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Zhu Zi was also very proactive: "Boss, I can also be your assistant."

"Thank you, please bring me the ingredients first."

"Where are the ingredients...?"

"..."

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Just then, Xiangling came in carrying a bowl of rice and said with a smile, "Let me do it, you're not familiar with this place."

Xiangling skillfully fetched various ingredients, placed them aside, and carefully explained them to Xia Zhi before picking up her rice bowl again, taking a couple of bites, and saying while eating, "Pot crust, start the fire!"

The rice crust spat a burst of fire into the stove, and the pot quickly heated up.

Then, Xia Zhi began cooking for the first time in this world.

The entire cooking process was smooth and graceful, and every movement was pleasing to the eye. Shen He had no chance to intervene and protect her.

Xiangling observed his every move intently, even forgetting to eat.

Before long, a new casserole dish was ready.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xia Zhi reached out and lifted the lid. A strange light burst out from the pot and disappeared in a flash.

Xiangling exclaimed in surprise, "It's glowing!"

The other three girls and Guoba couldn't help but swallow hard: "It smells so good!"

"Boss, I want to eat!"

"Big brother, I want to eat too!"

"Didn't you just say you weren't hungry?"

"Now I'm suddenly hungry again!"

"I really can't do anything with you guys. Go and bring your bowls."

Zhu Zi and Yao Yao quickly ran out, with Shen He silently following behind them.

Xia Zhi looked at Xiang Ling and said, "Miss Xiang Ling, please try it."

"it is good!"

A moment later, Xiangling stood there, completely stunned.

It seems that Xiangling is also starting to question the meaning of life.

Xia Zhi smiled, then suddenly felt something tugging at his trouser leg.

"Ugh!..."

It's rice crust.

It was looking at Xia Zhi with an expectant little expression.

"Do you want to eat too?"

Xia Zhi smiled and ladled out a small bowl of rice crust and handed it to Guoba.

Guoba couldn't wait to eat it, a look of enjoyment and satisfaction on his face.

Then, Xia Zhi saw that the golden progress bar on its body suddenly started to surge and instantly filled up.

"Progress bar has reached 100%, and you have received the Golden Treasure Chest reward."

Chapter 86 Senior Sister really spoiled you for nothing

A golden treasure chest lay quietly in my inventory.

Xia Zhi stared at the illusory system panel before him, lost in thought.

This situation was somewhat unexpected for him.

According to his original expectations, it should have taken about two weeks to fill up the gold progress bar on Guoba. Unexpectedly, he only cooked a dish for it and the progress bar was filled up immediately.

Moreover, the progress bar just rose at an extremely rapid pace. Xia Zhi even felt that even if he hadn't refreshed the progress bar on Guoba before, it could have gone directly from 0% to 100%.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but recall the slime with a progress bar he had encountered in the wild. When he killed it, the progress bar on its body was instantly filled.

The outcomes of the two situations are very similar, but the specific processes are completely different.

This should be considered a hidden setting of the system.

Xia Zhi looked down at Guoba, which was squinting its eyes, looking extremely satisfied.

Guoba stayed at Wanmintang and loved eating all kinds of delicious food. For it, being able to eat food it had never eaten before was an extremely enjoyable thing, so it got great satisfaction from it... These are positive emotions.

Xia Zhi seemed to be deep in thought.

For that slime, he had "invaded" their territory, and not only did he not retreat, he also killed them. It should have been extremely angry and hateful towards him... These are negative emotions.

Could it be that the system's hidden settings are related to emotions?

If you can make the other person feel a lot of negative or positive emotions towards you in an instant, you can speed up the progress bar loading.

No, that's not right, there's a problem here.

The box of mooncakes he gave to Xiangling was also a glowing dish. Guoba ate them all, and it must have felt very satisfied, but at that time, its progress bar only increased by 5%.

Xia Zhi thought of Qi Qi and the female ghost again. When they inhaled the [calming incense], their expressions were extremely satisfied. If the system really had such an emotion-related setting, then their progress bars should have been filled up directly like Guoba just now, but that was not the case.

In other words, his conjecture is not quite correct.

"Boss, we've brought the bowls!"

Xia Zhi came to her senses.

"Okay, you can serve yourselves."

"What's wrong, Senior Sister?"

"She just tasted the food."

"Oh!"

The three girls instantly understood, after all, they had already been through this once that morning and were considered experienced.

"Boss, your food is so delicious!"

"Yao Yao felt as if she saw a giant dragon flying among the mountains."

"I saw it too!"

"so amazing!"

Shen He didn't express any opinion, but after finishing one bowl, he immediately went to get another.

"Oh! Miss Shen He is so cunning!"

"Sister Shenhe, Yaoyao wants another spoonful too!"

By the time Xiangling snapped out of her daze, the Baoshan Flying Dragon Pot in front of her had been completely devoured.

No? Where's my huge clay pot of food?

You guys still say you're not hungry! Yao Yao, why are you standing so far away? I'm not going to steal the food from your bowl! I've been spoiling you for nothing!

Xia Zhi interrupted Xiangling's resentful gaze and asked with a smile, "How does Miss Xiangling think it tastes?"

"good to eat!"

"Is there any improvement compared to the one you made before?"

"I feel like this is on a completely different level! Mr. Xia's culinary skills are truly amazing!"

"Miss Xiangling, you flatter me."

"By the way, Mr. Xia, I saw the casserole dish seemed to be glowing earlier!"

"Have it?"

"some!"

"I'm not quite sure about that, after all, I'm blind. Maybe it's just an illusion caused by the light and steam."

"Is that so? But I..."

"Xiangling, none of these things matter. What matters is the taste of the food."

"Mr. Xia is right! Thank you so much for cooking for me, Mr. Xia. I learned a lot from it."

"No need to be polite. I just did it on a whim. It wasn't intentional. In fact, I should thank Miss Xiangling for letting me use Wanmintang's kitchen."

Xiangling looked at Xia Zhi, smiled, and said, "Then Mr. Xia is welcome to come and borrow it again next time."

After chatting for a while, Xia Zhi said goodbye to Xiang Ling and left Wanmintang to return to his small shop.

Yao Yao was the first to run in: "Qi Qi, we're back!"

Qi Qi looked at her and nodded: "Mm."