“System, what does it mean to renovate the shop?” Brian Cooper noticed sounds coming from the kitchen and hurriedly asked.

The system displayed: “The system will upgrade the host’s shop for free in order to provide better dishes for customers.”

A bad feeling flashed through Brian Cooper’s mind.

“In that case, why not just renovate it directly?”

The system displayed: “The system will upgrade the host’s shop for free in order to provide better dishes for customers.”

“Then what about all the things I bought before?”

Brian Cooper felt heartbroken as he watched the tables and chairs mysteriously disappear one by one.

The system displayed: “The system will provide free renovation, and the original items will be recycled.”

“Damn it!”

……

Chapter 6: God-level Egg Fried Rice

“Damn it!”

Watching the tables, chairs, and stools disappear, Brian Cooper felt like crying inside, with tears streaming down like wide noodles in a comic. To avoid feeling even more heartbroken, he decided to claim his reward first to comfort his wounded soul.

He opened the task rewards and claimed it directly.

The words “God-level Egg Fried Rice” transformed into the shape of a book. Just as Brian Cooper was focusing on it, the book suddenly burst into a ball of bright light, which then wrapped around his brain, surged into his mind, and disappeared.

Egg fried rice is one of the most basic dishes in Chinese cuisine. Almost everyone who can cook knows how to make it, and even those who can’t can still throw together a plate.

Everyone has their own way of making it, and egg fried rice has many variations, such as: Yangzhou fried rice, sunset fried rice, ham fried rice, diced chicken fried rice, and so on.

There’s a basic requirement for egg fried rice: the eggs must be tender, the rice must be just the right texture, and the aromas of both need to blend together.

In the TV drama “God of Cookery Zhang Dongguan,” egg fried rice is described as having every three to five grains of rice coated in egg. In “Cooking Master Boy,” it’s even more exaggerated, turning directly into golden fried rice that glows with a dazzling golden light.

The God-level Egg Fried Rice rewarded by the system now doesn’t actually glow, but from the selection of rice, the water and heat used to cook it, even the size of the eggs in proportion to the amount of rice—there are techniques for everything.

After understanding all this, Brian Cooper felt that the egg fried rice he used to make was nothing but crude pig slop. No! Not even as good as pig slop.

The process of the light ball entering his mind just now was the system’s way of bestowing the God-level Egg Fried Rice upon him, giving Brian Cooper a sudden enlightenment about egg fried rice, as if he were Xuzhu being taught decades of inner power by Xiaoyaozi, instantly gaining countless experiences in making egg fried rice.

Opening his eyes, Brian Cooper felt he could hardly contain the wild power within him.

“Dong dong dong”

He walked downstairs, ready to go to the kitchen and try making a bowl of the God-level Egg Fried Rice in his mind.

But just as he reached the bottom of the stairs, he was informed—

The system displayed: “Upgrading in progress, eight hours remaining until completion.”

……

Doused with a bucket of cold water by the system, Brian Cooper calmed his excitement a bit, returned to his room, and lay on the bed.

He thought that in eight hours it would be tomorrow, and with the egg fried rice skills he now possessed, even if the shop sold nothing else, just selling egg fried rice would be enough to reach the peak of life. Thinking about this made him a little excited.

Then he remembered he hadn’t prepared all the ingredients yet and would have to go restock. He began quickly calculating the money in his pocket, figuring out how to make the most of it.

Tossing and turning like a fish being fried, Brian Cooper eventually fell asleep. As for the suspicious liquid at the corner of his mouth when he woke up, there was no need to look into it.

After all, as an upright young man with ideals and ambition, aside from dreaming of the goddess on his hard drive, only the sight of red-hot RMB could make Brian Cooper this excited.

Eager to see his renovated shop, Brian Cooper quickly finished his personal hygiene and went downstairs, pressing the light switch.

“What!”

However, standing at the bottom of the stairs, Brian Cooper couldn’t help but blurt out in English.

He rushed to the center of the hall in just a few steps.

The entire shop had been transformed into an open kitchen. On both sides near the door were flower stands, each holding a few pots of unknown little flowers in full bloom, their pale blue color especially striking against the green background.

As for the tables, they were now like the curved long tables in “Midnight Diner,” encircling the kitchen. Inside the tables was a glass counter and a sink for handling various foods.

In front of the long table, four comfortable high stools were placed in the center. The natural wood color looked especially pleasant and natural. On each side of the curve, there were two more stools, making a total of eight stools occupying the entire curved table.

“Menu”

These bold calligraphy characters on the wall facing the kitchen were especially clear, and now a wooden sign hung below them.

Looking around with satisfaction, Brian Cooper felt it was countless times better than his own haphazard renovations. Now it looked fresh, natural, simple, and elegant. Completely unaware of what he was overlooking, Brian Cooper clicked his tongue in admiration and prepared to return to the kitchen for a look.

He had been too shocked just now to notice the changes in the kitchen. Now, taking a closer look, he realized this was nothing like his original kitchen.