Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

"Sister Leah, shut up."

Then everyone sat down on the carpet around the coffee table, pulling up their pretty sleeves to reveal their snow-white hands. They were all pampered young ladies who had never lifted a finger in the kitchen, but they were quite interested in making dumplings. After watching Shen Liang demonstrate a few times, they were all eager to try it themselves, and Shen Liang took charge of kneading the dough and cutting it into cubes.

Rita, one of the few skilled artisans, began rolling out dough.

“Many young people in China are now criticizing the media for not capturing the festive spirit of the New Year, saying that every skit program ends with everyone making dumplings together, which lacks originality,” Shen Liang said. “But in fact, many things in the New Year are just troublesome and don’t have much of a festive spirit, because many things are done by one person, while making dumplings is an activity that absolutely requires many people to do together. As long as you think of making dumplings, you will definitely think of a lively group of people, so this image has been used in all kinds of programs for a long time.”

"Can't one person make it?"

“How could one person possibly cook all of these? Think about it, would the other people have the nerve to wait and eat?” Shen Liang retorted.

"How dare you?" Kiana looked at him in surprise. At the same time, Cecilia, Sirin, Anna, Maria, Angelia, Shigure Kira, and even Durandal all looked as if it were perfectly natural. Only Rita, who was used to being a maid, smiled secretly.

Shen Liang remained silent for two seconds.

"Sometimes I feel that aristocratic families are indeed a class that needs to be overthrown."

“Leaving aside other families, our Saintess lineage is a treasure of the world, a pure, flawless, and incomparably beautiful Saintess lineage. Are you really willing to part with it, my darling?” Cecilia ruffled the boy’s hair, her smile mischievous.

"To call oneself a treasure of the world is a bit too much..."

"Isn't it?"

Shen Liang sighed, then glared at Cecilia, "Don't touch my head with your flour-covered hands, Sister Lia! I'm a germaphobe!"

"Hey, if you activate your holy blood and your hair turns white, then no one will be able to tell?"

The women laughed along, filling the room with a joyful atmosphere.

After the New Year's Eve dinner, the girls of the Shaniat family lay on the sofa carpet in the living room, rubbing their round bellies. The projector was showing footage of a MOBA game, with the strongest Valkyrie in the past and the strongest Valkyrie now soloing in the top lane, while the others tilted their heads to watch.

Cecilia sat cross-legged on the carpet, using the exquisite micro-management of the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny to utterly defeat Durandal. Durandal had chosen the top lane solo king, Fiora, while Cecilia was using Tahm Kench, a champion designed for the support role.

But the toad precisely licked Fiora's body with its tongue, and after several rounds of trading blows, it gained the upper hand, pinning Durandal under the tower and preventing her from engaging. The solo rule is one blood, one tower, one hundred CS, and no recall; whoever kills the opponent first, pushes down the opponent's tower, or kills one hundred minions first wins. Although Durandal's skillful maneuvering allowed her to survive, she ultimately lost to her mother due to the number of minions she killed.

"I beat a top laner in a 1v1 with support!" Cecilia exclaimed triumphantly, her small body swaying as she sat on the ground. "Who else?"

They're all Valkyries, with reaction times and thought speeds far exceeding those of ordinary people, so naturally some are unwilling to accept defeat. Moreover, Cecilia says she only needs to use support to win, while others can choose any hero unit, so there are quite a few who want to try and challenge Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie.

Yes, Cecilia is the "strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal" even in the gaming world. She picks up and masters any game quickly, even becoming a blacklisted player in many Schicksal internal games. Many young Valkyries dream of challenging this unparalleled saint, but so far, Cecilia's dominance in the gaming world is basically equal to her dominance on the transcendent side.

Anna played games with Shen Liang for a long time. Having been led astray by Shen Liang from being a sheltered young lady, Anna mustered up the courage to try it out, but was killed before the minion wave even left the lane.

Unconvinced, Kiana decides to challenge her mother. A seasoned gamer herself, she enters the arena with the confidence of a loser, while the girls cheer her on.

Then, unsurprisingly, I was easily lectured by my mother.

At this moment, Angelia shouted, "Pandora's little brother, you should join too!"

Speaking of Angelia, she is probably the most innocent among these girls. She is still having a great time with her family sisters and has a girlish heart. She has no idea that she is not on the same side as these young ladies with different thoughts.

"Want to come?" Cecilia asked with a smile.

Shen Liang thought for a moment, then walked to her side, took Kiana's place, and picked up the keyboard.

"Hmph, now that's a real opponent." Cecilia raised her delicate chin. "Darling, you'll have to accept the punishment if you lose."

"Why? Nobody else has it."

"Because my baby is really good, even though he's not as good as me, there has to be some stake in the bet."

"Oh? Since it's a bet, there must be a penalty for losing and a reward for winning, right?" Shen Liang asked with a smile.

"If you win, baby, I'll let Kiana wear a cheongsam as a reward for you tonight."

Upon hearing this, not only Kiana but also Anna, the only one wearing a fitted cheongsam, blushed, realizing that Cecilia had noticed Shen Liang's extra appreciation for her.

“Kiana doesn’t have a cheongsam,” Shen Liang said. “I bought all her clothes.”

“Then wear mine,” Cecilia said nonchalantly. “How about it?”

"Row!"

After agreeing, Shen Liang suppressed a laugh and whispered to Kiana, "Senior sister, this isn't fair, is it? You're mine to begin with, so taking this reward is like getting something for nothing. Are there any other rewards?"

Kiana lowered her head and stomped hard on his foot, which was wrapped around his buttocks. "If you win, go buy me a cheongsam!"

Shen Liang glanced at Kiana with regret.

At this moment, Sirin, who seemed uninterested in the game and maintained a cold and aloof expression, leaned closer to him and said in a low, indifferent tone, "What's a cheongsam? If you win against that woman, hmph. Want to see Kiana in... a wedding dress?"

...A wedding dress?

Cardiac arrest.

Shen Liang locked onto Ornn with a blank expression. Cecilia, who knew he had actually played the game, looked surprised. Then he locked onto Aatrox, who could beat any flesh as if it were his son.

Games start.

Ornn, being a pure tank champion, gave up on fighting Aatrox from the start. Relying on the powerful regeneration from Doran's Shield, he only used his small skills to try to last-hit minions while being attacked, and if he couldn't, he just let it go.

Cecilia didn't expect Shen Liang to have no intention of fighting back. However, in solo mode, it's only one against one. She didn't understand what Shen Liang was doing. If she kept waiting, she would definitely kill a hundred minions first to win.

However, after only about eight minutes, Shen Liang, who had farmed 50 minions, retreated a few steps and placed a small Thornmail and a Doran's Blade under the tower. Because the action was performed outside of vision, Cecilia did not notice Shen Liang's equipment inventory for the time being.

When Shen Liang took the initiative to attack, her first reaction was that Shen Liang knew that there was no chance of winning if the fight dragged on, so he was fighting with his back against the wall. At full strength, she would not avoid the battle. It wasn't until she used a skill and found that the damage was wrong, and then she was seriously injured by a normal attack and found that the healing was wrong.

She immediately realized the problem, noticed the difference in numbers, and decisively used Flash to retreat and avoid battle.

But it was too late.

With Flash and a huge equipment advantage, Shen Liang was 50 minions behind Cecilia and 20 minions behind. Cecilia, who had lost the ability to lane, could only watch helplessly as Shen Liang slowly farmed up to 100 minions and finally watched in despair as Shen Liang won by farming minions.

"Okay!"

The girls around her snapped out of their daze and clapped enthusiastically, their eyes sparkling with admiration. Only the saintess, caught off guard, slumped to the floor, staring at her hands in disbelief.

"That's not fair! Darling, you cheated! That's not fair! Let's have a rematch!" The Holy Maiden slammed her fist on the floor in anger.

Shen Liang didn't want a rematch. He squeezed Kiana's little hand, and Kiana, feeling both proud of her boyfriend's victory and sorry for her mother, turned away haughtily.

Xilin curled her lips into a smile, but quickly concealed it, only giving Shen Liang an arrogant glance and scoffing, "What a spineless coward."

"How is that being useless?" Shen Liang asked with a cute smile, knowing the answer already.

Xilin's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly turned her head away, continuing to hum without answering. The others could only see her originally pretty, fair face turn red to her earlobes.

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Evenings were coming up, and the Spring Festival Gala in China often ran until 1 a.m. Many of the girls in the Shaniat family were watching the Spring Festival Gala broadcast for the first time, and they were so excited that they didn't leave until the end.

Shen Liang bought some toiletries from outside and arranged accommodations for them. The apartment has six rooms, so everyone can squeeze in. It's said that Cecilia and Maria will be sleeping together tonight, and Rita and Durandal will probably have their own room.

Shen Liang then went into her own bedroom, where someone was already taking a shower; the sound of running water indicated that Kiana was bathing. On the soft, large bed lay a gorgeous, milky-white wedding dress.

Shen Liang swallowed hard.

—Sister Xilin, you are truly my good sister, you always keep your word!

—Wow, you're so quick! I just got home. Where did you buy this wedding dress?

Although the wedding dress seemed a bit worn, Shen Liang didn't care. The wedding dress, a symbol of gorgeousness and purity, made his heart race.

So he didn't notice the colored contact lenses placed on the bedside table.

The bathroom door opened, and Kiana, wrapped in a pure white bath towel, walked out barefoot while wearing colored contact lenses. Before she could even open her eyes to look around the room, she was suddenly hugged from behind and thrown onto the soft bed.

"Kiana," Shen Liang called softly, "Kiana."

The delicate body in his arms seemed to pause for a moment, and at first it seemed to want to resist, but being held too tightly, she stopped resisting.

"Why did you call me?"

"nothing."

"I do not believe."

"Put this on." Shen Liang smiled and held up the wedding dress, looking at the white-haired beauty who had just come out of the bath, her face familiar. "Let me see you at your most beautiful."

Kiana remained silent for a long time.

"is it not OK?"

"No..." Kiana suddenly jumped out of bed and locked the door.

"Heh, there's nothing wrong with that."

Shen Liang didn't know why she locked the door, but seeing the fair-skinned beauty in her milky-white wedding dress, he didn't have any other thoughts. He intertwined his fingers with his beloved's and kissed her.

The recipe in Chapter Sixty-Four was copied by the author from Gongdelin Temple.

This chapter continues from Chapter Sixty of this volume and is the main text of the novel.

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The kitchen was filled with the sizzling sound of cooking pots. On the counter in front of Shen Liang were chopped water chestnuts, and a pot was simmering with a rich and flavorful broth.

It's like chicken soup, with chestnuts and ginkgo nuts in it. The taste is fresh, tender, soft, and sweet. Just the smell is much better than the dishes brought back from the restaurant.

The girls in the living room all looked around, sniffing and marveling at Shen Liang's cooking skills. Rosalina couldn't help but go to the kitchen to see if she could help out, but Shen Liang ruthlessly kicked her out.

If he doesn't cook the food himself, that's fine. But if he does step into the kitchen, he won't allow any novice to dabble in his domain unless they are truly helpful ladies from respectable families.

As for Gan Yu.

As Gan Yu smelled the aroma of the chicken soup and looked at the packed dishes, which were mostly meat and some were semi-meat, she couldn't help but feel conflicted.