Beauties belonged only to the strong.
Stepping aside, Zhao Bai looked at the prize he had personally wrapped and nodded in satisfaction. Then he turned to Bronya and asked,
"Do you think it looks good like this?"
"You're only picking on Mei because she's easygoing."
Mei sat on the awards stage. Hearing Bronya's assessment, she shook her head with a sigh.
"I'll just treat it as playing along with a child."
Bronya gave him a profound look but said nothing.
Beside them stood an oven they had stayed up all night to build. Its alloy casing looked unremarkable, but it concealed a Heavenly Fire Judgment within. Zhao Bai controlled the oven's heat entirely, and he had made both the egg tart filling and crusts himself. All they had to do was pour the filling into the crusts, put them into the oven, and close the door.
Zhao Bai had no idea how they could possibly make them taste bad even with all that.
The stage had been set up, and the flyers had been handed out. Students were a group so idle their stomachs hurt, so they gathered in droves. The area below the stage was packed, everyone staring at Mei, who had been wrapped up like a present, making her regret agreeing to this a little.
"Why are there so many people?"
"Because there'll be a drawing later. The prize is a permanent ten-percent discount coupon for the restaurant. To go along with this event, I raised the menu prices by ten percent and suffered enormous losses."
"Don't try to fool me. Bronya isn't Kiana or Rosaliya."
Zhao Bai scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
He looked toward the two stages and shook his head thoughtfully. "Monster girls are still more powerful. Everyone's just here for something new. The