Don't be afraid, I've truly come to bring you happiness.

"This is supposed to be hot pot? It's more like stew!"

An and Subaru were the first to complain, followed by more rambling.

"Moreover, if too much food is added and the heat is too high, the high temperature will quickly denature the proteins on the surface of the food, forming a protective layer that hinders the even absorption of heat by the internal cells..."

The words have not yet fallen.

Two sharp gazes were cast at the same time.

Rencai: Stare~

Peach Blossom: Stare~~

not good!

Dr. Subaru was startled and abruptly changed the subject.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, I just overheard the customers at the next table saying this."

so close.

I almost revealed my true identity as a PhD in economics!

She took a deep breath and told herself: Calm down, An and Subaru!

Lin Yuanshan hasn't appeared yet, most likely because his previous financial speculations caused a minor shift in the world line!

Next, we absolutely must not continue to change "history".

The plan to save that man cannot afford to fail!

As for the shredded vegetables and peach blossoms, there's not much to worry about.

In front of Dr. Subaru, they don't even have the right to cause trouble!

Thinking of this, Dr. Subaru looked at his two teammates with eyes full of pity and love, as if he were caring for disabled children.

My poor teammates, they were all high school dropouts.

From now on, I must take responsibility for their lives!

On the other side, Nina seemed to have been prompted to talk as well.

"Speaking of hot pot, also known as 'hot pot' in China, its origins can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. According to research, bronze hot pot artifacts were unearthed from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun in the Western Han Dynasty, demonstrating the long history and development of its culinary culture..."

Subaru: Stare~

Peach Blossom: Stare~~

"Ahem, that's what I just overheard at the next table."

Dr. Rencai immediately shut up, pulling back from the brink.

Damn it, I'm so used to supervising graduate students that I almost couldn't resist starting a live teaching session.

Tao Xiang gave a dry laugh, trying to smooth things over.

"The guests at the next table are really knowledgeable."

The other two also nodded awkwardly in agreement, creating a rather strange atmosphere.

The time has come.

Lin Yuanshan, who had been observing from the sidelines for a long time, finally walked over with a glass of beer in his hand.

"Judging from your tone, are you discussing forming a band?"

Wild Lin Yuanshan has appeared!

As expected, although the timeline shifted slightly, the course of history has its own inertia.

Lin Yuanshan was destined to meet these three women in his life.

My theory about peach-scented sesame seed vegetable is absolutely correct!

Tao Xiang's heart tightened, but she remained outwardly calm, her body instinctively displaying the demeanor of an elite.

With the same graceful gesture as holding a wine glass, I held the beer glass and took a small sip.

Then, she frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed and smiled:

"Yes, what unique insights do you have about the band?"

"Momoka, the way you're holding the cup is so strange..."

"Didn't you used to chug beer straight from the bottle?"

Lin Yuanshan: "Why are you suddenly using honorifics?"

Three burning gazes fell upon Tao Xiang.

Tao Xiang's expression froze instantly.

Under the watchful eyes of the three men, she had no choice but to gulp down the beer in her glass.

This stuff is too mentally taxing; she's rarely touched it since she got her PhD in chemistry.

I never expected to break my vow again today because of that man.

"Hiccup~"

She slammed the cup on the table and said in a rock-and-roll tone:

"Hey you, what we talk about is none of your business!"

That's just right.

Lin Yuanshan nodded in satisfaction.

"It's nothing. I'm just the manager of the nearby Starry Sky Livehouse. If any of you want to host a live show, you can come to us anytime."

"Stars?"

Momoka remembered this name.

That's a well-known "newbie village" in the Shibuya area, which has nurtured many promising new bands.

In her previous life, she even considered acquiring Starry Sky.

But for some reason, the project manager she assigned mysteriously disappeared a few days later, and the matter was left unresolved.

Lin Yuanshan sized up the three of them.

"What, could it be that I've made a mistake? The three of you aren't actually high school dropouts who are born to be in a band, but rather a study group that encourages each other and makes progress together?"

These words seemed to have triggered a switch.

Nina subconsciously pushed up her glasses, which weren't even on her nose.

"How could that be! We are genuinely illiterate!"

She stood tall, defending her illiterate status.

"You can test me if you don't believe me! I can't even solve the basic calculus problem of finding the slope of the tangent line to the graph of a function at a certain point using the first derivative, a problem that even a monkey can learn!"

Tao Xiang immediately followed suit, nodding vigorously.

"Exactly! If you asked me about the organic synthesis route of m-nitrobenzoic acid, which uses benzene as the initial reactant and is synthesized through nitration, reduction, diazotization, cyanation, hydrolysis, and re-oxidation, I would definitely be so stumped that I would cry on the spot!"

Lin Yuanshan's smile froze.

He felt it.

A strong, indescribable sense of unease.

It's like in a cheesy horror movie, the female protagonist who should be screaming calmly begins to analyze the ghost's behavior patterns.

Something is wrong.

Something is very wrong.

His mind raced, and an utterly absurd thought flashed through his mind.

Could it be that... the emulator's "zeroing" function is malfunctioning?

These three guys have retained their memories from the previous round? Are they putting on an act in front of me now?

No, it's impossible.

Lin Yuanshan immediately rejected the idea.

How could such an outrageous thing happen in this world?

How could he possibly be facing three knowledgeable, cunning, and reborn evil spirits who far surpassed him in both academic ability and shrewdness?

What a joke.

He must not have been resting well lately and is overthinking things.

Chapter 105 The highly anticipated daily life episode always includes a day in the life of an emperor (Part 2)

(The above content follows immediately after Chapter 100, "A Day in the Life of an Emperor")

There's nothing particularly noteworthy about lunch with Aine.

All Aine did was reach out her finger and carefully brush away the bread crumbs from the corner of his mouth.

Then, to avoid wasting food, she blushed and put the crumbs into her mouth, chewing them carefully.

Of course, there was also the resentful gaze from the McDonald's worker at the next table—Nagasaki Motoyo—which almost froze the air.

Hmph, what does it have to do with me, Lin Yuanshan, that you work at McDonald's?

It's because you have too much of a moral compass. If it were me, I'd have made all the witnesses suffer from amnesia.

Wouldn't that way no one would know you were the one causing trouble?

You're still too inexperienced, Su Shi.

One p.m,

After saying goodbye to Ai Yin, Lin Yuanshan leisurely strolled into the comic book store.

He expertly opened the latest issue of "Detective Conan" and, using special color-changing ink, circled the culprit's name on the first page.

Well, here's a little spoiler for the next reader.

Then, he strolled into the secret garden deep inside the bookstore, a place only adults could venture into.

He skillfully swapped the positions of the female-oriented and male-oriented comics.

The cover hasn't been changed.

Merit +1 for today.

1:30 pm

Lin Yuanshan disguised himself as a TV station employee and infiltrated Ave Mujica's rehearsal for the Red and White Song Festival.

There's no other meaning to it; I'm just observing the movements of the evil spirits.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

However, it must be said that this band's live performance level has reached a state of perfection.

It was a powerful aura that even if the audience was completely silent, or even if boos were heard, they would still firmly believe that the audience had questionable taste.

Top performers all need this almost obsessive sense of conviction.

However, the Red and White Song Festival is, after all, Japan's Spring Festival Gala, and there are always some clowns who feel that they are not worthy of the position and want to tamper with the equipment.

Lin Yuanshan discovered it.

Although he knew that with the level of those "evil spirits," he could handle these troubles himself.

But since we've already stumbled upon it, there's no harm in cleaning it up.

This kind of thing is no more difficult than spoiling plot points for Conan.

At 2 PM, I finally escaped from being chased by the evil spirits.

Still discovered!

He said we shouldn't do good deeds!

Who would have thought that those sneaky guys trying to trip him up were actually pawns that Xiangzi deliberately released to fish for him!