Chapter 350

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

When Li Jiang suddenly had me go to his house to teach him cooking last time, something was already off.

After a round of questioning, he finally told me that he'd run into his high school crush, the goddess Su Yue, during a recent blind date.

Last time when I called Li Jiang, I also vaguely heard a girl's voice on the other end.

Lu Feng felt that if he wasn't mistaken, the reason this foodie Li Jiang hadn't come to the shop for so long

could only be one thing.

It was definitely because of that blind date Su Yue he'd mentioned last time.

Those two most likely went off traveling together.

"Fengzi, the way you put it..."

Li Jiang's voice on the phone clearly panicked for a moment: "It's not... sometimes the signal's bad when I'm out of town, and besides, didn't I just call you now?"

Lu Feng raised an eyebrow.

This kid Li Jiang didn't even deny it — looks like his guess was spot on.

Didn't expect these two to progress this fast; this kid Li Jiang has finally wised up.

But to chase her, this kid hasn't called for a while, and texts took forever to get a perfunctory one-or-two-sentence reply.

So Lu Feng calling him a friend-abandoner for a woman wasn't wronging him at all.

"So how come you've got time to call me now? Could it be your goddess dumped you, so you finally remembered me?"

Lu Feng deliberately teased Li Jiang.

He knew Li Jiang too well.

This guy was getting along great with Su Yue, yet suddenly calls him.

No need to think — there's definitely something he wants help with.

For this friend-abandoning brother, Lu Feng would spare no effort to "get back at him" whenever the chance arose.

"Pah pah pah! You jinx! Can't you wish me something good?"

Li Jiang on the other end rolled his eyes, then turned dead serious with a hint of smugness: "Su Yue and I are doing great! This Young Master formally notifies you — from now on, this Young Master also has a girlfriend!"

"Holy crap, for real?"

Although Lu Feng had guessed it, actually hearing confirmation from Li Jiang's mouth still caught him off guard.

Last time when I went to Li Jiang's house for his dad's birthday, Li Jiang's mom pulled me aside and chattered for over half an hour.

Said Li Jiang was gluttonous and lazy, never cooperated on blind dates, worried he'd be a lifelong bachelor.

Back then Lu Feng laughed and reassured her that Li Jiang just hadn't met someone he liked; maybe he'd wise up after a while.

Didn't expect his own mouth was like it had been blessed.

It hasn't been long at all, and this guy actually got out of singlehood.

Fate — truly marvelous and inexplicable; it comes when it comes.

"Alright then, kid, congratulations — from now on there's finally someone who can properly keep you in line!"

Lu Feng couldn't help but laugh, saying it with genuine happiness for him.

"Tch, so what if someone keeps me in line?"

The smugness in Li Jiang's voice practically spilled through the phone: "At least I've got someone now — beats you, a certified single dog, right?"

This kid's even showing off to me now?

Lu Feng could perfectly picture that punchable expression on Li Jiang's face right now.

"Heh, I've received the news you're off the market; anything else? If not, I'm hanging up."

Lu Feng sneered, finished speaking, and moved to hit the end-call button.

"No no no! Fengzi, wait a sec!"

Li Jiang's voice instantly jumped several octaves, the smugness gone: "I'm calling for real business! We've been brothers for years — I'm calling to ask a favor."

"Ask me for a favor?"

Lu Feng raised an eyebrow.

Li Jiang's personality — he never asks anyone for anything.

Never heard him say that word before.

Today he actually lowered himself this much, even saying 'help me' —

Looks like it's not simple.

But no need to guess — definitely involves Su Yue.

"Right, I'm begging you — you've gotta help your brother; I'll repay you big time!"

Li Jiang on the other end nodded seriously, pacing back and forth nervously.

Lu Feng didn't speak, deliberately holding the phone farther away.

That crack about him being a single dog — he hasn't forgotten.

He holds grudges.

Now he's got a favor to ask — let him stew a bit, make him anxious first.

"Fengzi, you still there? Say something!"

Li Jiang waited half a day with no response from Lu Feng, voice growing more and more frantic.

Lu Feng left him hanging for a dozen seconds, estimating Li Jiang was about to be climbing the walls, before he lazily asked into the phone, "You speak first — what matter needs my help?"

"It's like this……"

Li Jiang seemed to have grabbed a lifeline, words tumbling out rapid-fire: "Tomorrow I'm bringing Su Yue to your shop for a meal, I promised her I'd cook a dish myself, so…… can I borrow your…… tomorrow?"

Before Li Jiang could finish, Lu Feng flatly refused: "No."

"Hey…… I haven't finished talking! You just refuse me that cleanly?"

Li Jiang was choked into a stunned pause; a long while passed before he spoke.

"You want to borrow my shop's kitchen tomorrow, right?"

Lu Feng guessed Li Jiang's aim in one go, frowning and shaking his head: "It's not that I don't want to help you, any other request is fine, only this one is non-negotiable!"

Last time I went to Li Jiang's place to teach him Tomato Scrambled Eggs, I witnessed his performance the whole way.

This guy is simply a time bomb in the kitchen.

The kind that you never know when it'll go off.

That time if not for my quick reaction, this brat might've blown his kitchen upside down.

Lending the kitchen to a guy like this, Lu Feng had ten thousand worries.

This shop still has to do business; if Li Jiang cooks up some situation in his kitchen.

Would this shop even be able to stay open afterward?

"Tch, miser. If I change the request, you can't refuse me again, right?"

Hearing Lu Feng's words, Li Jiang's voice carried not a trace of discouragement.

As if he'd long anticipated he'd say exactly this.

"It's like this, tomorrow you……"

Li Jiang directly stated his other request.

After being refused, this brat switched requests so cleanly.

Hearing his completely unsurprised look, it feels like it was premeditated all along.

Lu Feng couldn't help but grow suspicious — this brat probably never counted on borrowing the kitchen in the first place.

Borrowing the kitchen was just a smokescreen; this is his real goal, right?

This time Li Jiang's request, though it sounds a bit improper too.

But compared to lending him the kitchen, it sounds at least much safer.

"Fine, this one I can help with."

This time Lu Feng didn't refuse Li Jiang, agreeing with some helplessness.