The Cheat Emperor of the Culinary World

Soon, a middle-aged man who looked just over thirty walked in from outside the door.

The man was not tall, very thin, but his skin was extremely pale, the kind of pallor that comes from not seeing sunlight for years.

Fu Yu glanced at him, unable to guess the relationship between Xue Yuli and the middle-aged man for a moment.

But Xue Yuli took the initiative to introduce, ”Chef Fu, this is my master, Zhang Village.”

After speaking, he then said to the middle-aged man, ”Chef Zhang, this is the chef from Qianlima Restaurant, Fu Yu.”

Fu Yu smiled slightly, ”Hello Chef Zhang, I’m Fu Yu, very...”

Fu Yu was just about to politely greet the other party.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Village slapped his thigh!

”So you’re Chef Fu! I didn’t expect you to be so young! Hello, I’ve been wanting to meet you, and didn’t expect to run into you today by chance.”

Zhang Village said, grabbing Fu Yu’s hand and shaking it.

Fu Yu: ???

Holding Fu Yu’s hand, Zhang Village said excitedly, ”I really have to thank you for last time! I’m especially grateful to you!”

Fu Yu was stunned, things happened so suddenly that he couldn’t quite recall what he had done to help Zhang Village.

But seeing how warm Zhang Village was acting, he felt he should play along.

So Fu Yu smiled and returned the handshake, ”Oh! Are you talking about last time? Chef Zhang, you’re too kind, it was nothing, just a coincidence, yes, a coincidence!”

Hearing Fu Yu say this, Zhang Village’s impression of him improved even more.

He also smiled and said, ”Not at all, Chef Fu, if it weren’t for you coming all the way to help out, I really wouldn’t know what to do at the shop!”

As he spoke, he brought up the events of that day.

Zhang Village said gratefully, ”My daughter suddenly had a high fever, and I was at the hospital taking care of her. The boss was in a hurry, and I couldn’t leave, I was really anxious at that time, really...”

Mentioning this, Zhang Village couldn’t help but embellish Fu Yu’s heroic deeds a bit.

Xue Yuli, standing beside, also chimed in with a smile, ”Exactly, thanks to Chef Fu for coming over to help us with the desserts, we were really panicking then.”

The three of them stood at the box door, chatting warmly.

Lin Minghao, who was standing by their side, fell silent after understanding the whole story!

You can even make desserts, such a difficult thing?

Is there anything you can’t do?

Lin Minghao looked at Fu Yu standing beside him and suddenly felt that this person was so unfamiliar.

Originally, he thought Fu Yu was like himself, just a bit smarter than the average person, learned things a bit faster, and had a good head.

Now it seems he was just a bit clever, Fu Yu was the real genius who could turn an ordinary chef job into such a successful career.

Lin Minghao looked at Fu Yu.

The 23-year-old Fu Yu had eyes that were calm and pure.

He neither had the feigned maturity and sharpness common in peers nor the usual naivety and simplicity of the age.

Yet Lin Minghao had a profound feeling that his brother was like a sleeping lion, once awakened, everyone would have to kneel and sing a song of conquest.

No way, after the test in the afternoon, I have to call aunt and have a good chat to know what other awesome abilities his brother has hidden!

After Zhang Village finished speaking, he sighed, ”After knowing the whole story later, I really wanted to know you, but never had the chance.”

”I didn’t expect we’re quite fated to meet here.”

”Chef Fu, let’s exchange contact information, from now on we’re friends.”

Fu Yu had no objection, took out his phone, and exchanged contact information with Zhang Village.

After exchanging contacts, Zhang Village smiled and said, ”Alright, we won’t disturb your meal, we’re almost done on our side, going to settle the bill and head back, let’s keep in touch.”

Fu Yu hurriedly sent him out of the box door, waved goodbye, and then called Lin Minghao back to continue the meal.

Zhang Village took Xue Yuli over to the cash register to pay.

The two of them chatted while walking.

Zhang Village sincerely exclaimed, ”I really didn’t expect, Chef Fu is so young, looks just about your age, is he twenty-five?”

Xue Yuli shook her head, ”No, I heard the boss say, he seems to be only twenty-three.”

Zhang Village was just about to speak when he saw a pair of twin sisters walking by.

The sisters looked like they were in their early fifties, dressed very elegantly, but one of them was playing with two white bones in her hand.

Zhang Village glanced casually and was stunned when he saw what the old lady was playing with in her hands.

It turned out to be galarha!

In this day and age, someone still plays with these things!

Zhang Village had this back when he was little; the elders in his family used it to entertain him.

But when he finished paying and turned around, he saw the old lady carefully placing the two bones into a packing box, looking very meticulous.

Xue Yuli, who had been following by his side, also noticed the scene and casually said, ”Chef Zhang, did you see that? That looks like a bone in her hand?”

Zhang Village nodded, ”Yes, it’s galarha.”

”What?” Xue Yuli clearly had never heard of this, gossiping, ”Does she have a pet at home?”

Coming to eat and even packing bones, she must have a pet at home.

Zhang Village smiled and said, ”You’re too young, you haven’t seen it, what she’s holding is galarha, when I was young, there wasn’t much to play with at home, so the elders used that to entertain me.”

Xue Yuli was bewildered...

This broken bone turned out to be a toy?

She sympathetically glanced at Zhang Village deep in reminiscence.

Chef Zhang’s childhood must have been really pitiful.

Comparatively, my own childhood was much happier!

After all, even though my parents were somewhat unreliable, they at least bought me plenty of toys.

Unaware of having misunderstood and let her imagination run wild, Xue Yuli imagined all sorts of scenarios.

Zhang Village called out, ”Let’s go, I have to go back to the shop in the afternoon, you take a taxi yourself.”

In the box, Fu Yu and Lin Minghao were eating so heartily, yet there were still quite a few dishes left on the table.

Their table was personally arranged by Luo Rang, not only adding extra to the lamb shanks in the pot but also gifting a few of the restaurant’s specialty dishes.

After the meal, Fu Yu went to pay the bill, only to be told it was already on Luo Rang’s tab.

Fu Yu originally intended to decline, but it happened that he ran into Shi Xueshuang with customers coming to pay their bill.

When Shi Xueshuang heard that Fu Yu wanted to pay, she hurriedly said, ”Chef Fu, Chef Luo specifically instructed that this table must be on his tab. Rest assured, we have a policy, for someone of Chef Luo’s status, he has a certain hosting quota each year, and his signature doesn’t deduct from his pay.”