"Hey! Ryo-oniichan, where is my pudding?!"
On the way, Shirosaki Hana tightly grasped Uchiha Ryo's hem, seemingly afraid that her pudding would run away.
"Of course it's ready, but because the pudding I made is a bit big, I couldn't bring it into the school. We'll go to our place to eat it later."
The location was a gymnasium rented by the Shinomiya family. The equipment for making the pudding was just moved in last night, so Uchiha Ryo could only start working this morning and have the pudding made by noon.
"Is it true that we can eat pudding for free?! Thank you for the treat, Ryo-oniichan!"
Behind Shirosaki Hana were Hoshino Hinata and Himesaka Noa. Of course, Hana wouldn't leave her two friends behind, and anyway, Uchiha Ryo prepared more than one portion of pudding.
However, the people invited to eat pudding were not only Hana's friends. Friends from Shuchiin were also invited by Uchiha Ryo. Except for those who were busy on the weekend, almost everyone had arrived at the Shinomiya family's private pudding factory.
Fujiwara Chika, truly living up to having "flower" (Hana) in her name, showed an appetite as strong as Shirosaki Hana's! Upon hearing that Uchiha Ryo was treating them to pudding, she immediately gave up her weekend review and ran over at the first opportunity.
Not only her, but also Shirogane Miyuki, whose dark circles were getting heavier, and the haggard Ishigami Yu.
"You two don't drop dead suddenly... There has to be a limit to studying."
Shirogane Miyuki was trying to surpass Uchiha Ryo to take first place, and Ishigami Yu was trying to break into the top fifty of the grade. The two of them have really been pushing themselves hard lately.
Ishigami Yu forced a smile. "So isn't this me coming to relax? By the way, what exactly is the secret pudding Uchiha-senpai mentioned?"
Shirogane Miyuki yawned. "I haven't just been studying these past few days, I also have to think about moving..."
"Moving?" Uchiha Ryo looked over curiously.
"Yeah, my dad brought it up... Let's talk about it later. I'm also here to mooch some pudding today. Can I pack some? I want to take some back for Kei."
Walking into the gymnasium, they saw a pile of precision instruments only seen in factories in the corner, and in the very center were four plates, each holding a piece of milk pudding.
"There are only four pieces, everyone eat slowly." Uchiha Ryo curled the corner of his mouth.
And everyone except Uchiha Ryo opened their mouths wide in surprise. Shirosaki Hana almost couldn't resist pouncing on it, but fortunately Yukinoshita hurriedly pulled her back.
There were indeed only four pieces of pudding, but their size was a super giant pudding up to two meters high and wide enough to require three people to embrace!
"Then everyone try your best to finish it~" Uchiha Ryo clapped his hands, pointing at the four puddings that probably weighed over a 60 kg each.
Shirogane Miyuki complained. "There's no way we can finish it, right? We only have this many people..."
There were only three boys present. As for the girls, except for Yukinoshita, Chitanda, and Fujiwara Chika, the rest were all children.
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand, "Don't worry, it won't be wasted. We only need to eat one piece today."
Uchiha Ryo had long thought of the fate of the four puddings. Eat one now, nine people should be able to handle it. Send one to STARRY live house for Kessoku Band to deal with. Send one to Shuchiin for the principal and teachers.
Give the last piece to Takashi. Anyway, Takashi has many yokai around him, and Nyanko-sensei and Enyun-chan will also help finish it.
If they can't finish it, give it all to Kujiramie. His appetite is simply a bottomless pit...
Because the pudding's softness was very high, everyone directly took plastic cake-cutting knives and spoons to start enjoying the giant pudding.
"Ryo-oniichan, how did you make this size? Is it easy to make!"
Shirosaki Hana obviously had no resistance to this kind of giant pudding. If Yukino hadn't been holding her back, she would have even stretched her body into the pudding to eat several times.
"This... it's quite effort-consuming, but it's okay, just took half a day."
Custom-made giant pudding molds from a manufacturing factory, and idle production lines borrowed from a mayonnaise factory used to make the pudding liquid.
But the pudding itself is just a simple caramel milk pudding. The raw materials are just sugar, milk, and eggs, flavored with vanilla extract after mixing.
However, giant puddings always have one problem, which is weight! Generally speaking, with the softness of a pudding, it simply cannot bear too heavy a thing, so the bottom of the pudding will be crushed, causing the entire pudding to collapse.
Therefore, Uchiha Ryo used gelatin and agar, using agar fibers to increase the pudding's strength.
This also resulted in the hardness of the whole pudding actually getting softer and softer from bottom to top. Because the higher up, the higher the proportion of fresh cream.
But this proportion is not easy to control at all, because once the proportion is judged wrongly, the giant pudding will collapse! Therefore, Uchiha Ryo used the power of the Mangekyō to alter reality.
He forcibly realized the almost impossible-to-complete giant pudding with the ability to rewrite reality! So even if others got the recipe, they wouldn't be able to make this kind of pudding, because they would find that the last step always collapses.
Hehe... you guys probably don't know the concept of using the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan to make snacks. We generally only use a few words to describe such people: Idle Sage of the Six Paths! Or... having nothing better to do!
Back then, Uchiha Itachi could use the precision of the Mangekyō Sharingan to fry eggs. For me, Uchiha Ryo, using this power to make pudding is also not a problem!
"In other words, this pudding is my exclusive proud work! Mn mn! Truly perfect!"
"So... so amazing!"
Although Shirosaki Hana didn't know how to cook, seeing the large pile of instruments in the corner, she could also guess that this pudding was not simple.
All along, it has been Ryo-oniichan making snacks for her, and she is even staying at his house. Although her mother sends money claiming it's pocket money but is actually child support. But...
"Hinata, Noa, I want to give Onii-chan a gift, what do you think is good to give?" Hana ran to her friends and asked.
Hoshino Hinata thought seriously. "Just like I gave Mya-nee a clay model, how about Hana gives one too?"
"My handmade stuff is clumsy, let's forget it." Shirosaki Hana had a lot of self-awareness.
Himesaka Noa swung her little legs. "Giving a gift? Just give what the other person likes, isn't that fine."
"Something he likes?" Hana fell into deep thought.
Noa said jokingly. "I also saw a way of giving gifts in a manga, just saying [The gift is me] or something."
"Hey! This... I'm not a gift."
What's the point of giving myself away? Shirosaki Hana pondered deeply, then looked at the three older sisters aside. Big Sister Yukino should know, and Big Sister Eru...
Hoshino Hinata calmly said while eating pudding. "Then just ask him directly, wouldn't that be fine? Ryo-oniichan is very gentle, he will definitely tell you."
"But if he tells me, there won't be any surprise when I give him the gift, right?"
Noa showed an expression of knowing very well and said. "The important thing is not the gift! The important thing is the feeling! I also saw this sentence in a manga."
So that's how it is! Then she will go try it!
At this time, Uchiha Ryo had just ordered the staff to send away the remaining three puddings. He was just planning to hold a plate and serve a little more pudding when he saw Shirosaki Hana run over again.
"What does Onii-chan like?!"
Why ask me this suddenly? Uchiha Ryo was taken aback. Just as he was about to answer, he noticed Shirosaki Hana's serious expression!
No! This question is definitely not simple, because Hana's expression is very serious. But why ask me this suddenly. Could it be...
Associating it with the question he asked when leaving the elementary school, [If the pudding and I fell into the water, who would you save]. Could it be that Hana heard me say the pudding is my proud work. Afraid that I will immerse myself in making pudding in the future and ignore Hana?
In other words, this is an alternative way of asking [Choose between the pudding and me]! Hmph hmph! He, Uchiha Ryo, has already seen through it!
"Of course I like Hana." Uchiha Ryo answered confidently!
"Li... like!"
The phrase [The gift is me] suddenly looped in Shirosaki Hana's mind!
"No... no way! Ryo-oniichan will be taken away by the police uncle!!!"
Uchiha Ryo: "Ah???"