Zongman: The Qilin Child of Xuanyuan Family

Does it sound good? If it sounds good, that’s a good start.

Looking at Yuigahama Yui squatting on the ground with her head covered, Xuanyuan Ning gave his own evaluation: "Charcoal."

It is not an exaggeration to say that the cookies baked by Yuigahama Yui are made of charcoal, because Xuanyuan Ning himself has actually eaten charcoal.

Both of them were burnt, but the difference was that Yuigahama Yui burnt dough, while Xuanyuan Ning burnt kudzu root that he had dug himself.

In the trial, if there is no food, one will be eliminated. In order to survive, Xuanyuan Ning forced himself to eat the "charcoal".

From then on, Xuanyuan Ning cherished every meal he had.

"Eh? But Xiao Ning clearly already ate it."

Yuigahama Yui puffed up her face angrily, like an angry little pufferfish.

“Food should not be wasted.”

Xuanyuan Ning picked up the bowl and drank some noodle soup to wash away the burnt taste in his mouth.

"That's it..."

"It seems I really don't have a talent for making cookies."

Yuigahama Yui, who was hit from all sides, looked at the cookies she made in her hand and began to feel depressed.

Obviously I worked so hard to make it.

“The only solution is hard work.”

"Yuigahama, you just said you have no talent, right? Please give up this idea."

Yukinoshita Yukino cleaned up the messy kitchen counter, rearranged the tools for making cookies, and started another round of kneading the dough.

“Those who are unwilling to even try have no right to envy talented people. Those who fail to succeed fail precisely because they cannot imagine the efforts made by successful people.”

Yukinoshita Yukino pushed the egg carton and empty bowl in front of Yuigahama Yui, signaling her to start over, while she continued to knead the dough for her.

"Ha... Nothing is difficult in this world as long as you are willing to give in. If you don't want to do it, then don't do it, Yui-chan."

Xuanyuan Ning yawned, and what he said once again conflicted with Yukinoshita Yukino's ideas.

"Xuanyuan, do you know what you are talking about?"

Stopping the kneading of the dough, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Xuanyuan Ning with resentment in her eyes.

She was here teaching Yuigahama Yui, encouraging her to face difficulties and overcome them. And what was Xuanyuan Ning doing? He was trying to undermine her by saying some twisted theories.

Seeing that the eye contact between Xuanyuan Ning and Yukinoshita Yukino was becoming more intense, Hikigaya Hachiman took two steps back to avoid being affected by the two.

Seeing Yuigahama Yui still standing there stupidly, Hikigaya Hachiman kindly pulled her and motioned her to come over.

"Is there something wrong with what I said, Yukinoshita-san?"

“Some things cannot be achieved by hard work alone. Hard work is important, but talent is even more important.”

“They say success is 1% talent plus 99% hard work, but why do people emphasize the 99% hard work? Because they don’t have that 1% talent, so they can only deceive themselves this way.”

"You are very talented, Yukinoshita, so you think it is easy to do this, but people are different. If you don't have that talent, there is no need to fight to the death."

As he spoke, Xuanyuan Ning took out two more black biscuits from the table, threw them into his mouth and started chewing.

It tastes really bad, it feels like Yuigahama Yui added salt instead of sugar. The oven setting time was the same both times, but the appearance of the cookies was so different.

"Yukinoshita, you can't deny that everyone has a weakness. Maybe Yui's weakness is in making cookies."

"Fighting stubbornly won't achieve anything, it will just waste her time."

"Xuanyuan-san, if you don't let Yuigahama-san keep trying, how can you determine that this is her weakness?"

Xuanyuan Ning was quibbling, and Yukinoshita Yukino heard it and started to fight back.

"It's true that I can't tell, but you seem to have put the cart before the horse." Xuanyuan Ning looked at where Yuigahama Yui was and asked, "Xiao Yui, what exactly is your commission?"

"Ah...making handmade cookies to thank someone."

Yuigahama Yui was surprised when Xuanyuan Ning suddenly mentioned her, and then answered honestly.

"So the point of making handmade cookies, Yui-chan, is to thank the other person, right?"

"Correct."

After getting Yuigahama Yui's exact answer, Xuanyuan Ning and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at each other and said, "Then the main purpose of this commission, Yui-chan, is to thank you, not to make handmade cookies."

"So handsome..."

Xuanyuan Ning and Yukinoshita Yukino were still confronting each other. Yuigahama Yui couldn't help but mutter as she looked at the two of them.

"what?"

"Yuigahama-san, what are you talking about?"

The intense atmosphere disappeared, and Xuanyuan Ning looked at the traitor with some suspicion. Yukinoshita Yukino frowned, not understanding why Yuigahama Yui said such a thing.

"I just feel like neither of you would say anything flattering. You just say what you think. I think that's so cool."

Yuigahama Yui, who has always gone with the flow, is somewhat envious of the undisguised confrontation between the two.

At least, she couldn't do it to this extent.

thump—

"Xiao Ning..."

Yuigahama Yui once again crouched down with her head in her hands.

"Since you're thanking someone, if you can give them handmade cookies, why not handmade dolls? If you really don't know how, then give them handmade paper cranes."

"This is the true content of the commission. Yui-chan has been putting the cart before the horse from the very beginning. Is your so-called teaching people to fish just blindly following the instructions given by the other party?"

After dealing with Yuigahama Yui, Xuanyuan Ning dragged Yukinoshita Yukino back to the battlefield.

"If that's the way it's taught, then if anyone comes along and gives you a completely impossible commission, will you still insist on doing it, Yukinoshita?"

"What about Xuanyuan Ning? Xuanyuan Ning asked me to teach him how to make mixed noodles. Are you going to give up now?"

Xuanyuan Ning was silent... He really didn't expect that Yukinoshita Yukino hadn't reacted yet.

"I'm sorry... Yukinoshita, as I said earlier, we should never put the cart before the horse."

"My commission was essentially just to fill my stomach. Now that I'm full, the commission is of course over."

Oh my god, this guy Xuanyuan Ning.

As expected, the service department was treated as a fat sheep to be exploited.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was watching the game, widened his eyes and said that he always felt something was wrong.

No matter how much the cooking room allows students to take cooking courses, it will not be considerate enough to prepare sauces for students. It seems that Xuanyuan Ning bought them himself at the convenience store downstairs after school.

"Well...I do want to learn how to make handmade cookies."

Noticing that the atmosphere was gradually becoming tense, Yuigahama Yui raised her hand to signal.

"Is that so? Then, good luck to you, Yui-chan."

Seeing Yuigahama Yui handing the steps to Yukinoshita Yukino, Xuanyuan Ning was not surprised. He encouraged her with a few words and was about to leave.

"Hachiman, I'm leaving now. And Yukinoshita-san, see you tomorrow."

The door of the cooking room was closed by Xuanyuan Ning from the outside.

"Xiaoxue, are you okay..."

Yuigahama Yui timidly asked about the condition of Yukinoshita Yukino.

"It's okay, Yuigahama-san, let's continue."

Patting her face gently with her hands, Yukinoshita Yukino temporarily put aside what Xuanyuan Ning said. The most important thing at the moment was to complete the commission.

......

"Ning, didn't I tell you not to wait for me?"

When Shiina Mahiru walked out of the club, she saw Xuanyuan Ning standing at the door waiting for her. She walked up to him and took Xuanyuan Ning's hand with some anger.

She had clearly sent a message to Xuanyuan Ning saying that he didn't need to wait for her after school and that she could just go home by herself.

"What are you talking about? What if little Mahiru gets kidnapped on the way home?"

"I won't even have a place to cry when the time comes."

Holding Shiina Mahiru's little hand, Xuanyuan Ning stuffed the small biscuits he got from the cooking room into Shiina Mahiru's mouth.

uh~

"It's delicious. Where did you buy it?" After swallowing the biscuit in his mouth, Shiina Mahiru asked curiously.

"I didn't buy it, I got it from a friend."

"Is Mahiru-chan still eating?"

"Yeah~"

......

When people with extremely high talents look at something, they usually think that the rest of the people have talents similar to their own. Yukinoshita Yukino is obviously such a person.

After experiencing several failures, Yukinoshita Yukino felt a little tired as she looked at the failed products that were almost piling up into a mountain on the table.

Maybe...Xuanyuan Ning is right.

cuckoo...

I haven't eaten for a long time and my stomach is protesting.

Yukinoshita Yukino reached for the cookies she had baked, but unexpectedly grabbed nothing: "Hikigaya?"

"It's not me. I didn't eat much either."

Hikigaya Hachiman shook his head frantically, indicating that he would not take the blame.

I didn't eat it, Hikigaya Hachiman didn't eat it either, and Yuigahama Yui was baking cookies. The culprit can only be Xuanyuan Ning.

Thinking that Xuanyuan Ning came here ostensibly for a commission but actually just to eat for free, and even took away the cookies he baked when he left, even the good-tempered Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Okay, okay, let’s eat and take it at the same time, right?

Chapter 24 Dessert Shop

After parking the car not far from a dessert shop called "Indulge", Xuanyuan Ning took Shiina Mahiru's hand and got out of the car after confirming that it was the shop.

"rather?"

"Mahiru-chan has a sweet tooth, right? Today, when I was discussing with my friend which dessert shop was the best, my friend Kuku recommended this shop, so I thought of bringing my lovely fiancée to try it out."

While shopping in the mall, Xuanyuan Ning noticed that Shiina Mahiru was particularly fond of sweet foods. Coincidentally, Hikigaya Hachiman recommended this dessert shop to him, so Xuanyuan Ning thought of bringing Shiina Mahiru to try it out.

If you don't try your friend's strong recommendation yourself, how can you criticize him from all angles?

Gently push open the door of the dessert shop, and a rich and tempting sweet aroma instantly hits your nose.

The interior of this dessert shop is mainly pink, making Shiina Mahiru feel as if she has entered a princess's room in a Western fantasy world.

The counter is filled with a variety of exquisite small cakes, which are eye-catching.

"Good day, two guests, what can I order~"

The doorbell specially placed on the door frame rang as the door was pushed open. A cute female clerk in a black and white retro maid skirt came forward to inquire, with her calves slightly bent and her skirt held up with one hand.

The overwhelming sense of dignity makes the guests here feel like they are wandering in a fairyland.

Hikigaya Hachiman forced me to come here. I wonder if it's because the maids here are so cute.

Noticing the details after entering the store, Xuanyuan Ning complained about Hikigaya Hachiman in his heart.

Xuanyuan Ning squeezed the little hand belonging to Shiina Mahiru in his hand, signaling Shiina Mahiru to come back to her senses.

"Hello, could you please recommend a few to me?"

Shiina Mahiru came back to her senses and gave the female clerk the same gentle smile she usually gave at school.

"No problem. Come this way, sir~"

With a gesture of invitation, the female clerk led Shiina Mahiru and Xuanyuan Ning to the counter and began to introduce the store's popular desserts.

"Guest, you can try this strawberry smoothie. It's a dessert we recently launched and it's very popular."