Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 926 - 456: Yam Cake
After leaving the dreamscape, Qin Huai was still immersed in shock and couldn't recover for a long time.
Xia Mubing, Xia Sheng turned out to be Xia Mubing!
If it were names like Xia One, Xia Two, Xia Three, or Xia Four, Qin Huai might have thought it was just a coincidence, a common name. But the name Xia Mubing was rare in itself, not to mention being a culinary expert, with the times and age coinciding perfectly.
Qin Huai had already gotten used to seeing people long deceased in the dreams of various spirits. Now, unexpectedly, he encountered someone still alive, someone in the dreamscape as a teenager, who is now over 90 years old, frail and elderly.
Qin Huai found it hard to describe his feelings at this moment. Even though he wasn't involved, he still felt shocked and emotional. Even as a mere observer, he felt the imminent reunion of the century was so thrilling and inspiring.
Although the two parties in this meeting might not recognize each other, Zhao Cheng'an, having reincarnated several times, had long forgotten everything from the first time. Likewise, Xia Mubing couldn't possibly recognize Zhao Cheng'an, whose appearance, personality, and name had completely changed.
But it doesn't matter, someone knows what kind of meeting this is.
Qin Huai suddenly became very eager to see the last part of Zhao Cheng'an's dreamscape. Only by watching all of Zhao Cheng'an's dreamscape could he understand Zhao Cheng'an's obsession with failing the tribulation as a mayfly, as Luo Jun and Shi Dadan said. If Zhao Cheng'an aimed to fail, failing on purpose, Qin Huai, as Zhao Cheng'an's friend, couldn't interfere much with Zhao Cheng'an's tribulation.
But if Zhao Cheng'an's failure was an accident, as Shi Dadan said, although most mayflies aim to fail and enjoy life, there are very rare cases where they succeed. Spirits' tribulations have no definite outcome, and if one were to infer each spirit's tribulation by common sense, they'd find that no spirit plays by the rules.
Luo Jun knowingly remained in the human world after failing, tormenting himself.
Wenyao Fish, being a fish, committed suicide by jumping into the sea after his Dao heart was broken.
The best tribulation success, Dang Kang, failed due to a friend's death but succeeded in the second life.
The Luan bird, having succeeded in tribulation, sacrificed himself for Chen Huihong, turning into Chen Huihong's second straw.
The clueless Plant Spirits failed their tribulation without even realizing it until death.
Qin Huai had already known so many spirits with bizarre reasons for failing and succeeding in tribulation, meeting one more mayfly who truly wanted to succeed didn't seem so strange.
Qin Huai sat in the room, quietly digesting for more than ten minutes. After calming himself, he opened the game panel to check the newly acquired recipes.
Surname: Zhao Cheng'an
Species: Mayfly
Status: ???
Dreamscape: 1/3
Recipe: [Rice Cake], [Red Egg], [Yam Cake] (click to view details)
Gift: None
Qin Huai clicked on the Yam Cake recipe.
[Yam Cake A+ Level]
Creator: Chen Qiusheng
Dish Details: As the former second-in-command at Taifeng Building, Beiping's famous chef Chen Qiusheng was known for his meat dishes. Few knew that Chen Qiusheng, for a half-witted apprentice who refused to become his disciple, secretly honed his pastry skills for years, with yam cake being one of those dishes. For the eater, Chen Sheng, although he felt that Chen Qiusheng's snacks weren't as good as Jiang Chengde's, he considered them the second-best in the world. However, he never shared this view with his master Chen. When an eater sees their name imprinted on the snacks, the deliciousness increases. Who could refuse a custom-made yam cake?
Daily Production Limit: (0/555)
After reading the dish details, Qin Huai could only think how hard it must be for Chen Qiusheng to raise three children.
His biological son was frail and costly but sensible, the apprentice was obedient and sensible with nothing to criticize, Zhao Cheng'an had skills and was reasonably sensible, but he indeed had a bit of a mental problem.
Poor Master Chen.
Qin Huai messaged Zhao Cheng'an on WeChat to ask when they would be back. Zhao Cheng'an replied they would return after dinner, asking if Qin Huai wanted to join them for dinner or eat on his own, or if he should pack some food for Qin Huai. Qin Huai said there was no need to mind him; he would order takeout.
Then Qin Huai started happily watching the yam cake video tutorial.
The yam cake video tutorial showed the complete process that Qin Huai had already observed up close once in the kitchen. Watching the close-up video tutorial again, he noticed something new. Chen Qiusheng's style in making snacks was entirely different from Jiang Chengde.
Jiang Chengde was a pure numbers-based snack maker, requiring no technique for ordinary snacks, just power through. Chen Qiusheng was clearly not as good in numbers as Jiang Chengde but had his own style.
Chen Qiusheng made snacks in a very gentle manner.
This reflected his personality; Chen Qiusheng was a good-natured person. If he weren't, he wouldn't have talked to Xia Sheng before buying Attendant Student outside the city, or agreed to take Zhao Cheng'an home, despite being somewhat unwilling to accept Zhao Cheng'an's self-recommendation.
Even when Zhao Cheng'an boldly told Chen Ping'an that he expected him to support him in the future, Chen Qiusheng merely smiled and said nothing, apparently acquiescing.
