Felicia was currently wearing a kitchen scarf, preparing to make desserts.
She was beating egg whites for the cake.
With her other hand holding a bowl of melted white chocolate, she handed it to Ye Li and said, "Li~ Can you stir this for me?"
"No problem."
Ye Li took the mixer and started stirring.
The mixer made a "gurgling" sound.
The atmosphere was sweet and warm.
Afraid the stirring wouldn't be even, Ye Li wrapped the mixer with a golden light spell.
The golden light extended small tendrils from the mixer and thoroughly mixed the white chocolate.
"That's amazing~"
Ye Li amazed Felicia.
She softly exclaimed, "This ability... can it be used like this? It's so magical~"
"There are even more amazing things."
Ye Li smiled lightly, and used his vibrational power. The mixer began to shake slightly but rapidly, creating waves in the chocolate.
"How did you do that? Is this something that can be learned from that magical martial art?"
Felicia felt the vibrations from the bowl through her hand, stunned in surprise.
"Martial arts? Just think of it that way."
Seeing her cute expression, Ye Li scooped some chocolate with a small spoon and held it near her mouth, "Try this, I made it for you."
"Delicious~"
After tasting it.
Felicia laughed happily, how wonderful it was to make desserts with her beloved~
Just as Ye Li was getting playful, he suddenly received a system message—
[Walter Hardy's abduction has been prevented, Felicia Hardy's "connection" mission has been completed.]
[The "Black Cat" template has been loaded.]
[The Thief skill has been loaded.]
[The Chaoyang News Channel has been activated.]
[Chaoyang News Channel:]
[Whether it's gossip news!]
[Or cosmic events!]
[Get the latest updates as soon as possible!]
'What?'
'I've been right here?'
'I've just been making desserts with Felicia, when did I do the mission?'
Ye Li wondered, could it be that Gwen and the others completing Felicia's "connections" mission counted toward him as well?
That would be great.
While he was lost in thought.
He lost control of the mixing and made a little mess.
"Li, stop, it's about to spill."
Felicia grabbed Ye Li's hand and placed the wobbling bowl onto the kitchen island.
However, Felicia, who hadn't yet become Black Cat, was only at the level of a basketball player in terms of physique. She was focused on the melted chocolate, but wasn't careful enough, slipping and almost losing her balance.
Fortunately, her good athletic reflexes helped her quickly grab the kitchen island, preventing her from falling.
However, the melted chocolate splashed out of the bowl and spilled onto the floor.
Ye Li snapped back to reality, supporting her and saying, "Are you okay? It's my fault for getting distracted."
"I'm fine, just..."
Felicia looked regretfully at the chocolate on the floor, "Ah, so much of it spilled, what a waste."
Because her father had been arrested.
She knew that the household's financial situation would soon become tight, so she had started to learn to be frugal.
"It's fine."
Unlike Felicia.
The wealthy Ye Li didn't care about such things, "If you like desserts made with white chocolate, I'll bring you more next time."
"Never mind then."
Felicia said playfully, "Feeding me chocolate desserts every day, with all these high-calorie treats, I'll get fat~"
"Then I like it too~"
Ye Li laughed and patted her little belly, "If the little greedy girl gets fat, she'll still be a pretty little greedy girl~"
"Eh~ You're lying~"
Felicia said coquettishly, "How could I still be pretty if I get fat?"
"Looks like I can't fool you, haha~"
While teasing her, Ye Li started stirring the chocolate in the bowl again~
As for the chocolate almost turning into a paste?
That doesn't matter~
When making heart-shaped desserts, the important thing is the atmosphere, as long as both people are happy~
Like right now.
Felicia was immersed in the atmosphere, feeling giddy with happiness~
She completely forgot that her father was still being kidnapped.
However.
Ye Li didn't forget about the system's rewards and began to check the abilities the rewards provided.
After merging the Black Cat template, his physique had increased several times (To clarify: template fusion is multiplicative, not additive. "If you don't feel like thinking, just consider it OP").
There weren't any other special abilities, so this template could be mostly ignored.
And the Thief skill was still in the realm of technique, not a supernatural ability.
However, skills increase proportionally with physique.
With Ye Li's current hand speed, he could make someone lose all their equipment within seconds without them realizing.
Additionally, the Thief skill also came with an ability for photographic memory, possibly inherited from Walter.
As for the Chaoyang News Channel...
Alright.
This is just for entertainment, like a TV station, randomly broadcasting some news.
Watching the news was also a small hobby of Ye Li's.
So, he tried opening the Chaoyang channel, and the system immediately played a few news stories for him—