Chapter 12: Shenhao System (12)

Young people, even if they cannot afford luxury cars, that does not hinder their admiration and attention toward them.

"Oh my god! This car model must start at ten million at the very least! Damn! A license plate with five nines! The owner of this car is definitely a big shot that us commoners can only look up to!"

Hearing them say this, other employees in the shop also crowded toward the door to join in the excitement.

Only Xie Shuling was not in the mood to watch the commotion.

She dejectedly packed up her water cup and picked up her handbag.

It was just that the shop entrance was packed tight by the employees, so she could only wait for them to disperse before leaving.

"The car door opened! The car door opened!"

"Is the person driving the owner? So young!"

"Such a young rich woman?"

"Don't you guys think she looks familiar?"

"Now that you mention it, I also think she looks a bit familiar."

"Ah! Isn't this the one who was on the trending list?"

"Which one?"

"The one who bought the entire Wanhua Residential Quarter, there are photos of her online, I think it looks like her!"

"No way? I even said that was fake news, so it's actually true?"

"Driving a luxury car to visit Snack Street, either she's posing for photos, or she's a real rich woman!"

Xie Yang opened the door and got out of the car, ignoring the various gazes of envy, curiosity, and admiration cast from all around, and walked straight toward the Hot Pot shop.

The task of visiting three neighbors was completed incredibly smoothly; look, the reward had arrived, and she had just returned from picking up the car at the 4S dealership.

The original owner had passed her driving test during the summer of her freshman year but had never touched a car. Xie Yang had driven before, but it had been too long and she was a bit rusty, so after picking up the car, she drove several laps in an empty area until her feel for it returned before heading back.

Passing by near Snack Street, she remembered that Mother Xie worked nearby, so she stopped by to see her. If she wasn't busy, she would just ask for a leave of absence for her, skip the afternoon shift, and go on a one-stop spree of shopping, beauty treatments, and hair styling!

Meeting the identical excited gazes of the Hot Pot shop employees, Xie Yang asked with a smile, "May I ask if Xie Shuling works here?"

"Ah? Looking for Sister Ling?"

"Where is Sister Ling?"

"Didn't she already take her wages and leave?"

"Not yet, right? I just saw her shedding tears in the staff break room."

Shedding tears?

Xie Yang caught these words.

At this moment, Xie Shuling, having heard her daughter's voice, squeezed out from behind the crowd in confusion: "Yang Yang? Why did you come here?"

"Mom, I came to pick you up from work."

"!!!"

Mom???

"Si-Sister Ling, is this your daughter?"

Xiao Feng looked at the Maybach Xie Yang had parked across the street in disbelief, then turned to look at Xie Shuling, who was wearing outdated, cheap clothing; no matter what, she could not connect the two.

"Yes, my daughter Xie Yang."

Although Xie Shuling was puzzled as to why everyone was looking at her like she was a rare creature, it was her daughter's first time picking her up from work, and she did not want to bring bad moods to her daughter.

She feigned happiness and said, "Yang Yang, Mom just happened to get off work early. Let's go! We'll go buy gifts for your grandparents."

"Yo! You have money to buy gifts now? Didn't you just argue with me until your face was red over a few hundred yuan?" The shop manager came down from the upstairs break room, heard Xie Shuling's last sentence, and retorted unpleasantly.

Xie Shuling did not want to argue with the manager in front of her daughter, so she pursed her lips and said nothing, stepping forward to pull her daughter away.

Yet the manager was unwilling to let her go: "Tsk! You dare to give me attitude before you've even left the shop! For an employee like you, I ask, which shop would dare to keep hiring you!"

After finishing, she even asked the crowd watching at the door to judge:

"Everyone, judge this for me. Our shop is especially busy on weekends, so I hired her as a Temporary Worker. But look at her, there are only two days in a weekend, I won't say anything about her taking a day off last week, but this week she took leave yesterday and was late today. I told her not to come anymore; she treats work like a game. Our small temple of a shop can't afford such a high-profile Temporary Worker. Is there anything wrong with saying that?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.

They thought to themselves that with a daughter who could afford a Maybach, perhaps the mother really was just working for fun.

【Ding! Shenhao System at your service! A Task is now issued: Three meals a day are all satisfying, a harmonious society is not a dream! Please, Host, complete any food preparation experience on Snack Street within 12 hours. Task completion reward: land ownership of the entire Snack Street.】

Xie Yang: Just when I was sleepy, a pillow arrived!

She grabbed Xie Shuling, who was about to reason with the manager: "Mom, don't be sad. I'll buy the land on Snack Street, and you can experience whatever you want. If any merchant makes you angry, we'll take the land back and not let them use it!"

"!!!"

The crowd revealed an "as expected" expression.

Only the manager was unaware of the situation and sneered: "Xie Shuling, is this your daughter? She has a big mouth! She actually said she would buy the land of the entire Snack Street. Doesn't she know that this Snack Street is one kilometer long and the land is worth more than one billion?"

Xie Shuling ignored her and shook her head at her daughter: "It's just a small matter, it's not worth buying the land of Snack Street."

She was truly worried that her daughter would buy up the land in this area just to win an argument for her. Although she didn't know how much inheritance that man had left her daughter, no matter how much it was, it couldn't withstand such reckless spending!

The manager laughed until she shook: "I say, Xie Shuling, your daughter is bragging, and you're following suit? If you can buy the land of the entire Snack Street, I'll twist my head off and let you kick it like a ball!"

"Remember what you said!" Xie Yang smiled slightly at her, "Two hours... no, one hour is enough! I'll come find you to make good on it in an hour, don't try to sneak away!"

"Why would I sneak away! I think you're the one who wants to sneak away." The manager snorted unpleasantly.

"Aunt!" Zhao Fang tugged on the manager's hem and whispered a reminder, "Xie Shuling's daughter arrived in a Maybach."

"What?"

"That luxury car across the street, it was driven here by Xie Shuling's daughter."

"Impossible! If her family could afford a luxury car, could she still come to our shop to work? Look at her disheveled, cheap-dressed, pathetic appearance. Maybe this car was borrowed by her daughter to put on a show, or she's a driver for a rich family."

Zhao Fang's mouth twitched.

She wanted to say that she had felt Xie Yang looked familiar just now, and later, after hearing someone mutter about Wanhua Residential Quarter, she suddenly remembered the rich woman who had been on the trending list for half a day for buying out the entire Wanhua Residential Quarter. After searching for the photos online and comparing them, she discovered that Xie Yang looked exactly like that rich woman!

Not only do they look the same, but their names are also the same!

If that news report is true, and if the Maybach is Xie Yang's own, then she might actually be able to afford the land for the entire Snack Street!

On that side, Xie Yang pulled Xie Shuling along, and under the gaze of a crowd of onlookers who were reluctant to disperse, they arrived at the entrance of a pan-fried bun shop with sluggish business.

"Boss, if you aren't busy, lend me your shop to make a pot of pan-fried buns; if we make a profit, it's yours, and if we lose money, it's on me."

Seeing the long line of onlookers following her, the boss thought some Television station was filming a variety show and agreed immediately:

"Please, please, please! Use whatever you like! There is still plenty of prepared dough left, it's just that there isn't much meat filling, so it needs to be seasoned now."

"No problem, we'll do it ourselves." Xie Yang rolled up her sleeves, "Mom, I'll be responsible for mincing the filling and you be responsible for wrapping, how about that?"

"Okay."

Xie Shuling knows how to make pan-fried buns.

When her daughter was little, she was a picky eater, but she couldn't move her feet whenever she saw pan-fried buns or soup dumplings sold on the street.

It was just that the ones sold outside were not only expensive, but she also worried about food hygiene, so Xie Shuling would buy the ingredients and make them herself, and over time, she practiced a great culinary skill.

The mother and daughter worked in coordination, and in less than half an hour, they had wrapped enough to fill one pot.

Xie Shuling had worked in the catering industry for many years and was comfortable using all kinds of stoves and kitchenware in the kitchen; without needing the boss's help, she familiarly heated the pan, brushed on oil, and put in the buns...

As the fragrance gradually grew stronger, the onlookers couldn't help but sniff; they had originally wanted to watch the excitement up close, but why were their mouths and hands so restless—

"Boss, are the pan-fried buns almost ready? I'll buy five! How much?"

They poked open Alipay to prepare for payment.

Seeing so many people lining up to buy pan-fried buns during the slowest time of the day, the shop owner grinned from ear to ear and kept asking Xie Shuling if she was some great master chef hiding in the city, and what salary she would want to come work as a head chef in his shop?

"..."

【Ding! Congratulations to the Host for completing the Snack Street business experience Task, reward: property rights to the land of the entire Snack Street! The property deeds will be delivered to the Host through normal channels.】

Hearing this broadcast, Xie Yang smiled with satisfaction: "Let's go, Mom, it's time for us to find the Hot Pot shop manager to fulfill the bet!"

Xie Shuling suddenly had a bad premonition: "Yang Yang, you didn't really buy the land for the entire Snack Street, did you?"

"Uh-huh."

"..."

Just as Xie Yang heard the broadcast that the Task was completed, the Hot Pot shop manager received a call from the boss at almost the same time:

"A mysterious tycoon has taken over the land of the Snack Street where our branch is located. Keep an eye out; if they come to inspect our shop, you must build a good relationship. The branch is currently in an upward phase, and it would be best if we could lease it for a few more years."

"!!!"

The manager's voice suddenly couldn't stay steady: "B-boss, the mysterious tycoon you're talking about, could it be a mother and daughter?"

"I'm not sure, why? Have you seen them? Have they been to our shop? Did you treat them well? Why are you stammering! You didn't offend them, did you?"

"..."

Offended them? That's an understatement!

It was clearly offended them deeply!