The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 541 Can you really gain enlightenment by riding a roller coaster?!
"vomit."

Zhou Hu vomited violently for the nth time while hugging the trash can, his whole body almost becoming one with the trash can, as if the trash can had become a part of his body and could not be separated.

Ouyang, who had originally said he would sit for a while and then leave, was now sitting on the bench, completely dumbfounded, lost in thought, reflecting on his failure, and continuing to ponder.

Looking at Zhou Hu, who was still vomiting into the trash can, Ouyang muttered, "How big must Mr. Luo's order be for Zhou to be so willing to risk his life to accompany Qin Huai on this roller coaster ride?"
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ten minutes later--

"What?! You're saying Qin Huai has already ridden the roller coaster nine times?! Luo Luo couldn't take it after five rides and had to stop to rest, You You threw up after six rides, Zhou Hu got like this after three rides, and Qin Huai is still waiting in line to ride the next roller coaster?!" Chen Huihong's loud voice almost pierced the sky.

If Chen Huihong's loud voice is usually because she has a naturally loud voice, then this time it's because she was genuinely shocked.

Luo Jun rubbed his ears with a hint of disgust, rolled his eyes at Chen Huihong, looked up at the running roller coaster from his wheelchair, and said casually, "Has Qin Huai been traumatized?"

Five minutes later—

"What?! You're saying Qin Huai is so upset he's trying to commit suicide?" Zhao Cheng'an, who had rushed over after hearing that Qin Huai had gone mad, screamed. "I just went to play a lottery, why would Qin Huai suddenly want to commit suicide?"

Luo Jun said coldly, "Who knows? Maybe he got infected from spending too much time with mayflies."

"What mayfly?" Ouyang asked blankly.

“It’s not important,” Chen Huihong interrupted. Just as she was about to speak, Shi Dadan, who was holding a grilled sausage, rushed over in a panic, his usually honest voice filled with terror.

"I heard Qin Huai was contemplating suicide. What happened to him? He was just eating dessert a moment ago, wasn't he? Why did he suddenly want to die? What happened at the dessert shop? Is he alright now? Was he taken to the hospital? Is his condition stable? I heard he jumped off the roller coaster!"

Zhao Cheng'an was shocked: "What?! He jumped off the roller coaster! I didn't see any blood, and why is the roller coaster still running?"

"Ugh." Zhou Hu, holding the trash can, added another background noise.

Everyone:...

Luo Jun took a deep breath, barely suppressing his urge to jump up and curse, and glared at Chen Huihong fiercely: "Chen Huihong, are you sick? What exactly did you send them when you sent them the message?"

Chen Huihong looked innocent: "I just said that Qin Huai has ridden the roller coaster 9 times, and now it's 10 times, and he still wants to ride it. Last time, Xiao Tan vomited so badly after riding it 4 or 5 times that he developed gastroenteritis and stayed in the hospital for so long. I exaggerated a little and said that Xiao Qin must not want to live anymore, riding so many roller coasters for no reason."

"How was I supposed to know it would get spread like this?"

"What? You can get gastroenteritis from riding a roller coaster?" Zhou Hu's weak voice came from the trash can.

Unfortunately, at this crucial moment, no one cares about the background anymore. Everyone is genuinely concerned about Qin Huai. Last time Qin Huai came to the amusement park, although he accompanied Qin Luo on a few roller coasters, he was still within the realm of normal human behavior. Now, he's even somewhat outside the realm of supernatural beings.

Chen Huihong couldn't even guarantee that she would survive if she went up and rode the roller coaster 10 times.

"What's wrong with Qin Huai lately?" Chen Huihong asked, her question piercing the heart. "Isn't he always in the cafeteria making snacks? I haven't been to the cafeteria much lately. I've been helping Huihui find a tutor and haven't been able to chat with Qin Huai much. Although Huihui's grades aren't bad, all her classmates are getting tutoring except for Huihui. I'm always worried that Huihui will fall behind from the start."

Luo Jun said expressionlessly, "I didn't go out."

Then he turned his gaze to Shi Dadan, Chen Gong, and Gong Liang, who sat in the kitchen eating every day, his face saying, "You three better give me an explanation."

Chen Gong was thinking, Gong Liang was frowning, and Shi Dadan was repenting.

“I’m so careless, really. I’ve actually felt that Qin Huai is acting a bit strange these past few days, but I haven’t thought about it in detail. Before, Qin Huai would make a lot of different desserts every day, and he often said that he would get very annoyed if he only made the same dessert for a long time. He also wouldn’t stay in front of the cooking station all the time, but would come over from time to time to have a cup of tea and chat with us for a bit.”

“For the past few days, Qin Huai has been making locust flower steamed buns every day. He not only doesn’t make any other desserts, but he also doesn’t come over to chat with us even once during work hours. Although I find it a bit strange, I think it’s because Qin Huai just realized something recently. He was like this before, so it’s not a big deal. Thinking about it carefully, he would never have been like this before.”

"Could he be suffering from depression due to the stress of making pastries?"

“I saw online that depression is terrible. There were students at my son’s school who had depression and jumped off buildings.”

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault for being so careless. If I had paid more attention to Qin Huai, his symptoms wouldn't have gotten so severe before everyone noticed," Shi Dadan said with deep regret.

Qu Jing quickly reassured him, "Old Shi, Qin Huai probably doesn't have depression. The symptoms of depression don't quite match his current state. He seems more like... more like..."

Qu Jing tried to explain for a long time but couldn't find the answer. She was just a neurologist, not a psychologist, so her expertise was not relevant.

Zhao Cheng'an looked around and asked, "Where are Luo Luo and An Youyou?"

"They went to ride the drop tower, right, Ouyang? When Luo Luo and You You came down, Qin Huai hadn't ridden so many roller coasters yet, so they didn't know about it. I didn't tell Luo Luo because I was afraid she would worry," Chen Huihong said.

Completely dumbfounded by everyone's conversation, Ouyang nodded blankly, his mind filled with: Is it that serious?
That's an exaggeration. Qin Huai just rode 10 roller coasters in a row, not like he was going to participate in the Red Bull Challenge.

Ouyang sat there, wanting to see how many rides Qin Huai could take before he threw up, and then, when Qin Huai did throw up, he would praise him as awesome and ask him how he could increase his roller coaster ride count so much in such a short time.

Did you secretly go to the gym? Do you have any secrets?

How did it all come to be that Qin Huai became depressed and didn't want to live anymore?

Ouyang wanted to say something, albeit tentatively, that perhaps you're overthinking things, and that it's possible Qin Huai simply loves riding roller coasters, but he didn't dare.

He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, Luo Jun would curse him so badly that he would not want to live anymore.

Qin Huai, who was on the roller coaster, was unaware of what was happening below. He only felt the wind whistling in his ears, and the feeling of weightlessness made him feel very relaxed and enjoyable.

Shi Dadan was right; Qin Huai's condition had indeed been off these past few days, and Qin Huai himself was well aware of it.

Since reaching the Master level in dough preparation, Qin Huai has been in a very peculiar mental state. Previously, Qin Huai always had a very clear purpose when practicing making pastries, whether it was because Luo Luo wanted to eat them or to complete the side quests for the spirits, Qin Huai always had a clear direction and goal.

Qin Huai always thought this was a good thing.

When he was still at the Sanmalu Children's Welfare Institute, Director Qin taught the children there that they must have goals and direction, set their own aspirations, and then work hard toward their aspirations, and not give up on themselves.

Of course, Director Qin said this mainly to make the children obedient and study hard. He didn't expect them to become useful members of society, but rather to return home in glory years later to give back to the Sanmalu Children's Welfare Institute and make it a leader in Qiu County. At the very least, he wanted them to not bring shame to the welfare institute.

Dean Qin didn't want to hear news of his former orphanage graduates being imprisoned at his advanced age, or hear people saying, "Sigh, kids from orphanages are just no good, nobody takes care of them."

This is an insult to Dean Qin's professional career.

Unlike most children who dream of becoming scientists, astronauts, teachers, doctors, or lawyers, Qin Huai's childhood ambition was to open a breakfast shop selling steamed buns next to the Sanmalu Children's Welfare Institute, selling them to the institute at cost price so that the children there wouldn't have to eat Qin Huai's terrible cooking in the future.

This dream came true after Qin Huai was adopted by Qin Congwen and his wife.

Qin Huai always achieved his goals quickly. Whether it was the snacks Luo Luo wanted or the tasks related to the spirits, the time span was never long. Qin Huai rarely spent too much time and energy on a single snack, which led him to develop a habit of easily getting bored. Once he had achieved a small goal, he would lose all interest in that snack. He would learn how to make many snacks and then stop making them, and over time he would even forget that he could make them.

Only the locust flower steamed buns are an exception.

The locust flower steamed bun recipe was something we had tried to master before, but not completely. Now we've come back to it.

But Qin Huai felt that locust flower steamed buns were different.

He didn't actually want to upgrade the locust flower steamed bun to S-rank and create a buff in a short period of time, mainly because Qin Huai was self-aware and knew his own strength.

To make locust flower steamed buns into S-grade quality in a short period of time...

That's not how you do it, even in your wildest dreams.

We haven't reached the part where we practice making locust flower steamed buns yet. According to the normal storyline, Qin Huai should be focusing on making potato dumplings, completing Wang Gensheng's side quest, and then retrieving the recipe from his memories.

If you're lucky, you might find a recipe of A+ grade or lower that perfectly suits Qin Huai's current skills. Ideally, you could level up the dessert to A+ and complete the main quest in one go. If not, then after mastering the potato dumplings, Qin Huai's next task is to find a suitable dessert and force it to A+ grade to complete the main quest.

Considering that Qin Huai is the male protagonist of a system novel, under normal circumstances, as long as the author does not want to force the plot or increase the word count, the story will develop according to the former approach.

No matter how you look at it, the locust flower steamed bun shouldn't be a plot point right now. An S-level steamed bun should be the final boss that gets defeated.

But Qin Huai really likes this big boss now.

Qin Huai's liking for locust flower steamed buns was unambitious; he simply wanted to make and practice them, purely out of a love for them. This liking wasn't the kind he developed as a breakfast chef when he was making buns at the breakfast shop. For Qin Huai, the liking for locust flower steamed buns was pure, unadulterated, and without any set goals.

The feeling that I had a connection with locust flower steamed buns in my past life, and that we had finally met again after many twists and turns in this life.

This passion was entirely selfless. Previously, when Qin Huai made pastries, she always had a desire to master the craft and achieve a certain level of quality. However, when making the locust flower steamed buns, she never thought about whether they could reach an S- or S-level.

Qin Huai is happy whenever he makes locust flower steamed buns.

So happy that I hummed a little tune.

Qin Huai knew he hadn't been in a good state these past few days, but he also felt that this abnormality was actually the right thing to do. He had been in a state of clarity, yet also a bit of confusion, and when he got on the roller coaster, he felt as if the fog had been blown away a little by the wind in his ears.

This feeling is very amazing.

To put it in a somewhat abstract way, Qin Huai felt as if he had found the true essence of making pastries.

On the roller coaster, in this wondrous environment, feeling weightless, Qin Huai closed his eyes, his mind replaying the details from the locust flower steamed bun video tutorial over and over again.

He thought he had understood the video tutorial on making locust flower steamed buns, but while sitting on the roller coaster, Qin Huai realized that he hadn't actually understood it completely.

It wasn't just locust flower steamed buns that came to mind.

There are also video tutorials for a series of recipes such as fermented rice buns, three-ingredient buns, glutinous rice cakes, and palace lantern buns with pincer flowers. Occasionally, there will even be a few video tutorials for rice cake soup, which might be too much to remember if you watch too many.

Qin Huai felt that many things that were once scattered were now gradually coming together, and the jigsaw puzzle pieces were being put back into place one by one.

He used to jokingly say that he had "realized" something, but that didn't really mean he had. Only this time did Qin Huai truly feel that he had "realized" something.

True understanding comes from integrating and applying knowledge.

As for why Qin Huai was able to ride the roller coaster 10 times in a row, breaking the Qin family's record...

Qin Huai thought it might be because, in Zhao Cheng'an's memory, he had experienced a hospital survival game that was even more thrilling than a roller coaster.

At his peak, the bandit king of Beiping was more agile than a roller coaster. Qin Huai still feels lingering fear when he thinks about the experience of being hit by invisible walls in the hospital, feeling dizzy and disoriented, as if he was being hit by invisible walls.

All I can say is thank you, Zhao Cheng'an. If it weren't for Zhao Cheng'an's memory, Qin Huai wouldn't even have the opportunity to experience enlightenment, even if he wanted to ride a roller coaster.

Another roller coaster ride has come to an end.

Qin Huai slowly got off the car, feeling a little dizzy. The staff all recognized Qin Huai and stepped forward with reverence to help him off the roller coaster, asking with concern, "Handsome, are you alright?"

The staff member's expression betrayed his true thoughts: "Please be careful, otherwise they might come after our amusement park if something goes wrong."
"It's alright," Qin Huai said slowly, leaving through the exit.

As soon as Qin Huai appeared, the crowd swarmed around him. Shi Dadan, the most agile of them all, squeezed to the front but dared not touch Qin Huai. He could only ask with a concerned expression:
"Qin Huai, are you alright? Did something happen? Are you facing any difficulties? If you're having trouble, please tell us. Don't keep it to yourself. We'll all help you. I definitely will!"

Zhao Cheng'an couldn't even squeeze in.

Qin Huai was a little confused by Shi Dadan's strong reaction and asked blankly, "Difficulties? What difficulties? I don't have any difficulties."

"Qin Huai, why did you ride so many roller coasters for no reason? Are you alright now? Do you have any symptoms like dizziness or chest tightness?" Qu Jing began her consultation directly.

"It's alright, I was a little dizzy when I came down, but I'm much better now." Qin Huai said truthfully, and realizing that everyone was probably overthinking things, he quickly explained, "I'm fine."

"I just realized it."

“I’ve found that Zhao Cheng’an was right; riding a roller coaster is really good for enlightenment. The reason I rode the roller coaster so many times just now is because I felt like I had grasped a very mysterious feeling.”

"I feel like I won't get stuck on leveling up when I'm grinding skill proficiency in the future."

"What?!" Zhao Cheng'an's scream pierced the sky.

Although no one else squeezed in, his voice did.

"You've had another epiphany?! Can you really have an epiphany from riding a roller coaster? Of all the nonsense Tan Wei'an has spouted, is this the only truth?"

After leaving those words behind, Zhao Cheng'an resolutely walked towards the roller coaster queue entrance. He stopped after taking only a couple of steps, turned back, and asked, "How many times did you ride it before you started to understand?"

"The more the better, but do what you can," Qin Huai said.

"Ugh." Zhou Hu, holding the trash can, added another background noise.

(End of this chapter)