Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 136 - 117: Every Drive Brings Rewards

Chapter 136: Chapter 117: Every Drive Brings Rewards

In the consultation room, Luo Jun had already started his traditional performance.

"What are you holding? What do you mean there’s something wrong with my back?? What’s wrong with me??? Is there anything wrong with my whole body????"

"Where is Qin Huai? Where is Qu Jing?? Where is Dr. Zhou???"

"Mr. Luo, please calm down. Dr. Zhou has gone to get the electrode pads," the nurse’s voice came from the consultation room.

"What electrode pads? I said I don’t want electrode pads!"

As Qin Huai tried to press his ear against the door to hear more clearly, Dr. Zhou came running over and looked at Qin Huai and Qu Jing as if seeing a savior.

"Master Qin, Dr. Qu, you finally came. I was scared to death thinking you weren’t coming today," Dr. Zhou exaggeratedly patted his chest and shouted into the consultation room, "Nurse Liu, let me handle this."

Dr. Zhou pushed the door in, turning his head with a smile as he stepped into the consultation room and said to Qu Jing, "Dr. Qu, I heard your paper got published. Congratulations."

The door closed.

Qu Jing stood silently at the door, staring at the door for a few seconds before slowly speaking, "I’ve recently written another one."

Qin Huai quickly echoed, "The level of dedication you have is something we truly can’t match. I and Si...Little Zheng slacked off together this afternoon, really couldn’t stand making snacks every day. If I had to work every day, write papers, and do research, I wouldn’t be able to take it either."

Qin Huai realized that he was nothing like a Master Level liar; it was Qu Jing who was truly at the Master Level of lying.

With Qu Jing wearing a mask covering most of her face, as long as her eyes didn’t change, her tone remained the same, making it impossible to detect when she was lying.

Even when exposed by friends, she could quickly cover it up.

"I heard that doctors in your field need a certain number of papers for their promotions," Qin Huai tried to make conversation, "That’s what they say in dramas."

Qu Jing nodded, "Yes, there are requirements for the quantity and quality of papers, as well as qualifications and achievements."

"I actually have enough papers," Qu Jing said, "And given my age, having my current title is already quite good. I don’t really have any needs for promotions; I just purely enjoy writing papers."

Qin Huai: ...

This is even more outrageous than hearing a top student say they just purely love studying.

"Qin Huai you should understand, I heard Mr. Cao and the others say you actually finish work at noon every day at 12, and in the afternoon, you’re always researching new snacks."

"It used to be buns, now... it’s still buns. Everyone says you really like buns, the Fermented Rice with Steamed Buns in the morning are finished being prepared in the afternoon and then sold in the morning."

"I believe Qin Huai you really enjoy making snacks too."

Qin Huai: Not really.

To tell the truth, the reason I work overtime every afternoon is because there’s a system-issued side quest, with so many snacks to learn, it’s not avoidable.

If you think I’m working too hard, please kindly just let me know what the taste from your memory is.

Just as Qin Huai was thinking about how to change this damn topic, Luo Jun’s dissatisfied voice came from inside.

"Can you two talk about something people can understand? You’re here to accompany me for therapy, and what you were talking about just now, I didn’t like listening to it, change the topic."

Qu Jing leaned closer to the door, smiling and asked, "Then Mr. Luo, what would you like to hear?"

Luo Jun said loudly and energetically, "Qin Huai has been making all sorts of weird things every day, flowers, birds, fish, insects. If I liked them, wouldn’t I buy them myself? Xiao Qu, you pick a snack you like, something Qin Huai hasn’t made before, and have him learn it, make something new."

Qin Huai: !

As expected of you!

To think of such a tricky and opportunistic way to fulfill a task, you’re really something.

Qu Jing helplessly said, "Mr. Luo, usually you make things difficult for me, but why are you making it hard for Qin Huai too? He doesn’t earn salary from our hospital."

"He earns from me," Luo Jun said confidently, "He’s my distant grandnephew. In the future, my inheritance will go to him, so what’s wrong with having him make a new snack?"

Qu Jing couldn’t help but look at Qin Huai instinctively.

Qin Huai: ...

This relatives’ advantage, you Luo Jun, just have to take it, don’t you?

Qin Huai nodded with difficulty.

Qu Jing thought for a moment, "But I don’t have any particular snack that I especially love to eat. I think Qin Huai’s sticky rice cake is already delicious, so is the jujube and yam cake."

"There must be. Think carefully."

Qu Jing tried hard to think, not very sure, and said, "Sticky rice cake with jujube and yam flavor?"

Qin Huai: ...

Sorry Zheng Siyuan, for the side quest, I have to make a dish that goes against your ancestries.

"Isn’t this flavor a bit strange for sticky rice cake?" Qu Jing asked a bit embarrassedly, looking at Qin Huai.

Qin Huai forced a smile and shook his head decisively, "Not strange, not strange at all!"

After Luo Jun’s therapy ended, Qu Jing sent the two all the way to the underground parking garage, watched them get into the car and leave.

When the car left the hospital, Luo Jun coldly said from the passenger seat, "Why did Qu Jing explain the paper thing to you at the beginning?"

Qin Huai sighed in his heart, Luo Jun was indeed sharp, so he recounted the conversation he overheard at the office door, and the conversation he had with Qu Jing along the way.

Luo Jun leaned back in his seat, looking out the window, "What do you think?"

"I suspect Qu Jing doesn’t actually have a UV allergy; she wraps herself up tightly to hide something else," Qin Huai said, "That hidden thing is probably the secret you mentioned she’s keeping."

Luo Jun nodded slightly, "Much smarter than Chen Huihong."

Qin Huai: ...No need to diss Chen Huihong like that.

"But Qu Jing wraps herself up so tightly and makes up a convincing lie to deceive everyone. It seems she doesn’t want to tell anyone. If we force her to talk, we might end up being blacklisted. Such a secret, if she doesn’t say, it’s hard to discover," Qin Huai said.

"No one’s asking you to find out now. Your primary task now is to recreate the taste from her memory," Luo Jun said, "No one is stopping you from taking advantage of the system’s shortcut, no need to use our methods."

"I’ve already transferred the money to the orphanage. Next week, go to the orphanage again under the identity of my heir, check their accounts, and get to know Dean Qu."

"Aren’t you the best at getting to know people? Make some dumplings, make some of those weird fish and flowers you’ve been doing every day lately, and find out about Qu Jing’s childhood eating preferences."

"Don’t focus only on my task. I said my side quest isn’t important. Even if you finish the task, it won’t matter after seeing my memory, I don’t have amnesia."

"Do pay more attention to the side quest related to Qu Jing. Haven’t you triggered all those quests? Oh, the moment my task got triggered, you asked this and that, dragging Little Zheng over from Gusu to learn dumplings."

"When Qu Jing’s task got triggered, you acted like nothing happened. If I hadn’t asked today, you wouldn’t have brought it up."

"Let me tell you, when Qu Jing wakes up, even if she’s dead, her inheritance will still be yours. Chen Huihong is stingy, but we regular spirits don’t care about money."

As soon as Luo Jun finished speaking, the game notification sounded in Qin Huai’s mind.

"Ding, congratulations on completing the main quest [Far Ahead 2], receiving the quest reward: popularity boost +500, [A Dream of Luo Boyan...]...reward correction in progress..."

"Congratulations on receiving the quest reward: popularity boost +500, [A Memory of Luo Jun]."

Qin Huai: ?

Luo Jun noticed Qin Huai was silent and got a bit angry, "Say something!"

"... I have a question, who is Luo Boyan? Do you know him?"

Now it was Luo Jun’s turn to be silent.

When Qin Huai looked at Luo Jun, Luo Jun slowly said, "When I first came to the human world, I gave myself what I thought was a really nice name, Luo Boyan."

"Then I realized a three-character name was too hard to write. I didn’t like writing, and at that time everyone kept calling me Luo Jun, Luo Jun, so I renamed myself Luo Jun."

Qin Huai: ...

Qin Huai felt that Luo Jun also had no right to keep dissing Chen Huihong, a Plant Spirit like you Bi Fang is even more bizarre.

Luo Jun asked soulfully, "I only used the name Luo Boyan for a year, so how did you know? Did you trigger another side quest? Can you..."

"I completed the main quest," Qin Huai interrupted, "The previous main quest reward was [A Dream of ???], ??? was supposed to be Luo Boyan, now the reward got automatically corrected to [A Memory of Luo Jun]."

"Your memory is complete now."

Qin Huai looked at the road ahead and sincerely remarked, "I remember the last time I completed a task, I was driving and you were in the passenger seat. It seems I should drive you more often in the future; maybe the tasks will complete faster."

"Every time I drive, it seems to yield good results!"

Luo Jun: ?(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻