The Cheat Emperor of the Culinary World

Fu Yu vaguely knew that Liu Yunong’s dream didn’t come true because there was a mishap in her family. She originally planned to pursue further studies abroad, but he didn’t deliberately inquire about these things.

”My mentor doesn’t usually talk about these things.”

Li Linlin nodded and said, ”That’s her personality; the more important something is, the more she hides it tightly from others.”

”Is that so.” Fu Yu usually stayed by Liu Yunong’s side, focusing on learning cooking, and didn’t really pay much attention to other things.

Li Linlin smiled, ”For example, when it comes to eating, Yunong looks like she eats everything and isn’t picky at all. But actually, she prefers to eat what she doesn’t like first, leaving what she truly enjoys for last.”

”Is that so?” Fu Yu thought about it and found it quite interesting.

”If you don’t believe me, next time you can try grabbing the food she leaves on her plate, saying you’ll help her finish it and see what expression she makes.”

Fu Yu thought this approach was too silly and asked, ”Brother Li, you wouldn’t have done that, right?”

”Haha.” Li Linlin laughed heartily, ”I only dare think about it in my mind.”

Fu Yu glanced at Li Linlin and said, ”Actually, my mentor’s habit isn’t too good.”

Li Linlin was taken aback and casually asked, ”Why is that?”

Fu Yu joked, ”What if someone doesn’t know and eats the food she left behind? After all, if you don’t hold on tight to the things you cherish, they’ll quickly be taken by others.”

Li Linlin was quite moved by these words, just about to say something when he suddenly realized, wait a minute...

This meaning...

He suddenly turned to look at Fu Yu.

Fu Yu smiled sheepishly and explained more, ”Brother Li, my girlfriend is Liu Yuqing.”

Li Linlin: ”!”

Fu Yu continued, ”Between me and my mentor, it’s a pure teacher-student relationship. The only further possibility would be a sister and brother-in-law kind of relationship.”

Li Linlin: ”...”

”Come on, kiddo...”

Before Li Linlin could finish speaking, he saw Fu Yu call out to the window, ”Hey! My mentor has just arrived too!”

Li Linlin followed the voice and looked outside. Under the flickering streetlights, he saw Liu Yunong wearing a simple black down jacket, getting off a car, holding a bag, and preparing to enter the restaurant.

If you don’t hold on tight to the things you cherish, they’ll quickly be taken by others.

This sentence suddenly jumped into his mind.

Li Linlin felt a bit restless, and couldn’t help but fix his gaze on that figure outside the window, struggling to maintain a calm smile on his face.

Fu Yu got out of the car first and called out to Liu Yunong.

Liu Yunong turned around, saw Fu Yu, was momentarily surprised, and then noticed Li Linlin getting out of the car right after him.

Fu Yu jogged up to Liu Yunong, saying, ”Mentor! I came over on Brother Li’s car. He’s here to dine at the restaurant.”

After saying this, he waited for Li Linlin to catch up, and then said, ”Brother Li, you chat with my mentor, I’m going to work now.”

Fu Yu greeted them, turned around, and went straight into the restaurant without looking back.

Li Linlin first greeted Fu Yu, then turned to Liu Yunong: ”I’m here for a meal, if you’re busy, go ahead, don’t mind me.”

Liu Yunong looked at him and said, ”I just got here, what would I be busy with? Come on, let’s see what you’d like to eat.”

Li Linlin was suddenly flustered and subconsciously wanted to say, ”No need, I’ll just look around myself.”

The words were on the tip of his tongue when Fu Yu’s earlier sentence jumped into his mind again.

If you don’t hold on tight to the things you cherish...

Li Linlin took a deep breath, ”Then, shall we eat together? We can order a few more dishes?”

As he spoke, he hurried to open the restaurant’s door.

Li Linlin tried to appear generous and natural in his tone.

But his face probably didn’t look too good, his skin tight, unable to help glancing at Liu Yunong’s reaction.

Liu Yunong looked at him, stepped into the restaurant, and then slowly said, ”Sure, I haven’t eaten yet either.”

—Her tone was particularly natural.

Completely different from how she used to speak before.

When faced with such invitations in the past, she would always politely decline.

But this time, she hardly hesitated before nodding in agreement.

Li Linlin hesitated, realizing that Liu Yunong really agreed to eat with him, he felt like his chest was hit hard.

”Great, great!”

Liu Yunong pressed her lips together with dimples showing: ”Let’s go, to a private room.”

Li Linlin felt that Liu Yunong’s cool little face and firm little mouth suddenly seemed to unknowingly become warm and endearing, just like her heart.

With Liu Yunong getting a little closer to him, he found himself liking her more and more.

He felt like he liked her more every day, thinking about her day and night.

...

Qianlima has a rule that no employees are allowed to take leave during the New Year period.

However, where there’s a policy from above, there are ways to deal with it from below.

Yao Shi approved another on-site service order for Fu Yu.

On Sunday morning, Fu Yu went to the music restaurant as agreed.

Five new medicinal cuisine orders for the new year had already been finalized.

Two were renewals from old customers, and three were new customers coming due to the restaurant’s reputation.

If not for aligning with Fu Yu’s schedule, reportedly, there were still a few customers who wanted to place orders, but now they’d have to wait until the summer.

But whether they’re new or old customers, they all need to have customized arrangements for their medicinal cuisine based on their circumstances.

Fu Yu specially came over early today to finalize this issue.

In the past half year, the music restaurant’s hardware facilities for medicinal cuisine sales hadn’t changed much.

There was no huge promotion or special marketing.

However, the core had already shifted a bit.

From the beginning, it was positioned as high-end, and they didn’t casually take orders.

Now, although it seems like Fu Yu’s medicinal cuisine hasn’t received many orders, the restaurant’s medicinal cuisine service, with its professional chefs and effective reputation, has become the main marketing highlight.

Even the mysterious medicinal cuisine chef, Chef Fu, started becoming quite known in a certain small circle.

Bei’an’s beauty industry isn’t large, so Fu Yu’s rapid rise in a short time caught many people’s attention.

”Chef Fu, good morning!”

”Chef Fu, morning!”

”Chef Fu, have you had breakfast yet? The cafeteria hasn’t closed, you can go anytime.”

...

Fu Yu was now quite familiar with everyone at the music restaurant.

Even though he was part-time, every time he came over, it was like he was a full-time employee, punching in and everything.

As soon as he entered the door, sharp-eyed waiters and front desk staff greeted him warmly, with everyone showing special enthusiasm.

Fu Yu smiled and responded, saying good morning.

Now, Fu Yu was no longer the same as before, and was a highly regarded chef in the music restaurant’s kitchen.

Qu Jing never thought that just a few months ago, Fu Yu, who still looked green and only came to work as a part-time job, would grow so rapidly to this extent.

Seeing Fu Yu come in, Qu Jing brought over clean work clothes: ”Chef Fu, your work clothes, this set has been washed clean.”

Fu Yu smiled and said, ”Thank you.”

Upon hearing Fu Yu’s thanks, Qu Jing’s smile deepened a bit more, her gaze lingering on Fu Yu’s face, unable to help taking another look.

Fu Yu was indeed very handsome, and with his haircut and figure, wearing a brand-new clean chef outfit and hat, standing at the counter like a commercial shoot!

She really liked watching Fu Yu’s subtle smile with his head slightly raised.

Qu Jing had seen many handsome and even exquisite men outside, and she was long tired of them.

Fu Yu’s aura was completely different from those common good-looking guys outside.

The kind of restrained warmth he showed on the outside, and then inadvertently revealing decisiveness and aptitude in front of you... this person was so damn appealing and full of flavor, so intriguing!