0p0 Chapter 427 New Year’s Plan
Chapter 427 New Year’s Plan
Eileen asked Fan Wei about the promise he had made earlier, her eyes filled with a look that said, "If you dare to go back on your word, you'll be sorry!"
With the year-end approaching and the New Year just around the corner, she was afraid that Misel would forget, so she installed detection magic circles in every restaurant.
The moment someone returns, the information will be captured immediately!
"This...this..." Fan Wei didn't know how to explain! He couldn't bring himself to say such a thing...after all, he had been too busy lately.
Fortunately, he had made preparations long in advance.
"Um, Eileen..." Under the grim situation of being grabbed by the collar and interrogated by the squinting fairy lady, Fan Wei offered his life-saving advice.
"Would you be interested in opening a restaurant in your hometown?"
Eileen stared at Fan Wei without saying a word.
Those big purple eyes stared intently, and Fan Wei's smile gradually froze. He began to consider whether, given his relationship with Eileen, there was any possibility that he would only get a beating.
"Teleportation, is that it? You're such a busy person, you're even busier than me, the potions butler."
With a sarcastic snort, the fairy lady released Fan Wei's collar. "I'm angry!"
"Ah!" Misel Van was terrified. Eileen was rarely angry, but when she was, the consequences were severe, even though she never laid a hand on him.
But if they really start fighting, they'll make sure they never come back!
Fan Wei had a vague feeling about this during class; Eileen was definitely a terrifying person when she got angry.
"Is there any way to fix this?" He was completely cowardly and immediately admitted his mistake honestly.
"Let me think..." the fairy lady said coldly and indifferently, "If you go and buy ten thousand bouquets of flowers, apologize to me sincerely."
"Or you could choose a gemstone ring that I like, kneel down on one knee and apologize—that way I might forgive you."
As Fan Wei listened, his gaze became somewhat vacant.
Is the punishment really that severe?!
"Um... okay, fine..." There was no way around it; he had to admit his mistake. He looked down and reached for his wallet, where the few lonely coins inside were cold to the touch.
Fan Wei wouldn't embezzle public funds, so he'll have to borrow money from Rowling to buy flowers and jewels.
"Hehe, just kidding."
Seeing Fan Wei's pitiful and honest appearance, Eileen finally giggled, like a clever and cunning little imp.
Compared to her previous mature and composed demeanor, this fairy-like lady is now much more naturally cute.
"Ahem." With a light cough, Eileen put away her mischievous smile and looked a little embarrassed. "It was just a sudden thought, a joke. I didn't really mean to make things difficult for you."
"I also find it hard to control my racial traits."
This is one of the Fairy Lady's recent troubles. In terms of interpersonal relationships, she has inherited her mother's teachings and the calm personality she developed during her life as a magician.
But the resurgence of her bloodline purified her race.
Contrary to the stereotypes in fairy tales, fairies are indeed mischievous, capricious, and love to play pranks, which is why so many pastoral legends have been left behind.
Only the older fairies will change.
Eileen's age is considered old among humans, but only at a child level among fairies, which is the time when her personality is most active.
Of course, none of this crossed Fan Wei's mind. He simply breathed a sigh of relief and happily complimented her, "Great! Eileen, have you rediscovered your youthful spirit?"
With just one sentence, he stepped on several landmines.
The fairy lady, who had originally intended to stop there, suddenly turned pale, leaped upwards, and slashed a judgment hand chop at Fan Wei's head.
She turned her head away, puffing out her cheeks, and met Gonia's glare again.
"What are you?"
"Hey, why are you?"
Gonia's falling out with Clara wasn't the only thing that happened; given her personality, few people could get along with her peacefully. Seeing Fan Wei get beaten up, the blonde girl looked very unhappy.
The two sides were on the verge of conflict, but when Fan Wei, who had been covering his head, looked up, he immediately regained his composure, as if nothing had happened.
"Is it true that once your restaurant opens, all those abilities can be used?" Eileen asked Fan Wei. "Should I go back and help you get the restaurant up and running?"
"It's not something you can just use in any store; you need to use an expansion core."
Fan Wei took out a new core and handed it to the Fairy Lady, saying, "As long as it includes kitchen space, you can transform it into a 'dining room' by placing the expansion core inside."
Eileen gave me a probing look, like a magician. "May I study it?"
"Of course you can, but I don't know if you can connect to the system. However, as long as you operate it, I will be able to receive a response."
Fan Wei himself has experimented and found that the expansion core does not need to be held in your hand.
He could simply find a suitable location, drop it in the search bar, and remotely choose whether to create a new restaurant. This feature was very convenient, and he even considered it.
If we want to explore outer space in the future, we can just launch a core along with some kitchen utensils.
Once the conditions for system certification are met, a restaurant can be built for teleportation! At that time, it will be a small step for the restaurant, but a giant leap for Fan Wei!
"Okay, then I'll go home with you!"
The fairy lady's face lit up with joy, feeling that her dream was about to come true! She thought for a moment and then narrowed her eyes: "I should tell Clara and the others."
"Leaving them alone for the New Year might cause them some resentment~"
Eileen couldn't help but feel smug at the thought of the black-haired girl's gloomy, defeated expression upon hearing the news.
"It's okay, there's a restaurant here anyway, we can all celebrate the New Year together!"
The quick-witted Fan Wei said it this way, as if he had thought everything through long ago.
He hummed softly, "With a convenient teleportation function, everyone can gather at the restaurant and have New Year's Eve dinner together. It feels so happy and reunited!"
Happiness? Reunion?
The fairy lady, who had only wanted some time alone with her partner, froze, then gritted her teeth. "Are you planning a group tour?! This isn't what I wanted—to go home for the New Year!!"
But she couldn't admit that she had 'ulterior motives,' so she could only puff out her cheeks and sulk.
Gonia chuckled smugly to herself.
"What are you laughing at?" Eileen gave her a cold look.
"I remembered something happy~" The way these two interact is rather strange, to say the least.
“The New Year is almost here.” Standing at the restaurant counter, Fan Wei gazed quietly at the sunshine and snow of the mountain city outside the window and suddenly sighed.
Before I knew it, more than half a year had passed in this other world. I've experienced so much.
A year in this world is a little different from a year back home, but the cycle of the four seasons and the changing of the solar terms are no different.
The year, the longest unit of time in life, has been given special symbolic meaning.
It is a week in astronomy, and also a week in the cycle of life, representing another step forward in human time, leaving a mark on the dial of memory.
After a year of hard work, you can finally relax and reunite with your family.
It's time to take a break...
However, when Fan Wei thought of the scenes of the lower class he had seen in the capital, those miserable mixed-race people, and the impoverished poor, he couldn't settle down. This world is not equal.
Some people enjoy happiness that others will never experience.
So, are we just going to stand by and do nothing?
Fan Wei denied it, saying that at least within his reach, everyone should have a good New Year!
A surge of fighting spirit and drive suddenly welled up, and the system simultaneously displayed a notification.
'An event has been detected, initiating the Winter Night Festival (New Year) event. Rewards can be claimed by fulfilling the following requirements.'
The restaurant's location is no longer a factor; it can be anywhere, provided that the number of diners reaches at least 10 by the New Year's Eve deadline (when the sun completes its revolution around the world) and achieves satisfactory customer satisfaction.
'Qualifying rewards grant honor points, unlocking reward tiers. Reaching the corresponding happiness level will grant you the reward.'
'First Tier (10 Happiness Points): Infinite Cutting Board (Rare Item). Place ingredients on this cutting board to cut; the supply is inexhaustible.'
'Second tier (50 Happiness Points): Lucky Money Bag (Souvenir), a small red paper bag. Don't expect it to contain any real money. Place it anywhere in the restaurant to create a festive decoration.'
The red envelopes will collect all the happy moments in the restaurant; perhaps one day, there will actually be a gift among them.
'Third Tier (100 million Happiness Points): Affection (Skill): For each person who remembers, respects, or cares for the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper will gain a small 'Presence' bonus, with no upper limit.'
As long as one person remembers you, you will never be forgotten, and nothing can deny your existence.
'Fourth Tier (300 million Happiness Points): New Year's Wish (Consumable), make a wish that will definitely come true, but the time and method of fulfillment are uncertain.'
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'Fifteenth Floor (10,000 Happiness Points): World Book (Wonderful Object), defines the rules of your current spacetime unit. Young man, become the Kami of the new world!'
Wow, that's amazing!
As expected, Tong Ge never disappoints. He has released another exciting holiday event, and the performance rewards are already out. I can't help but want to grind like crazy.
Fan Wei pulled out a bunch of imperial specialties from his spatial storage and stuffed them into the hands of the bewildered Eileen and Gonia.
"These are gifts for everyone. Please give them to me, Eileen. And please tell Clara and the others that I have to go back urgently!"
With the New Year just around the corner, Fan Wei doesn't have much time to prepare, so he has to step up his planning!
Watching Misel Van disappear into thin air, Gonia pulled out her own gift from the pile and turned to leave. Making the noble goddess run errands? That guy must be crazy.
"Um, do you have any for me?" Minnie asked tentatively, standing next to a bewildered Eileen.
"Idiot! You're making me so angry!" The fairy lady snapped out of her daze, clutching the gift and yelling angrily. Her New Year's plan had failed, and she'd been mistaken for a gift fairy!
The key point is that in the fairy tales of this world, there really are fairies who give gifts.
The image is of someone wearing a pointed red hat and having a red nose... Eileen laughed in exasperation, and as the saying goes, 'a quick wit comes to mind,' a plan just popped into her head.
Anyway, Fan Wei is going to go home with her for the Chinese New Year, so what happens then is up to her.
"Hehehehe..." The fairy lady let out an evil chuckle, which terrified Minnie, who was standing next to her. Were these people really planning to kill her and eat her?
Ms. Long anxiously calculated that one gram of dragon meat was worth one gold coin, and how many layers of her dragon form were there?
Being bad at math is such a pain...
Inside the self-service restaurant, Clara stood alone in the kitchen, cooking at a leisurely pace. The surrounding ingredients were automatically prepared by her abilities and lined up to jump into the pot.
Because of Fan Wei, the girl gradually came to like the feeling of being in the kitchen.
This atmosphere is like standing next to someone who is always cooking in the kitchen, gently inhaling their scent.
A ball of black flame ignited in the kitchen, transforming into a small apostle bowing respectfully. He made no sound, but Clara understood the meaning.
"I understand. It's normal that you haven't had time to come back lately, as your mind has been focused on the empire in the north."
The girl stirred the soup pot on her own. "But are there still people in the Cult of Destruction who refuse to cooperate? I will make them believe that their own destruction will not happen as they desire."
Clara raised her hand, recalling Fan Wei's appearance, and gently snapped her fingers with her slender white fingers.
In various corners of the continent, clusters of black flames suddenly ignited on some of the divine sons and apostles, instantly incinerating and annihilating them, reducing them to nothingness.
The cultists who witnessed the incident nearby all fell silent in fear.
The flames of destruction wiped out another part of existence in this world, which made them realize at the same time.
The end is near! God has chosen His vessel.
True destruction is imminent!
When Fan Wei returned to the Empire, he was surprised to find that some people had come to visit him. They were several allies he had met at the banquet earlier, and they were eager to experience the amazing cuisine.
In particular, Fan Wei's performance as an ordinary person who turned the tables and beat the extraordinary Fourth Prince.
Many people felt that the previous dishes had worked wonders, and couldn't contain their anticipation as they rushed over.
For his clear allies, Fan Wei distributed his restaurant business cards, allowing them to enjoy a near-cost dining discount simply by showing the card when they came to the restaurant, as a way of supporting his allies.
For others without business cards, the price is much higher.
After all, now that the Cross Alliance is in charge of restaurant pricing, it's Lorna, not the philanthropist Misr Van. Charging you ten or twenty gold coins for a special dish isn't unreasonable, is it?
If you want strength, you have to pay for it!
Fan Wei said nothing more about this. He had lost the naivety he had when selling dishes to ordinary people. People who would choose special dishes were definitely not short of money.
They have seized most of the empire's resources, and the recovery and reuse of these funds is an important aspect of changing the status quo.
Fan Wei even started to think about whether he should try to make the empire's nobles go broke!
The idea might be a bit exaggerated, but it's not that he's incapable of doing it. After all, the Empire's law of the strong is, in a sense, a kind of 'involution'.
What if your rivals become stronger instead of you becoming stronger?
Even the slightest bit of strength can be crushed underfoot by an enemy within an imperial system! Therefore, everyone will pursue power at all costs for survival and safety!
If you don't eat, someone else will; if you don't work hard, plenty of others will!
Even spending money is just the first step!
When Fan Wei was cooking and talking to Luo Na about this idea, the businesswoman's reaction was as if she had seen a genius.
"That's right! If we don't lend now, when will we?!"
"???" Fan Wei had a lot of question marks above his head.
"It's okay if we can't afford groceries." Rona said with a smile, resting her chin on her hand. "We can borrow whatever we want! The daily interest rate is only 1.6%, and with interest compounding, we'll be rich in a few months!"
In that case, the imperial nobles might go mad first...
Fan Wei was speechless with shock at this shady operation, but seeing Luo Na's confident expression, he silently thought to himself.
Why don't you give it a try?