After three years of dormancy, the Gourmet Tyrant was born.

Especially after hearing about Lu Xuanyu's experiences in class and his food battle promise with Shinomiya Kojiro.

She was extremely curious about what kind of dish Lu Xuanyu had presented that would cause such a sensation.

Now, the opportunity to recreate the "Lu Xuanyu version of Nine Vegetable French Jelly" has arrived, how could Erina Nakiri not be looking forward to it?

"Sister Peach, you're not participating in the game anyway."

"Let everyone keep playing, why don't you go help me in the kitchen?"

"I spent more than two hours working on it in class!"

"With your help, we should save at least an hour!"

Lu Xuanyu called out names in public, smiling as he looked at Akane Kubo Momo.

When I saw that everyone was playing so late and there was no sign of the party ending.

Akane Momo secretly rejoiced, thinking that Lu Xuanyu probably wouldn't have a chance to torment her today, and she successfully passed this ordeal.

Suddenly being called out, and noticing Lu Xuanyu's meaningful smile, Akane Momo instantly understood the signal Lu Xuanyu was sending!

No way?

kitchen?

With so many people outside, even though the kitchen is a bit far away, it's still a very dangerous place.

Lu Xuanyu shouldn't be that bold and crazy, right?

Upon seeing her, Momoko Akane did not respond immediately.

Lu Xuanyu glanced at Kobayashi Rindan seemingly unintentionally.

It was as if she was telling Momo Akanekubo:

Not going? I guess I'll have to tell my sister then?

"Okay, fine... alright."

"I'll go help Xiao Xuanyu, everyone continue."

Akane Momo agreed with bated breath, hoping that Lu Xuanyu wouldn't go too far!

"Have fun, everyone. This Nine Vegetable French Jelly is my secret weapon."

"No one is allowed to peek during the cooking process!"

Everyone was engrossed in playing the card game, so it's highly unlikely that anyone would accidentally wander in.

However, Lu Xuanyu still added a sentence to prevent the possibility of low-probability events.

Momoko Akane, who had just stood up, almost fell over when she heard Lu Xuanyu's words.

.......

67. Trying to escape from the kitchen? No way! [Bonus Chapter 1, please subscribe!]

At Lu Xuanyu's invitation.

Momoko Akane nervously followed him through the corridor and into the kitchen in the next room.

That's the good thing about presidential suites!

Big!

It's so big it has several living rooms!

The living room, where people play, is separated from the kitchen, where cooking takes place, by a small hallway.

The probability of being disturbed will be greatly reduced.

A group of women are playing cards, and Little Peach wants to escape?

No way!

Akane Momo obediently followed Lu Xuanyu into the kitchen.

Maybe... he really just wanted to make late-night snacks for everyone, and I'm just overthinking it?

That possibility still exists!

After all, who in their right mind would be in the kitchen?

Didn't Xiao Xuanyu say that he was also passive last night?

He wanted to make amends, he wanted a beautiful memory, but how could there be a beautiful memory in the kitchen?

Momoko Akane hypnotized herself, trying her best not to show her anxious feelings.

until……

"Crack!"

Lu Xuanyu walked to the door and locked the kitchen door from the inside!

"what!!"

"Little Xuanyu, why...why did you lock the door?"

Momoko Akane couldn't hold back any longer; the Butch in her hand wobbled precariously, clearly showing her nervousness.

"Hmm? Sister Peach, what's wrong?"

"Didn't I tell you? This dish is my secret weapon."

"I locked the door so that no one else could see me!"

"What you're about to see is a secret between us, don't tell anyone!"

Lu Xuanyu blinked, his big, watery eyes looking so honest and harmless.

Momo Akane Kubo: "..."

That seems reasonable?

Am I just overthinking things?

For the next half hour, Lu Xuanyu did not do anything particularly unusual.

She then directed Momoko Akane to help him prepare the ingredients.

They even have extremely high standards for the finesse of food preparation.

She is the fourth seat of the Elite Ten!

In terms of basic skills in handling various ingredients, they are far superior to ordinary students.

Even with her abilities, there will still be times when she needs to redo things in one or two places.

Previously, she thought that Lu Xuanyu's victory over Ruishan had an element of luck.

Challenging Shinomiya-senpai was nothing short of reckless youthful arrogance.

Seeing Lu Xuanyu's cooking skills now completely overturned my understanding from junior high school.

"Little Xuanyu, the carrots are ready!"

"Xiao Xuanyu, could you take a look at the preliminary processing required for the sauce?"

"Xiao Xuanyu, I've recut the okra as you requested!"

"Xiao Xuanyu, do you really want the cucumber shreds to be one-fifth thinner? I feel like they're at their best right now."

"..."

Watching Lu Xuanyu's focused expression while cooking.

A strange sense of admiration welled up inside Momo Akane.

She didn't know if it was because the two of them had done *that*.

Therefore, it carries a layer of mysterious emotion as a filter.

A world full of chefs, with superb culinary skills, is the best cosmetic procedure for men.

Even if someone isn't conventionally attractive, possessing skills that surpass those of their peers can still make them the object of many girls' affections.

What's more, back in junior high, Lu Xuanyu had sixty-six rumored relationships based solely on his good looks!

Finally, after a series of operations, enough ingredients for eight people were prepared.

The specific cooking and pairing process will then need to be completed by the head chef himself.

"Hoo..."

"Being Xiao Xuanyu's assistant is really tiring."

"Thank you for your hard work on the rest. I'll go back and wait for your delicious meal with everyone."

After saying that, Momoko Akane washed her hands, turned around and walked away.

Only when I reached the door did I finally feel relieved.

As expected, Xiao Xuanyu is still a naive little brother.

Nothing happened at all; I was just overthinking it.