CHAPTER 37: CHAPTER 37: LET’S MAKE A BET

"Little A, are you serious?? How did you gather that my affection for Pei Yan is increasing?? And! Are you sure the food I make for him is to maintain our relationship and not to poison him?" Qin Yun pressed her lips tightly, giving a cold snort.

"The system has automatically detected that your fondness for His Highness Pei Yan is slowly increasing with this meal and is currently stable. The dishes you make will be assessed by the system for toxicity before being served to His Highness Pei Yan," Little A stated unmoved.

"Ha, so I’m just a soulless cooking tool? You’re certain I’ll complete the task? What if I don’t want to complete the task? It’s just fair skin. This body’s skin is quite nice, I’m very satisfied! I don’t need it!"

"If you do not complete the task within an hour, the system will automatically retract the reward, which is weight gain immunity. Are you sure you want to choose not to complete the task?" Little A reminded her.

Qin Yun: "..."

What kind of lousy system did she get?

A reward that can even be taken back?

She’s always been the one eating things, when did she ever personally cook something?

She never even had such privileges herself!

But remembering what Little A said, if she doesn’t do it, she’ll lose the reward of eating without gaining weight.

Qin Yun pondered over how much she just ate, according to the mentioned calories and how much she’d gain in weight.

In her mind, the system automatically showed an image of her roughly a hundred pounds, not exactly fat, but definitely not slim, considering her height, she was borderline chubby...

But if she kept eating like this every day...

A chubbier version of herself automatically appeared in her mind again.

Qin Yun: "..."

If this continued, wouldn’t she turn into a ball by the time she returned to her original body?

She’d have to pause for a rest after just one step?

She immediately shook off all the images. She absolutely wouldn’t let this happen!

Qin Yun, with a serious face, gritted her teeth and said, "Pei Yan, are you full yet? Surely you’re not full, right? Let me make you a dish."

Pei Yan’s body froze; he wondered if he had heard wrong and frowned, asking, "What did you just say?"

"I said, I’m going to cook for you! Just wait!" Qin Yun declared with a sense of impending doom as she headed to the back kitchen.

Once she returned to the Heavenly Court, no one involved in this matter would escape!!!

Everyone, whoever they were, needed to taste her prowess, or else she wouldn’t be the last Taotie in existence!!

The Heavenly Emperor, Gold Star Taibai, and a group of immortals all sneezed simultaneously.

They exchanged glances, wondering who was speaking ill of them behind their backs?

Qin Yun entered the kitchen with a stern face, "Could you teach me the simplest dish?"

Everyone knew President Pei had brought a woman with a huge appetite to the restaurant. Though they didn’t recognize her, it could only be the woman Pei brought along.

The chef immediately responded, "Uh, sure."

From that moment, the chef experienced an unprecedented level of bitterness, leading them to have reservations about taking on apprentices in the future.

The chef taught her how to make a dish that’s supposedly never bad even for a beginner — tomato scrambled eggs.

But even such a simple dish, Qin Yun almost blew up the kitchen.

Leading the restaurant manager to think the kitchen was on fire, he rushed over.

Only to find two or three chefs with slightly singed hair, and some blisters on their faces and hands from hot oil, whereas Qin Yun, apart from her face looking okay, had several places on her body with burned spots.

And a floor covered with eggshells and egg liquid.

She pursed her lips, looking frustrated yet defiantly at the non-cooperative pan, completely unaware of the restaurant manager’s presence.

Qin Yun unwillingly prepared to continue; this time, it wasn’t much of a problem for her, but the pan ended up with a hole blown in it...

The chef repeatedly explained each step to her, guiding her through each one, and well, the oil was fine, the pan was fine, except the newly added eggs ended up on the chef next to her.

After several attempts, Qin Yun finally completed it.

Aside from the eggs being a bit ’burnt’ and the tomatoes darkened... it was still edible.

Although the presentation was quite poor, at least it was a success.

Qin Yun summoned System Little A, smiling as she asked, "Is this okay?"

Little A was silent for about ten seconds before replying, "Non-toxic."

It could only be said that it wouldn’t kill anyone.

At most, just a trip to the hospital to pump the stomach.

After passing Little A’s assessment, Qin Yun let out a sigh of relief; at least she didn’t have to worry about losing her reward.

As for how Pei Yan was, hmm... that was none of her concern.

"Thank you all, I’ll ask Pei Yan to give you a raise," Qin Yun, in a great mood, hummed a tune while carrying the plate out of the kitchen and walked to the private room.

The chefs and restaurant manager exchanged glances; one of the chefs hesitantly said, "President Pei, his stomach should be okay, right?"

"I’m not sure about President Pei, but I’m definitely not okay... Should I go ahead and book a hospital room for myself first?" the restaurant manager said, his expression slightly pale.

If anything happened to President Pei here, he’d be finished.

Amidst everyone’s worry, Qin Yun reached the private room’s entrance.

Pei Yan looked up at the sound, seeing a blackened mass enter his view first.

Then he saw Qin Yun, carrying a plate of something unknown.

Recalling Qin Yun mentioning she would make him a dish.

Pei Yan: "..."

He pressed his lips tightly together, his dark eyes fixed on Qin Yun. The air around him was tense, and any normal person could sense Pei Yan’s reluctance, yet Qin Yun feigned oblivion as she cheerfully placed her ’culinary disaster’ in front of Pei Yan.

"Pei Yan, this is something I personally made for you. This is the first time I’ve ever cooked for anyone; even I haven’t had this honor. You must finish it all."

Looking at Qin Yun’s mischievous expression, Pei Yan found it difficult to ignore.

"Since it’s your first attempt at cooking, I wouldn’t want to take this opportunity from you," Pei Yan coldly refused.

Qin Yun had no intention of letting him off the hook, immediately saying, "This was specially made for you. Just look at how my clothes are ruined for this dish."

"No need, I’ve just eaten my fill, and your clothes... I’ll have someone bring you a change shortly," Pei Yan said as he moved back a bit, the unpleasant smell assaulting his nostrils.

"Your Highness, His Highness Pei Yan must eat this to complete the task. There are only forty minutes left; if it is not completed on time..." Little A reminded her.

Little A hadn’t finished speaking before being cut off by a frustrated Qin Yun, "I know!! Shut up, can’t you see he doesn’t want to eat it?"

Qin Yun took a deep breath to calm her irritation and provocatively said to Pei Yan, "Pei Yan, let’s play a game. If you lose, you have to eat all of this tomato scrambled egg dish. How about it?"