Why Did You Provoke Her? She Becomes the Ghost Queen After Death - chapter 68

Inside Classroom 102.

Xiang Hui and Lü Le were literally holding Su Xiaoxiao’s hands as they taught her how to cook.

They had a strict training plan laid out for today.

At the same time, based on what the viewers had told her, Xiang Hui now knew that Yan Jie had a way to keep the Ghost Judges from favoring Su Xiaoxiao. That put Xiang Hui completely on edge.

She absolutely could not let Xiaoxiao lose.

So, full of fighting spirit, she dragged Su Xiaoxiao straight into training.

However-

Every time Su Xiaoxiao cooked, the dish would start out fine… and then, partway through, it would inexplicably turn black.

This left Xiang Hui and Lü Le utterly baffled.

When they cooked alone, or when the two of them worked together, everything came out perfectly.

But why was it that the moment Xiaoxiao took charge in the kitchen, the dish would start off looking normal, and then somehow end up pitch-black?

It wasn’t like they were adding food coloring.

“Hiss… what on earth is going on here?” Xiang Hui stared at the plate of inky-black lotus root slices in front of her, completely at a loss.

Next to her, Lü Le was also frowning at the blackened lotus root, deep in thought.

At what step were things going wrong?

The plate on the table-the freshly cooked, black-as-charcoal lotus root slices-was what Su Xiaoxiao had just made. At a glance, it looked like someone had dumped black dye into the wok.

The presentation was downright creepy.

Looking at the pitch-black lotus root slices, Xiang Hui and Lü Le didn’t dare take a bite, because not long ago, the two of them had actually eaten some of the other black “dishes” Su Xiaoxiao made.

They’d tried to convince themselves that maybe the food only looked wrong, and would actually taste okay.

They would’ve been better off not eating it.

The moment they took a bite, they’d practically been sent off to meet their great-great-grandmothers.

The black food hadn’t just looked wrong-the taste had been even more wrong.

Thankfully, the Fat Ghost Chef had been there to save them.

So now, with that lingering trauma still fresh in their minds, they didn’t dare “just have a taste” of the dark lotus root in front of them.

After all, “just a taste” might be their last.

By the time the whole morning had passed, Su Xiaoxiao’s cooking was still the same as ever. No progress at all.

This had the viewers in the Live Stream Room freaking out.

“What do we do?! At this rate, Xiaoxiao’s gonna lose to that piece of trash!”

“Is Xiaoxiao a child cursed by the God of Cookery? God of Cookery, don’t be like this! I’m begging you, have some mercy!”

“This is insane, guys. How does her cooking just… turn black halfway through? What’s causing it?!”

“What are you all worrying about? Won’t those Ghost Judges be biased toward our Xiaoxiao baby? All the ghosts are mysteriously nice to her.”

“Bro, you think Yan Jie is stupid? She’s got a way to stop the Ghost Judges from favoring Xiaoxiao baby!”

“That dog Yan Jie is going to bribe the Ghost Judges with Horror Coins and even use a Vengeful Ghost’s item to threaten them. Vengeful Ghosts are top-tier nightmare fuel! This time, the Ghost Judges probably won’t dare favor Xiaoxiao. At best, they’ll score her fairly.”

Vengeful Ghosts weren’t some common riffraff. The viewers didn’t think that no matter how special Su Xiaoxiao was, she could override the terror a Vengeful Ghost inspired. Everyone was worried about her.

At that moment, Xiang Hui looked at Su Xiaoxiao and said seriously:

“Xiaoxiao! I’ve thought of a good idea!”

Su Xiaoxiao lifted her eyes to look at Xiang Hui.

Xiang Hui explained, “Xiaoxiao, we don’t know why your dishes start turning black halfway through, but we can flip our thinking!”

Off to the side, Lü Le instantly caught on to what Xiang Hui meant.

“Exactly! Who says food can’t be black? Chocolate’s black, isn’t it? As long as it tastes good, who cares about the color!”

With that, Xiang Hui and Lü Le continued Su Xiaoxiao’s cooking training with a new approach.

In the end, since Su Xiaoxiao picked up egg fried rice the quickest and was the most proficient at it,

Xiang Hui and Lü Le decided to have her focus on practicing egg fried rice over and over.

Other people’s egg fried rice came out a lovely golden yellow.
What Su Xiaoxiao had to do was make her egg fried rice turn glossy black, not a charred, ashy black.

Su Xiaoxiao never once complained about being tired.

Her little face was serious as she put her all into every single batch of egg fried rice.

As time slowly ticked by…

Everyone else had already finished and left. None of them thought much of this little girl Su Xiaoxiao; in their eyes, she was doomed to lose.

Right now, only Su Xiaoxiao, Xiang Hui, Lü Le, and the Fat Ghost Chef were still in Classroom 102.

After who knew how many failed attempts…

Heaven rewards those who persevere.

At last, a batch of egg fried rice came out of the wok that was no longer a dull, burnt black, but a glossy, appetizing black!

The moment this decent-looking Black Egg Fried Rice was plated…

The Fat Ghost Chef, who had been watching from the side, instantly widened his eyes, drool practically pouring out of his mouth.

The Fierce Ghosts secretly guarding Su Xiaoxiao were even more on edge, itching to reveal themselves right then and there just to shovel it into their mouths.

Because in this batch of egg fried rice, they could see far more black energy than before.

And the quality of the black energy this time was much higher than any previous batch.

A massive tonic.

If they ate this, it would be even more effective than devouring a living person’s Spiritual Soul.

Xiang Hui had no idea that this batch of egg fried rice from Su Xiaoxiao had several ghosts drooling with greed.

She just felt distressed as she wiped the sweat from Su Xiaoxiao’s forehead.

Because this time, the egg fried rice actually looked pretty good.

The viewers in Su Xiaoxiao’s Live Stream Room all breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Any change at all was the best kind of progress.

Xiang Hui and Lü Le stared at the Black Egg Fried Rice in front of them.

They decided to take a risk and see how it tasted.

After all, this batch of egg fried rice represented an entire day of Su Xiaoxiao’s hard work.

Just as Xiang Hui and Lü Le picked up their spoons, ready to scoop up a bite and try it…

The Fat Ghost Chef, seeing this, was so startled that he rushed over and snatched the spoons right out of their hands.

The little ancestor’s egg fried rice this time was way more formidable than the earlier ones!

Living people absolutely could not eat it.

If they did, they’d die. The kind of dead that no one could save.

Xiang Hui and Lü Le stared wide‑eyed at the Fat Ghost Chef, completely baffled.

The Fat Ghost Chef looked at the two of them and explained, “A ghost’s sense of taste is different from that of the living. It’s better if I’m the one to try it.”

Xiang Hui and Lü Le remembered that the judges on the third day were all ghosts as well, so having the Fat Ghost Chef taste it really was more appropriate.

The Fierce Ghosts secretly protecting Su Xiaoxiao saw that the Fat Ghost Chef was about to enjoy this delicacy, and it made them feel like ants were crawling all over their hearts.

Under several pairs of burning gazes, the Fat Ghost Chef forced himself to suppress his excitement and managed to eat one spoonful of the Black Egg Fried Rice.

Once the Black Egg Fried Rice entered his stomach, the Fat Ghost Chef felt a dense surge of black energy explode violently in his gut.

In that instant, he very much wanted to scarf down all the egg fried rice in front of him, but he knew…

If he did that, he wouldn’t live to see tomorrow’s sun.

Just then, the voices of several Old Ghosts sounded by his ear.

After listening, the Fat Ghost Chef turned to Su Xiaoxiao, Xiang Hui, and Lü Le and said:

“Uh, let me ask something: you’re live right now, aren’t you?”

Xiang Hui nodded.

The Fat Ghost Chef then handed them Horror Coins and had Su Xiaoxiao and the others spend Horror Coins to temporarily shut down the stream.

For live streams, each Horror player could spend fifty thousand Horror Coins to manually turn off their stream for five minutes.

The cooldown was twelve hours.

Because the cost was high and the blackout time was short, basically no one ever bothered to shut down their live stream on purpose.

After Su Xiaoxiao and the others went offline…

The viewers had no idea what happened during those five minutes of blackout.

When the stream finally came back on…

All they saw were bright smiles on the faces of Xiang Hui and Lü Le.

The viewers were instantly curious.

What on earth had happened in those five minutes?