"What are you doing here?" asked Riki, staring at Sandra with obvious displeasure. Even so, Sandra just chuckled softly.
"Oh my goodness, Riki...Why are you looking at me like that? I’m just—"
"If you need to be reminded again, I still hold your secret. And you also need to know that I don’t like my life being disturbed by you," said Riki.
Sandra swallowed hard, feeling nervous at that moment. However, she still dared to smile at Riki.
"Come on, Riki, I’m just here to share some food. I remember you really like shrimp, right? My friend’s husband caught a lot of big shrimp, and when they gave some to me, I immediately thought of you, Riki... I think of you as my own child," said Sandra.
Riki grinned, "Like your own child, huh? that’s very funny. You can put the shrimp there, and then go home."
Sandra was very annoyed because it seemed that Riki couldn’t be manipulated like his parents. In fact, after Sandra approached Riki’s parents with a pleading look on her face, they were immediately fooled. But why was Riki so difficult?
Even so, Sandra was sure that sooner or later, Riki would trust her again if she kept approaching him.
Sandra smiled broadly, making Riki feel very disgusted.
There was no need to use detection skills to see Sandra’s sincerity, because there had never been any from the start.
"Alright, Riki, Auntie will leave now. Make sure to cook those shrimp, okay? Auntie is sure you will be very happy. Cough cough—sorry, Auntie’s health has been bad lately. Auntie will go home now, Riki." Sandra, with her fake smile, finally left.
Riki stared at the large shrimp that had been put into the transparent box.
Since when did Riki really like shrimp? Riki liked all foods equally, so of course Riki also liked shrimp, fish, beef, lobster...
Riki didn’t know why, but his mood turned sour just because he met Sandra.
However, Riki was quite satisfied to see that woman slowly being consumed by illness.
The door suddenly opened in front of Riki, and Liz came out carrying a glass of drink.
"Auntie—oh, where is that woman? She said she was looking for you, Riki... so I made her a drink," said Liz, confused.
Riki smiled slightly, then took the drink from Liz’s hand.
It was sweet orange juice, without added sugar. Liz had brought a large plastic bag of sweet oranges that morning.
Liz just stood silently watching Riki finish the entire glass. Even when he drank, he looked handsome.
"This is very sweet, but not too sweet, I like it," said Riki after finishing the glass.
Liz took the glass back, smiled broadly, then replied, "Of course, because all the oranges are souvenirs from my distant relatives who came last night. They have a large orange grove in a village quite far away. They also have apple orchards, vineyards and..."
Suddenly Liz became very nervous because Riki was staring at her, right into her eyes.
"Is there something wrong with my face?" asked Liz.
Riki shook his head slowly, "No, it’s just that you are so beautiful, so I didn’t realize I was staring at you like that. Oh, by the way, can you take these shrimp and give them to the cats on the beach?" asked Riki.
Liz took the package of shrimp and looked at it in surprise.
"But these are good shrimp, Riki... judging from the packaging, it looks like they’re from the supermarket nearby, which usually supplies seafood," said Liz.
Riki smiled, "Cats will be happy if they get good quality food, right? Because I don’t want to eat that."
Liz just nodded silently. Indeed, there were several stray cats on the beach earlier. The stray cats weren’t bothering anyone; they were just playing around the beach. Many of the local residents also brought food for them.
However, Liz also knew that the shrimp had been brought by the woman earlier.
"Okay, I’ll give this to the cats," said Liz.
Riki nodded, "Okay, I’ll cook in a minute."
Liz smiled broadly, "You’re going to cook? I’ll be right behind you in the kitchen!"
After that, Liz immediately ran to look for cats.
Meanwhile, Riki entered the mansion and saw Evan, Kaivan, Zeno, and Angeline playing cards. Around them were lots of snacks and glasses filled with sweet orange juice.
"Oh, you’re here, boss? What did you bring?" Evan greeted him, immediately becoming excited when he saw Riki walking towards them.
"Are you going to cook something?" asked Kaivan, sounding even more excited than Evan.
Riki nodded, then showed them his groceries. "I’m going to make nabe. Do you guys know what nabe is?" asked Riki.
"Is that Japanese food?" asked Angeline.
"Yup! Nabe kinda like hot pot, so I’m going to make nabe today. But since my enthusiasm has suddenly waned, how about you guys help me cook?" asked Riki.
They all fell silent, because Riki’s unenthusiastic aura was so strong. It made them feel bad about refusing.
"Riki, I have a great suggestion!" Zeno raised his hand high, he was the only one who was not affected by Riki’s bad mood.
"What suggestion?" asked Riki.
"Let’s cook outside! It’ll be really fun, like camping. We’ll do it in the back so we can look at the beach too. And the beach here has a really beautiful sunset view," said Zeno.
Riki didn’t know that the beach behind the mansion had a sunset view too. Riki nodded in agreement.
Finally, Evan, Kaivan, and Zeno prepared the equipment for outdoor cooking. More precisely, in front of the empty swimming pool.
That afternoon, they spent their time cooking various dishes.
Riki was very happy when it turned out that Kaivan and Zeno were good at cooking, so he didn’t have to do much work, just telling them what to do. Thɪs chapter is updated by novｅlfire.net
How happy it was to be a powerful host.
Riki just sat on a beach chair, drinking orange juice, accompanied by the beautiful Liz, who chattered about social media while waiting for the others to cook. Even Angeline was so eager to help with the cooking, even though Kaivan scolded her a lot. Because Angeline was very clumsy and easily broke things.
Meanwhile, Kaivan forbade Liz from helping at all, because according to him, Liz was much worse than the clumsy Angeline.
Riki didn’t know how bad Liz was, if Angeline alone looked so terrible when helping with the cooking.
"Since you suddenly went viral, do you want to pursue a career as a singer, Liz?" asked Riki, after Liz finished telling him about the large number of viewers on her video and the many positive comments she received.
Liz was silent upon hearing this, "I don’t know... I don’t think I’m good enough for that, Riki."
Riki turned to Liz, staring intently at her, making her very nervous.
"You have enough talent, and you also have a star aura that you don’t realize," said Riki. He used his detection skill on Liz, also to test his skill in detecting a person’s talent.
It turned out that Liz had a lot of talent, just as she had said before. Her talent couldn’t be said to be excellent. If the value of a talent was rated from one to ten, then most of Liz’s talents were rated at six or seven. Only her singing talent and star quality were rated at ten and nine.
Liz laughed awkwardly, "Hahaha, you’re just joking, right, Riki? How could I possibly have star quality?"
Riki leaned back in the beach chair he was sitting on, staring into the distance with a slight smile.
"It’s okay if you don’t believe me, but I might be able to help you if you want to get serious about it—I mean singing. Because Hayper Entertainment is going to debut a girl group soon. You know that, right? If we have to seize every opportunity, no matter how small the chance of success is."
For some reason, Riki’s words made Liz feel excited for no reason. But on the other hand, she still didn’t believe in her abilities.
"No, you’re right, I can’t be crybaby. I want to try in this field, Riki!" Liz said suddenly.
"What are you guys talking about?" asked Angeline, who suddenly arrived carrying a small plate of chicken satay made by Evan and Zeno.
Riki looked up at Angeline, accidentally using his detection skill on her.
[Angeline is in good health, no illnesses at this time]
[Angeline has a good heart]
[Level 10 talent for star quality, level 9 talent for luck, level 8 talent for modeling, level 7 talent for design, level 6 talent for singing, level 8 talent for dancing]
Riki was quite surprised to see that, especially the talent for luck.
So, talent for luck exists?
[Of course it does, master. You know the saying that luck beats talent?]
Even so, a Level 9 Luck Talent? Isn’t that considered overpowered?
If Riki were to debut both of them in a girl group, their success rate would definitely be very high.
"Angeline, do you want to audition for Hayper Entertainment too, like Liz?" asked Riki.
Angeline was confused, looking at Liz and Riki confused.
"Audition?"