Food King Hara?
The name made him sound like a glutton, and he really was a glutton, and a very meticulous one at that.
"Is he very famous?" Silin asked.
"Very!" Snakow and Xingfu said in unison.
"I really am ignorant and ill-informed."
"No, you should know about this." Snakow took out a bag. It was the outer packaging of a compressed fruit biscuit, and there was a big smiley face logo on the bag.
Silin recognized the smiley face. It was a very popular candy brand in the League of Stars, and Tang Qiuqiu had bought it before. However, Silin hadn't paid much attention to it until now. He did look it up once, and the only thing he learned was that it was produced by the Andriera Family's factory. That was why Silin didn't pay much attention to it after that.
The one food Silin paid the most attention to was fish biscuits. Huimao had grown pickier and pickier because he had to buy cat food often. As a result, Silin was far more familiar with fish biscuits than any other food. Unfortunately, the smiley face logo's factory didn't produce fish biscuits. The Andriera Family's other factory didn't produce fish biscuits, and it wasn't this smiley face factory.
Sector S had always kept a low profile, and the Andriera Family and Hara had helped him a lot. As a result, the public didn't know about the Food King. It wasn't until the League of Stars fell into chaos that the name 'Food King' gradually became known. Maybe a lot of people knew about the smiley face and the Food King, but only a handful of them had actually seen the Food King in person. There might be a few people in Sector S who had seen him, but there were very few outside of it.
"So you're saying that the owner of this smiley face logo is Food King Hara? I've always thought that it's a brand under the Andriera Family. "
"The Andriera family is only working with Food King Hara." Snakow showed Silin some information about Food King Hara.
Hara had always been interested in eating since he was young. To him, eating was a form of enjoyment. He had never received any higher education. He had started out as a waiter in a restaurant, and he had worked his way up from the bottom up. The most legendary thing about him was that he was originally a D-rank Genotype, but he gradually became an A-rank Genotype after eating so much.
Eat to become an A class …
This was indeed not something an ordinary person could do. No wonder he was qualified to be called the Food King.
"Some people say that he can bestow a specific mood on a type of food. I don't know if that's true or not. After all, there are too few people who have eaten the food he personally made. But there must be a reason for all this. Even if the Food King isn't as godly as the legends say, he's not far from it. However, Food King rarely cooks for people to eat nowadays. Even my boss hasn't eaten it before.
There was also a rumor that even Food King's own sons and grandsons might not be able to eat the food he personally made, but a little beggar on the side of the road might accidentally eat the food he made. Everything depended on the mood of Food King. That's why I say it's a rare blessing to be able to eat the Food King's food! "Snakow said with a yearning look on his face.
Xingfu calmly took a sip of his tea before answering, "I've eaten it before."
Snakow and Silin: "..."
Are you trying to show off your good fortune?
Seeing that neither Snakow nor Silin were saying anything, Xingfu continued, "I've eaten it more than once."
Snakow really wanted to punch the man who was trying his best to maintain his composure, but couldn't hide the smug grin on his face.
"Food King, you're truly deserving of your title!" Xingfu exclaimed.
"How do I contact Food King Hara?" Silin asked.
Snakow looked at Xingfu but didn't say anything. He really didn't know where the Food King lived. In fact, he didn't even know that he lived on this planet before. The Food King really was a mysterious person. All he knew was that he had an eccentric personality, and while he liked to smile, there were times when there was a dagger hidden behind his smile, and other times it was as warm as a spring breeze. He was a complicated person, or else he wouldn't have risen to his current status and influence.
Xingfu shook his head. "I don't have his contact details, but I can ask my father. He knows."
Xingfu's father, Gensheng, was the closest person to Food King Hara in Golden Beginning, and Hara treated him very well. Xingfu and Xingji were given special treatment because of Gensheng, or else they wouldn't have been able to eat the Food King's food so often.
Xingfu contacted Gensheng and asked for Hara's contact details, but Gensheng wouldn't tell him. Xingfu spent almost an hour pestering Gensheng, even resorting to acting pitiful and coquettish tactics that he hated the most, before he finally agreed to contact Hara. Of course, Gensheng wouldn't give him Hara's contact details without Hara's permission. Otherwise, it would only bring trouble to Hara.
The call was connected with multiple layers of encryption, meaning that Hara really didn't like to be disturbed. It also proved that Hara really did treat Gensheng very well.
After the video communication was transferred, a chubby smiling face appeared on the holographic screen. It was impossible to tell the man's age, but the skin on his face was very smooth. It was probably the result of eating too much. He looked very spirited.
"Grandpa Food King!" Xingfu called out to the person on the screen. It was mostly respectful.
"What trouble have you run into, little Xingfu? Why are you calling me so urgently?" Hara asked with a kind smile.
"I have a friend who wants to ask you something. It's urgent!" Xingfu emphasized the word 'urgent' to avoid Hara's reaction. But he didn't say anything because Snakow had shamelessly stayed at the side and said that he wanted to witness the Food King's glory.
Hara didn't get angry. "Oh? Who has something to ask me? "
Xingfu gestured for Cillin to come over.
"Hello, I'm Silin."
Silin spoke to Hara on the screen. His tone was respectful, not cautious or fearful, but rather respectful, as if he was talking to a senior. Ha La was impressed by this.
"What do you want to ask me?"
"I'm here to retrieve something he left with you."
The smile on Hara's face froze for a moment before slowly fading away.
Behind Silin, Snakow and Xingfu didn't even dare to breathe too loudly. They had never seen Hara without a smile before, and no one would ever use the word "serious" on him. It was something they couldn't even imagine. But now, they had.
Snakow had the urge to run away from this place. Even though it was just a video, the pressure he felt was enough to make him shiver all over.
"What is it?" Food King Hara's tone was indifferent, but it made the atmosphere grow a lot colder. However, there was a hint of uncontrollable excitement in Hara's eyes. Even with his many years of experience, he still couldn't control the excitement in his eyes. It was obvious how much of an impact this matter had on him.
"A notebook."
Food King Hara lowered his eyelids and sucked in a deep breath. Then, he looked at Snarker and Cillin and said, "The two of you, leave. No one is allowed to enter this place until we're done talking!"
Snakow and Xingfu hurriedly opened the door and left as if they had just been granted amnesty. It was only after Snakow left the room that he realized that he was a member of Flying Snake, and he only listened to Tsiegeyou's orders. However, he had unknowingly obeyed Hara's orders without even the slightest hesitation!
Is this the aura of the Food King?
After Snakow and Xingfu left, Hara asked Silin in the Mist Bodhisattva language, "What happened to him?"
Silin also answered in the Mist Bodhisattva language, "My master is doing very well."
"Ah?!" Hara was planning to probe Silin to see if he was lying, but Silin's answer caught him off guard.
It was rare for the Food King to look surprised. Hara, who usually only wore a smile on his face today, was wearing a couple of expressions other than a smile.
Hara couldn't be blamed for his surprise. After all, Genya was already like that when he left. Even after so many years, Hara had mentally prepared himself to hear news of Genya's death. He didn't expect Silin to say something like this.
"He's doing very well … what do you mean?!"
"He's doing very well right now, but he can't come to see you. That's why he asked me to retrieve the notebook he left with you all those years ago. He said that I can find out what I want to know in that notebook."
A minute of silence later, Hara asked, "Where are you right now?"
Hara let out a chuckle when Silin told him the coordinates and the address. It almost looked like he was relieved. "What a coincidence. Come find me, I'm right here. Oh, and bring Xingfu with you as well. "
As he spoke, Hara took out a map and marked out their current location. The place Hara marked was exactly the area Genya had mentioned. It was the same area that had been renovated, but the buildings had changed a long time ago. Silin didn't expect Hara to still be there. Not even Snakow knew about it.
Silin led Xingfu and Huimao to the place Hara pointed out. The renovated area was now a bustling food street. No one would've thought that the famous Food King would be hiding in this noisy street.
There were tall buildings on both sides of the street. The lower floors of the buildings were filled with all kinds of snacks and restaurants, while the upper floors were occupied by residential areas.
There was a very large restaurant on this food street with a big smiley face as its signboard. It was a famous brand both inside and outside of Sector S. Business was booming right now, and it had always been.
When Silin and Xingfu arrived at the restaurant, there was already someone waiting for them in front of the entrance. The man led Cillin and Xingfu to the top three floors of the building where the shop was located. It was where Hara lived.
No one expected Hara to live here, and no one expected him to live with a bunch of normal people. Hara's status and wealth were more than enough to buy the entire building.
The top three floors of the building were three-in-one duplex apartments. The door opened on its own when Silin and Xingfu arrived at the entrance. After Silin and Xingfu walked in, the door closed behind them again.
Huimao couldn't help but stare at the delicious aroma of food as soon as he walked in.
The decor inside the building was simple, and it wasn't luxurious at all. Instead, there were paintings hanging on the walls, and they smelled different flavors of sweetness. There were different kinds of sweet smells coming from the paintings. These paintings were all painted with sugar.
"Coming." Hara walked out of his bedroom. He was fat, but every step he took was steady. He didn't look clumsy because of his weight.
"Hello!" Silin and Xingfu greeted him.
Hara walked up to Silin and examined him from head to toe. Then, his gaze lingered on the curly leaf pattern on Silin's finger.
"It really is him! That guy … that guy is really … "Hara was very excited." Is he really alive? He's alive?! "
"He's alive and well."
"Then why didn't he come back to visit us all these years? He didn't have to hide for so many years! "
Hara slapped the armrest of his chair twice in excitement. Huimao, who was pretending to steal food, jumped in fright and bristled like a cat on its tail.
Silin sighed. "He forced himself to enter a deep hibernation, or he would've died prematurely. After he returned to his hometown, he received treatment and continued to live. "
"That's true …"
Hara stood up and walked into his bedroom. When he came out, he was holding a small notebook in his hand. However, the notebook was locked.
Hara pointed at the nearby study and said to Silin, "Let's go there. Xingfu, come talk to me. "
Hara wasn't going to let Xingfu see the log, so Xingfu didn't follow Cillin into the room to see its contents.
Silin walked into the study while Huimao stayed outside. Huimao had grown a lot bolder after being caught stealing food from Hara, but he didn't get scolded. It was a perfect example of what it meant to take a mile when given an inch.
Silin looked at the notebook in his hand and pointed the leaf pattern at the lock.
Click!
The lock was removed and the notebook opened on its own.
Genya had originally planned to keep this notebook as his personal journal, but he didn't expect it to be used like this.
The video and Genya's notes recorded Genya's voyage route before he came to the League of Stars, and some of the things he did after he came to the League of Stars. Genya happened to be in Sector S when he first came to the League of Stars, and Angenia saved him not long after. It was Genya's luck. If he hadn't run into Angenia, his chances of survival would've been extremely low. Moreover, the League of Stars was a place where only the strong ruled, so the nobles of the Mist Bodhisattva Empire were basically blind. They didn't have a private army to protect them, and while they were strong enough to protect themselves against lower rank people, they were nothing more than a weakling in the eyes of the Hunters of the universe.
As time went by, Genya and Annie gradually developed feelings for each other. There were a lot of people who didn't understand why someone as outstanding as Annie would fall for someone as mediocre as Genya, and they ridiculed him.
When Genya first met Hara, he was still very young, barely an adult. At the time, Hara was just a waiter in a small restaurant on the food street.
Later on, Hara got into an argument with the owner of the restaurant over food ingredients, resigned in anger, and was almost beaten to death by the restaurant owner's men. Genya was the one who saved him. Or more accurately, it was Genya who ordered his bodyguard to save Hara.
Hara was the one who suggested Genya to open the smiley face restaurant in the first place. Genya even invested in it, or Hara wouldn't have been able to get the money to open it.
In the video, two rather young people were smiling foolishly at a small shop.
"Hara, I believe you'll be able to spread the joy of your food to everyone!" the young Genya said.
"Of course!"
As the restaurant grew bigger and Hara became more and more famous, Angenia would come to eat Hara's food from time to time. Genya even taught Angenia and Hara the Mist Bodhisattva language.
Genya called Angenia "Annie". At that time, Annie was quite a dazzling figure. There were also some notes written by Genya at the bottom of the notebook. It could be seen that although Genya was very homesick at that time, his feelings of not being able to return home were comforted by the presence of his lover Annie and good friend Hara.
Annie's brilliance only served to highlight Genya's mediocrity. Many people said that Genya was a shameless man who lived off a woman. Genya also knew that he didn't have the ability, wasn't smart enough, and wasn't ruthless enough. Even the only thing he had that was his background was nothing in the GAL, and he had to keep it a secret. But for Annie's sake, he endured the ridicule and abuse.
Later on, Annie gave birth to Genya's son, Xingfu's father, Gensheng.
It was a very normal thing for others, but for Genya, it could only be described as having a son in his old age. This was because Genya's aging had accelerated at that time. He hadn't received the second injection when he was an adult. He had stayed in the Star Alliance for the past few decades. At that moment, his genes had deteriorated, making him appear old.
Hara was still young, Angenia was still young, the bodyguards were still young, everyone was still young, but Genya was already old.
Genya told Angenia about the Gen Family's one-star rule, and that every fifth generation would have the word "Xing" in their name. Genya's grandchildren happened to be the fifth generation, so Gensheng's children should have the word "Xing" in their names as well.
Silin had a feeling that Genya himself was afraid that Angenia might have forgotten the Gen Family's rule, and that the word "Xing" would never appear in their names.
It was obvious that Angenia hadn't forgotten the rule. In fact, she remembered it very clearly and followed it.
The competition in Sector S was fiercer than many places outside of Sector S, and it was all about methods and ruthlessness. At the time, the ruler of Golden Beginning only had two daughters, and Angenia was raised to be the heir since she was young. At the time, Angenia hadn't officially ascended to the throne yet, and Golden Beginning wasn't as stable as it was today. Gensheng alone was enough to distract Angenia, but Genya was also a burden. Genya didn't want to become a burden to Angenia. That was why he had been careful not to become a burden to Golden Beginning. He didn't want to become a burden to Angenia. He didn't want to become a burden to Golden Beginning.
Based on Genya's mood notes alone, Cillin could tell that Genya was filled with intense self-loathing at the time. Just like how Xingfu was filled with resentment earlier, their genes had determined their uniqueness. In GAL, the Fuji Royal Family's Gen Family didn't work, and Genya couldn't help them at all.
The last image in the notebook was taken when Hara visited Genya. In the image, Genya was holding little Gensheng in his arms, and their faces were leaning against each other intimately. Gensheng's long eyelashes brushed past Genya's wrinkled face, and it was as if the warmth was tickling Genya's heart.
Hara teased Gensheng, "Give your daddy a kiss, and I'll record it for you!"
Gensheng seemed to understand Hara's words, and he moved closer to Genya with his toothless mouth and kissed Genya's face full of saliva. Genya smiled until his face was covered in wrinkles.
After that, Hara made a milk cake that even the tiny Gensheng could eat. It was called "Butterfly's Kiss".
At the end of the image, Genya wrote: "Butterfly's Kiss is delicious. There's an indelible sense of happiness in it. It's a feeling that can never be erased. I think it's time for me to be content. "
On the last page of the notebook, Genya used a candy stick to draw some pictures of Gensheng and Angenia …
Cillin closed the notebook and closed his eyes. He could feel Genya's sadness and helplessness. Genya couldn't be a hardworking father like Shusag, and he couldn't even protect himself in a place like Sector S. At the time, he couldn't even protect himself.
The good news was that everything was over, and Genya would return.
Silin thought that he could show Xingfu some of the things in the notebook and help him understand Genya better. But when Silin opened the door, his melancholy was instantly shattered.
This cat … is so embarrassing!
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