Chapter 48
Chapter 48: Dinner!
On Sunday, the sun rose as usual, and the weather was quite nice, with some wind blowing and scattering dry leaves.
“It’s getting colder.”
Wen Yu muttered but didn’t pay much attention, sitting at the table, planning to ponder over his new skill.
A skill with many restrictions, the so-called change of identity, was somewhat similar to the “turning stones into gold” in movies and TV shows, turning stones into gold.
Unfortunately, this “gold” could only last for a minute, not enough time even for cheating outside.
And if he suddenly gained a high income, it would directly become a “life-changing event,” which the system didn’t allow.
If there was too much disturbance, it would become a “change in the world’s progress,” and it would be useless in any case.
After thinking about it for a few days after obtaining the skill, Wen Yu didn’t come to any conclusion. He had already decided to give up on this useless thing, just like the system, both were useless.
But he couldn’t bear to.
It’s worrisome.
“Meow~”
Banben walked in leisurely, skillfully jumped onto Wen Yu’s legs, and licked his elbow.
This meant “pet me.”
“You can be petted, go fetch the cream puffs from the fridge for me.”
Banben meowed discontentedly.
Wen Yu clicked his tongue, left Banben, and brought back the somewhat soft cream puffs, eating while thinking.
“Is there something that has value when used, the effect is enough within 1 minute, it won’t change anyone’s life, and has no impact on the world…”
Indeed there was.
Such as making someone’s hair turn green or black.
But what’s the use of that?
Wen Yu scratched his head irritably, deciding to temporarily skip this problem that seemed unsolvable to him.
Fu Chengque’s birthday was probably still more than half a month away. Last time Qingmei arranged one for him, and this time he decided to return the favor.
Fu Chengque wanted a cheerful atmosphere for her birthday, which meant excluding the parents.
This needed a little arrangement.
Also, what gift should be given?
Wen Yu opened his notebook, wrote down various thoughts in his mind, and organized them methodically…
Around noon, Wen Yu put down his pen to prepare lunch.
Today’s lunch not only had to solve his own problems but also had to consider Fu Chengque.
On her recipe blacklist were a large number of foods labeled “I don’t eat, it tastes strange,” including but not limited to fungi, Chinese celery, sweet peppers, North Chinese yams, Chinese toon, and garlic that’s been cut but not cooked…
Wen Yu sighed while cooking: Unbelievable, how can someone like this still not starve to death…
***
Fu Chengque slept until noon.
She was awakened by her own stomach, and after washing up, she immediately sent a message to Wen Yu:
【Fu Chengque】: Lunch!
【Wen Yu】: Coming
Fu Chengque was delighted and quickly tidied up her appearance. Without changing out of her pajamas, she grabbed her slippers and went.
There were three dishes on the table, two meat and one vegetarian.
Fu Chengque circled the table, sniffed the aroma, and made an important declaration:
“Great, there’s no strange smell!”
She sat down immediately, happily swinging her legs.
When Wen Yu also sat down, she immediately praised:
“Wen Yu, your cooking suits my taste!”
“Really? I didn’t put in a lot of ingredients, it’s a bit bland. I feel like it lacks flavor.”
“What should we do then? Shall I get some Lao Gan Ma chili sauce?”
Wen Yu grinned and took out his phone.
“I plan to pair it with your photos.”
Fu Chengque felt extremely embarrassed and kicked Wen Yu under the table. “Delete it now! You’re even fooling around during meals. I’ll kick you to death!”
But Wen Yu seemed to have a premonition, didn’t lower his head, and swiftly clasped his legs together.
“Wow! Despicable, let go!”
“Sneak attacking under the table is despicable. You, Empress, are too inferior!”
“I was wrong!”
“You’re apologizing too quickly!”
“My shoe fell off.”
“And you want me to pick it up for you?”
Wen Yu loosened his legs and kicked the slipper back.
After a bit of teasing, the two began to eat quietly.
After finishing the meal, Fu Chengque went home.
After being well-rested and well-fed, she had enough energy to contemplate life.
She tried to activate the wish skill again, but the reply was still “Wen Yu has had no wishes in the last ten minutes,” which added a bit of worry to Fu Chengque’s mind.
It’s quite a situation when you have a powerful fairy spell that you can’t use at all.
If this skill had come a month earlier, it would have been perfect to use on Wen Yu’s birthday. At that time, Wen Yu would definitely have had a wish. She could have just activated the skill at the right time and it would have been a hundred percent successful.
But at this critical moment, there was simply nowhere to use it.
She couldn’t possibly activate it every ten minutes.
Moreover, wishes were not allowed to change life trajectories or alter world events, making it even more difficult.
Thinking about the birthday, yes, last time on Wen Yu’s birthday, he gave her a very useful exam note, which was of great help. The gift she gave at the time was indeed a strange one. This time, she should take the opportunity to give a more thoughtful and serious gift…
So, what gift should she give?
After rolling around on the bed for a while, Fu Chengque had no results.
She put on her slippers and went to Wen Yu’s bedroom again, deciding to investigate the situation on the spot.
She picked up Banben, fed the cat while listening to its meowing, but her eyes were observing Wen Yu.
Wen Yu was playing the piano, and his somewhat unfamiliar appearance made Fu Chengque wonder if he had been possessed by a god during the performance.
Looking around, Wen Yu’s bedroom was not much different from his elementary and middle school days, except for some larger furniture changes, but the layout remained the same.
There was a bed, a window opposite, and a desk below with an electronic piano on one side, which was newly added. The piano was next to the bookshelf, which didn’t have many books on it, and the few were relatively new, likely recently purchased.
Under the bookshelf, there was a storage box piled up.
Fu Chengque seemed to have discovered a new world.
“Wen Yu, what’s this?”
Wen Yu followed Fu Chengque’s gaze and saw a storage box filled with various childhood items.
“Things from childhood, useful or not, are all put in here.”
“I want to take a look!”
“Go ahead, it’s not anything new, you’ve played with a lot of them before.”
Fu Chengque excitedly opened it.
There were toy guns, plastic stars that would light up, and some puzzles.
“Hahaha, I’ve played with this gun.”
“I still have a mark on my body from when you shot me. You let me go up, then you shot me in the butt.” Wen Yu said.
“Uh…”
“These plastic stars…”
“From instant noodles, these were rare items. I bought the noodles, you opened the package, and we were so happy at the time.”
“Toys…”
“You’ve played with all of them, and you basically won every time. If you didn’t win, you either cried or complained that I was cheating.”
“… “
Fu Chengque, feeling ashamed, set them aside. She searched around and found a small bag containing an ugly “cloth ball,” with faint pencil writing on it that read “Wish” and a paper star inside. The note also had an extra star drawn, with the words below:
Star, for a good friend.
“This…”
“It’s one of the few birthday gifts you gave me.”
Fu Chengque silently put it back, then awkwardly left the scene.
She felt that this wasn’t Wen Yu’s childhood storage box; it was basically her box of embarrassing memories. However, this box of embarrassing memories only went up to high school, and there wasn’t much about her afterwards.
Was she really too distant from this childhood sweetheart…
Clearly, there were many memories too.
Fu Chengque sighed in relief. This visit wasn’t completely fruitless; at least she had a rough idea of what small gift to prepare for him.
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