Quadruple split.

Chapter 2453 Interlude: Early Morning

Real time AM05:17

City B, Dexin District, Motan's apartment

"Woo..."

The young man stood up from the game cabin, covered his face with his hands, uttered a painful and meaningless groan, and then half-deadly lay on the edge of the game cabin for a long time, until his chest began to hurt slightly. He stood up reluctantly, put on his slippers, walked straight to the small refrigerator in the corner of the living room, took out a bottle of ice cola, and started drinking it "tons, tons, tons".

But soon, the guy who was planning to just "cheers" gave up the idea, and after drinking about half a can of ice cola, he walked slowly to the sofa while burping. After putting the cola on the coffee table as if he had used up his last bit of strength, he collapsed directly on the sofa, curled up in a ball, holding his stomach with a slightly painful look on his face.

This story tells us that even for a healthy young person, it is absolutely very, very, very stupid to gulp down half a can of iced carbonated drink in the middle of the night!

[You must not let Yuchen know about this, otherwise she will scold me for at least a week! ]

Because of the sudden intake of a large amount of ice cola, Mo Tan, who now felt that his whole body was about to split apart, made a very sad decision and vowed to hide it from a certain girl who was obviously not the particularly smart type but could always see through his thoughts and see through his disguise time and time again.

In the next few minutes, perhaps because the weight of the young girl was far greater than this self-inflicted physical discomfort, or perhaps because young people in their early twenties just have the capital to abuse their bodies, after a struggle, Mo Tan gradually felt that the discomfort in his stomach had significantly subsided, so he reached for the coffee table and decided to have a drink to celebrate.

……

Time flies, time flies

An hour later, Mo Tan walked out of the bathroom with difficulty, put down his mobile phone, and turned to look towards the balcony.

Perhaps because it was going to rain, the sky only began to turn pale at this moment. As the night was gradually dispelled by the slightly dim but still stubborn morning light, Mo Tan's mood finally calmed down a little.

I have to admit that although the intelligence I got from the 'Lord of Soldiers' not long ago was not much, the amount of information was indeed too overwhelming. It was precisely because of this overwhelming amount of information that Mo Tan did not switch to the corresponding character 'Hei Fan' immediately after his 'attack', but decided to leave the game first to take a break.

And when he left the game cabin, it wasn't just those 'big things' that made him feel noisy and stomach-ache, the experience he had earlier in the Savage Highlands also made him feel mixed emotions. Although he was not heartbroken, he always felt as if something was blocking his chest.

Mo Tan knew that it was an element called "human touch" that he did not lack in his current personality, and even had an excess of it. Compared to the "side" that had just made up its mind to completely abandon [The Jackdaw's Oath: The Final Dream Stage] and began to plan a more ambitious plan, the "side" that was still worried about the experiences of Largo and Peschi and was shocked by the words of the Lord of Arms seemed too hopeless no matter how you looked at it.

The good news is that now Mo Tan does not think that being "unsuccessful" is a bad thing. In fact, if life is a series of simple multiple-choice questions, then he will definitely choose those paths that are considered unsuccessful and unambitious in the eyes of ordinary people.

The bad news is that life is not a simple multiple-choice question. No matter whether it is Mo Tan's life outside the game or Hei Fan's life in the game, in most cases, he has no right to choose at all. Instead, as the popular saying goes, "Once you enter the world of rivers and lakes, you have no choice", they are carried forward by various external factors.

Snapped--

Mo Tan slapped his cheeks hard, then opened the window, letting the slightly cool morning air flow into the house, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

He began to try not to care about things that were not related to 'Hei Fan', and to draw his attention back to the 'big project' that was destined to be a big news in the northern part of the Sanctuary and could not tolerate any distraction.

This is not an easy task, but Mo Tan is very clear that if he cannot break the situation, countless terrible possibilities will follow, and if one or two of them become reality, it will bring very bad consequences.

The gears have started to turn, and everything has started to get on track. Today, whether it is 'Hei Fan', 'Tan Mo' or 'Mo', they must do what they should do to prepare for the mess that will have evolved into a certain scale and will be destined to explode one day in the future.

This is not out of a sense of responsibility, because fear is a far more motivating catalyst than responsibility.

Mo Tan, who was constantly preparing himself mentally, sighed and gave a dry bitter smile.

He succeeded.

It was much simpler than he had imagined. It took him less than five minutes to completely immerse himself in the role of 'Hei Fan'. Although his thoughts were still clear, the things happening with the other two characters seemed to be filtered through a 'dream' or 'story'.

This filter is as thin as a cicada's wing, but it can make the current Mo Tan clearly distinguish from his other two mental states, just like the different flavors of ice cream on the same cone.

Mo Tan didn't know whether he should be happy about this, as he had already experienced too many unnecessary troubles during this period of time. After a brief thought, he naturally made a decision that was in line with his current mental state - to just put it aside and not think about it.

After that, because it was almost time for the server to shut down, Mo Tan did not return to Dunbuya City where Xia Liya and Romeo were helping to manage it. Instead, he went into the kitchen and cooked two dishes for himself in his current personality. Although they were not suitable for eating early in the morning, Mo Tan did not care too much because of the bonus from the [Guilt Battle], and cooked several hard dishes in one go.

So, when the sun rose completely, Mo Tan's dining table was already set with stewed beef with tomatoes and potatoes, steamed spareribs with rice flour, stir-fried meat and celery, and lean meat and shiitake mushroom soup.

Among them, the beef stew is to fry the sugar color first, then add half of the tomatoes to fry until the juice comes out, then add soy sauce, dark soy sauce, pepper and other ingredients and stir-fry evenly, then add water and simmer for half an hour, and finally add potatoes and the other half of the tomatoes and stew until they are soft, then cook over high heat to reduce the juice.

Steamed Spare Ribs with Rice Flour is a super luxurious version that uses expensive rice flour and selected spare ribs, steamed in a steamer until they are heavenly;

The stir-fried meat and celery is used to provide a good ratio of vitamins and vegetables, which can make one have a convincing argument when dealing with Yu Chen, but the carrots in it will never be eaten, and instead the corn kernels will be completely eaten up, which is a diplomatic version.

The lean meat and shiitake mushroom soup is a special version of rice soup that is both nutritious in appearance and has a very fresh taste.

I have to admit that among Mo Tan's various skills, the only one that he can perform well in regardless of his personalities, and that he can frequently generate inspiration and keep improving at all times, is his cooking skill!

Compared to Yu Chen's nutritious Chinese cuisine, Gu Xiaole's traditional Japanese cuisine, Huo Yanyang's superb BBQ heat control, Zhu Lan's little handbook of curious flavors, Ji Xiaodao's super-precise and perfectly proportioned desserts, Cui Xiaoyu's super-chewy pastries made with great effort, Yi Dong's high-end cold dishes plating method, and Ji Xiaoge's... cooking, Mo Tan's cooking skills are even to a higher level!

No matter whether it is Western food, Chinese food, Hunan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine or even sashimi cold dishes, he can cook them all with ease. No matter how simple and cheap the ingredients are, he can discover their strengths and advantages. He has a superb control over the proportions of various seasonings and is well versed in the application of professional terms such as appropriate amount and a little. His varied cooking skills can almost be described by the adjective "all-encompassing". Mo Tan has proved himself in countless small gatherings with various dishes with an average cost of no more than 50 yuan. At the same time, he has also become Ji Xiaoge's rival.

Of course, in the eyes of Yi Dong and others, calling the two of them "strong rivals" is actually a bit of an exaggeration for Mo Tan. After all, although Mo Tan's cooking is delicious, it is far from the level of being able to revive the dead or turn bones into flesh. But Sister Pigeon's cooking skills can easily send diners to see their grandmother. Comparing the two, the difference is obvious.

Yu Chen commented, "I'm afraid only Xiao Qian can compete with Mo Tan in the kitchen," so everyone was looking forward to Lucy's cooking skills.

It’s a pity that Yu Chen’s group of close friends have returned to City S after the long vacation, and it might be difficult for her to meet up with them again in the short term.

All in all, after an unusually sumptuous breakfast of three dishes and one soup, Mo Tan's mood improved a lot, so he decided not to wash the dishes for the time being.

[Even if I don't wash the dishes now, I will wash them later.]

With this in mind, Mo Tan just piled the dishes into the kitchen sink and happily went to catch up on the anime. Unlike most people, although Mo Tan is in dire straits in the game, and even to this day has reached the point where he can't rest a bit in various roles and in various meanings, in the real world, his style is quite slow-paced, especially after the implementation of the [Dissolution] plan, Mo Tan no longer needs to worry about the things in Dunbuya City outside the game, and he can be said to be free and relaxed whenever there are no classes in school.

Yi Dong, who has a similar life rhythm to Mo Tan and even has a high degree of overlap in his days without classes, is in a bit of a hot water situation right now.

……

"so."

The good brother who was blocked in the room by Gu Xiaole early in the morning and looked like he had lost all hope in life sighed and asked unhappily, "Didn't you just say that you were ready to drown in the boundless love of your paper husband? Why are you suddenly interested in that guy's affairs?"

Although she has good taste in clothes and knows how to dress well, Gu Xiaole, who usually only wears sportswear at home, sat cross-legged on Yidong's computer desk and said with a smile, "You know I've been drawing books recently. As the saying goes, art comes from life. I came to you to ask about Tanjiang because I've been running out of inspiration recently."

Yi Dong sneered and suggested sincerely: "For the sake of your fans, I don't really recommend you use that guy as a reference for the character design of an important role."

"It's not a big problem. You know, I'm good at drawing dual male protagonists."

Gu Xiaole continued to smile and said cheerfully: "Even if the setting is not pleasing, as long as there are more sex scenes, people won't have too many objections. If there are still objections, I will continue to expand the scale!"

Yi Dong pulled the corner of his mouth and was about to say something, but suddenly his face turned stern and he asked in a bad tone: "Wait a minute, although I know very well that what you call 'double male protagonists' is actually letting two men be gay, but for safety reasons I still want to ask first, if Mo Tan is the prototype of one of the male protagonists, then the design reference of the other one could not have come from..."

"Of course it's you!"

"Don't even think about it!"

"What do you know? The love-hate relationship between beautiful boys is an art form that combines the best things in the world. And the appropriate sex scenes are just like the sea bream in miso soup, the radish in oden, the shrimp tail in tempura, and the bonito flakes in takoyaki. It is..."

"abnormal."

"My lovely おとうと, I don't allow you to say that about yourself!"

"I'm talking about you!"

"What did you say about me?"

"abnormal."

“Ototo!!!!”

"Get out of here——"

"Anyway, you have nothing to do anyway, so why not chat with your sister?"

Gu Xiaole smiled and put his arm around Yi Dong's shoulders, and said to her in a reasonable and emotional way: "We are cousins, blood is thicker than water. Can you really bear to see me, your sister, struggling in the pain of a creative bottleneck?"

"Be patient."

Yi Dong nodded without hesitation and said in a deep voice, "Please hold on to your outrageous gay story and die in pain and despair at the bottleneck."

"Ko no Yaro!"

Gu Xiaole was furious and said angrily: "If you don't want to be decent, I, your sister, also have undignified ways!"

"I know. Karate, right? Wing Chun, right?"

Yi Dong sneered calmly, opened his arms and showed that he was ready to be slaughtered by his sister: "If you have the guts, beat me to death in my house."

"Hehe, look at what you said, how could my sister bear to beat you to death."

But Gu Xiaole smiled evilly and said, "I just want to remind you, don't look at me like this, I actually have a lot of fans~"

"What? Are you planning to find some fans to cyberbully me?"

"No, I just want to say that if you really don't want to talk about Tan-chan, then I can only focus on portraying the beautiful boy who is based on our dear cousin, who is a strong-willed man and would rather be bent than straight."

"..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely draw that character exactly like you. It would be best if the resemblance is so high that you can debut seamlessly—"

"Gu Xiaole, don't go too far!"

"But if you are willing to tell me a little about the interesting things between you two, then I will..."

"Just retire from the business?"

"I'll just change your gender!"

Chapter 2444: The End