CHAPTER 560: CHAPTER 301: WEN YAO FISH

Qin Huai stood in the kitchen, completely baffled.

[Assistant Chen’s Wish]This side quest was completed as expected, but what’s with the reward change?

The dream stopped halfway, and they gave me a recipe instead.

Rewards can be changed?

No peeking at memories anymore?

Did the author run out of ideas?

Realizing things seemed to have gone beyond his expectations, Qin Huai didn’t hesitate and immediately opened the game panel, right in front of Zang Liang.

Zang Liang is Tan Wei’an’s friend, well-acquainted with everything.

He was chatting with Qin Huai, and suddenly Qin Huai stopped chatting and poked the air, leaving him more stunned than Qin Huai was earlier.

Then he saw an even more shocking scene: Qin Huai not only poked the air but also swiped it a few times.

Zang Liang: ?!

Without any hesitation, Zang Liang pulled out his phone to message Tan Wei’an.

Zang Liang: Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap!

Zang Liang: Qin Huai really has an imaginary system! I thought you were exaggerating, but I just saw him looking at his system panel.

Tan Wei’an, very experienced, replied: Then you should be careful, usually at times like this, he might suddenly have a moment of enlightenment, it’s quite terrifying, watch closely.

Zang Liang stared intently at Qin Huai.

Not far away, Zang Mu and Tong De Yan were holding bowls, eating Four Happiness glutinuous rice: ...

"I know Xiao Qin is a bit weird, but what’s up with Zang Liang?" Zang Mu said helplessly, "How did he become as weird as Xiao Qin?"

"Just ignore it." Tong De Yan said succinctly. His expression and tone were completely different from the irritable temperament he had shown in the kitchen earlier. He seemed like a friendly person, his words even carrying a cheerful note, "Just focus on eating the Four Happiness glutinuous rice."

"You’re weird too." Zang Mu looked at Tong De Yan, "Why does it seem like you’re in such a good mood? Did Ling Guangzhao give you a raise?"

Ling Guangzhao is the boss of Babaozhai.

Upon hearing Zang Mu mention the boss, Tong De Yan’s previously good mood suddenly soured, and he sneered, "Him?"

"Ha."

While Tong De Yan and Zang Mu were talking, Qin Huai had already found what he wanted to see.

In the illustration section.

Surname: Cheng Gong

Species: Wen Yao Fish

Status: Awakened

Dream: 0/0

Recipe: None (Pending Gift)

Gift: None

Cheng Gong has awakened!

Without tasting dishes from his own recipe, without deep interaction to uncover his true obsession, without great efforts to trigger the remaining side quests.

He just woke up, right at the end of the birthday banquet.

Qin Huai knew that theoretically, spirits are supposed to awaken on their own, but this was the first time he encountered a spirit that awakened by itself.

It was so normal that it seemed abnormal. Dude, if you woke up on your own, doesn’t that make me look useless? I’m the protagonist in a system novel, you know.

Protagonist, you understand? Protagonist!

If you don’t let the protagonist do something, it makes the protagonist seem superfluous.

After a tumultuous shock inside, Qin Huai outwardly left with a calm sentence: "I’ll go to the restroom."

He slipped away.

Leaving Zang Liang to keep messaging Tan Wei’an.

Zang Liang: He went to the restroom.

Tan Wei’an: Then he might be having a major enlightenment.

The employee restroom at Imperial Restaurant is on the 2nd floor, Qin Huai slipped out from the kitchen’s side door without going through the banquet hall and headed straight to the 2nd floor, entered the restroom, into a cubicle, closed the door, a series of actions completed fluidly.

Qin Huai first needed to check what a Wenyao Fish was.

The First Classic of the Southern Mountains records: Another 180 li to the west is Taiqi Mountain. Guan Water flows out here, running westward into the custard. It is abundant with Wen Yao Fish, shaped like a carp, with a fish body but bird wings, blue patterns, a white head and red beak, often in the West Sea, swimming in the East Sea, flying at night. Its sound is like a phoenix and chicken, its taste sour and sweet, eating it cures madness, and seeing it brings prosperity to the world.

Ignoring the detailed description, the main point is that eating a Wenyao Fish can cure madness. It’s an auspicious beast, and its appearance indicates a bountiful harvest.

In stark contrast to the famous fierce beast, Bi Fang.

After checking the Wenyao Fish data, Qin Huai opened the game panel again to see the reward he got.

[Cheng Gong’s Approval]: The successful approval of the versatile assistant, gaining this title gives a high chance of having the versatile assistant accomplish everything within his capabilities for you. After all, the approval of a Wenyao Fish is not something everyone can obtain.

After reviewing everything he could see, Qin Huai stood in the restroom cubicle, calmly thinking for a moment.

A characteristic of the Wenyao Fish is that eating it can cure symptoms of madness. Although Cheng Gong probably doesn’t have a habit of eating himself, this might explain why he managed to maintain such stable mental health in the intermediary world.

Compared to Qu Jing, who committed suicide in the intermediary world, Cheng Gong’s mental state is extraordinarily stable.

In a sense, even the Wenyao Fish seems to have been specially endowed; the ability for a spirit to maintain mental stability is a very rare quality.

This might be the welfare of an auspicious beast.

As for the task reward of [A Recipe Willingly Given by Cheng Gong], Qin Huai didn’t find it in any category within the game system. This thing probably requires Qin Huai to personally retrieve it from Cheng Gong, asking him to find a dish from his restored memories that he is willing to give Qin Huai. Perhaps this recipe will then appear in Cheng Gong’s recipe section.

Thinking of this, Qin Huai didn’t hesitate, messaging Cheng Gong directly on WeChat.

Qin Huai: Hey? Awake? Meet at the 2nd-floor employee restroom.

Cheng Gong: Today President Han has booked the place, the 2nd-floor private rooms are all empty, meet at room 888.

Qin Huai suddenly realized, thinking the versatile assistant truly lived up to his name, thoroughly thoughtful, and immediately left the restroom cubicle to head for room 888.