Delivering Medicinal Cuisine! The Charm of Eastern Creations!

"No!"

"I don't believe it!"

"I don't believe it!! This can't be real—!!"

He screamed hysterically and violently flung the flyers from his hands!

The papers drifted down like falling snow, fluttering everywhere~

At the same time, some background music began to play:

Snowflakes drift~ the north wind howls~ heaven and earth are a vast expanse!

A lone winter plum~ standing alone amid the snow...

Harry froze.

Why did he feel like this melody was mocking him?

"Who the hell put on a Chinese song!?"

"Ah! Sorry, Gwen had been listening to Chinese songs lately, and she recommended a few to me too."

Mary Jane, who had been writing slogans with her head lowered, turned off the music and looked up apologetically. "If you don't like it... Huh? Harry, what's wrong?"

"No!"

Harry shouted again and rushed out the door.

"Harry! Where are you going?"

Peter chased after him, only to see Harry get into his Rolls Royce Phantom 88 and speed away!

"Black Spider! And Ghost-Spider! I won't let either of you get away with this!"

Harry still hadn't calmed down as he drove down the road.

In his eyes, Black Spider, who had killed his father, was the murderer, and Ghost-Spider was an accomplice!

As for Norman Osborn having been the one chasing Ghost-Spider first?

So what? That was his father. He couldn't possibly face that question.

The driver, who was also his confidant, reminded him, "Young Master, we still don't know the full story. Let's get to the scene first."

Mm...

Harry calmed down a little and began to think.

"Right, Jessica was there too. I never expected she was also..."

"Ghost-Spider took her away in the end. Maybe she knows something."

The club.

Ned dropped to his knees, trembling as he reached for the battered phone Harry had casually thrown away.

"Oh no! My iPhone~ My allowance!"

Snowflakes drift~

"Mary Jane, turn off that damn music!"

Peter said, "Hey, Ned, be gentler with girls!"

After listening to Peter's account and hanging up the phone,

Ye Li, the one responsible for it all, wore a slightly strange expression.

Why did everything sound so sad, yet somehow feel so hilarious?

"Brother, that weird thing you cooked started making noise! I fiddled with it for a while, but I couldn't figure it out."

Jessica shuffled out of the kitchen in slippers, looking flustered.

"Jessica, it's called medicinal cuisine. I'll handle it."

Ye Li put down his phone and went into the kitchen to tidy up. Soon, he came out carrying a pot of medicinal cuisine in one hand and a bowl in the other.

"Here, this bowl is for you. I'm taking the rest to Gwen."

He placed the bowl on the table and called Jessica over to drink it.

Jessica bent down and sniffed it with her pert little nose. "Ugh, it smells weird! I don't want it~ Give it all to Gwen."

"Fine, suit yourself." Ye Li poured that bowl into the insulated pot as well.

"Mm—" Jessica narrowed her eyes and suspiciously studied Ye Li's expression. "You specifically cooked weird stuff for two girls to drink... Li! Are you up to something bad? I heard there are some strange herbs in the East that can make women unable to help themselves..."

"Hm?"

Ye Li glanced at Jessica.

It had to be said,

Jessica's black short skirt, which she had worn to get by on cuteness, paired with a kitchen apron, gave her a completely different feeling from usual.

Especially those long, slender legs wrapped in black stockings. Tsk~

Feeling mischievous, he moved closer to Jessica, caressed her black-stockinged leg, and whispered like a demon, "Jessica, how about sleeping in my room tonight?"

"Ah!?" Jessica's face turned bright red. She squeezed her legs together and rubbed them a few times, covering her pleated skirt with her hands as she fidgeted. "Th-that kind of thing isn't good... Gwen will get mad..."

Ye Li pinched the soft flesh of her thigh. "It's fine. I just want to play with your legs~"

"My legs?"

How could Jessica not realize she had been played?

She slapped away Ye Li's hand and gave him a light kick in annoyance. "Go deliver your stuff already!"

Delivering Medicinal Cuisine! The Charm of Eastern Creations!

Ding-dong~

Gwen's doorbell rang as Ye Li waited outside with the pot of medicinal cuisine.

The door opened quickly, and Gwen's mother, Jenny Stacy, poked her head out. "Oh, Li, come in. No reporters came looking for you, right?"

Ye Li walked inside. "Not yet, but it's only a matter of time. Jessica really knows how to cause trouble. We'll probably have to move back to Sunnyville again. There's no room for bodyguards here."

"Looks like you saw the news too. Jessica has always been full of surprises."

Jenny smiled and poured him a hot drink. "George is already at the scene handling the matter. He'll warn the reporters not to come harass you."

Ye Li was noncommittal. George's position as commissioner of the New York Police Department couldn't stop everyone. "Where's Gwen? I made her some special Eastern medicinal cuisine. It can enhance beauty and nourish the body."

He didn't say everything. The medicinal cuisine's more important effects were replenishing blood and healing scars.

"Enhance beauty?" Jenny was intrigued. "What a magical Eastern creation. Gwen's upstairs in her room. Hurry and bring it to her. She'll definitely be happy."

"Let me serve you a bowl first."

"Oh~ How could I accept that? You brought this for Gwen."

"I'm sure she won't mind."

They weren't speaking quietly, so Gwen upstairs naturally heard them. She couldn't help feeling a little annoyed at how easily her mother had been won over. She had practically sold her off already. How could she casually let a boy into her daughter's room?

It wasn't that Gwen was wary of Ye Li. In fact, she had even privately given him a key to her room.

It was just that she was secretly bandaging the wound on her forearm. Thanks to her special physique, it had nearly closed already, but she still needed to wrap it up. Otherwise, if blood seeped out and her family noticed, she would be done for.

After winning Jenny over, Ye Li arrived outside Gwen's room and found the door locked. He knocked. "Gwen, can I come in? I brought you something to eat."

"Li, come in. You have the key, right?"

"Okay, Gwen, I'm coming in."

Ye Li rummaged through the keys in his pocket and skillfully unlocked the door before walking in.

Gwen sat obediently on the edge of her bed, wearing a cute long-sleeved pajama top with a chibi spider pattern.

Ye Li playfully recited, "Oh, my little sweetheart, were you waiting for me to favor you?"

Gwen flirtatiously winked at him. "Why aren't you coming over already, you deadbeat."

"Ha ha~" They both laughed.

Ye Li placed the medicinal cuisine on Gwen's desk and handed her a package. "Gwen, what strange Chinese have you been learning?"

"Is it that strange~" Gwen smiled as she accepted the package. "What is this?"

Ye Li spread his hands. "Jessica said these are the sanitary napkins you asked her to bring you."

"Uh..." Gwen's face flushed.

Jessica had told her she was going to get her some bandages and anti-inflammatory medicine... but what kind of ridiculous excuse was that?

Gwen hurriedly hid the package behind her and looked toward the medicinal cuisine on the desk, changing the subject. "Then what did you bring me~?"

As she spoke, she stepped forward and opened the lid. "Even though I can't tell what it is, it looks pretty rich."

Ye Li explained it to her.

Gwen happily began eating.