Chapter 44: Suspicion
No one will answer Lunai's question.
Qin Ran has always been wary and ignorant of strangers.
Mimosa?
When Qin Ran was there, there was no one else in most of his sight, and he was able to show a polite smile, even if the upbringing of the big family was successful.
So, after waiting for two hours and still not having a chance, Luna chose to leave temporarily.
As for the break-in?
Not to mention that her identity is a food critic, such an identity is destined to make her unable to do anything rude.
The inexplicable identity shown by Qin Ran alone was enough to make her jealous.
I'm not going to give up, though!
Lunai, who had reached the mouth of the alley, took a deep breath and cheered herself up.
In order to make this encouragement more ceremonial, she deliberately turned around and looked at the door of the small restaurant, ready to make a fist cheering gesture.
But just as she turned aroundβ
Bang!
The door of the restaurant was closed by Qin Ran.
Lu Nai could clearly see the expression on Qin Ran's face that had not changed from beginning to end, and the look of disregard in it made her raised fist freeze in mid-air.
Looking at the tightly closed door, Luna finally couldn't help it.
"It's amazing to be rich!"
She shouted in a low voice.
After shouting, he looked left and right, and then left in a hurry.
Qin Ran in the restaurant heard the other party's words, but he didn't care.
The barking of a defeated dog, nothing to care about.
Not to mention, it's still a lost dog without teeth and claws.
What he was more concerned about was the 'compensation gift' that he had received.
Opened that beautiful box.
Layers of silk cover it.
After lifting the layers of yellow silk, a stone the size of an adult's fist appeared in front of him, the stone had a round luster, and in the sun, it looked as warm as jade, even if it was not a person, after seeing this stone, it would feel very valuable, let alone Qin Ran.
[Name:Stone of Water Purification (Small Piece)]
[Type: Strange Thing]
[Quality: Rare]
[Attack: None]
[Defense: None]
[Attributes: 1, clean water; 2. Aquaticγ
[Special Effect: None]
[Requirements: None]
[Can I bring out this copy: No]
[Note: This is a strange stone, some people say it is a product of ancient alchemy, some people say it is a product of nature, how it appeared, until now, no one knows, however, this does not prevent people from using it]
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[Water purification: Optimize the water quality, make it sweet and delicious, and use it when cooking, which will make the ingredients fresher and fresher]
[Aquaculture: Put it in the water tank (no more than 3 cubic meters), the fish and shrimp and other aquatic products in the water tank, after 12 hours, there will be a small chance of producing higher-level ingredients]
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"It turned out to be a prop for water purification and breeding."
Qin Ran's eyes were a little surprised.
In the [Righteousness of Food] dungeon world, he had heard of similar props, but because they were extremely rare, he had never seen them at all.
I didn't expect to see it in this special dungeon world.
And then......
Qin Ran swallowed his saliva.
He thought of the rice steamed from the purified water, the soup that was boiled.
There are also lobster baked with cheese, spicy crayfish, blue abalone sashimi, brandy grilled conch, stir-fried crab in typhoon shelter, stir-fried octopus, eastern star grouper in thick soup, braised sea cucumber with green onions, seafood chowder and ......
It seems that the sea appears in front of me.
There seemed to be the sound of waves in my ears.
The smell appeared in the nose.
Can't wait, Qin Ran picked up the [Water Purification Stone] and walked into the kitchen, his eyes were full of anticipation, and he put it in Mimosa's hand.
"[Water Purification Stone]?"
Mimosa was stunned for a moment, and then, with a natural smile: "Brother, do you want to eat cheese baked lobster, spicy crayfish, blue abalone sashimi, brandy grilled conch, fried crab in typhoon shelter, stir-fried octopus, eastern star grouper in thick soup, braised sea cucumber with green onions, and seafood chowder?" β
"Yes!"
Qin Ran nodded affirmatively.
"Then we need a bigger fish tank, we also need some breeding tools, the kitchen is a bit cramped here, we put the fish tank on the side of the bar, how about it?"
Mimosa asked.
"It's up to you."
Qin Ran said.
Professional things are handed over to professionals, and Qin Ran has always believed in this.
And in terms of cooking skills, Qin Ran has never seen anyone more professional than mimosa.
Therefore, during the subsequent shopping, Qin Ran and Mimosa brought back a lot of things, from the necessary water tanks, oxygen pumps, etc., to a lot of aquatic products.
When Bane dragged his tired body back to the restaurant, he saw a water tank that occupied nearly half the area of the bar on one side.
"You still like to raise fish?"
Bane asked curiously.
"Hmm."
"It's the best that can be eaten."
Qin Ran nodded.
What does it mean to be able to enter the mouth?
Shouldn't the fish in the tank be for ornamentation?
Bane was stunned for a moment, and then, quickly came back to his senses, he looked at Qin Ran, showed a philistine smile, and deliberately lowered his voice and said, "There were a lot of big things happening in Ai City last night, are you interested in knowing?" It doesn't take much, just a silver dollar, and I'll tell you everything. β
"Not interested."
Qin Ran said directly, without even taking his eyes off, just looking at the living creatures in his fish tank, silently looking at the alarm clock on the side.
"20 copper money!"
"Don't you have the slightest interest?"
"You know, it's about something!"
Bane emphasized again.
He knew that yesterday, because of the fault of the eldest lady, the Southern District and the 'Songshi' family were bleeding profusely.
Of course, he wouldn't covet Qin Ran's compensation.
But if Qin Ran can use a small part of it to buy his intelligence, it is a very good choice.
After all, his savings had been exhausted in order to buy the dilapidated House of Wraiths.
It's just that what Bane didn't expect was that Qin Ran shook his head again.
"Nope."
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β5οΌ 5 copper coins are always okay, right? β
Faced with Qin Ran's answer, Bane couldn't help but lower the price.
"What about 1 copper coin?"
"Can't you even give up a copper coin?"
Bane propped up the bar with both hands, staring wide for Qin Ran's answer, and when he saw Qin Ran nodding affirmatively, Bane seemed to be drained of his strength and fell softly on the table.
"A dime a die."
Bane muttered under his breath.
"Thank you."
Qin Ran said.
He always thinks that thrift is the best compliment to him.
Suddenly, Bane, who was slumped at the bar, sat up straight.
"That's not right! Wrong! β
"You must have gotten the news of the 'Philosopher's Stone' from another source!"
Bane stared at Qin Ran.
And Qin Ran did not deny it.
What happened last night may have been classified at first, but with the subsequent battle, it has already fallen into the eyes of those who care.
If you want to hide it, you can't hide it at all.
At most, it is just to let ordinary people not know.
Qin Ran, who knew this well, was not worried about anything, on the contrary, as Bane spoke, he didn't need to think about what words to use to guide the topic to the 'Sage's Stone' without a trace.
"Is the 'Philosopher's Stone' really as magical as the legend suggests?"
Qin Ran asked vaguely.
I didn't ask what kind of magic it was, but naturally I wanted Bane to say it completely.
Qin Ran, who was cautious, needed to thoroughly figure out whether the fragment of this 'Sage Stone' was the same as the 'Sage Stone' he knew.
"Hmm!"
"If it's really the 'Philosopher's Stone', it will naturally be able to resurrect the dead as the legend says, and you can perform a small-scale 'prayer', but it's ......"
"Listening to those guys' descriptions, there's something weird about that 'Philosopher's Stone'."
"I don't know the specifics, now that the 'Sage's Stone' has fallen into the hands of the 'Songshi' family, the rest of Ai Cheng doesn't have to think about it."
After the idea of making a fortune by the way was shattered, Bane became weak again, and he replied to Qin Ran's words casually.
"Is that so?"
Qin Ran's eyes looked at the lobster hiding behind a decorative plant in the fish tank, and asked softly.
The voice was so soft that Bane didn't seem to hear it.
Or heard it and didn't want to explain anything more.
After all, there are so many legends about the 'Philosopher's Stone', and most of the people who have entered the mysterious side know about it, and they can know it by asking at will.
The sound is unresponsive.
The gaze reacts.
The lobster in the fish tank seemed to feel some terrible premonition, and quickly ran towards the decoration of the coral stone on the side, and Qin Ran's gaze moved with it.
The lobster moved again, but the premonition of catastrophe followed.
In less than three minutes, the lobster was exhausted and collapsed, crawling there without moving.
"Luo Ye, it doesn't seem to work."
"Let's bake it cheese while it's still fresh!"
As Qin Ran spoke, he picked up the net and scooped up the lobster.
"It's still moving?"
"It's very energetic!"
Bane, who was outside the bar, looked at the lobsters jumping around in the net pocket and couldn't help but say.
"No, you're wrong."
Qin Ran said, with a flick of his wrist, the net pocket gently slammed on the solid wood bar, and immediately, the lobster was motionless.
Mimosa, who came out of the kitchen, looked at the motionless lobster in her net pocket and nodded.
"Leave it to me."
Mimosa said with a smile.
The curtain of the kitchen fell again, and the elite 'vicious dogs' crawling at the kitchen door began to stick out their tongues and lick their mouths.
Of course, it doesn't have the most delicious part, but the leftovers are good too!
While imagining the delicious food that would appear for a while, the elite 'Vicious Dog' looked at Bane, who was still sitting outside the bar, ready to say something, with a disdainful gaze.
From that gaze, two words were clearly revealed: stupid X.
"Luo Yan, your dog seems to be despising me?"
Bane frowned.
"No, you're wrong."
"It was just now, and it's the same now."
"You must have been too nervous lately to have such an illusion."
Qin Ran said with certainty, facing such an affirmation, Bane couldn't help but be a little suspicious.
He is indeed very tired these days.
Continuously performing tasks and dealing with emergencies, even if it is a break, it was just a bunk in this lobby two days ago.
"Am I really tired?"
Bane muttered to himself.
"Hmm."
"I suggest you go back and get some rest right away, or you won't be able to cope with the rest of the story."
"At least, you'll be needed in the place where the 'Philosopher's Stone' was excavated."
Qin Ran nodded.
"yes."
"The Southern District has suffered a lot of losses this time, especially Eisen. De, the injury is extremely serious, and he will not recover at all in the short term. β
"Now the Southern District is in the hands of Horn."
"I wish I could, Eisen. Don't come back, that guy's pretense is really annoying. β
Bane didn't hide his thoughts.
"What do you think about that ruin?"
Qin Ran asked.
"It must be Mazm's shit luck, right?"
Bane said.
"Shit luck?"
Qin Ran muttered to himself.
The last doubt in my heart has not disappeared.
Because, it is so easy to store the remains of the 'Philosopher's Stone'.
Anyone who can possess the 'Philosopher's Stone', even if it is a fragment, will not be an ordinary person, but what about there?
There is nothing left except an organ that is extremely effective against ordinary people.
Isn't it worth wondering?
It's as if someone hastily put a fragment of the 'Philosopher's Stone' there, hastily arranged it, and waited for the person who entered there to get the fragment of the 'Philosopher's Stone'.
"You said that the fragments of the 'Philosopher's Stone' fell into the hands of the 'Turquoise' family?"
Qin Ran asked suddenly.
"Hmm."
"Mazm has been caught."
"The 'Philosopher's Stone' naturally fell into the hands of the 'Turquoise' family...... It's a 'Philosopher's Stone', and even if you can't use it, you can sell it for a good price. β
"It's a pity, the 'Turquoise' family ......"
Bane sighed regretfully.
Not in Ai, I don't know how terrible the 'Songshi' family is.
If you don't enter the mysterious side of Aicheng, you don't know the strength of the 'Songshi' family.
What the other party wants is definitely not something that he can touch as a small herdsman, even if he knows it, he knows it.
That's all.
Nothing else.
Qin Ran also remained silent.
It seems to endorse Bane's words.
As for Qin Ran's true thoughts?
Then only Qin Ran himself knew.
After that, the two sides returned to their daily routine again, and in the chatter of Bane's broken mouth, Qin Ran listened silently.
It wasn't until the smell of cheese and lobster came from the kitchen that Bane stopped.
He looked in the direction of the kitchen.
Saliva unconsciously flowed down.
And when Mimosa appeared with a plate of red and yellow, cheese-baked lobster that made people appetize at first sight, Bane stood up without noticing.
"Don't move."
"Mine."
"Sit down."
After Qin Ran turned his head and said something to Bane, he took the plate.
Bane, who was sitting there, couldn't help but swallow his saliva as he watched Qin Ran eat cheese lobster spoonful by spoon with a soup spoon and pull the cheese out of the long silk.
His gaze subconsciously looked at the mimosa, wanting to say something.
However, before he could speak, he was interrupted by a warning whimper.
The elite 'vicious dogs' who crawled at the kitchen door stood up, and the 'vicious dogs' hidden in the corner of the restaurant gathered around the mimosa at some point.
The six 'vicious dogs' looked at Bane with fierce eyes, and if you dare to speak, we will bite you to death.
Because, they know very well that a lobster is so big, and there are naturally so many leftovers, and if they eat one portion of the 'spare dry food' in front of them, they will naturally share one less.
Listen to the orders of the number one master.
Eat the food made by the second owner.
It's a pleasure they've only recently discovered.
Someone interrupts their fun.
Nature is endless.
"It's okay, they don't bite."
Mimosa touched the heads of the 'vicious dogs' and said to Bane with a smile.
Bane smiled dryly.
What can he say.
Yes, no bite.
They were trying to eat me.
Without opening his mouth again, provoking the bottom line of a group of 'vicious dogs', Bane watched as Mimosa brought out a pot of lobster juice and drenched the rice.
Seeing the portions of rice put into the rice bowl and the 'vicious dogs' eating all kinds of happy looks, Bane swallowed again.
Damn it!
It must not be delicious!
There is not even a lobster, only a little juice left, can it be delicious?
But......
It smells so good!