[Ding! Redemption successful.]
Soon, streams of information flooded into Luo Chen's mind like a tidal wave. Luo Chen quickly stood still and accepted the transmission of this information.
Buzzing—
Almost at the same time, Luo Chen received a text message on his phone indicating that 500,000 yuan had been deducted from his account.
Luo Chen didn't care about money. He squinted for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, he was already confident in his cooking skills!
But soon, Luo Chen was dumbfounded.
The cooking skills I redeemed earlier, from the beginner to advanced level, did not include recipes for New Year's Eve dinner!
Coincidentally, the New Year's Eve dinner doesn't fall under the category of beginner to advanced cooking skills; it belongs to the higher level of intermediate to advanced cooking skills.
In the past, Luo Chen would have readily exchanged for an intermediate-level culinary skill manual, but... now, the War God Temple, with its ruthless and covetous eyes, is secretly watching him, constantly plotting to take his head.
Therefore, Luo Chen did not want to spend money on such unimportant skills.
"System, didn't I already possess the beginner-level mastery of cooking skills? Logically speaking, I shouldn't be like this now, unable to even understand a recipe, right?"
"You can't trick me again, can you?"
Luo Chen closed the recipe book, shut his eyes, and began communicating with the system.
[Replying to the host, the "Basic Mastery of Cooking" skill is merely an entry-level culinary ability. It can only help the host prepare some basic home-style dishes. Its principle is to implant the recipes into the host's brain through memorization, allowing for effortless and intuitive mastery. However, "Basic Mastery of Cooking" only replicates the basic recipes; it doesn't grant the host any culinary talent. Moreover… the host's culinary talent is truly terrible; it's perfectly normal that you can't understand recipes.]
Luo Chen: "..."
Who are you cursing? I'm asking you, who are you cursing!
"Luo Chen, what are you doing here?"
Luo Luo went into the kitchen and closed the door behind her. She saw Luo Chen come in but not come out for a long time, so she thought something had happened and came in to check.
"Oh, it's you."
Luo Chen opened his eyes, smiled at Luo Luo, and said, "I'm thinking about what dishes to make for New Year's Eve."
"Hmm... how about making dumplings?"
Lolo came over and offered an idea.
"Isn't it a bit too ordinary..."
Luo Chen said, "We can boil some dumplings and put them on the table so everyone can eat them if they want. But... we can't make a whole table of dumplings, that would be too dry."
"Yes, it is a bit strange to have a whole table full of dumplings."
Lolo looked up, thought for a moment, and then decisively rejected the idea.
"Then... how about I make poached chicken?"
Lolo took out her phone, scrolled through it for a while, and then made a suggestion.
"...Tell me the truth, have you ever cooked New Year's Eve dinner before? You just found the recipe for poached chicken on Baidu, didn't you?"
Luo Chen's lips twitched, and then he said, "White-cut chicken is the New Year's Eve dinner in Guangcheng, so it is only suitable for the light taste of Guangcheng people. We may not be able to get used to it."
"You found out."
Lolo scratched her cheek and smiled sheepishly.
"Let me show you some recipes for New Year's Eve dinner that I saved in the car earlier."
Luo Chen looked around but couldn't find his phone. He said, "Strange... Where's my phone? It was just here a moment ago."
Luo Chen glanced at the phone in Luo Luo's hand, and without saying a word, took the phone and said, "Luo Luo, use your phone for a moment, I want to show you how to make those dishes... Seriously, they're amazing, I'm telling you."
"Hey, no! No!"
Before Luo Luo could react, Luo Chen snatched her phone away. Immediately, Luo Luo's face turned pale with anxiety, and she stretched out her hands, trying to get the phone back.
"What are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Luo Chen stretched out one hand and held Luo Luo's head down, while holding up his phone with the other hand and looking at it curiously, completely ignoring Luo Luo's flailing hands.
"Mmm...ah...so good..."
Luo Chen is confused. Why are there short videos on Luo Luo's phone?
And it's a short video that's currently playing?
Even without sound, the subtitles alone are enough to fill in the blanks in one's mind, aren't they...?
"Give it back to me!"
Luo Luo broke free from Luo Chen's grasp, snatched the phone back, and hugged it to her chest, her cheeks flushed red, as if dripping blood.
"You... have grown up."
Luo Chen reached out and patted Luo Luo's shoulder, saying, "You've actually learned to read these things. It seems... you've become a mature woman."
"I... I was just curious, that's why I looked at it."
Luo Luo blushed and said in a voice barely audible, "Besides, I clicked the wrong thing just now and was about to switch back when you took their phone. I didn't even have time to react, okay?"
"Oh? Is that so?"
Luo Chen squinted at him and smiled maliciously, "From the day you became curious until now, how long have you been watching?"
"...I won't tell you, you pervert."
Lolo tilted her head and turned her face away angrily.
"You're the pervert, aren't you?"
Luo Chen grinned mischievously and said, "Tell me quickly, or... I'll tell everyone about this!"
"Don't tell!"
Luo Luo rushed over and covered Luo Chen's mouth, her little face full of anxiety. "If you tell anyone, I'll... I'll... never talk to you again!"
"Tsk tsk, what a harmless threat."
Luo Chen pursed his lips, his face almost twisted with laughter.
Luo Chen hadn't forgotten that this little girl had always liked to beat him up since she was little. You could say that Luo Chen was raised by Luo Luo.
But what about now?
But she developed this soft, girly personality.
To be honest, Luo Chen wasn't used to it.
Upon seeing Luo Luo, Luo Chen felt somewhat dazed.
It feels like just yesterday that Luo Luo, who had just returned to China with a rebellious look on her face.
It seems that... what happened with Ye Lin back then dealt a heavy blow to Luo Luo.
"how!"
Lolo's face flushed red, and she defiantly swung her fist.
Seeing this scene, Luo Chen felt a mix of emotions.
In the past, Luo Luo probably wouldn't have just been waving his fists; he would have beaten himself up instead.
Another long sigh.
Luo Chen felt somewhat helpless and didn't know how to offer any advice.
That incident did leave a deep psychological scar on Lolo.
At present, it seems we can only take it slowly.
[...]
Fuzhou, an international trade center.
"Holy crap, Feng-ge, you're not kidding, are you? All these iPhones are for us?"
Wu Yuan's mouth dropped open in disbelief. "These are all the latest model Fruit 14s this year! Each one costs eight thousand yuan. You just picked out three of them like you were buying vegetables at the market?"
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