The Threads of Fate... Do They Even Count as Threads?

[Find the Culprit]: Find the culprit who stole all of Fu Hua's clothes, furniture, and belongings from her house.

Reward: 500 Primogem + random reward

Difficulty: 3 stars

Whispering sound.

After realizing that this overly clever method would not be able to complete the task Chen Luo clicked his tongue in annoyance.

According to Chen Luo's observation, once the commission is posted, as long as it can be completed, it doesn't matter how it's done; the reward will still be given. After all, the task has been completed, so why would you want to get it for free?

That's called taking shortcuts.

However, taking too many shortcuts won't work.

Just like this time, Fu Hua actually wanted to find the culprit, but that culprit had taken the name of Madame Green Lily.

Chen Luo brought out another Madame Green Lily, which obviously wouldn't satisfy Fu Hua, so he couldn't complete the mission.

Actually, thinking about it, it makes sense. If all the requests were so easy to fulfill, then Chen Luo could just go back to the bar, take two bottles of wine, name one "Drunk on Life, Lost in Dreams" and the other "Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Butterflies of a Butterfly," and then hand them to Ling. Wouldn't that complete the mission?

That's obviously impossible.

"Don't worry, since you've given me your specific requirements, Fu Hua, I will definitely complete your mission," Chen Luo nodded and said.

"Wait, Chen Luo, what do you want to do?" Seeing Chen Luo nod so firmly, the Herrscher of Knowledge Consciousness, who was huddled in Chen Luo's sea of consciousness, suddenly panicked.

"If you ask what we're doing, it's obviously to find the culprit who caused all of Fu Hua's clothes to disappear, her house to be emptied, and her dormitory to be smashed," Chen Luo said cheerfully.

"Wait? You're going to sell me out?" The Herrscher of Knowledge suddenly noticed the key point.

In fact, although Chen Luo was the one who stole things, moved furniture, and destroyed the house, Fu Hua was looking for the real culprit.

To use an imperfect analogy, Chen Luo is the knife, while the Herrscher of Knowledge is the one wielding it.

If someone kills another person, can you say it's the knife's fault? Of course, it's the murderer's fault.

Therefore, those Herrscher of Knowledge are the real culprits.

"Hey, don't worry, I've picked out a good price for you, 500 Primogem, plus a random reward," Chen Luo reassured the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Fine, price my foot! Am I only worth this much Primogem?" the Herrscher of Knowledge said unhappily.

"It was just something I did on the spur of the moment. What difference does it make how many Primogem I get? Anyway, if you ever come out again, Fu Hua will find out it was you who did it sooner or later. Fu Hua may be a bit old-fashioned, but she's not stupid," Chen Luo said.

This is actually why the Herrscher of Knowledge didn't immediately rush out to tease Fu Hua.

After all, if they just ran out like that, it would be easy for people to guess that it was the Herrscher of Knowledge did these dirty deeds.

In fact, some people have already guessed it.

One was Durandal, who was looking over thoughtfully, and the other was Rita, who had just come out of the kitchen.

This is what Chen Luo's ability to Herrscher of Knowledge told Chen Luo.

The reason why Sister Ta was able to guess that Chen Luo did it was mainly because Sister Ta knew a lot. Rita herself knew who Madame Green Lily was, and Rita had quite a lot of experience in these shady things, so it was normal for her to guess that the suspect was Chen Luo.

Durandal could guess the reason simply and directly: Durandal felt that familiar feeling again.

It's that feeling of being healed by the Seven Statues of the Seven.

Durandal had spent several days alone with the Seven Statues of the Seven and was already very familiar with this feeling. Now, she could feel this feeling as soon as she got close to Fu Hua. Durandal would never believe that this was not Chen Luo's doing.

Besides, Durandal is the only person who was revealed by Chen Luo.

Although there are no complete spoilers, if you ask who in Durandal would cause trouble in the Honkai World, it would definitely be Chen Luo.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Chen Luo, Miss Mei wants you to come in and help make dinner," Rita said to Chen Luo as she came out of the kitchen.

"Sigh, why am I the one who has to cook dinner? Aren't I a guest?" Chen Luo was taken aback.

"You call yourself a guest? Hurry up and cook." But as soon as Chen Luo said this, Himeko retorted, then stood up and tried to drive Chen Luo towards the kitchen.

"No, I'm a guest." Chen Luo tried to struggle.

What kind of logic is it to ask guests to cook?

Unless the relationship is truly close enough that the distinction between guest and host doesn't matter.

"Who told you to cook so well?" Kiana said matter-of-factly.

Although Kiana was very touched that Chen Luo was willing to help Kiana find Siegfried, there was no way to deny that Chen Luo was a really good cook.

"Kiana! You heartless bastard! I, Chen Luo, will definitely come back!" Before being pushed into the abyss of the kitchen, Chen Luo raised a middle finger at Kiana.

Kiana turned her head away somewhat awkwardly.

Although, Chen Luo's cooking is really delicious.

"Hi, Mei, I'm here!" But as soon as Chen Luo entered the kitchen and closed the door, he instantly turned hostile.

"Hey Luo, if you don't want to cook, you can wait outside. I'll cook by myself." Raiden Mei said to Chen Luo with concern after hearing Chen Luo calling out to Kiana outside.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Cook with me]

"..." Mei, do you know? Your insincerity is obvious even from your talent panel.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I was just trying to scare Kiana." Chen Luo waved his hand.

LOL, although Chen Luo really doesn't like cooking, he shouldn't show it in front of Mei. Look at Mei's pitiful little eyes.

It's obvious that Mei wants to find someone who also suffers from the pain of cooking; she can't abandon her comrade-in-arms.

Sigh, what can I do when I'm so eager to help others?

As Chen Luo walked over to Mei's side, he skillfully began to prepare the ingredients.

Although Chen Luo cannot receive the Chen Luo's blessing because he is not in the bar, Chen Luo is still a skilled cook, at least on par with Raiden Mei.

Unless you use Primogem, you can directly become the God of Food.

The same applies to bartending techniques.

So Chen Luo can definitely cook a meal.

Of course, if Chen Luo wanted to, he could order takeout directly from the bar through the talent panel, just like the Wind God's Liquor that Chen Luo took out back then came from.

"By the way, Mei, you seem to have something on your mind. Is it because of Siegfried?" Chen Luo asked Raiden Mei, who seemed a little absent-minded, while chopping vegetables.

"Hmm? Ah, a little, I'm glad Kiana was able to find her father as soon as possible." Raiden Mei forced a smile.

Raiden Mei was genuinely happy that Kiana was able to find Siegfried; otherwise, Raiden Mei wouldn't have issued the mission to find Siegfried.

But people always have the ability to make connections. Kiana and Raiden Mei formed an alliance to find their fathers. Now Kiana's father has been found, but there's still absolutely no clue about Raiden Mei's father. How can Raiden Mei be happy about this?

That's why Raiden Mei volunteered to take charge of dinner and kicked Rita out. Perhaps out of some selfish motive, or perhaps to share her worries, she had Rita call Chen Luo in from outside.

"Are you thinking of your father?" Chen Luo asked while preparing the meal.

"... Yes, is it obvious?" Raiden Mei asked after a moment of silence.

"Not very obvious," Chen Luo said.

"That's good." Raiden Mei breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's only to the extent that even Kiana can see a little bit, it's not obvious." Chen Luo then added.

"Isn't this obvious to everyone already?" Mei paused in her chopping.

"No, no, no, don't say that. At least that idiot Theresa didn't see it," Chen Luo corrected.

"The Kaslana family's idiocy is truly inherited from one another," Chen Luo couldn't help but exclaim.

"Don't say that. The headmaster is just a little insensitive. Besides, isn't the headmaster from the Apocalypse family?" Mei tried to defend Theresa, but didn't know how.

"Hey, didn't you know? Theresa is Flame-Chaser, Kallen clone A-310 created by Otto by incorporating the genes of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Vishnu." Chen Luo said casually.

"Huh?" Raiden Mei was so surprised she almost cut her hand.

"This isn't something that needs to be kept secret. Theresa already knew about it, and she didn't protect it very well. If you ask her, she'll answer you, so it's not a secret," Chen Luo said.

"I see." Although he was indeed surprised just now, Raiden Mei was clearly not very interested in this, so Chen Luo's plan to stir up Mei's mood completely failed.

"Mei, if there's anything bothering you, just tell me. Don't keep it bottled up inside; it's not good for you," Chen Luo said to Raiden Mei after a moment of silence.

"... My father is an outstanding researcher, but because of that, he's always been very busy and doesn't have much time to spend with me. But... but I know he's always cared about me." Mei paused for a moment before beginning her own story.

"Before my father went to jail, my life at school was filled with adulation, but I wasn't happy. It wasn't until my father was arrested and imprisoned for economic crimes and his reputation plummeted that I realized why I was unhappy. It was because the people around me approached me not because of me, but because of ME Company."

"After my father went to prison, my life seemed to fall into darkness. I didn't even know where he was being held. I went to school alone, lived at home alone, cooked alone, ate alone, and practiced swordsmanship alone..." Raiden Mei's expression turned somber as she said this.

"Until the Third Honkai Outbreak occurred, until you appeared before me, and, well, Kiana and the others too."

"It might sound a bit despicable, but I don't feel much pain or resentment towards the Third Honkai Outbreak that killed millions of people. In fact, I sometimes feel grateful because it brought you all to me. Although I know it's wrong, I can't help but think that way." A look of guilt appeared on Raiden Mei's face.

"Hmm, I think I understand. Kiana is about to reunite with her father, which made her think of herself, and then she felt a little sad thinking about her father who is locked up somewhere and living a life she doesn't know, right?"

"Pretty much," Raiden Mei sighed.

"How about we go rescue my mother-in-law... rescue your father tonight?"

Chen Luo almost misspoke.

"Huh?" Upon hearing this news, Raiden Mei's hand holding the kitchen knife trembled slightly, and then she cut her own fingers.

When Raiden Mei realized what was happening, she didn't feel any pain in her fingers. Looking down, she saw that Chen Luo's fingers had blocked the blade of the cleaver in advance.

Although Chen Luo's fingers were not as thick as those of someone who had been training for a long time, they were still larger than Raiden Mei's fingers. So, with Chen Luo as a backup, Raiden Mei was naturally not injured.

"Ah!" Raiden Mei exclaimed, quickly putting down the kitchen knife in her hand and picking up Chen Luo's fingers.

"Ah Luo, are you alright?"

Raiden Mei carefully examined Chen Luo's finger and breathed a sigh of relief when she found no bleeding.

"Don't worry, it's tough and thick-skinned."

Chen Luo isn't stupid. If the kitchen knife could really hurt Chen Luo wouldn't have used his hand to block it.

If this cleaver could actually harm Chen Luo, Herrscher of Knowledge, combined with his inner demons, Flame-Chaser, and Talent User's fingers, then Chen Luo would simply enshrine this cleaver.

"Oh, right, Mei, the kitchen door wasn't closed just now, so you must have heard my conversation with Kiana and the others."

"Yes, I heard you." Raiden Mei, who was carefully examining Chen Luo's injured finger, answered subconsciously.

"Actually, the preparations I just mentioned to Kiana were originally for rescuing Mr. Raiden Ryoma. But since Kiana wants to see her father, I decided to combine the two things together."

"So how about we go rescue your father together tonight?" Chen Luo turned to Raiden Mei and suggested.

But Chen Luo regretted it as soon as he said it.

Damn it, I slipped up again.

Internet slang is a killer!

I absolutely cannot call Raiden Ryoma, Siegfried, and the others "father-in-law" next time.

They'll get beaten to death, won't they?

Sure enough, when Chen Luo looked down at Raiden Mei, who was holding his fingers, Raiden Mei was staring at Chen Luo intently.

"Um, Mei, I was just... I'm sorry..."

Before Chen Luo could finish explaining, Raiden Mei tiptoed over and hugged Chen Luo tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, Alo..." Raiden Mei murmured softly, holding Chen Luo tightly.

Chen Luo was tackled like that and instinctively took two steps back, enduring the impact from Mei. But then Chen Luo cried out in surprise.

"The vegetables are burning!"

Chapter 259 The Threads of Fate... well, they can be considered threads, right?

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