Wish to Get Rich But Wear a Scumbag A - Chapter 47

Li Jin drew Squirrel Mandarin Fish and Stir-fried Pork Kidney.

Yan He immediately declared upon leaving the room, “I can’t cook, but I can eat. I can help taste for seasoning.”

“I’m not sure I trust you with the tasting,” Li Jin hesitated before saying, “We have ninety yuan… not a hundred. With that, we need to make the assigned dishes and cover lunch and dinner for all four of us. I’m afraid you’ll eat all the judges’ portions.”

Yan He sulked and squatted down to count ants.

Du Yihan said, “I can stir-fry pork kidney, but I don’t know how to make it ‘slippery.’ Squirrel Mandarin Fish isn’t suited to my cooking skills.”

Mu Xu looked troubled. “I can’t cook either.”

Li Jin: “……”

Some people may appear to have three teammates, but in reality, they’re fighting an individual battle.

I rarely see God Jin looking so dejected. This really is a famous breakup reality show. Thumbs up.JPG.

Eldest Miss, don’t underestimate yourself! You can cook noodles too!

Woke up to find people simping for a useless person.

Don’t be so harsh. Yan He only seems inferior because President Yan is so outstanding. At least Yan He didn’t just donate to a foreign university to get a degree.

What are we gonna do? The Alpha team only has one cook. They’re doomed!

It’s okay, the Omega team only has Ke Wenxin who can’t cook either.

God Jin trying her best is all that matters!

Xinxin isn’t that she can’t cook; she just can’t make elaborate dishes.

Director Han: Exactly! That’s what I meant!

LOL, you finally found an excuse. But why can’t Mu Xu cook? Isn’t she supposed to be the devoted lover type? Has she never cooked for her beloved?

Ugh… some people really aren’t suited for cooking. When my mom was chasing after my dad, one of her dishes nearly sent him to the afterlife. Seriously, it was that close… shivering emoji.

Oh my god, is your uncle okay?

Guess how she got here?

Yan He squatted on the ground for several minutes, but she didn’t see a single ant. Her legs were starting to go numb.

So she stood up, took a few steps, and casually asked about the mission progress, “Lao Jin, what’s for lunch?”

Li Jin: ???

Mu Xu: ???

Du Yihan: ???

How to attract all the aggro with a single sentence?

Yan He: Practice your cooking more, I won’t take any apprentices ˋˊ

For a moment, Du Yihan wanted to hurl Yan He like a cannonball. But when she saw the Omega team approaching, she restrained herself.

“Xingwan, is there any way to shut her up?”

Qi Xingwan’s gaze lifted slightly, a hint of confusion flickering across her eyes. “You—”

“I didn’t do anything!” Yan He protested loudly. “I was just squatting there counting ants! My legs went numb and I didn’t even bother them! I didn’t dare say a word!”

“Your Majesty, you mustn’t listen to these slanderous whispers! This humble servant is innocent!”

“Empress, Empress, please say something!”

“Heaven, reveal the loyal and punish the wicked! Empress Dowager, you must not allow such treacherous ministers to remain by His Majesty’s side!”

“Sister Mu Mu, look at her! The moment you left, she started bullying me! But it’s alright. I know you’ll help me seek justice. As long as you remember me in your heart, I’ll be content.”

He Jiamu: “…Yihan.”

Du Yihan’s world crumbled. “Me?”

“Aiyo~ Whose little Alpha mouth is flapping so much?” Ke Wenxin leaned against Zhou Yunuo, her fingers curled into an elegant orchid gesture. “Little Qi, buy her and tie her to the carriage as a horn.”

Zhou Yunuo chuckled. “Are you promoting green transportation here? What about the noise pollution? Many areas in the city prohibit excessive honking.”

Qi Xingwan glanced at Yan He with a half-smile. “Starve her for two days, and she won’t have the energy to flap her mouth anymore.”

Yan He clapped her hand over her mouth:  *

The scoring system has no heart!

Eldest Miss: I’ll behave now, please spare me.

Still can’t make sense of this chaotic web of relationships…

If you can’t figure it out, don’t bother. Just go out and buy me a lemonade and transfer 20,000 yuan to my account.

Me too! Mousey waiting with bowl.jpg

The person above didn’t say thank you. Give it to me instead—I can say thank you twice!

The small town had only one wet market and three supermarkets.

The Alphas were divided, each arguing that either the vegetable market or the supermarket was cheaper.

“You lot are squawking like sparrows, giving this Empress a headache…” Yan He pointed forward. “At times like these, we should just follow Your Majesty and the others. Wherever they go, we go. No middleman to inflate prices, and maybe we can even kneel and beg them to help us buy things.”

Yan He rarely resembled her original host, but unfortunately, her inability to distinguish between grains was one such similarity.

Having been raised as a ruthless exam-cramming machine since childhood, she only recognized the most common vegetables and fruits, like bok choy, radishes, potatoes, garlic, ginger, and onions.

The two dishes the Alphas had to buy required mandarin fish and pork kidneys.

The pork kidneys were manageable; though she’d never cooked stir-fried kidneys, she knew what human kidneys looked like.

But fish were different. She didn’t recognize them raw, and she recognized them even less cooked.

Sometimes she truly couldn’t understand why all fish models looked the same. Were the Nuwa deities who designed them really so lazy that they wouldn’t get fired?

Li Jin looked like he hadn’t reached that point yet. “I know ingredients and seasonings. And I can always ask.”

Du Yihan glanced at He Jiamu’s retreating figure. “Yan He’s right. Following them will make it easier for the audience to watch the livestream.”

Mu Xu, with his own plans, naturally agreed with Yan He’s suggestion. “Let’s catch up. There’s strength in numbers. If they run into any trouble, we can handle it promptly.”

“Exactly!” Yan He couldn’t help but agree. “If anyone uses their heat as an excuse to act like a pervert, Director Han should smash them into the Earth’s core!”

Mu Xu: “……”

Li Jin, who was genuinely in heat, glanced at Du Yihan and silently pedaled faster, putting more distance between himself and the danger.

Even though he knew Yan He wasn’t targeting him, the thought of being smashed into the Earth’s core sounded incredibly painful.

Du Yihan, whose image was gradually becoming increasingly bizarre: “……” I want to smash Yan He into the Earth’s core.

They followed each other to the supermarket, where eight people entered with five shopping carts.

Du Yihan and He Jiamu shared one cart, while Director Han conscientiously pushed his own.

Ke Wenxin and Li Jin shared another. Wenxin would push the cart a few steps, then hop onto the rear wheel bar and glide along, clearly enjoying herself, while Li Jin jogged alongside.

Zhou Yunuo and Mu Xu also shared a cart. Yunuo grabbed the cart and immediately followed Qi Xingwan, completely ignoring Mu Xu’s attempts to be helpful and flirtatious.

Yan He and Qi Xingwan each had their own cart, and neither seemed to find anything odd about it.

Wenxin glided back to the condiment aisle and grinned at the sight of four carts lined up, waiting for products to be chosen.

She sidled up to Yan He and teased, “You two are so independent! It’s admirable! Unlike me, who’s always had everything handed to her—no challenge at all in my life~”

Yan He stepped on Wenxin’s white sneakers.

“…These are new shoes…” Wenxin’s smile froze.

Yan He’s pupils widened slightly as she stepped on the sneakers again.

Satisfying.

Wenxin roared, “Yan He! I’m going to kill you!!!”