Chapter 468: Potato Dumplings (Bonus chapter for the alliance leader donation from Zhen Xia Long)

After emerging from Zhao Cheng'an's memories, Qin Huai stood in the restroom stall for a long time, unable to collect himself.

How should he put it? Qin Huai had actually seen scenes of war in Luo Jun's memories.

But the feeling was completely different, perhaps because Bifang was powerful enough. In Luo Jun's memories, ordinary people like Zhao Cheng'an and Chen Qiusheng were merely background characters; even Qin Huai, the audience watching the memories, would subconsciously ignore these background figures. After all, most people watching a TV series only look at the protagonists, or at most the supporting characters. Who would cast their gaze toward the extras in the corner with unclear faces and no lines?

But in Zhao Cheng'an's dream, these extras were the protagonists. When following Zhao Cheng'an, his gaze would always involuntarily drift toward others—toward Chen Qiusheng, toward Chen Pingan—because for Zhao Cheng'an, these people were the protagonists of his dream, the objects he cared about most.

This was also the first time Qin Huai had witnessed the death of a spirit creature with his own eyes in its memories.

Previously, whether it was Chen Huihong, Qu Jing, or the already awakened Shi Dadan and Chen Gong, they had all described their deaths to Qin Huai in a very flat, matter-of-fact tone. They were the masters of their own stories; when the protagonist themselves didn't care much and described an event to the listener with such indifference, the listener couldn't feel the inherent cruelty of death.

Only in Zhao Cheng'an's dream did Qin Huai watch with his own eyes as he breathed his last in Chen Qiusheng's arms.

How to describe this feeling...

It was like the sudden, unprepared sorrow of a buddy who was eating with you just a second ago, stuffing himself until his eyes were rolling back, only to actually choke to death the next second.

Qin Huai took a few deep breaths to calm his mood, mainly to compose his expression so he could face Zhao Cheng'an back in the private room later.

He had to check the recipe first; only after seeing the recipe could Qin Huai judge whether Zhao Cheng'an wanted to wake up.

Based on the last few sentences Zhao Cheng'an said before dying, Qin Huai had reason to suspect that Zhao Cheng'an, in his first life, was just as much of a muddle-headed fool as Chen Huihong, only his case was an accidental situation, not as muddled as Chen Huihong's.

Chen Huihong had spent many years after failing her tribulation, only realizing she had failed right before she died.

Zhao Cheng'an's tribulation failure came too suddenly; he only failed right before death, to the point where he didn't react at all and thought he had succeeded.

Qin Huai tapped open the game panel to check the illustrated guide.

Name: Zhao Cheng'an

Species: Mayfly

Status:???

Dream: 3/3

Recipes: 【Rice Cake】, 【Red Egg】, 【Yam Cake】, 【Potato Dumplings】 (Click to view details)

Gift: None

He clicked on Potato Dumplings.

【Potato Dumplings, C+ Grade】

Creators: Chen Qiusheng, Chen Sheng

Dish Details: A plain, unremarkable plate of potato dumplings completed by the master and apprentice together. Limited by the ingredients, even though Chen Qiusheng's pastry skills were not bad, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice. Coupled with a jinxed apprentice dragging him down, and his own frequent distraction while seasoning the filling due to a poor mood, the final 'big meal' he made in this life ended up being a bit of a disaster. But for the eater, Chen Sheng, this was the last meal he ate before death that was worth savoring and reminiscing about, to the point that he still held regrets when he died, feeling he had eaten too little of that last meal before leaving the Chen family. If there is a next life, he must have a hearty meal of potato dumplings with Chen Qiusheng and Chen Pingan again. Unfortunately, Pingan has no next life. After consuming this dish, running speed and stamina can be increased to a certain extent within 12 hours (specifics depend on the eater's physical fitness).

Number that can be made per day: (0/120)

(Warm reminder: giving these dumplings to Zhao Cheng'an might yield some unexpected results, oh.)

It was the familiar warm reminder prompt plastered on his face again.

Qin Huai looked at the dish details and fell into deep thought.

Regarding the topic of whether he should help the mayfly awaken, Qin Huai had discussed it many times in the 【Loving Family】 group with the various spirit creatures, and even Chen Gong had joined the discussion, but they had never reached a result that satisfied everyone.

It was just that mayflies as spirit creatures were too special. Under normal circumstances, spirit creatures aimed for successful tribulation, but only mayflies went against the grain, aiming for tribulation failure as their ultimate goal.

These spirit creatures all looked relatively normal, but the fact that they would fail their tribulations showed that they were stubborn to the bone. This point was displayed vividly in Luo Jun.

Luo Jun, this Bifang who failed his first tribulation and was bent on waiting for death to restart, couldn't even be persuaded by Qin Huai. Should he really help Zhao Cheng'an, a mayfly whose very purpose was tribulation failure, to wake up?

Qin Huai could only read the dish details over and over again.

Can't worry about that much anymore, brother.

I know you might not have wanted to succeed that much, or maybe you did, and I know your wish can never be fulfilled. Chen Qiusheng and Chen Pingan have no next life; it is destined that you can never eat another plate of not-so-delicious potato dumplings with them in this life.

But your senior brother Xia Mubing is still alive!

Old Mr. Xia's body is so strong, so resilient; he survived the chaotic times and lived until today, and by such a coincidence, he met his junior brother who has already reincarnated who knows how many times. If the fate ends just here, becoming the most familiar strangers, this plot is too hard to accept.

Brother, I am the protagonist of the system novel, I'm calling the shots!

You eat the potato dumplings first, we'll talk about the rest later. ===== CHAPTER 469 =====