Chapter 85
Time kept flowing.
Jia Fuhai spent every day with his wife, honing his talents and maintaining his health. The bellies of the two women began to swell slightly as well.
On this particular day, Jia Fuhai stared at his talents in amazement. It had taken some time, but he finally unlocked something extraordinary.
This was the first time he'd ever seen such a talent.
Intelligence (Black): Intelligence increases with age.
A growth talent? No, it had other effects.
Advanced Mental Arithmetic (Purple): As long as sugar is consumed to fuel the brain, calculations can be done faster than a computer.
Advanced Painting (Purple): Could it be microscopic painting?
Advanced Scholar (Purple): A scholar of unparalleled skill.
Advanced Language (Blue): exceptional linguistic talent.
At first glance, these talents seemed ordinary, not too different from his previous abilities. But when he chose intelligence (black) first, the rest of the talents upgraded themselves.
The Way of Calculation (Gold): Calculations are precise and fast.
The Way of Painting (Gold): The ability to create masterpieces with just a stroke.
The Way of Learning (Gold): Blessed by the star of knowledge itself.
Advanced Language (Purple): An even higher level of linguistic skill.
Jia Fuhai almost burst out laughing, biting his lip to stay silent so as not to wake the others.
The choice was obvious.
He had to pick intelligence (black), followed by the way of calculation and the way of learning. The other talents couldn't compare. These gold talents would easily cover the rest, as learning would allow him to acquire painting and language skills, and calculations would enhance his learning abilities.
This was a huge gain!
With excitement, Jia Fuhai confirmed his talent choices.
The third child's talents were now intelligence (black), calculation, and learning—exactly what he had chosen for himself. Intelligence (Black) was a terrifying talent. Not only did it increase intelligence over time, but its special effects were already overwhelmingly powerful!
The real kicker was how it amplified all the other talents. What could be better?
He confirmed his choices three times in a row, making sure everything was locked in.
The moment he activated his new talents, his mind felt sharper. His brain buzzed with activity, as though he'd stepped into a whole new world.
Things that had once been unclear to him were now crystal clear. This came with both advantages and disadvantages.
The good part? He could think through everything with ease, and his calculation and learning abilities had skyrocketed.
The downside? Overthinking.
Why did he keep remembering how the brain is stored in the first chapter of that novel?
Obviously, it was to eliminate worries and experience the joys of a carefree mind!
Originally, his plan had been simple: take care of his wife first, then his child. This had been his lifelong pursuit.
Planning out your life while young—wasn't that a good thing?
As long as it didn't concern the safety of his family, why stress? He didn't need to save the world.
Why not store away all unnecessary thoughts and become a happy, carefree person instead?
And wasn't his third child now essentially his "brain" for him?
As Jia Fuhai looked at the system interface, he found an even bigger surprise.
Name: Jia Fuhai
Age: 21
Talents:
Advanced Cooking (Purple): 10% to 50% Skills (Gold): 10% to 50% Wisdom (Black): 20% (Amplifies other talents)
This was incredible!
Choosing to forego Hyper Memory earlier had been the right decision. With Wisdom (Black), his memory was already more than good enough.
He also began to understand the synergy between his talents.
For example:
Intelligence × Cooking (Purple) = an incredible ability to cook. In simple terms, intelligence multiplied the skill level exponentially.
Of course, you still needed to learn the basics of cooking to maximize the talent, but the potential was mind-blowing.
The higher his intelligence, the greater the original bonus applied to his abilities. This was why his cooking had improved so rapidly after he had only just started learning it.
No wonder his food tasted so good!
As Jia Fuhai lay on the sweat-soaked quilt, he realized something. His newfound cooking skills weren't from practice—they were purely talent-driven. It would be strange if the food didn't taste amazing.
With these talents, he didn't need his son to teach him anymore. Soon, he could train others and know the result without effort.
He estimated that his cake-making skills would soon reach the top tier.
Once that happened, all he had to do was teach his employees how to make five-star cakes. The cake factory would run itself, and he wouldn't need to worry about it anymore.
But what about his family? To reduce his workload, Jia Fuhai began to ponder.
He glanced at the three women beside him...
No, he had to handle what needed handling. He couldn't mistreat such good women, especially not the one he truly loved.
The next day.
"I get it!" Jia Fuhai shouted excitedly to the three women.
The three girls blinked at him in confusion.
"You know what books Qiyi reads, right?" Jia Fuhai said mysteriously.
Lin Feifei guessed, "Cooking?"
Zhen Linqi tried, "Chemistry?"
Zhen Lina hesitated, "Comics?"
"Well, cooking is a form of chemistry, right? That's what Qiyi told me," Jia Fuhai answered with a grin, pulling that explanation from thin air but, somehow, being correct.
Jia Qiyi had once read a comic called Master Chef Xiao Da Jia where the dishes in the comic literally glowed.
He'd been fascinated and wanted to try making glowing food himself. But being so young, his parents only allowed him to play with dough for now.
Unable to cook real dishes, he turned to books. Thanks to his incredible memory, he began reading everything.
When he found his mother's chemistry book, it opened up a new world to him.
Everything suddenly clicked. Cooking was just chemistry with ingredients!