Pleasure...ah, no, it's Mapo Tofu. This kind of thing is simply the natural enemy of chopstick beginners. When Richard prepared today's recipe in advance, he never expected that Jessica would suddenly decide to put it into practice and challenge it again.
Use chopsticks once, otherwise he would definitely not come up with such a difficult dish.
It felt like Jessica had been practicing hard for several weeks and finally left the novice village with confidence, only to bump into a full-level gatekeeper boss at the entrance of the village. Even Richard thought it was a bit too cruel.
Jessica herself was a girl who refused to admit defeat. Since she said she was going to challenge, she couldn't run away before it started, right? So she took a deep breath, carefully and slowly stretched out her chopsticks, and tried to pick them up.
A piece of tofu...and then, as expected, cut the tofu in half.
Jessica's stubborn temper suddenly rose. She said she didn't believe in this evil. How could a mere piece of tofu be so awesome that it reaches heaven?
So Richard ate his meal quietly while narrating, while watching the poor piece of tofu change from one piece to two pieces, then to four pieces, to sixteen pieces, to thirty-two pieces...
Jessica seemed to be stuck with this tofu, and she stopped eating. She even refused to accept Richard's suggestion of giving her a different spoon.
After a long while, until he was almost finished eating, Jessica finally gave up. She snorted and pointed at the piece of tofu that she had smashed: "What's so delicious about this kind of thing?"
Then she stopped touching the mapo tofu and concentrated on other dishes.
Richard observed it. To be fair, Jessica has actually made a lot of progress. At least the basic movements of picking up vegetables and cooking rice are not a big problem. I guess she has been working hard these days. It’s just that she is unlucky.
, I bumped into the Boss just after leaving Novice Village...
After eating, Richard put away the dishes and prepared to wash the dishes. Jessica watched for a while and couldn't help but said: "How about... I'd better help?"
"No, no, no," Richard smiled. After all, after paying for food, the service must be complete.
Jessica leaned against the door and watched, hesitated for a while, and then said, "How about you teach me how to cook?"
Richard glanced at her in surprise.
What's going on? Coach, I want to learn how to cook?
Jessica really felt embarrassed. Although she knew that she actually had to pay for her food when she ate here, she always felt like she was reaching for her food and opening her mouth. This made her feel very uncomfortable.
Richard smiled and said: "Okay, of course. But the teaching fee is extra."
Jessica's face darkened, she turned around and went back to the room.
Sorry for disturbing you!
...
After the super killer "Bullseye" joined, the gang war provoked by Kingpin finally came to an end. The remaining families in New York suffered heavy losses, and several families even lost their supreme leaders. The remaining families had no other choice.
Finally, under the leadership of Silvermane, who survived by chance, they all agreed to bow to the Kingpin. In the end, the rest of the gangs became affiliated with the Kingpin, and Wilson Fisk became the real overlord of the New York underworld.
Richard doesn't really care about these things, since he's not a New York gangster anyway. But what really affects him the most is...
...There are no headlines to write.
Yes, the gang war is over, and Ultraman, the biggest signature of Daily Planet, has not appeared for a long time. After the continuous explosive surge in sales of Daily Planet, it is now gradually declining and returning to the normal range.
Now they are in urgent need of news! Big news that is exciting enough to continue to catch readers’ attention!
Early that morning, Richard heard Cathy and the bald editor-in-chief Stewart arguing fiercely about something.
"Vampire!?" The editor-in-chief began to show off his loud voice again, "I asked you to be Ultraman's columnist, and you just fooled me with a vampire report?"
The little girl Cathy did not show any signs of weakness: "But everything I wrote is true! The protagonist of the story is an acquaintance of mine, and I know her. She told me her experience personally, and every word I wrote was true."
Is the truth......"
"Vampire!?" the editor repeated the word again, as if the word itself was enough to prove how ridiculous her idea was.
Richard walked in: "What's going on?"
"Oh, it's not a big problem, boss." Stewart's voice suddenly dropped when he saw his boss, "It's just a wild fantasy, not even news."
Cathy was a little angry: "Boss, you also know what kind of world we live in. Super heroes, super criminals, and now even god-like existences like Ultraman. Why is this old man so stubborn?
You can’t believe there are vampires?”
Richard didn't scold her directly: "Oh? Have you really seen a vampire?"
Stewart didn't believe it, but Richard didn't feel too surprised. After all, this was a Marvel world view, let alone vampires. Even if Cathy said he saw a monkey that could fly, escape, and play with sticks, he would believe it.
(Don’t tell me it’s really in Marvel)
"No." Cathy was a little frustrated, "If I had seen it with my own eyes, it would have been on the headlines."
"I just said, this is not credible at all." Editor Stewart began to mutter again.
Cathy protested: "But my friend said she was bitten by a vampire."
"That's pretty much it."
Richard asked: "Can you show me the manuscript?"
"Of course. Here, boss." Cathy handed him the written manuscript, "I promise that every word I wrote is true."
The editor-in-chief began to mutter again: "I said, this is a waste of time..."
In fact, the content of the story is very simple. It is about a girl who works in the library. One night when she was working the night shift in the library, she met a strange visitor. The man was dressed in black and wearing a tall top hat. He looked like
An elegant British gentleman. From the moment the man began to speak, the girl's memory became hazy and fuzzy - it felt like she had been hallucinated by drugs. She vaguely remembered that she seemed to be taken into an alley.
, and then the whole memory was blurred. When she woke up, she was already back on her bed at home, and her whole body was completely normal - except for the two circular tooth marks at the base of her neck.
Only one day has passed, and the mark has begun to heal, looking just like the wound from a few weeks ago. As shown in all related movies and TV shows, this wound will naturally make people think of vampires.
Of course, Cathy took a photo of the tooth mark, but this is still not enough evidence to prove that the story is true. But this is not the part that Richard is most concerned about. When he saw this report, he was most surprised by the person in the story.
The heroine's name.
"Chloe Lee?" Richard was a little surprised, "Is this girl your friend?"
"Yeah, how come you know each other?" Cathy was confused.
Richard's expression became slightly complicated.
Isn't this Aunt Shilin's precious daughter?
(Thanks to book friends Wu Daotianwang?, Wang Chenkong, Tuba Jiuzhou, unsreheimat, and rewards for those who exceed their own moral integrity!)