Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 966 - 474: The Radicals

But Zhao Cheng'an stubbornly refused to go; Zhao Cheng'an was already one of the laziest at Zhiwei Restaurant, and upon awakening, he recovered memories of being even lazier in past lifetimes, now directly surpassing the existence of Tan Wei'an. According to Zhao Cheng'an, today's rest was pre-approved with his master, Master Zhou.

Initially, when he applied for leave, he reported two people. If Qin Huai returned to Hangzhou and went to work at Zhiwei Restaurant, where would it leave Zhao Cheng'an?

Zhao Cheng'an openly resisted this kind of workplace betrayal. If Qin Huai still wanted to hear the exciting experiences of Mayfly's past lifetimes, then he shouldn't go to work, give him 50 bucks, and make him some snacks.

Qin Huai indicated, "Buddy, you're overthinking it," and left the unfinished Dezhou Roasted Chicken and beef-pan mushrooms from the plane to Zhao Cheng'an, while he took the remaining half pot of clay pot shark fin soup home. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

In the evening, Qin Huai invited Tan Wei'an and An Youyou over for dinner.

With the tasks for Mayfly completed, Qin Huai began turning his attention to his beloved employee—the Three-legged Golden Toad.

Initially, Qin Huai didn't plan to tackle the Three-legged Golden Toad's tasks because all of An Youyou's tasks are main quests, which are somewhat difficult.

The three types of A+ Level snacks that can trigger buffs—Qin Huai couldn't make even one. It's not about the buff; it's that Qin Huai still can't independently make A+ Level snacks.

Even though Qin Huai recently had a big epiphany, allowing him to stabilize routine snacks at A- Level, A+ Level is still a very distant grade.

But compared to unfinished side quests, An Youyou's main quest seemed less difficult.

Qin Huai still had two uncompleted side quests, both from Shi Dadan. One was to make Four Happiness Rolls to his satisfaction, and the other was to find out the truth behind Xu Nuo's death. The former had limited Finger Skill levels, while the latter had even more limited deductive capabilities.

Qin Huai had long dropped Luo Jun to investigate, but the time was far away, and Xu Nuo wasn't a famous person when he was alive. Luo Jun's private detective had been working for so long without finding Jiang Weiming, let alone Xu Nuo, who had long since died.

One could say Luo Jun hired a private detective with inconsistent abilities—quick when investigating Qu Jing's past parents, sluggish when working on tasks for Qin Huai, hard to fathom.

With both main quests and side quests seeming out of reach, Qin Huai decided to focus on improving affection levels.

Affection levels are very important.

Especially when a spirit hasn't awakened.

Previously, Qin Huai rapidly increased Qu Jing's affection level, so after making E-Level Rice Cake Soup, Qu Jing could eat it without understanding why but feeling secure.

Recently, Qin Huai and Zhao Cheng'an established a strong friendship through workplace gossip, thus triggering tasks in Beiping smoothly; no matter what Qin Huai said or did, Zhao Cheng'an would handle it like he's having an episode.

Qin Huai believed his affection levels should also be high with Gong Liang and Wang Gen Sheng.

But with An Youyou, it's not so certain.

Qin Huai is An Youyou's Boss; for An Youyou, fear and the hope for a salary raise from him certainly outweighs friendship. Qin Huai had trouble grasping the right approach to improve An Youyou's affection level, so he rarely did, appearing occasionally for a shallow boost, then quickly disappearing.

On the way back, Qin Huai had a brief discussion with Zhao Cheng'an about this issue. Zhao Cheng'an felt Qin Huai was a bit afraid to take risks; "In life, just go for it."

Anyway, An Youyou wasn't in her final lifetime; even if a mistake in improving affection levels caused her to fail her tribulation, it wouldn't be entirely Qin Huai's fault. An Youyou had already failed her tribulation; Qin Huai meant well.

Tribulation crossing was originally the spirit's own matter; everything happening during it is part of the spirit's karma. The spirit is lucky to encounter Qin Huai with a systematic cheat. There's no need to be choosy; no one said the cheat had to be perfect.

Qu Jing and the others were timid because they always cared about many things. They have basic respect and fear for tribulation crossing and always think it's difficult, fearing any mistake or misstep might lead to irretrievable errors.

But for a spirit, what irretrievable errors could there be? At most, it's death, and who hasn't died before?

Zhao Cheng'an admired Luo Jun's attitude towards death, thinking if you don't have the courage to face death, what's the point of crossing a tribulation?

Even though Qin Huai thought Zhao Cheng'an's arguments were based on him being a Mayfly, they weren't without merit.

Compared to Zhao Cheng'an, both Luo Jun and Chen Huihong were considered conservatives.

Qin Huai decided to heed Zhao Cheng'an's advice, no longer worrying that the Three-legged Golden Toad's tribulation crossing failure was likely due to money, concerned that poor control over money would heighten failure possibilities for An Youyou's tribulation crossing.

Basically, while completing each spirit's tasks, Qin Huai would increase affection levels aggressively. There's no reason to forego his usual methods, timidly wasting the basic promotion, salary raise, and affection level boosting techniques just because he knows An Youyou's species and traits.

If you're going to give someone special treatment, do it openly and thoroughly; if you're going to promote and raise salaries, also do it openly and thoroughly.

Qin Huai thought he understood, even thought Zhao Cheng'an awakening had made him a philosopher.