Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1019 - 497: Everything Is Ready (Part 2)

Of course, when packing snacks for Ouyang, he can't eat them right away, only sneaking a few bites in between shaking the milk tea. As the boss of Xiao Ou Handmade Lemon Tea Store and the sole possessor of the four beverage secret recipes, Ouyang opens his eyes every day to start mixing drinks, achieving hand muscle workout just by shaking milk tea.

Once tasting the bitterness of failed entrepreneurship, being criticized as a prodigal son, and restricted in spending, forced to live miserably as a destitute second-generation rich kid and occasionally scrounging some cards or vouchers from his parents, Ouyang, now experiencing the success of entrepreneurship, earning gold coins daily, finds it tiring.

Previously, when Ouyang was broke, he could sit at Yunzhong Restaurant eating snacks every day. Now that his pals are thriving, he can no longer afford snacks.

Whenever Ouyang shakes milk tea and thinks about this, he swallows the tears in his heart.

Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo.

It's too bitter, comforting his wounded soul with a sip of milk tea and a bite of Papaya Cake.

Damn, eating such high-sugar, high-calorie foods again today, I'll have to exercise at the gym tonight.

Whatever, it doesn't matter, another bite.

Growing increasingly robust, sprinting along the path of a strong man, Ouyang ate two more bites of the snacks.

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Qin Huai spent five peaceful days making snacks at Yunzhong Restaurant. During these five days, he didn't do anything else, didn't get close to Wang Gen Sheng, didn't see Luo Jun.

Occasionally Chen Huihong would come to Yunzhong Restaurant to chat, but Qin Huai couldn't say much, as Zhao Cheng'an would be lazily slacking off and chatting extensively with Chen Huihong.

Every day Qin Huai had to make several rounds of the listed snacks, one batch after another, twelve kinds per batch, small in quantity but diverse in variety.

Besides perfecting the quality of the twelve kinds of snacks, Qin Huai was also practicing their combination.

He wants to produce the most suitable quantity in the shortest time, preferably adding more other snacks to the mix, so it won't seem odd to have only these twelve kinds at the tea party.

Gong Liang is a smart person, but he's an intelligent man who's never attended a proper tea party.

If the first tea party Gong Liang attends has a table arranged with dozens or twenty kinds of snacks dazzlingly displayed, Gong Liang will assume every tea party is of this standard, including twelve snacks he loves because of Qin Huai's special consideration for him.

Even when Qin Huai was in Gusu, he often gave special consideration to Gong Liang, which Gong Liang should be quite accustomed to.

Qin Huai's goal is to make this special care seem normal, allowing Gong Liang to perceive Qin Huai as naturally capable of producing the most snacks in the shortest time at a tea party, without appearing to intentionally create so many snacks for ulterior motives.

Also, Qin Huai must strictly control the snack-making time, ensuring the time is never long. If prolonged, Qin Huai and Zhao Cheng'an would genuinely become chefs making snacks at the tea party, not participants. It wouldn't do for tea party goers to abstain from gossip or sipping tea, burying themselves in the kitchen making snacks.

Simultaneously, to prevent Gong Liang from discovering Qin Huai has been practicing these twelve kinds of snacks, the snacks Qin Huai practices are absolutely never for sale. Even the most informed Xu Tuqiang doesn't know why Master Qin spends half the day every afternoon just producing a small amount of snacks, mainly because most snacks aren't put out for sale.

A small portion of these non-sale snacks ends up in the stomachs of Qin Huai and He Cheng, and the rest are packed and sent to Ouyang, Luo Jun, Qu Jing, Chen Huihong, and Wang Gen Sheng, his staunch allies.

Incidentally, Qu Jing is quite busy these days. Qu Jing has fully integrated into the side of his former life's biological parents. Though the myth of strange power isn't credible, under Qu Jing's hint, the biological parents of his previous life firmly believe Qu Jing is their daughter reincarnated.

And they couldn't quite resist telling other relatives at home about it.

Qu Jing's uncles certainly don't believe it, but they don't mind treating Qu Jing as an adopted junior, having reached an age where indulging in their world seems harmless.

In the past two days, Qu Jing's eldest uncle celebrated his birthday, and as a newly minted junior, Qu Jing frequently runs to that side and dines with the family. Sometimes, even when Chen Huihong delivers fruit to Qu Jing's home, she doesn't meet him, and Qu Jing rarely participates in group chat topics.

Seeing Qu Jing immersed in joy, nobody says much. As long as Qu Jing remains firm in his heart, according to Shi Dadan, living indulgently during humanity's last lifetime is just fine, whatever happens.

Zhao Cheng'an agrees with Shi Dadan, expressing the same sentiment applies to their kind, Mayfly.

Qin Huai instructs him to stop daydreaming, quit slacking off with his phone, and hurry back to make snacks.

In the crucial task of gathering snacks at the tea party, Qin Huai can't accomplish it alone; Zhao Cheng'an must contribute, for whom else but the two snack masters at the tea party?

Zhao Cheng'an: QAQ

Under Qin Huai's rigorous practice, he feels it's time to try a formal tea party with everyone present.

Success isn't a concern, as this side quest is evidently not time-limited— as long as Gong Liang and Cheng Gong haven't left Shan City, there's time to complete the task.

Moreover, provided Luo Jun's listed inventory has no issues, and the snacks Gong Liang desires are indeed within these twelve kinds, considering Qin Huai's current B-level to A-level snack-making skills, the chance of mishaps is practically negligible.