Tohru thought for a mont. It was still early, no rush.
"Alright, then I’ll wait."
Noelle nodded and pulled out her phone to call Ye Yun.
At that mont, Ye Yun was playing at Luofu Changle with Klee and the others.
After answering the call, Ye Yun asked Rios and Dodo to keep an eye on Klee and the others, then returned to the shop.
The mont he saw Tohru, Ye Yun was very surprised.
Tohru? She actually ca too.
"Hello, I’m Ye Yun, the owner of this shop. Nice to et you, Tohru."
Thor looked Ye Yun up and down.
"Hello, I’m Tohru."
Ye Yun smiled and handed a teleportation gate to Tohru.
"This is a portal to my shop. You just need to place it sowhere once you’re back.
But rember, choose the location carefully. Once placed, it will be fixed there permanently."
Tohru took the portal.
"Thank you, Ye Yun."
Ye Yun smiled again.
"You’re welco. Co and hang out whenever you’re free. Your friends can use this portal to co too."
At that mont, Topaz walked over carrying a large suitcase.
"Tohru, here’s the beef I promised—20 jin (about 10 kg) of premium beef."
Tohru quickly accepted it and bowed politely in thanks.
"Thank you, Topaz. I’m going to cook soon. Topaz, Ye Yun, Noelle, would you like to co over for dinner?"
This was sothing Tohru recently learned.
When soone gives you sothing, you should return the favor, either by giving a gift in return or inviting them to a al.
Topaz shook her head.
"No need. We have several chefs over here; they’re in charge of all our als.
I see you’re holding a spatula—do you enjoy cooking too?"
Tohru nodded.
"Yes, I really enjoy cooking.
Chefs? Can I et them?"
Topaz glanced at her watch.
"They should show up later. We just had lunch a little over an hour ago."
Hearing this, Tohru thought for a mont.
"I’ll co back in three hours. I’d like to learn so recipes from them."
In Tohru’s view, if they’re chefs, they must be good at cooking. Since she only recently learned to cook, learning from them would help her pick up more dishes.
Once she masters them, she can cook them for Kobayashi and Kanna.
Ye Yun said:
"Yeah, around 5 PM, Xiangling and the others usually show up."
Upon hearing that, Tohru lifted the portal with one hand and the beef-filled suitcase with the other.
"Then it’s settled! See you all later!"
Thor waved goodbye to Ye Yun, Noelle, and Topaz, then returned to her own world.
After returning, she saw Kanna lying on the sofa in the living room, bored out of her mind.
Kanna noticed Tohru had returned and turned to look at her.
"Welco ho, Lady Tohru."
Tohru nodded and placed the teleportation gate in the living room.
"Kanna, just wait a little. Soone kindly gave us a bunch of beef. I’ll cook so for you."
Kanna nodded and went back to spacing out in boredom.
Tohru opened the suitcase, put the beef into the fridge, then thoroughly washed and dried the suitcase inside and out.
She planned to return the suitcase later when she went back to the store.
It looked like a high-tech suitcase—clearly high-end and definitely not cheap.
She already took 20 jin of beef (about 10 kg) and didn’t want to keep the suitcase too.
Around 4 PM, Kobayashi surprisingly ca ho early.
She was lucky today—no need to work overti.
Kobayashi looked curiously at the new portal in the living room.
"Tohru, what’s with this door?"
Thor poked her head out from the kitchen.
"Oh, that? Here’s what happened..."
Tohru told Kobayashi and Kanna about Ye Yun’s shop.
Thinking of what Ye Yun said, Tohru asked:
"Kobayashi, Kanna, do you two want to co along and take a look later?"
Kobayashi heard this and started to consider it.
Another otherworld, huh? Why not go take a look?
"Sure, let’s go over together in a bit.
Let’s go downstairs and buy so fruit or sothing. After all, we’re going as guests."
Then, the three of them went downstairs and bought so fruit.
After getting everything, the three of them set out and arrived at Ye Yun’s shop.
At this ti, Xiangling and Jashin-chan were preparing food.
The Seven Littles had also returned and were playing in the sofa lounge area.
Milim and Paimon were curled up on the sofa munching on snacks.
Ye Yun, Jing Yuan, and a few others were sipping tea.
Noelle noticed the arrival of Thor and the others.
"Tohru, you’re here."
Noelle ca up to greet them.
Seeing Noelle, Tohru smiled happily.
"Noelle, I’m here. These two are Kobayashi and Kanna."
Kobayashi and Kanna gave a slight bow.
"Hello, Noelle. Nice to et you."
Their conversation drew the attention of everyone present, and they all looked over.
Milim’s eyes lit up when she saw Tohru and Kanna.
With a leap, Milim appeared in front of the three and curiously examined Tohru and Kanna from head to toe.
"Waa~ You’re dragons too!"
Tohru and Kanna also sensed Milim’s true form.
However, they weren’t from the sa world.
Milim, full of curiosity, circled around Tohru, looking her up and down, even touching Tohru’s tail.
Seeing this, Hiko walked over and grabbed Milim by the back of her neck.
"Milim! Don’t touch the guests like that."
Once caught by the scruff of fate, Milim instantly quieted down.
Hiko then looked at the three.
"Hello, I’m Hiko, the navigator of this train."
Tohru, Kobayashi, and Kanna quickly greeted her.
"Nice to et you!"
Noelle then said,
"Tohru, didn’t you just say you wanted to learn cooking? Xiangling and the others are here—let introduce you."
Upon hearing this, Tohru followed Noelle into the kitchen.
Hiko glanced at Kanna.
Kanna’s gaze had been fixed on Klee and the others.
Hiko smiled and spoke,
"Kanna, right?"
Hearing her na, Kanna looked up at Hiko and softly replied,
"Mm."
Hiko said,
"Would you like to play with Klee and the others?"
Kanna’s eyes lit up and she nodded.
"Mm."
Hiko then called over Bailu, who was closest to her.
"Bailu, co here for a mont."
Bailu ca running over.
"What’s up?"
Hiko said,
"Bailu, take our new friend to play. Her na is Kanna."
Upon hearing this, Bailu looked at Kanna.
Oh! She has dragon horns like !
Bailu grabbed Kanna’s hand.
"Hi Kanna, I’m Bailu. Co on, I’ll take you to play!"
Saying that, Bailu pulled Kanna over to the sofa lounge area.
Klee, Qiqi, and the other littles held a little welco ceremony for Kanna and got to know her.
Hiko turned to the remaining one—Kobayashi.
"Kobayashi, we have drinks here: juice, black tea, and coffee. What would you like?"
***
Kanna was quite reserved at first and didn’t open up to play.
She was a bit afraid—afraid that if she did sothing wrong, Klee and the others might not want to play with her anymore.
Seeing this, Bailu, Klee, and the other little ones took the initiative to include Kanna in their play.
Hook suggested:
"Let’s go to the amusent park! We haven’t been there in a long ti."
Bailu shook her head.
"It’s almost ti to eat, there’s not enough ti."
Hook asked:
"Then what should we play?"
At that mont, Qiqi spoke up:
"Qiqi wants to go see the puppies."
Klee imdiately responded:
"I think Qiqi’s idea is great! Let’s go back to the castle and see our puppies~"
Bailu thought for a mont:
"Okay, then let’s go—off we go! GOGOGO!"
Bailu grabbed Kanna’s hand and dashed toward the teapot realm.
A few minutes later...
The little ones returned to the Rose Castle.
As Bailu opened the door, several little Stormfang Wolf cubs ca rushing out, warmly welcoming Klee and the others ho.
Klee hugged her Stormfang Wolf, rubbing her little face against it.
Bailu held her own Stormfang Wolf and let Kanna pet it. As Kanna touched it, she exclaid in surprise:
"Oh~ So soft and fluffy~"
After that, the little ones played in the Rose Castle for a while. When Xing ca over to call them for dinner, they finally left.
At the dining table...
Tohru placed the dish she had cooked on the table.
"Everyone! Co try my newly learned stir-fried pork with chili!"
Tohru looked at everyone expectantly, eager to hear what they thought of her dish.
Ye Yun, Hiko, and the others picked up their chopsticks and tasted a piece.
"Hmm~ it tastes pretty good?" Ye Yun was a bit surprised.
Tohru hadn’t known how to cook before—she had only recently learned, and even then it was mostly Japanese cuisine.
But this first attempt at a Chinese dish actually turned out quite tasty. Looks like Tohru really does have so talent for cooking.
Hiko, Kobayashi, and the others also praised it.
"Mm~ it’s really good. Tohru, you’re quite the chef."
Tohru scratched the back of her head shyly at the complints.
"Hehe, well, it’s all thanks to Xiangling—she guided the whole ti."
Xiangling smiled.
"That’s because you’ve got talent too."
After saying that, Xiangling looked toward the kitchen.
"Jashin-chan, is the fruit platter not ready yet?"
In the kitchen, Jashin-chan turned around with a cantaloupe in hand.
She opened her mouth wide and tossed the entire cantaloupe into her mouth, chomping away.
"Almost done, don’t rush. You guys go ahead and eat first."
Stelle, Firefly, and the others were dumbfounded at the sight of Jashin-chan swallowing a whole cantaloupe.
That huge cantaloupe—she just stuffed the whole thing in and chewed it a few tis and it was gone?
Wait a minute, this Jashin-chan’s body constitution is kind of insane...
Hiko glanced at the others.
"What are you all staring at? Eat up before the food gets cold."
Stelle, Hu Tao, and the others quickly started eating.
While eating, Stelle and the others began discussing what to do afterward.
Stelle looked at her Star Coins—she had already saved up more than 300,000.
All of these Star Coins were earned from the Genshin dungeon and the QQ Farm.
"How about we open a few crates later just for fun?"
Hu Tao shook her head.
"Not for . I want to save a bit more so I can buy a Platinum-tier trash can straight up."
Stelle thought for a mont.
"Platinum tier, huh... Even if you use a Gold trash can to enhance it at the enhancer machine, it’ll still cost 510,000.How are you planning to do it? Buy it directly? Or go the enhancent route?"
Hu Tao took a bite of food.
"I’ll just buy it directly. If the enhancer fails, that 510,000 would be completely wasted."
Stelle raised a finger and shook it.
"No, no, no, you don’t understand. Sure, spending a million to buy a Platinum-tier trash can is safe...But! There’s no thrill in that! No sense of accomplishnt!
Ask Kiana—didn’t she feel amazing when her enhancent succeeded?Wasn’t it super satisfying?Wasn’t it a surprise?"
Kiana nodded as she recalled it.
"Yeah, it really was satisfying back then," she said, raising her hand."Look, I even got this Rainbow Gem from the crate afterward. That was an even bigger surprise.But... I ended up on the enhancer machine’s blacklist afterwards. Not so fun~"
Listening to Kiana’s description, Hu Tao was a little tempted.It’s true—succeeding at enhancent does give an extra thrill.
But in the end, Hu Tao stayed calm.
"Forget it. I already have 700,000 saved. I’ll just save up to a million and buy it safely."
Upon hearing that, Stelle said:
"How about you lend 200,000 so I can give it a shot, hehe~"
Firefly, sitting nearby, looked worried.
"Stelle, maybe don’t... If the enhancer fails, that’s 510,000 down the drain."
Stelle patted her chest confidently.
"It’s fine, it’s fine! If I fail, I’ll just start over! I’ve got my QQ Farm! I’ve got Genshin dungeons!No worries at all, alright?"
Hu Tao looked over.
"Stelle, are you sure you want to try? If you really want to, I’ll lend you 200,000 star coins."
Stelle nodded.
"Of course! If Kiana can succeed, so can I!Don’t forget! I’m the protagonist! I’m the main character of this world!I have protagonist aura! I’m destined to succeed!I have no choice but to succeed!"
Stelle got more and more hyped as she spoke, eventually planting one foot on the chair and pointing dramatically at the ceiling.
Hu Tao, Firefly, and the others applauded enthusiastically.
Except for Ye Yun.
"Get down right now. You got the chair dirty. Noelle still has to clean up after you."
Upon hearing that, Stelle quietly sat back down and resud eating.
After the al...
Stelle, full of fighting spirit, bought a Gold-tier trash can and enhancent stones, heading to the enhancer machine.
Ten seconds later.
She slumped back to the table, lifeless, like a zombie.At her feet lay a Gold trash can.
The enhancent had failed, but thankfully the Gold trash can wasn’t destroyed, so the loss was a bit less.
Hu Tao and Amber consoled her.
"Stelle, it’s okay. It’s just one failure. You’re the protagonist—you’re bound to succeed in the future!"
"Yeah, and you still have a Gold trash can, right? Try opening it! Who knows, it might give you sothing good?"
Hearing their words, Stelle glanced at the trash can at her feet, then kicked it open.
In that instant, a blinding red light burst out!The dazzling red glow filled Stelle, Hu Tao, and the others’ vision.
When the light faded, an engine-like object appeared before them.
Stelle’s mood flipped instantly. The mont she saw red light, she perked up as if nothing had happened.
She looked so excited—if she had a tail, it would’ve been wagging straight up.
She picked up the engine and ran to Ye Yun.
"Ye Yun! Look! I pulled a red item! Hurry and check what it is!"
Ye Yun looked at the engine in Stelle’s hand.
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