After returning to the villa, the girls sat down directly on the sofas in the living room. Hearing the commotion, Luo Yu came out of his room and saw the girls already chattering away.
"You're back so soon?"
When Yui Hirasawa saw Luo Yu, her eyes lit up as she said, "Luo Luo, let me tell you, we ran into Erina while we were bathing! We even became good friends, and she said she's coming to our villa tomorrow to play!" She looked exactly like a child impatient to share a secret with someone.
So they had actually met Erina.
Come to think of it, Luo Yu had not expected the girls to run into Erina at the bathhouse. Still, it was not a big deal.
Seeing that the girls did not seem to have any other plans, Luo Yu told them to get some rest early before returning to his room.
Once Luo Yu had gone back to his room, the girls stopped lingering on the first floor and went upstairs instead. Of course, they were not planning to return to their rooms to sleep. Their nightlife was only just beginning.
The next morning, Luo Yu was already sitting on the sofa in the first-floor hall, waiting for everyone else. He did not have to wait long before Mio Akiyama and Tsumugi Kotobuki came downstairs, each dragging someone along.
The atmosphere was quite harmonious, because each of the three awake people had brought along one person who had not woken up yet.
Luo Yu had Mashiro, Mio Akiyama had Ritsu Tainaka, and Tsumugi Kotobuki had Yui Hirasawa.
Ritsu Tainaka rubbed her bleary eyes, yawned, and said, "Why are we getting up so early? I'm not even awake yet."
"If you don't want breakfast, you can go back to sleep now." Luo Yu did not even need to think about it. Ritsu Tainaka and Yui Hirasawa would never give up any opportunity to eat delicious food.
Sure enough, the moment Luo Yu said that, not only Ritsu Tainaka but even Yui Hirasawa immediately woke up.
Luo Yu shook his head. The willpower of foodies really was formidable. If it were him, he might actually give up breakfast just to sleep in.
After finishing a simple breakfast, Luo Yu and the others returned to the villa. Since Erina had said she would come today, the girls decided not to go out and play, instead waiting for her at the villa.
The girls did not have to wait long. After finishing her morning assessment, Erina came to the villa.
Not only that, she and her little secretary, Hisako, brought a great deal of ingredients for Luo Yu and the girls. It looked like she was either here to seize territory or smash the place up—meaning a Shokugeki.
Seeing Erina and her little secretary arrive, Luo Yu greeted them. "Welcome, Erina. Oh, Secretary Ko, you came too."
"How many times do I have to tell you? Call me Hisako, Lord Luo Yu!" Hisako was nearly despairing. This man had to be messing with her, right? Why could he never get her name right?
At that moment, Ritsu Tainaka very tactfully took some of the ingredients from Erina and Secretary Ko.
Walking over to Luo Yu and handing the ingredients to him, she said, "These are yours now, Luo Yu. Go cook later."
Hearing Ritsu Tainaka's words and looking at the ingredients Erina had brought, Luo Yu did not need to think to know that these girls had definitely planned this in advance.
Luo Yu frowned and asked Erina, "So, you're planning to have a Shokugeki with me?"
Unexpectedly, Erina shook her head. "I just want to taste your cooking and see how big the gap between us is now."
Although she had always said she wanted to surpass Luo Yu, Erina knew her own limits. She knew there was still a huge gap between her and Luo Yu. The girls from the Light Music Club had happened to ask her last night to bring ingredients over today so they could cook, and she had gone along with it. She could also mooch off a meal made by Luo Yu and see just how wide the gap between them was.
The other girls from the Light Music Club also looked at Luo Yu expectantly. After thinking for a moment, Luo Yu no longer refused.
Seeing Luo Yu agree to cook, all the girls became excited. After all, it had been a long time since they had eaten Luo Yu's cooking.
Although they had eaten plenty of delicious food here over the past two days, none of it compared to Luo Yu's cooking. But Luo Yu had not cooked in a long time, so now that they finally had the chance, of course they were excited.
Seeing that Erina had no intention of having a Shokugeki and that it was about time to make lunch, Luo Yu said nothing more. He picked up the ingredients and headed straight into the kitchen.
When Erina and Hisako saw Luo Yu enter the kitchen, they hurriedly carried their ingredients in after him.
After setting the ingredients down in the kitchen, neither of them showed any intention of leaving.
Luo Yu did not mind that they stayed. If they wanted to watch, then they could watch. It would not affect him anyway.
Opening the bag of ingredients Erina had brought, Luo Yu could not help twitching at the corner of his mouth. Quite a few of the ingredients inside were extremely high-grade, and some were so premium that they could not even be bought on the open market.
It seemed Erina had not changed in that regard. Luo Yu glanced at her from the corner of his eye.
Whatever. High-grade ingredients were still just ingredients. It was not like he could not cook them. He just had to put in a little more effort. He had originally planned to casually make a few dishes like Steamed Black Carp and Steamed Shrimp Heads to muddle through, but now he had to show some real skill.
Seeing quite a few premium steaks among the ingredients, Luo Yu thought for a moment and decided that steak would be the main course for lunch.
After casually preparing some side dishes, Luo Yu began cooking the steaks.
For this lunch, Luo Yu put in fifty percent of his focus and thirty percent of his skill.
The price was that Erina and Hisako were both left staring in a daze.
Luo Yu Could Drug People Too
In the kitchen, Luo Yu was still working with smooth, flowing movements, unaware of just how greatly he had shocked Erina and Hisako.
Erina gritted her teeth. She had no choice but to admit that the gap between her and Luo Yu was growing larger and larger. It seemed that not only she, but Luo Yu too, was improving.
It had not been this obvious before, but now, when Luo Yu cooked, every movement he made was so natural, as if the entire kitchen were under his control.
The aroma drifting from the kitchen also drew the girls outside over. Luo Yu did not notice them, because the dishes were now nearly finished.
Luo Yu cooked all the steaks to medium-well, then swiftly placed the cooked steaks onto plates that already had side dishes prepared and covered them with lids.
Having finished cooking, Luo Yu was about to call the girls over to help carry the food to the table when he turned around and saw several figures crowded at the doorway.
Yui Hirasawa was especially conspicuous among them, because drool was already dripping from her mouth. Luo Yu could only shake his head helplessly at that.
He called the girls over to help carry the dishes to the dining table. After all, it was food for several people, and Luo Yu could not carry it all by himself.
Hearing Luo Yu's words, the girls all came forward to help. Yui Hirasawa rushed ahead even faster, looking completely impatient.
After everyone brought the steaks to the table, they eagerly sat down, picked up their knives and forks, and began eating.
The moment they lifted the lids, the girls seemed to see a beam of light flash past.
"I think I just saw the steak glowing!"
It was a visual effect. I added a visual effect!
Of course, this was not glowing cuisine. Luo Yu was not skilled enough to make glowing cuisine yet. But making people see a few illusions was still something he could do.
With just a light stroke of the sharp dinner knife, the steak was cut open. Erina picked up the sliced piece of steak with her fork and carefully examined it.
After looking at it twice, Erina still could not find a single flaw. This steak was simply perfect. Its aroma kept teasing her tongue, while the God Tongue continuously sent signals to her brain telling her to eat it.
Following her body's desires, Erina put the steak into her mouth. With a gentle bite, the meat juices overflowed.
The steak itself was exceptionally tender and smooth, yet it had an excellent chew.
After swallowing the beef in her mouth, Erina began moaning uncontrollably. Her legs instinctively clamped together and rubbed against each other. Her eyes turned hazy, veiled by a misty layer of moisture.
Seeing Erina react so strongly, the girls, who had originally planned to let their guest eat first, hurriedly put down their knives and forks. They stared at their own steaks with frightened expressions.
It was not as though they had never seen Erina react like this before, but was this not a little too extreme?
And they had eaten Luo Yu's cooking before. It had never caused reactions like this.
Then the girls shot Luo Yu suspicious looks.
Did you really drug it?
Luo Yu could read that question in their eyes.
Luo Yu shook his head, indicating that he was not that kind of person.
With Luo Yu's assurance, combined with their trust in him, the girls also began eating their steaks.
The result was naturally a chorus of moans rising and falling, plunging the entire dining table into an odd atmosphere.
But everyone, rest assured, this was not some kind of group sex party. They were only eating lunch. Believe it or not, I believed it anyway.
As for the girls' reactions, Luo Yu smiled with wild arrogance. This was the world of Shokugeki no Soma. How could his cooking possibly not drug people? Had he not practiced controllable drugging techniques precisely for situations like this?
As for telling the girls earlier that he had not drugged the food, Luo Yu said that he really had not added anything like pink flower petals to the dishes. There were no computer parts either!
If they insisted that cooking something too delicious also counted as drugging people, then Luo Yu could only say: if you don't like it, don't play.
Before long, the girls gradually came to their senses. Thinking of her reaction just now, Mio Akiyama immediately flushed bright red and started looking around the floor for a crack to crawl into.
The other girls also had more or less some lingering effects. Their faces were flushed like peach blossoms, and the way they looked at Luo Yu was filled with resentment.
Meanwhile, Luo Yu calmly ate his own steak. The instant the girls regained consciousness, he had already wiped that arrogant smile from his face.
Did they understand the value of facial expression management? With acting skills like these, Luo Yu believed he could crush those pretty-boy celebrities from his previous life.
The girls also knew that Luo Yu had not added anything like computer parts. It was simply because his cooking was too delicious.
They were conflicted now. The delicious food was right in front of them, but eating it would cause those strange reactions. Most importantly, even knowing about the reactions, they still wanted to eat it!
Erina, however, was not as conflicted as the girls from the Light Music Club. Without even thinking, she continued cutting the steak and putting it into her mouth. Right now, she only wanted to finish the steak.
Her mind was filled with only one word: eat, eat, eat. She hoped that by finishing the dish, she could find its flaws.
But to her disappointment, not only could her God Tongue not find any flaw in the dish, it also seemed to have encountered a familiar flavor. It continuously conveyed the command to keep eating. Only after she finished the dish did the God Tongue send out a feeling of satisfaction.
Hey, you're my God Tongue! Don't just surrender to his cooking like this! Normally, you're not even satisfied by my cooking, so why are you satisfied now? Where are the flaws? What are the flaws in his dish?
But the God Tongue did not respond to her expectations. Once it was satisfied, it clocked out for the day, just like everyone who left work the moment their shift ended.
But if there really was any flaw, there was one. Yet Erina could not criticize it, because those problems came from the ingredients, and she was the one who had brought them. Luo Yu had even resolved many of the ingredients' shortcomings.
Unable to find fault, Erina stopped dwelling on it. She picked up a napkin, wiped her mouth, then walked toward the restroom with a flushed face. She was almost unable to hold it in.
Seeing Erina's actions, the other girls also blushed. They all knew what Erina had gone to do.
Unconsciously, the girls began looking at Luo Yu resentfully again.
Even under the girls' stares, Luo Yu remained perfectly calm. He was even wondering whether the amount of computer parts he had added this time was a little off. Maybe he should control it better next time.
This man was not reflecting at all!
After Erina came out, the girls also took turns going to deal with their own problems.
After lunch, the girls began cleaning up the tableware.
As for Luo Yu, he had long since gone off to rest. Well, the person who cooked had the right to be tough! If he said he was not washing dishes, then he was not washing dishes!
The Girls' First Time
After that, the group enjoyed themselves at the resort for another two days. Erina also came by to play whenever she had time.
But all gatherings eventually came to an end. After Luo Yu called for a driver, the girls packed their luggage and set off on the journey home.
In the car on the way back, Luo Yu had originally planned to send the girls home first. However, Ritsu Tainaka suggested halfway through the trip that she wanted to visit Luo Yu's home.
Hearing that, the other girls also became interested and looked at Luo Yu expectantly. Luo Yu did not refuse. He merely told the driver to make a stop at his parents' home first.
Ritsu Tainaka was somewhat confused by this and asked, "Luo Yu, we want to see the house where you live with Mashiro. Why are we going back to Uncle and Auntie's place?"
"There are still two little ones there. I need to bring them along." Luo Yu had not forgotten that Chocolate and Vanilla were still with his mother.
Two little ones? The girls were confused, but when they asked Luo Yu, he only smiled without explaining.
The girls gave up on asking. They would find out soon enough anyway.
After a long journey, the driver brought Luo Yu and the others to the entrance of the Luo Family estate.
Luo Yu got out while holding Mashiro's hand, only to discover that the girls were still sitting in the car. He said, "What, are you planning to sit in the car and wait for me to come back? We've been in the car for so long. Aren't you getting out to breathe some fresh air?"
Hearing Luo Yu's words, the girls finally got out as well. Standing at the entrance to the Luo Family estate, aside from Tsumugi Kotobuki, who remained relatively calm, the other three girls all stared at the Luo Family home with exaggerated expressions.
"So... so huge!"
Yui Hirasawa was the first to exclaim.
Ritsu Tainaka and Mio Akiyama also stared at Luo Yu. They knew Luo Yu was the eldest young master of the Luo Family, and they knew the Luo Family was wealthy, but poverty had limited their imaginations.
The Luo Family home before them was clearly an estate! The luxury mansions they had seen on television were nowhere near as impressive as this place.
"Stop standing there in a daze. Come in."
After saying that, Luo Yu led the way ahead, and the girls unconsciously followed behind him.
Tsumugi Kotobuki moved closer to Luo Yu and asked, "Luo Yu, Uncle Luo and Auntie Luo should be home right now, shouldn't they?"
"I'm not sure about my dad, but my mom is definitely home." After thinking for a moment, Luo Yu gave the safer answer.
"We're here. Welcome to my home." Reaching the door, Luo Yu pushed it open and made a welcoming gesture toward the girls.
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