Chapter 036 Chapter 36

At around ten o'clock in the evening on October 7, before the 11 o'clock curfew at the Binda dormitory, Chu Bingbing and Gu Jiasui rushed back to the dormitory dragging their suitcases.

"Huh! I'm on time! I'm so tired." Chu Bingbing pushed the box into the dormitory, took a long breath and sat down on the ergonomic chair.

Gu Jiasui walked slowly and took off his coat, with a little sweat on his neck.

"You're all back. Hurry up and wash up. Do you all have morning classes tomorrow?" Yi Zhi greeted them.

Ah Yan came back in the afternoon. Although Ding Ling stayed in school like her during the holidays, he was also elusive every day and disappeared at any time. The two of them often met each other in the dormitory.

Yi Zhi herself also went out a lot, and she had to admit that the egg fried rice at A Yan's boyfriend's roommate's house was really delicious. Even for someone who thought that food could fill her stomach and meet her basic needs, she couldn't help but go to Chu's Restaurant several times.

Ah Yan poked his head out from behind the bed curtains, greeted the two of them, and then fell back down.

She and Juejue slept well in the hotel, and used the hotel's laundry room to wash and dry some clothes. They did not return to school until after dinner.

After putting away the things in her backpack, Ah Yan felt that she had lost all her strength and lay on the bed with her legs spread out. Although she had only lived in this bed in the dormitory for less than a month, she had already become accustomed to it. After all, her own bed was more comfortable!

After traveling outside for several days, Yan felt that he needed to slowly recover at school this week. His current state was a bit sluggish.

Chu Bingbing sat on the chair for a while, and then she and Gu Jiasui began to pack up.

"There are so many people in the capital. I even tried some soy milk. It tasted amazing."

While complaining, she placed the souvenirs she and Suishun bought on the public table in the dormitory.

"I bought some pastries. They're delicious, but you'll feel sick if you eat too much. They have a limited shelf life, so I ate them when I was hungry in the middle of the night to prevent them from going bad." Chu Bingbing didn't buy the Beijing Eight Pieces gift box sold at tourist attractions. Instead, she bought a few pastries that she had eaten in the hotel, such as hawthorn cake and yam roll, and brought them back.

"I bought some cultural and creative bookmarks at the Forbidden City." Gu Jiasui also brought some souvenirs.

Ah Yan, who was lying on the bed, slowly raised her head at this moment. Oh no, she forgot to bring any souvenirs.

The main reason was that there was really nothing she could bring back from the two places she visited. One was a village in the mountains, and the other was a town in the desert. The tourist areas had not been developed yet, and she couldn't just bring back a bottle of sand.

Ding Ling rushed back at the last minute of the dormitory curfew, holding a large handful of mooncakes in various sizes in her arms.

"Xiao Lingdang, where did you get this? Was this mooncake shop clearing out their stock?" Chu Bingbing watched her throw all the mooncakes in her arms on the table and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"No." Ding Ling wiped the sweat that didn't exist.

"My friend couldn't finish it, so he asked me to bring it back."

In fact, these mooncakes of various brands and sizes, which are not cheap, are Mid-Autumn Festival gifts distributed by the Special Case Team, as well as offerings sent by the school staff from Mingzhi Hall.

Senior Shen Hui and her friends claimed that they were tired of eating them and that the mooncakes would go bad otherwise, so they gave all the mooncakes they couldn't finish to her to take away.

"The Mid-Autumn Festival is over. No one eats mooncakes anymore. How long can we eat them?" Chu Bingbing shook her head. She really didn't like eating this stuff. It was high in oil and sugar. She didn't eat it much when she was a child, and she ate even less as she grew older.

"You can have it as breakfast. You can eat it when you are hungry. Mooncakes will still make you feel full." Ding Ling said.

She could smell the scent in the dormitory and knew that Ah Yan had returned, and she felt inexplicably relieved.

Yi Zhi had already unwrapped a piece of pepper and salt mooncake and started eating it. It tasted sweet and salty. She gave it a thumbs up and said, "It's delicious."

This kind of high-calorie food is a good thing in the end times, especially at the beginning of the end times. A small piece of aged mooncake can provide a lot of energy and is very popular.

Yi Zhi ate a mooncake and unwrapped the cakes that Chu Bingbing brought back. "It tastes sour and sweet. The more I eat this hawthorn cake, the more appetizing it becomes."

Seeing Yi Zhi eating with gusto, A Yan was called out of bed after lying down for a while to eat pastries together.

"I really didn't get much when I went to those two places. I'll bring them to you next time." Ah Yan felt a little embarrassed.

"What's the big deal? It's okay." Chu Bingbing waved her hands. Ah Yan was going to do business, otherwise who would go to such a deserted place to travel.

Gu Jiasui and Chu Bingbing were a little hungry after flying for several hours. She didn't touch the mooncakes, but picked up a piece of kidney bean cake and ate it slowly.

She looked at A Yan silently, but ultimately did not ask the question in her heart at this moment.

Tomorrow she will go out to attend classes with Ah Yan, and then she can try to make some indirect suggestions.

Ah Yan had no idea about this. Before going to bed, Yi Zhi looked at his phone and suddenly announced a good news to his roommates.

"Chu Shen said he could bring some fried rice tomorrow morning. Who wants it?"

"Me." Chu Bingbing signed up immediately.

"I want them all, and I want some side dishes too." A Yan raised his hand.

"I want one too." Ding Ling and Gu Jiasui followed closely.

They haven’t had egg fried rice for more than a week. Now that the chef has offered to take it out, what are they waiting for?

"Chu Shen said OK, he will bring the portions for two dormitories tomorrow. I have transferred the money to him, and I will collect the payment in the group later." Yi Zhi said.

"Yi Zhi, how many days have you been eating there?" Ah Yan was a little curious. She had seen the restaurant photos that Yi Zhi posted during the holidays, and now it seemed that Yi Zhi had become familiar with Chu Shen.

"Ahem, I was only gone for six days." Yi Zhi was a little embarrassed. Except for the day when she took over from Jinpu, she would go out early on the other days to report to Chu's Restaurant.

To be honest, if she didn't have enough confidence in herself and was sure that there was nothing special in Chu Shen's fried rice, she would have thought that she was being mentally controlled.

Ah Yan gave a thumbs up on the bed: "Awesome. Didn't he come up with any new dishes?"

Although the egg fried rice is good, I also want to try other dishes.

"No. The store is always packed with people just for one dish of fried rice." Yi Zhi said.

"No, no, let's not talk about the fried rice for now. I'm starting to drool and I'm feeling hungry. I absolutely cannot eat tonight." Chu Bingbing stopped talking immediately.

If we continue talking, I'm afraid we won't be able to sleep tonight because of all the fried rice with glutinous eggs.

Yi Zhi went to Chu's Restaurant for six days, not just to eat egg fried rice. She ate it once a day so that she could confirm that Chu Shen's egg fried rice was made without cutting corners, from ingredients to cooking. In addition, based on her observation of the restaurant's customer flow, she thought she should get to know Chu Shen first, and then consider whether they could cooperate on some food issues.

There are really a lot of ingredients in her space!

Especially after depositing part of the gold bars in the bank and transferring part to the space, her small space started to upgrade again, and the upgrade has not been completed until now.

Yi Zhi now couldn't imagine how big her space would become. Her own manpower was limited. She was afraid that she would never be able to finish cultivating all the black soil. It was simply impossible!

For this purpose, she has racked her brains to get rid of the food that is currently stuck in the space, but Chu Shen only sells egg fried rice now, which really makes Yi Zhi a little worried.

The next morning, Chu Sheng had just walked into the school gate from the subway carrying a huge backpack when he ran into Yi Zhi who was waiting there.

"You're here so early?" He was stunned when he saw Yi Zhi.

"I get up every day to run. Just give me the one in our dormitory. You don't have to send me there."

Yi Zhi took two three-layer pink lunch boxes from Chu Shen, which were exactly the same as the ones Ah Yan brought back last time.

She ran off with two lunch boxes in her hands. "It can't leak, right? I'll go back quickly while it's still warm. Everyone is waiting."

Chu Shen wanted to say something to her, but he saw the handsome young woman in front of him striding away with the food in her hand, as elegant as the wind.

It's obvious from the look of him that he can't wait to eat.

Chu Shen silently put on his backpack, which had been lightened by half, and tried to run like Yi Zhi. Halfway through the run, he decided to walk back. He called out in the dormitory group in advance, and asked these animals to hurry down to get their food.

He was very tired after sitting on the subway all the way holding it!

In dormitory 320, five girls were happily eating egg fried rice. Chu Bingbing hit Yi Zhi on the shoulder with a playful look on her face.

"Zhizhi, you've worked hard."

Although it was the first day after the holiday, everyone felt hopeful after eating egg fried rice.

Male dormitory 414,

The roommates who received the egg fried rice from Chu Shen transferred money to him one after another. Even though the roommate's family ran a restaurant, they couldn't get a small portion of egg fried rice for free.

Ye Ping'an looked at Chu Shen's half-empty backpack with some surprise.

"Did you go to the girls' dormitory to deliver it first?"

I don't think Chu Shen will take the initiative to go to Zhu Jue's target again.

Chu Shen rolled his eyes when he heard what he said, "What are you thinking? As soon as I entered the school gate, Yi Zhi was waiting there. The strong woman carrying the lunch box ran much faster than me."

"Looking at that speed, Brother Fan is the only one in our dormitory who has the physique to compete with him."

"Yi Zhi? Oh, I know. She's from Ayan's dormitory. She's an all-around female warrior at the Agricultural College who became famous during military training. She's almost perfect in shooting." Ye Ping'an is well-informed.

"I heard that your family seems to be in the military, right Zhu Jue? Didn't you and your partner also enter the military training skills finals?" Ye Ping'an said casually.

From the military? Lin Fan moved his ears. My dear, he had concealed his strength during the previous military training, but he did hear that there was a fierce girl among the freshmen this year. He didn't know which military region this female comrade was from.

"I'm not sure either." Zhu Jue shook his head.

"Brother Jue can only remember information about his target in his brain. It's no use asking him." Yuan Ye joked.

"I think it's because Yi Zhi puts a lot of pressure on people. She came to the store to eat these few days, and last night she asked me if I could do some takeout, and I didn't dare to refuse." Chu Shen smiled bitterly.

He could obviously turn a cold face and ignore other diners, but Yi Zhi's pressure was too strong. It was hard to describe the feeling. He obviously had no bad intentions, but he always felt that it would be a bit dangerous if he rejected her request.

Moreover...Yizhi looked very cheerful, serious and cherished when eating in the store.

Although other diners felt the same way, Yi Zhi gave people a very special feeling, as if he had been really hungry for a long time. It was not just because the egg fried rice was delicious, but because he cherished any food very much.

"I think you are feeling romantic, Brother Shen." Ye Ping'an joked.

"No, no, no, don't talk nonsense and don't tarnish the girl's innocence. She is the kind of person who looks very powerful, a tall and handsome female warrior. I just want to kneel down and call her big sister. I like sweet girls." Chu Shen stopped talking immediately with a serious face.

When boys talk about girls, they can't help but talk about both sexes. Not to mention that Yizhi is not his type, the other party probably looks down on ordinary people. It's better to say less about this topic, in case the roommates start a commotion and cause misunderstanding.

Upon seeing this, Ye Pingan immediately stopped teasing, but Yuan Ye was so curious that he searched the school's official account, and sure enough, he found the handsome lady Yi Zhi they mentioned in the military training special.

"If nothing else, you're really handsome." He held up his phone. In the military training special, there were individual photos of Yi Zhi with different skills, including target shooting, first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and group photos. In the group photo, although everyone was wearing military training uniforms, she still had an upright posture and high spirits, which made people notice her at a glance.

Except for Chu Shen and Zhu Jue, who had met Yi Zhi in person, the other roommates went over to look at the photos out of curiosity.

"Brother Jue, it seems that the girls you date are all hot topics in the dormitory. Some are all-rounders in military training, and some are big stars." Ye Ping'an sighed.

Zhu Jue thought to himself that you guys are not bad either, but he just responded indifferently.

"Binda has a good source of students. All students are outstanding, selected from the best talents in various cities. It's normal, right?"

Xiao Qingnang, who had been silent all this time, gave him a thumbs up and praised everyone with one sentence.

While talking, several people did not forget to eat. Chu Shen quietly looked at the system display.

Chu Shen:!!!

It’s going up!

Zhu Jue and A Yan's favorability rating has increased again!

Sure enough, he guessed that they hadn't eaten egg fried rice for more than a week, and having a bite during the holiday would help them gain favorability!

It has increased by another five points. Everyone now has ten points of favorability.

Oh, heaven and earth, you're not going to suddenly fall down like a jumping jack, are you?

At this moment, Chu Shen looked at Zhu Jue with eyes full of emotion.

Good brother, this proves that the strategy of giving away egg fried rice is effective and can be used consistently! Keep sticking to it!

Send! Keep sending!

Yuan Ye noticed his look and felt a little uneasy. If Chu Shen hadn't said that he liked sweet girls, this kind of passionate gaze at the same sex could easily be misunderstood!

"Master Chef, I have detected that the progress of the special mission favorability strategy is 10. You can activate the phased settlement mission reward. Do you want to activate it?"

The Kitchen God System suddenly rang in his ears and mind. Chu Shen was stunned. Is it possible to do this for a phased settlement?

So can he get the reward if he reaches 10% now?

"Open. What are the interim rewards?" he couldn't help but ask.

Is it because this pair is too difficult to conquer? So the special mission has been upgraded to a long-term mission? Otherwise, if there is no sweetness, he might really give up.

"The long river of cooking is opened. The descendants of the cooking god can enter the parallel universe to learn from the master."

Chu Shen was stunned after listening to the system's words.

"The long river of cooking? Learn from a master? Do you mean that I can go to the world of "The Little Cook"? Or do you mean that I can go back thousands of years to find a chef to learn how to butcher an ox?"

“The descendants of the culinary gods can go to the long river of culinary history to improve their learning, but they cannot enter the fantasy world.”

"This, isn't this time travel? Then can I go to the Song Dynasty to learn Dongpo pork from Mr. Dongpo? Go to Mapo to learn Mapo tofu? What about my identity?" Chu Shen murmured in his heart.

"The cooking space is for the descendants of the God of Cooking to hone their skills. You will be provided with a legitimate identity in that space. Whether you can learn anything depends on the descendants of the God of Cooking themselves."

Does this mean... soul traveling?

"Then when can I enter the kitchen space-time? Tonight?" Chu Shen couldn't wait to try it.

“The opening of the Kitchen River space is a phased reward. We hope the descendants of the Kitchen God will continue to perform well.”

Chu Shen was immediately choked by the system. It turned out that it couldn't be used after just turning it on. Does this mean that he has to continue to improve the favorability of Zhu Jue and Ayan?

Such an important function, such a special space, actually has to be unlocked bit by bit through this special mission.

Chu Shen felt extremely anxious, thinking that this was a trap set by the system for him to continue to improve his favorability.

It was already so difficult for him to gain these ten points of favorability, so when would he be able to enter the culinary world at the next stage?

...

Ah Yan and Gu Jiasui went to the teaching building together for class. She only had time to read the latest news in Bincheng last night.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the birthday banquet of the grandfather of the Lu family in Bincheng was grand, with celebrities gathering. The "Lan Mo" that Gu Jiasui presented on the spot was enjoyed by the grandparents and grandchildren. The birthday banquet photos posted by Lu Jianian caused a heated discussion again. Fans called her the daughter of the Lu family. However, because the C position of the birthday banquet photo was the old couple of the Lu family holding Gu Jiasui sitting together, another round of bloody storm started on the Internet. Lu Jianian's fans accused the old man of being partial.

This happened almost a week ago, and Ah Yan had a late dinner. At that time, she was still in the desert watching Xu Jiaojiao, reporting her safety as usual, and because of the poor signal, she didn't read the online news much. But looking at Gu Jiasui's appearance, she was not affected at all.

Chu Bingbing and Gu Jiasui came back together last night, and Ah Yan remembered from Java in his mind the matter of Bingbing donating the Zhou Dynasty emperors' handscroll to the Forbidden City.

But when A Yan searched last night, there was no relevant information. The official press release and morning news only reported it this morning. While eating breakfast, A Yan secretly glanced at the news and found that it had become a hot search.

#A lady donated the national treasure "Handscroll of Zhou Dynasty Emperors" to the Palace Museum# has aroused heated discussions on various platforms.

"Handwritings from three generations of emperors and a princess! Oh my god, I want to see it as soon as it's on display!"

"Please show it quickly and protect it well. Thank you to this lady for sharing this good thing with everyone. I hope the palace can be more generous and not hide this thing from everyone."

"Ahhh, the Jianing style! Another authentic work. I can't wait to see it."

According to Chu Bingbing's request, no personal information about her was disclosed in the press release.

"Ayan." As they were walking, Gu Jiasui beside her suddenly called her. Ayan turned her head and asked, "What's wrong, Suisui?"

Gu Jiasui asked in a relaxed tone, as if casually asking, "I see you practice calligraphy and painting. Do you like the Jianing style?"

Ah Yan's mind suddenly became clear. Why did Gu Jiasui suddenly ask himself this question?

Isn't she Jia Ning? Although Ah Yan didn't dare to confirm it 100%, it was already 90% certain in Ah Yan's mind.

When it comes to "Princess Jia Ning" herself, she certainly can't say she doesn't like her.

"I like it." Ah Yan said with a smile.

"Who among those who learn calligraphy doesn't like the Jianing style?"

Gu Jiasui smiled when he heard this, "I thought you didn't like it, so you gave me the chance to go to the Forbidden City with Bingbing. It's a rare opportunity to see the emperor's scroll up close."

Ah Yan's heart was alarmed. It turned out to be about this matter! Gu Jiasui's words were meant to test him.

Her expression remained unchanged, and she blinked her eyes. "I've seen it before. That time we accompanied Bingbing to the auction, and we had seen the imperial scroll up close. Besides, I have to go out during the holidays, so I don't have time to make it. The calligraphy you gave me before was obviously a copy of the Jianing style, and it was so well written that if the handwriting wasn't so new, it would be mistaken for the real thing. You can tell you've practiced for many years."

"Compared to me, I don't like you so much, so it's obvious that this opportunity is better for you."

Ah Yan answered very frankly. Regarding the speculation about Gu Jiasui's identity, she speculated that she was either Princess Jianing or a fan of Princess Jianing who also came from ancient times.

In any case, this opportunity to see the Zhou Dynasty emperor's handscroll is better than having already seen it once. No matter whether Gu Jiasui goes to see her own old things or to see the original work of her idol, A Yan thinks such an opportunity is always better for her.

"Besides, there's also the cultural relics-related program that Sister Lin Lu mentioned. If you go, you'll kill two birds with one stone." Ah Yan spoke with great rationality.

Gu Jiasui was stunned. After listening to the two reasons given by Ah Yan, she felt that they were so reasonable that a smile appeared in her eyes. Is that so?

She said helplessly, "You did such a good thing, why didn't you say anything?"

If Ah Yan hadn't mentioned it to Chu Bingbing, Chu Bingbing would have no idea about the complexity involved.

Ah Yan rubbed his chin nonchalantly, "This opportunity originally belonged to Bingbing, and it has nothing to do with me. Besides, it can be considered a surprise for you. Are you surprised or not? Are you surprised or not?"

She stretched out her right hand and suddenly opened it in front of Gu Jiasui's eyes, as if flipping out a palm flower.

Gu Jiasui looked at her childish appearance and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "You, you, I thought..."

Ah Yan's ears twitched, and her heart sank. What did she think? Could it be that Gu Jiasui was so foolish as to think that he knew her identity?

Ah Yan continued to play dumb, "What do you think?"

Gu Jiasui looked at the confusion in her eyes and shook his head gently, "Nothing."

It turned out that she was overthinking it.

Ah Yan, what can she say? She does good deeds without leaving a name, and gives favors without thinking about it. Such a carefree and relaxed character is also suitable for a good girl raised in modern times.

Otherwise, with such a personality, she carefully recalled her past life, but could not find any noble lady in the capital with such a lovely personality in her memory.

She had few contacts with people of her time, so whenever she appeared at a banquet, the whole place was filled with compliments to the princess. Even the girls who were playing with each other in the garden privately behaved in a dignified and elegant manner in front of her, trying to be like the princess.

Therefore, Gu Jiasui could not find any old friend with a personality like Ah Yan in his memory. If they had only met once or twice at banquets, poetry gatherings, flower viewing parties, or boat rides, he would have no idea.

During the morning class, Gu Jiasui felt really confused. She quietly let go of some of her suspicions, but also felt a little disappointed that was difficult to express.

His deskmate had a different opinion. Ah Yan looked up and seemed to be listening carefully, but in fact he was frantically recalling the conversation he had just had with Gu Jiasui on the road.

Did she make any mistakes at that time? Should my answer be correct? Should Gu Jiasui's suspicion of me disappear?

The whole day was full of classes. It was not until the seventh or eighth class that Ah Yan and Zhu Jue got together after they had dinner and took a walk. She whispered to him the news of the day.

Ah Yan patted his chest and said, "I was so scared. Today was another day where I relied on my perfect acting skills to get by. I almost thought I was exposed."

She and Juejue re-examined the logic behind what they had said to Suisui that morning. It was a perfect explanation with perfect coordination.

"It should be fine." Zhu Jue said.

Ayan and Zhu Jue were holding hands and talking as they walked on the familiar campus path. Ayan looked up and saw two figures coming towards him.

A very familiar slender figure with a halo above her head - it was Gu Jiasui, whom the two had just been discussing. The man in a suit who was standing at a certain distance from her also looked familiar.

Ah Yan was slightly stunned: "Gu Jiasui and that Professor Su?"

Isn't this the guy she secretly criticized for being the hero who saved the beauty but was overshadowed by her?

How did these two get together?