Chapter 110

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Among the six girls in Lin Meimei's dormitory, Hu Xiaoyun was somewhat out of place with the others.

She never ate together with her roommates; after finishing a full day of classes every day, she would always leave in a rush and return to the dormitory very late at night.

Hu Xiaoyun had an ordinary appearance, giving people the impression of a bookworm.

Moreover, she was usually taciturn and had never been seen communicating much with anyone.

Returning to the dormitory so late every night, she also didn't look like she had a boyfriend.

Hu Xiaoyun's unsociable behavior caused the few roommates in the dormitory to not have a very good impression of her either.

In the dormitory, only Lin Meimei had a relatively good relationship with her.

Because Lin Meimei, like Hu Xiaoyun, was a local of Jiangcheng, their daily interactions were comparatively more than with others.

At the same time, she also knew that the reason Hu Xiaoyun returned to the dormitory so late every day was because she worked part-time as a cashier at a supermarket outside the school.

This was also something she had accidentally discovered when she went to that supermarket to buy things not long ago.

It was also from that day on that the two of them gradually spoke more, and their relationship became better and better.

Every night when Hu Xiaoyun returned to the dormitory, the other roommates were already asleep, and it was always Lin Meimei who opened the door for her.

Usually at this time, Hu Xiaoyun would already be working at the supermarket, but today she didn't go, and judging by the expression on her face, something must have happened.

"Xiao Yun, what's wrong with you?"

Lin Meimei walked over to Hu Xiaoyun's side, sat down, and asked with a face full of concern.

Hu Xiaoyun raised her head and glanced at Lin Meimei, forcing a faint smile onto her face: "It's nothing, my eyes are just a bit uncomfortable."

Lin Meimei naturally didn't believe her; she widened her eyes and pretended to be angry: "Xiao Yun, in the dormitory it's just us two who are closest. If you don't tell me, from now on when you come back to the dormitory at night, I just won't open the door for you."

Hu Xiaoyun let out a light sigh, and tears began to well up in her eyes again: "Xiao Mei, I... I was fired by the supermarket."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meimei frowned and asked with some puzzlement: "Why did they fire you? Weren't you always doing quite well?"

Hu Xiaoyun lowered her head, hesitated for a while, then said: "Today, not long after I arrived at the supermarket, the cashier next to me accidentally smashed a bottle of wine a customer had bought. The customer got very angry, cursed a lot of ugly words, and scolded that girl until she cried. I couldn't bear to watch, so I went over to try to calm the customer down, but who knew that customer would scold me too."

"Later the supermarket manager came over, said we didn't serve the customer well, and fired both of us. The bottle of wine was also deducted from both our wages."

Upon hearing this, Lin Meimei immediately stood up, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to seek justice for Lin Meimei: "That manager just fired you without any investigation? It clearly had nothing to do with you! And that bottle of wine wasn't smashed by you either; if anyone has to pay, it should be that girl. Why make you pay too? Come on! I'll go with you to settle accounts with them!"

Seeing this, Hu Xiaoyun hurriedly grabbed Lin Meimei's hand, shaking her head and explaining: "The extra money deducted has already been paid back to me by that girl. She also apologized to me, saying sorry for implicating me."

Only then did the anger on Lin Meimei's face dissipate somewhat. She sat back down on the bed, gently patting Hu Xiaoyun's back and comforting her: "It's just a part-time job. That supermarket made you work until so late every day before getting off work, and you only earned a few dozen yuan a day. Since you're fired, you're fired. Just go find another part-time job later!"

Hu Xiaoyun nodded, the smile on her face still bitter, but a bit better than just now.

Now many places outside don't hire university students for part-time work; wanting to find another job isn't such an easy thing.

Then she seemed to think of something, took a few bills out of her pocket, and handed them to Lin Meimei: "Xiao Mei, this is the five hundred yuan I borrowed from you last month. I'll pay you back first!"

Looking at the bills Hu Xiaoyun handed over, Lin Meimei didn't reach out to take them, but pushed them back: "I'm not short of money right now. You don't have to rush to pay me back. You keep it and eat something good in the school cafeteria. Don't gnaw on steamed buns and pickles every day."

In the dormitory, only Lin Meimei knew that the reason Hu Xiaoyun didn't eat with them was because she secretly hid in the school's small woods every day, gnawing on steamed buns and pickles for her meal.

Lin Meimei knew Hu Xiaoyun's family conditions were not good, but she had very strong self-esteem and was unwilling to accept charity from others. Lin Meimei had tried to treat Hu Xiaoyun to a meal several times, but she rarely agreed.

"I still have money on me." Hu Xiaoyun said, and even took out her wallet, opened it, and showed Lin Meimei: "When I went home on the weekend, my grandpa gave me a thousand yuan. Plus the wages from the supermarket part-time job, it's enough for this semester's food expenses."

Only then did Lin Meimei accept the money Hu Xiaoyun handed over, saying with worry: "Then I'll hold onto it for now. If you don't have enough money later, just tell me."

Hu Xiaoyun nodded gratefully, then checked the time on her phone, and said to Lin Meimei with a smile: "It's about time to eat. How about we go to the cafeteria together?"

Lin Meimei patted her head, only then remembering that she had originally planned to go to Food Street. She immediately grabbed Hu Xiaoyun's hand and said quickly: "Perfect, I was planning to go to Food Street to eat. You come with me. Hurry up, hurry up! Otherwise if we go too late we won't get to eat!"

Hu Xiaoyun originally wanted to refuse. She usually almost never bought food outside in order to save money. After all, the school cafeteria's food was much cheaper than outside.

But seeing Lin Meimei's expectant look, Hu Xiaoyun was too embarrassed to dampen her spirits, so she could only nod and follow Lin Meimei out of the dormitory door.

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At the entrance of Lu Feng's shop on Food Street, a long queue had already formed.

There were less than ten minutes until business hours, and the diners' expectant gazes were fixed tightly on the shop's gate.

"President Zhao, are you sure this place has the delicacies you mentioned?"

Outside the queue, Qian Laoban looked at the signboard of Lu Feng's shop, frowned, and looked at Zhao Zhenhui and Zhou Yaqin standing to the side, asking with a doubtful expression on his face.

He had waited in the hotel for a whole day today, waiting until he was a bit impatient. Finally, in the evening, he received a call from Zhao Zhenhui.

Less than ten minutes after hanging up the phone, Zhao Zhenhui's car had already arrived downstairs at the hotel.

He had thought Zhao Zhenhui would take him to some high-end restaurant, but unexpectedly they came to a street-side small shop on Food Street that didn't look very remarkable.

Qian Laoban was a bit disappointed. He didn't believe that in such an ordinary small shop, there would be delicacies that would amaze him.

For someone like him who wasn't short of money, he had always felt that the more expensive something was, the better it was.

How good could the things made by this kind of street-side small restaurant possibly be?

Zhao Zhenhui, however, smiled and said: "General Manager Qian, rest assured. Although this small shop isn't large in scale, the boss's culinary skill is top-notch. You'll know once you taste it in a bit!"

Zhou Yaqin on the side also smiled, nodded, and chimed in agreement.

Seeing them both say this, Qian Laoban could only nod and temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart.

Then he pointed at the queue at the shop entrance that stretched as far as the eye could see, and asked with a very unwilling expression: "We have to queue up too? How long would we have to wait?"

"I'll think of a way."

Zhao Zhenhui said this and walked straight to the very front of the queue, patted the shoulder of the person in first place, and asked with a smile: "Brother, can I discuss something with you?"

"Cutting in line is out of the question. Go queue at the back!"

That person glanced at Zhao Zhenhui, waved his hand at him impatiently, and said.

Zhao Zhenhui didn't get angry either, smiling as he continued, "My name is Zhao Zhenhui. Today I have an important client..."

Before he could finish speaking, the person in second place called out with a face full of surprise, "You're Boss Zhao? The Boss Zhao who sent Red Packets in the group chat is you, right?"

"It's me."

Zhao Zhenhui looked at the glasses-wearing young man, guessing he was someone from the Group Chat, and immediately felt reassured.

Hearing this, the person in first place immediately showed an embarrassed expression and hurriedly said, "Sorry Boss Zhao, I didn't recognize you."

To this Zhao Zhenhui just smiled and said it was nothing, not taking it to heart at all.

"Boss Zhao, that one thousand yuan today was snatched by me! Thank you so much!"

The glasses-wearing young man looked at Zhao Zhenhui with a face full of Excitement, then seemingly seeing through his intention, leaned in and asked quietly, "Boss Zhao, do you want to Cut in Line?"

Zhao Zhenhui, seeing the strange looks cast by the surrounding people, smiled somewhat embarrassedly and said, "Not Cut in Line. I want to buy three spots. Today I have an important client. Five hundred yuan per spot. Don't Know if you're Willing..."

Before Zhao Zhenhui could finish speaking, the glasses-wearing young man's eyes lit up and he immediately said loudly, "I'm Willing! Boss Zhao, you stand at my spot!"