I S U F D (Lisa X Mingyu)

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Old Medal Hunter — Is there anyone interested in catching stray cats with me?

Lisa intended to search the web for that cooking competition Sweetie mentioned, but only after opening it did she realize that she didn’t know the full name of that Mr. Kim from downstairs.

She thought for a while before typing in 「Tian Xia Restaurant Boss, cooking competition」. Very few search results popped up. Furthermore, the majority of the links had no relation to what she wanted to find. She patiently clicked through several pages while changing the keywords several times. At last, she found a short video.

The video had been played several hundred times, titled「Young Genius Kim’s Great Kitchen」.

Lisa: “…”

The video resolution was so low that even magnifying it by a little bit made it appear mosaic. Lisa could only watch the tiny screen. The contents of the video must have been edited as it jumped quite a few times. Moreover, there was no opening scenes; it just began with a young boy dressed in a chef uniform, cooking.

The boy on the screen was very young. His adult chef uniform was unable to hide his student aura. Despite his underdeveloped facial features, Lisa recognized that the boy truly was Mr. Kim from downstairs.

This program’s theme seemed to be seafood as his main ingredients were shrimp and fish. Lisa watched as he skillfully peeled the shrimps’ shells off and minced the meat before molding them into small, identical meatballs. He wasn’t frenetic at all during the whole process.

That young boy was calm like a head surgeon standing in front of an operating table and strategic like a military counselor on a battlefield yet capable of planning victory from a thousand miles away.

For the first time, Lisa realized that a man could actually be very attractive while in the midst of cooking.

The finished product was breathtaking and just as exquisite as a dish from the current Tian Xia Restaurant. The video didn’t include the select judges eating this dish and commenting on it, but Lisa felt that it wasn’t necessary.

Because right now, she was already very hungry looking at it.

She left her room to find something to eat, only to discover Haruto standing in front of the refrigerator and rummaging through it. Haruto adopted a ‘misery loves company’ look upon seeing Liss. “Jie, are you hungry too? The size of Tian Xia Restaurant’s dishes was too small. You simply cannot eat your fill!”

“…” Lisa nodded to express agreement. “Their boss really is very miserly.”

In the end, the two siblings settled in the living room with instant hotpot bowls.

The next day, Lisa received a brief message from property management that read, 「 On Sunday at 9 o’clock, people will be going to catch stray cats. If you wish to participate, reply “1.”」

After Lisa replied with a 「1」, she planned to drag in a few people as manual labor.

No need to speak to Haruto; yesterday he ate on her dime, so he would definitely become a coolie.1Eight Treasures and Tian Tian also could use some character development.

Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year: 「Tomorrow, our neighborhood wants to bring the stray cats to get spayed. Is anyone interested in joining me?」

Invincible Little Sweetie: 「Is that your neighborhood?」

Asking For Suicide At Eighteen This Year: 「Mn, they breed too quickly. If they’re not spayed, our neighborhood will be taken over by stray cats.」