Free Web NovelChapter 491: Chapter 351: Thousand-Layer Pancake Siblings
Jack looked blankly at his own hands, still savoring that intoxicating aroma in his mouth. The taste of the cake was simply irresistible — so much so that he even wanted another piece. However, he quickly realized a cruel reality, how did he come to have this cake?
"Oh my, oh my, I didn’t expect my little brother to be so adorable. That infatuated expression just now, indeed, desserts are like a divine gift for you," hearing this devilish voice, Jack stiffly turned his head, only to see Alice with a feigned surprised expression, holding a camcorder in her hand.
Jack didn’t even need to look to know what had happened, but this was neither scientific nor magical, as Jack was a powerful magician. For him, losing his senses to the point of amnesia was simply impossible. So he immediately looked suspiciously at Alice’s waist.
Then he saw an orange-red circular crystal, its glow somewhat dim; indeed, it had lost much of its luster compared to when Jack had last seen it.
"Alice!" Jack was furious. What was this sister, who was adept at setting traps, thinking using this thing against him?
Jack lunged towards Alice, determined to seize the sinful crystal and shatter it, even if it was originally meant as payment for the manager’s meal.
However, Jack’s actions, expressions, and the position of his outstretched hand inevitably led to some misunderstandings.
"Stop right there! Jack, Alice is your sister!" Betty charged up in horror. Could it be that Jack had finally awakened some perverse craving?
"Oh my, it seems my brother has finally come to his senses. Are you going to lay your hands on your own sister?" Alice laughed triumphantly. What a joke! She was the Holy Paladin Leader, and her close combat abilities were on a higher plane compared to Jack the magician.
As expected, the irrational Jack was quickly subdued by Alice, without any ability to resist. The scene was like a lower civilization being attack-diminished by a higher civilization, pitiful like an abandoned kitten.
"Miss Alice, are you finished eating?" Chen Ze came out. He had just thrown the Dragon Worms into boiling water to slowly cook them into soup.
"We’re done, Manager. Hahaha, your cooking skills are truly getting better and better," Alice laughed heartily, then smugly threw Jack onto a chair.
"Heh... Manager, here’s the payment for this meal. I think it’s better if I give this to you." Jack also laughed, then produced an orange-red crystal from his hand, which kept twinkling.
"When did you?" Alice, surprised, touched her waist, and sure enough, the crystal that had hung there was gone.
"Sister, don’t forget, I am a Fraud Mage. For me, pretending to lose my wits, then getting what I want, is no problem at all." Jack sneered twice, then a DV camcorder appeared in his hand. A flash of flame passed, and the camcorder turned to ash.
"Oh, let me properly teach you, foolish brother. How do you know that the DV camcorder I was holding just now was the one that recorded your embarrassing moment?" Alice laughed smugly, then took out another DV camcorder from her bosom and shook it at Jack. freewёbnoνel.com
"...." Jack didn’t know what to say. Even if he promoted his profession to the highest level, he couldn’t possibly be perverted enough to take a DV camcorder from that spot, could he? Wouldn’t that be perverse?
Chen Ze and Betty stood by, dumbfounded. Is this how siblings communicate? Is this what family love is? Love it.
For some reason, Chen Ze thought of his younger sister, that little girl who used to call him "brother" in her milky voice when they were children. She had grown up now but seemed to have developed a bit of a sharp tongue.
However, whenever Chen Ze thought of the words his mother had said during his last visit home, he couldn’t help but laugh. It turned out that when he was not around, his sister would check her WeChat every day, waiting for Chen Ze to send her a message. If she didn’t get a message, she would be in a bad mood all day, but receiving one would make her burst into smiles.
"She really is a sister who says one thing but feels another..." Chen Ze shook his head. Yet, considering she was in her last year of high school, it was probably better not to disturb her.
Chen Ze glanced over at Alice and her brother, who were still performing their layered pancake act, and picked up the orange-red Magic Crystal to check its properties.
[Item Name: The Left Eye of the Three-Legged Golden Crow]
[Item Grade: Mythical]
[Item Attributes: 1. Twice a month, there’s a chance to use the Gaze of the Three-Legged Golden Crow, which amplifies the strongest emotion currently in the heart of the person being watched
Bloodline of the Three-Legged Golden Crow: The wearer of the Left Eye will have their body’s surrounding temperature automatically adjusted to its optimal level.]
[Item Description: Warm in winter and cool in summer, and it seems to have some other uses as well?]
The corner of Chen Ze’s mouth twitched. To him, this eyeball didn’t seem as useful as knowing whether Tokyo was hot or not. The opportunity to amplify emotions twice a month was of little significance to Chen Ze since he was unlikely to use this thing for any special purposes, and the bloodline was even less useful. His own restaurant already had such a feature.
But then Chen Ze thought again, maybe it would be useful to take it outside. In that light, the Left Eye of the Three-Legged Golden Crow wasn’t such a bad item after all. Especially back in his hometown of Dehong where the weather was so hot it was infuriating; with this thing, Chen Ze wouldn’t have to worry about overheating like a dog.
"How about it, boss, are you satisfied?" Alice had stopped arguing with her brother and was now watching Chen Ze, since he seemed to look somewhat unsatisfied just moments ago.
"Not bad, I quite like it," Chen Ze smiled. This thing could serve as an air conditioner.
"Boss, I’d like to take three of those cakes that we just had, boxed up to go. Can you prepare them for me? I’ll give you this in return." Jack hesitated for a moment. He was somewhat regretful about why he had to taste the cake made by Chen Ze.
It wasn’t that the cake wasn’t good enough or anything like that. Rather, Jack felt that after eating Chen Ze’s cake, he didn’t really want to have other pastries anymore; in other words, his taste had become spoiled, even with just one bite.
"Sure." Chen Ze nodded and then glanced at the object Jack had taken out. It was a knife that looked to be an ordinary watermelon knife, but Chen Ze didn’t think Jack would palm off an ordinary watermelon knife on him, so this thing must be useful for something.
Back in the kitchen, Chen Ze started to skillfully make the Chocolate Fantasy Cakes, then he sped up the process using the Quadruple Speed Slate. Soon after, he packed them into boxes and handed them to Jack.
