Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Xiao Bailu remained silent. She didn’t open the door.

Huo Tingzun: ”The hotel fast food is terrible, go out and get some other dishes.”

Xiao Bailu remained silent. She didn’t open the door.

Huo Tingzun took a deep breath: ”If you don’t open the door, I will assume you are resigning, Secretary Xiao.”

Xiao Bailu popped up from the bed within a second, angrily pulled open the door: ”So annoying, I finally counted to one hundred thousand and one sheep, can’t you go buy what you want to eat yourself?”

Huo Tingzun’s lip twitched as he looked at the little woman in pajamas with messy hair: ”... Are all women so sloppy at home? Are you really Secretary Xiao?”

Xiao Bailu ruffled her hair and stomped in speechless frustration: ”Just say what you want to eat, can’t you stop saying things that make people want to strangle you? Annoying, this crime-inducing guy.”

Really want to beat him to death.

Huo Tingzun’s eyelid twitched continuously: ”...”

Her pajamas only had one button fastened.

Clearly, she’s the one inciting crime, okay?

Who knows how much willpower he used to talk to her calmly?

Huo Tingzun wanted to eat steak.

Xiao Bailu went out to coordinate with the hotel front desk.

The receptionist looked apologetic: ”I’m really sorry, Secretary Xiao, I know you all are guests with certain living standards, but everything in Qingcheng is under official dispatch now, and our hotel’s food has all been handed over. Every day, the kitchen gets ingredients from the dispatch center to prepare meals. The kitchen... currently doesn’t have high-end ingredients like steak.”

No wonder the hotel meals are just plain carrot stew and vegetable soup; a six-star hotel shouldn’t be at this level. Turns out they’re out of ingredients.

Xiao Bailu was helpless: ”Alright, I understand. Just tell me, where can I buy M5 Wagyu, sea cucumbers, morel mushrooms and the like?”

The receptionist girl smiled wryly: ”I’m afraid the whole city can’t find such precious ingredients now. You probably don’t know, but instant noodles outside are selling for 50 bucks a box, pork is 100 bucks for half a pound, cabbage is 80 bucks a head...”

Xiao Bailu: ”...”

Quickly calculating how much that big box of instant noodles she hoarded yesterday has risen in value.

Wearing a mask, Xiao Bailu went out for a walk, all supermarkets were closed.

No vendors selling vegetables or meat at the market.

She returned to the presidential suite empty-handed.

Sitting on the sofa and looking at documents, Huo Tingzun: ”Where’s the meat?”

Xiao Bailu couldn’t help but roll her eyes: ”There isn’t any! If you want some, go slice a piece yourself!”

Huo Tingzun: ”...”

What crazy talk is this woman spouting again?

Did the bath water from last night go to her head?

Xiao Bailu took a tour around the presidential suite and surprisingly found that the kitchen was quite well-equipped, with an array of knives, pans, and all kinds of seasonings.

It must be prepared especially for picky guests, especially those who bring their own chefs while traveling.

She rolled up her sleeves, tied on an apron, and started to bustle around while humming.

With three years’ experience taking care of her daughter Little Pearl, even though she was once a pampered princess who didn’t do chores, she has now become a capable spicy mom both at home and in the kitchen.

To raise the picky-eater daughter, she really endured many hardships to get to where she is today.

And all of this unexpectedly turned into her indispensable skill point in times when everyone is locked in rooms and can’t order takeout or dine out.

Half an hour later.

The aroma wafting from the kitchen made Huo Tingzun restless.

He couldn’t read a single word in the documents anymore.

Lapping back and forth in the living room.

Finally, he couldn’t resist, pacing to the kitchen door: ”What are you doing?”