Chapter 10: Picking Up a Big Cat??
On Ning Yunyi’s side, after cutting the chicken wings with a flower knife, he picked up the second wok and placed it on the fire to heat it up.
The most satisfying part of thisĀ villa for him was the kitchen, it was big enough to accommodate four pots at the same time.
When the wok was heated, he put in cool oil and rock sugar and started stir-frying the sugar color. After the rock sugar changed color, he poured in the cut chicken wings.
With a sizzling sound, the previously pale chicken wings were suddenly coated in a special alluring color.
It made people’s mouths water instantly.
An Du rushed anxiously into the live broadcast room, no longer caring about the lagging old master.
He stared with hisĀ eyes wide open, forgetting to sit down, just standing there staring at the holographic live broadcast image projected on the big screen.
The old master didn’t take the bet seriously at all, just giving the order and not caring about it anymore.
But thisĀ old man suddenly got a strange idea and insisted on him watching it too.
He was dragged into thisĀ conference room, and when he came in, there were a crowd of employees, he frowned: “You…”
The next moment, he saw the old man projecting hisĀ own bracelet, he looked up inadvertently, only to be stunned on the spot.
In the brightly colored and spacious kitchen, the background had been virtually processed, and even the anchor in the live broadcast was a virtual cartoon character, giving everything a dreamlike feeling, but the first thing that caught hisĀ eye was the strange sizzling scene in the pot.
He looked at the part that looked like chicken wings and thighs, which had taken on a special color he had never seen before, a kind of irresistible urge to want to dive into the screen and taste it for himself.
Even though he didn’t know what it tasted like.
On Ning Yunyi’s side, after the chicken wings had browned, he added the scallions, ginger and garlic to stir-fry, then poured in various pre-prepared soy sauce, old soy sauce, oil, and cooking wine, and after it had absorbed the flavors, he added hot water and covered the pot to braise.
The audience in the live broadcast room didn’t dare breathe until they couldn’t see the image, afraid that the image would disappear if they took a breath.
[Wuwuwu, it smells so good! Just imagining how delicious it must be!]
[Every time I think the anchor has reached hisĀ limit, the next time he’ll give me an even bigger surprise.]
[I declare, I’ll place an order for the chicken next! I want to try making it myself!]
[If I can’t eat it, can’t I make it myself?]
[What are you guys thinking about? Do you know what that white and colorful block-shaped thing is? Do you know where to order that potato-colored slice?Even if it’s synthetic, you don’t know how to imitate it.]
[I’m different, the smart ones have already bathed, dressed, worshiped and burned incense, prepared the nutritional liquid, and plan to snatch it! As long as I get it, smelling the aroma and eating the nutritional supplement is the same as the anchor feeding it to me.]
“Gulp!” In the silent conference room, someone unknown swallowed their saliva, breaking the deathly silence.
An Du glanced at the old master, who had already gone dumb and was moving hisĀ face closer and closer to the projection, and coughed to remind him: “Don’t go forward, you’re blocking everyone’s view.”
The old master finally reluctantly shifted hisĀ gaze, giving him a glance, huffing: “Damn brat! Why didn’t you show me thisĀ good stuff earlier? I, the old man, how many more days can I live?”
He wasn’t stupid, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to sit in thisĀ position, just from thisĀ scene, combined with An Du’s bet, he immediately understood everything, looking around, he was also somewhat expectant: “Can these people snatch it?”
An Du looked up: “Hey… Now you’re worried? Regret having me bring you here?”
The old master stroked hisĀ beard, glaring at him, but hisĀ hand movements were quick, opening hisĀ bracelet and issuing a notice to immediately gather all An Zi employees to the highest-level conference room.
All An Zi employees: ???
On Ning Yunyi’s side, under the eager gaze of the audience, he opened the clay pot and added the diced corn, carrot, and red dates into the boiling pork rib soup, added an appropriate amount of salt, and covered the pot again.
HisĀ movements were casual, but the audience watching the live broadcast were dumbfounded, full of question marks.
[Wait, what is that orange block-shaped thing? What is the yellow one with grains? And what are those red round ones? Anchor, please look at my private messages, have pity on me!!]
Ning Yunyi was about to make the egg custard when he was immediately attracted by the golden barrage, sure enough… it was Senior Brother Luke from the popular science area.
Seeing Luke’s words, the corner of hisĀ mouth twitched, he remembered thisĀ was a high-cold anchor in the popular science area, had he really abandoned hisĀ image?
Thinking about how he and hisĀ teacher had tipped so much, he kindly explained: “The yellow grains are corn, the orange one is carrot, and the round ones are red dates. They are all synthetic based on the plant species of Goulun, just made to look similar.”
Ning Yunyi spoke up, and the blank-faced research institute staff behind the bracelet thought: Do you really expect us to believe that?
They could only stare eagerly, wishing they could press their faces onto the screen.
The Dean of the Ancient Institute had already started checking the information, but he couldn’t bear to look away from the live broadcast.
During the time the two pots were simmering, Ning Yunyi also made an egg custard, and finally quickly stir-fried some garlic lettuce.
[Oh my, I didn’t dare breathe the whole time, finally saw something I’m familiar with and can replicate, the egg custard!! I’ll go make it as soon as the live ends!!]
[Haha, I bet all the chicken eggs on the market have been bought up.]
[Hehe hehe, the smart foodies have already placed their orders the moment the anchor started beating the eggs, you guys should check if the chicken eggs on the Star Network have been sold out.]
[Fuck!! My eggs have been stolen!]
[What’s yours and mine, whoever snatched it is theirs, hehe hehe.]
On thisĀ side, Ning Yunyi started the finishing touches, lifting the lid of the corn and pork rib soup, the rich aroma permeating the air, the meat fragrance mingling with the sweet food flavor immediately filling the nostrils.
And the soft and tender pork ribs in the rolling steam, along with the corn, carrots, and red dates, looked especially appetizing, making one feel that not being able to eat it in one’s lifetime would be a tragedy.
Ning Yunyi ladled the corn and pork rib soup into a large soup bowl, and as the steam rose, the barrage in the live broadcast room instantly disappeared, everyone rubbing their hands together, prepared to snatch.
The red-braised chicken wings were simmered until the sauce had thickened, then he sprinkled on a layer of sesame and green onion, the thick and fragrant color making the audience in the live broadcast room’s hands tremble, praying they would be able to snatch some.
Ning Yunyi calmly scanned the reserved one-bite portions of the four dishes and started uploading them for sale.
Still 100 stars per serving of taste.
ThisĀ time it was four dishes, a total of 40 servings.
He finished uploading and looked up, surprised to find the online number had actually reached over 100,000: ???
Wasn’t it only 40,000 yesterday?
But he didn’t pay much attention to it, clicked on the upload, and bid farewell to the audience with a smile before going offline.
Almost the moment he clicked on the upload, the 40 servings were gone in a second.
Those who didn’t snatch it stomped their feet and wailed.
[Wuwuwu, my pork ribs, my chicken wings, my garlic lettuce, my egg custard!]
[Don’t cry, hurry up and go out to snatch the chicken eggs!]
[Hehe, I’ve already boarded the hovering car, smart people are always one step ahead, bye bye everyone!]
[I hate it!! Why were there only forty servings? With four hundred or four thousand, I would at least have a chance to snatch one.]
[It’s useless to think about it, the highest limit for uploading on Star Live is ten servings per dish, any more taste will disappear along with it, even if you snatch it, it won’t taste good.]
[@ the entire Star Live research team, can’t you do it? Can’t you develop a taste that doesn’t disappear? Since you can reconstruct molecules, why can’t you retain all the taste?]
[Yeah, yeah, can’t you do it?]
The foodies who didn’t snatch it found an outlet, unanimously targeting the [Star Live] team, urging them to hurry up and research, so that they could each get a share of the taste as soon as possible.
In less than ten minutes after Ning Yunyi went offline, #the entire Star Live research team is useless# had instantly become a hot topic on the Star Network.
On the other side, at the highest level of the An Zi Group.
The conference room was collectively silent, the solemn atmosphere even more serious than the numerous times they had spent a lot of money on failed research and development.
The employees didn’t know why they were called before they came, but after watching the live broadcast, they all opened their bracelets, thinking about the rewards the boss had mentioned, even if they didn’t get any rewards, they still wanted to snatch it.
The old master sat there solemnly and seriously, if one ignored hisĀ constant swallowing movements, it would be even more real: “Did anyone snatch it?”
There were a total of 200 people in the conference room, they couldn’t all have failed to snatch anything, right?
Finally, in the silence, the manager of the R&D department jumped up excitedly: “I, I, I, I snatched the corn and pork rib soup! The fifth one!”
Retaining half the taste, oh my, not only a 10,000 star reward, but also a promotion and raise, thisĀ wasn’t a dream!
The others stared enviously at thisĀ lucky person.
The old master finally showed a smile: “Good, he can stay, the rest of you are dismissed for today.”
The others looked at him eagerly: Come on, at least let them smell it too.
The old master turned a bit red-faced under their gaze, but thinking about how big the conference room was, if he opened the taste here, it would be gone in an instant, so he steeled himself.
“Next time, next time for sure.”
The others: … Really? We don’t believe you.
After the live broadcast, Ning Yunyi served the corn and pork rib soup on the dining table, and Ning Xiaomiao had already brought the bowls and chopsticks.
She had carefully placed hisĀ father and hisĀ own servings.
Ning Yunyi’s heart trembled at the obedient little one, if the timing was right, he really wanted to let the little kitten turn back so he could rub her.
How could there be such an obedient little one, so soft and cute and obedient, he wanted to put all the good things in front of him.
Thinking so, Ning Yunyi took out a fruit basket from the space, and then took out two small cakes, one mousse cake and one chiffon cake.
Ning Xiaomiao saw the unfamiliar cakes and was stunned, hisĀ large emerald eyes opening wide, especially the strange cream aroma mingling with the sweet fruity scent, she unconsciously swallowed hisĀ saliva.
The next moment, she shyly buried his head in Ning Yunyi’s embrace, making Ning Yunyi chuckle and lift the little kitten up, carrying the empty basket and heading out: “Let’s get the wrapped chicken and start eating. The cakes are for dessert after the meal, if there’s any left, we’ll save it for afternoon tea.”
Ning Xiaomiao’s small hands tightly hugged his father’s neck, his little face flushed, his eyes bright.
Ning Yunyi was also in a good mood, but when he was carrying the kitten and the basket to the back of the villa, hisĀ keen sense of vigilance made him stop in hisĀ tracks.
He silently stared at the artificial forest in the distance, hisĀ gaze falling on a certain spot, then quickly shifting to the nearby extinguished fire pit closer to the entrance.
The familiar aroma of the wrapped chicken had dispersed, as it was buried underground, the taste not strong, only those with sensitive sense of smell could detect it.
Apart from that, there was only the rustling sound of the leaves in the artificial forest.
At the same time, Ning Yunyi also heard an unusual sound from these subtle sounds, very faint, if one didn’t listen carefully, it would be completely inaudible.
But he had still noticed it.
There was a living creature in the artificial forest, even very close to here.
Whether it was a person or something else, or perhaps Mr. Xu’s people had found the place so quickly?
Ning Yunyi looked down at the puzzled Ning Xiaomiao tilting his head to look at him, then suddenly smiled: “The wrapped chicken isn’t cooked yet, father suddenly remembered not having patrolled the artificial forest yet, shall we go take a look around before digging out the wrapped chicken?”
Ning Xiaomiao didn’t doubt his father’s words at all, obediently nodding.
Ning Yunyi took out a drone from the space, adjusted it and connected it to hisĀ bracelet, projecting the image in front of him, then launched the drone to fly up.
Ning Xiaomiao had seen spaceships and hovercrafts, but thisĀ was the first time she had seen such a small aircraft that couldn’t carry people, staring at it curiously, completely unaware of the strangeness around his father.
Ning Yunyi controlled the drone to rise up, soon heading towards the artificial forest.
At the same time, he had a layer of spiritual energy surrounding himself and Ning Xiaomiao, and if anything went wrong, he would immediately take the little one and leave.
The drone headed to a certain spot, and the projected image appeared in front of him, at first just an endless forest, with tall shrubs below, and when it reached the place where Ning Yunyi had previously planted the tree seedlings, Ning Yunyi gently lowered the drone.
As it descended bit by bit, the synchronized image allowed Ning Yunyi to see the scene in front of him clearly.
When he saw what it was, not only Ning Yunyi was stunned, but Ning Xiaomiao also couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
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can you edit ning xiaomao’s pronoun correctly please? is it a he or a she, it’s hard to tell :”)
Hi, I will try to go back if I have the time. š Thanks for letting me know.