Chapter 129: Let You Open a Food Shop, But You Operate at 3 AM? Chapter 129: Truly Envious

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Hearing Lu Feng's words, Hu Xiaoyun couldn't help but widen her eyes.

It seemed that from now on she would be able to eat Lu Feng's cooking for free every day, which filled her with pleasant surprise — this was something countless diners could only dream of.

But amid the surprise, Hu Xiaoyun couldn't help feeling deep doubt, so she carefully asked, "But... I remember you said yesterday that meals aren't included here? Why..."

Seeing Hu Xiaoyun's stunned expression, Lu Feng waved his hand and said with a smile, "I was just teasing you. It's just an employee meal — it's not like I can't afford it."

However, given yesterday's situation, if Lu Feng hadn't said that, who knows what kind of oddball waitress he might have recruited — after all, even a cross-dressing big shot and a deep-voiced muscular man had shown up.

He just wanted to simply hire a waitress; he didn't need employees who only came for his cooking.

Lu Feng then pointed at the passersby outside and said to Hu Xiaoyun, "They need the food I make, but you're different from them — you need a job opportunity, a platform to change your current life through your own effort. That's why I chose you to be the waitress here."

After he finished speaking, he couldn't help muttering inwardly: Would this reasoning be a bit too far-fetched?

If Hu Xiaoyun were someone else, Lu Feng originally indeed had no intention of including employee meals — he had used this very reason to turn away those diners.

But when he learned Hu Xiaoyun was Hu Daye's granddaughter, he changed his mind.

Hu Xiaoyun's family circumstances were poor; one look at her sallow, thin appearance, clearly malnourished, told him she probably couldn't bring herself to eat anything good at school either.

He had to eat anyway — cooking one portion or two was the same work, so he might as well let her eat her fill here before going back; this counted as helping her within his means.

Lu Feng considered himself quite a considerate boss.

Hearing Lu Feng's words, Hu Xiaoyun felt a warm current surge in her heart; tears welled in her eyes as she said gratefully, "Boss, thank you! You're the best boss in the world!"

Lu Feng was a bit embarrassed by the praise and smiled, waving his hand.

He now understood that as a boss, giving employees appropriate benefits and treating them well naturally makes them work harder.

Lu Feng pointed at the bowl of braised beef noodles in front of Hu Xiaoyun and said, "Alright, eat up. Finish early and head back. When you come tomorrow, you can help me maintain order outside — don't queue up foolishly like today."

"Got it."

Hearing Lu Feng's teasing tone, Hu Xiaoyun smiled a little embarrassedly.

Then she lowered her head and started eating the noodles in small bites.

The pale-yellow noodles carried steaming braised sauce, blended with the fragrance of beef spreading across her tongue, sliding down her throat — her stomach grew warm and comfortable, a blissful relief after so long enduring steamed buns and pickled vegetables.

Watching Hu Xiaoyun's look of genuine enjoyment, Lu Feng smiled, picked up his chopsticks, and began eating heartily as well.

By the time Lu Feng drank the last sip of soup and set down his bowl with a satisfied expression, Hu Xiaoyun had also finished.

Seeing Lu Feng finish, she didn't wait for him to react — she hurriedly cleared the bowl and chopsticks in front of him.

After clearing up, she greeted Lu Feng and walked toward school with light, happy steps.

After Hu Xiaoyun left, Lu Feng didn't rush to leave the shop; he opened the system interface and checked the mission progress up to today.

With Hu Xiaoyun helping serve customers today, he could devote all his energy to cooking — efficiency rose dramatically, and he sold significantly more soup noodles than yesterday.

Seeing the task interface show the mission progress already past the halfway mark, Lu Feng couldn't help but nod in satisfaction.

At this rate, completing the mission by Friday would be no problem.

Lu Feng closed the system interface, rested in his chair for a while, then locked the shop door and rode his electric scooter away from Food Street.

Hu Xiaoyun returned to the dormitory; seeing her roommates hadn't returned yet, she sat quietly by the window and read.

Not long after, the dorm door was pushed open, and Lin Meimei walked in from outside looking exhausted.

Seeing only Hu Xiaoyun in the dorm, she threw her book onto the bed and started complaining loudly: "The counselor simply isn't human! These past few days, every time after class she finds something for me — either organizing materials or making her PPT. There are so many class cadres in the class; why does she have to keep ordering me around alone!"

Hu Xiaoyun closed her book, looked at Lin Meimei's resentful face, and smiled reassuringly: "Because you're the most capable among our class cadres — the counselor is just trying to train your abilities. Don't be angry."

"It's rare for Boss Lu to open this early this week, and this delay means I didn't even have time to go eat at his shop!"

Lin Meimei plopped down beside Hu Xiaoyun, rubbed her stomach, and said, "Busy until now, I'm starving. You haven't eaten either, right? Come on, let's go eat at the school cafeteria!"

Hearing this, Hu Xiaoyun smiled and shook her head: "Xiao Mei, I've already eaten. But I can keep you company at the cafeteria — you just eat on your own."

"You ate? Where? Wait!"

Lin Meimei leaned toward Hu Xiaoyun, sniffed a fragrance, and couldn't help sniffing hard a few times: "Xiao Yun, you smell so good!"

Yesterday Hu Xiaoyun had told her about working part-time at Lu Feng's shop from now on, so she continued: "You've been at Boss Lu's shop for an hour — you've practically marinated in the scent. But I admire you — smelling that fragrance for so long, you can still stomach the school cafeteria food."

Seeing Lin Meimei sniffing around her like a little puppy, Hu Xiaoyun couldn't help shifting away slightly, smiling embarrassedly: "I didn't eat at the school cafeteria — I just had braised beef noodles at Boss Lu's."

"What? You ate at Boss Lu's?"

Lin Meimei's face instantly showed surprise: "You paid for it yourself?"

But the moment the words left her mouth, she felt it was a bit unscientific.

Hu Xiaoyun was usually so frugal — how could she possibly bear to spend money on food from Lu Feng's shop?

"Nope, Boss Lu didn't charge me — said it's an employee meal." Hu Xiaoyun shook her head.

"What?? You said Boss Lu doesn't include meals! How come there's an employee meal?"

Lin Meimei's voice couldn't help rising an octave.

Yesterday, learning that meals weren't included for the waitress job at Lu Feng's, she had felt a bit sorry for Hu Xiaoyun.

But what's the situation now?

Doesn't that mean the delicacies people queue for but can't always buy — Hu Xiaoyun will get to eat every day from now on?

Lin Meimei was truly envious now.