"Hah~"
Just as Bai Zishu was slandering endlessly in her heart, a cute moan, sweet yet carrying a subtle eroticism, came from beside her.
She hurriedly turned her head, meeting the gaze of Luo Ziyan, the flat-chested, emotionless loli-type girl.
However, the latter's dead-fish eyes, which usually held no fluctuation, had turned into watery, large eyes filled with high-lights, and they did not reflect Bai Zishu's figure. In Luo Ziyan's eyes at this moment, there was only the dining plate on the table.
"I want more~" A vague voice, like the babbling of an infant, flowed from her glistening, tender pink lips.
Luo Ziyan's tiny body trembled occasionally as she stubbornly thrust her silver fork toward the quail meat on the plate. Her small face, usually expressionless, had softened, and two blushes floated up on her cheeks, which still carried a bit of chubby baby fat.
Set off by her milk-white complexion, Luo Ziyan simply looked like a cute porcelain doll.
"Holy crap!" The graceful beauty posture of Bai Zishu vanished; she opened her mouth, dumbstruck, and directly swore.
Is this still the Luo Ziyan she knew, who was not only cold in expression but also loved to bristle with anger?
She's so cute it's giving me a nosebleed!
Bai Zishu pinched her somewhat warm nose, calling out that she couldn't handle it. As a youthful and beautiful woman, she also adored cute creatures!
Luo Ziyan right now was so cute it was off the charts!
It gave Bai Zishu the urge to hold her in her arms, stroke her, pat her, and feed her.
"Cough, cough, cough." Considering that the Far East still had a mature set of child protection laws, Bai Zishu, with a strangely excited expression on her face, abandoned this temptation-filled idea.
Even though Luo Ziyan's age was already sixteen, comparing that desperate plain where one could see the horizon at a glance and that petite figure to Nakiri Erina beside her, who was comparable to a model—who would believe the two were the same age?
If things went wrong, she would be caught on the spot and taken to the station.
"Hey now! Why didn't I realize before that Luo Ziyan could be this cute?" Taking advantage of Luo Ziyan being immersed in the gourmet environment, Bai Zishu gently pinched Luo Ziyan's small, fleshy face, which was soft yet bouncy, fully satisfying her craving to touch. "If she tied her hair into two buns, it would be even better."
Retracting her gaze with quite a bit of regret, Bai Zishu turned toward Mo Bai's roasted quail with a heart full of anticipation.
"A dish that can break Luo Ziyan's emotionless facade, exactly what kind of deliciousness could it be?"
"Let's first taste the completion level of the base flavor's sweet and spicy sauce and the hot spring egg."
Bai Zishu forcibly endured the temptation that sounded like the whispers of a devil. She swept the two pieces of roasted quail breast meat and two pieces of roasted quail leg meat, which were leaning against the hot spring egg, to the side. Her shining table knife cut down, and the soft hot spring egg was immediately divided into two halves.
Gently pushing open the cut with the fork, the warm, orange-yellow runny yolk appeared in a thick, sauce-like state, flowing outward from the cut neither too fast nor too slow.
The orange-yellow yolk color and the unhurried flow speed were proof that the hot spring egg was boiled just right.
Bai Zishu, who had just wanted to offer a few words of praise, realized that if one possessed the two talents of God's Eye and God's Hand and couldn't even achieve this level, that would be too lame.
So she put away the praise, focused on skewering the tender hot spring egg, and dipped it in some sweet and spicy sauce.
The stunning deliciousness of the sweet and spicy sauce made its debut on her taste buds, like the opening of a concert!
"Scallion, garlic, thyme, rosemary, black pepper, dried chili, Sichuan pepper...!"
Bai Zishu thought of a proverb: [The sparrow may be small, but it has all the vital organs].
"There's more!"
"This sweetness is... spinach juice?! This fruity aroma... white vinegar at the bottom, orange juice reduced to thicken, stacked with orange zest to increase the fragrance!"
"And the spicy base flavor isn't completed by dried chilies either; it seems to have a flavor of having been pickled..."
"I see, is it Sriracha sauce?"
Sriracha chili sauce, also known as "Red Rooster" chili sauce. As a fermented chili sauce, its status in the United States is equivalent to the Hua nation's Lao Gan Ma. Because its spiciness and flavor are more suitable for Europeans, it has long enjoyed a good reputation in the international field.
The scene of Bai Zishu talking to herself was quite eerie, but fortunately, the audience seats were far from the judges' bench, and the judges were all immersed in the gourmet environment, so no one cared about her behavior.
The thick runny yolk, carrying heat, wrapped around the sweet and spicy sauce that was showing off its maneuvers on the tip of her tongue. The tender texture of the egg white made the rhythm in her mouth even more varied.
Before even tasting the main ingredient, a verdant forest composed of spices, fruits, and vegetables had already faintly emerged before Bai Zishu's eyes.
"Is the Side Dish a one-hit kill to decide the outcome?!"
Relying solely on the broth of this sweet and spicy sauce, it completely crushed Mark's sea snail Side Dish.
Swallowing saliva that was almost unstoppable, Bai Zishu skewered a piece of quail leg meat that had already been deboned. The shining caramel color captured her vision.
The delicate leg meat unraveled thread by thread during chewing. The incomparably fresh and delicious meat juices, along with the sweet and spicy sauce that had seeped into every fiber of the quail meat, overflowed with the chewing!
"Oh god! It's too much!" Bai Zishu covered her mouth, her face crimson, and indistinctly shouted words that would make old drivers smile knowingly.
A storm began to spread from the tip of her tongue. Placed within the storm, Bai Zishu screamed, pressing one hand on the hem of her skirt and hugging her chest with the other.
"Yaaah!!!"
The violent hurricane seemed as if it would blow even her soul out of her body. The sound of tearing silk rang out continuously, and the pieces of clothing on Bai Zishu's body transformed into dancing butterflies and flew away.
Anxious to cover her body, Bai Zishu did not notice the black shadow gradually enlarging above her head.
A massive quail with grizzled feathers descended from the sky. Its claws firmly clasped Bai Zishu as it flapped its wings, whipping up a hurricane and rushing into the clouds!
"Bird! Such a big..." Still in shock, Bai Zishu looked at the quail above her head and almost lost her mind. "Such a big quail!"
Before her eyes, a thousand miles of clouds passed like a white horse crossing a crevice. The giant quail grabbed Bai Zishu and arrived above that layered forest in the sky, then released its claws. Bai Zishu enjoyed a moment of free-fall motion before her entire body was covered by warm liquid.
Popping her head out from the hot spring in the sky forest, Bai Zishu's expression was incomparably comfortable.
This hot spring was just like golden sunlight in winter, possessing a magic that made all things harmonious and tranquil.
Until night fell. Under the setting sun, Bai Zishu saw that incomparably huge quail standing coquettishly on one leg toward the sun, spreading its wings in the wind, tilting its neck back, and singing loudly.
Leaving Bai Zishu with a black silhouette viewed from behind.
"Chirp Chirp"
"Jo—jo—!"
The noisy male voices made Bai Zishu suddenly sober up. The scene at the male judges' bench opposite her could be called a dance of demons—four middle-aged and elderly men, half-naked, with one foot off the ground. Some performed 'White Crane Spreads Wings', some 'Peacock Flies Southeast', and some 'Phoenix Wings Heaven Soaring'.
In short, various poses that would make JoJo and Ikki want to hit someone upon seeing them.
Luo Ziyan & Miyamoto Yayako & Yukikawa Yukie & Nakiri Erina:
So fucking cool. We want to do it too...
Bai Zishu: No, you don't!
Seeing the four people around her, who were still immersed in the gourmet environment, restlessly starting to stand up, Bai Zishu immediately slammed the table. Her internal energy erupted, turning into a hurricane that swept across everyone's cheeks.
With the strong wind brushing their faces, everyone broke free from the gourmet illusion one after another.
For a moment, both sides, with the confusion receding from their eyes, stood dazed on the spot.
Seeing the four middle-aged and elderly men put their clothes back on and sit back at the judges' bench pretending nothing had happened, Bai Zishu couldn't help but sigh that ginger really is spicier the older it gets.
"This dish..."
"Chinese Name: Uninhibited and Loving Freedom. Japanese Name: Sweet and Spicy Roasted Quail." The waitress, newly swapped in to replace the unlucky one who bit her tongue earlier, maintained an 'auntie smile' the entire time.
Although Mo Bai was very disappointed that Nakiri Senzaemon didn't continue doing reading comprehension, this Valentine's Day essential 'Forgiveness Set Meal' still had to have a beginning and an end.
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