"Dad," Yin Ruowei couldn't help but step forward, "about my matter..."
"Oh, right, I also want to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. ...It seems a bit too troublesome, maybe I shouldn't have it after all; there's already enough food."
Ming Ge carelessly flipped her long hair, cutting off Yin Ruowei's words with a voice that was coquettish and soft, carrying an indefinable charm that made it impossible for anyone to believe it was intentional.
However, as the girl mentioned she didn't want it anymore, a pitiful and disappointed yet understanding expression crossed her delicate and beautiful little face.
Ming Zhiyuan's heart melted into a puddle, granting his daughter's every request, and with a grand wave of his hand said, "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall it is, then—what's so troublesome about it?"
With that interruption, Yin Ruowei could only swallow the words she wanted to say, losing them before they could be born.
Yin Yilan secretly gave her a reassuring look.
Ming Zhiyuan took off his suit, rolled up his sleeves, and undid his watch. A grown man tying on a home apron looked both warm and comical.
Ming Ge volunteered to help, but her father sent her off, "You, spoiled since childhood, don't even know which way the kitchen door is. If you helped, Dad would really worry you'd burn the kitchen down. Go, go, go out and play."
"..."
Ming Ge's eyes grew warm as she thought.
The current her was far from the wealthy young lady whose hands never touched spring water.
In her past life, she had fallen on hard times and worked in restaurants and bars, and gradually became a very skilled cook.
But it was unnecessary to say that out loud.
If her father knew about her later experiences, she imagined it would be a heartbreaking thing.
"Alright then, when dinner's ready, Dad, have Auntie Rong call me," Ming Ge suppressed the sorrow in her heart, smiled, and left the kitchen.
Since her father wanted to pamper her like a little princess who had everything handed to her, as a filial daughter, she could only obediently comply.
Ming Zhiyuan watched his daughter leave the kitchen, withdrew his gaze, and his eyes turned slightly moist, yet his face showed a content smile.
...
Ming Ge certainly had no intention of playing a staring game with the mother and daughter Downstairs White Lotus.
She went upstairs, changed out of her cool, tight black leather jacket and pants, and picked out a strikingly bright red long dress from the wardrobe to put on.
The dress's cinched waist accentuated the girl's waist to an exceptionally slender and attractive degree.
Ming Ge looked at herself in the mirror, humming a song she haphazardly adapted: "The world is so beautiful, and I'm so pretty, handsomely and gorgeously me, I wonder who I will marry one day..."
Suddenly, the System's voice rang out, [Ding——]
"Hmm?"
[Ding! Hidden mission triggered!]
"Meow?"
[Hidden Mission: Be the most beautiful, drink the strongest drink, cling to the thickest thigh.]
"..."
Ming Ge: What does that mean?
The System explained, [The standard kit for a superstar includes: A timeless, stunning face, a perfect devilish figure, the adoration of the public, and... a financial patron.]
"So?"
[Earning the true love of a wealthy and handsome patron is a task you must complete.]
"Oh."
Ming Ge had a look of indifference.
I am my own patron.
Don't feel like clinging to someone else's thigh.
But...
The System said coldly and mercilessly, [Reject the mission, or fail to complete it within a ten-year limit, and you will be erased, you know.]
Ming Ge held her forehead, "Fine, fine, fine, I accept; happy now?"
[Good luck.]
"So, who is he?"
[Superstar Cultivation System automatic detection in progress... Detection complete... Target locked... Target generated...]
[Ding——]
[Hidden mission target: Gong Yeyan.]