America: A Prodigy of Stereotypes

After the pasta was cooked, he rinsed it with cold water and set it aside.

There were also plenty of ingredients in Aunt May's refrigerator, enough for her to add more to her new pasta.

"Look, just like that, you knead and press to make a dumpling."

Li Qun carefully demonstrated to Gwen and Peter how to wrap a Chinese dumpling.

Aunt Mei learned it in a flash, while the two of them needed to try it a few more times.

Peter and Gwen have excellent learning and practical skills, so there was no need for repeated instruction, and every dumpling was perfect.

At 6 p.m., Ben Parker, who was working overtime on Sunday, was startled when he opened the door to find the house unusually lively.

"Oh, Ben, you're back!"

Aunt Mei was holding a strainer and watching the dumplings cooking in the pot.

What smells like?

Uncle Ben looked toward the stove, where Peter and Gwen stood behind Li Qun watching him make spaghetti with soybean paste.

"Hey, Uncle Ben!"

"Good evening, Uncle Ben!"

“Uncle, we’re having dumplings and spaghetti bolognese for dinner!” Peter said happily to Ben Parker.

"Let me see what you've all done?"

Uncle Ben put his briefcase down, took off his trench coat, changed his shoes, and walked curiously to the stove.

There are four stoves on the kitchen counter: two with natural gas and two with induction cooktops. Three of them are currently in use.

Besides the two stoves used for making noodles with soybean paste and boiling dumplings, a third stove was used to boil vegetable soup.

"Spaghetti bolognese, I never imagined it would taste like this," Uncle Ben exclaimed.

Due to work requirements, he has been to restaurants of all levels in New York and attended many banquets. He has eaten more pasta than Peter has eaten rice. This is the first time he has ever seen Italian fried noodles made by Li Qun.

Mix the meat sauce and pasta evenly in the pot, then divide it into five equal portions on a plate. The final step is to top the pasta with cucumber strips.

Tonight's dinner at Peter's house is: modern Italian fried noodles with sauce, Chinese-style beef, onion, and chive dumplings, and a refreshing vegetable soup to cut through the richness.

Uncle Ben had the TV on, his eyes glued to the news broadcast, while he kept eating.

"Ben, is it delicious?" Aunt Mei asked with a smile.

"Ugh, sob sob~!"

Uncle Ben nodded, his mouth full, and gave a thumbs up.

"Don't worry about it. Ben has a bad habit: he watches the TV news program from 6:00 to 7:30 every day without fail. Nothing can stop him."

Chapter 44 Traditional Cigarettes

If a voice kept ringing in your head, you'd definitely go crazy. Like a phone app constantly displaying a red dot +99.

Every now and then, a stats panel pops up in your head, reminding you: "Standardization +1..."

No one can stand it.

Therefore, Li Qun muted the notifications on the attribute panel, and the only notification sound he could receive was when a new "stereotype" was added.

Back at his uncle's house, back in his bedroom, lying on his comfortable bed, Li Qun opened his attribute panel.

"Would you like to consume 200 points...?"

"Wearing successful."

Impressions worn: [Aurora Kung Fu Kid], [A Person Who Can Do Better]

The deep panel feature is now enabled; you can now view the effort value panel.

After wearing the "Better Person" badge, Li Qun's learning and thinking abilities also entered a state of breaking through limits.

The attribute panel has been updated as if a new mod has been added, and the panel interface has also changed. The "Doing Better" feature displays the group's efforts and actions.

As Li Qun focused his attention on the six individual value abilities, a six-dimensional effort attribute graph unfolded beside him.

Willpower: 31 (Limit Break) (72)

Learning ability: 31 (Boundary Breakthrough) (0)

Thinking ability: 31 (Boundary Breakthrough) (0)

Athletic ability: 31 (Boundary Breakthrough) (73)

Physical condition: 31

Vitality: 31

Number of points available (0)

Willpower Effort Values: 203

Learning ability effort value: 64

Thinking ability effort value: 22

Athletic Effort Values: 203

Physical Effort Values: 18

Vitality Effort Values: 33

Like a major game update, Liqun invested all the stereotype points it had accumulated over this period, exhausting them completely.

Liqun focused its attention on the small question mark next to the six-dimensional chart of effort value, which provided a brief introduction to "effort value".

Effort value cannot be increased through attribute points, but can only be increased through personal effort. The maximum effort value is unlimited, but is limited by individual values.

"Another incomprehensible explanation."

What does "effort value limited by individual values" mean?

Liqun thought about it and concluded that it should be like this:

If an individual value allows a person's limit in a certain aspect of their ability to be 262, then by pushing themselves to the limit, they can reach that limit value.

Without making any effort, one is just at the level of an average person, or even worse.

The breakthrough in attribute points has sparked renewed speculation. It's believed to involve breaking the limits of human individual values ​​and raising the upper limit of individual values.

This isn't some kind of cheat code that makes you "transcend the ordinary" with just a few points added; it's a true attribute panel that's "entirely based on your own efforts."

Adding points is just a way for the attribute panel to let me know how far my future potential can go.

"My effort values ​​for willpower and athletic ability are the same, and the highest. Does that mean I worked very hard training kung fu with my dad?"

"My learning ability improved by 66. It seems I didn't work as hard in class as I did when practicing martial arts."

"I've worked on my physical fitness for 18 years."

"How can I improve my physical health? Should I soak goji berries in a thermos?"

"It still has vitality? How can I possibly improve it? This is so strange. What did I do to increase my vitality?"

"Thinking is easy to understand. You just need to work hard to improve your thinking skills. Reading or learning a foreign language can also help."

Once Li Qun shifted his attention, the effort value six-dimensional graph disappeared from the panel again.

"The sense of déjà vu is getting stronger and stronger."

"Will I gain a skill panel after I've already formed a stereotype?"

There is an extremely high probability that Liqun will succeed.

The initial panel was like a basic panel, but as stereotypes increased, new functions were added to the property panel one by one.

This is the second time Li Qun has been subjected to a "stereotype," and it seems like it was given to him by his father.

When he obtained the "Kung Fu Kid" title, some people thought he knew kung fu.

When someone is recognized as "the better performer," there will certainly be others who believe that they did something better than someone else or other people.

"Others think I am this way, and I inadvertently fulfilled their expectations, which in turn became my actual abilities..."

"When did I become able to create stereotypes for myself? Like stepping on my own foot and flying to the sky!"

Liqun was just thinking about it; there was no such loophole.

Suddenly, he realized a problem.

Some stereotypes can be quite amusing, but others can be malicious.

He needs to avoid acquiring those malicious "stereotypes".

Although he won't wear it after obtaining it, it will be quite an eyesore to have it crammed into his attribute panel.

Just like the tacit stereotypes that white and black people have about Asians, such as being timid and cowardly.

Li Qun is neither afraid of trouble nor timid; he simply doesn't want to get involved in unnecessary problems.

"Take a step back and you'll see a brighter future"—that's what the older generation teaches.

My uncle is like this, my father is like this, and so are their neighbors in Chinatown. The cultural differences between Chinatown and Aurora make it difficult for other ethnic groups to understand the Chinese people.

"Physical constitution and vitality..."

Li Qun plans to create a "stereotype" that will allow him to break through his boundaries.

"It seems like I don't need to take the initiative," Li Qun muttered.

It is well known that the age of Asians is a black hole in the eyes of white and black people, and to an exaggerated degree.

They feel that Asians never age, and that they become more powerful as they get older.