Zongman: Evolution Paradise

Chapter 34 The Service Department's First Commission

"That's your spoils?"

Yukino Yukinoshita is known for her sharp tongue.

Watching Jolyne put away the white fabric, she felt her safety was greatly threatened.

Jolyne didn't say anything when facing Yukino Yukinoshita, but simply flexed his muscles.

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at her flat chest and felt her vision go black. Jolyne seemed to have said nothing, yet she also seemed to have said everything.

"Ha ha"

Hachiman Hikigaya quickly covered his mouth; he had accidentally burst out laughing.

Unfortunately, it was too late; Yukino Yukinoshita shifted her target of hatred.

"Has Hachiman not finished cleaning up his brain yet?"

Hikigaya Hachiman: "..."

Jolyne sat down and enjoyed the bento box. The taste was quite good, and the texture was more perfect than anything he had ever eaten before.

It's roughly the order: Shiina Mahiru > Busujima Saeko > Kato Megumi > ordinary home-style restaurants.

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After the afternoon classes ended, Jolyne was planning to go home, but Yukino Yukinoshita called him back, saying it was the Service Club's first club activity.

"Why are Hachiman and Jolyne here too?!"

The person speaking is Yui Yuigahama, a classmate of Hachiman Hikigaya.

Her short pink hair was tied into a bun on one side, which looked very cute, and her figure was something that Yukino Yukinoshita could never reach.

Her request was to make a batch of cookies by hand and give it to someone.

However, due to her poor cooking skills and reluctance to tell her friends about it, she was introduced to the Service Club by Hiratsuka-sensei.

According to her, Hiratsuka-sensei told her that the Service Club was a place where wishes could be fulfilled.

"If you don't need me, then I'll be leaving now."

Jolyne yawned and said nonchalantly.

If nothing unexpected happens, she made the cookies to give to Hachiman Hikigaya, because Hachiman Hikigaya once saved her dog and was hit by a car and injured his leg in the process.

The key point is that the food made by Yui Hihama is extremely unpalatable.

"Hey, I didn't mean to hate Jolyne, it's just, it's just..."

Yui Yuigahama hesitated, worried that Jolyne would misunderstand, but also concerned about something else, and didn't want to reveal the reason.

Hachiman Hikigaya, blinking his deadpan eyes, said to the person in charge, Yukino Yukinoshita, "I can't bake cookies, can I leave now?"

"If you want to change your twisted personality, running away won't work. Hachiman, you can do a food tasting job later."

"Jolyne, you too."

Yukino Yukinoshita said mercilessly.

She still held a grudge against Jolyne for what she did that morning.

"What a strange relationship..."

Yui Yuigahama observed from the sidelines, thinking to herself.

In the end, they went to the cooking class together.

This is where cooking classes are held. It has most of the things you would normally use; you just need to clean it up after each use.

Yukino Yukinoshita helps Yui Yuigahama put on an apron.

Yukino Yukinoshita demonstrated it to her first.

She was going to teach Yui a simple method.

Prepare butter, powdered sugar, egg yolks, and cake flour. Soften the butter, then add the powdered sugar and mix well. Add the egg yolks and mix until fluffy, then add the flour. Once shaped, bake in the oven until golden brown and set.

Yukino Yukinoshita's method was flawless, and the cookies she baked herself were quite tempting.

Logically speaking, as long as it is prepared according to the standard, it should be edible, if not delicious.

But when it was Yui Yuigahama's turn to do it, an unexpected incident occurred.

As she added ingredients haphazardly according to her wild ideas, the cookies she made successfully turned into charcoal.

This plate of freshly baked cookies changed hands several times before finally ending up in front of Hachiman Hikigaya.

"It looks just like charcoal. Am I being used to test for poison?"

Hachiman Hikigaya held up a plate; the pitch-black cookies looked utterly unappetizing.

"She has a real talent for being a witch."

Jolyne drew conclusions from observing Yuihama's production method.

"How could it be poisonous! A witch or something like that is just too much!"

Yui Yuigahama retorted, looking at her cookies and seeing them more and more like poisonous mushrooms, she said with self-doubt, "They're probably poisonous."

Why are you able to make so many mistakes?

Yukino Yukinoshita picked up a piece of charcoal and asked.

"Let's think about where we can make improvements."

She poured out the plate of coke and planned to teach it again seriously.

"In my opinion, as long as Yui Yuigahama doesn't lay a hand on me, that's fine."

Hachiman Hikigaya said without any politeness.

"Is this how you solve problems?!"

Yui Yuigahama said with dissatisfaction, but quickly gave up, looking at the charred charcoal that Jolyne wouldn't even touch, and said, "Am I really not suited for cooking? Or should I say I have a talent? Anyway, I don't."

Yukino Yukinoshita answered her while processing the flour.

“The only solution is hard work.”

"Yuihama, you just said you have no talent, right? You need to give up that idea. People who don't even try the most basic thing have no right to envy talented people."

"Those who fail are those who cannot imagine the effort that successful people put in."

"But these days, nobody does things by hand anymore; it feels like doing this kind of thing is not very sociable."

Yui Yuigahama said, tossing her hair. That was precisely why she didn't want to tell her friends and came to the Service Club alone to solve the problem.

These words were particularly grating to Yukino Yukinoshita's ears. She stopped sifting flour and turned around to speak.

"Could you please abandon this attempt to please others? It makes me very unhappy. Don't you feel ashamed to blame your own clumsiness and ugliness on others?"

But hard work doesn't guarantee success, while not working hard certainly makes life comfortable. Jolyne thought to herself, but didn't voice it aloud, thus avoiding Yukino's bad luck.

Yukino Yukinoshita was already prepared for being disliked by Yui Yuigahama. That's just who she is; even knowing that others won't like to hear it, she still has to say it.

Unfortunately, Yui Yuigahama's thought process is indeed different from that of ordinary people.

She looked at Yukino Yukinoshita, her eyes sparkling, and exclaimed, "So cool!"

"Yukinoshita-kun doesn't say things on the surface, he's so cool."

These words truly stunned Yukino Yukinoshita and Hachiman Hikigaya.

Jolyne rested her chin on her hand, feeling that Yui Yuigahama had a slightly goofy cuteness about her, a personality that was practically Yukino Yukinoshita's nemesis.

"I will try my best to make delicious cookies!"

Yuihama encouraged him.

Unfortunately, Yui Yuigahama is indeed an idiot.

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"Redo it!"

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"Redo it!"

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"Let's redo it!"

"Wait a minute, Yukino, at least be mindful of others."

After making the cookies for the fourth time, Jolyne reluctantly called a halt to Yukino Yukinoshita, whose expression was growing increasingly cold.

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at Yui Yuigahama beside her.

She had recovered from the inspirational quotes and redid it several times, her hands trembling as she poured the powdered sugar.

Yukino Yukinoshita's tone grew increasingly stern as she instructed Yui Yuigahama, who trembled but dared not interrupt her.

Hachiman Hikigaya's task of tasting the cookies was equally challenging; he still hadn't finished the previous batch.

"Sorry, I was too hasty. Let's take it slow."

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath, regained her composure, and said calmly.

"If it were me, I'd be furious with her too."

Jolyne complained, "Isn't it a bit too much that the fourth rework still hasn't improved anything? Did the Kitchen God spit on your hands?"

Making cookies was relatively quick; it's not past five o'clock yet, otherwise Jolyne would definitely be going home.

"Yuigahama-san, your request is to make cookies by hand, not to learn how to make cookies, right?"

"Yes."

Yui Yuigahama tilted her head, unsure of Jolyne's meaning.

"Since you don't need to learn it, why don't you just do one step at a time, and then follow along? If you don't understand the problem, can't you at least copy the homework?"

Jolyne explained his solution.

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned and retorted, "What's the difference between this and cheating? You might succeed this time, but you still won't succeed next time."

"Don't take it too seriously. Yui-no-Shita just wanted to make one. It's not a matter of the future. We're just fulfilling this request."

Jolyne gestured for Yukino Yukinoshita to look at Yui Yuigahama, who was grinning foolishly, clearly tempted by Jolyne's suggestion.

Yukino Yukinoshita eventually accepted this approach.

Under the close surveillance of the three, Yui Yuigahama was not allowed to do anything unnecessary, and her actions were exactly the same as Yukino Yukinoshita's throughout.

"Success!"

Yui Yuigahama happily shared the cookies with them.

"It is indeed edible."

Hachiman Hikigaya concluded that he felt he wouldn't want to eat cookies for the next week.

"It's edible enough," Jolyne said, taking a bite. Even though it was made using the same steps, it still didn't taste as good as Yukino Yukinoshita. It was really strange.

"Then I declare the first club commission a success."

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Chapter 35 Everyone Has Their Own Life

After the commission was completed, Yui Hihama thanked them one by one, and they even added each other on Line.

As expected, Yukino Yukinoshita refused again. Even the naive and innocent Yui Yuigahama couldn't break through Yukino Yukinoshita's armor in a short time.

"Everyone, I'm leaving now."

Jolyne bid them farewell.

There's still a child at home who needs his attention.