The Cheat Emperor of the Culinary World

But because of the topic Fu Yu brought up, it sparked a lively discussion among the classmates in the group chat.

Everyone started with feelings of wonder about how Fu Yu managed to become so awesome even though they all graduated together.

As the chat went on, they all began to complain about their current jobs and colleagues.

Someone brought up Fu Yu again, asking if he could help introduce them to work at Qianlima.

At first, Fu Yu patiently replied, explaining that Qianlima’s kitchen had just hired a few newcomers and didn’t need more people for now.

Later, he noticed that the most active few people started sarcastically saying how he thought he was now too good for his old classmates, acting superior, bragging, and making a bunch of comments to stir things up.

Fu Yu read a couple of messages and simply muted the group chat, ignoring these people.

Those who were making snide comments were surely the ones not doing well themselves, envious and jealous of others’ success.

After all, back in school, Fu Yu was known for his diligence and hard work.

He came from a small county, had no connections, and relied on the school to help him find an internship post-graduation.

When he was assigned to Qianlima, many people already felt unbalanced.

Now seeing Fu Yu doing better and better, they were even more disgruntled.

They felt they had lost right at the starting line.

If the internship spot at Qianlima had been theirs, they believed they too could have successfully secured a stable and high-paying job like Fu Yu.

But how could they not realize that there’s no such thing as truly getting something for nothing in this world?

Whose success hasn’t been earned through hard work and effort?

In this broad world, you’ll find all kinds of people.

He’s not a saint and can’t expect everyone to do things his way.

After muting the group chat, Fu Yu logged out and called home.

Seeing Fu Yu stop talking in the group chat, the once lively class group went silent.

Most of the classmates went quiet.

It was supposed to be a joyful thing, reconnecting after more than a year without contact, but because of a few mood-killers, the atmosphere died down.

Many scoffed at this, let out a cold laugh, exited the chat, and went on with their own business.

Those who were the most active couldn’t help but complain, ”Really showing off now? What’s so great about going full-time? We haven’t found our footing because we haven’t found the right opportunity. Who’s he looking down on? Already putting on airs!”

”Exactly, we’re all just joking around, living in different places. Who would actually go back to Qianlima to apply? How amusing!”

Someone responded with a ”bull flicks tail” emoji.

At this point, Li Linfeng couldn’t help but send a message divider to halt the conversation.

Then he sent a message: ”What’s the point of this? We’re having a good chat, what are you doing here? Did Fu Yu provoke you? Is this how you talk?”

After saying this, he didn’t wait for any replies and muted the group chat.

Li Linfeng had unintentionally seen the news on the forum and thought Fu Yu was pretty awesome, so he shared it in the group, thinking it would be fun and light-hearted.

But seeing the comments made him feel both disdain and disgust, while also a bit guilty, knowing that if he hadn’t been careless, Fu Yu wouldn’t have been dragged in.

Li Linfeng was eating with his girlfriend Zhao Bingbing at the school cafeteria, and now he was so annoyed he couldn’t continue eating.

Zhao Bingbing quickly advised, ”Don’t pay any attention to those who are envious because they aren’t doing well themselves!”

Li Linfeng sighed, ”It’s my fault for being careless, why did I need to screenshot anything?”

Zhao Bingbing suggested, ”Honestly, there’s no point in keeping that class group. You guys mostly keep in touch through individual WeChat contacts anyway. Why not create a new group and add the people you usually talk to?”

Li Linfeng found this idea workable, so he created a new group for old classmates and added the few classmates he kept in touch with.

After Fu Yu finished his call home, he saw that Li Linfeng had sent him a message inviting him to a group called old classmates.

Once he joined the group, Fu Yu found there were about a dozen people, all with whom he had a pretty good relationship, except for two who weren’t close but had nice personalities.

Fu Yu sent Li Linfeng a private message: [ ? ]

Li Linfeng quickly replied: [From now on, let’s chat in this group. It’s smaller and quieter.]

Fu Yu was taken aback, and he went back to the class group chat to see what happened earlier.

It’s impossible not to feel touched.

Even if Li Linfeng acted out of a desire to make amends, his intention still took Fu Yu’s feelings into account.

In reality, there was nothing much to mind about this incident. Most classmates were pretty decent, except for two or three self-important ones who liked to stir up trouble. Ignoring them would save a lot of hassle.

Besides, there was no chance they’d meet, let alone interact.

The new group was set up.

Li Linfeng was the first to speak in the group: [Thanks for joining, this group will be our class’s second group from now on.]

Why it was the second group was obvious to everyone.

Before anyone else could react, Li Linfeng immediately led the way by sending out a red envelope.

With that, the group came alive.

Everyone eagerly grabbed the red envelopes, sending emoji thanks to the ”boss.”

Seeing Li Linfeng send out red envelopes, Fu Yu quickly did the same.

After all, the second class group was created for him.

Fu Yu sent a red envelope of 200, but then thought, so many people and so little money, he shouldn’t be stingy. So he sent out several large red envelopes.

Suddenly, everyone was excited.

Li Linfeng sent the red envelope simply to liven up the atmosphere.

But little did he expect Fu Yu to be so generous!

The classmates eagerly grabbed the red envelopes.

This time, they skipped the emojis and went straight to joking around.

”Chef Fu is awesome! Did you hit the jackpot?”

”With such generosity, it seems you’re really not short on cash!”

Fu Yu happily sent a proud emoji, feeling very pleased.

He’s not who he once was.

He had tens of thousands of savings in his account, not to mention the newly discussed medicinal cuisine service fee.

With money in hand, he naturally became more generous.

Fu Yu jokingly bantered with his old classmates.

Someone teased, ”With Chef Fu being so handsome, maybe a rich woman took notice of him!”

Others chimed in, ”Don’t say, it’s very possible!”

”With Qianlima’s class, only the wealthy dine there.”

Everyone laughed and joked, not taking it seriously.

But Fu Yu felt a twinge.

Wow, they could tell?

On second thought, it seemed he really had been favored by a wealthy lady which propelled his rise step by step...