Infinite: Dawn Game

Chapter 755 The taste in memory

Yu Shijiu's happiness reached its peak when she saw the food Lu Chusheng served.

Whether it was the brightly colored braised pork or the steaming hot mutton soup, Yu Shijiu was stunned at this moment.

He had thought that Lu Chusheng could cook, after all, in his memory, the young and inexperienced Lu Chusheng had cooked for him before.

But what he didn't expect was that after so long... Lu Chusheng would still be able to cook, and cook so well.

Putting aside the taste, the color and aroma of the food are indeed ridiculously fragrant.

"Want to eat?"

Lu Chusheng served the last two plates of refreshing side dishes and asked in a low voice:

"The rice is cooked, I can serve it now—"

"want!"

Yu Shijiu quickly asked, "Could you give me a little more rice?"

Lu Chusheng: "...Okay."

As he silently turned back to the kitchen to serve the rice, he glanced back and saw the boy by the coffee table staring intently at the dishes in front of him, his throat bobbing involuntarily several times.

Lu Chusheng's lips slowly curled upwards.

Beside the coffee table, Yu Shijiu was so captivated by the aroma of braised pork that she glanced up at Lu Chusheng, who was serving rice with his back to her in the kitchen. After hesitating for a few seconds, she decisively picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a piece of braised pork, and stuffed it into her mouth.

"……Well."

Yu Shijiu was amazed by the braised pork that melted in his mouth (an exaggerated metaphor). He was reluctant to finish each bite, and more importantly... he felt that the taste of this braised pork was becoming more and more familiar.

It's those meals I pulled onto the windowsill in my memory...

"Why don't you eat?"

Lu Chusheng, who had just finished serving the rice, frowned as he looked at Yu Shijiu's hand, which was frozen in place by her mouth.

"Is it not very tasty? I haven't cooked in a while, so my skills might be a bit rusty—"

"No."

Yu Shijiu was jolted back to reality by his voice, shook her head in a panic, and swallowed the braised pork in her mouth.

"It's delicious... I really like it."

It tastes exactly like the braised pork I remember... so delicious.

"If it tastes good, eat more."

Lu Chusheng had no idea what he was thinking. Hearing this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and casually took out an empty bowl to serve soup to Yu Shijiu.

"Lamb soup is best enjoyed while it's hot."

Lu Chusheng: "Weren't you disappointed that the mutton soup in 'The Sheep Sacrifice' had a problem? Come and try my stewed mutton soup. I can't say how delicious it will be, but there will be absolutely no gamey or fishy smell."

"It smells delicious too."

Yu Shijiu seemed to have recovered from his stiff state. He nodded with a smile and put another piece of braised pork into his mouth.

“It’s really delicious.”

The boy's repeated praise of "delicious" and "delicious" made Lu Chusheng's ears, which had just calmed down, feel hot again. He hummed softly and placed the bowl of mutton soup next to Yu Shijiu.

"Eat more if you like it, you're too thin."

"..."

Yu Shijiu was not happy to hear this, "I've already gained a lot of weight."

"Hmm." Lu Chusheng didn't refute his words, but simply nodded and said, "But you're still very thin."

Lu Chusheng was telling the truth—by his standards, the reason Yu Shijiu's face still looks so cute and innocent is 99% due to his age.

Even if someone is under twenty, they will still have some baby fat even if they are malnourished... Yu Shijiu has indeed gained a lot of weight after eating well for the past few months, but she is still too thin.

With his skinny frame and limbs, Lu Chusheng always wondered how Yu Shijiu could wield that axe and fight the strange NPCs with such an obviously overburdened body.

Could such a small and thin body really contain such great strength?

Considering that Yu Shijiu was likely overworking himself, Lu Chusheng pursed his lips.

"Eat more nutritious food, and try to eat less snacks—"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Yu Shijiu, after taking a sip of mutton soup from the bowl, licked the remaining soup from his lips, burped, and said:

"Brother Chen said the snacks in town are different from those in real life! They don't have any additives! They're edible!"

"You can eat as much as you want!"

The last sentence was clearly added by Yu Shijiu himself.

Lu Chusheng didn't show much rebuttal, he simply nodded and said:

"It can be eaten occasionally as a snack."

"no!"

The boy got upset again, his face turning bright red: "What's wrong with me eating some snacks? I've hardly ever eaten snacks before! Now that snacks are unlimited, why can't I eat more?!"

"..."

Lu Chusheng's head throbbed with pain. He raised his hand to pinch his brow, picked up his chopsticks, took a piece of braised pork, and held it to Yu Shijiu's lips, saying:

"Open your mouth."

Yu Shijiu opened his mouth subconsciously—and a fragrant piece of braised pork was stuffed into it.

He chewed subconsciously, and then heard Yu Shijiu's somewhat helpless voice:

"I'll cook for you often when I have time. How about you come and live with me at the inspection team?"

Lu Chusheng was stunned after saying those words.

What did you just say?

What do you mean by "whether you should consider coming to live with the inspection team"?!

Isn't that just being a scoundrel?

"????"

As it turned out, Yu Shijiu was also stunned. He tilted his head in disbelief, his eyes wide, and said:

"I've already joined a team, and didn't you say the monitoring team wasn't suitable for me?"

Lu Chusheng: "..."

Lu Chusheng's head throbbed even more as his left and right brains battled each other: "...Sorry, just pretend I was talking nonsense."

"Oh."

Yu Shijiu's straight back slowly relaxed back to its original position, and he snorted coldly, saying:

"I've already decided to participate in the guild competition. What about you? Lu Chu, cough, Brother Lu, are you participating?"

"I?"

Lu Chusheng nodded subconsciously: "I will participate."

Lu Chusheng had participated in almost all the previous guild competitions, so there was no reason for him to be a coward and not participate in this one.

"Oh."

Yu Shijiu said slowly, "Then we are enemies."

"..."

Lu Chusheng was speechless for a moment, and after a long while he sighed softly: "Not an enemy, just an opponent."

"What's the difference?"

Yu Shijiu didn't notice the difference between the two sentences. He lowered his head, took a sip of mutton soup, and then looked up again:

I don't see any difference.

Lu Chusheng, who had been rebuked several times and was almost speechless, thought: "..."

He sighed deeply, picked up his chopsticks, and began to eat in silence.

After eating the dishes he had made, Lu Chusheng paused involuntarily as he picked up food.

It's really delicious.

Yu Shijiu did not lie to him.

A barely perceptible ripple slowly spread through Captain Lu's heart, and this insignificant ripple made him treat Yu Shijiu even better.

"Shi Jiu, why did you just say I was... bald?"

Lu Chusheng finally couldn't hold back.