Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?

Xiao Ji was taken aback upon hearing the words, a look of confusion appearing on her face marked with bloodstains. After a moment of silence, she asked back, "… Strategy for what? … What kind of target?"

That bewildered expression—if she was acting, her performance was too convincing.

At the same time, a slender female voice with an odd tone echoed in Wen Nan’s mind, saying, ’So you’re here too?’

Wen Nan: ?

What? What does she mean by he’s here too? Have they met before? In other instances? Or in the real world? What’s this got to do with the strategy target he’s asking for now?

In an instant, many question marks popped up in Wen Nan’s mind, but he still maintained a calm smile and said half-truthfully, "It’s a game my friends and I are playing. When we see a girl we connect with at first sight, we ask her this question, I’ve heard it might bring unexpected surprises?"

Hearing Wen Nan’s explanation, the puzzled look on Xiao Ji’s face intensified, "Surprises? What surprises?"

"I don’t know either," Wen Nan shrugged, "maybe…the game will assign me a strategy target?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ji looked up and let out a hearty laugh, "Hahaha, is there such a good thing?"

Before she could finish laughing, that female voice again spoke in an odd tone in Wen Nan’s mind, ’Ah, is that person one who only exists in dreams?’

As she laughed, Xiao Ji suddenly understood, lifting the machete in her other hand and pointing it at Wen Nan, "Oh, I get it, are you playing Truth or Dare?"

Saying this, she leaned to one side and looked at Jiang Xueying standing behind Wen Nan, "Xiao Xue, are you playing this game with the guest?"

Jiang Xueying shook her head with a smile, glanced at Wen Nan and then at Xiao Ji, "I’ve brought the guest here, so I won’t disturb you two. Take your time chatting, I’ll head up now. If you need anything, just call me."

With that, she turned around and walked towards the kitchen door.

After glancing at Jiang Xueying’s departing figure, Xiao Ji quickly shifted her gaze back to Wen Nan, smiling as she took the cigarette out of her mouth and pointed at Wen Nan, "Susu and the others told me, you really like the three set meals I made, and even came up with your own way of eating skewers with dips?"

Wen Nan smiled, his gaze falling on the cigarette in Xiao Ji’s hand, realizing it wasn’t a real cigarette but a very realistic candy stick with a cigarette flavor.

Xiao Ji used the hand holding the candy cigarette to pat Wen Nan’s shoulder, pretending to be mature as she said, "Quite insightful, young man! It’s rare to see customers who understand food like you these days."

The female voice in Wen Nan’s mind continued: ’Why did I use all my strength only to change half a life of memories?’

Just like before, the voice’s tone was very odd.

But this time, Wen Nan realized it wasn’t a strange speaking style…

It was singing!

Girl, your tone-deafness is terminal, right? A perfectly good slow-tempo ballad sung like rap!

However, realizing the voices he heard in his mind were actually someone humming an old song in their head, Wen Nan decided not to ponder its deeper meaning anymore.

There was no deep meaning. She was just someone simple-minded who wasn’t scheming or overly pensive, only having an old song playing on loop in her head and constantly humming a few segments, a straightforward girl.

Upon realizing this, Wen Nan knew he had wasted his mind reading technique this time.

Those brainwashing songs are harmful indeed.

Grumbling aside, the side quest still needed to be completed.

Hearing Xiao Ji’s remarks, Wen Nan smiled and said, "Chef Xiao Ji, your culinary skills are impressive, full of creativity, and your dishes left me in awe." freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Xiao Ji’s eyes narrowed with her smile, pointing at Wen Nan with the candy cigarette, "Your sweet talking is even sweeter than the vegetarian sweet soup I make!"

She finished and then remembered something, shaking the machete in her hand, "Oh right, speaking of which, I have another sweet soup. Want to try it?"

Saying this, she walked a couple of steps to the kitchen counter, casually took a large metal ladle, scooped up a ladle full of golden liquid, and offered it to Wen Nan, "Wanna try?"

Wen Nan glanced at the ladle being offered; the liquid inside was semi-transparent, resembling iced tea in color with a layer of creamy white foam on top.

As for the taste…

Well, let’s just say it had quite a kick!

Wen Nan smiled, raised his hand to grasp the ladle, and without hesitation, bent down to down it in one go.

"Good! Refreshing!" Xiao Ji clapped her hands vigorously and praised loudly.

A prompt sounded in Wen Nan’s mind—

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"How does it taste?" Xiao Ji looked at Wen Nan with eager anticipation.

Wen Nan smiled and said without changing his expression, "The taste is very authentic."

"You really understand me!" Xiao Ji’s gaze towards Wen Nan now held a bit more appreciation for a kindred spirit.

Thinking about it, she put down the machete in her hand, took Wen Nan by the wrist, leading him towards a small door nearby, "Come, I’ll take you to my secret recipe development room, where we can try all the creative dishes I’m working on, savor them thoroughly!"

With a creak, the small blood-stained and grime-covered door swung open.

Walking in, the scent that hit them was difficult to describe with mere words like pungent, it… directly struck the soul, giving a sense of one’s spirit ascending on the spot.

As Wen Nan browsed through the various dishes of all shapes and sizes filling the room, he fell into contemplation.