What to Do if You Mess With an Omega? - Chapter 34.2 

Ning Hanzhu was also quite surprised; she had not even known about the hot post. “Right; I only released twenty portions of finished products. How did so many people suddenly start seeking to buy them?”

[… Streamer is pretending, right?]

[My daughter says it is especially delicious and wants to buy some; streamer, why not make some more? Price does not matter; mainly, the kid is at home refusing to eat and throwing a fit.]

[My son also says it is especially delicious and wants me to buy some, but where do I buy? Crying to death.]

[Searched all the eateries on the capital star and found no octopus balls; streamer ah, why not we discuss it—you make as many as you can, I buy as many as you make; how about that?]

Ning Hanzhu, “…”

She seemed to know why so many people were seeking to buy them. The bag of octopus balls she had given to Ning Qianqian seemed to have played an extraordinary role.

It was a pity her Qianqian was not by her side.

Otherwise, she definitely would have hugged the child, kissed her, and lifted her high; her Qianqian was too honest and had actually shared so many octopus balls with her classmates.

Little children were the most straightforward; if they ate something delicious and wanted more, they would go home and clamor for it to be bought and eaten, and if not given, they would roll and throw tantrums with all sorts of moves. Children who could afford to attend military school from a young age were all treasures at home.

As a result, even such a small wish could not be fulfilled, and it did not worry a bunch of adults half to death; all sorts of buying posts and help-seeking posts emerged endlessly, leaving even passersby utterly baffled.

In an instant, the five words “octopus balls” went viral across the capital star.

Then, kind-hearted people pointed the way, and now everyone surged into Ning Hanzhu’s live stream room. After Ning Hanzhu figured out the whole story, she said regretfully, “I temporarily have no extra octopus balls either; mainly, making these balls lacks a very important ingredient.”

What! Even the streamer could not make octopus balls anymore.

The group of adults who had made promises to their children were completely dumbfounded, feeling as if the world had darkened; it was no exaggeration to say the sky had fallen.

Xu Yuqing had not expected this outcome either; she had originally planned to turn this little snack into Yijiansheye’s signature dessert after signing the contract with Ning Hanzhu, and given the current hype, she was not worried about sales at all.

In the end—

Luo Tianran wished she could headbutt the ground.

Her octopus balls ah.

Would there be a chance to eat them in this lifetime?

Ning Hanzhu saw a group of fans wailing like ghosts and wolves in the live stream room; with no other way, she simply started making the spicy tofu. She took out a block of tofu and cut it into small pieces; the freshly made tofu still had a beany flavor, so she first blanched it in cold water to remove the raw taste.

After fishing it out, Ning Hanzhu prepared the seasonings; she marinated her most commonly used millet peppers, garlic and ginger, light soy sauce, and the goo goo meat filling together. At the same time, she heated the pot, poured in oil, then added a little Sichuan peppercorn.

As the Sichuan peppercorns fried in the oil pot, a fragrance wafted out.

When the Sichuan peppercorns started to blacken, Ning Hanzhu fished them all out and discarded them to the side, then threw the marinated meat filling from the pot into the wok along with the sauce to stir-fry, frying out red oil, then added the tofu pieces, sprinkled the prepared seasonings in the middle, switched to medium heat, and once the water boiled, sprinkled in a bit of her favorite chili powder.

The fresh and delicious spicy tofu was ready.

Ning Hanzhu smelled the chili fragrance on it; her first reaction was that Xu Yuqing would definitely love to eat it.

She uploaded the data, simulated the finished product, set it to two hundred portions, then waved to the fans in the live stream room and went offline.

Xu Yuqing gazed at the black screen of the live stream room and propped her head to look at her light brain; after a full two minutes, the light brain vibrated, and the familiar short message arrived.

Her lips curved slightly, her mood as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

[Made a new dish today; do you want to try it?]

[Good.]

Xu Yuqing had originally wanted to send a direct message, but by some strange impulse, she clicked on the video call; counting the days, it had been several since she had seen Ning Hanzhu after that day.

It would not be because of that accidental kiss.

Xu Yuqing’s face remained composed, but in her heart, she could not help thinking that the other probably would not hang up on her video again; if Ning Hanzhu dared to hang up this time, she would absolutely go find her directly.

Ning Hanzhu was packing the spicy tofu; she tasted two bites and felt the spiciness was moderate, fitting Xu Yuqing’s preference for spicy flavors.

“Ning Hanzhu, what are you doing?”

“Packing for you, mm?”

Fine; her light brain had glitched too severely. Before, it at least knew to vibrate twice and then connect. Now it did not care about its owner’s life or death anymore?

Someday, after her susceptible period ended, she definitely had to change to a new light brain number.

When Ning Hanzhu faced Xu Yuqing directly, that kiss from last time involuntarily floated into her mind: the warm and dry lips, carrying a faint woody sweet scent, soft, like the cotton candy she had eaten as a child.

!!!

See, Xu Yuqing was indeed poisonous.

She immediately shook her head, determined to dump out all the junk inside.

Xu Yuqing saw the identical packaging boxes beside her and was no longer annoyed about her hanging up the video call before. “I tasted both flavors of the octopus balls; the flavor is very good—I like them both. Can you make some more for me?”

Even though she had heard her say in the live stream room that she could not make them, Xu Yuqing still wanted to clarify exactly what important ingredient was missing.

Sure enough, Ning Hanzhu looked troubled; she had originally wanted to make a few to satisfy her craving and had never expected a small octopus ball to be so popular with the star citizens.

“How about I make you another kind of snack instead?”

“Hm?”

Xu Yuqing’s cool eyes lit up. “What snack.”

Ning Hanzhu glanced at her noble and cool appearance and hesitated again; it was really that this snack did not match Xu Yuqing’s status, and it had a strong flavor—she feared ordinary people could not accept it. “Forget it; I will think of something else.”

Xu Yuqing, “?”

Ning Hanzhu explained euphemistically. “It is not that I do not want to make it for you; it is that the most important ingredient among them is S-grade squid tentacles from the deep sea. The star citizens living by the seaside have seen this beast species; they say this squid has very strong combat power, ordinary people cannot handle it and might even be attacked by it, so catching one is very difficult.”

She did not want someone to risk their life for a food; that would go completely against her philosophy of making gourmet food. If it required trading a life for it, she would rather not make it.

Xu Yuqing tilted her head, as if listening to someone speak.

Ning Hanzhu’s expression was slightly odd; looking at where Xu Yuqing stood, it seemed to be in her own room. The girl’s room was arranged very cleanly and warmly, but what kind of person could enter such a private space.

And in the ABO world, similar pheromones repelled each other; like her and Brother Lu, their pheromones would attack, although she felt nothing at all, but every time she saw Lu Yutang’s veins bulging against her, that was probably wanting to fight.

The person in Xu Yuqing’s room—could it be an Alpha?

Ning Hanzhu lowered her eyes and suddenly felt a bit stuffy in her chest. “How about I avoid for now.”

Xu Yuqing did not hear clearly and turned her head. “What?”

She had just had the AI check and shared the image with Ning Hanzhu. “Take a look; is the squid tentacle you mentioned this kind of beast species?”

The big fellow in the image was about the size of a house, summoning wind and rain on the sea surface; at first glance, it looked like a monster, but upon closer look, the tentacles it extended numbered several, each thick and long. Its appearance resembled a squid somewhat.

But this world was the interstellar era after all, and who knew if marine species had also undergone mutation.

Good grief.

This was the S-grade beast species the star citizens mentioned.

No wonder no one had dared to eat it when she first made it, but now it was different; as Ning Hanzhu looked at it, her mind had already marked that one tentacle for what dish, and with so many, it was enough for her to make a full table of squid feast.

Ning Hanzhu nodded. “Yes, that is it.”

Xu Yuqing closed the shared image. “Then wait to receive the ingredients.”

Ning Hanzhu looked shocked. “Wait; this kind of S-grade beast species is definitely very hard to capture, and capturing it carries certain risks. How about we forget it? I will make you some other snack to eat.”

Xu Yuqing glanced at her. “You are worried about… me?”

Ning Hanzhu was worried about the person going to capture it; call her a saint if you wanted, but if she knew someone had lost their life because of it, she would not be able to eat it down.

Xu Yuqing seemed to see through her thoughts. “You might not know about this beast species’ malicious behavior; it often harasses nearby residents, relying on its size and strength, and has already swept away quite a few people by the seaside, and those swept away by it have never appeared again.”

Perhaps eaten, perhaps drowned.

In short, the harm it brought to the star citizens was not small.

“So you do not need to worry too much; this matter has to be done by someone eventually. If not us, then someone else; otherwise, the star citizens living by the seaside will continue to be disturbed.”

After Xu Yuqing put it this way, Ning Hanzhu’s guilt vanished completely. “Does this matter need my help?”

Xu Yuqing looked at her deeply for two seconds. “When I need your help, I will find you.”

Ning Hanzhu always felt that Xu Yuqing’s words had layers, but before she could delve deeper, the other hung up the video.

Probably out of consideration for the other person in the room.

So impatient.

Could it be a new suitor?

It was not impossible; after all, Xu Yuqing this woman had a strong ability to attract bees and butterflies—ordinary people simply could not resist.

Ning Hanzhu herself had not noticed that at this moment, her whole body was emitting sourness; she lowered her head to look at the packed food and thought that sending this spicy tofu over would just benefit others.

She suddenly felt a bit annoyed.

She unpacked the box again, picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful, and with one bite down, the delicate texture and tenderness of the tofu were secondary; the麻辣 filled the mouth, and the tip of her tongue was full of麻辣 fresh fragrance.

Ning Hanzhu ate while exhaling.

In no time at all, the tofu in the plate had reached the bottom.

After eating, her tongue was still fragrant and麻; she immediately poured herself a glass of milk, and only after drinking did the麻辣 sensation subside a bit. She packed up the trash and threw it into the designated spot, then went upstairs.

She surfed the net for a while and saw many people mentioning the octopus balls, as well as her live stream room; her mood gradually improved, and then seeing the time was about right, she went to take a bath.

On the other side, Xu Yuqing, who had just issued the bounty order, waited and waited, but after a long time, her delivery still had not arrived.

[Check where my delivery is.]

[Drip; detected that Master, you have thirty-five deliveries in transit, eight of which are being delivered, and the closest one outside is three minutes from arrival.]

[The delivery from Ning Hanzhu—where is that?]

[Drip; no delivery from Ning Hanzhu detected.]

Xu Yuqing, “?”

She had watched her pack it with her own eyes.

Xu Yuqing’s face darkened, and she had the AI check twice more; after confirming there was indeed no delivery called from Ning Hanzhu, she directly dialed the video over.

Ning Hanzhu was taking a shower, humming a song happily while showering, joyfully letting the water droplets rinse her skin; she even took out fragrant body wash to apply.

Then she opened her eyes.

Their eyes met.

Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah.