Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1010 - 493: What a Coincidence

12:37 PM. Zhao Cheng'an, who had made snacks to the point of feeling like a walking zombie, sat by the window on the second floor with a drained expression, listlessly shoveling rice into his mouth with painfully slow chewing motions.

In stark contrast to him was Ouyang, sitting across from him, shoveling food into his mouth with such gusto it seemed like he wanted to bury his head in the plate.

"Qin Huai, why is the preserved pork in your cafeteria so salty?" Zhao Cheng'an complained with a mournful face. After a hard morning, this lunch felt like the sky was falling for Zhao Cheng'an.

"I told you the preserved pork was salty, but you didn't believe me." Qin Huai ate calmly, "Our cafeteria's lunch and dinner are just like a typical community cafeteria, plain home-cooked meals; otherwise, why do you think Luo Jun, Sister Hong, and the others never eat main courses at the cafeteria and only have snacks?"

Zhao Cheng'an wasn't so sad at first, but after hearing what Qin Huai said, he felt surrounded by sorrow.

The spirits in the [Loving Family] group used to eat their own meals every day.

Chen Huihong can't cook, so she either takes Huihui to her brother's house for food or goes out to eat.

Luo Jun nests at home and rarely goes out, with Zhang Shumei in charge of his three meals a day. By the way, as a top-notch nanny, Zhang Shumei's cooking skills are actually quite good.

Qu Jing mostly eats at the hospital cafeteria, occasionally making a pot of rice cake soup at home.

Shi Dadan, however, is fond of eating at Yunzhong Restaurant. When in Shan City, he spends most of his day at Yunzhong Restaurant, but mainly eating snacks. If he had a choice, Shi Dadan wouldn't choose Yunzhong Restaurant's boxed meals either.

That was in the past, but now that Cheng Gong has arrived. Cheng Gong mentioned wanting to try the local specialties in Shan City, so Chen Huihong snagged a bunch of restaurant membership cards from her brother's house, declaring she would cover Cheng Gong's meals for the week, and everyone should come join in to order better dishes.

Even Luo Jun, who hadn't left home for ages, was wheeled out by Chen Huihong. From the photos she posted in the group, you could tell they were eating well.

Zhao Cheng'an glanced at the group photos, then at his own plate, and could only silently sip a bit of Xiao Ou Handmade Lemon Tea to comfort his heart and keep the tears from falling.

Why? Why are they all spirits, all visiting Shan City for the first time? Cheng Gong comes just to eat, drink, and vacation everywhere, while he's here to work himself to exhaustion in a place even further away.

Thinking about the terrifying morning customer flow at Yunzhong Restaurant and the extended morning rush hour, Zhao Cheng'an felt like crying even more.

Qin Huai, you liar, Yunzhong Restaurant's business isn't just slightly better than Zhiwei Restaurant's!

Your customers at Yunzhong Restaurant have huge appetites; everyone buys a lot. How did Zheng Siyuan endure the past few months?

Thinking of this, Zhao Cheng'an looked across at Zheng Siyuan with a newfound respect. He had only heard of this person but never met him before, feeling a bit defiant inside. Why did everyone say Zheng Siyuan was more talented and capable than him when he was clearly the top pastry genius at Zhiwei Restaurant?

But now...

He admits it, completely admits it.

Zhao Cheng'an declares that Zheng Siyuan is indeed better than him. A true testament to his impressive work ability and ability to endure hardships, no doubt about it, amazing!

Zheng Siyuan also noticed Zhao Cheng'an's gaze. With his personality, of course, he wouldn't bother to ask or care. After working together all morning, Zheng Siyuan had already seen Zhao Cheng'an's true nature—

Lazy as Tan Wei'an, a rare breed in Zhiwei Restaurant.

Poor Master Zhou, so skilled as a teacher, yet bearing the label of turning a genius apprentice into a mediocre one.

Qin Huai noticed Zhao Cheng'an and Zheng Siyuan's actions and expressions. He usually delves deeper for some reading comprehension, but now he was too exhausted.

So tired.

This morning's customer flow had worn Qin Huai out.

Although he had help from Zhao Cheng'an and Zheng Siyuan, and Ouyang stayed to help until after 10:00, more than 95% of the customers came for Qin Huai. He knew he had been away too long, and with the mindset of giving back as much as he could, he worked intensely all morning.

Originally, Qin Huai wanted to make some dumplings in the afternoon to calm down, but now he didn't even feel like making them. He just wanted to lie at home and listen to some gossip to calm his mind. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"Zheng Siyuan, are you making snacks this afternoon?" Qin Huai asked.

Upon hearing this, both Zheng Siyuan and Zhao Cheng'an immediately looked up at him. Zheng Siyuan's eyes were inquisitive, while Zhao Cheng'an's eyes sparkled, with the word 'break' written in his left eye and 'leave' in his right, and two characters and an exclamation mark engraved on his forehead—

Yay!

Little Master Qin, who has always been diligent and dedicated, certainly couldn't say he had been too leisurely at Zhiwei Restaurant for too long and wasn't adapting to Yunzhong Restaurant's high-intensity work and needed a break, so he said with a composed face, "Mr. Luo hasn't been in a great mood lately, Sister Hong asked me to spend more time with him chatting, when I went to his house yesterday afternoon it worked well, and Sister Hong asked me to go this afternoon too."

Zhao Cheng'an immediately understood, this was an invitation to go eat fruit at Luo Jun's house and have a gossip session!

"Yes, yes, I went yesterday afternoon too. Qin Huai said Mr. Luo likes flaky pastries. I didn't have the conditions or time to make them yesterday afternoon, so I'll go today to make some for Mr. Luo." Zhao Cheng'an quickly chimed in.