Chapter 304 - 137: New Home-style Dish, Max Level for Pairing with Rice

Chapter 304: Chapter 137: New Home-style Dish, Max Level for Pairing with Rice

This dish wasn’t exactly something you’d put up for a formal tasting.

But since the boss had spoken, Zhang Heping knew all he had to do was follow orders.

By ten in the morning, the official start of the workday at Meiweilai Company, the employees had trickled in one after another.

Bai Xiaobo said hello to Liu Shengnan, withdrew some cash from accounting, and left right away, taking Zhang Heping with him.

Xiaobai didn’t know much about high-powered stoves and the like, so having Zhang the Second along would give him a point of reference.

He Shuting’s task was straightforward. She needed to help Aunt Fang disinfect and clean the sleeping areas of the kids’ lunch program, a daily necessity.

Zhang Li’s assignment was a little unusual: follow President Ling’s orders.

"So, Sister Ling has a new idea?"

Filled with curiosity, Zhang Li entered the office. She found Ling Shuyu engrossed in her work at the computer. Though her eyes sparkled with excitement, her face was clearly a bit haggard.

"Sister Ling, did you pull an all-nighter again?"

Ling Shuyu hummed in agreement without looking up from the computer. "The poster is almost finished. Take the template out to get a copy printed later. Tonight, we’ll set it up on an X-frame stand."

"Huh?" Zhang Li leaned over the desk to look at the computer. "You were busy with this all night? But our business is already doing great without it!"

Ling Shuyu’s lips curved into a smile. "You don’t understand."

’After all, I don’t even understand it myself.’

Zhang Li looked at the poster. It was simple and clean, yet packed with a surprising amount of information.

Especially the personal bio for Boss Su—it was incredibly detailed!

"Alright, I’ve copied the template onto a flash drive. Just take it and get it done. No need to run all over town, just go straight to the printing department at Xinghui. Tell them I sent you."

’Heh, this way I can even save the boss some money. I really am a great, frugal employee!’

Zhang Li watched Ling Shuyu’s blissful smile.

’Fleecing your former boss to support your current one... Sister Ling, is that really okay?’

Appropriate or not, it wasn’t a problem for Ling Shuyu to pull a few strings for something so minor. After delegating the work, Ling Shuyu said goodbye to everyone and went straight home to sleep.

With just a single message sent to each of them from Su Chen, the entire Delicious team shifted into a state of well-organized work.

But the members of the Delicious team weren’t the only ones kept busy by the food stall. There was one other person, too.

...

"Damn it! All because of two bowls of stir-fried beef, I have to increase my workout this much!"

Su Xian Fitness Training Camp.

Shen Ning had just finished her cardio and was now in the middle of strength training.

Any diet meal that doesn’t account for portion size is a total scam!

Even if it’s low-oil and low-salt, if you eat two portions plus a bowl of rice, how can you even call that a diet meal?

Having already completed three times her usual training volume, Shen Ning wiped the sweat from her brow with a towel, took a deep breath, and stepped onto the body fat scale.

[Your Weight: 115 lbs]

What?

Shen Ning was completely stunned.

"Wait, how did I gain two pounds?"

A height of 165 cm and a weight of 113 pounds—that was the ideal body ratio Shen Ning had carefully cultivated for herself.

Since she did a lot of strength training, it was normal to be a bit heavier than an average person with the same build. The question was, where had these extra two pounds come from?

"Looks like I need to up my training!"

Shen Ning took a deep breath and immediately got back on the treadmill. While she was still warmed up, she had to get in another forty minutes of cardio!

At the same time, she made a secret vow to herself.

’Occasional indulgence is one thing, but I can’t let my cravings get the better of me.’

’Right... I am definitely not going to the Pedestrian Street to eat today!’

With that thought, Shen Ning pulled out her phone while running and sent a notification to her trainees’ group chat.

[Shen Ning: Tonight’s running session is an hour earlier.]

’Hmm, when I ran past yesterday, that boss seemed to have just been setting up.’

’If I go an hour earlier, I won’t run into him, right? Out of sight, out of mind! Perfect!’

At this thought, Shen Ning smiled happily.

She had no idea that after she sent her message, another, smaller group chat was absolutely blowing up.

[Zhang Jiayi: This is great, ladies! Training is an hour early today. We can go eat at the handsome suit guy’s place right after we’re done!]

[Zhu Kexin: We’re still going to eat? *Sob* I gained two pounds when I weighed myself today, what am I going to do?!]

[Fang Xiaorui: Did you not go to the bathroom yet? Just go and you’ll drop the weight. It’s a normal fluctuation, what are you panicking for? Besides, why do we work out and diet? Isn’t it so we can eat more?]

[Zhang Jiayi: Exactly! How are you supposed to have the energy to lose weight if you don’t eat? Worst case, we just skip the carbs today. Just eating some vegetables and beef won’t be a problem.]

A series of thumbs-up emojis flooded the chat. Zhang Jiayi’s proposal had been unanimously approved by her three friends.

「Time flew by.」

By the time Su Chen woke up, it was already afternoon.

After freshening up, he went to the kitchen on the nineteenth floor and made himself a bowl of SS Level pan-seared noodles, then boiled two S Level tea eggs.

’Now that hits the spot!’

When Su Chen ate noodles, he preferred more broth and fewer noodles, maintaining about a seven-to-three ratio.

As for the tea eggs, he’d use his chopsticks to break them up in the bowl, mashing the yolk until it dissolved into the broth.

Taking a sip of that broth was pure bliss.

After his meal, Su Chen changed into a clean suit, and once he was neatly dressed, he went down to the second floor.

His employees were all there.

"We’re heading out early today, so everyone can clock off early too."

Zhang Heping glanced at the time. "Boss, it’s only four o’clock. We went out at five yesterday and there was still nobody there."

’Even if we’re going early, you have to pick the right time. Who eats this early?’

Su Chen said, "It’s fine. We won’t know until we get there."

And so, the entire staff of Delicious!

Grabbing their respective gear, some piled into the Mercedes, while the rest hopped directly onto the food cart.

An hour ahead of schedule.

They set off for the Botanical Garden!