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Chapter 241 Help

"... Could you please stop staring at me, Doctor? You look so interested. I feel a little uncomfortable." Ling Dengxian glanced at someone next to him, his knife moving continuously.

"Because I'm really interested. I didn't expect you to be able to cook so well."

"Doctor, you have read my resume, right? When walking in the wilderness, most people who can't get themselves a hot meal will have a bad ending." After the crispy vegetable chopping session was over, facing the next meat chopping, Ling Dengxian was a little hesitant. He stroked the texture, raised his head and asked the Fengti man beside him a little stiffly: "Brother Jiaofeng, I have never seen this kind of beast meat. Is there any taboo in handling it?"

"Ah, that's the meat of the Eastern Tumor Beast. The texture is a little more special than the meat of other Tumor Beasts. Look, do you see those fine white patterns? Just cut along the grain. Pay special attention to controlling the fire when cooking." Jiaofeng stopped the knife in his hand and carefully wiped the tiny beads of sweat from his bronze forehead. He patiently explained to him, "The specific maturity can also be controlled by the changes in the color of the grain."

"So that's how it is... the meat of the tumor beasts in Yanyun Grassland does not have these patterns..." Ling Dengxian thought thoughtfully.

"Oh? Brother Baige, have you ever tasted the meat of the Yanyun grassland's tumor beasts? Those guys have bad tempers and migrate in groups. They are no less difficult to deal with than the Dongguo tumor beasts." Jiaofeng raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"I was indeed chased by them for a while before...but the taste was really memorable. Unfortunately, I couldn't bring too much with me. Most of the time, I ate claw beast meat."

Ling Dengxian glanced at the doctor again. The latter seemed to be listening attentively at this time: "So, doctor, can you listen to my advice for a while? You are a bit redundant in the kitchen..."

"So, being able to stutter and being able to do it properly are two different things. Operator White Dove's performance still surprised me." However, the other party did not pay attention to his disgusted look. When he saw that his look was becoming more and more obvious, he smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, if you mind so much, I'll leave..."

"Goodbye, I won't see you off."

When Precious's figure disappeared in the kitchen, Jiaofeng, who had watched him leave, couldn't help but nudge him with his strong elbow: "White Dove, I remember you said you were new here, right? Is it really okay to be so rude to the doctor?"

"It's not that I did it on purpose... I just always feel uneasy when she stares at me, and I don't know why my hands always feel itchy..." Ling Dengxian was also helpless. He really didn't have any problem with the Doctor. Compared with the Doctor's monotonous and straightforward personality in the original plot, Precious was very vivid, and always gave him a vague sense of uneasiness that was harmless but damaging to his IQ.

"Really..." Jiaofeng couldn't come up with anything suitable to say, so he could only hope that Baige could handle the future relationship himself.

He was actually driven out by the little guy who was brought here to help...Puresis couldn't help but laugh, but he felt that the white dove was quite cute.

"But... I've met many elite operators who know me, but why is it that only he makes me feel nervous?" Precious was almost 100% sure that she knew him before she lost her memory, but it was only based on her feeling and intuition. Kal'tsit avoided talking about it, and he himself did not behave as if he knew her, which made her feel very confused.

She had a hunch that her amnesia might be related to him.

She found a place to sit down, squinting her eyes to watch the sunset gradually sink into the horizon, but the world was not asleep, but seemed to have just awakened in a different way. Her body told her that this state of emptying the brain was rare before she lost her memory.

This ship is so small, just like a small boat on this vast land, but it is also so big that it can carry her little peace of mind.

She loves this place.

Hong tilted her head in the dark. At this moment, her coat pocket vibrated slightly. She thought for a moment and answered the call in a strange and ligament-testing posture: "Hong Zai, does Kal'tsit have anything to ask?"

"How do the Doctor and the White Dove get along?"

"Red doesn't understand, but Red sees the Doctor smiling."

"So it's not bad?"

"Well, then I was chased out of the kitchen by the white dove."

"…It's not a big deal—Red, what do you think of White Dove?"

"He smells like Syracuse."

"No, what I'm asking is, what do you think of him as a person?"

"Red doesn't know."

"Would you be disgusted if I asked you to go out with him?"

"……do not know."

"Okay, I understand." Kal'tsit knew that her reaction was already very good. At least she did not have a subconscious desire to attack him because he carried the smell of that country.

"Keep watching them to prevent them from playing too much at night and overturning the island."

The communication was interrupted. Hong looked at the hall which was gradually becoming lively and wagged his tail in boredom. He didn't understand the meaning of the smiles on those familiar or unfamiliar faces.

For her, the most important thing at the moment is to eat well, rest and complete the task.

She doesn't know what life is, but to outsiders, this is her life.

"Well, the cocktail party is about to start, right? Now that Mr. Ace is here, the others should be here soon. Bai Ge, you came with the doctor, right? Leave this to us, and you should go and perform your duties." Jiao Feng saw the figure of Fidelia, whom Ling Dengxian had also seen. According to his impression, Ace operators usually arrived at the cocktail party ten minutes in advance.

"Is it okay?" Ling Dengxian asked briefly. He would be serious once he started working.

"Of course no problem. We will join the cocktail party no matter how busy we are. Cocktail parties are a tradition in Rhodes Island." Jiaofeng said cheerfully and patted him on the shoulder to indicate that it was okay.

Ling Dengxian indeed did not forget about the doctor. He let out a long sigh, said goodbye to his colleagues after cleaning and left the kitchen.

Entering the hall, Ling Dengxian narrowed his eyes. The scene before him was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

At Penguin Logistics, their cocktail parties are more like family dinners - well, in terms of scale and atmosphere, not relationships - whereas the large and small interpersonal groups in front of him are more adult in nature. However, he noticed at a glance that there were quite a few slightly immature faces among them, who he thought were probably children who were not yet of drinking age.

He didn't say anything, after all, curiosity was the privilege of young people like them.

Well, he’s a little older, but he’s still a teenager!

"Operator White Dove," Ace was the first to notice his presence, waved at him, and asked with a smile, "Are you getting used to your new life?"

"Of course, after all, it's a limited-time unemployed state." Ling Dengxian was very clear about how comfortable he had been living during this period, but of course he couldn't be idle forever. He had already started to learn the preliminary knowledge that he might use.

"Today, you may meet many other elite operators. Many of them have just returned from their missions and are looking forward to this reception." At this point, Ace observed his expression, "They may not have heard that you are coming to the island yet. You can see their reactions then. It might be interesting."

Ling Dengxian looked puzzled: "Is it strange that I came to the island? Brother Ace, your reaction is very strange."

"Well, sorry. Maybe it's because I saw your performance in Chernobyl, so I forced my own ideas." Ace's smile was a little complicated.

Oh, that's right, the new elite operators are different from us. He remembered a blind spot, but it was not an important matter, so he didn't say it.

The conversation between the two was seen by the doctor who was watching with curiosity not far away.