A Bite of Douluo Continent

However, the fact that they were able to make excellent fried rice on the first day clearly shows that these people have very high culinary talent.

Since the mission progress reached zero, the speed of improvement has become increasingly faster.

After the late-night snack service ended the next day, Qi Han checked the progress as usual and was surprised to find that the task progress had increased to forty-three people.

And among the names on the list of those who were completed, there were quite a few that I was familiar with.

After that, checking the task progress every day and looking for familiar names on the completion list became Qi Han's new form of entertainment.

On the third day, the task progress reached 176 people. Qi Han saw Mu Liufeng on the list, which surprised him for a while. He didn't expect that this food review editor would have such culinary talent.

"Ah Yue, Xiao Yun, try my fried rice!"

Mu Liufeng had no idea that Qi Han had found out about his progress. He happily brought out three bowls of fried rice and placed them in front of himself, his wife, and his children. "I feel that with this fried rice, even if I don't become the editor-in-chief of a food magazine, I can still run a successful small restaurant. Haha!"

“What restaurant only serves one dish: fried rice?” Sitting across from Mu Liufeng, his wife smiled as she took the fried rice and examined it closely. Her face immediately showed a hint of surprise. “It really does look similar to the fried rice served during the Cold Food Festival.”

"Of course! I only found out today that I actually have a talent for cooking." Mu Liufeng said with a smile. "I heard that Hanshi Restaurant originally only sold one dish: egg fried rice. So don't look down on egg fried rice. If I ever open a restaurant, I'll only sell this egg fried rice, hahaha."

"Dad, this fried rice is so delicious!" Mu Yun, Mu Liufeng's son, who was a few years old, eagerly picked up a spoon, scooped up a big spoonful, and put it in his mouth. His face immediately showed a look of surprise.

Mu Liufeng's smile deepened.

Thank you, Boss Qi!

I never imagined that I, Mu Liufeng, would one day be cooking delicious food myself.

...

On the fourth day, the mission progressed to 423 people, and somewhat unexpectedly, Qi Han saw his own shop employee, Mo Ran, on the list.

He certainly wouldn't mind his employees learning to cook in their spare time, since this fried rice tutorial was open to everyone, except...

Mo Ran actually has quite a talent for cooking?

Unfortunately, it was already late-night snack time, and Mo Ran had already gone home. Otherwise, he really wanted to pull this employee aside and ask about the situation.

Meanwhile, at this moment, Mo Ran is at home.

"call!"

Taking a deep breath, Mo Ran recalled the steps Qi Han had taught her to make fried rice that afternoon. She deftly took the evenly stir-fried fried rice out of the pan and swallowed hard, smelling the rich and familiar aroma.

Yes, that's the taste.

Mo Ran picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, chewed for a moment, and nodded.

Although it's not quite as good as the fried rice served during the Cold Food Festival, he was quite satisfied with the result.

During previous lunch and dinner hours, whenever he went down from the second floor to the kitchen to hand over the customers' orders to Qi Han, he noticed some of Qi Han's cooking actions.

It wasn't that he intentionally stole the skills; rather, as an excellent support-type Soul Master, he had long been accustomed to paying attention to the details of his surroundings.

The cooking steps that were not quite understood before were actually quite easy to grasp when Qi Han explained them step by step in his demonstration of making fried rice. This gave Mo Ran a slight advantage over others in learning how to make fried rice.

Gu will tell the boss tomorrow.

Mo Ran chuckled and quickly shoveled the fried rice into her mouth.

I wonder if the boss will be surprised...

...

On the last day of the open teaching session, Qi Han, as before, flipped through the list of learners who had mastered the excellent-grade fried rice.

The task progress has not yet reached 1,000, but it has already exceeded 800.

Qi Han wasn't in a hurry. In the past five days, he had explained all the details of the fried rice several times, trying his best to ensure that all learners remembered the key points.

Next, give them some more time to practice on their own, and they will be able to complete this thousand-task task sooner or later.

Suddenly, Qi Han's fingers, which were flipping through the list, froze in mid-air, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

A name he had never even considered appeared on the list.

Yu Lianxin.

...

"Tap~dila~" Humming an unknown tune, Yu Lianxin carried a lunchbox in her hand and walked towards the Golden Tree in a long dress. Her steps were noticeably lighter than usual.

"Squeak."

Pushing open the door to Ying Ruoruo's residence, Yu Lianxin peeked inside with a smile, "Teacher, I've come to see you!"

Ying Ruoruo, who was sitting cross-legged in the room, slowly opened her eyes, glanced at her beloved disciple whom she had watched grow up, and asked with a hint of curiosity, "You seem unusually happy today?"

"Huh?" Yu Lianxin blinked her large, lake-blue eyes. "No, right?"

"Oh, never mind that, teacher, I brought you something delicious!"

As she spoke, the girl presented the lunchbox in her hand to Ying Ruoruo as if it were a treasure.

"Oh?" Ying Ruoruo reached out and took it, opening it and a strange look appeared on her face. "Isn't this the egg fried rice from the Cold Food Festival? But something's not right with this lunchbox..."

"Hehe." Seeing that Ying Ruowei mistook the food in the lunchbox for fried rice from the Cold Food Festival, Yu Lianxin's smile deepened. "Teacher, I made this!"

"Hmm?" Ying Ruoruo's surprise deepened. "I've heard that a few days ago, during the Cold Food Festival, Boss Qi publicly taught how to cook fried rice, and even a few of the Grand Secretaries secretly went. I didn't expect that you went too?"

"Ahem." Yu Lianxin felt a little embarrassed. "Oh, teacher, don't worry about that, just try it!"

“Okay.” Ying Ruoruo smiled. “This is the first time you’ve ever cooked for me personally, so of course I have to try it.”

As she spoke, she picked up a spoon, carefully scooped up a spoonful of fried rice and put it in her mouth. After chewing a few times, she nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad, this fried rice is just as delicious as the one from the inner courtyard canteen."

"Huh?" Yu Lianxin was not satisfied with the teacher's answer. She pouted and leaned closer to Ying Ruoruo, "How does it compare to Hanshi Festival?"

How can this girl be so clueless...?

Ying Ruoruo smiled helplessly, "Oh right, it's almost the same as the fried rice served during the Cold Food Festival."

"Hehe." Yu Lianxin naturally knew that her fried rice was somewhat different from the one served at Hanshi Festival, but she was still very happy to hear her teacher say that.

We still need to keep working hard.

Every time, it's that guy who cooks delicious food for him.

When my cooking skills are better than his, I'll cook for him to try.

Let him know that my cooking is just as good as his!

Yu Lianxin was full of energy and couldn't help but giggle.

Hehehe…

Ok?

Something seems off?

Seeing her disciple's pensive and silly expressions, Ying Ruoruo raised an eyebrow and suddenly asked, "What's going on between you and Boss Qi?"

"Huh?" Yu Lianxin sat up straight instantly, raising her hand to gently tuck the silver hair from her forehead behind her ear. "Is nothing wrong?"

"Really not?"

"Really...really no!" Yu Lianxin's eyes suddenly became unfocused, and after a while, she pouted and said, "His strength is not as good as mine!"

After chewing a mouthful of fried rice, Ying Ruoruo didn't say anything more, but a thoughtful look appeared in her eyes.

Inferior in strength...

What if Boss Qi's strength surpasses Xin'er's...

The thought flashed through Ying Ruoruo's mind, and she chuckled to herself.

He's getting senile, how could that be?

Regarding today's update

The update at noon today has been postponed; a massive 18-chapter update will be released at 2 PM this afternoon.

Chapter 425 Casting a Pearl in the Dark

Yu Lianxin smiled as she watched her teacher enjoy the egg fried rice she had cooked.

That guy probably doesn't know yet that he also sneaked over and learned how to make his fried rice, right?

After all, there were over three thousand people in the square, and he was wearing a hoodie...

I'll tell him later and see if he'll be surprised...

Thinking of this, Yu Lianxin couldn't help but giggle again.

Ying Ruoruo, who was enjoying her fried rice, let out a barely perceptible sigh.

As someone with experience, she could naturally see that her disciple, though unaware of it himself, had indeed developed feelings for the cold food vendor named Qi Han.

That's it.

...

As he gently stroked the name on the list with one finger, a warm smile appeared on Qi Han's face.

When did she arrive?

Facing thousands of learners every day these past few days, with a sea of ​​heads overhead, Qi Han barely remembered any of them, let alone found Yu Lianxin, who was deliberately hiding in a corner wearing a hood.

However, contrary to what Yu Lianxin had imagined, Qi Han, who possessed the list, had already discovered her little trick, as if he had cheated.

She came to learn how to make fried rice with eggs from me...

At this moment, only this sentence remained in Qi Han's mind. Even the joy of completing the mission for more than 800 people was temporarily overshadowed. He stared at the name on the screen for a long time before he came back to his senses as if waking from a dream and began to prepare for the late-night snack business with Ye Lingqing.

"Teacher? Why do you seem to be in a particularly good mood all of a sudden?"

"Really? Ling Qing, you've been practicing too hard these past few days, you're starting to feel that way. You really need to remember to balance work and rest..."

"Okay, teacher."

...

Just as Qi Han had predicted, since the progress of side quest eight had already reached over 800 by the fifth day, and was not far from completing the 1000-point task, then completing the task would just be a matter of time.