"666666!" Miyamoto Yayako brought over a towel, her eyes filled with the adoration of a fangirl.
"What did you eat to grow so big?" The expressionless, tall loli, Luo Ziyan, tilted her small face up at a forty-five-degree angle and asked.
Mo Bai's expression twitched.
You can ask, but what's with that wondrous gaze, as if looking at livestock?
So, Mo Bai retaliated.
"Eat more rice, eat more meat, and you'll grow." A doting 'auntie smile' bloomed on his face as Mo Bai straightened his chest, lowered his head to look down, and gave a thumbs-up.
"..." Luo Ziyan, whose head only reached Mo Bai's lower abdomen, instantly had her small face darken.
Have you gotten too arrogant, or can this maiden no longer lift her Crescent Moon Blade?
Astounding brute strength? If Uncle-Master hadn't been foolishly standing there just to show off, letting you hit him, would you really think you could break through his protective Qi force?
"Hehe!" Luo Ziyan's voice was as crisp and ethereal as a lark's.
"Snap!" A small, rosy fist was hidden by her side. As the two brushed past each other, before Mo Bai could even clearly see the movement of the fist, it had already landed on his lower abdomen.
"Ouch!" Mo Bai's eyes bulged, his expression instantly contorting. He staggered to the side, leaning against the wall, falling silent.
"Highness!?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine." After a while, Mo Bai coughed a few times and finally regained his ability to speak.
This is the real livestock, isn't it? A tall loli less than one-and-a-half meters tall, with a light punch, stunned an adult, and one with his exceptional physical constitution at that.
Sucking in cold air, and with Miyamoto Yayako's support, Mo Bai straightened his body again, feeling deeply that the revolution had not yet succeeded, and comrades still needed to strive.
"I'm going to work hard to improve!"
Being pummeled by his bodyguard every day, where would his dignity go?
Thinking this, Mo Bai's gaze shifted to Bai Zishu, the only other person in the courtyard besides himself and Miyamoto Yayako. The latter was also looking his way.
Damn it! Am I going to be teased again?
He recalled the Vixen bodyguard's seductive and flirtatious personality. Mo Bai composed himself, ready at any moment to counter and get even after being teased.
Mo Bai, whose only advantage now was his endurance, exuded an unyielding spirit.
At worst, he'd just get beaten up again. But he absolutely couldn't lose a war of words.
The aura was important! The aura!!!
What Mo Bai didn't expect was that Bai Zishu, wiping sweat, glanced at him, then strode with her dazzling long legs into the side room.
"What's wrong with her? Is she in a bad mood?" Mo Bai was actually a bit unaccustomed to the Vixen not being flirtatious.
Miyamoto Yayako's gaze was a little evasive. Due to their identities, the incident they had tracked last night was the one thing Mo Bai absolutely couldn't know about.
And after Bai Zishu exited that state, they hadn't pressed her with more questions.
After all, everyone has their secrets.
"...That's a girl's secret."
"A girl's secret?" Mo Bai's expression was a bit strange, clearly indicating he was thinking something else.
"By the way, where's Yukie?"
"She went for exorcism."
Unparalleled infiltration feels good for a while, but afterward, if you don't silence them, you'll be busy running. Miyamoto Yayako, desperately trying to conceal the truth, nearly buried her head in her ample bosom when faced with Mo Bai's gaze. She felt her samurai soul weeping.
Fortunately, at this moment, Mo Bai's phone in his waistband suddenly rang.
"Uncle Wang? Did you encounter any difficulties with renting a place? Don't worry, price isn't an issue..." Mo Bai had called Wang Xiang, the Uncle of the shopping street who now owned a fleet of boats, when he woke up, asking if anyone nearby wanted to transfer their shop.
The arrival of Bai Zishu, Luo Ziyan, and Miyamoto Yayako meant Mo Bai's small shop wouldn't be able to accommodate so many people.
With the confidence that money was not an issue, Mo Bai immediately proposed to Wang Xiang that he find two shop fronts.
One for himself to live in, one for a restaurant, one for the girls to live in, and along the way, open a bakery for his apprentice, Gokou Ruri, to practice in.
"Ah? It's rented? That fast?" Mo Bai hadn't expected Wang Xiang's call to bring such good news. "It's only been two or three hours since I mentioned this to you."
"Oh, oh, oh, alright. Mhm, yes, I'll decide on the renovation style. Please look after it during renovations, Uncle Wang."
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."
"Wait..." As Mo Bai was about to end the call, Wang Xiang's somewhat hesitant voice came through the phone.
"Hmm? Is there something else, Uncle Wang?"
"..." After a moment of silence, Wang Xiang said. "When are you coming back? I'll prepare the fish for you in advance."
"When am I coming back? One month..." Mo Bai tapped his forehead, recalling the seemingly endless assembly line, and the words on the tip of his tongue immediately shrank back.
Going back so early would mean a pile of trivial matters, wouldn't it just make him uncomfortable?
And this time there were no helpers; his apprentice Gokou Ruri was already back at school.
"Emmm... I'll go back after my Five-Star assessment is over."
After passing the Five-Star assessment and gaining official backing, Mo Bai would have the confidence to implement a limited reservation system.
Book if you want, scram if you don't!
"Hmm, I truly am a little genius."
After hanging up the call, Mo Bai, full of swagger, sent a text message to his apprentice's phone.
"What style of bakery do you want?"
"I, opening a new shop, have money."
The girl, sitting alone in her seat with an expressionless face during class, revealed a sweet smile that melted the ice and snow after seeing the text message.
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"Cough, cough, cough, Little Mo, come out for a moment." Zhang Yu's voice, raspy from nearly choking while trying to show off, rang out in the small courtyard.
"Coming." Mo Bai stirred the red liquid in the soup pot a few times with a ladle. Seeing a slight coating on the shiny stainless steel wall, he satisfiedly turned off the heat.
The figure seated in the main hall was none other than Professor Auxis, who had been on the judges' panel yesterday.
"This is Professor Auxis, the leader of the Phoenix Academy exchange group. You met him yesterday," Zhang Yu said.
"Hello, Head Chef Mo Bai." As soon as Professor Auxis saw Mo Bai, his eyes lit up.
"Uh, hello, Professor Auxis." Being stared at with such fervent eyes by a man made Mo Bai feel a chill run down his spine, his goosebumps spreading all over the floor.
"You faintly possess the aura of royalty, are you British?" Mo Bai asked subtly.
"No, no, no, I am French. It just so happens that my family is quite wealthy," Professor Auxis replied, not realizing Mo Bai's true meaning hidden in his words.
"Cough, cough, cough." Zhang Yu's small eyes blinked. Although he didn't quite understand what was happening, he felt that Mo Bai was starting to bully an honest person again. "Don't underestimate Professor Auxis; he is an IGO-certified Special-Grade Five-Star Chef, and because of this, he was even conferred the title of Baron by the French Parliament."
"He can be considered an outstanding talent among the younger generation."
"Head Chef Zhang Yu, you flatter me." Professor Auxis's smile, how should one describe it... it just felt a little, well, gay.
"Little Mo, this time, the Tōtsuki and Phoenix joint training camp will be entrusted to you," Zhang Yu said quite suddenly.
"Joint training camp?"
He was just designated like that? Mo Bai couldn't react.
He never thought there was more than one person yesterday who subscribed to the 'target my vital parts' school of thought...
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