Problem Girls Strategy

"Jiang Zao, could you please make me a birthday cake?" Mari Tamaki found Jiang Zao early in the morning and made a sincere request.

"That's no problem, but the four of you have already had your birthdays, right? Do you want to make up for it for someone else?"

"Huh? How do you know our birthdays?"

Jiang Zao looked at the shocked Mari Tamaki with amusement and explained to her: "After all, I am also the sponsor. You will show me the information you submitted when you joined the Antarctic expedition team."

"So that's how it is..." Just as Mari Tamaki was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something very important and asked Jiang Zao nervously, "Um, our weight... you shouldn't have secretly written it down, right?"

"Don't worry, I've forgotten about it."

"Really?"

"real."

"Then I'll go back to work. I'll trouble you with the cake." Mari Tamaki bowed to Jiang Zao to thank her, then trotted away with energy.

Hong Xia happened to be looking for Jiang Zao for something and saw this scene. She walked to Jiang Zao curiously and asked him, "Jiang Zao, why did Yu Mu-san look for you?"

"She asked me to make her a birthday cake."

"Oh, come to think of it, I saw Shiraishi-san holding a friend pledge and asking Tamaki-san and the others to sign it a few days ago."

“They didn’t sign it, did they?”

"Yeah, Tamaki-san even cried while hugging Shiraishi-san."

Jiang Zao was not surprised. Although Mari Tamaki looked like a carefree girl, she was actually very sensitive and could easily empathize with others. She was crying because Yuzuki Shiraishi did not understand what friends were and had been alone for a long time.

"This cake is probably prepared by Tamaki-san for Shiraishi-san, since her birthday just happened a while ago."

"You still remember her birthday."

Jiang Zao smiled at Hong Xia, revealing his white front teeth: "I said I remember all your birthdays, do you believe me?"

"I don't believe it. Tell me about mine first." Hong Xia remembered that she had never mentioned her birthday to Jiang Zao, so he couldn't possibly know it.

"May 5, right?"

"Wait a minute, how did you know that?"

"You forgot the physical examination you took before signing the contract with the record company. Do you want me to tell you the rest of the data, such as weight, weight, and so on."

Hong Xia quickly stood on tiptoe and used her small hand to cover Jiang Zao's smirking mouth: "Don't tell anyone, this is one of the most secret things girls have."

The hot breath hit Hong Xia's palm, making her feel itchy. She was afraid that Jiang Zao would reveal his weight and did not dare to take her hand back. Hong Xia could only stand on tiptoe with her burning cheeks to maintain the seal on his mouth.

Jiang Zao stretched out his hands and waved his fingers through the clothes on Hong Xia's waist, hoping to make her let go by tickling her. However, she was unexpectedly stubborn. She refused to let go even though she was shaking all over from the itchiness, trying to hold back tears from laughing, and couldn't even stand on tiptoes.

Jiang Zao had no other choice but to stick out his tongue and gently lick Hong Xia's palm.

The moist touch of the palm of her hand was transmitted to the brain nerves along the skin. Hong Xia was stunned for a moment, then she realized what Jiang Zao had done. She pulled her hands back as if she had been electrocuted, and jumped three feet high from where she stood, almost breaking through the ceiling: "Jiang Zao, you you you you you..."

Jiang Zao spread his hands and explained to Hong Xia innocently, "It's not my fault. You kept covering my mouth. I couldn't tell you my weight even if I wanted to."

"You were the one who wanted to tell me the girl's weight in the first place!"

"I just wanted to tease you. I'm going to make a cake next. Can you come over and give me a hand?"

"Don't do that again in the future," Hong Xia glared at him unhappily, the blush on her face still not fading. She then became curious about why Jiang Zao needed help in making the cake: "How luxurious are you going to make that you even need my help?"

"That's not the case. Didn't I say before that I would make dishes you've never eaten before? Now that the ingredients have arrived, I want you to help me."

"Huh? Has the base received any supplies recently?" Hongxia clearly remembered that Maekawa Kanae said that supplies would only be delivered to the base once every month and a half in three months.

"Just think of yourself as our company's special channel..."

"Yes, yes, I get it. It's another mysterious technology, right?"

Rather than mysterious technology, it is more like Nymph went to Australia, bought materials there and brought them back.

Only Jiang Zao could let the Electronic Warfare Angel run errands.

The food he planned to make was called sweet wine, also known as sweet fermented rice. It was a delicacy made by fermenting glutinous rice with sweet wine yeast. It could be eaten directly, or added with glutinous rice balls and osmanthus honey after boiling, or beaten with eggs and stirred well before eating.

The rich rice aroma and sweet taste make your mouth water just thinking about it.

"Over there is the glutinous rice that I have soaked for twelve hours. Please put it in the steamer covered with gauze and steam it until cooked."

While telling Hong Xia what to do, Jiang Zao took out eggs from the refrigerator and cracked them open neatly. He put the egg white and egg yolk into two large bowls respectively, and stirred the water and corn oil together until they became a milky white emulsified state. He then added the sifted flour and continued stirring with an egg whisk, and finally added the stirred egg yolk liquid.

Hong Xia put the glutinous rice into the steamer, walked to Jiang Zao and picked up the big bowl of egg whites: "Jiang Zao, I'll help you beat the egg whites."

"Well, thank you."

With Hong Xia's help, making the cake base was faster. Jiang Zao mixed the beaten egg yolks and egg whites and poured them into the mold. He lifted the mold and shook it on the table twice to shake out the excess bubbles inside, and then put the cake into the oven.

After finishing the work here, it will take some time for the glutinous rice to be steamed. Hong Xia looked at the steamer that was constantly emitting hot steam and asked Jiang Zao: "What delicious food are you planning to make?"

"Sweet wine from my hometown."

"Wine? We're not old enough to drink yet."

“Although the name contains the word ‘wine’, it actually has little alcohol content. It is a local snack.”

The two chatted casually, and the glutinous rice was soon steamed. Jiang Zao let the glutinous rice cool down, put it into a container prepared in advance, poured in warm water mixed with sweet wine yeast and stirred it. Finally, he spread the glutinous rice flat, leaving a large hole in the middle to leave enough space for the fermented liquid, and then covered it with a lid and sealed it.

"That's all." Jiang Zao took the towel handed over by Hong Xia and wiped his hands clean. He glanced at Hong Xia beside him and said with emotion: "It's different to have someone to help, not to mention that this helper is a beautiful girl. It makes me feel comfortable both physically and mentally."

"Xiaoling and Zhoufang have helped you a lot, right? You can't fool me with that."

"Oh, did you figure it out?"

"When you were helping in the kitchen, you two worked so well together that I could guess what happened."

Chapter 197: Xianshixia Shizi

"Hmm..." Jiang Zao folded his hands and looked like he was thinking: "How can I please Hong Xia?"

"There's no point in talking about this kind of thing," Hong Xia complained, clenching her delicate little fist and punching Jiang Zao: "Why do you want to please me for no reason?"

Jiang Zao said uncertainly: "Because I think my actions just now made you a little angry?"

It's not that he noticed anything, but he had this feeling somehow, and his previous behavior was indeed a bit over the line in terms of friendship.

"It's just a little bit." Hong Xia used her index finger and thumb to measure the distance. The reason why she was angry was not directed at Jiang Zao, but she was annoyed by her own heart beating fast at that moment.

It was clearly just a dream, why can it still affect my thoughts now?

As the captain of the band, Hongxia attaches great importance to the band and its members. They are all her best friends. It would be ridiculous if the relationship between her and Goto Ichiri was affected by a ridiculous dream.

"So that means you are really angry, right?"

"Well... you're right."

"Sorry, I will pay attention to it in the future."

Jiang Zao said this so seriously, but Hong Xia felt an inexplicable sense of loss in her heart. She knew that Jiang Zao would never have such overly intimate behavior with her in the future. This should have been a good thing, but she felt like there was a void in her heart, and she was worried about gains and losses.

"The liqueur will be ready to eat after a day or two. Christmas is just around the corner, so we can take it out and eat it then."

"Well, the cake base is baked. I'll go whip the cream." Hong Xia concealed her inner disappointment and took out the cream from the refrigerator.

"I'll go cut the cake base. Remember to divide it into two portions and add cocoa powder to one portion."

"understood."

The two worked together to quickly complete the birthday cake that Mari Tamaki wanted. They added a lot of strawberries and chocolates as decorations, and wrote "Happy Birthday" in the middle of the cake with white cream.

Jiang Zao took out his cell phone to contact Mari Tamaki.

Jiang Zao: "Tamaki-san, I have already made the birthday cake you wanted. Should I send it to you now or do you want to come and get it yourself?"

Mari Tamaki: “So fast!?”

Jiang Zao: "It's normal to be faster with help."

Mari Tamaki: "I'll come get it now!"

When Miyake Hinata saw Mari Tamaki looking at her phone for a few seconds and excitedly stood up to leave, he quickly pulled her back and said, "Xiao Li, you are still working now, where are you going?"

"The cake that Jiang Zao made is ready. I'll go get it now."

"So fast?"

"Yeah, I think so too, but Jiang Zao said someone is helping, so soon, who is helping?" Tamaki Mari pinched her chin with her right hand, pursed her lips and thought for a while, then scared herself: "Could it be Yuzuki!?"

"How is that possible? None of us four can cook."

Miyake Hinata's merciless complaints made Tamaki Mari scratch her head awkwardly: "It seems to be the case, then there is no need to worry about her knowing in advance."

"Hurry up and finish the work at hand before going to get the cake. Remember to notify Baoze."

"Uh-huh."

Mari Tamaki: "Jiang Zao, I haven't finished my work here yet, please put the cake in the refrigerator first, and don't tell anyone about this."

Jiang Zao: “I understand.”

Putting away his phone, Jiang Zao picked up the cake and put it in the refrigerator.

"Jiang Zao, didn't you say that Tamaki-san was coming over to get the cake? Why is it still in the refrigerator?"

"She hasn't finished the work on hand yet. She will pick it up later."

"That's it."

"Hongxia, you don't have work today, right?"

"Yes, ah, I think I have something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?"

Hong Xia completely forgot why she came to find Jiang Zao. The words were on the tip of her tongue but she just couldn't remember what she was going to say. She covered her face in embarrassment.

"Sorry, it's been so long that I forgot about it myself."

"Since you can easily forget it, it means it's not an important matter, right?"

"What you said makes sense."

Knowing that Jiang Zao would cook today, Liang asked Hong Xia, who was on break, to ask him to make his favorite dish. He sneezed and almost dropped the equipment in his hand.

Vinate asked with concern: "Yamada-san, you are not catching a cold, are you?"

"Thank you for your concern, my nose just suddenly feels itchy." Liang shook his head to indicate that he was fine: "You should finish your work and go back early."

I wonder if Jiang Zao can cook the kind of food that I like?

Curry and rice? Hamburger? Meat and potatoes?

Really looking forward to it.

......

"Hehehe..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was leaning over the desk, making strange laughter while writing. The inspiration she got from Komine Yuki was not used in the creation of her new novel at all. Instead, she wrote a series of sadomasochistic stories with strong desires between the lines.

The story of a heroine who is toyed with by the scumbag hero but still stays with him, and secretly cries every day as she watches him bring back various women.

There are many emotional descriptions and stomach-aching white-collar scenes that Kasumigaoka Utaha is best at.

She originally wanted to write it as her own new novel, but unfortunately halfway through she could not get rid of the scenes described by Komine Yuki and the dreams of that night. The originally fresh plot suddenly changed its tone and became vulgar. If you only look at the content, no one would associate the romance author Kasumi Shiko with this story. The contrast between the two is just too great.

"He touched her thigh skin which was as smooth as high-quality silk, lowered his head and took a deep breath from her neck. The strong scent was comparable to any aphrodisiac in the world, burning away his remaining rationality..."

The desire that had nowhere to vent was engraved on the white manuscript paper through the black ink. Kasumigaoka Utaha enjoyed writing without any sense of obstruction. Although the content made her blush and her heart beat fast, she had to admit that this was indeed the most enjoyable writing in recent times. The pictures in her mind were constantly transformed into words and written down vividly.

Just as she was immersed in writing, her cell phone vibrated twice and the screen lit up, showing that Matsushima Mitsuru had sent her a message.

"Matsushima-san actually took the initiative to send me a message?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha had to stop writing to check the information.

Matsushima Mitsuru: "Kasumigaoka-san, Shicai said you wanted to see me. I have nothing to do tomorrow, so you can come with Nymph."

"Nymph, I remember she's Scumbag-kun's sister, is she going to be there too?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't figure out what was going on. If Nymph really planned to sit in on the class tomorrow, then there would be no way they would be able to ask Matsushima Mitsuru the real question.

We'll see how the situation turns out when the time comes, or make another appointment with Matsushima-san.

Chapter 198: Shi Yu Bravely Enters the Hongmen Banquet