Chapter 107: Chapter 107 Purification
Chen Ze stood in front of the oven, feeling a bit conflicted. To be precise, his emotions were quite complex.
Although this wasn’t the first time he had faced such an urgent emotion, Chen Ze still wasn’t used to it; he wasn’t accustomed to this mix of anticipation and anxiety.
Since the time he spent 50 yuan of his New Year’s money on scratch cards in elementary school, Chen Ze had sworn he’d never again harbor expectations for something as uncertain as probability.
In subsequent raffles, whether at the company’s annual meetings or in games, Chen Ze had always been indifferent. But now, once again, he felt this complex emotion of anticipation and worry.
"Phew..." Chen Ze slowly opened the oven and took out the egg tarts. There were ten in total, neatly arranged on the baking tray.
[You made ten ordinary egg tarts, dessert-making experience increased by 20 points.] fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
[Dessert Lover triggered.]
[The ordinary egg tarts have gained a Divine Effect and gained a Purification effect.]
Out of the ten, two had special effects. Chen Ze couldn’t help but say that Lafra truly was an Empress of Europa, having personally made egg tarts that triggered two effects.
Chen Ze scratched his head. He remembered seeing the Divine Effect before, but this was his first time encountering the new special effect.
"Purification?" Chen Ze was a bit puzzled by the meaning of this. Although there wasn’t an effect like ’Luck’ this time, he thought that if Purification were as he understood it, it should be able to solve Yuna’s problem.
"Betty!" Chen Ze stuck his head out and called softly.
Then he saw Betty, gesturing with her finger for Chen Ze to keep his voice down, and Yuna, who was already asleep, slouched on the sofa.
Chen Ze checked his phone; it was already half past eleven.
Chen Ze yawned, picked up the plate with the egg tarts, walked over, and placed the two with special effects on the table.
"Betty, you go back first, come back tomorrow," Chen Ze whispered to Betty, then gently nudged the sleeping Yuna.
Yuna’s sleep was heavy; she curled up, hugging herself, breathing evenly.
"Manager, Yuna seems to have not slept well for a long time." Betty adjusted the blanket covering Yuna, noting that she had yawned several times just now.
"If it were you, you wouldn’t be able to sleep either," Chen Ze rolled his eyes. It was too obvious.
If he could encounter all sorts of bad luck while asleep, he, too, would be afraid to sleep. Who knew if something might fall on him while asleep, or if he would even wake up alive the next day.
"What should we do then, Manager?" Betty had just seen Chen Ze staying in the kitchen for a long time.
"Don’t worry, if my guess is right, this problem should be solvable. Yuna just needs to eat these two egg tarts," Chen Ze was still somewhat confident.
"And my employee meal?" Betty blinked her big eyes at Chen Ze.
Chen Ze’s mouth twitched; he had indeed forgotten about Betty’s employee meal.
"You wake Yuna up to eat these two egg tarts, and I’ll go make the employee meal," Chen Ze stretched and was ready to head back to the kitchen to make two servings of curry pork cutlets.
But then, someone tugged at the hem of his clothing. Chen Ze turned around and saw that it was Betty holding onto him.
"Manager, no need to bother, you look tired too. Let’s have hotpot for the employee meal tomorrow~" Betty smiled sweetly at Chen Ze.
Chen Ze shrugged his shoulders, it would be best not to have to do anything today, as he was indeed feeling a bit sleepy.
"Yuna, Yuna!" Betty nudged Yuna, waking the little girl from her sleep.
"Sister Betty? I’m sorry, I just fell asleep..." Yuna rubbed her eyes and slowly sat up.
Chen Ze smiled, pushing the egg tarts over, "Yuna, eat these two egg tarts. They should solve your problem after you’ve eaten them."
Yuna looked at the egg tarts in surprise, she had just eaten them, they were delicious, but it was the first time she heard that eating something could cure an illness.
"Okay, Uncle Boss." Looking at Yuna, who was smiling like a little angel, Chen Ze took a deep breath and came to terms with the fact that he was indeed an uncle.
Watching Yuna eat the two egg tarts, Chen Ze couldn’t help but ask, "Yuna, do you feel anything?"
"It tastes... really good!" Chen Ze’s mouth twitched again.
"And I feel warm all over... it seems like I’m a lot more relaxed?" Chen Ze stroked his chin, the warmth was probably the Divine Effect, and as for feeling relaxed...
Could it be that he really purified Yuna’s bad luck?
Chen Ze couldn’t be sure, he didn’t have the ability to see other people’s souls. It seemed he would have to wait until tomorrow to see if Yuna’s problem had been resolved.
"Betty, we’re closed for the day, remember to come for the hot pot tomorrow, come early." Chen Ze yawned, he was feeling very sleepy.
"Okay~" Betty twisted her waist and went upstairs to change her clothes.
Chen Ze, smiling, ruffled the head of a somewhat uneasy Yuna, "Don’t worry, Yuna, your problem should be solved. You just need to stay here for the night, and Uncle will have a friend check on you tomorrow."
"Thank you, Uncle!" Yuna’s smile bloomed instantly, although she was unsure if the problem was truly solved, she felt that Chen Ze was being genuine.
That night, Chen Ze laid out a bed on the floor, against which Yuna strongly objected at first. In her view, Chen Ze, who was kind enough to help her with her illness, shouldn’t be sleeping on the floor.
Then, Chen Ze, insisting that he had a bad back and needed to sleep on a hard surface for a few days, made sure Yuna slept on the bed.
"Uncle, is this place really not The Kingdom of God?" Lying on the soft bed, Yuna asked curiously. frёewebnoѵēl.com
The bed was very soft; Yuna had never slept in such a soft bed before, it felt like sleeping on feathers.
Chen Ze felt like he was back in his college days, with the same feeling of sleeping on a hard bunk bed, though not as cold.
"No, this is just a regular restaurant owned by your uncle." Due to Yuna’s presence, Chen Ze couldn’t play with his phone and, because of his tiredness, he turned off the lights early and lay down on his makeshift bed.
"I think Uncle must be a Divine Being, only a deity would be so kind, so compassionate towards Yuna." Yuna blinked her eyes.
Yuna remembered her father saying that only a deity would help someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return.
"That’s because Yuna is very kind herself, good children will receive goodness in return." Chen Ze definitely didn’t think he was a deity, what a joke, what kind of deity would struggle for money?
"No matter what, thank you, Uncle." Yuna said sincerely, and then there was silence.
In the darkness of the bedroom, Chen Ze could hear Yuna’s breathing, steady and regular.
"Fell asleep, huh..." Chen Ze yawned, closing his eyes.