Zongman: Even if I am reborn, I still want to live my daily life

These are all ways to get her out. Gao Yumo even has a few more. Let's see if she comes out after we've used them all!

Chapter 42 Improved Culinary Skills and Coffee Jelly

"Delicious!" Xiaomai exclaimed after the first bite, praising it as even better than anything she had ever eaten before!

"It is indeed delicious, but it's not that exaggerated, is it? It feels about the same as what my brother made last time, right?" Yuki also took a bite of the dish in front of her, and after tasting it carefully, she felt that it was the same as what she had last time. It was indeed delicious, better than what Sakura made, but it shouldn't be to the point of being so delicious that you can't help but praise it. Umaru has eaten her brother's cooking before, hasn't she?

"How could that be? It really tastes much better than last time!" Umaru retorted. "Try this if you don't believe me."

Yuki didn't believe it, but after tasting the dish in front of Umaru, her eyes lit up!

"Seriously! This dish tastes completely different from what I just ate, it's on a whole new level, it's so delicious, brother!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Gao Yumo accepted their praise with a smile, then looked at the others and asked, "How do you all feel?"

"This is the best meal I've ever had. Mo, your cooking skills are truly amazing." Gabriel didn't hold back her praise and spoke very frankly.

What did Gabriel eat in Heaven? Boiled beans, bread, and the like. It's fair to say that there was nothing good to eat in Heaven, at least not Gabriel had ever eaten anything like it. The food she ate after coming down to Earth was much better than in Heaven, and this was the best food she had ever eaten on Earth!

"Thank you for the compliment. If it's delicious, eat more." Gao Yumo loved hearing that.

"It really is delicious." Even now, when Eriri is still arguing with Gao Yumo, she can't say that it's not delicious. The taste of the food makes it impossible for her to say anything against her will.

"Yes, it's delicious. If you can, could you teach me how?" Kato Megumi said. She had returned while Gao Yumo was cooking, but no one noticed. Eriri, who was next to her, was startled again. She didn't even notice that Kato Megumi was sitting next to her. Even Gabriel, who was an angel, looked over in surprise, but she didn't notice at all!

Needless to say, even Chestnut, who is far superior to her, hadn't noticed. Although she didn't show any expression, she was already inwardly surprised and chatting with Gao Yumo.

'Has she been here all along?'

"Yeah, I talked to her when she came back, didn't you notice?" Gao Yumo replied curiously, then remembered that Li Zi seemed to be paying attention to the refrigerator at that time and didn't notice him.

"Her ability is practically a superpower," Chestnut remarked, adding that it was a superpower even stronger than hers.

'It won't last long; I'll try my best to eliminate her understated ability.'

"Keep it up, or I'll be scared."

On the surface, Gao Yumo replied to Kato Megumi, "Of course you can, Megumi. If you want to learn, I'll teach you. Sakura can learn together too."

"Okay, thank you, Mo Jun."

Kato Megumi thought to herself, "They can teach me any cooking I want; they really don't treat me like an outsider at all."

"Okay brother."

Both of them nodded in response, looking forward to the day when they could also cook dishes of this caliber.

Sakura had considered learning cooking from her brother before, but she had never made up her mind. Now, it was an unexpected bonus, a stroke of good luck. Kato Megumi, whose presence was so low that she hadn't even noticed her, had actually helped her out.

It's fair to say that no one present except Gao Yumo noticed that Kato Megumi had been sitting there the whole time. They were all quite surprised. Even Kaguya, who had been chatting with Kato Megumi for a while, didn't notice her at all. It's estimated that it will take some time for them to get used to Kato Megumi's sudden 'appearance'.

"By the way, brother, has your cooking improved again?" Xiaomai finally asked, having been eating the whole time and needing a moment to catch her breath before asking.

"Yeah, isn't that amazing! It was during the process of making those dishes that you noticed the difference in taste. It was because you improved as you were cooking them." Gao Yumo nodded, agreeing that it was indeed no different from an online game.

His system is like this; it feels like each of his skills has an invisible experience bar. Once it's full, he levels up. But gaining experience isn't something you can just practice. At least Gao Yumo's cooking skills have been at LV7 for a long time. He used to cook often but never leveled up. So he just let Xiaoying do it, since Xiaoying told him to rest anyway.

Looking back now, it probably depends on timing. The higher the level, the more it depends on opportunity. You might level up unexpectedly. Anyway, Gao Yumo will be cooking from now on, so who cares what kind of experience it is? I'll reach LV9 someday. I just don't know what the LV10 cooking skills will be like. I'm really looking forward to it, but I feel like it might take some time.

"Is that so? That's really impressive." Xiaomai nodded and continued eating, having calmed down a bit.

Sakura understood best, since she cooked every day. In Gao Yumo's opinion, her cooking skills were roughly at LV5 to LV6. She cooked every day and would study cooking when she had free time, but her skills improved very slowly. She couldn't figure out how her brother managed to do it.

"Is this Versailles? And you even broke through while you were making it? You're really a monster, how can you be so good at everything?" Eriri couldn't help but complain. How could someone be so good at drawing and cooking at the same time! She was really feeling the blow, since Eriri couldn't cook at all.

“That’s what it means to have high talent,” Gao Yumo said with a smile. His words were anything but modest, but no one thought he was arrogant. He had the right to say that; everyone could see that he was indeed a genius.

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"Gabrielle, you don't need to help clean up. You're a guest." After dinner, Gabrielle wanted to help wash the dishes or clear the table, but Gao Yumo stopped her. How could she let a guest do that?

“Yes, Tianzhen, we’re ready.” Xiaoying said gently, winking at her brother, and Gao Yumo nodded.

“Alright then,” Gabriel didn’t insist on helping, and decided to listen to her master.

"Come on, let's have dessert after dinner. I made coffee jelly, you should all try it." Gao Yumo said, trying to attract Gabriel's attention and prevent the kind angel from overthinking.

When Chestnut heard that she could eat coffee jelly, she was the most excited. Her expression changed, and she smiled, showing how much she was looking forward to it.

Moreover, it was Gao Yumo who made the coffee jelly. Gao Yumo's cooking skills allow him to produce consistent food. This is another use of the system: whatever skill level Gao Yumo has, he will maintain that skill level.

Unlike ordinary people, whose cooking skills may be similar to his but whose dishes may differ due to various reasons, with some being good and others bad, Gao Yumo's dishes will always be at his level.

Gao Yumo took out coffee jelly from the kitchen refrigerator, and everyone got some.

Most people have tried it, after all, there are people like chestnuts who really like to eat it, and Gao Yumo and Xiaoying often make coffee jelly, so more or less everyone in their family has tried it.

Those who haven't tried it before, like Eriri, have been looking forward to it ever since Gao Yumo mentioned it. Now that she's finally got to try it, she'll have to really taste what it's like.

"Delicious." Xiaomai said the same thing again. She still liked it. She didn't really like the taste of coffee, but Gao Yumo always added sugar when she made it, and you could also add cream if you wanted. Overall, it wasn't bitter, it was chewy and had a coffee aroma.

When Li Zi was eating, she would have an expression that was completely invisible to others. It was a very happy expression. However, there were many people here, and she wasn't very familiar with several of them. That expression only lasted for a moment and then disappeared. Most people didn't see it, but Gao Yumo definitely did.

Everyone else took a sample, and Eriri finally got to try the coffee jelly she had been wanting to eat. It was exactly as Gao Yumo had described; it was indeed quite delicious. Eriri often drinks coffee, so she really liked the taste.

Gao Yumo was happy to see them enjoying their food. He loved the feeling of happiness when others ate what he made. Chestnut was the most obvious example; her expression when she ate the coffee jelly was the one that made Gao Yumo feel that his food was appreciated.

Gao Yumo smiled, picked up two, greeted the others, and then turned and went upstairs.

He wanted to bring one over to Izumi Sagiri as well, so she could try it too. This one had cream on it, but Sagiri didn't really like the bitter taste. And one of the two was his. He wondered if Sagiri would let him in to eat with her.

The probability is low, but it's possible.

Chapter 43 Sagiri: My brother is going to be taken away!

"Brother, um." Sagiri opened the door a crack, revealing a glimpse of her face as she looked at Takayuki at the doorway.

Knowing that this was probably her limit, she smiled and didn't care.

"It's okay, I've put them here for you. You can have both of them." Gao Yumo placed the coffee jelly at her door.

"Oh, right, brother, about the club you mentioned before, you can contact me if you need anything." Sagiri said very quietly, then slammed the door shut. But this was much better than before.

Gao Yumo knew he couldn't rush things; his family was full of troubled girls, and there was no use in him being anxious.

"Then I'll be going. Try it, it's my cooking." Gao Yumo called out into the room. Sagiri could definitely hear him. Seeing no reaction, he shook his head, turned around, and went downstairs.

The door opened again after a while, and a small head peeked out. Seeing that her brother had already left, Sagiri took the two coffee jellies from the doorway inside.

I carried them to my computer and sat down.

"Did my brother make coffee jelly again? Who likes to eat this?" Izumi Sagiri knew very little about what was happening outside while she was in her room. She was also very curious, but she was too embarrassed to go out, which meant that she was not familiar with anyone in her family, let alone Kuriko. She had seen Kuriko's figure at the window, but she had no idea what her name was.

And today she also saw a lot of people through the window, and they were all girls.

"Should I really have gone out? Otherwise my brother will be kidnapped, but I'm too scared to leave Gate 21. What should I do?" Sagiri thought to herself as she scooped up a spoonful of coffee jelly, a happy expression on her face. "It's so delicious! My brother's cooking has gotten even better."

Sagiri hasn't made up her mind yet.

"Mei, you can stay in this room. You can ask me for anything you need. You've already told your family, right?" Gao Yumo helped Mei Kato tidy up the room she had chosen for her.

"There's nothing I need, Mo Jun, you don't need to worry about me. As for my family, they agreed as soon as I told them. They seemed to trust me completely." Kato Megumi first shook her head to indicate that she didn't need Gao Yumo's help, then thought about her mother's reaction when she asked her, and how her mother didn't seem worried about her at all.

“…” Gao Yumo thought, what am I supposed to say?

"Eri, how are you? Are you still angry with me?" After leaving Kato Megumi's place, Gao Yumo went to Eriri's room, knocked on the door, and went in without waiting for Eriri to say anything.

"Hmph!" Eriri just snorted; she was drawing at her desk.

Gao Yumo went over to take a look and realized that it wasn't drawing her fan art, but rather character designs for "Your Name." Sure enough, even though she was throwing a tantrum, she was still thinking about him.

"Is this Miyamizu Mitsuha?" Gao Yumo recognized it after one glance. Although the drawing was not yet finished, Eriri could only draw the heroine with this kind of female character.

"Yes." Eriri still answered. She didn't want to talk to Gao Yumo, but after thinking about it, it seemed there was no need to be angry. Most of what happened today happened when the two of them were alone. No one else knew. If no one knew, those things were actually fine. As long as she got over her own mental hurdle, Gao Yumo's hobbies seemed to be okay.

Sakura seemed okay knowing her secret identity, since she would definitely find out eventually if they worked together. Eriri calmed down and thought about it, and realized that today's events were actually alright.

So it seems okay to say a few words to Gao Yumo.

"You drew it really well, and Eriri drew it very quickly too. The basic shape is already taken out in a short while." Gao Yumo praised, patting Eriri's head, but she shook him off and glared at him.

"After all, these are character designs. They're all drafts until they're officially finalized." Eriri picked up her drawing and handed it to Gao Yumo for him to take a look, since Gao Yumo would be the one to approve it in the end.

"Miyamizu Mitsuha is an ordinary country girl, so she can't have too many decorations. At most, you can draw a hair tie to tie her hair up. That's all you need. Everything else is fine. I'll take another look when you're done." Gao Yumo looked at the rough draft and could already see some things. She handed the drawing back.

After Eriri took it, she listened to Gao Yumo's words, made them in her mind, and nodded with some understanding. She had also read that storyline. Although Gao Yumo only wrote the story and did not describe the characters much, it was still possible to see what kind of person Miyamizu Mitsuha would be.

"I understand. A normal high school girl shouldn't be too flashy, right? I'll remember that. Also, that knot of fate that's so important in the story—keep that, and remove everything else, okay?"

"Yes, I feel like this should definitely work."

"I understand. I'll continue drawing now and show you tomorrow." Eriri nodded heavily; she understood.

After saying that, she started drawing with great focus; she really did like the story.

Seeing Ying Lili's focused expression, Gao Yumo decided not to disturb her and would check on her again after school tomorrow.

Finally, he said, "Get some rest, you have class tomorrow," and then left the room.

Let's go check on Umaru's room again.

She and Yuki were still sitting on the floor, but this time they weren't playing games; they were watching Weekly Shonen Jump, which they had bought themselves in the afternoon.

"Is it pretty?" Gao Yumo asked as she sat down next to them.

"Of course it's good! Brother, can't you just show us the rest of the story?" After saying this excitedly, Xiaomai turned back to normal and looked at Gao Yumo pitifully, wanting to get the rest of the four comics from him. Her brother must have drawn them, and she wanted to use her cuteness to get the rest.

“No way.” Gao Yumo just shook her head. It was definitely not allowed. As for Xiaomai, she might not talk about it at school because she had to pretend to be someone she was not, but she would definitely tell people online. Xiaomai was not trustworthy.

"Okay." Seeing that her brother wouldn't budge, Umaru reverted to her chibi-style character, lying listlessly on the ground, looking at the comic book in her hand. She hadn't succeeded again; her brother wasn't buying it at all.

"By the way, where did you hide, brother? We've looked for you so many times but haven't found you." Yu Xi asked Gao Yu Mo curiously, making no attempt to hide the fact that she and Xiao Mai had searched for him, since her brother must have found out anyway.

"Of course I can't tell you." Gao Yumo smiled mysteriously. She just wouldn't tell them. It would be fine if Youxi knew, since she's not the kind of person who would gossip. But it wouldn't be fair to only tell Youxi and not Xiaomai, so she decided not to tell anyone. That way, it would be fair, and no one would know. Gao Yumo didn't even tell her family.

"Oh, right." Gao Yumo told the two of them about the club, something she hadn't mentioned before.

"A club at home? I thought my brother was going to start one at school again." Yuki put the manga aside and started chatting with Gao Yumo. "But if that's the case, we can't join. Kaguya will definitely drag us to the student council."

"Originally, yes, I asked about it this morning, but after thinking about it, I felt it wasn't necessary to go to school. It's more convenient to stay at home. Everyone lives together, so it's easier to do everything. Plus, this avoids the agreement and bet between me and Kaguya, killing two birds with one stone." Gao Yumo only made up her mind around noon today.

"Of course we'll join, but we don't seem to know anything about game development," Yuki said uncertainly. She was good at playing games, but not at making them.

"Drawing and writing stories, you'll definitely have no problem with that, right? You can learn quickly even if you start from scratch, and I'll be teaching you, so there won't be any problems." Gao Yumo wasn't worried that they wouldn't know anything after joining the club.

"I'm definitely not having any problem with drawing, although I might not be very good at it. But if you're willing to teach me, I'm sure I'll be fine." Yuki was relieved. She glanced at Umaru, who was still looking at her manga. She wondered how much of their conversation she had overheard.

"I'll draw too! I'll learn with Yuki, there'll definitely be no problem." Umaru heard everything. She was very interested. Making games herself, and her brother said the club would have other projects in the future, which would definitely be very interesting. How could she not participate!

"Then it's settled. You're all welcome to participate." Gao Yumo clapped, and Youxi joined in. Xiaomai clapped a few times symbolically, as she was focused on the key part.

"Then I won't disturb you any longer. Get some rest." Gao Yumo stood up and prepared to leave. "After school tomorrow, we'll start the actual production. You can watch first, and I'll teach you what you need to learn. By the way, the project plan for this project is in the study. It should be on the table. Go get it if you want to see it."

“Okay, brother.” Yuki also stood up, glanced at Umaru, and noticed that she was still looking down. She then pointed to her lips at Gao Yumo, her meaning quite clear.

Gao Yumo smiled. This girl is really bold. The two shared a light kiss, and Xiaomai didn't notice at all, still focused on reading the comic.

After the kiss ended, they looked at each other—how exciting!

Chapter 44 A Kiss Like a Gentle Breeze

"Gabriel, it's late. Let me take you home," Gao Yumo asked Gabriel, who was in the living room.

"No need, Mo, I can go back by myself. I won't be in any danger, you understand, right?" Gabriel quickly waved her hand. She was an angel, how could she be in danger?

"This isn't about danger. Alright, I'll take you home." But Gao Yumo didn't care about any of that.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you." Gabriel had no choice but to agree.

"Chestnut, are you going back? Let's go together." Gao Yumo asked Chestnut as well.

"I'll wait a bit, and I don't need you to take me. I'll teleport back as soon as it gets dark." Chestnut shook her head. She was also reading Weekly Shonen Jump. Although she already knew the plot, she still read it again. Now she was more indifferent to other people's spoilers. After all, Gao Yumo spoiled the plot for her every day, and she felt like she was getting used to it.

“Okay, then I’ll take Gabriel home.” Gao Yumo nodded, smiled at Gabriel, and led her out of the living room.

Goodbye. Chestnut said goodbye and then didn't react.

The two went outside. Gao Yumo smiled and didn't continue walking. Instead, he looked at Gabriel and asked her a question.

Do you feel like you've forgotten something?

"Ah, what I bought? I completely forgot! Thanks for reminding me, Mo." Gabriel slapped her forehead, quickly went inside, and grabbed the things she bought at the supermarket that day from the shelf in the entryway. She almost forgot.