Chapter 900: Task Triggered

Liu Yunong raised an eyebrow and lightly coughed: “Xiaoqing, are you still not finished chatting?”

Liu Yuqing immediately looked inquisitively: Sis, what’s up?

Liu Yunong rolled her eyes at Liu Yuqing secretly, conveying with her gaze: What are you doing, can you restrain yourself a bit? You’re drooling!

Liu Yunong felt a tinge of jealousy creep in; as people get older, they inexplicably turn more prone to jealousy. It seemed like she also felt the intangible pressure of time, and whenever she saw Liu Yuqing paying more attention to Fu Yu than to her, she would start to feel queasy.

Fu Yu vaguely heard someone calling Liu Yuqing, and quickly said: “Is someone calling you? Go ahead and take care of it, I don’t have much going on here.”

Liu Yuqing explained: “It’s my sister looking for me, alright then, I’ll call you after the annual meeting ends.”

After hanging up, Fu Yu leaned back on the car seat, exhaling a long breath.

To be honest, there was still some regret about not being able to personally attend the Provincial Gourmet Association’s annual meeting.

After all, it’s a once-a-year opportunity, and he could have gone on stage to receive an award—what an honorable moment that would be!

Thinking about it, it’s quite a pity.

“Bro, were you just talking about the Four Seas Banquet?”

Fu Yu looked up into the rearview mirror, meeting the cab driver’s expectant gaze.

This matter had blown up pretty big, so it was definitely not something that could be hidden, nor was there any need to hide it.

Fu Yu nodded: “Yes.”

The driver gossiped: “That Chef Luo at their place, he’s probably the head chef, right? Pretty gutsy, huh? Called the police on the spot!”

Fu Yu nodded: “Yes, he’s the head chef, especially responsible.”

The driver asked Fu Yu: “You’re a chef too, right? Where do you work?”

Fu Yu said: “I work as a chef at Qianlima.”

The driver nodded, understandingly: “Bro, I can tell you’re a warm-hearted person. If you hadn’t warned them about that batch of goods being problematic, they probably wouldn’t have discovered it.”

Fu Yu smiled: “It was just a small effort.”

The driver’s eloquence was exceptional, and he warmly praised Fu Yu, making him feel like the embodiment of the harmony and beauty of a socialist society’s superior virtues.

Originally a bit regretful, Fu Yu found all his negative feelings completely wiped away after such a round of compliments.

Once at Qianlima, Fu Yu didn’t rush to the kitchen but first returned to the dormitory to change out of his designer clothes.

After changing clothes and just as Fu Yu was about to head out, a digital notification sounded in his ear:

[Ding! Congratulations on triggering NPC Chef Yao Shi’s long-term task: Excel in the culinary industry, make great strides in this field. Completion progress (five): Cooking starts with the chef, and the chef’s virtue is the soul. Task completion reward: An increase of 10% in body strength]

Before Fu Yu could take a closer look at the task details, the digital notification sounded once more:

[Ding! Congratulations on triggering NPC Chef Yao Shi’s long-term task: Excel in the culinary industry, make great strides in this field. Completion progress (five): Cooking starts with the chef, and the chef’s virtue is the soul. Task has been completed, reward received: An increase of 10% in body strength]

Fu Yu was suddenly stunned!

Quickly checking the task bar, he was a bit incredulous!

It was the first time he’d triggered a task and completed it the moment he accepted it.

The feeling was too exhilarating; why did it feel like gaining something for nothing?

The task reward was an increase of 10% in body strength, what does that mean?

It’s not just an increase in arm strength but the whole body’s strength!

Having already personally experienced the benefits of enhanced physical capabilities, Fu Yu naturally understood how precious this reward was.

However, he realized he was getting happy a bit prematurely…

Before he could feel the change from the enhanced body strength, the digital notification sounded again in his ear:

[Ding! NPC Godfather Zhao Meng’s long-term chain task: Achieve all set goals, surpass Che Yuhang, and break through all his achievements one by one, as promised. Set task (4) Assist in upholding the chef’s professional ethics, task has been completed, reward received: RMB +100, one lucky draw spin, one random reward, a key for the self-selected teaching and practice classroom.]

Fu Yu burst into laughter.

He first proceeded with the random reward draw.

[Ding! Congratulations on receiving a random prize: A no-spill ladle]

[No-spill Ladle: A high-quality 3-in-1 ladle, combining the safety and eco-friendliness of a wooden ladle, the smoothness of a ceramic ladle, slow heat conduction, and not easily scalding, with the corrosion resistance, durability, and non-slip grip of a stainless-steel ladle. No matter how much soup it holds or how it’s moved, it won’t spill!]

He got another incredible piece of cooking equipment!

Fu Yu was overjoyed.

This no-spill ladle’s ability is unstoppable!

In everyday cooking, the ladle’s usage rate is quite high. When serving soup, chefs’ biggest worry is overflow. Sometimes being too busy, filling the soup too full, or making too large a motion inevitably results in spills everywhere.

Although it’s not a big issue, it does mean extra cleaning which delays time.

Being able to save effort on these small details may seem insignificant but actually prevents a lot of hassle.

With this magical skill, he wouldn’t have to worry about it anymore in the future.

Moreover, the attributes clearly indicate the ladle is drop-resistant, durable, and not likely to slip from the hand, and during cooking, equipment slipping is a common occurrence.

Now with one less concern, he could use all the ladles freely.

Fu Yu beamed with joy.

He knew that this random prize wouldn’t be any simple item; each was a top-notch product!

There was still a lucky draw wheel, and Fu Yu immediately chose to spin it.