A Bite of Douluo Continent

Chapter 475 Severe Sister Complex (Bonus Chapter 4/12 for Pipa Boss's Donation)

"Phew..." After an afternoon of training, Qi Han stretched and walked out of the training space, looking at the new store that he hadn't fully gotten used to yet.

Hmm... it's time for dinner service.

After greeting Gulu, he first opened the shop door, then sat in the dining area and idly flipped through the ingredient catalog.

Although it's unclear why that rich girl would come to this extremely remote street at noon, it's obviously a low-probability event, so the business probably won't be very busy in the evening.

With that in mind, Qi Han leaned back lazily in his cyberpunk-style ergonomic chair, ready to laze around for two hours.

"Brother! We're here! This is it!"

Before he could even sit down properly, a somewhat familiar voice suddenly entered the store.

Did that rich girl come again at noon?

Qi Han immediately became interested. This was a big client, and he might even have to rely on him for his side quest.

Thinking of this, he immediately sat up.

Soon, at noon, the girl named Xu Yueyue appeared outside Hanshi Gate, and standing next to her was a handsome young man, who should be her brother.

this…

Qi Han glanced at him and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He had never seen such dark skin in Douluo Continent before. The other person's features were very handsome, and even such dark skin could not hide his handsomeness. On the contrary, it added a touch of ruggedness to him.

The young man did not follow the girl inside. Instead, he stood outside the door and carefully examined the shop. Finally, his gaze lingered on the signboard for "Cold Food Festival" for a long time before he slowly walked in. His eyes were like lightning, instantly locking onto Qi Han.

Seeing the undisguised wariness in the other person's eyes, Qi Han looked completely innocent.

Under what circumstances, when I have only just met this person, why does he seem to be quite hostile towards me?

Seeing the other person's seemingly unintentional protective gesture in front of the girl, Qi Han seemed to understand something.

Could it be that this guy... thinks I'm interested in his sister?

Is this guy a hardcore siscon?

Only this can explain why this guy was so hostile towards me from the very first meeting, right?

Qi Han felt wronged. Although the girl was indeed very beautiful, she was just a customer to him.

After all, he'd seen even better-looking ones...

Thinking he understood why Xu Jiyun was wary of him, Qi Han coughed lightly, choosing to ignore his intense gaze, and said with a smile, "Welcome, both of you. What would you like to order?"

"One serving of dragon beard noodles, please! And another serving of chopped chili fish head! And finally, one wonton wrapper."

Xu Yueyue was clearly prepared, and spoke up immediately.

In fact, she had already decided what she wanted to eat for dinner at noon, and she just wanted to choose something she hadn't eaten at noon.

"Okay." Qi Han nodded, then turned his gaze to the dark-skinned young man who was a severe sister-complex.

Having already ordered her food, Xu Yueyue turned her gaze to her third brother.

The pressure is now on Xu Jiyun.

Xu Jiyun was particularly puzzled by Qi Han's reaction.

He had assumed that Qi Han, who dared to open a shop in Mingdu, must know a great deal about the Sun and Moon royal family, and that he would recognize him as soon as he appeared.

The reason he looked at the other party with scrutiny and vigilance as soon as he entered was to put pressure on him with his gaze, so that Qi Han would understand that all of his schemes on the Sun and Moon Continent were now in his sight.

Xu Jiyun believed that Qi Han, who understood this, would definitely slip up in front of him.

But Qi Han's reaction was completely different from what he had imagined. He was neither flustered nor pretending to be calm. Everything he did seemed so natural, like a real restaurant owner entertaining his guests.

Faced with his own scrutiny, Boss Qi Han's reaction was equally unexpected. After a brief moment of thought, he actually showed a look of... disgust.

Gu Yes, Xu Jiyun, who was very good at reading people's expressions, was absolutely certain that this guy had shown a look of disgust just a moment ago!

He was the third prince of the Sun Moon Empire, and this guy actually looked down on him?

What does this mean? Does it mean you look down on my Sun Moon Empire?

That damned barbarian from Douluo Continent!

Although Xu Jiyun had come to Hanshi with his sister, he wasn't thinking about eating at all. When he saw the two of them looking at him, he was slightly taken aback at first, and then realized that he needed to order. Without even looking at the menu, he subconsciously said, "Then bring me one of everything in your restaurant."

There was no other meaning behind it; he just wanted to see Qi Han work himself to death. In Xu Jiyun's mind, cooking all the dishes must be a very tiring thing. Since this guy was pretending to be a chef, let him pretend to be one to his heart's content!

However, before Qi Han could even speak, his sister stopped him, saying, "Brother, wasting food here will get you blacklisted."

"Huh?" Xu Jiyun's expression immediately became interesting.

This guy not only pretends to be a chef, but he also sets so many ridiculous rules for the restaurant?

"Is there such a rule?" Xu Jiyun stared intently at Qi Han, seemingly trying to find some flaw in the other's face.

Qi Han couldn't help but roll his eyes.

This extreme siscon is definitely doing this on purpose. It's just that his sister had a meal at his place, why would he retaliate like this?

Damn it, you're mentally challenged.

“That’s right, wasting food will get you blacklisted.” He nodded emphatically.

"Well..." Xu Jiyun silently told himself not to alert the enemy, then took a deep breath, "Yueyue, can you order for me? You know how much I eat."

"Okay!" Xu Yueyue loved hearing that.

She immediately ordered several new dishes, none of which she had ever ordered before.

I'll try a few bites at Third Brother's place later. He definitely won't mind!

whee!

After noting down their orders, Qi Han said "Wait a moment" and turned to walk towards the kitchen to prepare their dinner. In his heart, he thought to himself, "I wonder which landlord's son this kid is. He's a total siscon, and he looks like a complete idiot."

Completely unaware that Qi Han had just given himself two unexpected titles in his mind, Xu Jiyun watched Qi Han's back as he swaggered into the kitchen, his brows furrowing even deeper.

From the moment he entered the store until he placed his order, Qi Han's every action was just like that of a real restaurant owner serving customers, without any suspicious points. Moreover, he even perfectly pretended not to recognize him.

Is there really anyone in this world who can disguise themselves so perfectly?

Or perhaps... this visitor from Douluo Continent with the combat power of a level 5 Soul Master really came here to open a restaurant?

What a joke! Absolutely impossible!

Xu Jiyun shook his head heavily, feeling that the Cold Food Festival he was in was becoming increasingly unfathomable, as if shrouded in mystery, making it impossible for him to understand.

"Brother, I feel like something's off with you. Is something on your mind?" Xu Yueyue quickly noticed her third brother's unusual behavior and asked with some concern.

"It's nothing." Xu Jiyun shook his head, then a thought struck him.

According to intelligence gathering, Hanshi opened for business for the first time at noon today, and so far only his younger sister has come.

It can be said that the younger sister is currently the only diner at the Cold Food Festival.

Can we find any clues from this?

"Yueyue, tell me the whole story of what happened when you had lunch here."

"Ah? Oh, okay."

Chapter 476 Xu Jiyun's Good Idea

"Please enjoy your steamed fish head with chopped chili peppers."

After placing a large platter of chopped chili fish head on the table, Qi Han turned around and went back to the kitchen to continue cooking other dishes.

"Wow!"

Seeing the large plate of chopped chili fish head served, evenly covered with a layer of bright red chopped chili peppers, Xu Yueyue couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Just smelling the rich aroma that wafted towards her, which was so spicy and pungent that it was driving her nose crazy, made her mouth water again.

Even Xu Jiyun, who was sitting next to Xu Yueyue and had been deep in thought with a gloomy face, couldn't help but twitch slightly after smelling the scent, and his eyes showed a hint of surprise.

During the waiting time, Xu Jiyun learned from his sister about the whole process of her lunch at Hanshi Festival, but after listening for a long time, he still couldn't find any suspicious points.

The only odd thing was that all the dishes in this restaurant were exceptionally delicious, and the tableware used was a brand new kind of tableware called chopsticks.

But these things are far removed from what Xu Jiyun cares about.

After much thought, Xu Jiyun still couldn't figure out what Qi Han's intentions were in coming to the Sun and Moon Continent, so he could only temporarily categorize Han Shi as one of the people he needed to be most wary of.

I will inform my father about this matter at the morning court tomorrow. As for what measures my father and the court officials will take afterward, that is not something I can consider.

Not long after he made up his mind, the chopped chili fish head was served. The rich, spicy aroma hit him like an explosion, which finally showed Xu Jiyun just how good the dishes of the Cold Food Festival were.

He had spent two years infiltrating the Douluo Continent to gather intelligence, and he had tasted the delicacies there, but he felt they were not even as delicious as those from the Sun Moon Empire.

But the chopped chili fish head that Qi Han cooked at this moment had an aroma that was unlike anything he had ever seen in his life.

This is simply too unbelievable. Could a Soul King-level expert really be a chef?

Otherwise, where did you get this culinary skill from?

Xu Jiyun swallowed hard, swallowing the saliva that was about to spill out. Seeing his younger sister cheering and rushing to eat with her chopsticks, he coughed lightly and said, "Yueyue, let me try this chopped chili fish head too?"

"Great!" Xu Yueyue had no objections at all; this gave her a reason to try her third brother's food later. "But third brother, you haven't learned how to use chopsticks yet, have you?"

"Huh?" Xu Jiyun was slightly taken aback before realizing that he had been so engrossed in thinking that he hadn't bothered to figure out how to use the new tableware.

"Hehe, Third Brother, look, this is how you use chopsticks." Xu Yueyue giggled and then gestured with the chopsticks in her hand.

Xu Jiyun quickly mastered how to use the chopsticks and reached for the bright red color with them.

He had once suspected that this restaurant, which came from Douluo Continent, might use poison in its dishes to murder important figures of the Sun Moon Empire, but he quickly dismissed this idea.

Someone was poisoned in his shop, which will soon expose everything about Hanshi. And if he really wanted to poison someone, why would he open a shop on this remote Mink Street?

Obviously not.

Therefore, Xu Jiyun was relatively at ease when he picked up his chopsticks.

If Qi Han went through all the hardships to come to this Sun and Moon Continent just to poison the food, even Xu Jiyun would look down on him.

Xu Jiyun picked up a piece of tender white fish head meat covered in brown sauce with his chopsticks and put it directly into his mouth. After chewing it slightly, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

The rich, spicy aroma filled his mouth and nose the moment the fish entered his mouth, and Xu Jiyun, experiencing such intense spiciness for the first time, felt a slight burning sensation.