Chapter 34 He Has Other Nephews
"Hey, that vase and branch can't be eaten!" Qi Huan quickly raised his hand to stop it, but he only had time to snatch the vase back from its mouth.
The kitchen door was pushed open, and someone shouted, "Xiao Ba!"
The sound was not loud, just like ice cubes hitting the stainless steel wall of a shaker, low and pleasant, with a hint of chill.
The tug-of-war-like movements of the two men and the ball stopped at the same time. Black Ball straightened his body subconsciously, but Qi Huan was a little surprised. He turned his head and saw that it was Si Han and Shen Ye who came in.
This time, neither of them wore the hunting team's 'work clothes'. Chen was wearing apricot shorts and a palm-wide leather belt around his waist. Masks, badges, and a lot of other things were hung on his clothes. The most eye-catching thing was a string of lily of the valley-shaped bells, with white jade petals and gold cores. It was delicate and agile, but perhaps because the core was too thin, the gold and jade collided when he walked, but basically no sound could be heard.
Si Han was still wearing the beast mask, with a calm demeanor, revealing only his chin and a part of his neck, which was as white as snow. The moon-white gown he wore seemed a little too big, and the sky-blue silk ribbon showed off his thin waistline, making him look like a sickly scholar. Qi Huan didn't know if it was his illusion, but Si Han's condition seemed to be worse than the last time they met, and the luster of his silver hair had dimmed, but that feeling of weakness inadvertently brought him closer to others, making him look even more gentle, elegant and romantic.
"Sorry, I will be responsible for the damage it caused." Si Han took off the mask and hung it on his wrist. He quickly glanced around the kitchen, apologized to Qi Huan with a guilty look, and then hooked one of Xingqi's crystal corners to pick it up from the table.
The black ball kept its mouth tightly closed, waving its four shiny little hooves and flapping its wings vigorously. The light reflected on its curved horns and hooves, making a beautiful glass-like glow. Qi Huan could see clearly that its horns and claws were not purely transparent, but had a light yellow color, a bit like yellow gems or crystals, and with its furry black hair all over its body, it looked like a lively little monster pendant, so cute that people couldn't help but want to rub it.
“No, no.” Qi Huan waved his hands quickly. This signal device was originally bought by selling the beast core left by Si Han last time. In fact, it was his money that was paid for.
Si Han took the messy-eating Xiao Ba to the side to teach him a lesson. Chen also bent down to pick up the broken signal device on the ground. He probably couldn't fix it, and he felt a little embarrassed. "Xiao Ba has been in poor health recently and has a bad temper. Please bear with me."
Xiao Ba? Qi Huan looked at Si Han and Heituanzi, then at Chen Ye, a little confused, and asked tentatively, "Could it be Si Han's nephew too?"
"No, no, no," Shen Ye laughed dumbly, "You misunderstood. Xiao Ba's real name is Xing Qi Ba. He is not an orc, but the boss's soul beast."
"Is it Si Han's pet?" Qi Huan raised his eyes slightly and glanced enviously at the man and the beast who were "communicating".
"Uh, I guess so." Shen Ye choked. Seeing that he didn't even understand the spiritual body, he didn't know where to start explaining.
He looked at the signal collectors still hanging in the air around him and asked, "Did Xiaoba delay you from doing something?"
"I was live streaming just now and got disconnected." Qi Huan then remembered his live streaming room and wanted to check the situation there, but found that he could not connect to the signal at all.
"Use mine." Shen Ye quickly understood the situation and opened his own personal terminal.
Using his terminal to log into the Baifu platform, Qi Huan searched for his own live broadcast room and took a look. The status of Renjian Restaurant was black screen and offline. There was no big problem. The audience had basically dispersed. However, the number of followers unexpectedly increased a lot because of his "sudden disappearance", and it had quickly climbed to one hundred and sixty-nine.
Looking at the shelves again, sales are also very good. The Nine-tailed Pastry on the shelf has indeed been sold out, and more than 170 of the 200 lychee shrimp balls that were just put on the shelf have been sold. Compared with the number of fans, the speed is somewhat unbelievable.
Moreover, one hundred and seventy-nine of the Nine-Tailed Cookies were bought in one order by an anonymous customer.
Many people took several orders for the lychee shrimp balls, and one hundred of them were also bought by the anonymous customer, but this time they were divided into two orders, each order for fifty pieces, with a gap of about two minutes in between.
The trial products do not expire, you can open them when you want to "eat" them, or you can transfer them to friends in your contact list with one click. Qi Huan was not surprised to buy a few more copies after tasting them. After all, what he made was delicious enough and the price was cheap, but isn't it a bit too much to buy a hundred copies at any time? This anonymous "God" either has a large family and too many people around him, or he has a bit of a hoarding habit.
"How is it?" Shen Ye asked with concern.
"It was just a disconnection. The broadcast ended half a minute earlier. It's not a big problem." Qi Huan shook his head and was about to close the page, but Shen Ye quickly clicked to follow him.
Qi Huan's eyebrows curved slightly, "Thank you for your support."
"What are you thanking me for? I like eating anyway." Chen Ye said with a smile, "I'll ask the boss and the others to come over and pay some attention to you later."
As the two were talking, Black Tuanzi rushed over again and threw himself onto the sink, staring at Qi Huan with his beautiful round eyes that were golden on the outside and black on the inside, and whimpered softly twice.
Is it acting like a spoiled brat? Qi Huan looked at it, then at Si Han, confused for a moment.
Si Han's forehead twitched slightly and he drooped his eyelids slightly, looking as if he couldn't bear to look at it.
Xiao Ba rubbed the back of Qi Huan's hand, then raised his head and whimpered at him twice in grievance.
The little guy looked sweet and soft, like a black and gold quicksand bag. The soft touch made Qi Huan's heart melt. He couldn't help but stretch out his fingers to touch its head, "Baby, what do you want to do?"
"Ahem," Si Han's face was slightly stiff, and he coughed lightly to cover up, "It said it wanted to eat that thing just now."
"Lychee shrimp balls?"
The black ball nodded with all his strength.
"Okay," Qi Huan agreed readily, and then raised his eyes to look at Si Han and Shen Ye, "Have you eaten yet? How about I make some more while I'm at it?"
Chen Ye clapped his hands, "We just wanted to come to your place for a midnight snack."
"Then I'll make a few dishes and the four of us will eat together." Qi Huan curved his eyebrows and stretched out his index finger to draw a circle, including Xiao Ba on the sink. Last time, he was in a hurry and didn't have time to treat them to a meal, so it was a good time to make up for it now.
"Five. Tao Zhe is here too..." Shen Ye opened the five fingers of his left hand and waved them towards Qi Huan, "He's going to do something and will be here soon."
When they walked near the restaurant just now, they found someone sneaking around the small window on the side of the kitchen and peeping inside. The person was quite alert and ran away immediately after noticing their movements. Jiufang Yu and Shen Ye were worried that Qi Huan might be in trouble, so they came in to check on him, and Tao Zhe went after the person.
"No problem. You guys go sit outside first. Feel free to take the tea and melon seeds on the counter. I'll make a few dishes..." Qi Huan led the two to the hall outside. He suddenly stopped talking and looked anxiously at the black ball squatting on the kitchen counter. "Oh no, that shrimp ball was put with spotted beast meat. Will it be okay if it eats it? It also ate lychee leaves."
"Don't worry, it will be fine if it eats the stone beast and the mecha alive." Shen Ye waved his hand.
Mecha? Qi Huan was stunned and looked at the black ball in disbelief. This little guy could swallow metal?
No, is this how people in your alliance keep pets? You even feed mechas?
Qi Huan's shock was too obvious. Si Han blushed and awkwardly rubbed his nose with his index finger. "It's quite... greedy, but usually it prefers to eat with us."
"It's okay." Qi Huan came back to his senses and sighed. Well, the creatures in this world are indeed much stronger than in the previous life. Compared with stone beasts and mechas, lychee leaves are really not good enough.
Shen also added, “By the way, our boss has a lot of dietary restrictions and doesn’t eat spicy food…”
"It doesn't eat bitter things, doesn't eat things with wings, doesn't eat things with two legs, doesn't eat things without legs, and doesn't eat things with more than eight legs, with the exception of shrimps." Qi Huan continued fluently.
"You actually still remember it?" Shen Ye was stunned.
Qi Huan raised his eyebrows in a proud arc, "I'm used to raising phoenixes."
"Huh?" Shen Ye had a questioning look on his face. Where did the phoenix come from?
Sihan:? ? ?
"Nothing." Qi Huan suppressed his smile and answered perfunctorily.
The phoenix will not roost unless it is a Chinese parasol tree, will not eat unless it is bamboo fruit, and will not drink unless it is sweet spring water. It needs to be "pampered and raised with fine food". To put it bluntly, it is picky about food and has a sensitive stomach. Since he was a child, he has been around many such beautiful and picky phoenixes. He has long been accustomed to raising phoenixes.
Zhou Qiba wanted to use Qi Huan as a "supervisor", but was ruthlessly dragged out of the kitchen by Si Han.
The two of them randomly picked a table in the hall and sat down. Shen Ye poured two cups of tea and filled a plate of melon seeds himself.
Si Han opened his personal terminal. "Did Xiao Ba break Qi Huan's signal device just now? Which platform is it from?"
"It's white, I guess it can't be repaired," Chen Ye came over and asked Si Han to remove the private block, then flipped to the bottom of the live broadcast equipment catalog and sighed deliberately, "The little chef must not be well-off, so he used this cheapest basic entry-level model, and the effect is discounted."
Si Han lowered his eyelids, silently raised his hand and scrolled back to the top, directly clicked on the top model in the first row, and chose the expedited delivery mode.
The little chef can be considered a blessing in disguise~ Shen Ye curled his lips and smiled, grabbed a melon seed, peeled it and put it in his mouth. He knew that the boss would definitely be responsible for upgrading the equipment.
The nuts are crispy and salty, with a hint of sweet and sour fruit flavor and a long aftertaste.
"His grandfather's, it's so delicious!" The amazing taste made Chen Ye's eyes light up, and he pushed the plate towards Si Han eagerly, "Boss, try his melon seeds!"
"Qian Ya." Si Han's eyes tilted slightly and he glared at the rude Chen Ye.
Shen also stuck out his tongue, "I know, I know."
Tao Zhe walked into the restaurant with a gloomy look on his face, "Boss, that man ran away."
"You didn't catch up?" Shen Ye was so shocked that his jaw dropped. When Si Han glanced at him, he quickly lowered his voice and asked, "Is it true?"
Tao Zhe is a B-class sentinel who can walk around freely in a place like a waste planet. His spirit body is the Blue Falcon, which is very good at tracking. How could that person get away?
The potter sighed, and the blue falcon on his shoulder also hung its head, looking dejected.
"Sit down first and tell me what happened in detail." Si Han raised his hand and poured him a cup of tea. Heituanzi also widened his beautiful eyes in confusion.
The potter picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp. "I chased him to the north city. He ran through several streets with mixed smells for a few times, and then disappeared."
"There are all kinds of warehouses and stone beast processing factories in the north city. There are not many people at night. It seems that he is very familiar with the situation of the base. Moreover," Chen Ye said while peeling melon seeds, "his speed is comparable to yours. Could this person also be B-level?"
"It's also possible that he has evolved into a C+ in speed," Si Han pinched the wall of the cup and slowly turned the black coarse porcelain teacup in his hand half a circle, "or he may be particularly good at hiding."
"Most people can't control such a person. Could it be that Jiufang Kuang knew about Qi Huan's rescue of Young Master Liang last time and wanted to take it out on him?"
"Not like that." Si Han shook his head. If it was Jiu Fang Kuang, it would be very easy to kill Qi Huan quietly. There was no need to beat around the bush.
"Then why did this person spy on Qi Huan?" Shen was also puzzled.
"Enemy?" Potter's thinking is always direct.
"Qi Huan is just an orphan who grew up on a waste planet, a weak ordinary human, with simple interpersonal relationships that couldn't be simpler. His adoptive father died half a year ago, and he is now helpless in the base. Where did his enemies come from?" When Liang was rescued before, Shen also investigated the little chef's background, and it was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.
"That's our rival." The potter nodded affirmatively.
Shen also punched him on the arm, "I've said that his interpersonal relationships are simple, and he's not from a noble family, so where does the rival family come from?"
"Maybe he's a business rival, maybe he's jealous of his business or covets his recipes." The punch didn't hurt Tao Zhe at all. "Don't you always want to eat the food he cooks?"
Shen was also choked for a moment, but then he thought, there is a sign of rotten eggs and six eggs hanging outside. He just saw that the live broadcast room only has a pitiful one hundred fans, not even a fraction of the number of their account for the competitive game. Can this be called a good business?
He turned around to ask Si Han's opinion, but found that he was staring at the robot bear in the corner thoughtfully.
"Boss, what's wrong?" Shen Ye followed his gaze and looked at the robot bear a few times.
Si Han frowned slightly, "It looks familiar."
“Ah,” Shen Ye slapped his thigh, “The genius kid from the fifth family seems to like this style of bear!”
"You mean the little guy who defeated Kong Hu last time?" Tao Zhe also looked over, "He kind of looks like him."
"What was his name?"
"The fifth farthest."
"Yes, Diwuyuan." Chen also clicked his tongue, "Could it be that Qi Huan knows him? Could it be that something happened in the Diwu family that involved him?"
The mark on Si Han's brow deepened. "Let's go to Beicheng to check tomorrow. Don't tell Qi Huan before we figure it out, so as not to scare him."
"Yes." The two people opposite nodded in unison.
"Chen Ye," Si Han paused and said, "Think of a way to stay in the restaurant to protect Qi Huan's safety in the next few days, just in case."
"Okay." Shen Ye agreed with a smile, just in time to eat more of the dishes made by the little chef.
Xiao Ba bit Si Han's sleeve and tugged, whimpering twice. Si Han frowned, cold as ice, "No, you will only cause trouble if you stay."
The rejected black ball turned around angrily and squatted at the corner of the table farthest from Si Han.
"Let's eat."
The kitchen door opened at the right time and Qi Huan came out pushing a small food cart.
Worried that everyone would be anxious waiting, he mostly cooked stir-fried dishes, such as lychee shrimp balls, twice-cooked pork, cold cucumber salad, braised fish fillet, salted egg yolk tofu, and mushroom eggs. The staple food was Yangzhou fried rice.
"It's too late today to prepare those time-consuming dishes, so please make do with this. There is also a dish of honey-roasted beast meat, which will be ready soon."
The braised fish has a crispy and steaming skin, and is covered with a rich amber sauce that is fragrant; the emerald green skin of the cucumber is covered with tiny crystal clear water droplets, as if it had just been washed by the spring rain, fresh and light; the tofu is as fine as solidified fat, and with golden egg yolk, it looks like it is inlaid with gold and jade, and is coated with translucent starch sauce, which makes it look even more tender and juicy; the most pleasing to the eye are of course the lychee shrimp balls, with heavy, round and plump 'lychees' hanging on the branches, like clouds and brocade, bright and dazzling.
"Wow, so many." Shen was also surprised by the pile of dishes in the car, his eyes shining, and helped to serve the dishes to the table.
"By the way, do you guys drink? I made some apricot wine a few days ago. It tastes sweet and sour. It’s not fully ready yet, but it’s drinkable." He added sugar and wine to the two boxes of Qin apricots to make a small jar of fruit wine. Yesterday, Quan Hai couldn’t help but want to try the taste. They tasted it and it was a mixture of sweet and sour, but the fruity aroma was still a little weak.
The potter was very interested when he heard this, "Let's try it."
"Everything in his shop is delicious. Even this plate of melon seeds is so tasty." Chen Ye was busy with his hands and his mouth was not idle either.
"This is my special cream plum flavor. It stimulates your appetite, but don't eat too much, as it may cause sore throat." Qi Huan reminded him after hearing this.
"Don't worry, the sentinel is strong." Shen didn't care, and suddenly found that there were two servings of lychee shrimp balls on the car, "Why are there two servings of this?"
"One portion is made specifically for Xiao Ba. It uses spotted beast meat, so it will taste even better." Qi Huan came back with a small wine jar and placed the plate with a slightly smaller portion in front of Hei Tuanzi. There were not enough lychee leaves on the plate, and he was afraid that it would swallow the leaves whole, so he simply placed the portion directly on the plate.
The black ball tilted its head with a happy look, and was about to swallow it in one bite, but was glanced at by Si Han. It shrank back aggrievedly, and lay on the table with its four paws spread out, but its eyes were still fixed on the shrimp ball in front of it.
Made a more delicious meal for Xiao Ba? Shen couldn't believe what he heard, and looked at Qi Huan with resentment. Why, their status is not as good as that spirit body?
Seeing the look in Chen Ye's eyes, he knew that he had misunderstood. Qi Huan, who was pouring wine for everyone, quickly explained, "No, I'm worried that there will be problems if you eat the spotted beast meat."
"Don't be so troublesome next time. Just use the tester to scan it." Shen Ye understood and took out an object from the bell. Qi Huan took a look and found that it was the 'mini ear thermometer' from last time.
The green ray flashed across the plate of lychee shrimp balls in front of Hei Tuanzi. Chen Ye smiled and said, "You see, as long as the ray doesn't turn red when it scans the food, it means it's okay to eat."
"Where can I buy it?" Qi Huan suddenly became interested. With this testing instrument, it would be convenient for him to test ingredients and cook in the future.
Xiao Ba couldn't help it, and while Si Han wasn't paying attention, he ate up all the shrimp balls in one bite. This time, he gave face and left the plate.
"This is specially made for the boss by the Si family's medical laboratory. Everyone in our team got one." Chen Ye looked at Si Han, then at Qi Huan. Just as he was about to hand the one over, his eyes swept across the display screen. He was slightly startled, then smiled and nudged the potter next to him with his arm, "Mine has a lot of scratches on it. Yours has never been used, so take it out and give it to him first."
The potter didn't waste any words and directly took out another tester and handed it to Qi Huan.
"No..." Qi Huan waved his hands, feeling so embarrassed.
"Take it. Consider it Xiao Ba's apology to you today. I'll ask the laboratory to make another one for him in a few days." Si Han took the tester and placed it next to Qi Huan's bowl without allowing any objection.
"Okay then. I won't be polite." Qi Huan didn't act pretentiously anymore. This thing was indeed very useful to him. He would find a way to repay this favor later.
There was a buzzing sound from the kitchen, and Qi Huan quickly stood up. "The honey-roasted beast meat should be ready. You guys eat first, I'll go get the dishes."
Seeing him enter the kitchen, Shen Ye immediately turned his tester around, with the display screen facing Si Han, and said in a low voice, "Boss, take a look, the value of this lychee shrimp ball seems to be a little wrong."
Si Han's eyes fell on the display screen and he was suddenly stunned.
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