Chapter 461

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Early the next morning, in the garage of the Yunding Huating Villa District, a black Maybach, accompanied by a low and steady rumble, slowly made its way toward the villa district's main gate.

Lu Feng sat in the driver's seat, feeling the comfort the genuine leather seats brought to his journey.

He had been driving this Maybach for a while now, and by this point he had grown accustomed to this steadiness and comfort.

Recalling a little over a month ago, he was still squeezing onto the morning rush-hour subway with a crowd of office workers, braving wind and rain — it truly felt like a lifetime away.

Usually when he wasn't open for business at the shop, Lu Feng would occasionally drive out for a spin, but he only drove around the suburbs, rarely going into the city center; he disliked overly bustling places.

But today he was driving to the city center, and this trip wasn't aimless wandering — he had a mission.

On the Maybach's front passenger seat, that hardcover book list lay quietly on the seat.

The moment Lu Feng saw that book list, he couldn't help feeling a wave of headache.

When he left today, he suddenly realized he had overlooked an important issue.

The books on the system's book list — he still had to go to a bookstore to buy them, and he didn't even know if some of them could be found on the market.

He planned to go to the largest book city in the Jiang City center today to take a look, buy some of the findable ones first, and start reading them over the next few days.

The ones unavailable locally could only be bought online.

"Wonder if, when I take this book list to the bookstore later, the staff will think I'm here for wholesale…"

Lu Feng couldn't help muttering to himself.

He could already imagine the scene: himself hugging this book list, cross-referencing it book by book in the store, while a crowd of people stared at him with strange looks.

The car drove steadily on the road for over half an hour, arriving at the streets of the city center.

Lu Feng parked in the parking lot and walked slowly along the street toward his destination.

These past two days, Jiangcheng's weather was like a girl's mood during that time of the month — changing at a moment's notice.

Lu Feng remembered that when he left, it had been clear skies all the way; but just a short while after getting out of the car, the sky had turned a dull gray, the temperature had dropped a bit from earlier, and who knew if it would rain later.

When Lu Feng left this morning, he was still agonizing over one thing.

Originally he had planned to close the shop for a day today, specifically to hunt for books and read.

Although the Photographic Memory skill the system gave was good — he had tested it last night, and not only could he retain everything he read deeply in his mind, but his reading speed had also increased considerably —

reading over a thousand books within a month was still a bit tight on time.

Lu Feng considered whether to do the same as last time: when driving past Food Street, secretly paste a leave note on the main gate.

But he thought for a long time and couldn't find a suitable excuse for leave, nor had he notified those diners in advance.

If he really did that, those diners would probably raise hell.

So in the end Lu Feng still gave up on the idea of taking leave, mainly because he was worried about getting beaten up.

Previously, when completing a mission, he had drawn a Max-Level Martial Arts skill from the Reward System.

But that wasn't for brawling with diners.

He was a refined and elegant God of Cooking, not some brute who'd pick up a kitchen knife and argue with customers over a couple of disagreeable words.

Lu Feng walked along the street for a dozen or so minutes, finally reaching his destination this time — the largest book city in the Jiang City center.

His Maybach was parked in an underground parking lot one street away; there was actually a parking lot right near the book city entrance, just a few steps from the book city, but Lu Feng still parked there.

The reason he did this was to answer the call for green low-carbon, environmentally friendly travel; moreover, walking a few more steps could exercise his body and loosen his muscles and bones.

As someone who would stand at the pinnacle of the chef world in the future, possessing a good and healthy body was also very important.

It was absolutely not because the parking fee over there was five yuan cheaper than here.

Lu Feng had just reached the book city entrance when the eye-catching banner overhead caught his gaze; it read "Book City All Books 8.8% Off, Today Only, Buy While You Can."

Lu Feng's eyes brightened, and he couldn't help a surge of quiet delight.

He secretly nodded, his face still maintaining its usual calm, while silently calculating in his heart.

The books in the system catalog — today he'd have to buy at least a few dozen here; added up, it would save a good sum.

Looks like coming out to buy books today was an absolutely correct decision.

Lu Feng had been to this book city a few times before; not long after Li Jiang taught him Tomato Scrambled Eggs at his place last time, he got a burst of confidence, feeling he had a talent for cooking.

A couple days later, Li Jiang insisted on dragging Lu Feng here and bought a huge pile of beginner cooking books.

That was also when Li Jiang got a book city VIP Card here, saying it would be convenient for buying books here in the future.

But not long after that card was issued, Li Jiang and Su Yue went traveling together, and afterward smoothly developed into a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship.

After returning, their relationship grew even more stable, and they often came to Lu Feng's shop to eat together.

Li Jiang nowadays exudes a sour, stinky aura of romance every day; the matter of learning to cook was long thrown to the back of his mind, and that book city VIP Card naturally ended up in Lu Feng's hands.

Who knows, maybe when Li Jiang got the card originally, he already foresaw this outcome — he directly registered the card under Lu Feng's name.

Lu Feng touched the VIP Card in his pocket, feeling even more pleased.

Today the book city happened to have a discount event; stacking the VIP Card's additional discount on top saved another chunk.

"Welcome."

The moment Lu Feng stepped through the book city's main gate, a clear female voice rang out beside him.

A short-haired beauty in a light gray professional suit came up enthusiastically to greet him; her face wore a just-right smile, looking neither overly eager nor coldly distant.

"May I ask what kind of books you're looking to buy? We have a great many books here, and recently added a batch of new titles; different categories are on different floors — tell me and I can introduce the corresponding locations."

The short-haired beauty staff spoke at an even pace; after finishing, she pointed at the tablet in her hand: "Or if you have specific titles you want to find, you can also tell me the names, and I can help you look up their exact locations."

"Mm, I want to find some books related to culinary skill."

Lu Feng nodded and said.

He had come here with Li Jiang before to buy books on culinary skill, but after coming this time he discovered that the positions of many books had undergone some changes, therefore he asked once more.

"Alright, please follow me."

The short-haired staff member led Lu Feng, walking straight toward the bookstore's second floor.