Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 111 - 93 A Bit of Cunning Method

Chapter 111: Chapter 93 A Bit of Cunning Method

Luo Jun, who had a lot of money, quietly finished a game.

Complete defeat.

Perhaps having money doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want.

Luo Jun quietly exited the game and noticed everyone had finished eating. "Aren’t the buns not done yet? Go make the buns."

As the biggest benefactor of the orphanage had spoken, naturally everyone had to get moving. Except for the security guard at the gate who needed to keep an eye on the children, ensuring they wouldn’t run out, the older kids and staff were mobilized to the kitchen to make buns.

Chen Huihong saw so many people making buns and felt she should take on the heavy task of kneading the dough, but Qin Huai forced her to sit down.

Dean Qu could knead some dough, so they let Dean Qu do it.

Dean Qu appeared to be very talkative.

"Master Qin, how long have you known Jingjing?" Dean Qu asked.

"About a month," Qin Huai replied.

Dean Qu seemed even more animated: "So familiar after a month, how did you and Jingjing meet?"

"Mr. Luo is Dr. Qu’s patient and he’s also my client, Sister Hong is Dr. Qu’s sponsor and also my friend. That’s pretty much the relationship. Dr. Qu sometimes comes to my shop to buy snacks. I often accompany Mr. Luo to the hospital for therapy, and Dr. Qu often accompanies him. After chatting for a while, we get familiar with each other."

Dean Qu didn’t quite understand, but that was fine; she could extract key information.

"Oh, you’re Mr. Luo’s grandson, right?"

Qin Huai: ? Where did that information come from?

How did he suddenly become a grandson of Luo Jun?

"No." Qin Huai firmly cleared up the misunderstanding, "I’m just a distant relative of Mr. Luo and also a distant relative of Sister Hong."

Qin Huai felt it was still necessary to adopt a title of distant relative, as he didn’t want to explain to Dean Qu why he was accompanying Luo Jun for therapy at the hospital.

Dean Qu understood again.

"Our Jingjing doesn’t have many friends. Yesterday, she told me a friend wanted to volunteer today, and I was overjoyed." Dean Qu cheerfully said, "Jingjing has been introverted and quiet since she was young, not talkative. When she was little, other children would cry and make noise, but she was quiet as if she were dead. Back then, the childcare worker Sister Zhang hadn’t retired yet. It scared her so much that she would check multiple times a day to see if Jingjing was alive."

Qin Huai felt that Dean Qu’s way of expressing herself was quite unique. There might be a reason why she hadn’t been able to secure any donations over the years.

"In our orphanage, if children are abandoned from a young age without a name given, they are all given my surname. Seeing how quiet Jingjing was, I named her Jing. Now that I think about it, the name was a mistake; I should have named her Noisy."

"Jingjing has been burying herself in her studies all these years without making friends. Initially, I thought after she started working, she would make friends with her colleagues, but it turns out she gets along better with her patients than with her colleagues. However, her patients are all elderly folks. Interacting with people our age daily without making friends her age, I’m afraid she’ll turn into a psychopathic serial killer like in TV dramas."

Qin Huai: ......

Dean Qu, every sentence you say is hard to follow.

"I’m relieved now that she has friends her age like Xiao Qin." Dean Qu said with a face full of relief.

Qin Huai struggled to extract information from Dean Qu’s information-less words: "Did Dr. Qu say I was her friend?"

"Yeah, Xiao Qu said her friend was coming to help volunteer this morning."

Qin Huai nodded, so in Qu Jing’s mind, she already considered him a friend.

But this friend wasn’t influential enough, or rather, neither the friend nor the snacks were enough to motivate her to go out frequently to buy snacks.

Qin Huai looked at Dean Qu.

Dean Qu: ?

"Dean Qu." Qin Huai suddenly thought of a crafty way to complete the task, "Are you on good terms with Dr. Qu?"

"Jingjing is my daughter." Dean Qu said proudly.

"Then can I ask you a favor?"

"What is it?" Dean Qu asked.

"I have a friend who lives in the same district and often dines at the community canteen I run."

"And because of his job, he has met Dr. Qu during sympathy activities. He has a good impression of her, but Dr. Qu seems a bit standoffish and slow to warm up, and he can’t find an opportunity or excuse to talk to her."

"It just so happens that Dr. Qu occasionally comes to my canteen to buy snacks, and he stays in the canteen waiting for Dr. Qu to chat a bit when she comes by."

"But the frequency of Dr. Qu’s visits is too low, and there’s no progress between the two."

"Then what should be done?" Dean Qu, a bit anxious, "Why are young people these days so passive? When I was young, if a young man liked a girl, they would confess directly. How would the girl know otherwise?"

"Dean Qu, lower your voice."

"Oh, oh, oh." Dean Qu not only lowered her voice, she also bent her waist, like an undercover agent meeting her contact in a covert exchange.

"So we have to create opportunities. Could you persuade Dr. Qu to come more often to my canteen to buy snacks, ideally every day? Just say my canteen isn’t doing well, and she should support my business for the sake of our friendship, allowing me to earn a bit."

Dean Qu: ...

Dean Qu didn’t understand, but she chose to respect it.

Dean Qu hesitated for a moment: "Sure, I’ll talk to Jingjing."

"Have her buy more, and please help mediate, Xiao Qin."

"You can count on me!" Qin Huai said with a sincere face.

Ouyang, I’m sorry for dragging you into this.

This is an emergency, and anyway, Dean Qu doesn’t know exactly who it is. You can play the role of a temporary actor!

In between kneading the dough, Qin Huai pulled out his phone to text Ouyang.

Qin Huai: What snacks do you want to eat tomorrow?

Ouyang: ?

Ouyang: Can I eat anything?

Ouyang: Luoluo, did you take your brother’s phone?

Qin Huai: Luoluo is at home doing homework, so there’s no way she could have taken my phone. I’m volunteering at the orphanage with Sister Hong.

Ouyang: ! I want Crab Shell Cake, Four Happiness Dumplings, Baked Bun, White Jade Cream Cake, green bean ice cake, Elm Bark Steamed Buns, locust flower buns, and three bags of Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns!

Qin Huai with the phone: ......

Can you really eat so many buns?

Ouyang: I’ll take one bag back for my mom. I’m sure she’ll give me the massage coupon I didn’t get last time!

Qin Huai: Okay, I’ll make them all and send you an extra Dream Come True Sesame Bun.

Ouyang: !!!

Lying on the couch at home, scrolling through short videos, Ouyang felt he might have traveled to a parallel universe.

Could it be that in a parallel universe, when his parents went on a trip to Guangdong Province, they adopted Qin Huai?!

Awesome!

Based on the menu Ouyang sent, Qin Huai texted Chen An to prepare the ingredients he could for work tomorrow morning.

Chen An replied almost instantly, indicating no problem.

For the remaining time, Qin Huai diligently kneaded dough and mixed fillings. With everyone’s efforts, they produced two weeks’ worth of buns for the orphanage in one afternoon.

The children were reluctant to see Qin Huai go. A little boy who walked with a limp even tugged at Qin Huai’s shirt and asked when Brother Bun would come again.

Qin Huai really wanted to say his surname was Qin.

But it wasn’t important. He was used to it because Qin Huai knew that if he came a few more times, all the children would think his surname was Bun.

If he wrapped dumplings a few times, he would most likely be called Dumpling.

On the return trip, Qin Huai was driving.

Nobody was confident with Chen Huihong driving, fearing she’d take the wrong route again.

When they were only ten minutes from Yunzhong District, the game notification sound rang in Qin Huai’s mind.

"Ding, congratulations to the player for completing the side mission [Qu Jing’s Dilemma]. Mission rewards: [Qu Jing’s Affirmation], [A Memory of Luo Jun]."

Having completed many missions, Qin Huai calmly asked, "I have good news and bad news, Mr. Luo. Which one would you like to hear first?"

Still sitting in the passenger seat, Luo Jun said, "Bad news."

"Let’s hear the good news first. The side mission is complete."

Luo Jun immediately turned to look at Qin Huai: "You chatted with Qu Jing for just a few words today and became friends?"

By implication, he meant, young man, have you been slacking off and not chatting seriously before?

"No, I used a bit of trickery and convinced Dean Qu to persuade Qu Jing to come to the canteen daily." Qin Huai replied, "But I think the favorability level still needs to be increased to facilitate subsequent tasks."

There must be more side missions related to Qu Jing to uncover.

"You see, I told you, Xiao Qin has a knack for deceptive tactics!" Chen Huihong said happily.

Qin Huai: ......

"What’s the bad news?" Luo Jun asked, "Did you trigger my side mission and find it impossible to complete?"

"Not quite." Qin Huai replied, "The bad news is that the reward for this side mission is your memory."

Luo Jun: ???

"Considering I knew nothing about you before, do you have any idea about the memory I might see? Can you give me a brief preface?"

"Then as soon as we get back, I’ll head to your place to view the memory."

Luo Jun: ...

For some reason, Luo Jun felt like spitting fire again.

This time, he wanted not only to burn Qin Huai but also to burn himself up along with him.

Tired, let’s just bring it all to ruin and be reborn.