Chapter 396

"Really?"

Tianpeng was a little happy, then reacted, "Shopkeeper Chen, I didn't realize you weren't praising me."

"I am praising you."

Chen Nuo said without changing expression, "You haven't had anything else to do lately, have you?"

Tianpeng reacted, realizing Chen Nuo was preparing to assign him a task, and quickly shook his head, "No, no, I have nothing to do right now."

"Alright, when the time comes, you'll follow Wukong to open the first milk tea shop. You have wide connections in the Heavenly Court, so you can help promote it."

"Master, one of me is enough, why do we also need Tianpeng?"

Sun Wukong was a little dissatisfied, "This guy only helps to hinder, I can do it myself."

"Do you know anyone in the Heavenly Court?"

Chen Nuo asked.

"I've been cooking for so long, how could I not know them?"

Sun Wukong objected, "Master, test me again, I'll definitely recognize them all."

"Alright."

Chen Nuo tapped the system, "Help me print out photos of high-ranking immortals in the Heavenly Court."

"Ding!

There are thirty photos in total, host, you need to pay three merit points, shall we proceed?"

The system's voice remained emotionless and mechanical.

"That cheap?"

Chen Nuo was a little surprised, he thought it would need at least thirty points, but only three were needed—this is actually a good business opportunity.

Besides, he has plenty of merit; once the milk tea shop opens, he can use these printed photos for promotion—each photo only needs zero point one merit.

As the mechanical printing sound rang out, a stack of paper appeared in Chen Nuo's hands.

Tianpeng saw it first, taking the photos from Chen Nuo's hands, "Shopkeeper Chen, you're too amazing—these aren't just paintings, they look exactly like real people."

They are originally photos, not just resembling real people.

Chen Nuo laid out the photos one by one in front of Sun Wukong's eyes, "Come, take a look yourself—if you can guess more than five correctly, I'll do as you say."

Sun Wukong smiled and casually picked up a photo, "Master, it's not me saying this, you're really underestimating me—although recognizing all of them is impossible, recognizing five is no problem."

Chen Nuo didn't respond, just stared at the photos, waiting for Sun Wukong to answer.

"This one is the Jade Emperor."

Sun Wukong picked up the Jade Emperor's photo, "Master, you even counted this old Jade Emperor—you're really looking down on me, aren't you?"

"Keep guessing."

Sun Wukong smiled and picked up the second photo, then froze—he really couldn't recognize this one.

Chen Nuo let out a cold laugh, picked up his tea cup, and took a sip.

Tianpeng wanted to remind him but didn't dare; he wanted to say it was Tai Bai Jin Xing, but then thought, helping Sun Wukong wouldn't be harming myself? Helpless, he could only cover his truth-telling mouth—must not speak, or else I won't be able to help Shopkeeper Chen open the shop.

"This, this is..."

Sun Wukong stared at the photo, feeling familiar but couldn't recall the name, subconsciously looking toward Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo was drinking tea, not even glancing at him, so he looked toward Tianpeng, who averted his gaze, also not looking at him.

Sun Wukong found the person in the photo extremely familiar, yet the name was on the tip of his tongue but he couldn't recall it.

Suddenly he didn't know what was happening, inspiration struck—"This is Tai Bai Jin Xing!"

"Right or not?"

"Hmm, keep going with the dishes."

Chen Nuo remained calm—after all, he'd only guessed two correctly, still had three chances.

"Hmph, I said it—I've been in the Heavenly Court this long, I definitely can recognize them."

Sun Wukong smiled proudly and picked up the third photo.

This time he froze—couldn't even say the name, not even a trace of impression.

Two eyes, one nose, one mouth—overlapped with many people in his mind.

"I really don't know this one—I'll look at the others first, maybe they'll jog my memory."

Sun Wukong said, going to pick up the other photos.

Tianpeng watched Sun Wukong pick up a photo, wait a moment, put it down without saying a word, then pick up the second, third, fourth, all the way until he'd gone through every photo—still didn't say a word.

"Master, you're not being fair, are you? Erlang Shen and Tianpeng are both from the Heavenly Court—why didn't you include their photos?"

Sun Wukong threw the photos on the table, started being difficult, "I don't care—you have to include them."

"Alright."

Chen Nuo didn't get angry because of Sun Wukong's antics,

"Including them only makes four—still need one more."

"I, I'll think again."

Sun Wukong turned in circles, beginning to think.

Tianpeng looked at Sun Wukong with a dejected expression—this Monkey Brother really despises me, to avoid opening a shop with me, he's actually driven himself to this state.

Sun Wukong turned twice, then had an idea—"I know, the Food God—I know him, counting him makes five!"

'Chen Nuo didn't respond, pulled out three more photos from the stack, "You find it— which one is the Food God?"

Sun Wukong took the photos, "Master, you're not deliberately messing with me, are you? These three photos are clearly identical."

"Is that so?"

Chen Nuo glanced at Tianpeng, "Tianpeng, go check—pick out the Food God's photo."

Tianpeng walked up to Sun Wukong, grinning, and said, "Sorry, Monkey Brother, come with me to open a shop in the Heavenly Court."

Tianpeng took out the photo of the Food God and placed it in front of Chen Nuo. Chen Nuo tapped his finger on the photo and said, "Alright, stop struggling. As I said before, just open a shop with Tianpeng."

"Okay."

Sun Wukong had no choice this time, after all, he was face-blind and truly hadn't recognized him.

"Great, Boss Chen, then let me open a shop with Monkey Brother. Does that mean I'm also an employee here? So in the future, can I get a discount on meals?"

"Mm, employee discount."

Chen Nuo nodded.

"Great, now I can finally earn two meals' worth of money for the price of one meal."

Tianpeng was so happy he almost jumped up, wanting to hug Sun Wukong and spin around twice, but Sun Wukong dodged him with disgust.

"But Master, everyone in the Heavenly Court basically knows the name of Chaos Residence. Why do we still need to advertise? Just open directly—surely no one will refuse to buy, right?"

Sun Wukong was somewhat confused; the name of Chaos Residence had already been made known long ago.

"Surface-level work still needs to be done."

Chen Nuo said lightly.

"Alright, then I'll follow your lead. When do you plan to open this milk tea shop?"

Sun Wukong asked happily, "I'll go communicate with the Jade Emperor, after all, it's on his turf."

"Who let you open it in the Heavenly Court?"

Chen Nuo interrupted Sun Wukong's words, "Opening between the Buddhist Sect and the Heavenly Court, we need to do business with both sides."

"Ah?"

Tianpeng was somewhat surprised, "Isn't that a bit bad, Boss Chen? We just offended the Buddhist Sect, and now we're doing business with them—won't they drive us out?"

"You idiot."

Sun Wukong slapped Tianpeng on the head, "What nonsense is this? I see who dares—I haven't even looked for them, and that's already not bad. I still dare to mess with Old Sun's affairs?"

"Need to do it."

Chen Nuo said, "Not only do we need to do it, but we need to do it big. Best to let the Buddhist Sect people also like our drinks."