[Genshin Impact]: I can become stronger by cooking.

Chapter 47 [Enlightenment Tea Across Time and Space (Chao Ke's Special Dish)]

The next day.

Chao Ke got up very early, bought some ingredients in the system space, and then cooked a pot of Cream of Mushroom Soup.

Arecino came downstairs at this moment, but her gaze towards Chao Ke was inexplicably evasive.

After cooking, Chao Ke brought out two servings of cream of mushroom soup and some bread from the kitchen.

"Sis, dinner's ready."

"Ah."

Perhaps because it was daytime, the passion and impulse of the night were gone, and both of them felt a little awkward about the erotic scene from the previous night, so they tacitly avoided bringing up the topic.

Breakfast ended in a slightly somber atmosphere between the two.

Today, Chao Ke didn't go to Jia Zi Wei Restaurant. He had told Dwight yesterday to come to Jia Zi Wei Restaurant today and cover for him for a day.

Over the past two days, Chao Ke has gone through all the resumes he received in the Grey River District and has made preliminary plans for the selection of restaurant apprentices.

Today's plan is to go to the "Huihe District Talent Market" and get this done.

But as they passed the Adventurers' Guild, Chao Ke suddenly remembered something and called Catherine over.

"Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild, towards the stars and the abyss. Mr. Chao Ke, how can I help you?"

Chao Ke forced himself to pinch Catherine's lips to interrupt his desire to cast the spell, and listened to the whole sentence.

He took a piece of paper from the information desk and wrote down the recipe for [Fiery Essential Oil].

"Have someone make me a few batches of this synthetic potion as soon as possible."

Catherine nodded. "Understood, Mr. Chao Ke. If you need it urgently, would you like me to arrange for someone to do it?"

After a moment's thought, Chao Ke said, "Make the arrangements and produce the finished product as soon as possible."

Catherine understood. After putting away the recipe provided by Chao Ke, she did not place it on the adventurer's request board, but instead placed it on an extremely hidden device.

After giving Catherine his instructions, Chao Ke headed straight for the entrance to the Grey River.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After several leaps, Chao Ke arrived at the Fontainebleau River District, a place known for its "outstanding people and beautiful scenery, and simple and honest folk customs".

Strolling through the streets of Grey River District, a few drunkards lay sound asleep on the roadside, while from the distant residential area, the sharp shouts and curses of women could be heard.

Ahead lies the job market of Grey River.

Many bosses post temporary jobs here, and from a distance, it feels like a vision of the Sanhe Gods doing day jobs in a past life.

A burly man glanced at the job posting, spat disdainfully, and said, "This crap is really hard to do. I'd rather go tighten screws at the bottom of the ocean."

Those around him chimed in, "Who says otherwise? After coming out of the ocean, it feels like working under the Duke was much easier..."

After observing the local customs and culture of Huihe District with great interest, Chao Ke visited each of their homes according to the addresses left on their resumes.

Yes, it's "them".

The five candidates selected by Chao Ke this time are all women, and all of them are young married women.

This selection method is not because Chao Ke has any Cao Cao-like spirit or any special fondness for this group.

Instead, they selected the people most in need of help from all eligible candidates.

Apprentices at fast food restaurants don't need exceptional culinary skills or physical fitness. Those with these abilities could survive in the Grey River district even without this job.

These selected wives all possessed some culinary skills and were capable of working as restaurant apprentices.

However, their survival skills are the weakest in the Grey River area, and they all have children to take care of, which further exacerbates their survival burden.

As a woman, I don't have that much physical strength. As a young person, I don't have that many skills. As a mother, I don't have that much time.

Her only redeeming quality, beauty, ironically became a source of misfortune in the Grey River region.

Chao Ke is not a good person. Although he did have the idea of ​​helping them, the main reason he chose them was that they had the vulnerability of having children.

Once Jiaziwei Restaurant begins to expand, other business forces will inevitably follow suit.

Of all the methods of imitation, poaching people from Chao Ke is undoubtedly the simplest.

Chao Ke didn't want to give away the talent he had painstakingly cultivated for nothing, so single mothers were actually his best choice.

After visiting the five selected candidates and finalizing their employment arrangements, Chao Ke gave each of them an advance of two months' wages to cover the expenses of these financially strapped mothers during this period.

After finishing these matters, there was still some time to spare, so Chao Ke returned to Fontaine and casually found a coffee shop to sit down.

Enjoy the afternoon sun and the mild taste of this low-acidity coffee.

He opened the system interface and began to consider his recent gains and the items in the system that he needed to use.

When he came to a certain item, Chao Ke was slightly stunned. When did I get this thing?

[Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (To be used)]

After searching through the system prompts for a while, Chao Ke finally understood.

So this thing was given to me by the system when I had a mental breakthrough. I fell asleep right away then, no wonder I don't remember it...

"System, use [Chao Ke's Special Dish *1]".

[Use successful, starting to determine usage type...]

Chao Ke: "?"

A small wheel popped up on the system interface, offering two equally sized options.

[Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (Host-Specific Type)]

[Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (Teyvat Dish Draw Type)]

Chao Ke was taken aback. There was also a "host-designated type"?

Would it be okay if I designated "Alechina's Original Flavor" as "Chao Ke's Special Dish"?

If possible, then what about [Yomiya's Bandage], [Yura's XX]...?

In an instant, all sorts of bizarre ideas surged through Chao Ke's mind...

So, I clicked the "Start Drawing" button, and the roulette wheel pointer started spinning rapidly.

As the pointer circled over the item "[Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (Host-Designated Type)]", Chao Ke swallowed hard.

Hey, pointer, you need to stop where you're supposed to stop!

As time passed, the pointer spun slower and slower until... it stopped on the block for [Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (Host-Specific Type)].

Chao Ke was secretly pleased; his luck was pretty good today.

However, faintly, a sinister laugh seemed to echo from the surrounding space.

(Reviewer: Hehehe...)

The chilling laughter caused the previously stopped pointer to jerk violently, sweeping across the current block.

[Chao Ke's Special Dish *1 (Teyvat Dish Draw Type)]

[Automatic extraction in progress...]

【Extraction completed】

[Congratulations, host, on unlocking a new dish]

【Enlightenment Tea Across Time and Space (Chao Ke's Special Dish)】(Prerequisite dish: 【Large Bowl Tea】)

Chao Ke: 6

Chapter 48 This person is my dearest friend, my brother...

Thank you for your support, readers. An extra chapter is coming today.

The next day.

The restaurant apprentices recruited by Chao Ke also arrived at Jia Zi Wei Restaurant one after another and began their work.

Chao Ke reassigned the five new employees.

Three of them were placed in the kitchen of Jia Zi Wei Restaurant, while the remaining two were placed in the central kitchen of the Ting District Waterway Hub.

Once these restaurant apprentices had mastered their skills, the foundation for the opening of Jia Zi Wei Restaurant's first branch was laid.

To ensure the smooth expansion of the restaurant, Chao Ke frequently traveled between Jia Zi Wei Restaurant and the central kitchen throughout the day, training the new employees.

...

Inside the Buffati Mansion.

Arecino put aside her work and began to carefully study the information about the Fontainebleau Society, preparing for tonight's gathering.

As the appointed time approached, Aregino got up, tidied her clothes and demeanor in front of the mirror, and prepared to go to the Grand de Bois Hotel to meet Carles.

Although she didn't know why Carles had invited her to meet alone, Arecino was naturally not going to let go of this rare opportunity to communicate with the local bigwigs in Fontainebleau.

...

at night.

Chao Ke walked towards home with somewhat weary steps.

During the day, in order to accelerate his dream of building a chain of stores, he poured a lot of sweat into these new employees.

Fortunately, these women did not want to lose this hard-won good job, and they all worked very hard.

After a day of training by Chao Ke, they all made considerable progress.

After walking a few steps quickly, Chao Ke arrived at his doorstep.

Through the curtains, Chao Ke was pleasantly surprised to find that the living room lights were still on.

I went inside. Sure enough, my older sister wasn't deliberately avoiding me like she had the previous two days. Instead, she was sitting at the large table as usual, flipping through office materials.

But for some reason, Chao Ke felt uneasy, as if something bad was about to happen.

Sure enough, Arecino looked up at Chao Ke and said in a completely emotionless tone.