had been feeling extremely bored since the beginning, glanced at the other party and raised his head nonchalantly.

"explain."

"Master Duan, do you know? Bai Fan...hiccup, Bai Fan, that kid, seems to have found a card pool near his home and is working there."

The people gathered around suddenly became quiet, and several of them showed "bad" expressions on their faces. The young man, who was originally a bit lazy and unfocused, also changed his expression, and glared over here sharply with his phoenix eyes, and his originally handsome appearance suddenly looked a bit hideous.

"real?"

"It's absolutely true," the other party drunkenly made a communication gesture, "He talked about this with his tutor, and my junior happened to hear it, and then...hiccup, told me."

With a "pop", the red-haired young man smashed the wine glass in his hand, and the red wine and glass shards splashed everywhere. Although the dance floor was still lively and cheerful, the atmosphere in this corner quickly solidified. Some people seemed to be gloating, but most of the friends who were familiar with this "Master Duan" looked unhappy.

The person sitting opposite Duan Shao turned around and whispered to his companion beside him.

"He's sick again. Go and call Sister Han."

This "Mr. Duan", whose full name is "Duan Zihan", is a well-known "rich second generation" on Aquarius. His family controls at least a quarter of the card pool industry on Aquarius, and is even ranked as a super-rich family in the entire Aquarius galaxy.

Currently Duan Zihan is studying at the TKS Advanced Card Master Academy in Aquarius. He comes from a wealthy family and has a prominent influence in the local area, so he is like a fish in water in the academy and can get whatever he wants.

However, there was one person who had always been at odds with him - at least that was what he thought - and that person was Bai Fan.

After Duan Zihan smashed the wine glass viciously, he stood up without saying a word. His face was so gloomy that water could drip out of it. Seeing this, someone hurried to pull him back.

"Zi Han, you are drunk..."

"Who the hell is drunk!" Duan Zihan shook off his friend's hand and vented out all the suppressed emotions like an erupting volcano. The music in the entire dance floor could hardly cover up his roar and rage.

"Bah! What's so cool about that bastard surnamed Bai? Why did he refuse my sister's invitation? He even gave a very reasonable reason, but then he turned around and went to another card pool? I'm %￥#! Who gave him the courage? I think he's itching for trouble again!"

"Zi Han!" A somewhat stern voice came through the crowd. Everyone made way. A fashionable and bold young woman in high heels rushed in aggressively and grabbed the furious young man.

"What's wrong with you?" Compared to the people around him who were a little afraid of this "Master Duan", this woman was not polite to him at all, "Have you forgotten why you came out this time?! Do you still want Ziqi to point at your nose and scold you?!"

"Whose fault is this?!" Duan Zihan didn't break free from the other person's hand, and could only yell at him with his neck stiff, "If it weren't for that bastard surnamed Bai, would my brother and I have ever turned against each other?! I'm lucky I didn't beat him to death!"

"Can you please stop bullying someone to death?" The woman narrowed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Bai Fan, he..."

"Alright, alright, stop begging for that guy. I'm so tired of hearing him talk like that. You've been brainwashed just like my stupid sister!" Duan Zihan said angrily, then turned his gaze and yelled at the servant who was watching not far away.

"Notify the cockpit! We are not going to Planet Shadili, we are going to Planet Azure instead!!"

There was an uproar all around, and Sister Han's eyes widened.

"Going to Azure Star? You want to look for Bai Fan? It's not a big deal, is it that serious?!"

"Is this your spaceship or mine?! I can go wherever I want!" Duan Zihan was obviously so angry that he said hysterically.

"I want to see why Bai doesn't come to our Duan family's card pool! I'm going to destroy the card pool he's in right now and see where else he can go!!"