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Chapter 171 Acquired Two More Skills! [Second Update]

Li Younan got into the car and sighed slightly. Liu Yu was really not very considerate. He had cooked a whole table of dishes at their house, but he hadn't even heard a "why don't you stay for a while" kind of offer. After finishing the meal, Liu Yu couldn't wait to kick him out.

We had already made an agreement with this guy beforehand; this was their plan.

Liu Yu's idea was to have Li Younan secretly cook a few meals for his sister, and then one day tell her that the food was actually made by Li Younan.

In this way, there is a high probability that a seed will be planted in his sister's subconscious: See, things outside are not actually dangerous.

If all goes well, he will be able to officially meet his sister next.

This was Li Younan's first visit to Liu Yu's home. To his surprise, although Liu Yu was now considered wealthy, having owned a company and easily earning eight figures a year, they lived in an old neighborhood.

Their house is not small, more than 150 square meters, and it was left by his parents before they passed away.

According to Liu Yu, her younger sister didn't want to move to another place, so she has been living there ever since.

When Li Younan went in, the furnishings in the room looked a bit old, probably a continuation of what his parents used to live in.

Liu Li was in the room directly opposite the kitchen, and she didn't come out the whole time.

Looking back now, Li Younan still feels a little sad.

He also felt that the world was truly amazing, with all sorts of strange and unusual diseases.

Liu Li, setting aside her education, is an outstanding girl no matter how you look at it. If her brother didn't have the "brotherly love" bias, she would also be a pretty cute girl... and yet she's trapped in that tiny space.

Liu Li is still so young; she's only 20 years old.

It would be quite pitiful to think that one could never step out of that room for the rest of their life.

While cooking, I overheard Liu Li and her brother's conversation, especially that loud, spoiled tone of hers, which didn't annoy anyone at all.

Li Younan clearly heard a hidden resilience, as if the tone was being used to say to her brother, "Brother, see, I'm not that fragile, you don't need to worry."

However, it was a little disappointing that although Liu Yu had asked him before if he wanted to see his sister, he still didn't see her in person after wandering around their house this time. He did hear her voice, though, which was good.

For the next few days, Li Younan and Liu Yu cooked for Liu Li every day as agreed.

Li Younan was eager to show off his cooking skills, so every time he went there, he would bring some carefully selected ingredients, a random mix of all kinds.

The dishes they prepared weren't exactly rare or unusual, but they were mostly niche dishes that are hard to find in everyday home cooking, and some were even only sold in high-end restaurants.

Liu Yu's kitchen was limited in facilities, but this did not affect Li Younan at all.

During this process, Liu Yu was somewhat speechless. Then one day he couldn't help but say, "Actually, you don't need to make such complicated dishes. Just make some normal dishes."

Li Younan knew that Liu Yu was having some trouble explaining this to his sister, since their aunt had never cooked these dishes before, especially the braised abalone and pork belly dish he was making. Mastering the cooking time was extremely difficult and was the standard for many seafood restaurants.

However, Li Younan wanted to make things difficult for Liu Yu, so he said in a serious tone, "How can that be? Do I look like the kind of person who can cook ordinary dishes?"

He shook his head and said casually, "A little effort is already enough for a state banquet."

Liu Yu was quite taken aback by Li Younan's extremely pretentious remark. She then gave a cold laugh.

After finishing cooking, Li Younan still hadn't seen Liu Li.

It's impossible not to be curious.

Originally, I wasn't that curious, but every time I was just a few walls away from Liu Li, my curiosity grew stronger and stronger.

However, Li Younan would not rashly and recklessly knock on Liu Li's door and startle her.

After all, Liu Li is still a patient. If we really frighten her and there are any unexpected consequences, it would be very troublesome.

Li Younan has been showing off his culinary skills at Liu Yu's house, which has really changed Liu Yu's perception of him these past few days.

Sometimes he wondered how this guy had developed such high-level cooking skills.

Curious as he was, he naturally wouldn't ask Li Younan.

However, the incredibly exquisite meals served these past few days have caused Liu Yu some trouble.

The main problem, of course, was not knowing how to explain it to Liu Li.

His strategy was to not mention it unless Liu Li asked, and to give vague answers when Liu Li did ask.

He naturally knew that Li Younan was deliberately making things difficult for him.

As expected, Liu Li became suspicious one day later.

Because the dish for the day was grape cream Australian lobster stew.

This dish is rarely seen even in some high-end Western restaurants in China; it's just displayed so prominently on the table.

Liu Li had never even heard of this dish, let alone eaten it.

She tilted her head and finally looked at Liu Yu, saying, "Brother, this dish... wasn't made by Auntie." Liu Yu saw that his sister's expression was serious and earnest, even showing a hint of resistance, and he realized that his sister's physical aversion seemed to have reappeared.

A vague worry lingered in her heart, but she remained quite calm on the surface, pulling out a chair and sitting down, saying, "You're right, it definitely wasn't made by the nanny. You've been eating it for several days in a row, so you must have discovered it today."

Liu Li hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He hesitated for a moment, then slowly walked over, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

His gaze lingered on the exquisite dish. He picked up his cutlery, then put it down again, and tentatively asked, "Did Li Younan make this?"

Liu Yu nodded, then secretly glanced at her younger sister.

He was still very worried at this moment.

Liu Li remained silent, sitting quietly in her seat, her gaze fixed on the dishes.

After a while, she suddenly laughed, and the smile was so bright that Liu Yu was stunned.

She then took a knife and fork and cut off a large piece of Australian lobster, placing it on her plate and devouring it with gusto, even getting sauce on her face.

Liu Yu stared blankly at her younger sister, whose eating manners were, to be honest, not very elegant... and had nothing to do with grace.

But it looked very appetizing; he had never seen his sister eat like that before.

His first reaction was that his sister was faking it so he wouldn't worry, but he quickly realized that wasn't the case. His sister was really enjoying her meal; she even licked the sauce off her plate after finishing the meat.

Liu Li put down her bowl and licked her lips again, saying, "I used to watch Li Younan's videos and wonder what the food he made would taste like... Is it the kind of food that just looks delicious but actually tastes pretty average? The day I wanted to go out but you didn't allow me, was it the meal he made?"

Liu Yu nodded.

Liu Li said, "I actually had a feeling about it that day. It's not that the food Auntie made was bad, but it was far inferior to what Li Younan made. I guessed at the time... that it might have been made by someone else. My thought at the time was that maybe you ordered takeout from the hotel, but when you were eating it, you felt a strange sense of familiarity... as if you had eaten this taste in a dream."

Liu Yu blinked.

Liu Li continued, "At that moment, a frightening thought popped into my head: Could this have been made by Li Younan? Once I thought about it, and if it was made by Li Younan... I didn't seem so resistant anymore."

Liu Yu paused for a moment, her expression becoming somewhat complicated.

As she spoke, tears suddenly welled up in Liu Li's eyes.

Liu Yu was slightly startled.

Liu Li wiped away her tears while smiling and said, "Brother, I think it's really delicious. And it didn't make me feel scared or uncomfortable at all..."

As she spoke, she picked up another dish.

They ate very attentively.

Liu Yu slowly came to her senses, and a smile gradually appeared on her lips. She casually grabbed a tissue from the side and handed it to her sister: "Wipe your nose, it's about to run."

"Brother...you're annoying."

Liu Yu slowly let out a sigh of relief. He turned his head to look at the window next to him, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips.

Light streamed in through the window.

……

The next important thing is to participate in the fishing competition.

Before that, Li Youran didn't waste any time. Instead, she went to check in at two more skill spots in the surrounding area. One of them was in Leshan. This time, the skill she checked in wasn't so beautiful. It was the butchering skill. But with the support of her zoologist and cooking skills, this skill was also upgraded.

[Slaughtering Skill lv.2: With an anatomical diagram in mind, one can accurately locate the aorta of the target by feel alone, bleeding cleanly and efficiently without damaging surrounding tissues. During dissection, the blade "walks" along the muscle fibers, completely separating each muscle fiber, even the finest fascia, achieving a level of "man and knife as one."]

After reading this skill description, Li Younan felt that the historically famous story of "Butcher Ding's Skill in Carving an Ox" was probably only at this level.

This skill is also effective for killing fish, but it does not include humans.

The other skill is one obtained by checking in at Qingcheng Mountain. This skill is similar to the passive skill of the Highland Bloodline, called Deep Sea Bloodline. It allows the body to adapt and withstand extremely high-pressure environments.

What's surprising is that these two skills can also be stacked together.

This is easy to understand. Although one is a high-pressure environment and the other is a low-pressure environment, they are actually independent physiological adaptation systems for different environmental pressures. Their core adaptation directions are different but there is no essential conflict. Some basic physiological regulatory capabilities, such as cardiopulmonary function and metabolic flexibility, can support each other.

[Deep Sea Bloodline lv.2: Your chest cavity has higher elastic fibers, a higher blood oxygen exchange capacity, and connective tissue with stronger buffering capacity. The ability of gases such as nitrogen to gradually dissolve in tissues is significantly enhanced, and the aerobic metabolism capacity of muscle and nerve tissue is enhanced. You can maintain normal activity in low-oxygen or high-pressure environments. The limits of the deep sea for humans are far from your limits.]

However, this skill is currently useless to Li Younan, because even if he had this skill, he wouldn't dare to go diving.

Then, the day finally arrived when the fishing competition officially began.

Li Younan drove to pick up Liu Yu.

(End of this chapter)