Uneasy daily life

"Brains".

Chapter Five: Final Exam Sprint!

Her sweetheart accompanied her to meet with the director to discuss work-related issues.

My boyfriend is addicted to hot pot, which is nothing short of hell.

Bai Ying has confirmed her plans to star in a terrible film directed by Nian.

An unspeakable creature is promoting horrific food.

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"The texture of pig brain is somewhere between firm and soft tofu. It's softer than soft tofu and smoother than firm tofu—just the right balance, neither too firm nor too soft. It's a very unique texture. It absorbs flavor easily, and its smooth texture is exceptionally pleasant to the touch. After a slight movement of the teeth and tongue, the soft, elastic texture gives way to a rich, fragrant flavor that fills the mouth. At this moment, the distinctive slightly fishy taste of the pig brain emerges. While fishy taste is often considered unpleasant, it's not. The fishy taste of pig brain is more of a unique aroma, a rich and full-bodied flavor like bone marrow. Once you like it, you'll be instantly captivated..."

"Brains are suitable as a finishing dish. Adding them to hot pot broth that has been used to cook various foods can give them a rich flavor. Of course, they should not be cooked for too long, otherwise they will become too soft and lose their smooth and tender texture..."

The Brain Eater is discussing the cooking methods and specialties of pig brain.

Five or six meters ahead, Mai Sakurajima looked at the search results on her phone: "That Miss Nian is quite famous; she does indeed work in metal smelting..."

"It can't be some small factory, can it?" Fengbin and Hua complained. "That guy looks like he's got a lot of money."

“That Tiandi Honglu New Materials Company is indeed quite famous.” Mai Sakurajima flipped through her phone. “They have researched and developed quite a few new materials, driving the development of many new technologies… Hmm? The material of my phone screen seems to be one of the publicly disclosed material technologies of that company.”

Feng Bin and Hua scratched their heads: "Uh, it means really, really amazing?"

"If I had to describe it, it would be one of the nation's pillar industries of science and technology," the Brain Eater said, peeking out from beside Mai Sakurajima on the right. "Simply put, that guy is an ultimate tycoon."

Feng Bin and Hua, with stern faces, grabbed their sister's arm and teleported forward, instantly creating a distance of five or six meters.

"I found some comments from netizens about several of the films directed by that director..."

Mai Sakurajima repeated in a strange tone, "Director Nian, please go back to your blacksmithing business. I'm thinking of getting a new phone and computer, so let's not make any more bad movies."

"The more you know how to play, the less you like it; the less skilled you are, the more you want to play."

"I gave it a good review not because I have a problem with my aesthetic sense, but just because I want to say that the computer is very easy to use."

"Great! Director Nian only made five bad movies last year, three fewer than the previous year! His creative well is about to run dry!"

"Oh no! It's bad enough that Director Nian's terrible movies are going international, but she herself is going to conquer the international market!"

Feng Bin and Hua roughly understood, and scratched their heads, saying, "So, is this Director Nian considered to be neglecting his duties, or is he considered to be dedicated to his career?"

Mai Sakurajima accurately commented, "After all, she's a superpowered individual."

Kazuka Toyohama suddenly realized: "Oh right, after all, she's a superpowered person."

"I get it! This guy's superpower must be blacksmithing, the kind that's useful!" The Brain Eater peeked out again from the left side of Fengbin and Hua, angrily saying, "Why is my superpower just a hindrance? I'm always acting like a pervert, going crazy over an eighteen-year-old beauty, without even looking at my wife who's been with me for over ten years!"

"That's wonderful!" Sakurajima Mai quickened her pace, teleporting away with her sister in a flash. "Is Kazuka planning to participate in the film with the rest of the team?"

"Uh... I guess so." Feng Binhehua mumbled twice, changing the subject, "Sister, are you really planning to act in it? That script looks so nonsensical."

"After all, it's a great opportunity, and besides, I've acted in quite a few bad movies."

Mai Sakurajima said pointedly, "Someone has been pointing fingers and saying things like she's just a pretty face and can only act in teen idol dramas."

The brain-eating demon poked its head out from the middle again and added, "It can also be described as just having the face."

"Oh?" Sakurajima Mai's smile turned dangerous. She raised her right hand, reached in front of her, and precisely pinched the other person's face, pulling it outwards. Feeling that she might have used too much force, she pulled back a little, following the elasticity. But then she felt that this wasn't enough to express her anger, so she pinched the face with her fingers and pulled it outwards a bit more. "Is your acting really that good, you hater? How about giving me a performance of being arrogant at first and then obsequious?"

"Jie Jie Jie..."

The brain-eating demon let out a dark, damp chuckle, its tongue darting out from the corner of its mouth as it stretched out to reach the fingers that were pinching its face.

Mai Sakurajima calmly increased the pressure, exposing the other party's shamelessness, and teased, "It seems that the length of the hater is not long enough."

The white figure retracted its tongue and shook it outwards like a paddle scooping water, successfully splashing a drop of liquid onto Mai Sakurajima's hand.

Mai Sakurajima: "?"

Bai Ying said seriously, "As long as the bodily fluids can hit the target, there will be no problem."

Mai Sakurajima paused, loosened her grip, and rubbed the back of her hand vigorously against the white figure's clothes. She gritted her teeth, looking rather flustered, and said, "Shut up!"

"With your level of wit, you dare to tell me dirty jokes? Hahaha."

The white figure laughed heartily without any emotion.

"Huh?" Feng Bin and Hua asked blankly, "What dirty joke?"

"Ahem, it's nothing." Mai Sakurajima coughed, cupping her fist to her mouth. "Let's talk about the filming... huh?"

Sakurajima Mai's expression twitched slightly as she moved her hand away: "Why does it smell like hot pot?!"

Bai Ying scratched his head and said, "Perhaps we ate too much?"

Feng Bin and Hana disdainfully pulled away slightly: "Don't talk to me with a mouth that's eaten that kind of stuff!"

"I already said it's brain..."

"Shut up! Skip this!" Mai Sakurajima stomped on the white figure's right foot in annoyance. "I need to hurry home and wash it with disinfectant... How did Hater agree to act in such a terrible movie? It can't be that he thinks others fit his aesthetic, can it?"

"A bad director can only be called average in the face of hotpot," Bai Ying commented, then asked in surprise, "Didn't you have a face that screamed 'I want to work with Hater-kun, and in the future, when we create works together, I can even borrow his filming crew'?"

Mai Sakurajima coughed: "Well, I do have that thought a little, but isn't the hater a bit too much?"

Bai Ying was stunned, her face full of pain and remorse as she said, "Ah, I'm sorry, you probably wanted to give me a surprise. I shouldn't have said it directly—Red Bean Paste Secret Marseille!"

Mai Sakurajima: "#!"

So you're all talk, keep talking, huh? Okay, go ahead and talk! Okay, go ahead and talk!

Sakurajima Mai kept a straight face as she stomped her little leather shoes on the white figure's right foot again and again.

Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

"What's wrong? Do you have a problem with it? Writing scripts for me might cause you to run out of inspiration, and you're not interested in it?"

"Oh no! So I promised the director of this terrible movie, didn't I?"

"..."

Mai Sakurajima paused for a moment, then casually withdrew her foot: "You're smart to know what's good for you. I'll reward you later."

Bai Ying coughed and said, "Well, I do have that thought a little, but isn't 'Hero Plus' setting its proportions a bit too high?"

"Sister is really..." Toyohama Kazuka glanced sideways at the white figure who was being trampled on again, and at the somewhat exasperated Sakurajima Mai, "A bit like Koyuki no Shino?"

Taking advantage of Sakurajima Mai's momentary hesitation, the white figure swiftly moved from the middle to Toyohama Kazuka's side, shaking her head in disapproval: "Hero Plus, Twisting Power, Stage Three!"

"Yukino... well, I might be a little embarrassed, after all, that kind of thing needs some time to settle down and mature."

Mai Sakurajima crossed her arms, trying to calm herself down a bit: "Whether it's acting skills or experience, I need to hone my skills until I have enough confidence... What about you, Hana? Have you been having any work-related troubles lately?"

Toyohama Kazuka scratched her face: "Troubled? No."

No? I don't believe it.

Mai Sakurajima pondered, unsure whether her guess was correct. If she was wrong, she would be seen as a petty person who had acted unjustly...

"I am so beautiful."

A vibrant voice, tinged with a hint of feigned melancholy.

Feng Bin and Hua, as if allergic, kicked to the side. The white figure leaped and dodged, landing in front of them. He slowly backed away, one hand on his chest and the other raised diagonally, sighing with worry and emotion, "I'm just too beautiful. If everyone is looking at me, my companions won't get any attention. What should I do? I wish everyone was as beautiful as me..."

"Xinei!"

Fireworks exploded in Feng Bin and Hua's minds, and their bodies rushed forward decisively, trying to bring this guy who had stolen their voice to justice on the spot.

"Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend..."

The white figure retreated rapidly, chanting at high speed as she went: "So beautiful of me, I don't know why I became so beautiful, perhaps I was born this beautiful—what loneliness! I feel ashamed of my beauty, I deeply apologize for my beauty, but it doesn't matter, as long as everyone can become this beautiful, I won't say I'm so sorry for being so pretty..."

"Shut up, you idiot!!"

I'm done living! I'm done living today! Let's just expose this lousy boyfriend and add some noise to the New Year celebrations!

Feng Bin and Hua chased after the white figure as it ran away.

Mai Sakurajima tilted her head and thought for a moment, then breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and followed after him.

Because you've realized you've achieved something without even realizing it, you feel bad for your teammates whose careers aren't progressing much. Would you like to help them out?

It really makes you want to pat them on the head and give them a compliment.

It seems that the Sweet Bullet team has a good relationship. I thought it was because Hua Yili suddenly rose to prominence that the team relationship became strained, causing her to have this problem, which is why she agreed to Director Nian's request.

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The next day.

[Under the Snow: What is Shiro-kun doing? I'm on a field trip with my father.]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: Just released a wave of primordial power, now waiting for the next wave.]

[Yukinoshita: ?]

[White Bad Guy White Shadow: Just finished pulling, waiting to pull the next wave, although judging from the scene, spraying would be more suitable.]

[Yukinoshita: What did you eat that gave you an upset stomach?]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: I ate spicy hot pot and pig brains yesterday.]

[Yukinoshita: ?]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: Haven't you heard of it? Pig brain, the white, tender kind with wrinkles on it, you can see the meninges and some blood vessels.]

[Yukinoshita: No need for detailed description!]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: It's really delicious! Let me get some pig brains from that lousy movie director and I'll cook you a whole table of them.]

[Yukinoshita: No!]

[White-clad villain, White Shadow: I want it!]

[Under the Snow: Let the white fungus live on the toilet and keep multiplying!]

[Bai Buliang Baiying: Your description is at least a little vivid and descriptive...]

[Yukinoshita: I mean you deserved it!]

There's been no word from them.

Bai Ying continued to lie peacefully, not wanting to write or create. If inspiration came and the power of the primordial chaos also came, it would be a hellish ordeal.

To create or to rant, that is the question.

The best way is to not do this question!

"Hahahaha!"

Bai Ying laughed twice: "I laugh at Kira Yoshikage's lack of strategy and the Queen of Assassins' lack of wisdom. If they had taken advantage of my surging primordial chaos to blow up the toilet first, I would have been driven to desperation and would have surrendered without a fight!"

There was no response.

Ugh, what a boring guy.

Ding Dong!

The doorbell rang suddenly.

The white figure was taken aback. Could it be that the hero had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique and time stop, and cooked a pot of stomach-soothing rice porridge at the speed of light, and then rang the doorbell to deliver it?

He struggled to his feet and opened the door.

Feng Bin and Hua stood outside the door with their arms crossed, their small faces stern and their demeanor aloof. They tapped their toes on the ground with a hint of impatience. When they saw the white figure open the door, their deep eyes revealed a hint of relief and joy.

Bai Ying tilted her head and looked at her, then suddenly realized, "You're here to take a dump, aren't you?"

Feng Bin and Hua instantly bristled, slamming their fists into the white figure as they entered the room. Their toes, clad in furry slippers, slapped and kicked several times, their claws outstretched like an enraged cat scratching wildly. Suddenly, their expression changed slightly, and they dashed through the living room like a flash of yellow light. Their footsteps echoed haphazardly in the hallway for a while before abruptly stopping with a bang as the door slammed shut.

Clearly, even after being cleansed by the water of shame, the stick figure, who hadn't even reached the mildest level of spiciness, was punished by the god of hot pot.

"Sigh, what a shy girl she is, too embarrassed to even raise her hand if she needs to go to the bathroom in class..."

Bai Ying sighed, her voice not loud, but with a strong penetrating quality.

Someone probably wanted to sit on a steamer, swelling up wildly but without saying a word.