Chapter 421

In the time that followed, Qin Huai and the others cared about each other's recent situations again. Actually, there wasn't much to care about; they mainly cared about the recent situations of Luo Jun and Chen Gong.

Luo Jun's recent situation could be summarized in one sentence: calmly waiting for death. Luo Jun was very calm about this, only blindly complaining that the new TV dramas were not good to watch and were updated too slowly. If the TV dramas weren't finished updating by the time he died, he wouldn't know how many days it would take to finish watching these dramas when he chased them again in his next life.

As for Chen Gong, he had many things going on. The Good Taste Company was thriving, and Han Guishan had expanded several new types of seasonings on top of the existing soy sauce business.

The company was developing vigorously, and Chen Gong, as the all-purpose assistant, was naturally exceptionally busy. Every day, the moment he opened his eyes, it was meetings, revising plans, arranging schedules for the boss, and coordinating the work arrangements of other assistants—it was even more 007 than 996.

Chen Gong himself sighed that it was fortunate he woke up. Although his body was still a human body, he had recovered the abilities of a spirit beast, and his current physical fitness was much better than that of a normal human.

A normal person would have died from overwork long ago if they stayed up like this.

Based on this topic, Qin Huai also curiously asked Chen Huihong, Qu Jing, and Shi Dadan if they felt like superheroes after waking up and recovering their abilities, and the answer he got was no.

These three spirit beasts—one is a plant spirit beast that eats itself to stave off hunger, one is a little bird that eats itself to cure forgetfulness, and one is an auspicious beast that comes with buffs but has no special abilities—the three spirit beasts combined couldn't beat a single puff of fire from Bifang.

Thinking about it this way, it was understandable why Luo Jun was so arrogant back then. He wasn't just arrogant toward humans; he was also arrogant toward spirit beasts. Bifang simply looked down on all living things equally.

After the video call ended, Qin Huai first sent a message to Huang Xi, asking her to do An Youyou's ideological work, and then called Su Qi to ask if Zhi Wei Ju could accept another exchange apprentice.

Su Qi's answer was also very Su Qi.

Su Qi not only agreed immediately but also enthusiastically expressed that even if Qin Huai hadn't mentioned it, he was already considering this matter. Zhi Wei Ju and the Cloud Cafeteria were very friendly cooperative partners; even if there was no cooperation at the moment, what if there was in the future?

Mutual exchange was a good prerequisite for promoting the establishment of a relationship between the two sides. Su Qi indicated that Zhi Wei Ju had very rich experience in apprentice management. Qin Huai could not only send An Youyou, but any Li Youyou, Wang Youyou, Zhao Youyou, or Zhang Youyou could also be sent over. Sending a few more was absolutely no problem; Zhi Wei Ju could accept them all.

Qin Huai was so scared that he hurriedly declined. It wasn't that Qin Huai didn't want to send them, but mainly that there weren't many who met the requirements. The two who met the requirements best were graduates; he couldn't let them go back to their alma mater to repeat their studies.

After handling these serious matters, Qin Huai chatted with Shi Dadan for a few more sentences, asking Shi Dadan what his plans were after coming to Hangcheng.

Shi Dadan, while researching on a certain review app, recounted his eating plan. He had bookmarked many recommended shops and was prepared to eat his way through them one by one. By the time he had eaten enough, the exchange at Qin Huai's side would likely be over, and Shi Dadan could return to Shancheng with Qin Huai and finish the meals he hadn't finished in Shancheng.

It could be said to be a very leisurely vacation.

The next morning at nine o'clock, Qin Huai arrived at Zhi Wei Ju on time, prepared to start a day of hard work.

Yes, hard work.

In Qin Huai's view, the watching of the past few days had passed, and Master Zhou's assessment of him had also ended.

Since the watching was over, the next step should be practicing.

After a good night's sleep, the spirited Master Xiao Qin was ready to welcome Master Zhou's strict but highly efficient culinary training.

As a result, what greeted Master Xiao Qin was a plate of fragrant Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries, which were essentially pastries with cloud-pattern styling.

"Xiao Qin, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? Making these Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries this morning took some time, so I didn't make other dim sum. Just eat some. I just went around to other places; Old Wang's shrimp dumplings should be out of the pot soon, Old Zhao made soup-filled steamed buns, and Old Liu made pan-fried buns. If you're tired of eating these, if it really doesn't work, the guy surnamed Hua has pretty good noodle-stretching skills, and today's pork rib soup is quite good. It would be good to let him make you a bowl of pork rib noodle soup to pad your stomach."

Master Zhou's gentle voice, warm smile, and fragrant dim sum made Qin Huai suspect that the egg tarts he made yesterday were just a dream.

Qin Huai's body was very honest as he took the Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastry and took a bite first.

*Hmm, the taste of a very normal pastry. *

The fragrance of the butter was stimulated to the maximum after baking. Just in terms of taste, it was just a very normal salty-sweet dim sum, and in terms of texture, it was also the very normal crispy and flaky texture of a pastry. It was the simplest pastry, but it had a cloud-pattern styling. The cloud pattern didn't cause any change to the taste, and this simplest pastry was also an existence that defeated 100% of the pastries on the market.

Qin Huai originally only wanted to take one bite, but he couldn't stop eating bite after bite.

He was already hungry early in the morning, and the instinct to eat made it hard for him to refuse this kind of sugar-and-oil mixed baked dim sum.

Qin Huai ate three or four Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries in a row before respectfully asking: "Master Zhou, may I ask what dim sum I should make today? Should I continue to make egg tarts like yesterday? Or make these Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries?"

"No rush. Today, you are still the same as before—just watch. And I have something to do today. I don't know if that kid Su Gan's brain was kicked by a donkey or filled with cement; he hasn't been listening to reason these past few days, so I have to give him some strong medicine. The temperature in the low-temperature area is a bit low, Xiao Qin, so don't go in. It's easy to catch a cold if you stay inside for too long. Auspicious Pastries don't necessarily have to be made in the low-temperature area. I'll let Old San find a cooler place, and you just watch him make them."

"Ah? I'm not making them, I'm watching Zhao Chengan make them?" Qin Huai was slightly surprised.

"Right, watch Old San make them first. Although Old San's dim sum has a bit too much craftsmanship and lacks his own style, it can barely be used as a textbook."

"I thought about it carefully yesterday. Since I want to teach, I can't just teach what I want to teach. Xiao Qin, besides wanting to practice finger techniques this time you came to Zhi Wei Ju, the most important thing is that you want to practice cloud patterns. It must still be based on your wishes."

"Let's learn cloud patterns for a period of time first; it just so happens that it can also consolidate your finger technique level. Your level is actually there, but your consciousness can't keep up. These Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries can be considered the simplest cloud-pattern dim sum. You practice this dim sum first; it can practice both cloud patterns and pastry-opening. When the time comes, it will be easier for you to get started when you follow me to practice pastry-opening dim sum."

Qin Huai:?

He came to Zhi Wei Ju this time to learn cloud patterns and practice finger techniques, and now he has to practice pastry-opening dim sum. At this rate of learning, what year and month will he be able to finish learning and return to the Cloud Cafeteria? *Don't tell me Luo Jun won't be able to wait for him to go back at all? *

Of course, this terrible thought only stayed in Qin Huai's mind for two seconds before it was quickly driven out of his brain, replaced by the determined Master Xiao Qin.

"Alright, Master Zhou. I will watch Zhao Chengan make dim sum carefully and learn more from him."

Master Zhou smiled kindly, turned around, and quickly retracted his smile, switching to a straight-faced expression, and walked toward the low-temperature area with great momentum.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Su Gan is finished today. Consider him unlucky; there is no harm without comparison. Originally, he was just in a bad state, and everyone has times when they are in a bad state. Adjusting for two days would have been fine."

"As a result, you made such beautiful egg tarts as soon as you started yesterday. He will probably be making egg tarts in his nightmares every night these few days."

Once Master Zhou left, Zhao Chengan leaned over to Qin Huai's side to share the latest intelligence. Qin Huai looked at Zhao Chengan and found that his hands were empty and very clean.

Seeing Qin Huai examining his hands, Zhao Chengan explained directly: "As soon as I arrived today, Master instructed me to let you practice the Auspicious Cloud-Patterned Pastries. This dim sum is too simple; I haven't made it since I was 17. Master was afraid I would make a mistake, so he made it once in front of me. I've been helping Master all along, and I haven't even kneaded the dough."

"Then where are we going to practice now?" Qin Huai asked.