The highest-quality ingredients often require the simplest cooking methods. After all that hard work, Chef Menogias finally finished his culinary masterpiece.
The aromatic boiled fish was placed on the table, its mouthwatering fragrance spreading throughout the room.
"As expected of Second Brother! Your cooking always looks so appetizing!"
Bonanus couldn't help but praise him. With cooking skills like this, whoever married Second Brother would be one lucky person.
She suddenly felt a little envious.
With that thought, she glanced at Xiao sitting nearby.
She never expected her little brother to be so bad at cooking. What a surprise.
Noticing her incredulous stare, Xiao looked a little exasperated. He chuckled.
"I'm not good at everything, Sister Bonanus. Stop looking at me like that."
"Ah, sorry, sorry! I couldn't help it..." Bonanus stuck out her tongue with a grin.
"Go ahead and start eating. I'll go get Bosacius and Director Hu from the courtyard." Menogias smiled. With that, he turned and walked toward the yard.
"Alright, Second Brother!" Bonanus nodded in response.
As for starting to eat before everyone arrived? No way. It was more fun to wait for everyone to gather.
Today had been such an interesting day. Still, she wondered—with all this food, would she even have room for cake later?
"Yanfei, look at this huge table of food, and then look at that big cake over there. Do you think we can finish it all?" Bonanus asked lazily.
"That's not really a problem. Even though it's hot and food spoils quickly, we have a cold storage room!" Yanfei turned to look at Bonanus and replied calmly.
"Besides, we don't have to eat everything today. We'll just have leftovers for the next few days. Can't waste food, after all."
"I suppose." Bonanus nodded. She didn't mind leftovers, but she wasn't sure she would be home for meals.
She usually ate out with her little brother and rarely came home to eat.
These leftovers would probably be left for Yanfei and Granny Ping to finish.
"Hey, Sister Bonanus, don't think you can just eat out later. All of this was prepared especially for you. You have to help finish it."
Seeing her sister's ever-changing expressions, Yanfei crossed her arms and shook her head helplessly.
"Ah? How did you know what I was thinking?! Do you have mind-reading powers?!"
Bonanus said, surprised. She was certain she hadn't said those thoughts out loud.
Hearing that, Yanfei couldn't help but facepalm. Her sister really wore all her thoughts on her face.
This silly sister had no idea how to hide anything!
Bonanus always called Bosacius the dumb one, but she was probably the least clever of them all.
"I don't read minds. You just express everything with your face. What can I do about that?" Yanfei shook her head innocently.
"Oh, I see!" Bonanus immediately rubbed her face with both hands. She didn't think she had made any expression.
"Pfft..."
Watching the goofball, Xiao couldn't help but laugh. His sister's cluelessness was both adorable and hilarious.
"Alatus! What are you laughing at?" Hearing the laughter, Bonanus looked at Xiao, annoyed. This little brother was definitely laughing at her!
"Ahem, nothing. I just remembered something funny." Xiao coughed lightly and turned his head away, falling silent.
He was a professional. He would never laugh in public unless absolutely necessary.
"Yanfei, do you know what he's laughing at?" Bonanus, seeing Xiao ignore her, turned back to Yanfei.
"Uh, Sister, could it be that your last injury affected your brain..." Yanfei was about to say something but realized it would be rude.
She quickly rephrased, "I mean, did you suffer any head trauma?"
"Hey, I was stabbed in the chest, not the head!" Bonanus tilted her head. Was Yanfei implying she wasn't smart?
Come on! Even a fool could understand that!
The message behind Yanfei's words was clear—she was calling her stupid!
She shook her head and decided not to say more. She slumped over the table with a defeated look.
"Ah~ you're all tired of me. You think I'm not smart anymore. The bond is fading~"
Bonanus hit them with back-to-back complaints about being disliked and the bond fading. Yanfei was completely caught off guard.
Had her words upset her sister? That was terrible. She needed to apologize right away!
Just as Yanfei was about to apologize, Xiao cut in.
"Don't worry about it. She's just putting on an act to tease you. She'll be fine in a moment." Xiao said flatly. He had heard these lines before.
He was tired of them.
"Life is meaningless~ Even my little brother exposes my acting." Bonanus sat up and put on a depressed expression.
She had wanted to tease Yanfei, but her little brother had ruined it!
"Wow!" Seeing Bonanus switch personalities like a master performer, Yanfei was amazed.
Could this sister, who wore her heart on her face and wasn't very bright, really be the same person as this Oscar-worthy actress?
Incredible. Bonanus could probably become an actress.
"Sigh, no fun." Bonanus shook her head. She pulled out her kamera from her storage space and started snapping photos of the food on the table.
She looked just like an auntie in her previous life who had to take pictures of her food for social media.
"What are you doing? What's there to take pictures of?" Xiao asked, confused.
"Kids don't understand. Your sister is keeping memories." Bonanus put one hand on her hip with a look that said "you wouldn't get it."
She wasn't just going to take photos of the food. When they cut the cake later, she would take pictures of everyone and display them on her wall.
It would give her a great sense of accomplishment. She had saved so many people. She had fulfilled her dream!
"Boring." Xiao said flatly. He didn't care for photos, but if it was with his sister... he could reluctantly agree.
"Don't be such a downer! Come take a picture with your sister!"
Bonanus reached out and hooked her paw around Xiao's shoulder. She pressed her face against his and shouted...
"Say cheese!"
While they were goofing around, Bosacius and Hu Tao, who had been playing chess in the courtyard, along with Granny Ping, who had been drinking tea, were all called inside by Menogias.
At the same time, a certain coconut sheep with two black "slimes" on her head arrived near Yanfei's house...