"Miss, here is your breakfast." Nan Zhu was not to be outdone; he had prepared it long ago.
He had originally thought that since the two didn't know each other, he could introduce them and let Shi Yin have a meal first. However, he didn't expect that Shi Yin and Bei Qingchuan actually knew each other and shook hands directly, leaving him no chance to get a word in edgewise.
"Put it aside for now, I'll eat after I finish talking." Shi Yin waved her hand subconsciously, but Nan Zhu pushed the plate directly in front of her.
“Even if you are very busy, you must take care of your health.” Nan Zhu picked up the plate next to her again: “Chang Ning also has a share. Miss and Chang Ning cannot just eat snacks to fill their stomachs.”
"Yes, you need to take care of your health." Bei Qingchuan agreed with Nan Zhu: "I'll have some too, let's eat together."
Nanzhu: "?"
I didn't want you to eat together, you should eat in the dining area!
However, Nan Zhu did not say anything offensive. Even if his manners were feigned, he had been doing so for over a decade and it had become a habit. Maintaining elegance and gentleness in his interactions with others had become Nan Zhu's own standard.
Therefore, Nan Zhu was only unhappy for a moment before deciding to leave.
"Why don't you stay and eat with us?" Shi Yin pointed to the side. "Don't always let me eat. You're not eating anymore."
Nan Zhu was happy again, and she and Chang Ning brought over their plates, turning a small table into a large dining table.
Nanzhu's cooking skills are indeed excellent, and Shiyin is very happy to be able to eat Yanlong Kingdom food.
She absolutely did not want to eat hard bread or those messed-up, altered recipes again.
God knows why rice cooked in a rice cooker is coated with cream, why there's cheese and butter in scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and why noodles with soybean paste are mixed with chocolate sauce.
"Wow, little Changning is in great health!" Bei Qingchuan couldn't help but be surprised after seeing Changning eat two large plates of rice in small bites, and then shared his meat with Changning.
"Thank you, Brother Qingchuan." Changning's eyes lit up. Anyone who gives her good food is a good person, and this handsome older brother is a good person.
“You don’t need to share with Changning, she’ll keep eating. Her special ability is eating.” Shi Yin saw that Bei Qingchuan had already fed Changning more than half a plate of food, so she could only speak up to stop him: “She can’t feel full.”
"Oh, no wonder." Kita Kiyokawa smiled and picked up another piece of steak. "That's even better, the more kids eat, the taller they'll grow."
"Grow taller~" Changning bit into the meat, eating happily.
Shi Yin: "..."
Doesn't this look like feeding a puppy?
Should she have said that Changning is not going to grow taller?
"It's okay, and I can't finish it anyway, I have a small appetite." Seeing Shi Yin's helplessness, Kita Kiyokawa explained with a smile, "Don't waste the good food if you can't finish it."
Small appetite?
Shi Yin sized up Bei Qingchuan. He was indeed very thin, unlike Nan Zhu, who had a muscular physique from exercise. Bei Qingchuan was the real deal when it came to a frail scholar.
"In short, regarding this entertainment project, we plan to open a portion of it first." Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, Shi Yin began to get down to business: "We can see how to continue with the filming of games and some movies and TV series."
"Hmm, this is a bit difficult. I know a few friends who have lost contact with me, and I heard they've met with some misfortune." Kita Kiyokawa pulled out his phone.
He knows almost everyone in the entertainment industry. After the snow disaster, he asked many people if they were safe, but only half of them replied.
"I know, let's consolidate the statistics first." Shi Yin nodded.
Nan Zhu started clearing away the tableware. He rarely stayed by the side when discussing serious matters, but Shi Yin would stay if needed. If Shi Yin didn't speak, Nan Zhu would tactfully give her space.
Therefore, Nanzhu cleaned up the dishes and took Changning with him.
"Those things are secondary. What I originally wanted to do was ask around in the entertainment industry if there were any people with influence-related superpowers." Shi Yin lowered her voice after seeing Nan Zhu leave, "But if it's you who's coming, then there's probably no need for anyone else."
"Oh? Tell me about it." Kitakami thought for a moment and said, "However, I'm not really sure what kind of ability I have. It hasn't been long since I discovered that I have an ability."
There are many weak or conceptual superpowers that are difficult to detect at first. It is only when you notice the clues that you realize you seem to have superpowers.
Generally speaking, the country has professional research teams that can easily help people with superpowers find their way, while it is much more difficult for them to figure it out on their own.
However, joining the national team is not mandatory.
There are many people who hide their superpowers and want to live a low-key life. Unless their superpowers are exceptionally strong and the country desperately needs them, the country will turn a blind eye.
“I have a rough idea of your special ability.” Shi Yin carefully sensed the aura emanating from Bei Qingchuan: “Perhaps you haven’t noticed, but you give off a peaceful feeling when you speak.”
“My parents told me about this,” Bei Qingchuan said without hiding anything. “They said that listening to me talk calms them down, which is why I suspect I have superpowers.”
I tested it later and it really did exist, but before I could report it, the doomsday beacon appeared.
“You’re trying to hide it,” Shi Yin said bluntly. “If Nan Zhu hadn’t suddenly run into trouble, you probably wouldn’t have admitted that you have superpowers.”
"Well, that's how it is... I'm sorry." Kita Kiyokawa felt a little guilty: "It seems like my words affect the people around me. I'm just an ordinary person, and sometimes it's hard for me to be without selfish motives."
The power of "influence" is terrifying. Having been in the entertainment industry for a long time, Bei Qingchuan knows very well how terrible the manipulation of public opinion can be. If it cannot be properly controlled, it will be a disaster.
"I think... that shouldn't be the case. Superpowers can be controlled." Shi Yin pondered, "There are no uncontrollable abilities, except for low-level zombies..."
Speaking of which, the reason why Kitakyou's initial ability was to give people a sense of peace, Shion guessed, was probably because Kitakyou's personality and mentality were gentle.
Superpowers are inherently destructive; the positive aspects are all added by humans themselves. Without human control, superpowers are basically all forms of destruction.
Even Nan Zhu's resonance ability sounds harmless, but in reality, resonating with someone is equivalent to exposing all of their weaknesses to your view.
So what is Kitakyou's special ability? Influence? Voice? Mental ability?
Shi Yin pondered that she needed to fix her superpower in one direction to improve it, otherwise it would be difficult to control once it was dispersed.
"Sing me a song." Shi Yin thought for a moment, "You're not tone-deaf, are you?"
"Of course not." Kita Kiyokawa was both amused and exasperated. He felt that his influence might still be too small, as Shi Yin didn't even know that he used to be a singer.
Bei Qingchuan flipped through the song list and sang a rather lyrical song. He hadn't sung much since the apocalypse, and had basically forgotten the lyrics.
His voice was very pleasant, not in a deep, magnetic way, but rather very soothing. However, he was stopped halfway through his song.
Shi Yin then asked Kitakyou if he knew any musical instruments, and had him play two instruments, recite a text, and read a passage in English. Finally, she had him look at a painting for a long time and asked him to feel it, and then asked him to close his eyes and meditate...
Kita Kiyokawa felt like he was undergoing some kind of magical assessment that had nothing to do with the apocalypse... like being tricked into joining a group.
"One good news and one bad news." Shi Yin stopped writing, looked at the contents of her notebook, and said with a hint of sympathy, "The good news is that your special ability is very useful, and you will be a key person to be protected."
"And the bad news?" Kitakami asked.
Shi Yin: "The bad news is that if anything goes wrong, you will be executed without any mercy."
Bei Qingchuan: "?"
Is this bad news a little too bad?
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