Chapter 145: Cold War

Lu Yuxi gulped down the last mouthful of chicken soup and almost spat it out. She choked and coughed several times.

Wasn’t Xu Le’s offer a little too generous? Zhang Tong was the head chef of the Heavenly Restaurant. His annual salary was already high, not to mention double of that…

Although she was not the one paying for it, Lu Yuxi still felt the pinch.

Zhang Tong was speechless. His eyes were filled with emotions. He said in a trembling voice, “Sure, I’m looking for a job. I hope we can… have a pleasant cooperation.”

The two of them shook hands and Xu Le’s expression was especially sincere. After confirming that Zhang Tong could come to work the next day, he turned around and waved at Lu Yuxi. “It’s time to get off work. Let’s go. What are you waiting for?”

“Me, me, me, you, you.” Lu Yuxi was agitated for a long time. In the end, she stared at Xu Le quietly and said, “Give me a raise!”

On the way back, the two of them stood by the road and waited for the cab.

Lu Yuxi stepped on the edge of the pavement in boredom. The night wind blew and her hair was messed up. She raised her hand and said, “Do you still want to work with the supplier tomorrow?”

Lu Yuxi knew that she had to compromise before finding a suitable supplier.

“Turn them down. Don’t ever work with them again.”

“Don’t say things on impulse. Think about the consequences carefully.”

“I brought so many dishes today. Of course, I only said that after considering it.”

“Hmm?”

Lu Yuxi walked in a straight line and stretched her arms to maintain her balance. She said shakily, “That’s good. Is it the same for the first shop?”

“Mmm.”

“I’ll go talk to them tonight!” She said angrily, “The supplier over there took advantage of the situation and dropped the ball at the critical moment. It’s definitely not trustworthy.”

“I suspect it has something to do with the producers of the Master Chef program team.”

“Who is it?”

Lu Yuxi turned around curiously and was about to jump down from the curb when she accidentally stepped on her loose shoelace. She tripped and fell straight to the ground.

“Hey!”

Xu Le reached out to support her. Even though he was strong, he could not bear the weight of an adult. There was a thud.

Lu Yuxi still laid on the ground while he became a human cushion.

“Hahahaha…”

Lu Yuxi laughed out loud. As she helped him up, she laughed until she could not straighten her back. “I’m really sorry. I didn’t crush you, right? Hahahaha…”

Xu Le couldn’t help but complain, “You don’t look apologetic.”

“Beep-beep-beep.”

The driver waved his hand and said, “Little girl, what are you doing? Bring your brother here!”

“He mistook you for my brother.” Lu Yuxi chuckled, feeling like she had taken advantage of him.

However, she did not notice that the smile on Xu Le’s face had fallen. He got into the car without saying a word.

When he reached home, Xu Le received a message from Li Qing about the revenue from that day’s business. He also explained that he would end the cooperation with the supplier the next day.

“What? On the first day of opening, they just stopped delivering the ingredients on a whim? Don’t they have any sense of responsibility?! To think you have a good temper. If it were me, I would scold him until…”

Li Qing had a bad temper, so he criticized the supplier over the phone. In the end, he even promised, “Don’t worry, I won’t take their ingredients tomorrow. I’ll chase them out and vent anger on your behalf.”

He was like an old hen protecting her calf. Xu Le smiled and did not say anything.

Lu Yuxi, who came back with him, could sense that something was amiss. She probed, “Are you angry?”

“Why would I be angry?”

Xu Le retorted, leaving her speechless.

“Oh…” Lu Yuxi was a meticulous person. After thinking for a while, she said,” Is it because the annoying driver said that you are my younger brother? ”

Xu Le’s expression froze. She had guessed correctly.

Lu Yuxi smiled disapprovingly. “At most, I won’t take advantage of you. Next time I go out, I’ll call you elder brother. What’s the big deal?”

Xu Le’s gaze turned colder. “Do you really think I’m angry about this?”

“Can you not be unreasonable?”

Lu Yuxi said impatiently, “I have always treated you as a friend of the same age. When I was eight years old, I don’t even know where I was playing house with my friends. You’re so great. You participated in competitions and even opened stores. You’re so much better than me!”

Xu Le rubbed his temples and sneered. “Yes, I’m only eight years old.”

There was a basin of jasmine by the window. It was the perfect season for white flowers to bloom. In the dark night, the fragrance of flowers permeated the air.

For a moment, there was an air of ambiguous romance under the dim yellow light from the night lamp and from Lu Yuxi’s gaze. The two of them looked at each other and stood up straight. Xu Le stepped back and leaned against the table.

Lu Yuxi, on the other hand, was at a loss. She forced herself to put on a decent smile and said, “Sleep early. We still have to open the store tomorrow, so we’ll definitely be busy. I’ll help you interview a few shop assistants tomorrow. Oh, right, who will be in charge of the official publicity account?”

“Recruit some people for operations and hand them over to him.”

“Yeah, I have the same idea too.”

Lu Yuxi quickly left the room after chatting about work. When she closed the door, she accidentally spouted softly, “I must be crazy.” After she fell into the darkness, the room fell silent again.

Xu Le closed his eyes and entered the system. He used his gold coins to exchange for the vegetables and meat that he needed the next day. After he was done, he saw the huge amount of gold coins and couldn’t help but feel gratified.

It seemed that all the customers were very fond of the dishes that day, and there was no bad review that caused him to lose gold coins.

Before he went to bed, Xu Le was scrolling through his phone. Recently, culinary competitions had been extremely popular online. Even his variety show, ‘Chinese Restaurant’, which was going to be broadcast the next day, had been hyped up. In short, the response was extremely highly anticipated.

He scrolled further down and saw the tutorial for “Fried Cheese Chicken” set off a wave of imitations online. Many people praised that it tasted much better than chicken from fast food restaurants.

He did not know when he fell asleep, but Xu Le was woken up by Li Qing’s call the next day. He was saying angrily, “That guy broke his promise first, but he said that we were the untrustworthy ones.”

“… Who?”

“Of course it’s the supplier!” Li Qing vented his anger. “I scolded him until he couldn’t find his bearings. Now, I’m afraid I have to go over to your branch to scold them too.”

Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked at the time. Then, he immediately jumped out of bed.

It was already 9:30 am even though they were going to open for business at 10 am, yet Lu Yuxi did not wake him up that day!

Xu Le was furious. He quickly washed up and took a taxi to the shop. There was a long queue outside.

Entering from the side door, he could hear all the curses.

“What do you mean? You want it to end just like that? Have you asked me for my opinion? Who’s going to pay for our losses? Don’t forget, the contract is signed! If you guys don’t keep your word when you just opened, which customer will dare to come and eat in the future?”

The supplier was no longer as meek as he was previously and flew into a rage.

Lu Yuxi held the contract in her hand and directly ignored him. She calmly said to the job applicants, “Work hard. The probation period is three days. Even if we are dissatisfied, we will still pay you.”