Reborn in Japan as a Chef God

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Rushing downstairs, the old man was already sitting in the back seat of a luxury car.

Xia Yu knocked on the window, but the old man didn't roll it down. He just nodded at him calmly from inside the car.

The engine roared to life, and the Far Moon Commander instructed the driver. So, the black limo slowly drove away from the old shopping street under Xia Yu's gaze.

Watching the car disappear from view, Xia Yu finally turned back.

Uh.

"Divine Tongue" Tiqie Helinai stood with her arms crossed in front of the shop, just catching his gaze.

"I've already asked Hizaki to pick me up…" she said flatly.

"…I want to ask why you're here?"

Xia Yu spread his hands. This tsundere girl came with the car, but didn't leave with it. However, the old man's departure left him in no mood to tease her, so he casually put his hands in his pockets and entered the shop.

"Standing outside is tiring. Come in and sit."

Without waiting for Tiqie Helinai's response, he clattered upstairs, closed the bathroom door, and washed his face and brushed his teeth.

Looking at his youthful face in the mirror, his eyes showed no confusion, only a touch of helplessness.

The old man's departure was two days earlier than planned. Last night, he had just finished digesting the contents of the cooking manual and was ready to show off to the old man. Who would have thought the old man would leave in such a hurry this morning?

Was he in such a rush to return to his country?

Xia Yu shook his head, dispelling miscellaneous thoughts, and his eyes showed a readiness to act:

From today, he was the manager and head chef of Xia's Chinese Restaurant!

"System: Task [Inherit the Chinese Restaurant] completed."

"Reward received: [Jade Knife] (purple kitchenware)."

"Your culinary level has increased to lv6, gaining 1 spare Talent Point."

As expected, while brushing his teeth, the system popped up with this line of information.

"The data of Xia's Chinese Restaurant has been analyzed and modeled. The host can view the restaurant panel through the system."

"Rewarded kitchenware has been added to the personal inventory."

Restaurant panel?

Xia Yu tried to open it, then gaped with his mouth full of white foam.

The Chinese Restaurant turned into a holographic projection, appearing before him. Each area was labeled, like the shop's sign at the entrance, the dining area, the kitchen, the ingredient section, the living areas on the second and third floors, and the backyard.

On a chair in the dining area, he noticed the slightly agitated 'Divine Tongue,' constantly shifting her sitting position.

Tiqie Helinai's face showed a gritting expression, her enticing red lips opening and closing as if venting curses. Xia Yu pricked up his ears and faintly heard, "…That commoner actually left me here!"

"Damn it!"

"Why hasn't Hizaki arrived yet?"

With the three-dimensional holographic image and sound, Xia Yu was stunned at that moment.

Damn, this was full-dimensional surveillance!

In this monitoring system, as the newly appointed owner of the small restaurant, Xia Yu felt filled with a sense of security.

"Upgrade?" In the dining area, his eyes swept past the tables and chairs, and Xia Yu noticed a strange option, "This upgrade costs 1,000 Fame Points…"

He must be joking.

When could he ever save 1,000 points of fame?

"The host currently has 220 points of Fame," the system reminded.

"How did it increase by 210 points?" Xia Yu was astonished.

Then, a system log popped up:

"The food gained promotion on Weibo, forums, and other online platforms, more people learned about the restaurant and your existence, Fame Points +10."

There were many such logs, each adding +10, totaling twenty-one entries.

At a glance, Xia Yu couldn't help but smack his forehead, remembering last night, when the Chinese girl wrote a travelogue after tasting the food.

He had already followed each other on social media with the two of them last night.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu rinsed his mouth, wiped his face, returned to the bedroom, found his phone, and deftly logged onto the Weibo platform, which has the most domestic users. Among his followings, he clicked on the Weibo account with the ID 'Yueyue Food Street.'

A long Weibo post was pinned at the top, with over a thousand shares and several thousand comments.

"Only 600,000 followers, yet so many shares and comments…" Xia Yu was surprised. From the data, one could see that the Chinese girl's followers were highly engaged, or in other words, high-quality and loyal.

Opening the comment section, there were various comments.

"Are you sure the pictures are unedited? The food looks mouth-watering, just by looking at the pictures, it seems delicious."

"Yikes… Neon Tokyo Ameyoko? What should I do, it's quite close by, but the prices are expensive. Moon Moon better come out, or I'll beat you up! My food expenses this month have already exceeded 100,000 yen, help…"

"Rich guy above, take me along. Study abroad dog +1."

Click.

Locking his phone, Xia Yu only glanced at a few comments, understanding how he got those extra Fame Points.

After changing out of his pajamas and shorts, he went downstairs to the shop's counter and saw Tiqie Helinai still sitting there.

'Divine Tongue' might not have realized how alluring her sitting posture was at the moment. Her long legs crossed, and the already short checkered skirt slightly lifted, Xia Yu glanced over, first noticing the long legs covered by black knee-high socks, then moving up to her fair thighs.

Just a bit more to reach the girl's absolute territory.

He chuckled, "Eriina, have you had breakfast? Should I make an extra portion?"

"Please address me by my surname. We aren't close." Divine Tongue looked disdainful. "Besides, I ate breakfast two hours ago and am not hungry now."

"You've been here twice, and you're not close? I prefer calling people by their names, it feels more intimate."

Standing at the cooking station, Xia Yu reached into the Chef God System's inventory and suddenly held a small knife that looked like it was crafted from white jade.

The blade was about two fingers wide, long and narrow, resembling a fruit knife at first glance, though that was if you ignored the knife's material.

What made it unbelievable was the white kitchen knife continually emitting wisps of cold air as if just taken out of the freezer.

"[Jade Knife] (purple): You think it's a fruit knife, but it can split mountains and rocks. When processing meat ingredients, the cold air it emits can temporarily lock in the meat's freshness, maintaining it for seven days even without freezing."

Great knife!

Eyes brightened, Xia Yu turned to pick up the prepared tofu from a wooden tray beside the cooking station.

Thud, thud, thud…

The Jade Knife was very light, and Xia Yu cut the tofu effortlessly. As the knife tip collided with the chopping board, strips of tofu as fine as noodle strands fluttered from Xia Yu's hands, eventually forming about half a bowl of tofu threads on the board.

Whew. Retracting the knife, fingers pulling up the long tofu threads, Xia Yu couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes.

This knife improved his cutting skills distinctly from how assigning Talent Points did. Just like a chef would fret using a blunt knife, kitchenware is as crucial to a chef as the Yitian Sword or Dragon Slayer Sword is to a swordsman.

Tossing the knife back into the Chef God System's inventory, he could summon it with a thought whenever needed.

It was around 10 a.m., and the hungry Xia Yu, with a bit of flair, cooked two bowls of brown sugar tofu pudding using the tofu he had made the previous night. It was still vegetarian, without adding meat shreds, only nuts and fried peanuts.

"Do you want cilantro?"

Bringing out two bowls of tofu pudding and placing them on the counter, Xia Yu asked the Divine Tongue.

"…" Tiqie Helinai's forehead vein faintly bulged, "I said, I already had breakfast!"

Saying that, she acted even more tsundere.

"I had a French breakfast, toast, milk, and fried eggs. What is this, tofu dish? Indeed, it's commoner's food…"

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