Chapter 25 I am of course an exception
Qi Huan and Diwuyuan were both stunned.
Braised Bone Noodles was only sold twice, but the phrase "three thousand a bowl" was said by Si Han at that time. Qi Huan stared at the ID of "The Second Most Handsome Man in the Team". The airtight speaking rhythm felt very similar to Chen Ye.
"What is braised pork bone noodles?" Diwu Yuan turned to look at Qi Huan. Personal reputation is a comprehensive weighted index of various dimensions such as credit, credibility, contribution, influence, etc. It can be used as a reserve book for discourse power. The top level is only ten stars. Those who can reach eight stars are either extremely high in contribution or have an extraordinary status. Although it cannot affect the score on a large scale, in terms of gold content alone, this message is enough to kill the negative reviews above.
"Noodles with braised toppings are usually made with the feet, tail and bones of the sunflower." Qi Huan bluntly pointed out the ingredients that might be taboo for people.
"The feet and tail of the Aoi Beast?" Diwuyuan's face wrinkled. Can that thing be eaten?
“Not only is it delicious, but it’s also unique to Waste Star. It’s one of a kind among all nine star regions combined!” Qi Huan confidently pointed his finger at the evaluation of [The Second Most Handsome Guy in the Team].
Diwuyuan looked at the eight stars behind the ID hesitantly, touched his stomach, and finally said with determination, "I'm going to try this tomorrow."
Qi Huan was a little surprised, "Aren't you leaving tomorrow morning?"
"I suddenly feel that things can still be handled a little more." Diwuyuan tilted his neck slightly and adjusted his bow tie seriously.
Qi Huan: ...
"If you like, I can indeed make a few more for you," Qi Huan paused, and added, "But you have to wait until after get off work tomorrow. In addition, you also understand the living environment of Waste Star. Most of the ingredients here are not that high-quality. You have to be mentally prepared for this."
It's a matter of reciprocity. People brought so many gifts, plus the renovation and maintenance costs of the hall, it's worth it for him to treat Diwu Yuan to many meals. What's more, although this kid seems awkward on the surface, he is very sensible and quite likable.
Diwuyuan did not express any objection. They agreed to pick up Qi Huan after get off work tomorrow, and then he happily drove away in the airship.
Qi Huan didn't sleep well that night. Lately, he always felt hot all over in the first half of the night, and as if he was falling into an icy cave in the second half, sweating all over at any time. The first time, he thought he had caught a cold and had a fever, but when he woke up, his body temperature was normal. Except for feeling a little tired due to not getting enough rest, there was nothing abnormal.
After arriving at the food store, he greeted the Wan brothers and told them that they would be entertaining friends for dinner tonight and had to get off work on time at five o'clock. Uncle Wan agreed readily.
At 4:55, the black-bottomed yellow bear airship of Diwuyuan landed in front of the door of Wanjia Food Store. After the young master got off, he stood still with his feet together, looking curiously at the sign and several containers at the door across the steps.
Seeing that he was unfamiliar, Boss Wan quickly went out to greet him, "What type of ingredients do you want to buy? Do you need an introduction?"
Diwu Yuan pushed up his mirrored sunglasses and walked into the store. "What A-grade ingredients do you have?"
"This way," Boss Wan attentively led him to the row of refrigerators against the wall on the other side, "Grade A ones are over here."
Wanjia Food Store is not large, and usually 80% of its business is supplied to fixed channels and stores. The demand for high-end ingredients is very low, so the stock is small, with only one container.
Diwu Yuan glanced at them and nodded, "Pack them all up."
"Load them all? The entire container?" Boss Wan didn't quite believe his ears.
"Well, put them all away."
"Okay, okay, please wait a moment." Mr. Wan agreed and called Aunt Wan to come out to help load the goods.
Diwuyuan looked around and didn't see the animal feet and tail that Qi Huan mentioned. He hesitated for a moment and asked the Wan family couple, "Do you have the animal feet and tail of the sunflower beast?"
"What?" Boss Wan was stunned and again suspected that there was something wrong with his ears. This kid was very generous and must be rich or noble. How could he want that thing?
"The beast tail and tail of Aoimon." Diwuyuan repeated it seriously.
Just when Boss Wan was wondering how to answer, Qi Huan came through the courtyard.
"You're on time~" Qi Huan smiled and greeted Diwu Yuan. The young master's shirt today was changed to a casual striped one, with a neatly folded handkerchief showing in the chest pocket, and loose denim shorts, which made him look a bit more childish than yesterday, but the buttons were still the same white crystal, and the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose were obviously made of valuable gemstone lenses.
"It seems they don't have the ingredients you want." Diwuyuan spread his hands towards Qi Huan regretfully.
"Do you know each other?" Uncle Wan looked at Qi Huan in shock.
"This is the friend I mentioned to you this morning," Qi Huan answered Uncle Wan first, then turned to Diwu Yuan, "Don't worry, it's not for sale for the time being, it's already prepared."
"All the A-grade ingredients over there have been bought. Take a look and see if you're still missing anything." Diwuyuan pointed to the cabinet against the wall.
"I have everything ready, no need to buy anything else." Qi Huan had a headache. He originally just wanted to hitchhike and save some shipping money, but how did it turn into an exaggerated plot of a young master emptying someone else's container?
Aunt Wan, who was busy packing the ingredients, stopped and looked at Qi Huan, then at Diwuyuan, and asked with a smile, "So you are Ah Huan's friend, so you still want these?"
"Yes." Diwuyuan nodded without hesitation. "If he doesn't need it today, he can use it tomorrow. After all, he runs a shop, so he will need it eventually."
"The refrigerators and safes in the store were almost full yesterday. They can't hold so many things." Qi Huan tried to stop him again. The cost of the ingredients might not be a big deal to Diwuyuan, but he didn't have the habit of taking advantage of his friends.
Your freezer is not as big as the insulation area of my airship? Diwuyuan questioned with his eyes.
Qi Huan rubbed his Adam's apple with his fingers and looked up at the sky in embarrassment.
"Then take what you need today. I'll pay for the rest first, and you can take it back later." Diwuyuan compromised and turned to the Wan couple and said, "Remember to add two months of storage fees to the price."
Qi Huan touched his nose. If he continued to stop them, he would be hindering the Wan couple from doing business. He really couldn't say anything else.
Although the mechanical bear was not very agile, it was quite versatile. It first moved the things to the back seat, and then sat in the driver's seat, like a mechanical butler. Diwuyuan sat firmly in the co-pilot's seat, put on his protective glasses, and did not give up even for a short time on the airship. He turned on the triple screen and started typing on the floating keyboard.
Qi Huan looked at the mechanical bear in the front row controlling the rudder and exclaimed in amazement, "I never thought it could fly an airship."
"It's just a simple small program." Diwuyuan answered casually, and put on that cool little adult elite face when facing the display screen.
That’s right, the food stores use drones to deliver goods. Autonomous driving technology should be very popular in this era. Qi Huan nodded silently.
The airship descended steadily. Diwuyuan turned off the display screen, put away the keyboard, and took off his glasses wearily.
"Is the base's network difficult to repair?" Qi Huan asked casually.
"Internet?" Diwuyuan blinked twice, seeming not to react.
"Aren't you here to fix the network?"
"No," Diwuyuan shook his head and said seriously, "I'm here to repair the gate."
Qi Huan: ...
I believe in your ghost!
"I'm starving. In order to make room for dinner, I only had some fruit for lunch. What are we eating today?" Diwuyuan covered his stomach and looked at Qi Huan, showing a rare coquettish attitude.
"Braised bone noodles, boiled animal head, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, creamy lobster soup, and a dessert of rainbow orange animal milk crispy nut ice cream." Braised bone noodles are quite filling. The menu Qi Huan prepared today is a combination of Chinese and Western, with four dishes and one dessert. Rainbow orange is a new B-grade fruit that the Wan family has received today, and is especially suitable for making fruit ice cream. He gritted his teeth and bought two, and Uncle Wan also helped him pick the best ones.
"It sounds delicious." Diwuyuan showed a longing look.
After returning to the restaurant, Diwuyuan sat in the same seat as yesterday and signaled Qi Huan to go to the kitchen and not to worry about him.
Braising animal meat, boiling sheep heads and making ice cream are all time-consuming, but not too laborious. Besides, knowing that Qi Huan likes to eat them, Lao Wu will shave the animal feet, tails and heads cleanly, then bring them back for rinsing, cutting into pieces and putting them directly into the pot to drain the blood, saving a lot of effort and giving Qi Huan relatively more time in the kitchen.
Thinking of what Diwuyuan said just now that he only had some fruit for lunch, Qi Huan was afraid that he was too hungry, so he took out the fresh milk that was not fried yesterday and fried it. He was afraid that fried fresh milk would be too monotonous. He happened to have potatoes, so he made some French fries and animal meat version of crispy pork.
Speaking of which, potatoes are one of the rare vegetables he has encountered here that have not been "renamed" except for mushrooms and lemons. The price is also cheaper than other vegetables. However, due to the high cost-effectiveness, they are basically sold out in seconds every time they arrive, and they are difficult to get. Today, he greeted Uncle Wan and said he would treat him, so he specially asked Uncle Wan to keep some for him.
The three things were combined into a fresh fried dish, accompanied by ketchup, caramel sauce and pepper salt and served to the young master to fill his stomach.
Diwuyuan, who was sitting at the table, put on the same translucent glasses-style personal terminal that he had worn last time. The little guy had a stern face and a frown on his face.
Seeing that he seemed to have encountered some difficulties, Qi Huan was afraid of disturbing him, so he put down the plate quietly and was about to leave, but unexpectedly, Diwu Yuan smelled the fragrance and turned up the blindfold and stuck it on his head.
"It smells so good!" The young master looked at the dish in front of him in surprise and took a deep breath.
"If you're hungry, eat something first." Qi Huan tapped the table with his fingers, a smile in his eyes. His lack of resistance to food was probably the most childish thing about Diwuyuan.
"French fries, what are these two?" Diwuyuan only knew French fries. He picked up the slender double-toothed fruit fork beside the plate, looked at this, then looked at that, hesitant.
"This is called fried animal milk, it's made with the animal milk you brought yesterday, it's sweet. This is called crispy pork, it's made with the animal meat you brought yesterday, it's salty. I've added a little salt to the French fries, you can eat it plain, or dip it in tomato and purple melon sauce." Qi Huan introduced them to him one by one.
Diwuyuan obviously likes sweet food. His fork went for the fried milk first. The golden skin cracked under the fork tip, making a crisp and pleasant sound, which aroused his appetite.
The slightly warm skin burst between the teeth, revealing the soft and smooth milk core. The crispy texture and rich milk aroma made it completely irresistible. Diwu Yuan's frowning brows relaxed, the corners of his lips curled up in a happy arc, and the handkerchief in his shirt pocket seemed to move.
Blurred eyes? Qi Huan blinked hard, and stared at Diwuyuan's handkerchief for a while, without moving at all. Sure enough, I didn't sleep well recently and my eyes were blurry. Qi Huan laughed at himself secretly.
In a few seconds, the few pieces of fried beast milk on the plate were gone. Diwu Yuan looked at Qi Huan with his fork raised with an unsatisfied look, accusing him with his eyes that the amount was too small.
"It's just to fill your stomach. Your stomach will feel uncomfortable if you're hungry." Qi Huan held back his laughter. He looked righteous on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.
In fact, everyone's taste buds are different, coupled with acquired habits, for the same dish, some people may say it is salty, while others may think it is bland. Subjective feelings and needs vary greatly. What he likes most is the expression of enjoyment on other people's faces when they eat their favorite food.
Just as some people pursue spiritual resonance and some people pursue aesthetic identification, as a chef, what he pursues is to bring pleasure to his own and others' tongues. To some extent, it can also be regarded as resonance of taste buds.
Diwuyuan turned around and tasted the crispy pork, and finished most of it in the blink of an eye.
"It's almost time to get to work." Qi Huan pointed at the glasses-like terminal above Diwuyuan's head as a reminder. If he continued to 'clear' like this, he might not be able to eat dinner later.
"It's okay. I'm going to die anyway."
Qi Huan: ???
"I'm playing games," Diwuyuan explained, "Work is only done during official hours. Now is my personal time."
"What game?" Qi Huan was curious. Speaking of which, this young master should really love playing games. After all, the original owner and he met in the game.
"I recently discovered a less popular game called "Death Library"."
This game again? Qi Huan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Diwuyuan and Rondo liked the same game.
Diwuyuan wiped his mouth with a tissue and switched the interface to projection mode. A shrill scream immediately resounded throughout the hall. The camera was sitting on the battlement holding a huge teddy bear, looking down at the wall, swinging his feet in boredom. At the city gate below, several players were fighting with the skeleton soldiers, retreating step by step. The screams were made by those players.
Qi Huan's first reaction was to follow the mode, because this was obviously the player's perspective, but the huge teddy bear in his arms that was inexplicably similar to the mechanical bear butler made him a little confused. How did the young master find players who also liked dolls?
“We’re all going to be wiped out again in this round,” Diwuyuan looked at the screaming players and shook his head in disdain, “I hope I can meet some teammates I like in the next round.”
He was talking about companions, and before that he was talking about playing games, not watching live broadcasts. Qi Huan was a little confused, "Are you a player?"
"I guess so." Diwuyuan picked up another piece of crispy meat.
"Didn't they say that this game belongs to the Empire and that the Alliance can't play it?"
"Of course I am an exception." Diwuyuan bit off half a piece of crispy meat with a "crunch" and raised his head with great pride.
"6!" Qi Huan made a 'six' gesture to him, and stood up to go to the kitchen to check the pot. Speaking of which, it is probably the concept of logging into a foreign server to play games. Look how proud the little guy is.
Several dishes for dinner were very much to Diwu Yuan's taste. The young master ate very contentedly and finished every dish. He even did not waste the ice cream and remaining French fries. He asked Qi Huan to pack them up for him, saying that he would take them back to his residence for a midnight snack.
"Who eats ice cream for midnight snack?" Qi Huan teased him with a smile, but still walked back to the kitchen to get the takeaway box.
Before he walked out of the kitchen, he saw the group of mini bears rushing in like a tide and running to every corner of the kitchen.
Qi Huan: ???
"Let them help you clean up." Diwuyuan, who was standing at the door, said leisurely with his hands in the kangaroo pockets on the front of his overalls.
That's fine. Thinking about the hall outside which seemed to have been renovated yesterday, Qi Huan nodded happily and took the boxes out to pack.
"You have a kitchen where you live, right?"
"Um."
"When you want to eat them, ask them to toast the fries for you a little bit. Don't toast them for too long, just reheat them, and then dip them in ice cream. It will be a pleasant surprise." Qi Huan winked at Diwuyuan mischievously. Dipping fries in ice cream is his personal favorite hidden way of eating them.
The young master, who understood the hint, nodded vigorously, watched Qi Huan pack the fries and ice cream into the takeaway box, and asked tentatively, "If I stay another day tomorrow, can I still eat other delicious food that I haven't eaten before?"
"Stay for another month and I'll let you eat something different every day." Qi Huan said confidently. He didn't have much else in his mind, but he had the most recipes, so he treated them all as food tasting. "But there's one thing, you're not allowed to buy any more ingredients, or we'll put you on the blacklist and refuse to serve you."
"Then I'll stay one more day tomorrow!" Diwuyuan said immediately.
On the other side, the Jiufang siblings were in the waiting room of the Si family clinic, waiting for Si Liang's physical examination results.
Jiufang Wen sat on the sofa, her back stretched straight, a hint of worry on her icy face. She also had silver hair and looked about the same as her brother Jiufang Yu, except that her eyes were rounder and her temperament was gentler. Although she wore no makeup, she had a charming look that made flowers more beautiful when they were pale.
Jiufang Yu paced slowly beside the sofa, his shiny leather boots stepping on the smooth floor, making regular sounds, with a steady and calm rhythm. Several beautiful beams of Tyndall light fell from the skylight of the wing-shaped shield of the medical clinic, lingering around his feet.
Through the floor-to-ceiling glass wall of the partition area, one can see that the instrument values on the six light screens on the opposite side are constantly changing. Several researchers in light green coats are busy staring at the data on each display screen, and from time to time they gather together to communicate in a low voice. In the isolation area further inside, a robot stands next to him holding clothes. Si Liang is naked, lying quietly in the translucent testing cabin. The light and shadow of the display screen are reflected on the cabin wall, blocking his expression.
After three or four minutes, the numbers on the screen finally stopped running wildly, and the automatic printer hummed out a bunch of reports. The researchers in coats gathered together and discussed in a low voice. The hatch of the medical cabin slowly opened, and someone walked over to help Si Liang stand up and helped him put on the clothes brought by the robot.
The researchers' discussion ended quickly, and finally a man with glasses came over with a stack of reports to report to the Jiufang siblings outside.
"Madam, Master, there's something wrong with the young master's physical parameters." The man with glasses clenched the stack of lists in his hand, not daring to look Jiufang Yu in the eye, and quickly moved his gaze down two points.
Jiufang Yu paused, frowning slightly, and asked anxiously, "Where are you hurt?"
"No, it's the young master's mental strength that has increased."
Jiufang siblings: !!!!!!!!!!!!
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