Chapter 438: Then Let Me See What You Have Realized

Under Qin Huai's reminder, Chen Huihong slightly recalled some things from when she was still the Mad Miss.

"Oh, you're talking about a cook who did odd jobs in the back kitchen of Taifeng Tower. I have an impression; I recognized at the time that he was also a spirit. But I thought his brain had some problems; he didn't slack off at all when working. I initially thought he was a cook in Taifeng Tower just to mix food and experience life, but it turned out he was really learning the craft and working. The snacks he made were actually quite delicious."

"I seem to have eaten a snack he made, what was it called..."

"It seems to be a longevity peach; it was made very iconically. There weren't many cooks in Taifeng Tower who were good at making snacks. I remember that time, it seemed to be some Prince's birthday, and Shopkeeper Lu wanted to grab the order, so he let me go over to perform and praise the longevity peach's styling as looking good. I remember it was a red bean paste longevity peach; it was quite delicious."

"That spirit wouldn't be Zhao Cheng'an, would it?" Chen Huihong was shocked.

Qin Huai nodded heavily. It would be easy to handle if Chen Huihong had an impression of Zhao Cheng'an.

"Then, Sister Hong, do you remember anything else about Zhao Cheng'an's first life?" Qin Huai asked.

Chen Huihong thought for a while and shook her head.

"I'm not familiar with him; it seems we never even spoke." Chen Huihong wasn't very sure when she said this. "We shouldn't have spoken. You know me; I'm just a plant spirit, and I don't really want to make friends with spirits. When I was crossing the tribulation in my first life, I always believed that more trouble is worse than less trouble. As long as others don't come to find me, I will definitely not take the initiative to find others."

"And I didn't stay in Beiping for two years before I went to other places, and then I was shot dead by bandits. If I remember correctly, it seems that a few months before I left Beiping, Zhao Cheng'an, Master Chen, and Master Chen's apprentice left Taifeng Tower to be cooks at the Li Fu."

"I only knew about this because Shopkeeper Lu complained to me, saying Jiang Chengde was really unkind. He only cared about introducing a good job to Master Chen, not thinking about the future development of Taifeng Tower."

"Master Chen was old and couldn't work for many years. Zhao Cheng'an's cooking skills were average, and only his pastry snacks were slightly passable, which wasn't important. But Master Chen's apprentice surnamed Xia had top-tier level and talent. It was a huge loss to send such talent to the Li Fu instead of keeping him at Taifeng Tower."

"Is the apprentice surnamed Xia, Xia Sheng?" Qin Huai asked again.

"I don't know, how would I remember what their names are? I don't even remember what Master Chen's name is. I just remember Master Chen's sweet and sour carp was delicious, a masterpiece. I never ate such delicious sweet and sour carp after leaving Beiping."

Qin Huai: "... Then which mansion is the Li Fu?"

"How would I know that? There are so many people surnamed Li in Beiping; it should be some wealthy and easy-going big family." Chen Huihong said, trying hard to close her eyes and scrape memories from her brain, and then spat out another sentence, "Zhao Cheng'an and Master Chen had a very good relationship; it seems he always lived in Master Chen's house."

Qin Huai could tell that Chen Huihong really only knew this much; if she continued, she could only make things up.

In this way, Qin Huai could roughly sort out some of Zhao Cheng'an's time line in his first life.

Looking for a job, meeting Chen Qiusheng, pestering him, Chen Qiusheng's heart softening and introducing him to Taifeng Tower, successfully getting hired, and continuing to live in Chen Qiusheng's house. Because his talent wasn't good, he couldn't be accepted as an apprentice by Chen Qiusheng, but Xia Sheng became Chen Qiusheng's apprentice, and later followed Chen Qiusheng to another big family to be a cook.

Looking at it, his days should have been quite good. In that era, no matter who was short of food and clothing, the food and clothing of cooks in famous restaurants and big families would not be lacking. Zhao Cheng'an, if nothing else, should have had decent food.

It's just that he didn't know how the tribulation failed. However, Qin Huai felt that the reason for the tribulation failure might not be important. After all, Mayflies come to cross the tribulation just to fail. Spirits already have the heart to fail, and any random reason can lead to failure.

Maybe he felt that the last meal before death was too salty and not delicious, and that could lead to failure.

After Qin Huai analyzed this in his mind, he glanced at the number of people in the group video call and found that everyone had arrived, even Chen Gong had come. Qin Huai immediately cleared his throat and told everything he had just seen in Zhao Cheng'an's dream in detail.

At the end, Qin Huai sighed: "Actually, looking at it this way, Zhao Cheng'an's tribulation is the most in line with his wishes. His first life was a cook, he learned the skills of making snacks, and he has been a pastry chef until this life. It seems he really likes making snacks, plus the experience of the previous few lives, when he opens his mind one day, he might really be able to refresh the highest ranking record of pastry chefs in the Famous Chef Record."

Luo Jun didn't care about any ranking records at all; he couldn't eat fresh snacks from Does Zhi Wei Ju in Shancheng.

"Qin Huai, do you want Zhao Cheng'an to wake up?" Luo Jun asked directly.

"Ah? Me?" Qin Huai was directly stunned by this question. Is this something he can wake Zhao Cheng'an up if he wants to?

"Mayflies are a very special type of spirit. The vast majority of spirits have never seen a Mayfly that successfully crossed the tribulation, but this doesn't mean there aren't any." Luo Jun said, "Everyone can't see it because even if a Mayfly successfully crosses the tribulation, it will sleep for decades like before and then wake up for a few days. Under normal circumstances, the probability of seeing a Mayfly is very small, let alone a successful one."

"So Mayflies actually have successful tribulation crossings." Qin Huai understood.

"Very few. There are some unlucky ones who failed to fail in their first life, and because of some accidents, they died very early. They didn't leave any regrets and succeeded inexplicably. After going back, they were very annoyed, lay flat all day, and wished they could sleep for hundreds of years before waking up once; they didn't want to wake up at all."

Qin Huai:... It sounds like a successful tribulation crossing is really not a good thing for a Mayfly.

"So I asked if you want to help Zhao Cheng'an successfully cross the tribulation. If you really let him successfully cross the tribulation, the first thing he might do after waking up is to try every means to fail again." Luo Jun said expressionlessly.

Qin Huai sighed, truly feeling that the matter of crossing the tribulation is really a case of the dry dying of thirst and the flooded dying of drowning. Some spirits want to successfully cross the tribulation but can't achieve it, and some spirits use all means but can't fail.

"Let's let nature take its course." Qin Huai said, "It shows here that Zhao Cheng'an still has two segments of dreams. I don't know if I can know what Zhao Cheng'an's heart knot is after watching all the dreams. If I fish out a recipe that has a hint and makes me make it for him to eat, I won't make it for him to eat first. After all, Mayflies are indeed... a bit special."

Hearing Qin Huai say this, Chen Huihong felt relieved: "Xiao Qin, it's very good that you have this mentality. Things like crossing the tribulation cannot be forced. Of course, I really want to successfully cross the tribulation, but if the tribulation doesn't succeed, I don't think it's anything. Anyway, I'm going to guard Huihui for the rest of my life."

"I also want to succeed." Qu Jing said in a low voice, "I am very happy to be able to remember my grandfather; at least I didn't forget him. I am also very happy to be able to find my father and mother; at least I still have a chance to make up for regrets. If I didn't wake up and just failed the tribulation and died, I would feel a little sorry."

Chen Huihong frantically gave Qu Jing a look, signaling that such words can be said privately during the tea party, not here.

Qin Huai:... Sister Hong, we are on a video call. Do you think I can't see you giving me a look at the camera?

Chen Gong ignored the small movements in the various chat boxes and shared his thoughts in a report-like manner: "I also feel that one doesn't necessarily have to force a successful tribulation. Even if it is the final lifetime, as long as one lives comfortably and freely without regrets, that is enough. Of course, this is merely a comment made by a spirit who has already successfully undergone tribulation and bears no responsibility; for those who haven't, I still hope they can succeed."

After Chen Gong finished speaking, his eyes stared straight at the phone.

Luo Jun broke his defense on the spot and scolded angrily: "Wenyu, what do you mean? You also failed in your first life. What qualifications do you have to be sarcastic here? This is only my first life. How do you know if I will succeed myself next? I tell you, you can successfully cross the tribulation yourself, and I can too. I don't need to rely on Qin Huai at all!"

After speaking, Luo Jun hung up the voice call and angrily exited the group chat.

Qin Huai:...

Everyone chatted casually for a bit longer, and then it finally came to a complete end. Qin Huai put down his phone and looked at Shi Dadan, who had not said a single word from start to finish and had been silently playing on his phone with the sound off, asking:

"Old Shi, what do you think?"

"Me?" Shi Dadan raised his head blankly, "I think it's quite good now. Let nature take its course. Xiao Qin, are you still making egg tarts tomorrow?"

"I can make them. I'll make white flour steamed buns in the morning and egg tarts in the afternoon. Do you have anything else you want to eat?"

Shi Dadan smacked his lips: "If possible, make some rice cakes. I haven't eaten rice cakes for a while, and I suddenly felt like eating them today when I heard you mention them."

"Okay." Qin Huai agreed readily.

At nine o'clock the next morning, Qin Huai held two books and went to Does Zhi Wei Ju to work as usual. Everyone was already used to Qin Huai's behavior of holding books into the kitchen. Master Zhou was smiling and waiting for him by Qin Huai's cooking station, and Qin Huai's breakfast for today was impressively placed on the cooking station. ===== CHAPTER 439 =====