Chapter 920 - 775: This Kid Is Doing So Well

After running around the whole day, Fu Yu really was a bit tired.

He took a quick shower and lay down on the bed. His eyelids were heavy, but his mind was wide awake.

Thinking that he would be meeting the inspection team staff tomorrow, it was inevitable to feel a bit nervous.

He originally called Zhao Meng just to let him know he was safe, but ended up getting a whole string of reminders, which only made him even more uneasy.

According to what Liu Shaoxian said, the person in charge of this inspection team was the vice chairman of the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association, Lu Yan, who was leading the team.

He would definitely be able to meet this vice chairman tomorrow as well.

As the person in charge, his skills in herbal cuisine cooking had to be very impressive.

Although Fu Yu had advanced skills in herbal cuisine operations, he had far too little practical experience.

With his current level, he definitely wouldn’t be much to look at in front of a real big shot.

The more Fu Yu thought about it, the less confident he felt.

They say that even sharpening your spear at the last minute is better than not sharpening it at all.

Since he couldn’t fall asleep lying there anyway, he simply got up to "sharpen his spear" for a while.

The "Complete Chart of Chinese Herbal Efficacies" was easy enough to understand, but the difficulty lay in the sheer number of different herbs.

Between recognizing them and getting familiar with them, Fu Yu only made it through three types of medicinal herbs before he couldn’t help it and fell asleep.

Maybe because of his age, Fu Yu’s sleep quality was very good.

Once he fell into deep sleep, ordinary noises simply couldn’t wake him up.

So when he was woken by the alarm he’d set in the morning, Fu Yu then realized there were actually several messages on his phone.

Two of them were from Liu Yuqing, telling him she had already returned to the hotel, and that they had agreed to meet in the morning to have breakfast together.

Besides that, there was another message from five minutes ago, sent by Liu Shaoxian, saying that the Association side had already started preparing the invitation letter, that he’d helped leave a mailing address, and had also submitted Fu Yu’s contact information along with it.

When he saw the messages from Liu Yuqing, Fu Yu was still half-asleep, but after he finished reading what Liu Shaoxian wrote, he instantly sobered up!

They were going to send him an invitation letter!

An invitation letter to join the National Herbal Cuisine Research Association!

Even though he already knew everything was basically settled, without receiving an official invitation letter, he still didn’t feel fully at ease.

Now it was good—this matter was completely nailed down.

Now, he just needed to patiently wait for the invitation letter to arrive in the mail, and he would be able to officially become a member of the Association and serve as a consultant.

Not caring about replying to Liu Yuqing yet, Fu Yu first hurried to send a message back to Liu Shaoxian, expressing his thanks while also confirming the time he would be going over.

While waiting for a reply, Fu Yu then got in touch with Liu Yuqing, learned that the two sisters had already gotten up and were putting on their makeup, and hurried to tidy himself up and change into a fresh set of clothes.

This time coming to the provincial capital, he had only brought two sets of clothes, both high-end branded menswear he’d bought at the mall last time.

Back then he’d been strapped for cash, and splurging on just these two sets of clothes meant that whenever there was any kind of important occasion, he would definitely wear one of these two suits of "battle armor."

Fu Yu planned to buy two more sets of high-end summer menswear after the New Year, once the weather warmed up.

It had nothing to do with being stingy or not.

Good clothes don’t need to be many; as long as they’re enough to wear, that’s fine.

Given the nature of his work, wearing work clothes from morning till night, having two good sets of clothes in reserve was more than enough—buying more would just be a waste.

After he finished getting ready, Fu Yu picked up his phone. Before he could reply to Liu Yuqing, he noticed a new friend request in his contacts and tapped it open.

[Hello, I’m Lu Yan, vice chairman of the Association.]

Fu Yu hurriedly approved the request. As soon as the chat window popped up, he saw the "the other party is typing" prompt at the top.

Very quickly, a message came through: [Hello, I’m the vice chairman of the Association, Lu Yan. Very nice to meet you. I’m really looking forward to seeing you in a while. See you then!]

Fu Yu immediately felt flattered and quickly replied: [Hello, Chairman Lu. It’s very nice to meet you too. See you in a bit!]

He hadn’t expected the vice chairman to take the initiative to add him as a friend, and in his excitement, Fu Yu decided to fuss with his hair a little more.

First impressions were still very important; he had to make sure he left the other party with a good impression.

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Fu Yu carefully blow-dried his hair in front of the mirror. After confirming that his outfit had no issues, he finally stepped out of the bathroom.

He was just about to check whether Liu Shaoxian had replied when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

The only person who would come to his room looking for him would definitely be Liu Yuqing.

Fu Yu hurried over and opened the door.

As soon as the door opened, he saw Liu Yuqing carrying two big bags, already fully made up.

Fu Yu quickly reached out to take them from her and asked in surprise, "What’s all this?"

Liu Yuqing walked into the room with a giggle, pointed at the bags and said, "We still have time. Hurry up and change into all of these! The sizes should be about right. Try them on and see how they fit..."

As she spoke, she reached into the bags and took the items out one by one.

A brand-new short parka, a business suit, plus a dress shirt to go underneath, a tie, a tie clip, a belt, and even a pair of lined leather shoes!

These clothes were obviously newly bought, the tags were still hanging on them.

Fu Yu was stunned on the spot. "You bought all these for me?"

Liu Yuqing nodded with a bright smile. "Yeah. I bought them while I was shopping last night. I’d actually wanted to get you a watch too, but I didn’t know what style you like, so I didn’t."

Fu Yu quickly rolled up his sleeve to show his wrist. "I already have a watch. Chef Zhao lent it to me when I came over. I don’t usually wear one anyway, borrowing it for a day is enough."

Liu Yuqing thought about it and realized that made sense. Normally, working in the kitchen, who would be willing to wear a watch?

"Come on, hurry and try this whole outfit on, see how the size is?"

Liu Yuqing helped spread the clothes out neatly on the bed. While urging him, she said, "If it doesn’t fit, I’ll rush back over to change the size in a bit. When I bought them yesterday, I told them already that I might come back to exchange anytime."