The system fell silent for a while, then muttered, "How can you act like this? Don't I have any pride?"
"I'll pay for the lucky draw myself." Mai Ge said calmly.
"Deal! Crazy Lucky Draw, 3 gold coins each!" The system's voice suddenly became cheerful.
"I said..."
"Ding! Pre-order successful!"
"Ding! Payment successful!"
"Ding! Customizing!"
"You win." Mai Ge raised an eyebrow as he listened to the system's cheerful triple payment notification. However, three gold coins were nothing compared to the reward items. But it seemed he would have to be more careful when talking to the system in the future, this system's sense of money was sharper than a dog's.
The reward was determined by the system. Although he had already customized the lucky draw, but the system probably wouldn't tell him what the reward would be until the task was completed.
Hearing the sound that the soy milk was ready, Mai Ge refocused and began seriously making tofu pudding.
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"Sister Luo Xi Ya, is what you said true? Can that tofu pudding really... remove the dark spot on my face?" In a carriage, a girl wearing a long black dress, a black cloak covering her entire body, and a black veil on her head asked with a nervous yet expectant voice, as clear and melodious as crystal.
Her long, slightly wavy, pale golden hair almost reached the ground, and a black veil obscured her face. Even inside the carriage, she only parted her hair slightly to the sides, revealing a pair of pale purple eyes, like the purple glow of the rising sun in the morning, looking hopefully at Luo Xi Ya sitting opposite her.
"Of course it's true, Gloria, what a beautiful woman. Every time you go out, you have to wrap yourself up like this. It breaks my heart to see you like this. If you took off this veil, all the men in Chaos City would go crazy for you." Luo Xi Ya looked at the girl with pity and gently held her fair hand, where she could see the faint veins.
"It might scare people, won't it?" Gloria lowered her eyes sadly, her voice low, and subconsciously wrapped her veil tighter, even covering her eyes.
"No, believe me. The food I brought you to this restaurant today will really help you gradually remove that spot. You won't have to wear a veil when you go out anymore." Luo Xi Ya clenched her fists tighter, rolled up her sleeves a few times to reveal the somewhat frightening scar on her forearm, and said with a smile, "Look, after eating just two servings of tofu pudding, a quarter of my scar has already disappeared. The new skin is exactly the same as normal skin."
"It...it really has shrunk!" Gloria exclaimed softly, looking at Luo Xi Ya's arm, her eyes gleaming with hope.
...
"Daddy, I'm home from school!" Around 11:15, Amy's voice rang out from outside the door. The Ugly Duckling, who had been sleeping by the door out of boredom, twitched its ears, jumped up, and started scratching at the door, meowing excitedly.
"Ugly Duckling, don't scratch the door!" Amy's voice came through the door. The Ugly Duckling immediately cowered and turned to meow at the kitchen.
"Take it out and get ready for lunch." Mai Ge plated the Yang Zhou Fried Rice, said to Yabemia, and walked towards the door while untying his apron, his face full of smiles.
'Ding-a-ling!'
"Daddy!" A bell rang, and Mai Ge opened the door. Amy rushed in.
Mai Ge quickly knelt down, hugged her tightly, laughed, spun her around in the air, lifted her high, and then gently put her down.
"It's so much fun, Daddy! Lift me up high, lift me up high!" Amy laughed happily. The feeling of flying up into the sky was so much fun. This was the first time her father had ever lifted her up so high.
"Okay." Mai Ge replied with a smile, his mood brightening as he looked at the little one's smile.
After his body recovered, the most obvious sign was that he used to find it difficult to even hold Amy, but now lifting her up high is no problem at all. Not to mention once, even ten or a hundred times is no problem at all.
The Ugly Duckling circled around Mai Ge on the ground, tilting its head back and meowing, trying to get their attention.
"Sigh, seeing Boss Mai showing off his daughter here everyday, trying to trick me into having a daughter." Harrison sighed, then turned around in confusion, wondering why there was no reply.
"I'm twisted with jealousy." Jergi's expression twisted into an exaggerated grimace.
"It's alright, brother. If this one isn't it yet, try harder with your wife. Maybe the next one will work out."
"Yes, and if you really want to raise a daughter, you can raise the child as your daughter no matter what your wife gives birth to."
The group of close friends behind them also offered suggestions. It was rare for all six of them to be present today, and they stood in a row in the Sweet Faction's line, which was quite eye-catching.
The customers in line smiled as they watched Mai Ge and Amy playing together. The man, with his superb cooking skills, handsome looks, wealth, and doting on his daughter in such a way, had already made many of the young women in the line feel a little smitten.
"If I marry Boss Mai, then I can eat unlimited tofu pudding everyday, lots of Yang Zhou Fried Rice, lots of Rou Jia Mo, and so on..." A thirteen or fourteen years old girl held her hands to her heart, looking at Mai Ge's profile with a dreamy expression.
"You brat, you're only a few years old and already having romantic thoughts? If you keep thinking like that, I'll break your legs!" The fat woman standing in front of her turned around and flicked the girl's forehead, warning her.
"Ouch! That hurts!" The girl clutched her forehead and took two steps back, tears welling in her eyes. But looking at the fat woman, she immediately cowered, pouting pitifully.
The guests standing nearby all showed some kind smiles. The girl's words expressed the feelings of many women, but only a young girl just beginning to experience love would dare to say such things.
Today, the queue automatically split into two groups. Yulian had already taken the lead in the Savory Faction's row, while the first spot in the Sweet Faction's row was left vacant. Even the earliest arriving guests didn't dare to take the first spot.
"Little one, you're running too fast." Crassus walked over, leaning on his mage's staff, slightly out of breath. It seemed that he had been struggling to keep up with Amy's pace.
"Thank you for bringing Amy back." Mai Ge put Amy down and looked at Crassus gratefully.
"At your age, don't you know your own limitations?" Yulian, standing to the side, scoffed, a hint of mockery in his voice.