Chapter 75:
Time flew to evening.
To celebrate Xiangling's excellent performance in the competition, Tang Yu personally cooked several delicious dishes.
Looking at the mouth-watering food on the table, Silver Wolf and Hu Tao both widened their eyes in disbelief.
They found it hard to believe.
Before Xiangling arrived, Tang Yu couldn't cook at all.
He couldn't even make simple noodles — he only knew how to feed them spiritual liquid!
But now, Tang Yu had cooked, and the dishes looked, smelled, and (presumably) tasted excellent — not losing to Xiangling at all!
"Xiangling, looks like you've trained Tang Yu really well these past few days," Hu Tao said with deep meaning while glancing at Xiangling.
Silver Wolf picked up a piece of braised pork, put it in her mouth, and praised it nonstop. She looked at Xiangling, then at Tang Yu: "Not bad, not bad. If you didn't tell me you made this, I would've thought Xiangling cooked it herself!"
Hearing Hu Tao and Silver Wolf's words, Xiangling looked confused!
She hadn't taught Tang Yu anything!
His cooking skills were completely his own.
"I didn't teach him anything. He's just really good at cooking," Xiangling said honestly.
But Hu Tao and Silver Wolf thought she was just being modest!
They didn't say anything more and continued eating with their chopsticks.
Tang Yu watched the three beautiful girls eating with great enjoyment, and a strange sense of happiness welled up inside him.
After Xiangling arrived, he had gained God-level Culinary Skills.
This was his first time actually cooking.
Now it seemed his God-level skills were truly impressive.
{Ding: Xiangling's favorability increased by 10. Current: 60%.}
After tasting Tang Yu's dishes, Xiangling's favorability rose immediately.
Clearly, she had also been impressed by his cooking.
Half an hour later, they had completely finished everything on the table.
After clearing the dishes, Tang Yu called the three girls over.
"I'm going to start streaming. Do you want to join?" he asked them.
Silver Wolf and Hu Tao waved their hands at the same time and said in unison: "I don't feel like streaming tonight."
"Alright!" Tang Yu didn't force them.
After that, Hu Tao and Silver Wolf held hands and returned to their room, closing the door behind them.
No one knew what the two were doing inside.
"Xiangling, let's stream together!" Tang Yu looked at Xiangling and said gently.
Xiangling sat down beside Tang Yu and nodded.
Their distance was very close. A faint, sweet girlish scent immediately drifted into his nose.
Tang Yu instantly felt more alert.
From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Xiangling's long, fair legs and felt even more energized.
"Who said Xiangling can't be lewd? Come out and take a beating!" he thought to himself.
Suppressing his stray thoughts, Tang Yu skillfully logged into his streaming account and went live.
The moment the stream started, the barrage became densely packed.
Clearly, many netizens had been waiting in the room.
{Wow! The host finally decided to stream! Xiangling wife is so beautiful!} {Congratulations to Xiangling wife on getting first place in the main round of the National Chef Competition!} {Hope you can win the Chef God title tomorrow! Wife, I believe in you.} {Wife, can you cook for me in the future? I'll help you take care of the kids!} {You guys upstairs, can you be serious? Xiangling is MY wife!} {......}
Looking at these barrages, Xiangling looked confused. She turned to Tang Yu with a puzzled face and asked: "Why are they calling me 'wife'? I didn't marry any of them."
She looked genuinely innocent when she said this.
She really didn't understand.
Hearing this, Tang Yu felt a bit awkward. He could only force an explanation: "This is just how netizens show that they like you."
"'Wife' doesn't always mean actual wife."
Xiangling nodded blankly.
"Wife" doesn't always mean wife?
Why does that sound so strange?
The netizens, however, were very happy with Tang Yu's explanation. They felt like they had found a kindred spirit.
{The host gets full marks for this explanation! All beautiful girls are my wives, but my wives don't necessarily have to be beautiful!} {Hahaha! That hit hard. It's not that we don't love our wives — it's just that pretty wives are more exciting.} {Xiangling wife, you are our wife. We love you.} {....}
The netizens were overjoyed.
While spamming the barrage, they didn't forget to send gifts.
Since it was the end of the month and they had just received their salaries, they were quite generous.
Large gift effects quickly appeared one after another.
{Gift Info: Maximum Cute Girl sent Airplane ×520 and commented: Although I'm the Maximum Cute Girl, I also really like 2D girls!} {Gift Info: Dragon Prince sent Rocket ×10 and commented: Although I'm called Dragon Prince, I'm actually a tiny dog, so it's perfectly reasonable for me to like lolis and young girls, right?} {Gift Info: Hu Tao Symbiote sent Super Rocket ×3 and commented: I'm a manga artist. I've already drawn Hu Tao in a doujinshi fighting Xiangling's fried Slime. DM me if you want to see it!} {Gift Info: Green Branch Kite sent Carnival ×6 and commented: It's the end of the month and I just got paid. I'll keep 200 for instant noodles — the rest is all for you, Xiangling wife!} {...}
As these gift effects floated across the screen, Tang Yu's live room quickly climbed to the top of the Douyin popularity ranking.
Many netizens were teleported over through the gift portals.
After seeing Xiangling, they all stayed.
Xiangling, seeing so many gifts, felt a little embarrassed.
She already had some understanding of this world.
She knew that making money in this world was as difficult as eating shit.
And these netizens were sending so many gifts at once.
She felt a bit shy.
"Everyone, thank you for the gifts, but I still hope you consume rationally."
Xiangling's voice was clear and ethereal.
This made her cuteness level up once again.
When the netizens heard Xiangling's words, they felt like they were melting.
Those who hadn't planned to send gifts couldn't hold back anymore and started spamming even more.
Seeing the increasing number of gifts, Xiangling looked confused.
Why did they send even more when she told them not to?
Seeing Xiangling's expression, Tang Yu chuckled softly.
He said: "You must be confused, right?"
"Why the more you tell them not to, the more they send?"
Xiangling nodded.
Tang Yu explained: "Because when you say 'don't', they get even more excited! All men in the world are like this."
Xiangling looked completely lost!
Why?
Xiangling couldn't understand the meaning behind it, but the netizens instantly got it.
Watching the live room, they all praised Tang Yu:
{66666, nice drive!} {Don't! Don't! The more you say don't, the more excited we get. Doesn't Xiangling understand this logic?} {......}
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