Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 961 - 471: Worthy of a Mayfly

Zhao Cheng'an and Xia Mubing stayed in the kitchen for a long time.

The soundproofing of Fen Garden's kitchen is quite good. Once the main door is closed, unless the voices inside are particularly loud, you can't hear a word from outside.

Qin Huai and Zhang Guanghang stood outside like two door gods, unable to hear anything from inside for half a day. After standing guard for a while, Qin Huai felt bored and wanted to take out his phone from his pocket to play with it.

He reached for it.

Where's my phone?

My phone is so big??

I've been carrying it in my pocket all the time, it's always by my side, so where is it???

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About 20 minutes later, the kitchen door opened, and Zhao Cheng'an poked his head out from behind the door. Under Zhang Guanghang's suspicious gaze, Zhao Cheng'an, as if saying "don't actually scam me, Fen Garden is not outside the law," beckoned Qin Huai over sneakily: "Qin Huai, you come in first."

Then Zhao Cheng'an apologized and smiled at Zhang Guanghang: "Master... Master Zhang, could you please wait outside for a little longer? We have other things to talk about."

It was evident that Zhao Cheng'an still hadn't remembered Zhang Guanghang's full name.

Qin Huai walked into the kitchen.

Xia Mubing was sitting on a small stool in the kitchen, gnawing on Zhao Cheng'an's not-so-tasty brown sugar bun. When Qin Huai came in, Xia Mubing kindly smiled at him—not a senior to junior kind of smile, but more like a friendly greeting—which made Qin Huai feel flattered.

"What did you talk about?" Qin Huai quietly asked Zhao Cheng'an first.

"Qin Huai, don't worry, you can say anything, you can even speak up loud, I've said everything!" Zhao Cheng'an said proudly.

Qin Huai: ... Your mayfly possession after-effect is much more severe than Chen Huihong's. Great, once we return to Zhiwei Restaurant, I won't be Zhiwei's only lunatic. Brother, you appear to be even crazier than me.

"What do you mean by everything?" Qin Huai still asked cautiously.

"Everything just means everything!" Zhao Cheng'an said, "Including how you've always been honest with us about having a system. We used to think it was just your imagination that your mind was troubled. Now thinking about it, that system should be real. Wow, Qin Huai, you're really much smarter than me. I never thought of being this authentic. Had I known, I would have told Master the first time that I was a mayfly."

Qin Huai: ...

Qin Huai looked at Xia Mubing with disbelief: "So, Master Xia, you've accepted everything?"

Qin Huai pointed at Zhao Cheng'an: "He's a mayfly, here in the human world for tribulations, he's reincarnated countless times and just restored his memories upon awakening."

"Seven times. I'm in my eighth life now. If nothing unexpected happens, the next life will be my last," Zhao Cheng'an added.

Qin Huai: ? Brother, even if you're a mayfly, may I ask you how you manage this? Your senior brother is still alive in this world, and you've already reincarnated seven times. Isn't this reincarnation speed a bit too fast? Even if you mayflies are skilled at failing, you're a bit too skilled, aren't you?

Qin Huai was stumped by Zhao Cheng'an's words, then pointed at himself and continued: "I have a game system, there's really a system. This game system can assign me tasks, unlock spirit entries. Besides Zhao Cheng'an, I've already met many spirits."

Xia Mubing watched Qin Huai calmly, with an expression of "continue, please."

"You can accept this too?" Qin Huai almost yelled out, thinking the world has truly flipped.

Xia Mubing's level of acceptance is indeed too... high. Accepting Zhao Cheng'an could be counted as having a disciple filter, but accepting his having a system counts as what? As Teacher Xia's years of enjoying novels?

"Do you... usually enjoy reading novels?" Qin Huai asked tentatively.

"I don't read." Xia Mubing said, "I don't like reading books."

"Then how can you accept this?" Qin Huai was now the one unable to accept it. For so long, others had accepted him as a lunatic, and he didn't mind. Now, with roles reversed, Qin Huai suddenly realized that Zheng Siyuan, Tan Wei'an, and others were actually very accepting.

They must have endured quite a lot during these times.

"What's there that can't be accepted?" Xia Mubing wore a face of "you young folks love making a big fuss, really haven't seen the world," "I've lived over ninety years, what have I not seen? Although I don't quite understand what A Sheng said about a system, it should be similar to ghost possession. If A Sheng is a monster reincarnated, Xiao Qin, you being possessed by a ghost can also be accepted."

Qin Huai: ...

Ghost possession...

Game system, look at you, you've become so useless that you're equated with ghost possession.

Zhao Cheng'an looked at Qin Huai with bright eyes: "Qin Huai, you go first."

"Alright then..."

Qin Huai very deftly began the introduction work for new members, speaking while occasionally observing Xia Mubing's expression. It's not that Qin Huai was making a big fuss—he's simply not used to introducing spirits and systems with a pure human around.

Zhao Cheng'an kept nodding, while Xia Mubing listened calmly without any expression, just like listening to a story. Once Qin Huai finished, Zhao Cheng'an added explanations, telling Qin Huai about how Chen Qiusheng self-immolated after he died, and also why Xia Mubing's acceptance level was so high.

Because Zhao Cheng'an's first lifetime was full of revelations.

Luo Jun, Shi Dadan, even if they understood mayflies, their understanding was just hearsay, because mayflies are very rare spirits even on their side, only knowing that mayflies aim for failed tribulations without knowing the specific operations of mayfly tribulations.