My anime girlfriend has come into my life

Thankfully, Qingge's brother didn't find out, otherwise it would have been incredibly embarrassing!

Chapter 162. The Trio of Scoundrels

"Should we go out to play or go shopping first today?"

After leaving Qingge's school, Li Chaoge looked at Ying, Kiana, and Heinrich.

They went to the city today not only to bring Qingge back, but also for other tasks. They needed to check out the building materials they had wanted to buy, and they also needed to do a major shopping trip.

With so many of them living in the suburbs far from the city, they consume a lot of food and daily necessities every day, and probably have to do a big shopping trip every few days.

However, it's not bad for him to form a small group like this. He won't be overwhelmed by too many people surrounding him. Although now, including Ying, Kiana, Heinrich, Exusiai, and Bronya, there are already five people, which is quite a lot.

"Let's browse around first. There's no rush to buy anything. We didn't bring the Chenge Pot with us, so we'll have to rent a truck to transport it back later."

Bronya suggested that their main purpose in coming out to shop was not to spend more time with the captain, but to spend more time with him. The shopping was just a side thing.

In fact, this was the result of a private discussion and lottery.

After being here for a while, they all realized that too many people couldn't accomplish much by sharing their time at the villa. Rather than wasting each other's time, they decided to compromise.

From time to time, they would find an excuse to have the captain bring people out to run errands, and take the opportunity to build relationships with those who came out with them.

As for how far the people who draw lots can develop their relationship with the captain, that depends on the individuals themselves. After all, even if they emerge with the captain, they won't be alone; they'll still have competitors.

"Let's just wander around and I'll show you around the city and let you try some local snacks."

Li Chaoge looked around, kissed Bronya's cheek, and gestured for Bronya and the others to head towards the food street near the music academy.

In the past, he would silently walk past those street food stalls, swallowing his saliva, partly because he was too poor to eat them every day, and partly because his stomach was too small to digest so many delicious foods.

Now that he's rich, and as a commander, master, and captain with a huge harem... not only is his kidney function powerful, but his stomach function has also improved a lot.

Well, kidney function goes without saying, but if stomach function isn't strong, how could one possibly eat the food that everyone was offering when things were chaotic?

"Hehe, I didn't eat much breakfast this morning, all for this moment!"

Upon hearing Li Chaoge's words, Kiana patted her stomach and chuckled.

She had expected that going out with the captain would involve eating good food, since there weren't many different kinds of things to do in the city, but there were plenty of different kinds of food.

Although Mei's cooking is incredibly delicious, there are many other foods she doesn't know about. If she finds something particularly tasty, you can bring it back and have Mei cook it for you.

"You call that not eating much? Kiana, your appetite is getting bigger and bigger."

Bronya glanced at Kiana and gave a slight smirk.

Before Kiana went archery and hunting wild boars with the others, she ate twice as much breakfast as everyone else. If that's not considered much, then Kiana really is a glutton.

Although she had always believed that Kiana, even if she wasn't a stupid paramecium, was definitely a gluttonous glutton.

"I'll definitely eat some of the breakfast Mei makes, and you have quite an appetite too!"

Kiana immediately retorted that she just didn't want to disappoint Mei, it wasn't that she was greedy.

They're not short of money. Mei and Miss Belfast have done a lot, so what's wrong with her eating a little more?

“I was trading stocks until six last night, so it’s normal that I was mentally exhausted. Unlike you, who eats and sleeps, and sleeps and then eats again.” Bronya smiled at the unconvinced Kiana, crossed her arms, and said proudly, “Besides, all the nutrients I eat grow in the right places, while yours just grow in your chest.”

"What? You're calling me stupid again, in a roundabout way. Captain, look at Bronya!"

Kiana wasn't really stupid; she immediately realized that Bronya was saying she was all looks and no brains.

However, given her past experience of never being able to out-argue Bronya, Kiana quickly sought help from Li Chaoge.

Seeing Kiana and Bronya bring up this topic, Exusiai and Luminous exchanged glances and tacitly refrained from interrupting.

Although they aren't exactly young, Li Chaoge can vouch for that. It's just that whether they're big or small needs to be determined through comparison.

Obviously, she looks small compared to the armored ship girl Heinrich, Kiana, and Bronya who has become a giant duck.

"Ahem, we're on the street right now, what are you all talking about?"

Li Chaoge was speechless at the argument between Kiana and Bronya. How could they argue like this when they had worked together perfectly just last night?

It's class time, so there aren't many people around the school, but there will still be passersby. It would be so embarrassing if they heard us.

While Kiana does often not use her brain, because Kiana is a physical type who wins by relying on her abundant physical strength and energy, Bronya is an intellectual type who wins by relying on her profound theoretical knowledge and special transformation techniques.

He is of average ability and cannot defeat either of them for the time being. If he does not recover with the Command Spell, he will undoubtedly be pinned down and rubbed on the bed by them.

"Don't think about it too much, let's go eat something delicious first."

Shaking his head, Li Chaoge shook off the thoughts in his mind and pointed the way for Kiana and Bronya.

He had visited Qingge's school before, and although he hadn't had a proper chance to explore, Qingge had told him about some of the delicious food there.

However, the food options near schools are generally quite similar; things like pickled fish, pork tripe, chicken, and spicy hot pot are all very common. After all, in today's society, so-called local delicacies are no longer limited to a specific region. You can find famous foods like Shaxian snacks, Lanzhou noodles, and Sichuan hot pot in many cities.

Because they all arrived on motorcycles, in order not to obstruct traffic, they lined up and drove slowly along the edge of the lane, looking around for good food as they drove.

Although Li Chaoge was sitting behind Bronya, he stood out among a group of very beautiful girls. While waiting at the traffic light, many passersby would look at him, obviously speculating about their relationship with him.

However, he has gotten used to this special gaze now. If even celebrities can get used to it, why shouldn't he? There are no flashbulbs pointing directly at his face.

Being able to go shopping with my beloved two girlfriends is an incredibly happy thing, especially when they don't create any dramatic situations.

"Commander, what's that?!"

Heinrich was in the middle of the group, riding her bicycle and looking around for something delicious. Suddenly, she saw a passerby eating something that looked tasty, and she quickly called out to Li Chaoge.

"That? That's crystal rice cake. It tastes alright, Bronya. Let's go buy some to eat."

Upon hearing this, Li Chaoge looked over and saw that the passerby was holding a bamboo skewer with a semi-circular transparent gel-like substance on it. He recognized what it was at a glance.

Bowl cake is a famous local snack. Its main ingredients are glutinous rice flour and wheat starch. It is known for its smooth texture and rich flavor.

However, that was the traditional old-fashioned bowl cake. The current crystal bowl cake is just for novelty, and the taste is just a little more flavorful with added ingredients.

"Boss, I'd like to buy a few bowl-shaped rice cakes."

Bronya drove the motorcycle to the shop selling bowl cakes, and Li Chaoge got off the motorcycle, walked to the door, and called out to the inside.

"What flavor would you like, handsome?"

The shop owner, who was sitting inside, immediately came out and looked at Li Chaoge, asking him a question.

The label next to the bowl-shaped rice cake lists the flavors: red bean, mung bean, cantaloupe, pineapple, chocolate, banana, peach, strawberry, etc.

"One of each, please... never mind, just pack them all up for me."

Li Chaoge originally intended to order a full-flavor set meal as usual, something he had done before when he wasn't feeling well and couldn't eat.

The bowl-shaped rice cake is small and can be eaten in one bite, but it is a bit chewy and not easy to swallow.

However, there were only about twenty bowl-shaped rice cakes in total, and there were six of them in total, so they couldn't share many with each one.

"All of them? Okay, handsome, just a moment!"

The shop owner was taken aback for a moment, then quickly packed Li Chaoge's bowl-shaped rice cakes.

They sell this every day, but they rarely encounter people buying so much. Generally, people just buy a few to try, since it's just a snack and the taste isn't particularly good.

"Huh? Aren't we going to eat now?"

Heinrich, who was staring longingly at Li Chaoge, scratched the back of his head and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Let's go eat over there, there's a shaved ice dessert shop there."

After paying by scanning the QR code, Li Chaoge pointed to a shaved ice shop in front of him.

"Bingfen? What's that? Cold noodles with ice?"

Exusiai became interested and asked curiously as well.

"It's not noodles, it's more like a type of sweet soup dessert made with flour, right? You'll find out soon enough."

After the owner used bamboo skewers to pick the rice cakes out of the bowls one by one and put them in a transparent plastic bag, Li Chaoge took the bag but did not get back into the car. Instead, he walked over directly.

"You can come right over here, but remember to park your car properly and don't block the tactile paving."

"understood."

The tactile paving for the visually impaired is those raised strips and rounded bricks on the street, which are distinctly different in color from other areas and can be distinguished from them. Although many people are unaware of this, and even if they do know, they will continue to occupy them.

Although blind people nowadays basically don't go out anymore, he still feels that it's better not to block the tactile paving if possible. He can't say whether it's because there are too few blind people that people don't pay attention to the issue of tactile paving, or because the tactile paving is being blocked that blind people are appearing less and less on the streets.

Kiana, Exusiai, Heinrich, and the others rode their bikes over. After they parked their bikes outside, Li Chaoge arrived, and the group went into the shop together and ordered six servings of ice jelly.

While everyone sat at the table waiting for the ice jelly, Li Chaoge distributed the bowl-shaped rice cakes he had just bought to everyone.

"Hmm...not sweet enough."

Heinrich took a red bean flavored one, took a bite, chewed silently for a while, and then stared at the bamboo skewer in his hand, suddenly feeling a little depressed.

She thought it would taste delicious, but it turned out that while it looked pretty, it didn't taste very good.

"It's only sweet when you taste the filling; the rest of the parts don't have much flavor."

Kiana, who devoured two in one go, didn't think much of it, but after eating it a few times, she realized that chewy things like this were alright as snacks.

"Let's go back and ask Mei to make another kind of bowl cake. That kind uses more ingredients and is different from this cheap one."

Li Chaoge smiled and explained to them.

This crystal rice cake business operates on a low-profit, high-volume model. Since they're just eating it themselves, they don't need to worry about that; they just make it however tastes good.

"Uh-huh!"

Kiana nodded repeatedly, silently noting down this important matter while munching on a chocolate-flavored rice cake.

Mei's recipes are going to have another new dish added!

"This ice jelly is pretty good. Qingge said there's a generous amount of it."

When the ice jelly was served, Li Chaoge picked up a spoon and smiled at them.

Bingfen is essentially a different kind of jelly, but it's not just sweet syrup; it has many toppings. These include brown sugar syrup, chrysanthemum, goji berries, roasted white sesame seeds, fresh fruit, sago, taro balls, and glutinous rice cakes.

However, most jelly shops only add a few ingredients, and very few add as many as this shop.

Qingge had recommended this shop to him before, but he didn't have the leisure to make a special trip just for a delicious bowl of ice jelly.

Exusiai looked at the crystal-clear powder piled high with candied fruit, picked up a spoon, scooped up a large spoonful, and put it in her mouth.

"Hmm! This looks just as transparent as a bowl-shaped rice cake, but it tastes much sweeter!"

As soon as the icy-cold ice jelly entered her mouth, Exusiai couldn't help but sigh and complain.

It's the same thing, but this one is sweet and sour, and tastes much better than the bowl-shaped rice cake from before.

"The prices are all different, okay?"

Li Chaoge shook his head and smiled speechlessly. The bowl-shaped rice cakes cost one or two yuan each, while the cheapest ice jelly cost four yuan, not to mention this one with so much filling.

"If you still want to eat it, you can ask Belfast or Mei to make it when you get back, or you can even try making it yourselves. The recipes are all online, and it's not difficult to make it."

Li Chaoge had made ice jelly in his rented room before, and even tried making other things like layered cakes and mung bean cakes. However, he couldn't eat too much at once, and it wasn't cost-effective to make too little. It was time-consuming and laborious, and he only ate a small amount. So he became too lazy to make it and usually just made staple foods.

"Huh? You have to do it yourself? Forget it, let Mei do it." Kiana shook her head vigorously as soon as she heard that she had to do it herself. "If it's really not possible, I can ask Seele for help. I don't need to do it myself."

She was aware of her own talent; she had put in a tremendous amount of effort to learn how to make omelet rice for the captain, and she had achieved results through perseverance.

A mere dessert wouldn't warrant such a dedicated effort from her.

It's not that she's lazy, the point is that Mei and the others can learn it in a flash, but she has to mess up countless times before she can learn even a little bit. That's incredibly inefficient.

“I can ask Bagpipe to help me with that. Besides doing farm work, Bagpipe likes to cook.”

While eating her ice jelly, Exusiai said, "Although dessert isn't a main course, it can be considered an appetizer after a meal. Anyway, Bagpipe is a very nice person, so I can just ask her for help."

"Belfast should be able to do it too; the royal family loves afternoon tea and snacks!"

Heinrich retorted that with Belfast on his side, desserts were no problem at all.

"You three... why do you all always want others to do it? You have to do some work yourselves too."

Li Chaoge looked at them, utterly speechless at these three incompetent fools.

"Hehe~"

"Hehehe~"

As they were talking, Kiana and Heinrich suddenly looked at each other and chuckled in unison.

Chapter 163. A Comparison Between Ship Girls and Sea Spirits

After finishing their bowl-shaped rice cakes and ice jelly, Li Chaoge, Heinrich, and the others strolled aimlessly along the city streets. Kiana and the others didn't have any particular destination in mind; they went wherever they felt like and did whatever they wanted. Whenever they saw something interesting or delicious, they would simply drag Li Chaoge over to it.