’The system triggered another mission?’
Lin Feng looked at the skewer of grilled kidneys in his hand.
He froze for a moment.
’Should I take a bite?’
This was the first time he had ever seen an Intermediate Gourmet Consumption Cashback Card.
A 100,000 credit limit with a random 5–10x cashback meant he could earn up to 1,000,000 at most.
But compared to a permanent skill...
’A million is jack shit!’
Lin Feng glanced at Cao Ming and the others, then took a big bite.
’Who needs a Cashback Card?’
’Isn’t the Unyielding Golden Spear more appealing?’
Although Lin Feng had never tested how long he could last, no man could possibly resist such a temptation!
[Ding!]
[Congratulations, Host, for completing Option 1. The Unyielding Golden Spear skill has been activated!]
He wasn’t sure if it was just in his head, but Lin Feng felt a warm sensation spread through his lower abdomen.
It felt as if it was filled with power, and even his abdominal muscles seemed to have tightened.
Overcome with excitement, Lin Feng polished off the entire skewer of grilled kidney in a couple of bites.
Seeing this,
Yang Qiniang and Jiang Chao froze, staring at him dumbly.
"Brother Feng, you really ate it?"
Lin Feng shrugged.
"Yeah."
"Brother Nian, you should try some too!"
"I feel like it’s giving me a real boost! The effect is great!"
’Of course the effect is great. I got a reward from the system!’
Yang Qiniang gave Lin Feng a skeptical look, but ultimately took a bite.
However, he spat it right out after only a few chews.
He still couldn’t get over the mental hurdle.
’No matter. Getting Yang Qiniang to try it just once was enough.’
The few skewers of grilled kidneys completely swept away the earlier gloomy atmosphere.
Even Jiang Chao completely loosened up after downing a skewer of kidney.
More importantly, the guy actually ended up liking the taste.
He and Cao Ming basically finished off the rest of the kidneys.
Eating skewers, drinking beer, and chatting.
’Now this is what guys should be doing on a summer night.’
However, as they drank until eight o’clock, Jiang Chao’s phone suddenly rang.
Jiang Chao, who had been a bit tipsy, suddenly shot bolt upright after answering the call.
He then stammered and mumbled to the person on the other end of the line before reluctantly hanging up.
"Who was that?"
"Why so mysterious?"
Yang Qiniang asked while munching on a skewer.
"Do you even need to ask?"
"The only person who can get a reaction like that out of Old Jiang is Song from the Youth League Committee, of course."
Cao Ming said with a laugh, and then asked the owner to add a few more kidney skewers.
"Don’t, Old Cao!"
"Don’t order more. It won’t look good if Yaqi sees this."
Lin Feng sat across from Jiang Chao, and in the dim yellow light, he could clearly see the awkwardness on his face.
’Serious question: what’s it like to have your crush see you eating kidneys?’
"What’s Song Yaqi coming over for?"
Lin Feng asked curiously.
"She said she wants to come over and thank you guys."
Jiang Chao said after picking up a beer bottle from the table and taking a swig.
Hearing Jiang Chao’s answer, Lin Feng couldn’t help but let out a wry laugh.
’This Song Yaqi is a real class act!’
’Actually, if Jiang Chao and the others hadn’t been there this afternoon, the situation probably wouldn’t have escalated to that degree.’
’From Lin Feng’s perspective,’
’it was less that Jiang Chao and his friends helped Song Yaqi and more that they were a hindrance.’
’Of course, Lin Feng would never say that out loud.’
’It would be too much of a blow to their pride.’
About ten minutes later, Jiang Chao, sitting across from Lin Feng, suddenly straightened up and nudged Cao Ming beside him.
"Old Cao, stop eating. They’re here."
Cao Ming was right in the middle of enjoying his food, so how could he possibly stop?
After glancing over at Jiang Chao, he took another bite.
"So what if they’re here? It’s not like I have a thing for Song Yaqi."
"You sure you don’t want another skewer?"
As he spoke, Cao Ming picked up the last kidney skewer on the table and offered it to Jiang Chao.
"I don’t want it, I don’t want it. You have it."
Jiang Chao’s face was a mask of resistance.
He shoved Cao Ming’s outstretched hand away.
Then, he stood up to greet Song Yaqi as she approached.
At this moment, Lin Feng looked up as well.
He saw that it wasn’t just Song Yaqi who had arrived.
Beside her was another girl wearing denim hot pants.
He couldn’t get a clear look from a distance.
Once she was closer, he used his Data Eye to take a look.
He was surprised to find that the girl’s Appearance score was actually an 85!
Eighty points was a major threshold.
Anything below eighty could only be considered average.
But a score above eighty meant she was one in a thousand.
She definitely met the standard for being the class beauty.
However...
’How have I never seen this girl before?’
Although Lin Feng had never deliberately checked out the girls in his class, he was sure he would have noticed someone with a score over eighty by now.
"Yaqi!"
"Classmate Chu Ling’er."
Seeing the two of them, Jiang Chao was the first to go up and greet them.
Jiang Chao and the other two guys obviously knew the girl with Song Yaqi.
’When did these guys sneak around behind my back and meet such a pretty girl!’
However, Jiang Chao didn’t seem to have much interest in Chu Ling’er.
When he looked at Song Yaqi, however, his expression turned bashful.
’Perhaps this is what they mean by beauty is in the eye of the beholder.’
’It was pretty bizarre, anyway.’
"Hello, Committee Member."
Lin Feng stood up and greeted her with a smile.
"Hello, Classmate Lin."
"Boss, can we get two more stools?"
Lin Feng waved and called out to the owner.
Jiang Chao hurriedly said, "I’ll get them, I’ll get them."
With that, he brought over two plastic stools and placed them between himself and Lin Feng.
Song Yaqi thanked Jiang Chao and pulled Chu Ling’er down to sit beside her.
At that moment, Lin Feng finally understood why he had never noticed this pretty girl in class!
Because as soon as she sat down, Chu Ling’er lowered her head.
She gave no one a chance to get a clear look at her face.
Her bangs were especially long, perfectly hiding her pair of peach blossom eyes.
Under these circumstances, it would be difficult for anyone to even notice her.
"So, esteemed Committee Member, are you done with work?"
Seeing Song Yaqi and her friend sit down, Yang Qiniang took a swig of beer and asked with a laugh.
"Yeah..."
"It’s already eight o’clock, so the cafeteria is long closed."
Cafeterias are the same everywhere, after all.
They get busy for a bit after classes let out, and once the rush is over, they close up.
If you calculated it based on working two hours each for the morning, noon, and evening meals,
at the wages Song Yaqi and the others earned, they would only make about sixty yuan a day.
After she said that, things suddenly became a bit awkward. Even Lin Feng didn’t know what to say.
Only Cao Ming was oblivious, blissfully chowing down on a couple of kidney skewers.
"We didn’t know you were coming, so we only got beer."
"What would you two like to drink? I’ll go get it."
Lin Feng spoke up, breaking the silence.
"That’s okay, we’ll have beer too.
"Ling’er, you can drink beer, right?"
"I can."
Chu Ling’er, who had kept her head down the whole time, nodded and spoke.
Lin Feng froze when he heard her.
’This accent...’
’It’s so sweet...’
And Chu Ling’er, who had been keeping her head down, looked up and met his gaze when she noticed him looking at her.
But she quickly lowered her head again.

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