How could he not have noticed?

No, you can't say he didn't notice. Qin Huai felt he had the impression that someone was walking around in the kitchen, but at that time he just didn't care. At that moment, all he had in his mind was chopping carrots.

What happened during those 6 hours?

The game system gave him a cheat, letting him enter a state of flash insight.

Does the game system even have such a cheat?

Qin Huai was still in a daze when a "Duang" sound came from outside the kitchen.

Zhang Chu was so engrossed in his sleep that when he let go, the phone dropped to the ground and collided fiercely with the wooden floor, and he himself fell forward, hitting his head on the kitchen door.

"Ouch." Zhang Chu let out a howl.

Qin Huai quickly opened the door to check the situation.

Cao Guixiang also woke up.

Even Cao Guixiang didn't expect that one day she would fall asleep watching someone cut carrots in the kitchen. She was a bit bewildered the first second she woke up, but after hearing the commotion outside, she quickly took action to go out and check the situation.

With just one look, Cao Guixiang guessed what had happened and looked at Zhang Chu with a face full of helplessness.

Her face expressed "if you're sleepy, just go back to your room to sleep. Don't be useless outside and make things worse."

Zhang Chu, clutching his head, looked at his wife full of remorse.

Qin Huai squatted on the ground to check the injury on Zhang Chu's forehead. It wasn't very serious, just a bump from the kitchen door causing a slight redness and swelling. If unlucky, it might swell into a small bump, but it wasn't a big problem.

"Master Cao, this is my fault. It's almost 3 AM now. I don't even know what happened to me today, chopping carrots till this hour." Qin Huai apologized first, "Causing you and Grandpa Zhang to wait for me to chop carrots and fall asleep. Otherwise, Grandpa Zhang wouldn't have been drowsy outside and hit the door."

Zhang Chu waved his hands repeatedly: "It's my fault, my fault."

"It has nothing to do with you Xiao Qin. Your Grandpa Zhang and I were willing to wait by the side. It's already 3 AM, your hands must be sore. When you wash up later, soak your wrists in hot water for five minutes, or else they will feel uncomfortable tomorrow."

"It's so late, quickly go take a shower. Your Grandpa Zhang and I are not in a hurry. We old folks sleep less. Your Grandpa Zhang often wakes up at 3 AM and can't fall back asleep, playing on his phone at night. This is exactly the time when he's wide awake, right Old Zhang?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Chu nodded repeatedly for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Qin Huai: ...

He felt a bit sorry for Zhang Chu. How about this, if there's leftover chicken soup tomorrow, I'll make Zhang Chu a special bowl of chicken soup noodles to nourish him.

It was indeed very late, so Qin Huai didn't dawdle and took his pajamas to the bathroom to shower.

Zhang Chu, clutching his head, puzzledly asked his wife: "Did Xiao Qin just have a sudden insight? When I was learning carpentry with my master, I'd also occasionally experience this state, but not as exaggerated as Xiao Qin's. Mainly because our carpentry is a laborious task, working nonstop for 6 hours is really exhausting."

"But doesn't this usually happen when one's skills are already quite good? Is Xiao Qin's knife skill... up to par?"

Cao Guixiang shook her head: "Still far off, but this time calling him back was indeed the right move."

"He might have to stay a couple more days, to finish learning the next stage of knife skills before going back."

"Tomorrow, buy more carrots. No, don't buy carrots. Buy yams, it's just the right time to practice thickening."

"Alright." Zhang Chu nodded.

On the other side, as Qin Huai took his pajamas and walked into the bathroom, he was still savoring the feeling he had while chopping carrots earlier. The unprecedented level of complete focus, unprecedented efficiency, and unprecedented sensation.

That state of self-forgetfulness, after experiencing it and carefully savoring it again, was truly wonderful.

Qin Huai closed the bathroom door.

Since I'm in the bathroom, might as well open the game panel and take a look, Qin Huai felt his knife skills should have leveled up.

Player Surname: Qin Huai

Unlocked artbook: 7/12

Skills:

Yeast (Advanced level): Your fermentation skills have outdone 96% of the snack masters nationwide. (41009/100000)

Filling (Master Level): Your filling technique has outdone 98% of the excellent snack masters nationwide. (59637/1000000)

Finger Skill (Intermediate): You've finally started styling your pastries. (9337/10000)

Oil case (Intermediate): Your fried dough sticks are not bad. (2171/10000)

Knife Skills (Intermediate): Still need to work hard. (99/10000)

Fire Control (Intermediate): Still need to work hard. (9511/10000)

Food Tasting (Advanced level): Alright, you're quite good at eating. (Cannot be upgraded)

Management (Intermediate): You can run a business quite well, you won't make a loss. (1999/10000)

Lie (Master Level): Seeing people say human words, seeing ghosts say ghost words is all you! (496137/1000000)

As expected, Knife Skills, have leveled up.

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