As he spoke, he took two pieces of beef from the freezer. He had originally intended to try cooking pork. " Quinn, I remember that the pork sold in interstellar space has a strange smell. The pork used in the ancient books I've read was from slaughtered pigs, so it doesn't have that strange smell like the pork in interstellar space."
Quinn's mind nearly went blank. " Lia, are you sure?"
Lia turned to look at him and slowly nodded. "Why don't you send someone to try?"
Orcs in the interstellar orcs also eat the flesh of ordinary animals, after all, they are half human in terms of genes, and natural selection applies. However, in recent years, for convenience, orcs only use nutrient solutions.
Another important reason is that they have absolutely no talent for cooking, and the dishes they make are... incredibly hard to swallow. But some people still like to try natural foods, such as steaming eggs whole, which tastes delicious without any other seasonings.
Quinn snapped out of his reverie and took out his notebook from his spatial storage, " Lia, I'll write this down. You go ahead and cook."
After dinner
Bai Ze brought over Spiritual Power testing device with his men, and this was the first time Bai Ze had seen Lia. His gaze was immediately drawn to the young man.
"Boss, are you keeping an angel at home?!"
A smug Quinn slowly raised his chin. "Keep your eyes to yourself, or I'll gouge them out."
Bai Ze didn't care at all and continued, "Then you'll have to gouge out the eyes of half the orcs in the interstellar space. Your sister-in-law's photo was already made public yesterday."
Lia: "?" Yesterday he was so busy that he mute his personal computer to concentrate better, and yet this major incident still happened. Quinn didn't even tell him, was he afraid of scaring him?
Quinn turned to look at Lia somewhat guiltily. "I'll explain later."
Lia knew Quinn wouldn't harm him; no wonder Quinn mentioned monitoring the flying ball. "I understand, it's alright."
Bai Ze walked up to Lia with a smile, extending his hand with a grin. "Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Bai Ze. In my beast form, I am a lion-like animal with a single horn on my head and silver-white fur."
Lia covered her mouth in surprise, "You're a divine beast! But your hair is golden!"
Bai Ze tilted his head. "Although I don't know what you mean by divine beast, my hair is dyed. My boss said I'm not allowed to be so ugly, and that I don't deserve to have white hair!"
"No way, Quinn, is that so? What about me?"
Quinn turned her face away from them, saying, "You're the prettiest... you don't need to dye it."
Seeing that his boss was about to blush with embarrassment, Bai Ze had no choice but to give him a way out, otherwise he would be exiled to a marginal planet tomorrow.
He smiled gently. "Sister-in-law, let's do a test first."
The results came out quickly.
Healing-Type Spiritual Power S+, physical constitution S+.
Quinn looked thoughtful, as expected.
Bai Ze's narrowed eyes widened instantly, his brown vertical pupils shrinking sharply as he exclaimed, "Sister-in-law, you... you're too incredible! Or were you just pretending to be weak to fool others?!"
This thrilled Bai Ze. Healing S+ level—there are probably only a handful in the entire galaxy! Some reclusive masters also have S+ level abilities, but they rarely appear in public, for fear of becoming tools of power.
But the boy in front of us has his boss protecting him, so there's no problem.
Lia: "So... right? Actually, I've been working on improving myself lately, and I might even improve further in the future. I hope you can keep this a secret for now, okay?"
He cherishes his undisturbed time, but he reckons that if he were exposed, many people, whether friend or foe, would be curious.
Lia marveled at how he could always anticipate the next ten steps before taking the first, a habit he had cultivated over the years while staying at home.
After Bai Ze left, Quinn hoisted him onto his shoulder. " Lia, I want to talk to you about something."
Lia's hands hung limply behind his back. " Quinn, now that you know about my constitution, do you stop treasuring me? How dare you carry me like this! I'm about to throw up my dinner!"
"Ah... I forgot, I'm sorry, my Lia. I was just worried you wouldn't let me hug you anymore. After all, you're so strong now, I'm scared."
The boy's shoulder-length white hair, uncut for a long time, hung loosely, revealing a purplish-black gemstone earring. He said helplessly, " Quinn, do you know that saying '[someone]' from your mouth will give people nightmares..."
Quinn complained, "Why did I have a nightmare, my Lia?"
Lia snuggled into his arms and mumbled, " Quinn, behave yourself."
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The next day, Quinn convened a meeting as soon as he got to work, as if the Cain Family incident from the previous day had never happened.
Quinn, seated at the head of the table, said, "To make a long story short, two things."