Chapter 21: The Third Aunt Comes Calling

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Qin Yueran tapped on the details page: "Happy Jumping Fish Soup," enjoy it and you will become happy! Required ingredients: Glacier Jumping Fish, a pinch of Joy Powder, several Happy Red Spirit Flower hearts...

Steps as follows: 1: First, knock the fresh Glacier Jumping Fish unconscious, then catch it off guard and remove its head. Yes, you cannot keep the fish head... then process the fish meat...

2: After the Glacier Jumping Fish meat is processed...

3: ...

Finally, the Happy Jumping Fish Soup is ready to be served! Come and taste it!

Qin Yueran grew more confused as she read on. She pointed at the recipe and asked, "Is this a recipe?"

Huhu tilted its head and said innocently, "Since it says it's a recipe, then I suppose it is."

Qin Yueran: "..." The struggle was in vain.

"Are the ingredients provided?"

"They are."

"Then let's give it a try."

Acting on her thoughts, Qin Yueran quickly finished her breakfast and dived into the kitchen, unlocking this strange dish according to the steps shortly after.

The human and the tiger stared at the fish soup. After a moment, Qin Yueran spoke: "Honestly, it smells good and looks appetizing, but I still don't dare to try it."

The information revealed by the Appraisal Skill included one detail: consuming it makes one happy and has other special effects.

Being happy is fine, but the fact that the other special effects were not specified made her wary.

"Hmm, let's store it away." Qin Yueran lacked the courage to try it for now.

Besides, she couldn't upload it to the system menu until she knew what the special effects were. What if a guest ordered it and something went wrong?!

By the way...

"Can the Appraisal Skill be used on people?" Qin Yueran asked a question that had just occurred to her.

"I think so. Don't some planes have appraisal skills that can determine a person's level?" Huhu hadn't tried it before either. Its previous host... wait, this Appraisal Skill seemed to have been brought over after it annexed the auxiliary system.

So, was this a new skill created by the combination of the two, or was it already in the auxiliary system?

Huhu relayed this to Qin Yueran and said, "So, I'm not entirely sure. After all, none of my previous hosts had this skill."

"Then I'll have to find a chance to try it," Qin Yueran said, blinking.

Yawning, Qin Yueran opened the forum and found that many new posts had appeared.

"What new things have they posted? They've adapted quite quickly."

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Qin Yueran browsed through it casually, scrolling down to find over a dozen new posts.

After seeing the content clearly, she realized with a start, "Oh, so they're using it as a chat app!"

"Huh? They're splitting up to find survivors and plan to use the navigation system to bring them here! Helping each other out, that's really nice," Qin Yueran remarked.

She then exited the forum and continued to unlock a new recipe—Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

After making it, she conveniently ate the dish to her heart's content.

Afterward, she casually uploaded the newly unlocked dish to the restaurant's menu.

Qin Yueran did not know that in her haste, she had also uploaded the Happy Jumping Fish Soup. At this moment, she was strolling around the island, enjoying a moment of peace.

The scenery was charming, and the breeze carried the scent of the sea. Qin Yueran squinted her eyes in contentment.

Soon, her good mood was shattered.

Qin Yueran received a notification from the system that someone was knocking at the door. Checking the surveillance, she saw it was her third aunt—Zhang Yufen.

Why had this person returned? Shouldn't she be staying in the big city?

Qin Yueran's face fell, and with a soft click of her tongue, she reluctantly left the Immortal Island and returned to the real world.

As soon as she got home, deafening sounds flooded her ears.

The door was being pounded so hard it sounded less like a knock and more like someone trying to tear the door down to collect a debt.

"Bang, bang, bang—"

"Qin Yueran! Open the door!"

"Clang, clang, clang—"

"You little wretch, you're not going to open the door, are you?!"

Qin Yueran paused. As she walked over, she used spiritual energy to amplify her voice, ensuring everyone outside could hear: "Stop knocking, stop knocking, which lunatic is banging on the door like that?!"

She opened the door, and the person outside nearly tumbled in from the momentum.

Qin Yueran sidestepped to avoid her and said in surprise, "Oh, it's Third Aunt! Why are you back? I thought some maniac was just banging on my door!"

Neighbors poked their heads out, and passersby looked toward them with curiosity.

Zhang Yufen glared at Qin Yueran in embarrassment. Qin Yueran raised her voice again and asked innocently, "What's wrong with Third Aunt's eyes? They're bulging so much. Do you want to see a doctor? Don't be afraid to seek medical help; it would be bad if you went blind in those dog-eyes—"

Qin Yueran used a spell so that only Zhang Yufen heard the word "dog."

There is a saying: "Dog eyes look down on people."

Qin Yueran felt her third aunt fit the description perfectly.

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"You, you little wretch, who are you calling dog-eyed?!" Zhang Yufen was burning with rage, pointing at Qin Yueran.

"Huh? Me? I didn't say anything?" Qin Yueran put on a confused expression. "I only said you shouldn't be afraid to see a doctor, or it would be bad if you went blind."

She used the spell again, blocking the phrase "you shouldn't be afraid to see a doctor, or it would be bad if" from Zhang Yufen's ears.

So, to her, it sounded like: "I only said you went blind."

Seeing that Zhang Yufen was about to lose it, Qin Yueran pulled a tissue from nowhere and began to wipe the corners of her eyes, sobbing: "I—I was just concerned about you. As an elder, not only do you refuse to accept the truth from a junior, but you also call me a... a... wuu wuu wuu..."

Qin Yueran choked back a sob and covered her face, appearing absolutely heartbroken.

This left Zhang Yufen completely stunned.

The locals, who loved a good show, quietly pricked up their ears. Those who knew them started whispering to each other, not caring at all about the two people involved.

"Wow, that's too much, bullying a young girl until she cries."

"Sigh, isn't it just because her parents passed away early?"

"Oh! What's the story?"

"Hey! Let me tell you, her parents were..." The surrounding people listened intently, hearing the whole story.

"Wow! They took the compensation money and still treat the daughter like this? Are they even relatives?" one person couldn't help but say loudly.

Zhang Yufen turned back to glare at them, then slapped her thighs and wailed, "What do you know! This little brat has been raised by my family since she was small. Now that she's grown up, she wants to cast us aside! My life is so bitter, ahhh!"

Hearing this, Qin Yueran stopped her fake crying and started to argue back: "Raised me? Third Aunt, you really know how to tell a joke. I've been boarding since middle school; I ate and lived at school."

"Oh, right, the school in the small town... tuition plus room and board was over seven hundred yuan a semester, and I only ate the cheapest four-and-a-half-yuan meals in the cafeteria."

"Even in high school, it was a public school, and with room and board, it wasn't more than seventeen hundred yuan a semester..."

"When I came back to your house, not only did I have to do chores, but I also had to endure your verbal abuse."

The onlookers clicked their tongues, watching the drama. Someone whispered, "These relatives are truly heartless. With the child's parents gone, they still bully her like this."

Zhang Yufen's face turned green and white. She wanted to retort, but Qin Yueran cut her off: "Third Aunt, you took quite a bit of my parents' compensation and insurance money back then, right?"

Zhang Yufen stammered, "That... that was for your room and board at our house."

Qin Yueran scoffed: "Room and board? If I remember correctly, after middle school, I only stayed at your place on weekends and during winter and summer breaks. Not to mention after high school, I stayed even less."

Qin Yueran smiled faintly: "And I lived in the storage room. Is this what you call taking care of me?"