CHAPTER 565: CHAPTER 303: GREEN BEAN CAKE

Qin Huai opened the recipe and checked the details.

[Green Bean Cake A+ Level]

Maker: ?

Dish details: After being fired a third time by a boss who could endure hardships together but not share prosperity, Chen Gong felt disheartened and tasted this delicious snack at the newly opened Qin’s Steamed Bun Shop in Shanghai. This wasn’t the tastiest snack Chen Gong had ever had in his many tribulations, but it was the warmest. The delicious snack and the comforting words of the snack master and boss reignited Chen Gong’s confidence after his failed tribulations. Consuming this dish can increase the necessary confidence for 12 hours, bringing you closer to success.

Number of times it can be made per day (0/666) (each portion no more than 250g)

Qin Huai: ?

Is this ? the one he knows?

Is the game system using ? to refer to all unappeared spirits, or is this ? a specific person’s exclusive designation?

Qin Huai closed the game panel, looking at Chen Gong with an inquisitive gaze, believing Chen Gong chose this A+ level Green Bean Cake not just because it’s tasty, but for deeper reasons.

Chen Gong’s first boss became a shipping tycoon under his luck bestowment, the manager under that era’s shipping tycoon should have tasted many delicacies.

Seeing Qin Huai’s gaze, Chen Gong already knew what Qin Huai wanted to ask, and he had prepared his answer early on.

"This afternoon, I not only chatted with everyone in the group but also added them as WeChat friends and had private chats for a while," Chen Gong said.

"Mr. Luo Jun is still entangled in his first life; I think his chance of successfully passing the tribulation isn’t high."

Qin Huai agreed: "Yes, we all think so."

"Mr. Luo is a very enthusiastic Bi Fang," Chen Gong said, "Just like the enthusiastic maker of the recipe I gave you."

"I believe you can guess, and the recipe should also indicate, that this maker and the maker of the Sticky Rice Cake recipe you received are the same spirit."

"At noon, I merely touched upon the matter with you but didn’t elaborate. In my first tribulation, my first boss fired me for incompetence. No matter how I explained or argued, he didn’t listen, and when he finally had me expelled from the shop, my tribulation had already failed."

"I was very unwilling at that time, thinking even if my boss didn’t know his good fortune came from me, I appreciated his recognition of my talent. Over the years, I had been diligent, industrious, conscientious, and never corrupted or selfishly kept anything from him, he should have noticed. I shouldn’t have ended up like this."

"According to normal spirit tribulation procedures, I should have committed suicide immediately."

Qin Huai: ...

Your normal tribulation procedures are really extreme.

"But I didn’t, because I was unwilling. I thought the problem wasn’t mine, and if I had a problem, it was because I chose the wrong boss."

"Our Wen Yao Fish, Bi Fang, Bai Gao, and Yujiao differ a little; my ability isn’t limited to curing diseases when consumed. I am an auspicious beast, and even if I fail the tribulation and lose the Divine Power, my auspicious beast buff will always be with me, though it will be reduced."

Qin Huai nodded, indicating he had already guessed. Because both Chen Huihong and Qu Jing had mentioned to him before, some spirits are special. Their abilities do not make themselves strong but might affect others. These spirits have varying tribulation difficulties due to their abilities; some with very powerful abilities find their tribulations extremely difficult.

"So I was unwilling at the time, wondering if staying as myself but choosing a different boss would yield a different outcome."

"So I continued to stay in the human world knowingly failed and chose a second boss."

"We met when he was starting from scratch, witnessing his business grow bigger and his connections with aristocrats grow numerous. He initially treated me very well and appreciated me, often expressing that I was his lucky star, which made me believe I chose the right person."

"But I was wrong."

"After the second boss chased me away, I was still unwilling, then cautiously found a third boss whom I thought had good character all around, continued to follow him, and built something from scratch together."

"Thinking back now, I truly was merely a spirit, not understanding that people change."

"The third boss didn’t fire me; he suspected I betrayed him, but it could have been an excuse. By that time, I didn’t have the heart to ponder over these things anymore."

"I became notorious as a traitor in the industry, infamous, with no money left after my home was coincidentally robbed, only carrying some cash."

"At that point, I was extremely discontented and resentful, though I was merely a middle-aged man and at that time a seemingly well-maintained middle-aged man, I no longer had the energy to seek a fourth boss."

"I planned, like everyone who doesn’t want to live, to use my last bit of money for a good meal, then jump into the Huangpu River."

Qin Huai silently listened, noticing the emotion in Chen Gong’s eyes wavered slightly as he said this.

"I initially intended to have a meal at a restaurant, but Shanghai’s living cost was too high. At that time, I didn’t have much cash, couldn’t afford a feast. On my way to the Huangpu River, I just happened to see a newly opened snack shop called Qin’s Steamed Bun Shop and walked in without thinking."

"The boss of that snack shop was a spirit, a spirit from the second life you saw in Qu Jing’s memory."