Their commission was suspicious.

Although Chen Luo's fingers were not as thick as those of someone who had been training for a long time, they were still larger than Raiden Mei's fingers. So, with Chen Luo as a backup, Raiden Mei was naturally not injured.

"Ah!" Raiden Mei exclaimed, quickly putting down the kitchen knife in her hand and picking up Chen Luo's fingers.

"Ah Luo, are you alright?"

Raiden Mei carefully examined Chen Luo's finger and breathed a sigh of relief when she found no bleeding.

"Don't worry, it's tough and thick-skinned."

Chen Luo isn't stupid. If the kitchen knife could really hurt him, he wouldn't have used his hand to block it.

If this cleaver could actually harm Chen Luo, a Herrscher of Knowledge, combined with his inner demons, fusion warrior, and gifted individual's fingers, then Chen Luo would simply enshrine this cleaver.

"Oh, right, Mei, the kitchen door wasn't closed just now, so you must have heard my conversation with Kiana and the others."

"Yes, I heard you." Raiden Mei, who was carefully examining Chen Luo's injured finger, answered subconsciously.

"Actually, the preparations I just mentioned to Kiana were originally for rescuing Mr. Raiden Ryoma. But since Kiana wants to see her father, I decided to combine the two things together."

"So how about we go rescue your father together tonight?" Chen Luo turned to Raiden Mei and suggested.

But Chen Luo regretted it as soon as he said it.

Damn it, I slipped up again.

Internet slang is a killer!

I absolutely cannot call Raiden Ryoma, Siegfried, and the others "father-in-law" next time.

They'll get beaten to death, won't they?

Sure enough, when Chen Luo looked down at Raiden Mei, who was holding his fingers, Raiden Mei was staring at him intently.

"Um, Mei, I was just... I'm sorry..."

Before Chen Luo could finish explaining, Raiden Mei tiptoed over and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, Alo..." Raiden Mei murmured softly, holding Chen Luo tightly.

Chen Luo was tackled like that and instinctively took two steps back, enduring the impact from Mei. But then Chen Luo cried out in surprise.

"The vegetables are burning!"

Chapter 259 The Threads of Fate... well, they can be considered threads, right?

"..."

"Uh……"

"..."

"that……"

"Mei, why is the only dish in front of me burnt?" Kiana asked, feeling very upset.

Why is it that out of this whole table of food, only the dish in front of me is burnt?

"Well, Kiana, you have to believe that this is just a coincidence, not exactly a coincidence. Well, when I was cooking this dish, well, Aro accidentally cut his finger, so I went to check on his finger and forgot to cook the dish, so it got burnt." Raiden Mei began to explain haltingly why only the dish in front of Kiana was burnt.

"..." Chen Luo sat at the very end of the long table, eating his meal with a blank expression.

Well, Raiden Mei, I originally thought that only the Herrscher of Knowledge, who lies through her teeth, would lie. I never expected that someone with thick eyebrows and big eyes like you would also learn to lie.

You were the one who suddenly pounced on me, okay? I told you the food was going to burn, the food was going to burn, but you just wouldn't listen.

And holding it for such a long time, no wonder the food got burnt.

You can't blame me for this? I really am...

And I was the one cooking at the time.

But whatever, since Mei has said so, then Chen Luo will take the blame.

"But why is this dish in front of me?" Kiana continued to ask.

"Kiana, that's a bit much. Think about it, this burnt dish is going to be served to someone eventually, isn't it? And it's not like you can only eat that dish; you can eat other dishes."

"And if it's not placed in front of you, who is it placed in front of?" Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo still harbored resentment towards Kiana for pushing him into the kitchen and kicking him when he was down.

"Hmph, you have the nerve to talk to me like that? It's all because you, you idiot, cut your hand and Mei had to worry about it, which is why the dish is burnt. You can't even do this right, it's shameful." Kiana looked at Chen Luo with disdain.

"If you're so good, why don't you do it yourself?" Chen Luo simply sneered at Kiana's feeble rebuttal.

Kiana is the kind of person who would eat dumplings, skin and filling together, right before they're even cooked. Asking her to cook?

Do you want Tianhuo Barbecue?

Anyway, Kiana really did do this in the event storyline, and it was quite Kiana-esque.

"you……"

"Kiana, you don't want Siegfried to be unable to come tonight, do you?" Before Kiana could retort, Chen Luo's words left Kiana speechless.

"Damn it!" Kiana cursed Chen Luo under her breath before obediently starting to eat the rice in her bowl.

……

Sunrise times, seasons, and days and nights differ between different worlds.

Chen Luo's main world time is at least one hour different from the Honkai Impact 3rd world time in the Far East of Honkai Impact 3rd. In other words, when the Honkai Impact 3rd world time reaches 7 o'clock, Chen Luo should go to work.

"For various reasons, you'll be handling the guests alone for the next hour. Can you manage?" Chen Luo asked Raven behind the bar, sitting at one of the bar's customer seats.

"Don't talk to me like you're giving a child's instructions. I can handle this." Raven gave Chen Luo a somewhat displeased look.

"That's good. I'll also activate the bar's notification permissions. I'll receive notifications whenever a customer arrives at the bar. If a new customer or a customer you can't handle arrives, don't panic. I'll naturally come to the bar to help you," Chen Luo reminded him again.

"Okay, okay, go ahead, what could possibly happen so late at night?" Raven waved to Chen Luo.

"Look at what you're saying. Aren't some of the more secretive things done at night?" Chen Luo rolled his eyes at Raven.

“That makes some sense,” Raven nodded.

As a mercenary, Raven naturally had some understanding of these things; some things were only suitable to be done at night.

This includes, but is not limited to, murder, robbery, theft, and surprise attacks.

"Sigh, Chen Luo, you can just leave, why are you looking at me like that?" Raven sighed deeply and said to Chen Luo.

Whether it was the raven's imagination or not, it seemed to see reluctance in Chen Luo's eyes.

This reluctance to part gave the raven a very strange feeling.

It's only an hour, is it really that big of a deal?

"Hurry up and leave, hurry up and leave." Raven impatiently shooed Chen Luo out of the bar.

How can Raven do business if Chen Luo keeps looking at it like that?

"Ugh~ My 50 Primogems." Looking at the gradually closing bar door and the fifty Primogems that had been deducted from his account, Chen Luo felt even more reluctant.

"Raven, Raven, can't you be a little better at cooking and bartending?" Chen Luo said, looking at the closed door with some distress.

The dishes and drinks prepared in Chen Luo's bar using the shortcut mode are all products optimized and upgraded based on Chen Luo's skill level.

In other words, the higher Chen Luo's cooking and bartending skills are, the greater the buff he will receive.

However, if Chen Luo leaves the bar, not only will Chen Luo lose this blessing, but the automatic production device in the bar will also lose Chen Luo's blessing.

Raven will now be in charge of the bar, selling drinks and food. The taste of the drinks and food will be upgraded based on Raven's cooking and bartending skills, which have always been rather poor...

If you don't want to ruin the bar's reputation, then you'll have to spend raw gems.

50 raw gems per hour

It allows the alcohol and food produced by the bar to maintain the Chenluo level bonus status for up to one hour.

Wine costs 25 raw stones, food costs 25 raw stones.

If Chen Luo is not around all night, then it will cost 200 raw stones in 4 hours.

"50 raw stones an hour? Why don't you just rob someone?" Chen Luo muttered to himself as he sat on the rooftop, contemplating life.

Although Chen Luo appears to have done nothing, and in fact he really hasn't done anything, he's not comfortable with losing his big order of 1800 raw stones.

The mere act of bringing Siegfried to Kiana's side involved five commissions with a total value of 1800 Primogems.

Siegfried, Siegfried, how come you are so valuable?

And if we include the task Raiden Mei posted in the kitchen...

[Father-in-law Rescue Operation]: Together with Raiden Mei, they personally rescued Raiden Ryoma.

Rewards: 800 Primogems + Premium Random Reward (Raiden Mei Limited) + Raiden Mei Affection Level 30.

Difficulty: 3 stars

If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to get 2600 Primogems tonight.

If you add in the bar's profits, you might be able to earn two 10-pulls in one night.

If Chen Luo could acquire these raw stones, he would possess over 1.7 raw stones, to be precise, 17,630 raw stones.

What an enormous number! It's enough... well, enough to buy only one S-rank talent, no more.

If the discount is good enough, I might be able to buy two.

But Chen Luo now believes that his survival ability is already guaranteed, and what he needs most now is the most direct combat power.

Let's take a look at what Chen Luo has on him.

The Herald of Domination, the Herald of Corruption, and the Herald of Consciousness—none of the three S-rank talents are suited for direct combat.

Mebius's resurrection talent is also not one of them.

It's rare to have a snake that's artificially collapsed and looks impressive, but Chen Luo has temporarily sacrificed its strength for future development potential, so its current strength is somewhat worrying in a direct confrontation.

Fortunately, the Void Treasury can now project the modified version of the Mad Demon's Cloud Burst Bomb, but Chen Luo's magic power is a big problem.

Chen Luo is now certain that he can be invincible against any talent below SS level, but that's all he can do.

If a real fight breaks out, we'll have to resort to bone-scraping surgery.

Therefore, Chen Luo can only pin his hopes on the 6-star item that is guaranteed to drop within 200 draws.

Therefore, Chen Luo is aiming for this goal and is accumulating raw stones.

This is at least the only opportunity Chen Luo knows of to obtain a 6-star item.

Well, of course, if nothing unexpected happens, Chen Luo will spend the raw stones when necessary.

For example, Chen Luo really wants to see Aponia right now.

Aponia, I can't live without you!

Chen Luo had long coveted Aponia's abilities.

But since I've never met Aponia and never shaken her hand, I can't call her a friend, so I can't enjoy the discount.

As for the ability to purchase Aponia through the Fire Moth...

Items purchased through faction purchases are not eligible for any discounts.

What kind of sucker would buy things through faction?

"..." Chen Luo suddenly thought of the limited edition Destiny communicator he bought for Fu Hua during the day.

That means it was purchased through a faction.

Ah, so it was me who was the sucker.

Chen Luo decided to look for Aponia tomorrow and shake her hand, since he still had one day left on his 9% discount.

If Chen Luo can shake hands with someone within a day and a half, he can buy items at a 9% discount.

I hope it's 5% off.

Ah, but then again, will my future self really be able to reduce Aponia's favorability to half?

Although theoretically, Remilia Scarlett, the young lady of Gensokyo, has a wider range of applications for her Destiny ability, Chen Luo feels that Aponia's ability is more suitable for him.

After all, the words "threads of fate" appeared quite often in Aponia's mouth.

The threads of fate, shouldn't they also be considered "threads"?