Chapter 9 Mo Qiu's Family Banquet
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Translator: JayM
Chapter: 9
Chapter Title: Mo Qiu's Family Banquet
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"Captain Chu," seeing that Chu Lin had already controlled the situation, Che Yongchang asked in a low voice beside him, "How should we handle this overseas tsunami tomorrow morning?"
"There’s no way for us to notify them. We don’t have a suitable reason," Chu Lin murmured slightly and said, "Find a rich person to lease that stretch of coast, and write it off afterward as a coincidence."
This was already a solution that upheld humanitarianism.
A better one couldn’t be thought of in a short period of time either.
"Alright," Che Yongchang nodded to show that he understood. He hesitated for a moment, and continued to ask, "Then, what about Mr. Shen's side?"
"There’s no need to go to him for the time being," Chu Lin pondered for a while and shook his head, "Although this confirms that the other party indeed has prediction capabilities, it still can’t guarantee whether he can truly save the world. We still need more information, whether it’s about the upcoming world doomsday or the other party."
Unless evidence that the world doomsday was actually going to happen was realistically placed before them…
Only then would it be the time for them to spare no cost.
And what they needed to do now…
It was to confirm the information they had on one hand and complete their preparations while minimizing their cost as much as possible.
"Understood," Che Yongchang looked at Chu Lin with some admiration.
Although he wasn’t very old, Chu Lin's courage and his past achievements were sufficient to prove that he was a qualified commander.
Che Yongchang began to get busy.
This night was destined to be a sleepless night for them and for many people.
However, Shen Yi slept very soundly.
In fact, he hadn’t slept so comfortably for a fairly long time.
When he woke up, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.
Wearing a white bathrobe, he went downstairs in a large mansion with a swimming pool, only to see Mo Qiu busy working in the kitchen while wearing pink loungewear and a light purple apron, which had patterns resembling cute characters in children's animations.
"Awake?" Mo Qiu turned her head, still sporting a gentle smile.
For a split second, Shen Yi dazedly thought that he was truly in his own home.
That the one in front of him was his own wife.
But he quickly put away this thought.
Having experienced a world catastrophe already, his desire for an ordinary life, a peaceful workspace, and a beautiful family had already waned by a lot.
"Why’re you wearing such clothes?" Shen Yi still asked a question, however, "You probably don’t live here, right?"
"Because today's lunch theme’s a family-style banquet," Mo Qiu stepped aside slightly, letting Shen Yi see the ingredients on the kitchen counter.
There was a whole chicken, some green beans and eggplants, as well as spare ribs.
Shen Yi had already guessed what she was doing, saying:
"When you make gourmet food, must you change into the corresponding clothes?"
"I only believe that such details are also very important to those who enjoy gourmet food, especially the image of the chef." Mo Qiu pulled back the spatula in her hand. Although she was somewhat shy, she still spun around generously, "It’s just like, uh… how tea leaves must be harvested by beautiful young girls for it to work."
"So that's how it is," Shen Yi already understood, "However, very few people would go to this extent, right?"
"If it can give those who enjoy gourmet food a sliver of warmth in their hearts, then to me, it’s worth it." Mo Qiu pursed her lips embarrassedly.
Even in this world, there weren’t many chefs who would go so far.
Because of their lofty status, many chefs treated diners more as people to conquer.
They do so through terrible attitudes and even making weird rules to make diners beg them for delicious food in a low and subservient manner.
It was as if only in this way could they prove their own strength.
Of course, Shen Yi wasn’t aware of such matters.
He was merely able to feel Mo Qiu's heart— a heart that thought wholeheartedly about how her diners could enjoy her gourmet food better.
"Then I’ll properly look forward to your family banquet," Shen Yi also returned her smile, his gaze involuntarily softening a bit.
"You can fully look forward to it," Mo Qiu had a look full of drive.
Shen Yi merely smiled at that, holding a stack of documents as he sat at the dining table.
These were all delivered to him by Mo Yuanbai yesterday.
It contained information about the entire Mo Group.
The Mo Group's largest, and also its primary, market was naturally the food industry. They possessed the largest farms and ranches in the world, with an incomparably abundant variety, and their management was extremely rigorous.
The raw materials of every single dish they made could be entirely traced back to the source.
This ensured that there were no issues whatsoever.
Shen Yi could only think, ‘Worthy of being a gourmet world.’
However, besides this, the Mo Group also spread itself to multiple industries through its own influence and financial power, such as construction, medicine, and telecommunications. Although the vast majority among them were joint equity participations, and therefore not ruled by a single voice, this group was still a behemoth that could be crowned with the name of "chaebol."*
And behemoths similar to this still existed in quite a number throughout the entire world.
Apart from this, it was also involved in an extremely influential institution called the Gourmet Association.
All in all...
Shen Yi discovered that there were still many things he needed to understand about this world.
It wasn’t until an alluring fragrance gradually floated into his nasal cavity that he snapped back from the piles of documents he was reading.
Mo Qiu had already finished cooking the final dish— spare ribs soup.
"It really is a family banquet," Shen Yi took a glance, discovering that he actually recognized all of them, "Braised Chicken, spare ribs soup, stir-fried eggplant with green beans?"
"Do these dishes also exist in your world, Mr. Shen?" Mo Qiu's eyes lit up slightly, and she placed the already served rice in front of Shen Yi.
"This is what’s called a parallel world," Shen Yi nodded, actually feeling somewhat impatient to begin.
Putting a piece of Braised Chicken into his mouth, a rich and smooth texture flooded in all at once. Although extremely delicious, at first it didn’t have an overly dominating taste, but with chewing, a familiar feeling gradually surfaced.
It was as if in the depths of his memory, he had once tasted a similar flavor.
When was it?
It seemed to be when he was together with his family.
Shen Yi raised his head and looked at Mo Qiu, who was currently smiling and looking at him with eyes full of anticipation, and he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion as well.
"You’re really amazing."
"Thank you," the smile on Mo Qiu's face blossomed all at once, "There are, however, many chefs who’re much more amazing than me."
"But there are probably not many chefs who can convey their heart through gourmet food," Shen Yi ate piece by piece, not stingy with his praises, "What truly makes me enjoy this is that heart of yours. No matter in which world, the character of being considerate of others is rare and admirable."
"Not at all," Mo Qiu became somewhat embarrassed by the praises, but looking at Shen Yi, there was a trace of yearning in her eyes, "Mr. Shen’s the one who’s truly amazing, saving worlds and bringing the hope of continuation to human civilization. In comparison, what I do is far too insignificant."
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*A massive, family-owned business conglomerate.
T/N - Dang, this really is a Food Wars type of world. And Mo Qiu sounds like a Megumi type of character. Now I’m really curious as to what doomsday awaits this world.