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"This is Shenglong Dumplings." Rei Ayanami said very affirmatively.

"Shoryu Dumplings." Misato Katsuragi vaguely felt that she seemed to have heard this name somewhere before.

"Isn't this what Little Chef made? There is actually someone in real life who can replicate it, and it even moves." Asuka also returned to the table and couldn't help but sigh.

She was closest to the box of Shenglong dumplings just now, so she saw the whole process of the dumplings standing up most intuitively. She now regretted that she did not take a picture of the whole process of the Shenglong dumplings standing up with her mobile phone.

Hearing Asuka say this, Misato Katsuragi also remembered that this was a dish from the anime "The Cooking Master Boy". She had once watched this anime with Rei Ayanami.

But she vaguely remembered that the Shenglong dumplings in the anime were kept in the steamer and steamed, so the dumplings would stand up.

But now they have been moved into the food box, how can they still stand up?

Misato Katsuragi was still thinking about the principle of how the Shenglong dumplings stood up, but she soon realized that she had fallen into a misconception.

You shouldn't worry about how this thing was made, but who made it.

At this time, Misato Katsuragi recalled that Kikyo seemed to have said that this was a dish made by Sister Chen who had already left the third floor of the North Court Canteen.

However, at that time, her mind was entirely focused on Asuka, so she ignored this matter.

"Kikyo, didn't you say that these dishes were made by Sister Chen?" asked Misato Katsuragi.

"Yes." Kikyo nodded. "Sister Chen is now working at a hot spring hotel. The hotel has recently started doing takeout business."

When Sister Chen was working on the third floor of the North Court cafeteria, Misato Katsuragi was a frequent visitor to that window.

In order to hide her identity, Chen Bangling could only control herself from cooking the meal so deliciously.

But even so, the people who come to dine feel that the food at this window is not tasty enough, and it has even been reported by some people, who suspect that something inappropriate has been added to it.

Since Chen Bangling deliberately suppresses her own strength, the food she cooks will not be so delicious that it will make people hallucinate or their clothes explode, and there will be no special functions such as one-click replenishment of vitality, one-click detoxification, etc.

However, there are exceptions to everything. For example, when Rukia ate the food made by Chen Bangling for the first time, she had the illusion that she was being beaten by the ingredients and was almost knocked away by a rising dragon punch from the ingredients.

Anyway, it tasted good, so why did I feel like I was being beaten?

"Could it be...Could it be that Sister Chen is Master Abe?" Misato Katsuragi widened her eyes and expressed her guess.

From what she said, it can be seen that she, Ayanami Rei and Asuka watched the Chinese dubbed version.

Before getting Kikyo's confirmation, Katsuragi Misato said with certainty: "I was wondering why the food cooked by Sister Chen is so delicious. It's too delicious."

"I didn't say anything." Kikyo said, "This is your own guess. When you have time, go ask Sister Chen yourself. By the way, take Asuka and Ayanami Rei to the hot spring hotel to relax."

Hearing Kikyo's words, Ayanami Rei immediately looked up at Katsuragi Misato and asked, "Are you going to the hot spring hotel?"

She looked like a little deer, timid and adorable, with her beautiful jewel-like pupils full of anticipation.

Katsuragi Misato couldn't stand Rei Ayanami's expectant gaze, so she had to agree. There was no other way, because the child was so cute. No one could stand being stared at by Rei Ayanami like this.

"Okay, I promise you, we'll go this weekend." said Misato Katsuragi.

"Yeah~~~" After Misato Katsuragi finished speaking, a calm cheer without a trace of emotion came from the dining table.

Misato Katsuragi originally thought that the quiet cheer came from Rei Ayanami, but when she looked closely, she found that Rei Ayanami didn't say a word.

Turning around, Misato Katsuragi discovered that the person cheering was Kikyo.

Chapter 321 Chen Bangling: Although I didn’t appear on the stage, I feel like I am the protagonist of this chapter

"No...why are you cheering?" Misato Katsuragi asked helplessly.

Tonight, she got to know her old friend again.

Although she really didn't want to use this word to describe her good friend, this word seemed to be somewhat appropriate: this word is "repressed and passionate".

"Didn't you just say it? You said 'We'll go this week', and you said 'we'. Are you trying to exclude me?" Kikyo asked Misato Katsuragi, glancing at her with a smile.

Facing Kikyo's offensive, Katsuragi Misato could only admit defeat and said, "Okay, okay, you'll be included as well."

"Stop flirting with each other and explain what's going on." Asuka interrupted the two of them unhappily.

From Asuka's perspective, the interaction between Kikyo and Misato is just the flirting between a young couple, and Asuka is just feeding herself dog food.

"It hasn't been confirmed yet, but it's probably true," Katsuragi Misato didn't budge on the topic. She speculated, "The lady Chen who used to cook delicious food on the third floor of the North Courtyard cafeteria might be the chef Abei in The Cooking Master Boy."

"Master Abe?"

"It's Little Chef's mother."

"Oh...eh?"

Asuka was surprised. She had been in this world for more than two years. Before this semester began, Katsuragi Misato had always told Asuka that this was an ordinary world with no special events and no more time travelers.

As a result, a bunch of time travelers suddenly appeared. The school doctor was Kikyo from "Inuyasha" and the lady in the cafeteria was Master Abe from "The Cooking Master Boy".

Asuka feels that if she continues like this, everyone around her will be a time traveler.

"Is this what you mean by this world is ordinary?" Asuka looked at Misato Katsuragi while biting her chopsticks.

"Hahaha..." Katsuragi Misato didn't expect Asuka to come back to this question, so she could only laugh, "Hurry up and eat, it would be a shame if such delicious food gets cold."

After hearing what Katsuragi Misato said, Asuka also nodded.

She agreed with Misato. After all, delicious food should not be missed. As for causing trouble for Misato, she could always do so herself.

"Should we try one dish at a time, or should we open all the food boxes first?" Asuka asked.

"I can do anything." said Kikyo.

"Why don't we open one and try it out, so it'll have a sense of ritual," said Misato Katsuragi.

Ayanami Rei on the side nodded, and seemed to agree with what Katsuragi Misato said.

"Well, then, try the Shenglong dumplings first. I won't be polite. I'll start." Asuka clapped her palms together.

The same thing happened to Rei Ayanami next to her, but her voice was lower when she said "I'm starting."

"Let's eat." Misato Katsuragi, the head of the family, nodded.

Even if she didn't say this, Asuka and Ayanami Rei would start eating, but saying this at least added a sense of ritual, and it also demonstrated her status as the head of the family.

"Then I'll start too." Kikyo also clapped his hands and said.

"You're a guest, so there's no need to be like this. Just be casual." Misato Katsuragi said.

After that, they stretched out their chopsticks to get the Sheng Long dumplings.

Just when they were chatting, Shenglong Dumplings slowly descended and lay quietly in the food box waiting for the attention of these four girls.

After picking up the Shenglong dumplings with her chopsticks and putting them on her plate, Katsuragi Misato was still amazed: "These dumplings are really magical. How did they achieve this effect?"

The scene where Shenglong Dumpling stands up in the animation simply makes people laugh, and they think the idea is quite creative.

But now a dumpling that can stand up actually appears in front of him, which is a bit amazing.

"When you meet Ms. Chen at the weekend, why don't you ask her in person? Taste is more important now." Asuka said.

"That's true." Misato Katsuragi didn't continue to dwell on it.

But she had a new question: "Can the shrimp head be eaten? Or is it just for decoration?"

Misato Katsuragi remembered the scene in the anime where the Shoryu dumplings stood up, but she forgot whether the diners who followed also ate the shrimp heads.

"In the anime...those people only ate dumplings." said Rei Ayanami.

"I see the shrimp heads have been cleaned. If you want to eat them, just try them yourself." Asuka said, "I don't care about you guys. I'll eat first."

After saying that, Asuka picked off the shrimp heads and tails with chopsticks, picked up the dumplings, brought them to her mouth, and took a bite.

As soon as the dumpling entered her mouth, Asuka showed a happy smile on her face. She held her face with one hand, seeming to be completely immersed in her own world.

"This is the first time I see Asuka making such an expression. Is the effect of these dumplings so amazing?" Misato Katsuragi said with some surprise, her eyes constantly moving back and forth between Asuka's face and the Shoryu dumplings on her plate.

Although the Shenglong dumplings were created by Liu Maoxing, the person who cooked them this time was his mother Chen Bangling, and she did not deliberately suppress her own skills, so the result was naturally amazing.

Chen Bangling's cooking skills have transcended the "technical" level and become something similar to "Tao".

Even with the most common ingredients, magical effects can be achieved under Chen Bangling's careful cooking.

Just like now, after eating the Shoryu dumplings, positive changes have actually occurred in Asuka's body, but the changes are too small to be noticed for a while.

Kikyo said before that memetic pollution may be very scary in the eyes of ordinary people, but for some special people it may just be a slightly troublesome thing, or even not a trouble at all.

If Katsuragi Misato told Chen Bangling about Asuka's situation, maybe Chen Bangling could cure Asuka just by cooking.

Never doubt the quality of the chefs in “The Cooking Master Boy”. After all, Chef Liu Maoxing once said that if he can’t even save his beloved woman, what kind of chef is he.

Rei Ayanami on the side also opened her mouth and took a small bite of the Shoryuu dumpling. Then a beautiful and subtle smile appeared on her face. Although it was different from Asuka's smile, they were both happy smiles.

Misato Katsuragi suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity, so she took out her cell phone and took pictures of both Asuka and Ayanami Rei, capturing the smiles of the two girls.

"What are you doing?" Kikyo asked.

"It's rare to see them both with expressions like this, so we took a photo to commemorate the occasion," explained Misato Katsuragi.

Asuka and Ayanami Rei were already immersed in their own world at this time and did not notice what Misato Katsuragi did.

Kikyo nodded and was about to eat, but suddenly she thought of something and said to Katsuragi Misato, "Don't take pictures of me."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't take any pictures." Misato Katsuragi promised.

"Then put your phone away." Kikyo saw through the evil plan of this bad woman, Misato Katsuragi, at a glance.

I had already picked up the dumplings with chopsticks, while Misato Katsuragi's dumplings were still on the plate.

Misato Katsuragi must have planned to take pictures and then make fun of or even threaten herself afterwards, which is really abominable.

"You eat first!" said Kikyo.

"You still don't believe me? Then let's eat together." Misato Katsuragi sighed. She was so sad that her good friend actually doubted her. Was she the kind of person who liked to take secret photos?

If Misato Katsuragi could put away her phone, it would be somewhat convincing.

Misato Katsuragi and Kikyo both picked up dumplings and put them to their mouths, looking at each other.

"Then I'll count down. Seriously, it's just a dumpling, but you make it seem like you're playing a death game," Katsuragi Misato complained, and then began the countdown, "Three, two, one!"

After the countdown ended, they both took a bite of the dumplings, and a few seconds later, happy smiles appeared on their faces.

Fortunately, the food they ate was cooked by Chen Bangling, so even if they showed any expressions after eating, they would definitely be natural and beautiful.

If you eat the food made by Komatsu, it’s hard to say what expression you’ll have. It might really turn into a death game.

Komatsu is a character in the work "Gourmet Prisoner". He is also a very good chef. The dishes he cooks can make diners smile from the bottom of their hearts, but... this smile is somewhat strange.

In the story, Komatsu successfully created a legendary dish called "Century Soup". The diners who drank the soup all smiled like monkeys.

Regardless of gender, age, beauty or ugliness, everyone laughed like a monkey.

If this soup was placed in front of Misato Katsuragi and Kikyo, no matter how tempting it was, they probably wouldn't drink it, and would rather die than drink it.

In the fantasy world of the four of them, they were lying on the back of a dragon, being gently carried by the dragon, flying between the peaks and forests, and finally rushing up and into the clouds.

But after soaring above the clouds for a while, the illusion disappeared because they had finished their dumplings and could not renew the illusion.

There were two Shenglong dumplings in the food box. Although Katsuragi Misato wanted to try more, she said, "You and Lili can each have one dumpling and share it. I won't eat any of it because I need to save space for other dishes."

While speaking, Misato Katsuragi rubbed her hands together, showing that she was very interested in the other dishes.

Kikyo also nodded and agreed to Misato Katsuragi's proposal.

"Come on, I don't know how much you can eat. There are two dumplings left, just half for each of us."

As she spoke, Asuka picked up a dumpling, cut it into two very even halves with chopsticks on her plate, and gave half to Ayanami Rei.

Since Asuka said so, Katsuragi Misato and Kikyo had no choice but to have half a dumpling each.

This time, after eating the dumplings, they were surprised to find that they saw other people in the illusion.

Asuka and Ayanami Rei are in a fantasy world, while Kikyo and Katsuragi Misato are in the same fantasy world.

This made them marvel at the magic of this dish.

After finishing the Shoryu dumplings, Misato Katsuragi set her eyes on the remaining shrimp heads and tails. She tried to take a bite of the shrimp heads and was surprised to find that the shrimp heads had been specially processed and were very crispy.

After finishing the Shenglong dumplings, the four people turned their attention to the other food boxes that had not been opened, looking forward to what surprises these dishes could bring them.

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"A-choo~" Rukia sneezed softly.

"What's wrong?" Xing and Yue asked, and took out a tissue and handed it to Rukia.

"It's okay, I just feel like someone is saying bad things about me behind my back." Rukia said.

The two of them were now on the bus, on their way back to their apartment.