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Chapter 1: Unexpected Pleasant Surprise
Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth
"All the flowery scents fade in April each year, while blossoms in the mountain temple have just started
to bloom."
In this huge and bustling metropolis, a small shop at the juncture of the 2nd and 3rd Ring Road was just
as inconspicuous as a tiny fly. But in the dimly lit room of the shop, Yuan Zhou seemed ignorant of that.
"Damn it" Yuan Zhou sat on the only chair with intact legs. Looking around the tiny room, he sighed as
his thoughts drifted away.
This small shop was the only inheritance left by his parents, besides 50 thousand RMB.
The two-storey store was located at a bustling street, backed against a commercial office building. This
store was formerly a warm home on the 2nd floor, and a noodle restaurant at the 1st floor.
Since his parents died from a traffic accident three years ago, he had never been to the store located at
the 1st floor anymore. Whenever he left, he would exit through the back door.
The house was now extremely dusty. The tables and chairs were also smashed into pieces, while the
remaining bowls and chopsticks were strewn about in a mess. The 2nd floor wasn’t any better than that.
Except for the places where he frequently moved about, it was exactly the same as how it was three
years ago.
Little did he expect that someone would take over the shop, as it had been 2 years since he posted the
sales notice.
With his face filled with unwillingness and helplessness, Yuan Zhou stood up and looked around the
whole house carefully, as if to imprint this messy noodle restaurant in his mind forever.
Nevertheless, his expression could not even last 3 seconds before he stepped on god-knows-what,
forcing him to plant his face against the floor, accompanied by a dust cloud he created while falling.
"Damn it. My face." Yuan Zhou kneaded his left face while attempting to get up with a pained look.
"Man, just wait. Tomorrow, you are going to be taken over by other people." Yuan Zhou immediately
got to his feet, and his face didn’t feel so painful anymore.
While he dusted himself lightly, he mumbled something towards the shabby house and sighed in his
heart. He no longer wanted to say anything anymore.
Walking through the messy hall, he arrived at what had been the kitchen. Near the back door, there was
a narrow and concealed stairway, barely enough for a person to pass through.
Walking along the stairway, Yuan Zhou was expressionless. However, his hands were kneading the part
of his body that came into contact with the ground just now.
The stairway was not long, with only 8 steps. He got to the 2nd floor with just several steps. The daylight
here was much better than that on the 1st floor.
Near the stairway was a creamy white shoe cabinet, yet it was full of dirt now. On the 1st shelf were two
pairs of leather shoes that look worned out; on the 2nd shelf were several pairs of old-fashioned women
shoes; shoes on the 3rd tier were much better, including sports shoes that were washed a snowy white,
and also some comfortable and casual leather shoes.
Disregarding the amount of dust on the shoes cabinet, Yuan Zhou took off his slippers, put them on the
cabinet, and walked into the room barefooted.
The modest 2nd floor was divided into three rooms, two of the rooms stood intimately next to each
other, and the third one had a yellow wooden door at the very end on the right. The two rooms next to
each other didn’t seem to make the floor crowded. A Mandarin character symbolizing luck and the
characters wishing good fortune while leaving were posted on each of the white doors. Those characters
had aged, therefore, the bright red color had already faded.
"Ka Cha!" A harsh sound was made when he opened the door to the room on the right with the
characters wishing good fortune while leaving. Dirty clothes were scattered all over the room and even
on the floor. The cabinet beside the bed’s headboard was half opened. Clothes inside of the cabinet
were stacked neatly. A black laptop was placed on the cabinet with its power light twinkling, showing it
was still working.
The double bed was the cleanest object in this room. The quilt and pillow were stacked fairly neat and
tidy as well.
Taking a look at the dust on his body in disgust, Yuan Zhou got some clean clothes from the wardrobe.
Leaving the door of the wardrobe open, he walked straight into the yellow wooden door.
Putting away the rest of the clothes, Yuan Zhou started to wash his face in the washbasin. The mirror
above the washbasin, reflected a man aged 30 or so, with a mature-looking face and a pair of deep
charming eyes. His appearance revealed maturity and calm, which added some points of charm to his
ordinary facial features.
Yuan Zhou carried an inapparent scald scar on his hand and an incised wound on his fingers. His fingers
didn’t look good while the muscle of his arms were, on the contrary, fairly beautiful. As for his other
parts, there were all average.
Although he had wanted 6 pack-abs to pick up girls, he gave up after he looked towards his abdomen
and found that nothing had changed after 3 months of effort.
After washing and changing his clothes, he went back to his own room. Just then, his mobile phone rang.
He wiped his hands dry and clicked on the new message from Boss Wang. There was only one sentence.
"Yuan Zhou, I have gotten some people to work here. You don’t need to come to work tomorrow. I will
wire your salary into your account on time at the middle of the month."
He breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had already resigned for half a month, his boss told him to wait
according to the usual procedures until the replacement staff arrived. For a long time,Yuan Zhou already
had the notion of leaving this sorrowful place and traverse the outside world.
Looking at the photo upside down on the table, Yuan Zhou felt slightly at ease. Nevertheless, he also got
annoyed when he thought of the customer coming to see the house tomorrow.
After all, his parents were quite hopeful for this small shop and had wished their son could inherit this
property even if he couldn’t obtain any other accomplishments. However, he had never tried reopening
the shop since his parents died. Yet now he was going to rent the shop to others. Thinking about that
issue made Yuan Zhou a little agitated. He stretched his arms to move the photo further away.
Lying on the bed, he looked at the gradually darkening sky outside of his window. He then closed his
eyes and cleared his messy mind, preparing to fall asleep like that.
"Di Di...It is tested the host is psychologically stable and is suitable for binding. Binding begining. Binding
ends."
An unexpected electronic voice sounded in his mind. Yuan Zhou opened his eyes, his face was
expressionless but his eyes were filled with surprise.
"System?" Yuan Zhou couldn’t help murmuring in a low voice.
"Host, I am here," a serious and cold electronic voice responded to the curiosity in his mind.
"Ha?" Yuan Zhou got really muddled right now.
"What the hell is that?" Yuan Zhou started to look around at every corner of the house, trying to locate
the source of the voice or anything different from yesterday.
Of course there was nothing more he could find in the house except for the meal box lying in the trash
bin. He threw it away after his lunch today.
"Host, you don’t need to look for me. The system is bound to your brain….." When the electronic voice
mentioned the brain, Yuan Zhou reached out to his brain swiftly like a clap of thunder and probed very
carefully for several times, only to find nothing. Not even a simple bulge.
However, the electronic voice still continued, "This system is invisible to the naked eyes, microscope or
any other means. This system is the Master Chef System. The host is qualified. Now beginning the first
mission."
"Wait, wait, what system?"Yuan Zhou failed in looking for that. Then he sat back on his bed and asked.
"Master Chef System. In order not to waste unnecessary power, the description of the system has been
displayed in your mind in a written form. You can just concentrate your attention to see it." The cold
electronic voice then disappeared completely.
Text description: This system came from a galaxy unknown to you. It was invented by famous Dr. A, in
order to let humans obtain higher levels of spiritual enjoyment. It was cast away to the earth 2500 years
ago and has experienced 10 hosts. You are No. 11."
Target: The system will help you to get a thorough knowledge of both western and traditional Chinese
foods so you can become the top Master Chef in the world.
Host: Yuan Zhou (Ordinary Human, Nationality: Chinese Han)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical quality: C (overall evaluations of neural response, strength, coordination and dexterity, etc.)
Cooking talent: Unknown
Skill: None
Tools: None
5 Dimensions Cooking evaluation: Novice
(You are only a novice in the cooking circle. You haven’t mastered how to cook Fried Rice with Egg even
with 2 years of cooking experience. )
[Mission]...
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Chapter 2: The 1st Mission
Before he even had the chance to see the mission or anything else, Yuan Zhou excitedly stood up and
walked two laps around the room. Eventually, he found his actions to be really silly and sat down again.
Then he continuously turned his phone on and off again, causing a heavy burden to it.
Numerous thoughts flickered in his mind, but one sentence could summarized his current mood,
“Master Chef System? Am I finally going to walk to the peak of my life and become someone?”
He knew this small shop was the achievement of his parents hard work after dozens of years.
Unfortunately the shop was in business for less than 2 years before his parents encountered a traffic
accident while on their way to purchase goods. He was in his Junior Year when the accident happened.
All of a sudden, he became an orphan, a man whose parents were both dead. Due to the tremendous
shock caused by his grief, he suffered a mental breakdown and was unable to continue with his studies.
He could only suspended his schooling and barely got his graduation certificate a year later.
In this prosperous metropolis, it was impossible to find a decent job with such an education background.
Finally, he got a job as a kitchen helper in a big restaurant. In the beginning, he intended to master the
cooking skills necessary to continue his father’s dreams. But he never thought that even being a cook
needed talent.
“Is this system a favorable turn of fate, a new hope? While thinking about that, Yuan Zhou clicked on the
preliminary mission with an indescribable emotion.
[Mission] Owning a store of your own
(Mission tip: As a prospective Master Chef, how could you not even have a store of your own? Young
man, go and fight for that.)
“What kind of tip is it? What on earth is it trying to tell me? Is this system stupid?” Yuan Zhou couldn’t
help complaining when he saw the tip in the parentheses after clicked on the mission.
“A store of my own? It seems to be the God’s will.” Looking at the mission, Yuan Zhou sighed with mixed
emotions in his heart.
It could also be his parents’ expectations, wishing that he wouldn’t leave.
His disordered mind eventually changed into resolution. Yuan Zhou picked up his mobile phone from the
table and found Li Li’s telephone number from his contacts. After hesitating a while, he dialed the
number.
The call was answered after three rings.
“Hello. This is Li Li.” A soft female voice spoke through from the other side.
“Hi, hi, hello. This is Yuan Zhou, the boss of the store at No. 14 of Tao Xi Road.”
Yuan Zhou has only seen this female customer, whom he was suppose to rent the shop to, once.She had
clear features and was dressed in professional business suit with her hair meticulously tied into a
chignon. Frankly speaking, even he himself couldn’t imagine that she would rent this store without
looking at the interior nor even bargaining. Yet, he was going back on his word now, thus felt slightly
ashamed of his behavior.
The lady interrupted him at this moment, “Oh. It’s you. You are calling to ask about the agreement,
aren’t you? Hold on a moment, please. I have an emergency to deal with at the moment. Talk to my
elder brother. He will be running the store later on anyway.”
“I will sign the agreement with you at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon, in your store.” A rough and
arrogant male voice then passed through the telephone to him before he could say anything.
“I’m really sorry. I am calling to tell you that I am not renting my store to you anymore.” He got a little
unhappy with his rude manner. Thinking of his purpose, however, he laid out his decision directly.
“What do you mean? You just want to increase the rent, right?” The man at the other side sounded a
little discontented, but he didn’t seem to believe that Yuan Zhou would refuse to rent the store.
After all he knew some facts about the store. The store had been left deserted for more than 2 years,
but still hadn’t been rented out. One reason was that the street where the store lay was just a simple
street rather than a high end street. Various goods were available here for sale, but most were ordinary
daily use items, or of lower grade.
Also the location was not good as well. Although there were several office buildings behind of the store
and had many white-collar customers, but there was a gourmet street right below those buildings.
Moreover, office workers nowadays are too lazy to walk a few additional steps further for their meals.
Thus the business of the simple street is really bad.
This was the situation. The person who wanted to rent was no fool. The reason he didn’t bargain was
definitely because he knew some inside information.
Although his proposal to buy out the store was previously declined, his plan of renting first and buying
later would probably get him abundant profits. Furthermore he was well aware of Yuan Zhou’s situation,
who, as far as he knew, was an orphan and didn’t have any influential people backing him up.
“No, actually it’s my own problem. Anyhow, we haven’t signed the agreement nor have I received any
deposit from you. Let’s forget about the lease agreement.” Hearing that the man believed that he
wanted to raise the rent, Yuan Zhou knitted his brows. “Am I a person who likes money?” But he still
gave a vague explanation.
“What do you mean? A promise is a promise. How can you eat your words? Do you really think your
store is in high demand? Let’s do this. I increase 100 RMB every month and you rent the store to me.”
The man at the other side shouted discontentedly and tried to increase the rent in a rude manner.
“Really, it’s not about the rent. I just don’t want to rent because I am going to run the store myself.”
“Hey, you…”
Yuan Zhou hung up the telephone before the man finished talking. “ If he continued talking nonsense,
the call will exceed 1 minute and I will have to pay more telephone fee.” As mentioned above, Yuan
Zhou was not a person who likes money. He was actually a person who loves money. Since there was
neither deposit nor any signed agreement, just a call could cancel it.
“Duk Duk Duk”
The high heels made a crisp sound on the wooden floor.After sending off her guest, when Li Li returned
home, she found her elder brother scowling at his phone. She couldn’t help laughing.
“What’s the matter with you? Are you having a quarrel with the phone?” she said.
“The guy told me he would not rent the store to us anymore.” Her brother calmed down showing a little
discontent on his face.
“Really? Why?” the sister Li Li lifted her brows and asked in surprise.
“The guy said he was going to run that store himself. Forget it. Anyhow, we have already bought out 5
other stores in that area.” Her brother’s face changed to one of indifference.
“Ok. What do you prepare to do?” Seeing her brother being indifferent, she stopped asking and changed
the topic
…………..
On the other side, Yuan Zhou cleared his mind with a serious expression and clicked on the telephone in
his hand randomly.
“Do I clean the house by myself, or do I clean the house by myself, or do I clean the house by myself?”
“I almost forgot. Every mission should have a reward. So where’s my reward?” Yuan Zhou whispered to
himself and started to search for the reward on the panel in his mind.
[Reward] God-tier skill for Fried Rice with Eggs
Isn’t the God-tier skill of Fried Rice with Eggs still fried rice with an egg? Just like a hegemon in a beggar
group is still a beggar. What difference does that make?
“System, do you think this reward really matches the level of my mission?” Yuan Zhou felt really upset
the instant he saw the reward in his mind.
The system showed only a sentence, “The most delicious Fried Rice with Eggs in the world.”
“How can it be the most delicious?” asked Yuan Zhou seriously.
No explanations were given this time, only a sentence alone was shown there. “Please complete the
task first, host.”
“Ok, ok. An explanation without explaining anything,” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself and continued to
look at the panel in his mind. He had been too excited previously to look at it carefully.
“Why is the cooking talent still unknown?”
Yuan Zhou knew he didn’t have a high talent on cooking, but what the hell does unknown mean?
“This system doesn’t have the ability to detect talent, furthermore people’s talents are not fixed and can
be changed.” The usual text explanation appeared.
“Since you cannot detect talent, why do you show it on the panel?” Yuan Zhou couldn’t really
understand.
“It looks much better like that.” The system paused for a moment before presenting its text response,
which aroused Yuan Zhou’s suspicions.
To prevent his intelligence quotient from deteriorating due to the system, Yuan Zhou decided to ignore
this question and continued to read the panel.
“Five dimensions of cooking?”
The system showed, “Refers in particular to color, flavor, taste, shape and meaning”
However, the glaring words “NOVICE” let Yuan Zhou realize his actual cooking level. He got a little
frustrated. But thinking of the already owned system in his mind, he got his confidence back
immediately.
So, all he had to do right now was just to begin the mission..

Chapter 3: Cleaning
After looking through the simple panel 3 times, Yuan Zhou finally had some understanding of it. He
gazed into the dark night, then checked the time on his phone. It was 20:49.
Although it was late, Yuan Zhou was still unable to calm down. Therefore, he started to think about the
mission.
“The mission stated that I have to own a restaurant of my own. Right now the store downstairs still
belongs to me, no matter in law or in reality. So why is the status of the mission still incomplete?” Yuan
Zhou drummed his fingers on the bedside cupboard as he thought about it.
“Is it because I haven’t displayed a signboard or is it because the restaurant isn’t open for business?”
Noticing that the system was not responding, Yuan Zhou directly asked it, “What requirements need to
be satisfied to complete the mission of owning my own store?”
The system showed the words, “The host has to own a restaurant that can be opened for business.”
With this explanation, Yuan Zhou finally understood the requirements necessary to complete the task,
thus he started to rummage through his wardrobe.
He took a set of clothes out, looked at it and stuffed it back again. This process repeated itself for a few
minutes, until he found a set of clothes specifically for cleaning.
Yuan Zhou stared at the clothes in his hands for a moment, lost in thought.
The shirt was in dark blue color and was not easily dirtied. Made from 100% cotton, it was comfortable
to wear and easy to wash. It looked like an ordinary T-shirt at first glance but the front showed the
Mandarin characters of Yuan Zhou Noodle Restaurant.
His parents had worn the same T-shirts while working during the summer when they were still alive. The
T-shirts were purchased from a stall when his family went out to have fun during the Lunar New Year
holidays. The words were then printed separately. This was one of the three shirts.
As for the other two T-shirts belonging to his parents, Yuan Zhou had already burned and buried them
alongside his parents during their funeral.
He got dressed quickly. After some thought, Yuan Zhou took a peaked cap and a towel from the
bathroom, then he went downstairs after putting on a pair of slippers.
“Pa.” He turned the switch on the wall. Several lamps lighted up.
The 1st floor was as dirty and messy as before. Even traces of his tumble could still be seen. A clear
human imprint was left on the yellow ceramic tiles.
The place was approximately 30 square meters, with the kitchen being separated from the main hall by
a 1-meter wide door. Six long red tables were laid in the main hall with four chairs to match each table.
Nevertheless, they were no longer where they used to be. Yuan Zhou had smashed all of them when he
broke down after hearing the news about his parents’ death.
“ZhiYa”
Yuan Zhou reached out to push several tables and found that all of them were making squeaky noises.
There was even one that fell apart with a loud “Peng”.
“It seems that none of the tables can be used anymore.” Shaking his head, Yuan Zhou looked carefully at
the chairs.
He discovered that only one chair, the one he had used, was more or less intact. However, shaken by the
falling table, the chair also became unstable. All of it needed to be replaced..
The wallpaper had also peeled off the walls. Everything in the kitchen was used previously by the former
noodle restaurant chefs. A gas furnace with two burners had rusted and with only a slight touch, the
iron hoop inside broke off. A stainless barrel that was previously used for cooking noodles was now
unknown if it was still usable. Nevertheless, he wasn’t prepared to use any of them because he could
neither cook noodles nor want to run a noodle restaurant.
Darkness fell and the stars outside sparkled.
Various noises passed through from the former Yuan Zhou Noodle Restaurant at 9 o’clock that night.
Passersbys gave strange looks towards the store that had no signs. They were surprised by the noises
coming from inside.
Three and a half hours later, Yuan Zhou was covered with dust from head to toe. Smudges decorated his
face. Cobwebs hung from his hat. The original color of the towel in his hand would be hard to recognize
and a layer of black ash covered the part of his feet which was unprotected by the slippers. With a pose,
Yuan Zhou stood by the stairs, a self-contented smile on his face. Although dirty and tired, the cleaning
fee was saved.
Looking at the clean and tidy main hall and kitchen from outside, Yuan Zhou felt this place really started
to look like a restaurant, if it wasn’t for the pile of rubbish stacked outside the door.
He threw the formerly white but currently black towel into a rubbish bag with “Pa” sound.
“Gosh, my old 1992 waist.” Yuan Zhou stretched his back and walked up toward the upstairs. The first
thing was to clean himself in the bathroom. He didn’t dare to enter his room with a filthy appearance
like that.
Half an hour later.
Water was dripping off Yuan Zhou’s hair. He sat on a chair and started to record tomorrow's working
schedules on paper.
One hand was writing carefully while the other hand was slowly knocking the table.
Disregarding his semi-dry hair, Yuan Zhou finished arranging his schedule for the next day and then went
to sleep. He didn’t even managed to cover the quilt before he fell asleep accompanied by sweet dreams.
April weather in Chengdu was not too hot or too cold, perfect for a good sleep.
The first action people usually take after waking up is to open their eyes. But that doesn’t apply to Yuan
Zhou.
With his eyes closed, he groped for the bathroom. After his release, he lay back down on his bed again
to continue his dreams, never opening his eyes during the process.
Yet after laying back down for less than a minute, he opened his eyes abruptly and sprung up from the
bed.
“System!” he shouted.
No answer came from the system.
It wasn’t until he saw the unfinished mission status in his mind did he confirm that it wasn’t a dream.
This caused Yuan Zhou to be in a good mood. He started to wash up and begun preparations to
complete the task from last night.
Standing by the door, he breathed a deep sigh and opened it with a heavy lift. The sound surprised the
Boss Tong from the dry cleaning shop next to his restaurant. The dry cleaning shop of Boss Tong had the
best business in the whole street. After all, everyone had some expensive clothes. When they couldn’t
wash them, they would send them to the dry cleaning shop.
“Hi, Yuan Zhou, are you going out?”
Seeing Yuan Zhou opening the door of his store, Boss Tong was astonished. After all, the shop had been
closed for three years, it was the first time Boss Tong seeing the door opened.
“Good morning, Aunt Tong.” Yuan Zhou’s thoughts was interrupted by Boss Tong as he was admiring the
achievements of his hard work last night.
“Hey, are you tidying and cleaning the restaurant to open a business? If so, I’m gonna come to taste your
cooking some time soon,” asked Boss Tong with a well-intentioned smile on her skinny face. She walked
out of her shop and took a look at the clean floor and the pile of rubbish by the door.
“Ok, Aunt Tong. Then I will thank you in advance. By the way, does the man that collects rubbish comes
by every day?” asked Yuan Zhou. He was thinking of the recyclable scrap irons that could be sold.
After all, it cost money to purchase things necessary for his new business. Except for the 50 thousand
RMB that was unused, Yuan Zhou didn’t have any more money. However little those scrap irons were
worth, it was still money. Moreover, he could be free from the hard labor of disposing the rubbish.
“Yes, yes. He comes by every day. You want to sell all that? The man will probably come in a while. Let
me inform you once he arrives,” said Boss Tong earnestly.
“OK. Sorry for the bother, and thank you for your help. Let me first send for some people to get the
wallpaper and kitchen repaired,” said Yuan Zhou with a grateful smile. He then closed the door and left.
……..
“Hey, Boss. What’s the price of this suit?”

Boss Tong was still sighing with emotions when a customer called out to her. She gave an answer and
went back to her shop.
Yuan Zhou hadn’t wandered along this street for a long time. He walked while gazing about. Many stores
were no longer what they used to be. Some stores were being renovated while the boss had also
changed.
Only 4 stores were left unchanged, including his store, the dry cleaning shop, a hardware store and a
shop selling animation and cartoon products.
“Yes. That hardware store...” Yuan Zhou walked into that hardware store after thinking of something.
“Boss Zhao, are you here?” asked Yuan Zhou in the store.
The hardware store was still unchanged. Things were still exactly where they had been, as if they had
never moved.
Chapter 4: Decoration
“Coming.” An overweight man with a slight limp came out from the inner room, a kind smile on his face.
“Aren’t you Yuan Zhou? You came? What’s the matter?” This limping fatty was Boss Wang. He warmly
inquired when he saw Yuan Zhou standing there.
“I was thinking of restarting the restaurant business again, so I came with a request for you to check the
drainage and gas pipe, and also to install a quality gas furnace with two burners for me,” Yuan Zhou told
him directly, without any small talk, when he saw how warmly Boss Wang treated him,.
“So you finally decided to continue the business huh? Ok, wait a moment. Let me get my tools and go to
your restaurant.” Boss Wang was an easy-going man. After he spoke, he turned and went inside the
inner room for his tools.
Boss Wang may looked amiable but prices of his goods were quite expensive even though the goods
were of high quality. Thus, Yuan Zhou started to bargain drastically with him on the way to the
restaurant. Eventually they made an agreement on the total price, 1500 RMB, which was inclusive of a
gas furnace, a water pipe and a gas pipe.
Although it was still a little expensive, Yuan Zhou managed to obtain a lifetime warranty for the goods.If
there were any problems, Boss Wang would be responsible for them. Having got what he wanted, Yuan
Zhou said nothing more. He then led Boss Wang to the entrance of his restaurant.
“You are back, Yuan Zhou. That man hasn’t come to pick up the rubbish… Ah, it’s Boss Wang?” Boss
Tong poked her head out and made a greeting when she saw Yuan Zhou and Fatty Wang passing by her
shop.
“Boss Tong, your business is still as good as ever these days,” the plump Boss Wang replied with a bright
smile.
“Yes. That’s because I’m always fair and just while doing business,” Boss Tong took a glance at him and
replied sarcastically.
Previously when Boss Tong requested Boss Wang to repair the water pipe in her shop, Boss Wang fixed
it well, but charged twice the price of the market. Boss Tong eventually paid the money unwillingly, but
from then onwards, she would take a jab at the way Boss Wang conducts his business every time they
met.
Once she saw Yuan Zhou leading Boss Wang here, she knew he was here to repair something in the
restaurant.
She walked out of the shop and went up to Yuan Zhou. Taking a glance at Boss Wang, she took hold of
Yuan Zhou dragging him several steps backward while whispering in a discontented tone, “This Fatty
Wang is a tough guy. He usually charges too much. You must be very careful if you’re hiring him.”
Yuan Zhou thanked Boss Tong with a smile on his face and explained to her, “It’s okay. Boss Wang is
skilled.”
“Young men just don’t understand business. Ok, fine, I don’t care anymore.” She got back to her shop
while complaining after she realised that he wouldn’t listen to her advice.
Yuan Zhou didn’t pay much attention to Boss Tong’s discontentment. He turned around and said to Boss
Wang, “Shall we go and check the pipelines?”
“Ok.”
Boss Wang still kept smiling as if he had never heard Boss Tong’s sneer. One must become thick-skinned
if one wants to do business.
Yuan Zhou led Boss Wang around in his restaurant. After checking carefully, he discovered that no major
repairs were necessary.
“Your mother and father made the correct choice after all. Look, I installed this pipeline during that time.
It still works even though it hasn’t been used for so long.” Boss Wang was quite proud of his
craftsmanship.
“That’s great. Then just please do some small repairs.”
He was about to say something else when he saw Boss Tong outside with a middle-aged man dressed in
plain clothes. He turned around and asked, “Is this the man who collects scrap metal?”
“This is Master Li, who always gives fair prices. He’s the most suitable man to do business with.” Boss
Tong was still quite annoyed with the smiling Fatty Wang. She couldn’t help belittling him indirectly with
sarcasm.
“This is all thanks to you Aunt Tong. Hi, Master Li. Here is all the stuff. Please take a look.” Yuan Zhou
greeted them warmly. He didn’t care about Aunt Tong’s jab, after all it wasn't meant for him.
“Little brother, these are not worth much,” Master Li said while he was going through the rubbish. He
smiled revealing an honest face.
“How could that be? Look, these are made of stainless steel. This flour barrel is in a good state and can
be still be used. It might not be able to be sold as new, but for a second-hand, it is considered to be
pretty good,” Yuan Zhou said while picking up the legs of a chair and a table and pointing to the
aluminum iron flour barrel standing at the side.
“Stainless steel is of little value, and look at this…” Master Li was not easily deceived. He broke off one
chair leg and showed to Yuan Zhou.
During the next few moments, Yuan Zhou brought out all the physics knowledge he acquired from
middle school into play, describing different kinds of iron along with their value, and finally succeeded in
getting 320 RMB for all of them.
Boss Tong was stunned by the scene. Master Li finally couldn't stand Yuan Zhou’s incessant chatter,
even helping him throw the rest of the rubbish away free of charge. Wiping the perspiration on the
forehead, Boss Wang felt that he had been quite fair. Who could match Yuan Zhou by rounding up 318
into 320?
Having earned more money than expected, Yuan Zhou refreshingly turned his head around and said,
“Boss Wang, please look after my restaurant for a moment. I’m going to obtain the business license.”
“No problem. Go ahead. I will also need a while to finish,”, Boss Wang agreed immediately. If Yuan Zhou
were still here and saw that the repair work was so simple, it would be a huge trouble to bargain over
with him again.
Yuan Zhou went upstairs to get the documents that had already been prepared and then left.
It was a Wednesday morning, before 9:30a.m, thus pedestrians were rare. But after walking out of the
side street onto the main street, Yuan Zhou found it to be a different situation altogether. Cars were
coming and going, white-collar beauties dressed in business suits, men dressed in cheap suits like poor
insurance salesmen and metropolitan beauties dressed fashionably were all quickly coming and going in
the great numbers passing through the tall buildings.
Yuan Zhou was dressed in khakis, a white Moga Brand T-shirt and a pair of sporting shoes.He looked like
a graduate that just completed university, if you didn't take into account his face, which looked like a 30-
year-old man.
Of course, there was a reason for Yuan Zhou to dress like that. There were many benefits for the
graduates who just got out of the universities at the moment. The mature looking Yuan Zhou, had
actually only graduated two years ago.
The business license and food sanitary permit was easier to apply if you were a new graduate at the
moment. As for the certificate for health, he had already obtained it while he was working at the big
restaurant. Even though it had to be renewed every 6 months, the one he had currently was released
just a month ago thus had no problem at all.
Wandering around in the street, Yuan Zhou finally found the bus heading to the Industrial and
Commercial Bureau. As he was filling in all the blanks, he then realised he forgot something, the name of
his restaurant.
“Duk Duk Duk”
Yuan Zhou knocked at the table subconsciously, he then filled the blank with a “Master Chef Restaurant”
decisively. For following contents, they were just standard procedures.
He then handed over the papers to the Graduates Startup Counter. The staff at the window looked at
Yuan Zhou’s certificate of graduation and his appearance carefully, he even checked Yuan Zhou’s
certificate number on the official website. Only then did he input the information for the application of
Yuan Zhou’s business license.
The Public Health Bureau was not far away from the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, thus Yuan Zhou
tried to get the sanitary certificate done before he had the lunch. He made it just in time. Finally, as he
looked at the two licenses in his hands, Yuan Zhou couldn't help but feel a little excited..
Chapter 5: Mission Completed
Looking at the two newly obtained licenses in his hand, Yuan Zhou got a little excited even though he
didn't’ manage to spare any time for lunch.
Thus, he went into a small eatery and ordered one serving of Fried Rice with Eggs. Seated in the greasy
eatery, Yuan Zhou silently tapped on the panel to check his mission progress and discovered it was still
incomplete. At that moment, Yuan Zhou was sure that only by setting up his business would the mission
be considered complete..
“Here’s your Fried Rice with Eggs. The soup can be taken from that pot. Feel free to have as much as you
like.”
His Fried Rice with Eggs arrived, which interrupted his thoughts.
Since the system had rewarded him with God Tier Fried Rice with Eggs, he would first like to taste the
ordinary ones.
The Fried Rice with Eggs sitting in front of him was very ordinary, it had only some scattered bits of ham,
a little bit of carrots and the indispensable ingredient of every Fried Rice with Egg, chopped green
onions, along with a small side dish of pickled vegetables.
After gobbling down the rice hastily, Yuan Zhou puzzled over how can one make a superb Fried Rice with
Eggs.
“Is the God Tier Fried Rice with Eggs, rewarded by the system, as tasty as the shining ones shown in the
movie of Cooking Master Boy?” Yuan Zhou couldn’t help doubting silently after leaving the eatery.
On the way back, Yuan Zhou found some workers that did wallpapering work, he bargained with them
and managed to pay only 18 RMB per square meter. He then returned to the restaurant by hitching a
ride on the workers’ electrical-powered car. The smart and devious Yuan Zhou even managed to save on
his bus fare.
Boss Wang had already repaired all the pipelines when Yuan Zhou returned. The gas furnace with two
burners which was newly installed and the clean and tidy kitchen gave off a good vibe.
After Yuan Zhou had arranged for the wallpapering work to commence, he went up to Boss Wang,
“Thank you very much, Boss Wang. This is the pay. Please check if it is right.”
“No problem. The pay is just right. I am going back now. Just give me a call if you ever need my help
again.” He then returned to his own shop after he received, counted and put away the cash into his
pocket.
“Shua Shua”
The store fell silent, except for the sound of the workers. The previous chairs and tables had all been
thrown away as rubbish. Therefore, the main hall appeared to be fairly spacious. Yuan Zhou was
wondering what kind of chairs and tables to buy while awaiting the workers to complete their
wallpapering work.
He was quite confident concerning his system, so was prepared to put as many tables in the main hall as
possible to serve more guests.
“HaHaHa”
Yuan Zhou couldn’t help laughing out loud when he fantasize about the crowds coming to his
restaurant, and his branch restaurants opening one after another.
The two workers that were engrossed in their work couldn’t help but turn their heads to look at Yuan
Zhou as they heard his laughter. The tall and young guy gave a doubtful look at the elderly man while
the elder one glared back at him. It meant “ You just get back to your work. It’s none of our business.”
The tall and young guy shrugged his shoulders and begun to labour seriously when he noticed that the
elderly man was getting angry at him.
After a few laughs, Yuan Zhou suddenly remembered the importance of his image. Looking around
decidedly, at the surroundings, he found no one passing by his restaurant and the two workers were
doing their work carefully.
Waiting was always boring, thus Yuan Zhou started to calculate the today’s expenditures: 1500 RMB for
the gas pipe repairs and gas furnace; 1080 RMB for sixty meters of wallpapers; 600 RMB for the two
license registrations; a budget of ten thousand RMB for tables and chairs and other kitchen wares. As for
the cleaning, it was free of charge since he had done that himself. Having added up all those items, the
total cost would be 13180 RMB. Then there was only 36820 left out of the 50000 RMB. Of course the
320 RMB from selling the iron scraps had already been included in the earnings.
Yuan Zhou was slightly unhappy with the money remaining. Just a simple decorating had already costed
him so much. It was a little difficult for diligent and thrifty Yuan Zhou to accept that.
Yuan Zhou felt worse when he thought about the expensive tables and chairs that were to be purchased
that afternoon. This stemmed from Yuan Zhou’s decision to buy more tables and chairs previously, as he
wanted to fill every inch of the main hall to serve more guests in one go. If it wasn’t for the strict city
administration officials, he would have set up as many tables and chairs as he could on the pavement
outside his entrance.
The wallpapering work went quite fast. After all, Yuan Zhou had already torn off the used wallpaper
from the walls and the workers merely needed to stick the new wallpaper up. After they finished their
work, Yuan Zhou paid off all his remaining debts to them. They then left hastily.
After all the renovations, the beige floral wallpapers which were pasted evenly took up two and a half
walls, giving off a cozy atmosphere. After doing some simple cleaning, the floor seemed bright and clean
too.
Pulling down the rolling shutter door of his restaurant, Yuan Zhou took a bus to the flea market. Only
here could he reveal his great virtues, being diligent, thrifty and stingy.
Of course, Yuan Zhou may have a thrifty nature, most likely passed down from his ancestors, but even
he wouldn’t buy old second-hand goods. The flea market also sold new goods alongside the used goods,
furthermore with a lower price and decent quality.
As he also inherited his ancestor’s glorious tradition of comparing prices among stores, Yuan Zhou had
to wander around the whole market before choosing a store at a corner that had a Final Clearance
banner on the door.
The store was said to be transferred to others already and these item needed to be taken care off.
“Hey Boss. How many sets left do you have for this table?” Yuan Zhou chose a set of tables that had
green vine patterns along the creamy white edges then pointed and asked.
“Brother, you like this set? The quality of this set is the best among the remaining tables in our store.
There are 4 more sets left in the warehouse. How many do you want to buy?” raising his glasses, the
boss said with a kind smile on his face.
“Only 4 sets? I’d like 6 sets of it.” Yuan Zhou knitted his brows as he compared the size of his tables and
thought about the size of his restaurant.
“What about the red set? There are 6 sets left for this one.” Realizing he was going to lose this customer,
the boss pointed to a set of red tables immediately and recommended them to Yuan Zhou.
Finally, Yuan Zhou bought 4 sets of creamy white tables and 2 sets of red tables. On the grounds that the
shop owner didn’t have 6 sets of creamy white tables, Yuan Zhou again lowered the price. Having
bought the tables, Yuan Zhou took little notice of the shop owner who was busy wiping off perspiration
and continued to wander around in the store happily. When he also found kitchenwares there, he
decided to purchase them, of course after another round of cut throat bargaining.
“Boss, I bought so much from your store. You have to send them all to my restaurant.”
Looking at the wrapped objects, Yuan Zhou said to the boss, who seemed eager to get rid of him, with a
warm tone as if they were old friends.
“The price does not include the transportation. You can find trucks in the parking lot in front of the
market. Their main purpose is to deliver goods. I can watch over your parcels here,” the boss refused.
“That’s no good. If you couldn’t send it to my store, free of charge, you can at least recommend a truck
to me. Otherwise, how do I know which drivers are better?” seeing that the boss had refused so
decisively, Yuan Zhou compromised and said that.
Eventually, the boss succumbed to Yuan Zhou’s shameless manner and got him a truck that charged the
least. Of course, Yuan Zhou got a lift in the truck and went back to his restaurant, with the excuse that
he couldn’t remember the details of the address. He really was unbelievably amazing in that sense. Even
managing to save another 2 RMB worth of bus ticket, just enough for two tea eggs.
Before darkness fell, Yuan Zhou tidied everything in the restaurant. Before he had even wiped away his
sweat, he collapse onto one of the newly bought chairs, unable to wait a single moment longer to check
his mission status.
[Mission] Own a restaurant of your own [Completed]

Mission tip: As a prospective Master Chef, how could you not have a store of your own? Young man, go
and fight for that.)
Some words started to emerge in his mind that came from the system, but before he could dwell on his
happiness, more words followed.
The system showed, “Preliminary mission completed; Master Chef System officially begins; restaurant
renovation mode entered.”
“Ping Ping Pang Pang”
“System, what does that mean?” Yuan Zhou hurriedly asked when he heard the sounds coming from his
kitchen.
The system reads, “The system will update the host’s restaurant free of charge to provide the guests
with better dishes.”
A bad premonition started to emerge in Yuan Zhou’s mind.
“In this case, why didn’t the system rebuild it directly?”
The system showed, “The system will update the host’s restaurant free of charge to provide the guests
with better dishes.”
“How about all the stuffs I have bought previously for the restaurant?”
Yuan Zhou felt heartache when he saw the stuffs he had bought was vanishing one after one
inexplicably.
The system reads, “The system will provide a free renovation and all the items will be recycled.”
“Oh, shit!”
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Chapter 6: God Tier Egg Fried Rice
“Oh, shit!”
Watching the tables and chairs disappearing one after another, Yuan Zhou’s heart wept in sorrow, his
tears were like wide noodles, just like those characters in cartoons. To avoid the heartache, he decided
to accept his reward first, to comfort his wounded heart.
He tapped on the mission reward and directly received it.
The words “God Tier Egg Fried Rice” turned into a book. While Yuan Zhou was seriously gazing at the
book, a blast of light burst forth from it and wrapped around his head. It then entered his brain and
disappeared.
Egg Fried Rice is one of the most basic foods in the Chinese cuisine. Almost anyone with some culinary
skill can prepare this dish. People who don’t possess culinary skills may also prepare this ordinary dish to
stave of hunger.
Everybody has different methods for preparing this dish. Thus, the Egg Fried Rice evolved into several
types, including Yangzhou Fried Rice, Sunset Fried Rice, Ham Fried Rice and Diced Chicken Fried rice, etc.
Several basic requirements were necessary in order to prepare this dish. The egg has to be fresh and
tender while the texture of the rice should be neither too hard nor too soft. Furthermore, the scent of
these two ingredients has to blend well.
In the television series “Master Chef Zhang Dongguan”, the Egg Fried Rice was described in a way such
that every 3 to 5 grains of rice must be mixed well with the beaten egg. In the television series of
“Cooking Master Boy”, the Golden Fried Rice in the show could even give of a bright golden light.
The Egg Fried Rice recipe rewarded by the system definitely couldn’t give off the golden light, but, from
the selection of rice grains, water, cooking temperature, to even how much rice is necessary for
different size of eggs, all the information and skills needed had been provided.
Having understood that, Yuan Zhou felt that all the Egg Fried Rice he had cooked before could be
compared to shoddy pig feed. No! Even worse than pig feed.
The mysterious light that entered his brain previously was his reward from the system. It contained all
the culinary knowledge needed to create the God Tier Fried Rice, thus allowing Yuan Zhou to possess a
deep understanding and mastery over the dish. The newly acquired knowledge and skills inherited by
Yuan Zhou was equivalent to approximately 10 years of experience, it was just like an ordinary person
receiving internal energy cultivated by his master for years, which greatly improved his Kung Fu.
Opening his eyes, Yuan Zhou couldn’t resist the power welling inside him.
“Dong Dong Dong”
After walking down the stairway, Yuan Zhou prepared to enter the kitchen to test the God Tier Egg Fried
Rice recipe in his head.
Nevertheless, the system showed the words, “Update in process, 8 hours more to completion.” when he
got to the end of the stairway.
……………
Having received such a blow from the system, all Yuan Zhou could do was try to calm down. He went
back to his room and lay down on the bed.
After 8 hours, it would be the next day. Even just by relying on his skill of preparing the Egg Fried Rice
dish, he believed he could achieve the peak of his life without selling anything else. Thinking of that, he
got a little excited.
On the other hand, he was also considering the purchase of more materials and items. He started
calculating the money left in his pocket and how to best make use of it.
After tossing and turning repeatedly like a fish being fried, Yuan Zhou fell asleep. As for the suspicious
liquid at the corner of his mouth, there was no need for further explanation.
After all, as a nice young man with an honest mind and ambitions, nothing could make him more excited
than the red 100 RMB bills, besides, of course dreaming about the goddesses stored in his hard drive.
Yuan Zhou was anxious to check how well the small restaurant had been renovated, thus he rushed
down to the 1st floor and flip the light switches after he dealing with his personal hygiene upstairs.
“What!?”
Standing at the stairway, Yuan Zhou couldn’t help uttering an English word.
He walked to the center of the main hall hastily.
The entire restaurant had been rebuilt into an open kitchen. Two flower racks were placed respectively
on both sides of the door. Some unknown flowers were already growing vigorously on them. The light
blue matched the green grass background fairly well.
As for the table, it was a curved long table just like from Midnight Canteen, which surrounded the
kitchen. At the inner side of the table were an azure stone countertop and a hand sink for handling
various types of foodstuff. In front of the table, there were four comfortable high chairs, brown in color,
the chairs blended harmoniously with the dinning surroundings. Another four chairs were placed
respectively at each end of the curved long table. Eight chairs in total took up all positions available
along the long table.
“Price List”
Several large conspicuous characters which were written in calligraphy could be found on the wall right
in front of the kitchen. A wooden sign hung below the characters.
Looking around at the whole restaurant, Yuan Zhou felt quite satisfied. It was much better than how he
had randomly decorated before. It looked fresh and natural as well as simple, yet, tastefully decorated.
Yuan Zhou hadn’t discovered it previously due to his shock, but after looking closely, he realized this
wasn’t even the same kitchen.
Formerly, at the corner was a flour barrel and next to the barrel was the gas furnace with double
burners. Various flavorings were placed around the double burners. A sink was beside the gas furnace
and situated near the stairway. Behind the sink was a shelf for bowls, on which various bowls were
placed.
The whole kitchen appeared narrow and small. It was difficult even for two people to turn around in the
kitchen.
However, the kitchen now appeared spacious and large after the rebuilding. The flour barrel was
replaced in the same place by a huge water tank, which looked like the brown coarse porcelain water
tank he used in countryside when he was little. The water inside was fairly clean and clear, with an
unknown depth.
The gas furnace next to the water tank had been swapped for a built-in one, which didn’t take up too
much space and looked beautiful. Pots and pans were placed neatly above the furnace within reach,
with the white porcelain fine and smooth.
Beside the double burners, there was a row of small drawers with the names of various spices marked
on it. Except for the salt and soy sauce taking up the whole box respectively, other boxes were all
marked with two names. There were 22 boxes altogether, which meant 44 spices excluding salt and soy
sauce. All were commonly used spices like aniseed and fennel, etc.
“Pa Da”
Curiously, Yuan Zhou opened one of the drawers marked thyme and lily rhizomes, but found it to be
empty.
“I must be thinking too much. These are all for storing the spices I obtain in the future. “He muttered to
himself and continued his observation.
Above the flavoring drawers were several slightly larger cabinets. They were all built-in as well so they
didn’t look obtrusive at all. Every cabinet was 20cm wide and 15cm high, with a total of 12 cabinets.
Except for the cabinet at the edge which was marked RICE, the following ones weren’t marked with
anything. Looking at the larger cabinets behind, only the first one was marked EGG. The contents
marked on the box and the cabinet just corresponded to the first reward of the system.
Thinking of that, Yuan Zhou opened the cabinet on the edge marked RICE subconsciously and found it
was full of rice inside.
Yuan Zhou was pleasantly surprised, he opened the other one marked EGG at once and as expected, it
was full of eggs, all sorted out inside.
“System, are all of these also my rewards?” Yuan Zhou asked happily in his heart.
The system reads, “The system will provide all materials for the dishes that the host has learnt.”
“I can also cook other dishes, for example, Shredded Potato.” He asked with light in his eyes.
The system reads, “Currently the host only masters one dish.”
“Do you mean each dish must be as excellent as the God Tier Egg Fried Rice? Then could I buy the
materials myself?” Yuan Zhou knocked on the white clean azure stone countertop.
The system reads, “All materials used by the host for creating dishes here have to be supplied by the
system. No other materials can be brought into the kitchen.”
“Ok, that’s fine. That’s really not too bad. I don’t even have to pay for the materials. Anyway, I am only
preparing to sell Egg Fried Rice right now.” Yuan Zhou showed a cunning smile on his face like a cat had
stolen a fish.
The system reads, “The food Egg Fried Rice is priced at 188 RMB.”
“Are you freaking serious?”
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Chapter 7: Most Austere Most delicious and Most…Expensive
The system read, “Egg Fried Rice, priced at 188 RMB.”

“Are you freaking serious?”
Yuan Zhou felt that even if he was a money monger, he would still strive to earn it in a proper and just
way, but it seems that the system was far superior to him in that sense. It made sense if five-star hotels
charged 188 RMB for an Egg Fried Rice due to their superior environment and excellent service which
they provided. Just what kind of services could his small restaurant provide?
The system reads, “The host can try his own cooking first.”
The system rarely gave suggestions, furthermore, Yuan Zhou was anxious to try the Egg Fried Rice dish
rewarded by the system.
He found the rice cooker next to the hand sink and made the necessary preparations to start. The
cooker was really strange.
For ordinary cookers, there would be nothing else but the Cook and Heat Preservation selections. Better
ones may have Stewed Soup and Steamed Dishes selections. But the cooker rewarded by the system
even had Rice Used for Egg Fried Rice and Temperature options.
Yuan Zhou took out rice from the cabinet and washed them. Then he chose the option, Rice Used for
Egg Fried Rice. He felt that the rice was different from what he usually used. Therefore, he couldn’t help
but picked handful to have a closer look.
The rice glowed with a bright luster and each grain was approximately the same size. Tempted by the
clean rice fragrance, one couldn’t help but give in to the urge to sample those grains.
“It seems the system really does provide the best materials.”
“Ding”
In less than half a minute, the rice was done.

“So quickly? What kind of science fiction technology is this?” Yuan Zhou was shocked. He went to open
the cooker, surprisingly, there wasn’t any heat emitting from it, only the fragrance of cooked rice tickled
his nose.
“It’s actually cooled.” Yuan Zhou had never seen freshly cooked rice that was cooled before. This
technology was really astonishing.
Yuan Zhou wasn’t an idiot. He realized at once, “This technology provided helps me prepare the dishes,
such as Egg Fried Rice, as soon as possible.”
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Zhou took out two eggs and started to beat them in the snow- white bowl.
The egg yolk was a golden yellow, giving a stark contrast compared to the clear and bright egg white.
There was also a slight aroma instead of the usual offensive smell.
Both the eggs and the rice were top graded materials. Neither of them could be said to be ordinary.
“Ping Ping Pang Pang”
At the instant, Yuan Zhou’s actions were natural and smooth, just like floating clouds and flowing water.
It was as if he had been possessed by a Cooking God. There were no wasted movements at all and the
actions were all textbook worthy. His mature face revealed the typical charm of an earnest man, hard at
work.
How long does it take to cook Egg Fried Rice?
In less than 3 minutes, under Yuan Zhou’s whole-hearted endeavor, a plate of piping hot Egg Fried Rice
had been made. Not a single grain was wasted and the rice was a bright gold, carefully piled up on the
white plate.
What do you call a fantastic, superb, delicious dish?

THIS is what you call a fantastic, superb, delicious dish!
The size of this Egg Fried Rice was 8 times smaller than the ordinary one’s served outside. However, they
were definitely not on the same level judging by its luster and fragrance.
The scent of the egg blended perfectly with the rice fragrance which had gotten stronger after frying.
Furthermore, the egg was wrapped beautifully around each grain of rice, each one a luxurious gold.
They were loosely piled up just like the golden wheat harvested in the autumn.
This was the highest level of Egg Fried Rice, the Golden Fried Rice. It didn’t look any different from the
Golden Fried Rice in the movie of Cooking Master Boy, except that his Golden Fried Rice couldn't glitter.
Never had he expected that one day, he would be able to produce the exaggerated delicacy from that
movie.
It was not only the smell that aroused one’s appetite, but also the appearance that made people want
to dig in immediately. Yuan Zhou’s spoon was like a whirlwind as he immersed himself in eating. With
only one bite, he couldn’t believe that such a taste came from his own cooking. He never imagined that
a simple Egg Fried Rice could be so delicious. Not until then did Yuan Zhou understood the phrase “Food
Fit for Kings”.
Once, when he was working in the kitchen of a Three-Star Hotel, the head chef had developed a new
dish. Afterwards he invited the workers to taste and give suggestions. It was a Chrysanthemum Sea
Cucumber, combining the fragrance of the flower and the good taste of the sea cucumber. Yuan Zhou
could only concentrate on eating and had almost forgotten to give his suggestions. At that time, he felt
that that was the perfect combination between color, fragrance and taste.
But compared to his Egg Fried Rice, the Chrysanthemum Sea Cucumber was… No, the two dishes were
incomparable. This Egg Fried Rice was the perfect when it came to blending the color, fragrance and
taste of both ingredients.
“Burp.”
Yuan Zhou patted on his belly contentedly. The feeling of being cheated and restricted by the system
had vanished completely. The Egg Fried Rice well deserved the so-called God Tier title.
While Yuan Zhou was still reminiscing about the aftertaste of his Egg Fried Rice, the system revealed
some words again.
The system reads, “Thank you for tasting. You are charged 188 RMB.”
“I know. It’s the price. Now, I understand that the food is indeed deserving of that price.” Yuan Zhou
smacked his lips pleasantly as he agreed.
The system reads, “The host just consumed one Egg Fried Rice. 188 RMB is to be paid.”
“Do you mean I also have to pay for the felt myself?” Yuan Zhou said in disbelief.
The system reads, “Thank you for tasting. You are charged 188 RMB.”
“HeHe”
THAT SUCKS. Yuan Zhou’s current mood was portrayed entirely by those two words.
The system reads, “As the host is now at level 0, the payment will be split 9/1 with the host where 90%
goes to the system. Of course, the host can only get 10 percent.”
“So I have to give you 90% of the money I earn, right?” Yuan Zhou tried his best to control his irritated
mood and asked for confirmation.
The system reads, “All materials provided by the system are of utmost superior quality.”
“Of utmost superior quality? What rice is it? Isn’t it just rice?”
Yuan Zhou asked with distrust. Although the rice indeed seemed great, where did the utmost superior
quality come from?
The system reads, “The rice is of Xiangshui origin. In the ancient dynasties of Ming and Qing, Xiangshui
Rice was regarded as the emperor’s foodstuff. Xiangshui Rice along with the Crucian Carp from Jingbo
Lake and the sable from the mountains were paid as a yearly tribute to the emperor. Xiangshui rice is
currently used in state banquets at the Great Hall of the People.
Having read the two sentences, Yuan Zhou had nothing more to say. This was surprisingly, Xiangshui
rice. Yuan Zhou had heard of this type of rice before.
It is said that Xiangshui rice had only yield of 0.16 acres every year due to the limits from climate and
temperature in its production area. It is planted and weeded by hand completely. Besides, the fertilizers
used on the rice were all natural. It was already very rare to get your hands on some. Your average
person would never see it in their lifetime, not to mention eat it.
“Then what about the eggs?” The rice was Xiangshui rice. So what could be special about those eggs?
The system reads, “The laying hens are fed even better than Wagyu cattle. For 40 days, starting from the
selection date until the incubation day, each egg is maintained at a fixed temperature, the same
temperature as a hen’s body heat, and exposed to the live performance of world class musicians for two
hours every day. After the incubation, the strongest hens will be selected; the water provided comes
from a spring where no human has ever reached; the worms in its diet were specially-nurtured
mealworm; a special grassland is kept for feeding the hens; a special sports ground developed for the
hens to maintain their health. These hens are bred specially for laying eggs. Therefore, every egg
contains the quintessence unfound in any other egg.
In the ancient time, people played the lute to a cow, now people played the piano to hens. Yuan Zhou
felt his previous 24 years of living had been completely wasted. His poor life was even worse than a
chicken, no, even worse than a laying hen.
“This edible oil is pure natural olive oil without any bit of additives.”
“The salt is the well salt of Sichuan Province, which was formerly used for paying tribute to the emperor.
The well salt lacks the foul acerbic taste. Furthermore, it is rich in mineral substances.”
“Does the host have more questions?”
Chapter 8: The 2nd Mission
“No, I don’t.”
For this kind of Egg Fried Rice, Yuan Zhou wanted to eat at least another ten plates. After all, this taste
was worth far more than a measly 188 RMB.
In contrast, the cooking oil was slightly more ordinary, but even then, the price was still hundreds of
RMB per kilogram. Although a little expensive, it was not worth mentioning compared with the other
main ingredients-Xiangshui rice and the Kobe egg. They couldn’t be bought with just money.
It was felt sinful to cook Egg Fried Rice using such precious food materials.
He meekly put 200RMB in the cash box. The money disappeared in an instant and the change of 12 RMB
was left there. Though uncomfortable at the start with the money he had paid, Yuan Zhou felt a little
better when he thought of the ingredients he had consumed, precious things like specially supplied
Xiangshui rice and Kobe eggs.
“I can’t be someone stingy, after all, I’m able to eat such luxurious food.” He muttered to himself.
“System, I feel that the price is too cheap. Shouldn’t we increase the price a little bit?”
Thinking that he could only get 10%, 18.8 RMB per serving and yet these materials were so precious,
Yuan Zhou felt as if his heart was dripping blood. Therefore, he suggested his idea to the system
immediately.
The system read, “Host is currently too low leveled and is unable to alter the price by himself.”
“…………”
“How many levels are there for the Master Chef? Do I get a higher cut if I attain a higher level?” When
Yuan Zhou saw the level mentioned by the system, the thought of his share of profits suddenly struck
him.
The system read, “Host level is currently too low thus does not have the authorization to receive an
answer. Details can only be unlocked when you reach the first level.”
“Ok. Fine. Never mind. I don’t have to pay for the materials nor the house rent. The 18.8 is pure profit.”
Yuan Zhou thought optimistically as he was looking at the main hall outside.
“Wait, wait. Why are there only 8 chairs, System? Are we short of chairs?” Yuan Zhou found the main
hall of the restaurant was all occupied by the flower racks except for the chairs along the curved long
table.
How could he accept that since he had intended to arrange more tables and chairs to serve more guests
and improve his business?
The system read, “Host level is currently too low leveled. At the moment, host can only unlock 8 chairs.”
The system may have explained very directly and without any hesitation, but Yuan Zhou really wanted to
beat someone up.
“Can I at least buy more chairs? I think we can add two more chairs over there?” Yuan Zhou looked at
the long table with only 4 chairs seated, feeling pain in his heart.
The system read, “The system will not serve any food for guests on the tables and chairs not provided by
the system.”
“Ok, fine. You’re the boss.”
Yuan Zhou complained about the system frankly and directly. At the instant, a new mission emerged in
his mind.
［Mission 1］: Host ought to sell 100 bowls of God Tier Egg Fried Rice within 7 days. The countdown
begins now. (As a junior Master Chef, it should be a piece of cake to sell 100 bowls of Egg Fried Rice.)
［Reward］: A God level Egg Fried Rice Package
“What does the package include?”Yuan Zhou asked straight to the point.
The system read, “God level Egg Fried Rice, 1 bowl; pickled radish, 1 small plate and laver soup, 1 bowl.”
Generally, any restaurant would serve pickled radish and laver soup for free. Yet, the system dared to
call it a package with only these two things included. Yuan Zhou asked curiously, “So how much is the
price for the package?”
The system read, “Please complete your current task, host.”
Once the words appeared, Yuan Zhou found the countdown for Task 1 had started.
“Does the restaurant open today? I haven’t gotten the signboard prepared.” Yuan Zhou said in a surprise
when he saw the countdown of the system working.
The system read, “As a 0 level, you are not qualified to hang a signboard.”
“How do people know what I’m serving, if I don’t hang the signboard?” Yuan Zhou was tired of
complaining, all the system replied was concerning his low level.
The system no longer responded to his query this time, but the remaining time, nevertheless, ticked
away. Therefore, Yuan Zhou had a sense of urgency.
Looking down at his short-sleeve T-shirt and dark blue casual pants, he muttered, “I may need to change
my clothes.”
He went upstairs and started looking for suitable attire in his wardrobe. A white chef uniform was not
his style, not to mention it even had characters of “Golden Unicorn Hotel” printed on it. Definitely not
suitable.
Eventually he found traditional Han attire at the bottom of his wardrobe. It was tailored when he had
been fascinated by the traditional clothes around the time he graduated from university. It had a simple
design, with only an upper and lower piece, the sleeves were also narrow. Hence it was suitable for
everyday use. The color was a mix of dark green and dark blue. Furthermore, it was not easily dirtied
and also easy to wash.
Dressed in the traditional Han clothing, Yuan Zhou felt completely spirited. He stood in front of the
mirror and took a look at himself, he could even feel some manner of elegance on himself.
“Du Du Du”
He went downstairs in quick steps.

Yuan Zhou took a deep breath. He looked at the kitchen filled with advanced technology and the simple,
yet high-end main hall. Then he went and opened the door.
There were little people in the street outside. He sighed and muttered to himself, “Ok. It seems that I
have to use another way.”
The warm sunlight scattered through the tall buildings and into the main hall. It was 9 o’clock in the
morning.
“Hi, Yuan Zhou. You’re opened for business today, aren’t you? You are dressed so well. Where are you
going?” Boss Tong next door saw Yuan Zhou first the moment he opened the door. She stretched out
her head and took a look at him. Then she asked with a smile on her skinny face.
“Good morning, Aunt Tong. The restaurant is going to be opened for business today.” Yuan Zhou replied
politely. A smile emerged at the corner of his mouth.
Boss Tong was surprised for a while, she then suggested, “The restaurant’s opening will look more
conspicuous if you put two decorative flower baskets at the door.”
“Yes, Aunt Tong. I have already made the call before I opened. The baskets will be here in a
moment.”Staring closely at the people on the street, Yuan Zhou was thinking how to sell out the 100
bowls of Egg Fried Rice.
“What food are you going to sell? You know I haven’t had my breakfast.” Boss Tong knew from his
appearance that Yuan Zhou was worrying about his business. Considering they were neighbors, she
asked.
“I only serve Egg Fried Rice.” Having hesitated a little bit, Yuan Zhou still didn’t mention the price to
avoid more explanations.
“Never mind. I like Egg Fried Rice. Please cook one serving and send to my store.”Boss Tong placed an
order directly. She thought that as Yuan Zhou was doing business for the first time, he must feel
ashamed of selling food to her.
Certainly, she didn’t ask about the price. In her mind, one serving of Egg Fried Rice was worth no more
than 10 RMB in a street like theirs.
The system read, “As host is currently too low level, delivery services are not available. All meals have to
be consumed in the restaurant.”
“System, can’t we play happily together? How can I do business with all your requirements?” Yuan
Zhou’s formerly calm face twisted in an instant.
The system read, “Please try your best to complete the task, host. Afterwards, you can unlock the
restrictions.”
“I don’t believe I will fail to sell out the delicious Egg Fried Rice.” Thinking of all the precious ingredients
in his Egg Fried Rice, Yuan Zhou suddenly got back his confidence.
“I am sorry, Aunt Tong. I don’t provide take-away service. Nor did I prepare any containers.” Looking at
her, Yuan Zhou explained to Boss Tong apologetically.
“It seems like the boy is ashamed of selling it to me. Maybe it isn’t so good.” Boss Tong thought.
She smiled and answered, “Ok, never mind. I will visit your restaurant and try your cooking when I’m
free.”
“That’s fine. Then thank you in advance for your patronage.” Yuan Zhou responded with a smile. He
didn’t doubt her words at all.
“Di Di”
“Is this No. 14 of Taoxi Road?” A young man came up to Yuan Zhou and asked. He was riding an electric
scooter with two flower-baskets hanging at the rear of the bicycle.
“Are you from XinXin Florist Shop? Yes, it’s here.”
Yuan Zhou went and checked the flower-baskets. The flowers were all ordinary and fresh as well. He
then helped the young man to unload the baskets.
The flower-baskets that Yuan Zhou had ordered were the kind that could be recycled. If you asked him if
he had bought this kind because the price was only half of normal baskets, he definitely wouldn’t admit
that. The true reason was, of course, that this kind of baskets was more environmentally friendly. It’s
everybody’s responsibility to care about the environment after all.
“I will pick up the baskets after 5 days. Just make sure not to break it.” The young delivery man told him
that and then disappeared quickly with his electric scooter.
Though there was no shop sign, the small store now had an appearance of a newly-opened restaurant.
Looking at the restaurant, Yuan Zhou started to long for the great scene where crowds of guests flocked
in.
However, Yuan Zhou didn’t start any business before, and he didn’t know how difficult it was to begin.
Moreover, it was a much more difficult beginning than other business. After all, who would spend nearly
200 RMB to come to a tiny restaurant like this one and eat a serving of Egg Fried Rice?
Chapter 9: The 1st Customer

It was now Thursday morning. Most people were working, thus there wouldn’t be much business during
this time.
Yuan Zhou had at least worked in the kitchen of a 3-Star Hotel before. Although it was vastly different
from his tiny restaurant, the rush hours were more or less the same. He certainly knew that no guest
would come at the time.
Yuan Zhou turned around and headed back into the restaurant. He paced around the kitchen and
discovered a red button in a concealed position.
“System, what’s this?” Yuan Zhou clearly remembered that such a thing did not exist previously in his
previous kitchen before the renovation.
The system read, “It provides a place for resting.”
“It’s really simple and direct.” Yuan Zhou pushed down on the button while he complained about the
system as usual.
“Zi”
With a light grating sound, a chair emerged in the middle. It seemed quite plain just like the square
wooden stools for ordinary use. The only slight difference was the legs of the chair, which were wrapped
in metals at the bottom. Giving it a sci-fi feel.
Yuan Zhou sat on the chair with curiosity, but he found nothing different. Of course it felt good and was
more comfortable than normal chairs. Furthermore, as he gently stretched his legs he discovered that
the chair could also move. Besides that, the moving chair produced no sound. Yuan Zhou played around
with it happily just like a child that got a brand new toy.
His good mood didn’t last too long when he found it was almost 11:30 and the crowds outside the street
were starting to thicken.
Some people gazed at the restaurant for a while, but clearly had no intention to enter. Yuan Zhou
started to feel anxious.
At around 12.20pm, the crowds outside were getting larger. Yet, there were still no guests that entered
the restaurant, nobody even inquired about the price.
This made Yuan Zhou even more worried. He walked to the door and looked outside. There was a
newly-opened fast food restaurant down the street. He had got up early the previous day thus hadn’t
noticed it. But today the green colored shop sign seemed fairly eye catching.
Their business was pretty good. Through the glass window, he could see no vacant seat left. Yet, people
outside were entering.
“What’s so good about fast food? What I have here is specially supplied.” Muttering something, he went
back to his own restaurant.
“Ding ling ling, Ding ling ling……..”
The harsh ringtone disrupted the quiet atmosphere in the restaurant.
Yuan Zhou answered the telephone and found it was from Sun Ming.
Sun Ming was his first friend he made after he graduated and started to work. He was loyal to his friends
and had a well-off family. He had got along well with Yuan Zhou who didn’t speak much.
He had just said “Hi” when a torrent of words gush through the phone with a rapid fire rate.
“Yuan Zhou, what’s the matter with you? Didn’t I say I would give you a farewell dinner? You haven’t
settled on a date and time?”
“I’m really sorry. I was too busy to tell you that I wasn’t going to leave anymore. I got the store
redecorated and am currently ready to start a new business.” After being reminded, Yuan Zhou recalled
that Sun Ming had indeed intended to treat him to a farewell dinner before he left. He had almost
fainted due to the big surprise the system gave him these few days that he had almost forgotten about
the dinner.
Sun Ming forgave his carelessness after Yuan Zhou apologized to him.
“Why didn’t you inform me of your new restaurant? I can come over and be your first guest.” Sun Ming
interrogated with a discontented manner.
“I was about to give you the notice. Since it is the first day of my business, it seemed a little hasty.”
“Got it. Wait there. I am sending you two flower baskets right now. What business is it?”
“Some kind of eatery……..”
Sun Ming interrupted Yuan Zhou and said squarely, “I will go over to your restaurant for my supper, to
increase the number of your customers as well.”
“Please rest assured. It’s fairly good stuff, although a little costly…”
“Brothers shouldn’t need to mention that. How expensive can a small restaurant be? Wait for my arrival
tonight.” After that, Sun Ming hung off the telephone.
“Maybe this way would work.”

Yuan Zhou got an idea in his mind after Sun Ming’s call.
Returning to the kitchen, Yuan Zhou started to cook the Egg Fried Rice again. As this was his second
time, he was already familiar with the necessary steps. In a shorter while, the golden Fried Rice with
Eggs was ready.
“It is still as mouth-watering as the first time.”
His taste buds once again experienced a grand banquet, Yuan Zhou then prepared to cook another
serving after he finishing his meal.
Yes, that’s right. The idea that occurred to Yuan Zhou was that he could eat several bowls more to serve
his friends. Worse come to worse, he would pay for the price himself. In order to obtain the reward as
soon as possible, Yuan Zhou indeed sacrificed a lot.
But dreams were sweet while reality was harsh. The system appeared again at the time.
The system read, “Each guest gets only one serving per meal.”
“The volume of each serving is not much. What if the guest isn’t full and orders one more? That won’t
work?” Yuan Zhou felt that the system was causing him problems in all directions, it prevented anybody
from seeking out loopholes.
The system read, “As a prospective Master Chef, some temperament and rules are necessary.”
All Yuan Zhou could say was“You are definitely right. I don’t have anything to retort.”
Time passed by slowly until night arrived as Yuan Zhou and the system challenged each other’s wisdom.
“Yuan Zhou, you’re really rushed, huh? You don’t even have a shop sign.” Sun Ming teased Yuan Zhou
after he had parked his car and left the flower baskets at the door.
“It’s only you? As expected of your character.”
Yuan Zhou walked up and led him to the high chair to be seated. Looking behind Sun Ming, he didn’t find
anyone else, thus felt a little disappointed.
“It was fairly rushed so I came alone today. Next time I will bring some friends to your restaurant.”
Sun Ming looked around and said, “This place is fairly elegant. There are only so few chairs? Anyway, get
me the best of your dishes right now.”
“Let’s make a deal first. It must be the best dish of yours available. We are friends but now I am your
guest. Just serve me the most expensive dish. Don’t worry, I will pay.” Sun Ming said generously with an
appearance of local wealthy landlord.
“Ok. But I only serve Egg Fried Rice right now. I’ll get you one...” Seeing Sun Ming say so, he also smiled
and replied.
Just before “My treat” came out from his mouth, he was interrupted by the system.
The system read, “All people in the restaurant are guests. Please charge them equally as per the price.”
Yuan Zhou gave a middle finger to the system in his heart. The system had a deep love for money, as
well.
“Ok. Egg Fried Rice. Hurry up. I am hungry.” Sun Ming didn’t care about that. With a smile, he urged
Yuan Zhou to cook the Egg Fried Rice. Then he looked carefully at the surroundings of the restaurant.
It was only a 30 square meters’ room, decorated simply. He looked at the menu and saw the price list
behind. There was indeed only one item, Egg Fried Rice, written on a wood board. But the price shown
on the wood board made Sun Ming feel that he hadn’t entered a restaurant.”
He looked around the surroundings subconsciously and looked back at the price. Still, the figure was as
before. Egg Fried Rice, 188 RMB.
After considering awhile, Sun Ming felt he had understood what was happening.
“Hahaha. Yuan Zhou, the price is marked wrongly.” Sun Ming said with a smile to Yuan Zhou who had
been busy in the kitchen.
At that time, Yuan Zhou just finish preparing the Egg Fried Rice. He first placed the food in front of Sun
Ming, then looked at the price and said, “That’s correct. It’s indeed that much.”
Sun Ming got fairly unhappy with that. What was the matter with Yuan Zhou? As a close friend, he came
here to support his friend’s business. But it seemed that this guy took him as a fool. Only one serving of
Egg Fried Rice for 188 RMB? Was he kidding?
Ok, forgot it. We may know a man's exterior but not his heart. He decided not to get along with him
anymore. But since he had already promised to pay for the meal, he didn’t feel comfortable leaving at
once, all he could do was to sit and eat first.
Chapter 10: Charm of God Tier Egg Fried Rice

Judging from Sun Ming’s facial expression, Yuan Zhou knew he was definitely unsatisfied with the price
of the Egg Fried Rice. Having known the truth, however, Yuan Zhou would have preferred to add
another 0 behind 188, or change the currency into pound, or dollar.
Therefore, he didn’t try to explain but just gave Sun Ming a sign to eat before it got cold.
No sooner had Sun Ming sat down, did the scent of Egg Fried Rice rushed directly into his nose. He could
immediately tell the difference, the scent didn’t have the usual greasy and oily smell, instead it had
some kind of delicate fragrance. The most magical thing was that he couldn’t see any of the eggs inside
the Egg Fried Rice. After taking a closer look at the dish, he found the egg, completely wrapped around
the rice grains. That was the cause which altered the rice from its original color to a golden yellow.
Sun Ming was astonished by that. He had met Yuan Zhou during Yuan Zhou’s days of working in the
kitchen at a 3-Star Hotel. Sun Ming was also fond of eating, nevertheless, his parents hadn’t allow him to
be a chef. He had to continue his studies until he graduated, only then did he choose to go in the kitchen
of the hotel without a second thought. However, his culinary skills were not that good. In the end, he
ended up being a glutton. After that, he opened a clothing store, which nevertheless prospered.
“This is……” Scooping up a spoon of the fried rice, the discontent in Sun Ming’s eyes lessened.
Yuan Zhou could master the Egg Fried Rice to the extent that the beaten egg completely wrapped
around the rice grains. Sun Ming believed his friend did possess some talent in cooking. Thus his interest
was aroused.
He took a spoonful. The soft and tender egg wrapped around grains of rice that was neither too soft nor
too hard. The delicate fragrance of the rice and the scent of the egg were thoroughly merged together.
These difference scents had perfectly blended, giving an unprecedented taste.
Gosh, how could there be such delicious Egg Fried Rice?
With the fried rice in his mouth, Sun Ming felt like the female judge in the movie, Cooking God starring
Stephen Chow, who was immersed in the bliss from the dish, Barbecued Pork Rice with Poached Egg.
Sun Ming was also immersed with his Egg Fried Rice.
The previous thought of being cheated had completely disappeared. He had only the delicious Egg Fried
Rice in his mind, his eyes and his mouth.
Eat, continue to eat.
Sun Ming felt the price of 188 RMB was fair now.
No.
He even had a feeling that he was the one gaining even with such a price. For the first time in his life, he
discovered that a simple Egg Fried Rice could be so tasty.
“Ba Ji, Ba Ji”
One bite after another, Sun Ming just couldn’t stop eating. He didn’t forget to give a thumb up to Yuan
Zhou who was standing right in front to show his admiration. The reason was, needless to say, that his
mouth was full of the Egg Fried Rice and he didn’t want to waste time talking. Thus, he could only do this
to express his heartfelt feelings.
Yuan Zhou nodded his head calmly, with an indifferent expression, as if it was all within his expectations.
When the plate had been licked so clean it appeared to be washed, Sun Ming finally opened his mouth
to speak.
“Is this Egg Fried Rice?”
“Yes, as you have seen, this is the ordinary Egg Fried Rice, just a little more tasty than other restaurants.”
Yuan Zhou replied with an indifferent manner as if it was an ordinary occurrence.
“These skills can be compared to those 5-Star levels already, though I have never tasted any 5-Star level
food. Have you inherited the teachings of a head chef in some 5-Star Hotel?” Sun Ming made a guess
while he looked at Yuan Zhou curiously.
“No, that can’t be it. That old man is good at the delicate Jiangsu cuisine. Even if he cooked Egg Fried
Rice, it would be Yangzhou Fried Rice. Yet, the one you served only consists of eggs and rice, right?”
Sun Ming suddenly became Sherlock Holmes Sun and started making various guesses. Yuan Zhou just
stood quietly beside him watching him, acting with the calm manner of a talented man.
And yes, he could also act himself by the way.
After several unsuccessful guesses, Sun Ming stopped to look at the clean plate and said, “Anyway, I
don’t care. I just want one more serving, this portion is too small. It barely fills the gaps between my
teeth.”
“I’m sorry. Each guest can only order one serving for each meal.” Yuan Zhou shrugged his shoulders and
said regretfully.
“You fellow, what is our relationship? Go and cook one more. Hurry up!” Sun Ming was in a hurry. He
had completely forgotten his previous decision to break off their friendship.
“You may be my friend, Sun Ming. But no means no. This is the rule of my restaurant. I could treat you to
kebab outside.” Yuan Zhou decidedly refused again.
“Having had that Egg Fried Rice, who has the interest in eating the kebab roasted in flame and smoke?
Go and one more, please.” Sun Ming continued to persuade Yuan Zhou hopefully. But when he found his
friend still shook his head, he admitted defeat. He said, “I’ll call you elder brother, okay? Or even
grandfather? You should know that. I have only this one hobby.”
Hearing that, Yuan Zhou asked the system in his mind, “Is it truly not allowed? This is my best friend.”
The system read, “A rule is a rule.”
At last, Yuan Zhou looked at Sun Ming’s expectant look and said, “We are brothers. Don’t break the rules
of my restaurant, will you? After all, it’s the first day open for business. Follow me. Let me treat you to
something else to make up for your empty stomach.”
Seeing Yuan Zhou determination, Sun Ming had to give up, “Forget it then. I can’t eat anything else after
your Egg Fried Rice. What time are you open tomorrow? I will come around early in the morning.”
“9:30 in the morning. Would you like to have a rest here?” Yuan Zhou asked when he found Sun Ming
was leaving.
“If you don’t cook one more serving, I’d go back to sleep so that I can drop by early tomorrow morning.”
Sun Ming said in a self-mocking tone.
“Brother, please understand. I will compensate you in the future.” Yuan Zhou couldn’t do anything
about the stingy system and had to say so.
After he had heard his explanation, Sun Ming knew that since his brother had such exquisite skills, thus
some rules were fairly normal. After all, every talented person had their own quirks, especially a cook
who could make such delicate and delicious food.
Having thought it through, Sun Ming didn’t mind about the matter anymore. Besides, he thought of a
pretty good idea. The proverb “Stay in the company of the good and you shall follow them, but stay in
the company of the bad and you shall become them. The words “The friend of a glutton is also a
glutton.” well described Sun Ming.
Sun Ming decided to bring his friends here to taste the Egg Fried Rice the next day. The reason was of
course to let them taste the most delicious Egg Fried Rice in the world, it couldn’t possibly be because
you can’t have a second serving here. How could Sun Ming be such a bad person?
When he thought of the reactions of his friends that tasted the first serving but couldn’t order another,
Sun Ming felt he was such a kind person. He then waved his hand excitedly to Yuan Zhou and took his
car back.
Watching Sun Ming disappearing into the dim light of the night, Yuan Zhou returned to the restaurant.
As people on the street were becoming lesser and lesser, Yuan Zhou took the flower baskets back into
the restaurant and shut the door.
He returned to the kitchen and prepared to wash the used bowls stacked there. He was thinking if it was
necessary to hire a dishwasher. He couldn’t do the job while cooking and serving the guests.
But hiring a person definitely meant spending money. And spending money was the last thing that Yuan
Zhou wanted to do.
“System, look at my hands.” Yuan Zhou said abruptly to the system.
……………
When Yuan Zhou found the system didn’t respond, he continued, “You should know I am a poor guy and
can’t afford to hire a dishwasher. If there are too many guests here, the cooking will be affected by the
dishwashing, so would the reputation of our restaurant. And the most important thing is, have you ever
seen any Master Chef washing dishes himself?”
Yuan Zhou stood by the hand sink with a bowl in his hands. He narrated ceaselessly in his mind about
how dishwashing would affect a Master Chef. About 5 minutes later, the system responded.
The system read, “The system has provided automatic dishwashing tools. Host, please check.”
“I don’t need to wash the bowls and plates anymore.” Yuan Zhou started to look for the dishwashing
tool happily in the kitchen.
A black box that wasn’t there in the morning had suddenly appeared beside the electric cooker. It was as
large as a notebook. It looked exactly like a black box with a smooth and flat surface, but didn’t even
have a switch.
Looking around at the black box, Yuan Zhou reached out to touch it, checking what was so special about
it. Just then the black box split automatically and revealed its white interior space. Yuan Zhou tried to
put the plate that Sun Ming just ate from inside the box, the box then closed automatically. In no more
than 3 seconds, the plate reappeared from the box. It was as clean as new and glittered.
“So convenient. It really is Sci-fi technology, again.”
Yuan Zhou returned the plate to where it belonged and went upstairs, preparing to sleep. Although
there was only one customer, he managed to confirm one thing, that is, the Egg Fried Rice was indeed
God Tier and whoever tasted wouldn’t be able to forget about it.
Lying on his bed, Yuan Zhou tapped on the mission panel and found that the Egg Fried Rice he had
consumed wasn’t included in his mission. He still had 99 more servings left to sell.
Chapter 11: Difficult Business
“Ding Ling Ling”
Another day began with the sound of the alarm clock.
Since the Egg Fried Rice he ate last night did not count towards completing his mission, Yuan Zhou was
furious, thus he decided to eat two servings for breakfast, to comfort his wounded heart.
Yuan Zhou’s mood recovered after two bowls of Egg Fried Rice entered his stomach. But the bill given by
the system made his heart ache slightly.
“Morning! It seems I came just in time. Hurry up and make one Egg Fried Rice for me.” No sooner had
Yuan Zhou completed his emotional sigh, did Sun Ming walked into the restaurant in big strides and sat
down.
“Ok, wait a moment. It will be ready in a second.” Yuan Zhou didn’t say much. He entered the kitchen
directly and begun to cook.
The tools provided by the system were indeed easy to use. Although the place was small and had even
been renovated into an open kitchen, there was an absence of unpleasant smells such as oil and smoke.
More precisely, there was no oil or smoke at all.
The flame from the built-in gas furnace was directed inwards. Even if one were to stand beside the
furnace, the heat couldn’t be felt. Only the bubbling oil proved that it was producing heat.
The cooking pots were also easily washed. Furthermore, there were at least 10 pots of various models
and sizes. Therefore, Yuan Zhou was fairly satisfied with the current kitchen.
There were also many types of spatulas and spoons. This really was an ideal place for a cook.
“Your Egg Fried Rice. Please enjoy.” Yuan Zhou carried the plate onto the table.
“I didn’t taste it carefully yesterday. Today I’m gonna enjoy this delicacy slowly.” Looking at Yuan Zhou,
Sun Ming picked up the spoon and said.
“Ok. Are you going to stay after the meal?”

“No, I can’t. I have to return to the clothing store. But I will come around at noontime for lunch, with
some guests.” After that, Sun Ming started to eat without waiting for Yuan Zhou’s answer.
Sun Ming spent 1 hour just to enjoy his Egg Fried Rice. During this time, the restaurant was still empty.
Sun Ming felt quite satisfied with the meal. He put down the spoon, closed his eyes, opened them again
after a while and then said with a sigh, “This is pure bliss. It’s really really delicious. You don’t need to
worry about your life anymore with this culinary skill.”
“I still have plenty of room for improvement.” Yuan Zhou smiled and said. However, these words were
the truth rather than modesty. After all, he had the system in his body and was aiming to be a Master
Chef.
“That’s great. My meals in the future will be relying on you then.” Seeing Yuan Zhou’s serious manner,
Sun Ming was looking forward to the days ahead.
“It’s not early. Let me go to my store first and come around for lunch.” When he found out it was 10:30
a.m, Sun Ming turned around and left after he paid for his meal.
“Be careful when driving. See you at noontime.”
…………
When the hour hand pointed towards 12, it started getting crowded outside the street. This time, Yuan
Zhou hung a blackboard outside the door with “Providing Egg Fried Rice” written on it. This way, he
finally managed to inform others that he was opening a restaurant.
During this time, a young man dressed in a white T-shirt and a pair of jeans came in. He popped his head
in and looked about the restaurant.
Looking around the restaurant, he curled his lip when he found only Yuan Zhou was standing in the open
kitchen. This young man lived not far from the restaurant. He had been gaming until the hungry struck
him. Too lazy to order a take-out, he decided to come out for lunch just this once. But he hadn’t
expected such a large crowd of workers, every small restaurant was filled and had a long line.
Wandering around, he came here. He felt joy when he discovered that this street was fairly deserted,
and then saw the black board with “Providing Egg Fried Rice” written on it outside the door of Yuan
Zhou’s restaurant. The flower baskets were still at the entrance. It seemed to be a new restaurant. Thus
he came inside to have a look.
As there was only the boss himself in the restaurant, he couldn't judge if the food was any good. He
decided to give it a try, so he asked casually, “Boss, do you only serve Egg Fried Rice? Anything else?”
Before Yuan Zhou could reply him, the young man noticed the price marked on the menu. He shouted at
once, “Oh my god. The price is wrong, isn’t it? It doesn’t even have a decimal point.”
“My Egg Fried Rice is quite different. That’s the price. Would you like one serving to try?” Yuan Zhou
stayed calm and said with an easy manner.
“hehe…”
When he heard the price was not marked wrong, he thought that no wonder there was nobody here,
the boss was taking the customer for a fool. 188 RMB for a simple Egg Fried Rice? Seeing the boss
looking at him as if he were an idiot, he turned around and left without hesitation. He’d rather go to
queue up than being treated as a fool.
Yuan Zhou also felt upset in the heart. How came people said it was expensive? The materials were truly
specially supplied. Common people would never be able to taste it in other places except in his
restaurant. If possible, he would rather tell people this was the legendary Xiangshui rice. But the reality
was, where would he have gotten it if it was such a scarce supply? This secret definitely couldn’t be
found out. Yuan Zhou had to try his best to cover it.
With the black board hanging outside the door, he indeed had more customers than before. This time it
was a man dressed in business attire. He had a briefcase in his arms and wore a pair of glasses with gold
rims. With this appearance, he looked like an elite.
The elite was a white-collar professional working in the commercial office building behind the street. He
may dress like a successful man, and he had an easy job with a monthly salary of tens of thousands of
RMB. Nevertheless he was a henpecked husband. He handed all his salary to his wife while only getting
200 RMB as his pocket money. Usually, he went back home for lunch, but his wife just went on her 2-day
business trip last night and thus gave him an extra 200 RMB for his lunch. So he went out for lunch
today.
The elite hadn’t eaten out for a long time, so he forgot how crowded restaurants were during noontime.
With great difficulties, he finally found this quiet street, and this restaurant seemed to have the least
customers. Although there was no shop sign, it still had a black board stating “Providing Egg Fried Rice”
outside the door. Thus, without any hesitation, he came into the restaurant.
Looking around at the interior of the restaurant, he found the surroundings weren’t bad and there were
not many guests, only the boss himself, inside. Green plants with small flowers blooming lay by both
sides of the main hall. The decoration was simple and tasteful. The table was a natural brown, which
looked far better than those dirty and greasy tables outside.
When Yuan Zhou saw the elite man looking around in his restaurant with a satisfied expression, he
obtained some confidence. He asked, “Came for a Egg Fried Rice?”
“You only serve Egg Fried Rice, don’t you?” The elite man sat on the clean high chair and asked.
“Yes. The price is written on the wall.” Yuan Zhou replied calmly.
The elite man turned around his head and was first attracted by the three characters on the menu board
written with the writing brush. The characters were written with bold and vigorous strokes and they
were indeed well-written. Afterward, he noticed the price of the Egg Fried Rice. On seeing that, he got
quite astonished.
“188? Rouble or Japanese Yen?” The elite man didn’t expect this restaurant would accept foreign
currencies. He didn’t know if the boss received RMB or not. But from the dressing of the boss, he
thought that the boss may be Japanese. So he asked.
“The price list says it’s RMB. We don’t receive foreign currency.” Yuan Zhou answered calmly.
“188 RMB?” The elite man raised his hand to support his glasses with an unflappable manner.
“What? You can’t afford 188 RMB?” Seeing the elite man stand up, he showed a disdainful manner
intentionally.
“Who says I…Yes, I indeed can’t afford that.”
The elite man showed an angry expression at first but then deflated the next moment. He walked out of
Yuan Zhou’s restaurant as if it were a bandit’s store.
While walking outside, he thought that his wife would not just kill him if she knew he spent 188 RMB for
a simple Egg Fried Rice. Thinking of that, his pace became faster.
Yuan Zhou was speechless. It was once said that there were many fools in this world but insufficient
tricksters. God, you lied to me!
Chapter 12: A Weird Rule

Sun Ming was making a call using Bluetooth while driving. The street was quite crowded during
noontime. While watching the traffic carefully, he also had to give directions to his friends. He was very
good at doing multiple things simultaneously.
“Monkey, you turn left in the front. I will be waiting for you two guys at the door of the restaurant.”
Seeing that he was nearly there, he drove the car onto the narrow street with great care after giving his
final directions to his friends.
“Sun, let me tell you. If the food is not to my satisfaction, after coming so far, you’d better call me a
grandpa. Otherwise, you just wait and see.” The man on the other side of the phone was grumpy due to
the heavy traffic. He could only hope that the restaurant Sun Ming found served really scrumptious
food.
“Take it easy. You hurry up here with Ali.” He parked the car and found Yuan Zhou waiting for him. As he
waved his hand to Yuan Zhou, he hung up the telephone.
His friends Monkey and Ali were meanwhile trying to find the way into the street. They looked at each
other..
Both of them knew Sun Ming through a gourmet QQ group. Members in the group would recommended
fine food nearby and often gathered together to party, they started to know, and later, got familiar with
one another. Sun Ming was found of these two people. Fine delicacy definitely ought to be shared with
good friends. As for making them suffer, Sun Ming would never admit it. After all, the Egg Fried Rice was
indeed super delicious, except the fact there was also a horrible rule accompanying it.
“You really think there is such delicious Egg Fried Rice?” Monkey asked first. With a nickname like
Monkey, he indeed seemed similar to one. Besides being skinny, his arms were especially long. With a
good face and a short hair, he looked fairly spirited.
“Maybe.” Ali answered absentmindedly with a drowsy look.
Monkey looked at the drowsy Ali, “You didn’t sleep last night again, did you? Besides, did you still have a
cold?”
“I am almost recovered. Concentrate on driving. We are nearly there.” Ali took a look at the road in the
front and reminded Monkey. Smoothing the hair with his fingers, he crouched in the passenger seat.
“Save your breath. I know. Don’t sleep anymore. We’ll be there right away.” Monkey made a gentle turn
into the street and looked around for Sun Ming’s car.
“There it is.” He drove ahead and parked next to Sun Ming’s car. Both cars were extremely near, yet his
vehicle didn’t graze Sun Ming’s car at all. Judging by that, he was a driving expert.
“Let’s go. My friends are here. Now it’s your turn to shine and serve us something delicious.” Just as Sun
Ming was about to greet Yuan Zhou, he saw Monkey parking his car. Thus he left that sentence behind
and then went up to Monkey’s car.
“Don’t worry. I’m going to prepare now.” Yuan Zhou wasn’t going to greet the two friends of Sun Ming.
He knew neither of them.
Yuan Zhou wasn’t an enthusiastic person. He spoke little, unless absolutely necessary and had gotten
used to the loneliness. He would rather listen to the music quietly than talk with others. When he was
upset, he liked counting money, which would always make him feel better.
His dream was to be able to count money until his hands cramped up and sleeping enough. However,
reality was harsh.
“Ok.”
“Monkey, Ali, this way please.” Sun Ming stepped forward and greeted them.
“Sun, you said you discovered a good place but it's fairly crowded outside with so much traffic, yet there
are so few people here.” Waiting until Ali got off the car, Monkey shut the door and said.
“Of course. Only at quiet and clean places can we enjoy our delicacy.” Saying that, Sun Ming turned
around and pointed to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, “This is the restaurant owned by my brother which I
mentioned to you.”
Monkey and Ali raised their heads and looked at the restaurant in front of them. It looked really
inconspicuous. It was a tiny eatery, the only difference was that this one looked fairly clean. Clean as it
was, it didn’t even have a shop sign.
“Your brother didn’t even hang a shop sign?” No wonder Monkey felt weird. Although he was as skinny
as his name revealed, he was nevertheless a senior foodie. He had left footprints in many nameless
eateries. Before he came, Sun Ming had mentioned to him that this was a new restaurant operated by
his good friend.
Other eateries didn’t have names because they ran their business at home thus it was not convenient to
hang a shop sign, or they had lost their shop sign. Never had he seen a restaurant that was newly
opened but didn’t have a shop sign.
“You ask too much. Come on in and eat.” Following their eyes, Sun Ming also just noticed Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant didn’t even have a shop sign. Nevertheless, it was inappropriate for him to admit that he also
didn’t know. Having said that, he led the two friends into the restaurant.
When he found Ali’s listless manner on the way, he asked and only then knew he was sick. He vowed
solemnly, “Don’t worry. Even if you don’t have the appetite now, you will want to eat when you smell
the fragrance.”
“Really? It’s really so awesome?” Hearing that, Ali got a little interest in the food despite his sickly body.
“Peng Peng”
Sun Ming thumped his chest and said, “Yes, it’s true.”
“Everybody please wait a little while. The Egg Fried Rice will be ready in no time.” Yuan Zhou turned
around and said to the three people who had just sat down.
The spirited Monkey answered first, “No problem. You go ahead. We’ll have a look around.”
Afterwards, he turned around and looked about the restaurant. There was no rare furnishings or
decorations here. The room was small while the chairs were few. It was the price list that was really
strange. Even an eatery specialized in one serving wouldn’t actually just sell one food.
After all, wherever there was demand, there was market. Small eateries had to do business as per the
demands of their guest. So Monkey asked directly, “Do you really serve Egg Fried Rice only?”
Having cooked three servings of Egg Fried Rice, Yuan Zhou carried them outside one by one and
answered, “Yes, I do, temporarily.”
“Temporarily? How long before you are going to sell other dishes?” Monkey guessed it was just another
kind of marketing method. First he publicized that he only served Egg Fried Rice, then when enough
people were attracted into the restaurant, he would take out the already prepared menu. It was fairly
common.
However, his usually accurate guesses were incorrect this time. Yuan Zhou replied, “After one week, I
will add a serving of Egg Fried Rice package. Afterwards, it depends on my mood.”
“Hummmmm”, the word “It depends on my mood” really surprised Monkey. He didn’t know what to say
next. But when he found Yuan Zhou didn’t want to talk about this matter, he stopped asking.
“Hurry up and eat. I will eat your serving after mine if you don’t come now.” Seeing the Egg Fried Rice
had already appeared on the table, Sun Ming said in a hurry. He was quite serious when he said he
would eat Monkey’s serving.
“Ok, I’m coming.”

“Please enjoy your meal.” Yuan Zhou stretched his hand and made a gesture of “Please”, with dignified
manner of a chef.
“Where is the soup?” It was Ali who said this time.
He asked Yuan Zhou when he saw there was nothing more on the table but the Egg Fried Rice.
“Sorry, I don’t provide the soup, nor any side dishes.” Yuan Zhou knew these people were the friends of
his friend, but the system was the boss.
The system was a stickler about the rules. Hence the Master Chef Restaurant couldn’t provide any
dishes that were not approved by the system. Yuan Zhou wasn’t able to cook in the Master Chef
Restaurant with ingredients not provided by the system. He attributed all that to his lower level.
“Fine.” Ali took a look at Sun Ming and again at Yuan Zhou, with a helpless manner.
“Ali, Monkey, look at the Egg Fried Rice in front of you. Although it doesn’t have any add ones, this food
absolutely deserves that price.” As the two people were brought here by him, Sun Ming had to explain a
little bit before he could pig out on his Egg Fried Rice on the table.
“Ok, ok. But your friend’s restaurant is fairly weird. I just don’t know if the Egg Fried Rice can be as good
as you say it is.” Seeing that Ali’s normal request to have a bowl of soup was directly refused, Monkey
suddenly became a little discontented.
The price list on the wall told them clearly that each plate of Egg Fried Rice was 188 RMB. Since
recommendations were always paid separately using the AA method, Monkey had a suspicion that Sun
Ming was guilty of luring guests to his brother’s restaurant. After all, these kinds of matters did occur
before.

Chapter 13: The 1st Genuine Customer
Monkey looked suspiciously at Sun Ming, who merely showed an indifferent expression, ignoring
Monkey’s gaze with a magnanimous manner.
“That’s ok. Let’s eat first. After eating then we can chat.” Ali tried to smooth things over when he found
that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing. Anyhow, the taste of the food was what mattered most.
Although the awkward atmosphere was dispelled, Ali never planned to eat as he didn’t feel good today.
He was just felt curious by Sun Ming’s description, saying that this delicacy could only be found in the
heaven rather than on Earth, thus came over to check personally.
In Ali’s impression, oily fried foods like Egg Fried Rice were unacceptable. He was never able to eat the
oily steamed stuffed buns in the morning, not to mention greasy Egg Fried Rice at noontime.
However, when he looked down at the plate of Egg Fried Rice, he found that he was wrong, very wrong.
He couldn’t see any eggs nor smell any oil in the Egg Fried Rice. The only smell was the fragrance of the
food which drifted toward his nose.
“Pleasantly fragrant”, the idiom was best applied to this food.
“Maybe I should have a taste.” Ali got a little spirited and thought in the heart.
Having sent the first spoonful into his mouth, Ali became another one who was conquered by the Egg
Fried Rice. He noticed that the other two guys beside had almost finished their Fried Rice. Their speed
was like the wind cutting through the clouds, fast, as if they had been hungry for 3 days.
A faint smile emerged at the corner of Yuan Zhou’s mouth. It was a confident smile rather than a proud
one. One must understand that he had eaten his Egg Fried Rice for every meal, yet never felt sick of it,
and every time he found that the taste would become tastier. This absolutely was not arrogance.
The system’s reward was a skill, thus the proficiency could gradually be increased. As time passed, it
became more and more delicious. Since it was already at the peak of the delicacies from the start, the
progress didn’t seem apparent and wouldn’t have large improvement. Unless it was a person that
posses a sensitive palate, common people would only feel that it was extremely delicious.
“My goodness! You finally did something right, Sun.”
“I have been to many places in the north and south over these years and have also eaten many
delicacies. However, this Egg Fried Rice is the most delicious one I have ever eaten.”
“No wonder the price is 188 RMB per serving. To me, the price is worth it.”
The first thing that Monkey and Ali did after they had finished eating was to give compliments to this
food with their poor vocabulary. And the second reaction was …
“Ah, it’s so tasty. Boss, I would like one more. No, two more please. One serving is not enough.” Monkey
finished off the Egg Fried Rice first. He handed over the plate to Yuan Zhou while enjoying the aftertaste
and requested for one more.
“Definitely quite delicious. I want another, as well.” Ali followed Monkey and said.
“haha…”
Being the last one who finished off the food, Sun Ming laughed heartily just before Yuan Zhou answered
them.
Monkey and Ali felt perplexed by the laugh.

When he discovered everybody was looking at him, Sun Ming then closed his gaping wide mouth and
said with a seemingly seriously manner, “Each guest can only have one serving per meal.”
After that, he couldn’t help laughing happily again.
“What?” Monkey responded with anger while looking at Sun Ming.
“Sun, you set me up.”
“I will not take the blame for others. This is the rule of the boss, isn’t it? Boss Yuan.” Sun Ming answered
Monkey seriously while blinking towards Yuan Zhou.
“Hum, it’s true. Here I serve each guest only one serving for each meal. After all, this serving has the
same volume as those other restaurants. It is not less at all.” Yuan Zhou explained earnestly after he had
put the hand over his mouth and coughed.
He might as well not bother to give an explanation with that kind of response. It was common
knowledge that people would demand more than usual when faced with tasty cuisine. Although it had
the same amount as others, even the girls that usually scream about losing weight, might ask for two
servings. Now that they were told they could only eat one, what is this if it’s not bullying?
Monkey and Ali became dumbfounded. What a ridiculous rule this was. Was there really a type of
person that turn down a chance to earn more money?
“Are you sure I can’t get one more? Look, I am a friend of Sun’s.” Monkey inquired desperately as he
scratched his ears and cheeks.
“Yes, you are my friend. But so what? Even I could only have one serving per meal and you are thinking
of ordering two?” Sun Ming stared at Monkey feigning anger.
“Boss, look at me. I am sick today. Could you please...?” The large man Ali, surprisingly thought of a trick
to show his weakness to win the sympathy of the enemy.
But Yuan Zhou was adamant about his decision. He said with a serious expression, “Sorry, a rule is a
rule.”
“Boss, I admire you. You are a talented man. Nowadays, there are not many that stick to their
principles.” Ali said.
Monkey also gave Yuan Zhou a thumb up. He also admired the people who stick to their rules in the face
of money. After all, there were many in today’s society that would ignore their bottom line simply for
money.
Actually what Yuan Zhou was thinking at that moment was, “F*ck this rule!!! This is all money! Money!
Money!”
“All right. I finally know your intentions. Let’s go share this pain with others.” Monkey said to Sun Ming
while walking out toward the door.
“How could you say sharing the pain? We are actually providing an address where delicious meals can
be found. Ali, let’s go.” Sun Ming also followed.
“Ok.” When Ali heard there was no more serving, he resumed the indolent manner. The three friends
walked together outside.
“Take care, my friends.” Yuan Zhou stood at the interior of the table and said.
“Boss, we’ll come again next time.” Monkey turned his head around and said. Walking in the middle, Sun
Ming waved his hand to Yuan Zhou while Ali nodded his head with a smile to Yuan Zhou, following the
other two friends.
“Ok. You guys are always welcomed.” Yuan Zhou also responded with smile.
It might be his lucky day today. There came another guest at about 1:00 in the afternoon. This was a
pretty guest.
Dressed in a black waistcoat and a smoky gray knee-length one-piece dress, the girl with a middle-
parting long hairstyle had a beautiful complexion with a dabble of faint makeup. Carrying a white
enamel leather bag in her hand, with a delicate and cute face, she gave off a youthful charm.
“Duk Duk Duk”
The sound of her white high heels against the tiles gave rise to an assortment of musical notes.
She took a seat and said directly, “Give me the menu, please.” She had a graceful voice with a slight
accent, seemingly a belle from Southern China belle.
“We only serve Egg Fried Rice here. Please look at the price first. If you feel it is acceptable, I will prepare
one for you.” Yuan Zhou looked at the pretty girl and said.
“Hum? Ok.” The girl was confused for a moment and then looked at the price after saying that.
“188? No problem. Let me try if your culinary skills deserve such a price.” Her tone carried some
dissatisfaction, but she didn’t reveal too much anger, merely replying with a cold tone.
“Don’t worry. You won’t be disappointed.” Seeing that the pretty girl agreed to try, Yuan Zhou got a little
excited, thus he replied with confidence.
“Ok. Hurry up. I need go to work shortly.” When the pretty girl found this young boss was so confident,
she didn’t pay more attention to the food, instead taking out her mobile phone to check for new
message
Yuan Zhou stood at a covert place not far away and admired the pretty girl. Her graceful dining posture
made him feel hungry as well. One’s appetite could be enhanced just by watching beautiful women. This
was a sentence passed down from one generation to another, a delicate face could also be a feast - for
eyes.
Chapter 14: God Tier Egg Fried Rice Starting to Show its Attraction
This pretty girl is indeed from Southern China. Her name is Yin Ya. She formerly studied in the university
here in Chengdu City of Sichuan Province. And she has been staying here to work since she graduated,
just in the business office building behind the restaurant. Working as a secretarial assistant of an
inspector general, Yin Ya has got a good salary, about 30 grand per month.
However, on this morning Yin Ya had been wrongfully reported by another secretarial assistant, which
resulted in a severe criticism on Yin Ya from the inspector general. This was the first time she had been
treated unjustly and she felt quite aggrieved. Therefore, Yin Ya decided to eat some delicious food to
abreact his upset mood. That was the reason why she would spend 188 RMB today on a simple Egg Fried
Rice.
Since she had already visited almost every restaurant in the street downstairs, Yin Ya prepared to find a
new restaurant and order some extra dishes for abreaction. Looking at the restaurant from outside, she
felt it was not bad and thus she stepped into it. But who could believe there was only Egg Fried Rice
served here and the simple fried rice was surprisingly sold at 188 RMB?
Yin Ya hadn’t intended to eat such expensive food, but on second thought she accepted the price. After
all, it was for abreaction. The price didn’t actually matter too much.
Yin Ya raised her head to take a look at the boss who was concentrating on cooking. And she was even
thinking to resist this restaurant in Circles of Friends of Wechat if the 188 RMB was not good enough for
the price. Anyhow, this restaurant is fairly near to the building where she worked.
Make the boss lose all business and close down the restaurant.
“This is your Egg Fried Rice. Help yourself, please.” Yuan Zhou cooked as fast as usual.
“Thank you.”
Yin Ya put down her telephone and looked up at Yuan Zhou with a polite smile. Afterward, she started to
eat with the spoon.
As an assistant, she didn’t have any defect on etiquette.
A golden Egg Fried Rice and an unprepared appetite
“The fragrance…”
The moment she absorbed the fragrance of the Egg Fried Rice in her nose, the slobber came out of her
mouth immediately. There was only one thought in her heart. Just eat it.
There passed a clear and melodious sound when the spoon touched the plate. With the first spoon of
Egg Fried Rice in her mouth, she felt the fragrance of the fried rice and the eggs were perfectly merged
and all pores throughout her body opened up as if she had just eaten the ginseng fruit.
After the first bite, the previous thoughts of publishing that in Circles of Friends of Wechat if not
satisfactory and other annoyances all completely vanished.
Excellent! She only said once for the only one word.
Her parents were both teachers, thus Yin Ya had lived a good family condition ever since she was a child.
Besides, she owned a comparatively high salary now. Her daily life was fairly delicate. Occasionally, Yin
Ya rewarded herself with an exquisite meal. Once in a while, she spent two or three grand RMB for a
feast.
As a pretty girl who was after by dozens of young men, fresh flowers and good wine were inevitable.
Despite of that, Yin Ya had never tasted any dish better than the Egg Fried Rice.
Last time she went with her colleagues to a private home cuisine restaurant, which is said to be within
the top three. They had to make a reservation there half a month in advance for a dinner worth more
than 3 grand RMB. But compared with the Egg Fried Rice, it was quite neglectable and incomparable.
“The boss is definitely skilled.”
Summoned by the magic of the Egg Fried Rice, the graceful and reserved girl Yin Ya wanted to lick the
plate for the very first time. Of course with her pretty strict upbringing, she wasn’t likely to do that. But
still, she raised her head and said with a genuine smile from the heart.
“Please bother to cook another serving for me.”
After saying that, Yin Ya felt slightly embarrassed. It was always embarrassing for a pretty girl to ask for
more food at restaurant outside. After all, slender figure mattered most.
“I am sorry. We provide each guest with only one serving for each meal.” Yuan Zhou had plenty of
patience and kindness to pretty girls. Beautiful things made people feel happy.
“That’s all right. What time are you close in the evening?” Refused by others, Yin Ya was slightly
surprised that she blinked her eyes. Then she turned to another topic.
Yuan Zhou felt happy and disappointed as well when he found the pretty lady didn’t insist on getting to
the bottom of the matter. If she asked more questions, they were likely to have more common topics.
But judging from her manner, this pretty girl had already been conquered by his cooking skill.
“9:00 in the evening.”
“Ok. Give me the bill.”
Yin Ya paid the bill cleanly. Though feeling slightly surprised with the refusal by the boss, she didn’t get
angry any bit. There was a rule everywhere, let alone a restaurant that could provide such a delicious
Egg Fried Rice.
She was not that kind of person, who felt her demand should be always satisfied simply because she was
beautiful. Of course, this kind of character couldn’t make her hold the post of the inspector general’s
assistant.
“Thanks for coming. Welcome you here next time.” Yuan Zhou said with his utmost sincerity.
Noontime had quick gone. If it were an ordinary eatery, Yuan Zhou had to prepare the food materials for
the evening dinner and supplement the used materials at noon at the time.
The vegetables that needed washing, the rice that needed cooking and the vegetables that needed
cutting in advance, all the tedious work had to be finished in the afternoon.
It was a fairly laborious work for a single person to run a restaurant, even for a couple, as too much stuff
had to be prepared. Yuan Zhou had also formerly experienced that.
As for now, Yuan Zhou only had to close down the restaurant and went upstairs to sleep.
The food material system had got all materials in the cabinet. It would supplement the same amount of
materials as used on previous day. As for the exact number, Yuan Zhou had tried to count. However, he
finally gave up when he had counted to the eggs to 300 and found there were still more inside of the
cabinet.
The kitchen was currently a central location of various black technologies. Yuan Zhou had learned how
to keep calm in various surprises (shocks) of the system.
He had already handed over the dishwashing work to the advanced multifunctional dishwasher.
So all the work that Yuan Zhou had to do was to cook. The system will handle all other work.
Then Yuan Zhou went to sleep for rest.
While Yuan Zhou was taking a nap contentedly, the people who had just eaten the Egg Fried Rice
couldn’t keep calm anymore. Sun Ming, Monkey and Ali, the three people started to strongly
recommend Yuan Zhou’s Egg Fried Rice in a gourmand group of Wechat.
A Monkey in the Tree, “The dish of Egg Fried Rice recommended by Sun is terrifically delicious! And the
boss also had his own personality. Shall we go for a taste tonight?”
Clearly Understand, “How many times have I told you to call my full name please? I didn’t cheat you, did
I? Monkey, let’s go there again tonight.”
I am a Gormandizer, “Didn’t you go there this morning? And you’ll go again tonight?”
Ali, “I will go with you.”
Mr. Rice Bucket, “Ali, didn’t you catch a cold?”
Ali, “Yes, but it doesn’t affect my appetite. It wasn’t greasy at all.”

I am a Gormandizer, “Is it so tasty? Even a sick guy who doesn’t like greasy food at all like you could eat
it.”
Mr. Rice Bucket, “Hearing you three guys, I get a little interested in that. I haven’t found any good-taste
dish recently. Gormandizer, shall we go together?”
A Monkey in the tree (Monkey) found two persons starting to respond in the group and typed more
quickly, “Gormandizer, come together. Let’s meet at 6:00 on the Central Square. Anybody who wants to
go together just go to the square to meet.”
I am a Gormandizer, “You Monkey. Every time you run fast when there’s a party. See you then. But if the
Egg Fried Rice is not to my satisfaction, you need to compensate me with a roast duck of the old Lee.”
A Monkey in the Tree, “No problem. Anyone who says not delicious comes to me directly.”
“You are far too confident, man. It seems I also need to go there to taste it.” Gluttony said.
A Monkey in the Tree, “Group host is here. Group host, don’t worry. It is 10-Star Recommendation. I
promise that.”
When Sun Ming (Clearly Understand) found the host of the group where he publicize the clothes came
out, he started to get online to support his brother.
Cleary Understand, “That restaurant belongs to my brother. If it’s not delicious, I also buy a roast duck of
the old Lee for each of you.”
With the group host taking the lead and the temptation of two roast duck of the old Lee, more and more
people who seldom talks came out.
Onlookers 1234, “Only thinking of the roast duck of the old Lee will make me drool. The crisp skin,
tender and succulent meat and also the dipping sauce. Count me in. If it’s not good, don’t blame me if I
say something bad to you.”
As a response, Sun Ming and Monkey started to praise the Egg Fried Rice in various ways.
Chapter 15: Fully Displaying His Talents (Part One)
Having had the Egg Fried Rice, Yin Ya went back to her company in a good mood and admitted her
mistakes to the inspector general on her own initiative.
This was actually the rule in their line of work. As a superior, he only cared about the results and didn’t
care how the mistake was made. Seeing Yin Ya admit her mistakes on her own, however, the inspector
general was fairly satisfied. Then he offered a few words of comfort and sent her away.
Yin Ya’s mood became even better when she found that things went smoothly. She felt that it was the
Egg Fried Rice that brought about good luck. Therefore, she took out her phone and updated a status in
her circle of friends on Wechat.
“I had this super delicious Egg Fried Rice at noontime today, for the first time in my life. How eager am I
to eat it again!”
Usually, the recommendations by pretty girls would be well received. Under this status, hundreds of
people gave likes. Furthermore, there were some men with mixed feelings looking at the updated
status, lost in thought.
Yuan Zhou had just waken up and was holding his phone while thinking about a serious problem.
Currently, many store owners had started to publicize their stores through Weibo and Wechat, etc. He
was considering to apply for one of them.
After ruminating for quite a while, Yuan Zhou decided to give up this idea. For an intelligent man like
him who had great goals, it was demanding for him to use the Weibo since he had never even used QQ
during normal times.
It was 4:00 p.m. While looking at the time, he put down the telephone and sprung up from the bed.
After some tidying up, he went downstairs and opened the door.
As a cook, Yuan Zhou paid much attention to his personal cleanliness and physical health.
However, the system had an exclusive method for this. It scanned Yuan Zhou’s body everyday to
maintain his health.
Even the slight short sightedness resulting from staying up reading novels was cured by the system, with
the reason that he needed to carefully observe the ingredients. In his current state, it was not even a
problem to donate sperm. Of course, he wouldn’t do that. After all, it would be sinful to simply spread
his outstanding genes.
“Monkey, Ali. Here we are.” Two people were gazing around searching for others. Hearing the call, they
turned and found four others standing at the opposite side of the square.
The call was from a short and stout man. His ID was I’m a Gormandizer while the true name was Qian
Jianshe. While wearing a singlet and short pants, like an old grandpa wandering out for a walk, no one
would have recognized him as a civil servant working in the office of State Grid. The man standing next
to Qian Jianshe was the group host, Yi Yuan, who was dressed in a high-quality suit. He looked fairly cool
in this attire, which he relied on for impressing others. Though he had a high salary, he was actually an
insurance salesman. Thus he needed to go about to entertained his client during dinners, he created this
group in the hope that someone could recommend nice restaurants to him. After all, it would be really
embarrassing if the dinner wasn’t to the satisfaction of the clients. From then onwards, the group had
developed into a gathering place for gourmets.
As for the man beside Sun Ming, he was the one named Mr. Rice Bucket, his real name was Zhang
Daming.
This young man was the youngest member of the group. He described himself as a 23-year-old. Different
from others whose jobs were known to all, this man called Zhang Daming was a mystery, except for his
name and ages. However, he definitely wouldn’t be absent when delicious cuisines were recommended.
As time passed, people stop caring about his origins. Originally, they gathered together to eat rather
than make profound friendships.
Zhou Yan, with the network name Onlooker 1234, stood aside rigidly. He wore an ordinary white shirt
and black suit pants, without any noticeable creases. At the beginning, everyone thought that he valued
the get-togethers, hence paid such attention to his dressing. Nevertheless, it was not until when the
group members familiarize themselves with each other did they find this man was originally
conscientious and meticulous, like a victim of the obsessive compulsive disorder. Everything must be
done to utmost perfection. Being so demanding, it was no wonder his occupation was a teacher.
“We were waiting for you two only. Since we are all driving cars, Sun and Monkey, you guys lead the way
ahead. We will follow.”
“Sorry, we spent some extra time parking just now. So let’s go.” Monkey gave an explanation and then
lead the way to the parking lot, preparing to head to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.
“Yin Ya, are you free tonight? Let’s have a dinner together, shall we?” Zou Heng, her colleague from the
sales department, came to her office table and asked her, just before they got off work.
While looking at Zou Heng’s earnest gaze, Yin Ya felt a little awkward.
Either inadvertently or by design, Zou Heng had revealed his intentions to woo her. But whenever she
was about to refuse him, he would switch the topic to work related matters, making it seem like official
business. It caused difficulty for her to decidedly refuse.
It was not to say he was problematic. Zou Heng was a sales expert in his department, with an
enthusiasm personality and full of integrity
Although he was plain looking, looks were not a decisive factor when Yin Ya was looking for a boyfriend.
However, Yin Ya had no feelings for him at all. While Yin Ya was thinking hard how to get through this
problem, Zou Heng opened his mouth again.
“Yin Ya, it concerns the business case that Inspector General Wang proposed last time. It was handed
over to you to communicate with the sales department, right? I’m the one in charge of it in the sales
department.”
While saying that, he raised his hand and looked at the watch, “Now it's time to leave. So we can chat
while having a meal. Then the case can be carried out as soon as we finish our discussion.”
“You choose the place for lunch.” While saying that, Zou Heng looked at Yin Ya in earnest.
“Ok. We go to eat Egg Fried Rice. It’s simple, which gives us some time to talk about business affairs.” Yin
Ya agreed with a helpless tone.
She just wanted to improve her mood, when she recalled the tasty Egg Fried Rice at noontime, and
spoke those few words.
With his purpose achieved, Zou Heng revealed his smile and then left, preparing to wait for Yin Ya at the
entrance of the company.
There were many situations that occur before one can prepare for them, for example, now.
After just opening his restaurant, Yuan Zhou received a guest, precisely, a curious guest.
“Boss, your Egg Fried Rice is 188 RMB per serving?” The curious guest had a mustache and was of 30 or
so age. He looked like a man working in an artistic career.
“Yes, exactly. You want a taste?”

“I see guests coming out of your restaurant with a joyful expression. That means the food is fairly good.
By the way, I live on the 2nd floor of the building facing your restaurant.” The mustache man explained
to Yuan Zhou, to avoid being treated like a peeping Tom.
“You’ll know after you eat.” Yuan Zhou showed him a seat while saying.
“Boss, are you inviting me to taste it for free?” the mustache man sat down and asked, smiling.
“Of course not. If you wanna taste, you could order one serving. But it’s impossible to provide one for
free.” Yuan Zhou revealed a standard polite smile and said with a grin.
He was thinking in his heart, “What kind of international joke is that? Even me, the boss, would be
charged, let alone you, the guest.”
“Then serve me one for a taste.” After considering for one minute, the mustache man opened his mouth
and said.
“Ok, it’ll be served right away.”
The several people driving their cars soon arrived at the simple and quiet street.
“Monkey, you are really good at finding places to eat, it's always in an alley every time.” While carefully
parking his car, Qian Jianshe didn’t forget to speak. His actions were quick and neat. Thus he not only
parked his car but also helped Yi Yuan park his.
“See the restaurant over there, the one without any signboards? That’s it. Let’s go.” Getting used to
Qian Jianshe’s word, Monkey didn’t pay much attention. He just pointed ahead and showed everyone
the gate.
While talking, they walked into the restaurant.

“Boss, we are here again, with some more business. Since your fried rice is so magnificent, I brought
some more guests for you. So, could I have two servings tonight?” Once entering the restaurant,
Monkey started to shout a long sentence. Of course, the latter part was the main point.
Seeing Monkey so honest and frank, Yuan Zhou responded with the same attitude. He answered directly
and decidedly, “No, you can’t.”
Monkey, “...”
Chapter 16: Fully Displaying His Talents (Part Two)
“No, you can’t.”
When they saw Monkey being refused directly and decisively, Ali and Sun Ming couldn’t help laughing.
The other friends, on the other hand, felt slightly surprised.
In their mind, a boss should at least treat his guests with a polite remark and an extra side dish in
response to such a request. They couldn’t understand why the boss refused Monkey so decisively.
While seeing Monkey merely shrug his shoulders and find a seat, his several companions did the same
as well.
After Qian Jianshe sat down, he pointed to the flower racks and asked, “Boss, your eatery isn’t very
large. Don’t those flower racks take up too much space?”
Yuan Zhou was originally unsatisfied with having only 8 chairs, but due to his low level, all he could do
was endure it. Yet, this fatso was now rubbing salt in his wounds by bringing up that annoying matter.
Thus, Yuan Zhou put on his usual poker face, while keeping his irritated mood under control.
“Because… they look beautiful.” Yuan Zhou answered, pretending to be calm.
“…” Qian Jianshe didn’t know how to answer anymore.
While Qian Jianshe was left speechless, it was Sun Ming who straightforwardly demanded a plate of Egg
Fried Rice for each one of them.
“One moment, please. They’ll be ready right away.” Yuan Zhou responded courteously. He then turned
around, and entered the kitchen to start cooking.
“This boss sure has a unique personality.” The group host Yi Yuan said with a smile while looking at
Monkey and Qian Jianshe who were stunned by the boss.
“Not only unique, but also sticks to his principles. You’ll see yourself in a while.” Following Yi Yuan’s
remark, Monkey added. While sitting on the chair, he was either looking at the busy cook, Yuan Zhou, in
the kitchen or watching the mustache man with an envious gaze whom was showing a rapturous
expression.
“I don’t care. As long as it’s delicious, it’s ok.” Sitting there solemnly in his neatly pressed suit, Zhou Yan
seemed to be indifferent to their conversation.
“Yes, that’s right. Delicious food matters most. But, there isn't even a cup of water?” Mr. Rice Bucket
looked left and right, then he discovered that there were no cups, chopsticks or napkins. The table was
empty.
“According to the boss, except for the Egg Fried Rice nothing else is provided here, neither tea water nor
side dishes of peas.”
Sun Ming had gotten a little familiar with the restaurant, thus he acted as a narrator and explained the
rules here while Monkey and Ali chipped in anything he missed. Tacitly, they kept the most important
point under cover.
This was just like Harry Potter’s entrance ceremony to the School of Wizardy. The seniors would never
tell the first-year students about the important points. It was an utmost pleasure to bully others while
having been bullied previously.
The most communicative Qian Jianshe took a glance at the mustache man. Since the Egg Fried Rice was
served to him, he had never raised his head, merely continued to eat. It looked rather odd for a large
man to eat one delicate spoonful after another.
“Is this Egg Fried Rice really so good?” Qian Jianshe asked doubtfully.
Not until he heard the question did the mustache man, eating earnestly, raise and nod his head, all
without saying a word. After that, he continued eating.
This scene was captured by the group host Yi Yuan and his friends who came for the first time. The
behavior of the mustache man, if he hadn’t been starved for days, meant it was indeed due to the
delicious taste. Thus, they waited eagerly for Yuan Zhou’s Egg Fried Rice.
“Here we are, everybody. These are the Egg Fried Rice for you guys.”
Yuan Zhou passed on the plates in sequence to the fatso Qian Jianshe, Monkey, Yi Yuan and Zhang
Daming successively.
While taking a glance at the plate, Qian Jianshe whispered, “an Egg Fried Rice without even a slice of
scallions.
“It’s indeed just Egg Fried Rice. It really has only eggs and rice.” Even Yi Yuan made some complaints
about that.
However, the three people who had been here, Monkey, Ali and Sun Ming, started to eat directly,
regardless of other people’s complaints.
After having checked carefully if the spoon was clean, Zhou Yan, being the first, put a spoonful into his
mouth. His serious face quickly changed the instant the Egg Fried Rice entered his mouth. While
lowering his head, he looked at the Egg Fried Rice, then the spoon in his hands, afterward he continued
by putting another spoon into his mouth quickly again.
“Hummm!”
The importance of a delicacy stems from its ability to make people feel thoroughly relaxed and
engrossed, just like bringing you on a miraculous taste trip. Zhou Yan was currently indulged in that
pleasure and almost forgot all about his home and duty.
The expressions of his other friends all turned delighted and satisfied, as if they had finally obtained
what they have been seeking all this while.
Of the four basic necessities of life, clothing, food, housing and transportation, food ranked the second.
From that, its importance could be seen. The several friends gulped down their Egg Fried Rice, just like
thirsty desert travelers encountering a timely rain shower.
“baji, baji”
Beautiful moments were always fleeting, let alone delicious foods. Before they had fully savored the
pleasure, their plates had reached the bottoms.
None left.
Having no experience eating here, the group host finished up first. Then they started to recall the
aftertaste of the delicious Egg Fried Rice, while seated in their chairs.
Since the restaurant started several days ago, Yuan Zhou found he had gotten into a habit, that is,
watching the guests being conquered by the Egg Fried Rice that he had cooked and revealing a happy
expression.
That made him proud while bringing about a sense of achievement. Seeing him acting all aloof merely
gave misconception to others.
When Qian Jianshe noticed the plate had been even cleaner than his face, he showed a surprised
manner like “It was eaten up? Why do I feel like I haven’t started?” Once he came back to himself, he
said to Yuan Zhou, “Boss, it’s really the very first time in my life that I ate such a delicious Egg Fried Rice.
I could feel my soul ascending to the heavens. Boss, you are indeed the top chef.” Qian Jianshe was
never stingy with his compliments.
“Frankly speaking, after this experience, I feel that I will lose weight due to hunger if I couldn’t manage
to eat this Egg Fried Rice.” While talking, he also patted his fat belly to make it look more convincing.
When the last hint of aftertaste of the Egg Fried Rice vanished in his mouth, Qian Jianshe said to Yuan
Zhou while his small eyes were filled with sincerity.
“Boss, could you please provide three more servings? After finishing that, please get two servings
packed so that I can take away.”
“I’m really sorry. Here in this shop, we provide each guest with only one serving per meal. And we don’t
have the take away’s currently since this restaurant is small and earns little.” While saying that, Yuan
Zhou showed a standard smile on his face.
After hearing Yuan Zhou, Qian Jianshe was dumbfounded. Having stared at Yuan Zhou for quite a while,
he said, “Boss, isn’t the Egg Fried Rice 188 RMB per serving? Don’t worry. I will definitely pay for that. If
you don’t have a container, any bowl also works. I can pay a deposit or even buy the plate, for sure.”
While saying that, Qian Jianshe nodded his head in the affirmative to express his resolution to do that.
“This Egg Fried Rice is really delicious. This is the first time I have eaten such delicious Egg Fried Rice.” As
a teacher, Zhou Yan should have had more gorgeous words to compliment the dish. However, facing the
scrumptious Egg Fried Rice, he could do nothing but repeat the few words.
“Boss, serve me two more, please. And one extra serving to go is ok.” The always serious teacher Zhou
Yan stroked his sleeve cuff uncomfortably while saying. It was also the first time for him to eat 3 servings
of Egg Fried Rice.
“That’s true. Boss Yuan, the good taste of your Egg Fried Rice is beyond the scope of scientific
comprehension. If we each can only have one serving, your excellent culinary skills couldn’t be
displayed.”
“So, please pack 10 servings for me, and another three to eat here. I can wait patiently.” Zhang Daming
grinned in a shameful manner.
Chapter 17: The Principled Boss
“Ha Ha Ha.....”
Seeing those people scrambling to order food, Monkey, Ali and Sun Ming burst into unkind laughter.
Meanwhile, Qian Jianshe, Yi Yuan and Zhou Yan were staring at Yuan Zhou and waiting for his approval.
Only Zhang Daming looked at Sun Ming and asked curiously, “What are you laughing for?”
“This brother of mine is a man of principle, isn’t it? Monkey.” Sun Ming first pointed at Yuan Zhou, and
then looked towards Monkey.
“That’s true. Haven’t you been told already that Boss Yuan is a boss that sticks to his principals? This
afternoon, we have already tried all these methods you are using now, but it won’t work. If the boss
says it’s only one serving, it’s indeed only one serving.”
Monkey originally admired and hated Yuan Zhou’s principle. However, he felt quite delighted to see the
group host and his friends scratching their heads due to being unable to eat good food. Such an
experience couldn’t simply be described by “feeling awesome”.
“Boss Yuan, look at my big figure. One plate of Egg Fried Rice isn’t even enough to fill the gaps between
my teeth. Even if you don’t allow takeout, at least let me eat till I’m full.” Qian Jianshe turned his head
and looked at Sun Ming and then Yuan Zhou. In order to get more servings of Egg Fried Rice, This guy
even used the ruse of showing his own injury to gain Yuan Zhou’s sympathy.
“Exactly. Look at us. We are all adult men. How could one serving of Egg Fried Rice be enough for our big
stomachs? At least it has to be 3 servings that can feed us till we are full. Right?” Zhang Daming started
to mobilize the other guests in the restaurant. While sitting aside and hearing them, even the small
mustache nodded his head to express his support concerning Zhang Daming’s proposal.
“Since you guys are begging to such extent, I won’t hide it anymore...”
Yi Yuan and other people got excited hearing the first sentence but was disappointed by the latter
sentence.
With calmness on his face, Yuan Zhou stood in the middle of the curved long table and looked around at
every guest. Then he said, “I’m sorry, I still can’t.”
It was about 7:00 in the evening. The moon was rising up. Some families were starting to prepare for
dinner while some had just finished. Therefore, the small street appeared to be more peaceful.
At the moment, the passerby along the street heard roars from the eatery that didn't even have a shop
sign in unison. The shrill sound was filled with sadness and agony, just like a duck whose neck was
choked. Frightened by the abrupt sound, passengers shook off their goose bumps and hurried away.
“Why, why are you so cold hearted, Boss Yuan? Do you really have the heart to see us stay in hunger?
Qian Jianshe touched his belly and revealed a manner of resentment. Other people stood aside and
nodded their heads to express their consent.
“Boss Yuan, a man has to be principled. But I am hating your principle right now.” The facial expression
of Zhang Daming was like a husband who caught his wife cheating, hating bitterly.
“No one could deny that Boss Yuan is indeed a boss of personality and principle.” Yi Yuan and Zhou Yan
sighed with emotion, speaking in one voice.
The mustache man put down the money and gave Yuan Zhou a thumb up. Then he left smartly.
“I can’t stay here any longer. I must go now. I will get hungrier if I stay here longer.” Zhang Daming
covered his belly with his hands, looking at Yuan Zhou, and then continued, “Moreover, I have an
impulsion to beat someone.”
Similarly, the frustrated boss Yuan Zhou also wanted to beat someone. The mission had required a least
sales volume of 100 servings of Egg Fried Rice. Reselling meant more money. Any sane person would be
in pain if they had to drive away cash. He had nothing to do but weep in the heart.
“Me, too. But where would we obtain Egg Fried Rice after we beat him?” Monkey came up with the key
problem, for this was the very first time they had eaten such delicious Egg Fried Rice.
“I feel so hungry. Let’s hurry up and leave, shall we?” Even Sun Ming didn’t support Yuan Zhou anymore.
He suggested that they should head home.
“Why don’t we go and eat the roast duck of the old Lee?” Qian Jianshe couldn’t help but propose that.
He felt he was even hungrier than before. But before he finished his sentence, he found himself with no
appetite.
“No, I have no interest of other foods. God, what could I do in the future?” Zhang Daming was formerly
a loyal customer of the roast duck of the old Lee. However, he didn’t even have any desire to eat it now.
Thinking of that, he couldn’t help taking a sorrowful glance at Yuan Zhou, just like a deserted newlywed
wife
While staying expressionless, Yuan Zhou patted his arm to get rid of goosebumps. The sight of that guy
was fairly frightening. “Shit, I’m not gay.”
Thinking of roast duck, the several friends who had eaten the old Lee’s roast duck before subconsciously
started to make comparisons between the two foods. Compared to the Egg Fried Rice, the roast duck of
the old Lee was much too greasy, the duck meat was not smooth and tender enough and the dipping
sauce was not that exquisite.
As they thought of that, their sorrow deepened.
Although Yuan Zhou had very thick skin, he still couldn’t bear the bitter light from his several guests,
thus he quickly saw them off.
This was the scene that Yin Ya and Zou Heng encountered when they came into the restaurant. Several
adult men were looking back at Yuan Zhou with a bitter look while they were walking out.
“Welcome to my restaurant.”
Yuan Zhou saw the pretty girl who had been here at noontime and a plain-looking man coming into the
restaurant together. The pretty girl wasn’t with him, however, there was no problem for Yuan Zhou to
appreciate her beauty. Nevertheless, the presence of the plain-looking man in her company gave Yuan
Zhou the impression of a good cabbage being grubbed by a pig.
Nevertheless, he was still courteous. After clearing away two seats, Yuan Zhou sat them down.
“Boss, two servings of Egg Fried Rice.” Once both were seated, Yin Ya ordered the food directly.
“Ok, one moment, please.” Yuan Zhou answered, smiling.
...
After setting down the two plates of Egg Fried Rice, Yuan Zhou was stopped before he could turn and
leave.
“Please give me a cup of tea water. What would you like to drink, Yin Ya?” When Zou Heng found that
the boss was about to leave, he stopped Yuan Zhou and said.
“Sorry, I don’t provide anything else except for the Egg Fried Rice here in the restaurant.” Yuan Zhou
wasn’t polite to the man who, Yuan Zhou believed, had stolen the pretty girl. He refused Zou Heng’s
demand directly.”
“How could you do business with such an attitude?” As Yin Ya was beside him, Zou Heng found it
inappropriate unleashed his fury. He merely questioned the boss with a cold tone.
To this kind of people that acted arrogantly, Yuan Zhou would just ignore him and observe him.
“Zou Heng, calm down, please. The Egg Fried Rice he cooks is fairly delicious. Besides, I’m not thirsty.”
Feeling the awkward atmosphere, Yin Ya prompted Zou Heng voluntarily.
“Yin Ya, I didn’t mean it. I just felt that the boss has a problematic attitude. But since you are not thirsty,
then forget about it. Let’s talk after the meal.” Zou Heng took out a napkin that he carried about and
cleaned the spoon before handing it over.
“Thank you. Let’s eat.” As she received the spoon, Yin Ya thanked him and then started to have dinner.
Although he felt discontented in the heart, Zou Heng had to keep his dissatisfaction under control when
he saw the pretty girl beside him eating quietly. After all, he had spent several months to woo her, thus
he wouldn’t allow failure due to such minor issues.
He scooped up a spoon of Egg Fried Rice in an elegant way and then started to have dinner
When the food entered his mouth chewing, words flashed by his heart.
“Gosh, is this Egg Fried Rice even cooked by a human?”
“Is this only Egg Fried Rice?”
“The stuff I’m eating right now, is it really the Egg Fried Rice that I eat regularly?”
Important things had to be repeated for three times.
“It is really far more delicious and tasty!”
Instantly, the word “exquisite” was engraved on the face of Zou Heng.
“Another ordinary person has been conquered by the Egg Fried Rice again.” Yuan Zhou sighed quietly
with emotion at the side.
“I’m quite tired and hungry today. Boss, could you please offer me another serving? Though having
known the rules here, Yin Ya still wanted to try. After all, everybody had dreams. What if they were
realized?
With his standard smile, Yuan Zhou answered the same answer, “Sorry, I can’t.”
“Boss…” For such delicious food, Yin Ya switched her approach, using a soft manner and sweet tone.
While sitting aside, Zou Heng couldn’t bear to hear that anymore. Regardless of his painstaking efforts,
this girl never showed her soft side or tender tone to him. But now, she was talking to another man in
such a manner. That made him crazy.
“Pa”
The wallet of Zou Heng appeared on the table. He said as if he was a second rich generation, “Boss, I pay
5 times more, for another two serving.”
Having calculated the price quietly in his mind, Yuan Zhou found himself unable to refuse such
temptation at all.
Chapter 18: Yuan Zhou's Principle
5 times the usual price meant it was almost 1000 RMB per serving, two servings would be 2000 RMB!
Yuan Zhou excelled at mathematics, at least, when it concerns money.
But did you think 2000 RMB would satisfy him?
Frankly speaking, yes!

However, it was no use. Yuan Zhou said with a forced laugh, “Sorry, I can’t.”
“Hey, what do you mean? Is 5 times the price not enough?” Zou Heng didn’t expect to be refused, thus
angrily questioned Yuan Zhou.
Although Yuan Zhou felt bitter in his heart, he just stared pointedly at Zou Heng instead of saying any
words. Of course, what Yuan Zhou was actually looking at was Zou Heng’s cash. He felt terrible as he
thought of the money in the wallet that could have belonged to him. Furthermore, he was the one that
rejected those freely given dollar bills.
This was the rule made by the system. What could he do?
In Yin Ya’s opinion, Yuan Zhou’s actions were due to anger, caused by Zou Heng’s insulting behaviors. In
her eyes, Yuan Zhou was an eccentric person but with great principle.
“Boss, I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. He’s just a bit fatigued today.” Yin Ya disregarded everything else and
pulled Zou Heng towards the entrance.
“Yin Ya, why are you pulling me outside? It’s my treat today. I will definitely let you eat till you are full.”
Zou Heng felt confused. He really wanted to pay extra for another serving. He didn’t believe that there
was something in this world that couldn’t be purchased with money.
As for rules? There was a saying, uttered by a rich second generation, that rules were made for the poor
to obey.
Although Zou Heng was not a rich second generation, he was one of the top two salesmen in his
department, with an annual salary of no less than 300 grand RMB. If not for his beloved Yin Ya, he would
have never ordered an Egg Fried Rice costing hundreds of RMB. Nevertheless, since he had managed to
get a date with the girl of his dreams, he couldn’t let her down. Yet, he couldn’t even buy a plate of Egg
Fried Rice for her. This made him feel rather useless.
“Zou Heng, let’s leave. We can talk about the business case tomorrow, ok?” Yin Ya ignored his question
while pulling Zou Heng towards the entrance.
“Yin Ya, wait a moment.”
Seeing Zou Heng requesting to be freed, Yin Ya lost her temper. She released his arm, stood aside and
took her handbag. She didn’t want to care about the situation anymore.
“Don’t worry, Yin Ya. Everything will be fine in a while.” Zou Heng was simple minded. He knew Yin Ya
had gotten a little angry, but he thought she would cheer up once he managed to take action and
apologize.
Yuan Zhou was standing by the side, watching two of them arguing. It was then, Zou Heng approach and
spoke to him.
“Boss, all restaurants want business, right? But this rule doesn’t seem to help your business grow, don’t
you think so?”
When Zou Heng found Yuan Zhou looking at him silently, he continued to persuade him with his silver
tongue.
“How about this? You offer us another plate now. I won’t take advantage of you and will still pay 5 times
the normal price. Furthermore, I will even introduce some customers to your restaurant.”
While saying that, Zou Heng scanned Yuan Zhou’s restaurant and then continued, “After all, your
restaurant is not big. No matter how superbly delicious your Egg Fried Rice is, if no one publicizes your
restaurant, many guests will be scared away by the price before they even taste it.”
“In this age, even good wine is afraid of being in a deep alley. Do you think so, boss?”
To his credit, Zou Heng was a good salesman. In just a moment, he had pointed out all the problems in
Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. But he just didn’t expect that Yuan Zhou’s restaurant to be an ordinary small
restaurant with more than one “wine”, there was also a Master Chef support system behind the scenes.
Yuan Zhou wasn’t dumb. He had already considered all the issues that Zou Heng had pointed out. The
only problem was that the system didn’t allow any sort of advertising, giving a simple and blunt reason
to him.
The system read, “As a Master Chef, any advertising is an insult to your craft. Only by word of mouth can
you make your restaurant well known.”
Having read the contents, Yuan Zhou had only one thought. What fantastic logic, thus he gave up
refuting.
Now, Yuan Zhou was expressionless. He just quietly gazed at Zou Heng who was showing off his
knowledge... Afterward, he refused the proposal, directly and decisively, without a hint of emotion, “No,
thanks.”
“hum...” The formerly voluble Zou Heng fell silent instantly.
“It’s quite late already beautiful lady. I’m going to close. So...?”
Looking at the time, Yuan Zhou said directly to Yin Ya, ignoring Zou Heng.
“I’m so sorry for taking up your time. Your Egg Fried Rice was very tasty. The only problem is the lack of
soup. I enjoy the soup as well you know.”
Yin Ya revealed a smile on her face and praised Yuan Zhou. She took him for an eccentric, and an
eccentric would never break his rules for a little money.
Yin Ya was happy seeing Zou Heng being refused. She didn’t like this guy at all. He had always tried to
approach her on the basis of some work issues causing her to be unable to refuse his invitation.
Furthermore, his shameful behavior had disgraced her indirectly today. Therefore, she had a more
favorable impression towards Yuan Zhou, who she believed was on her side.
“Ok, got it. I will serve a complete Egg Fried Rice set several days later. In the set, there will be soup.
Remember to come and try when it’s ready.” Yuan Zhou had plenty of patience for pretty women after
being single for more than twenty years. Who knows when God will let a pretty lady fall in love with
him?
“Perfect. See you then, boss.” After saying that, Yin Ya turned around the and left, abandoning her
colleague Zou Heng who hadn’t recovered from Yuan Zhou’s decisive refusal.
“See you.”
“Sir, it’s the closing time. Goodbye.”
Yuan Zhou didn’t feel bad at all as he started to drive this man away.
“...”
Hearing Yuan Zhou’s word, he finally regained consciousness. Without a single word, he turned and
chased after Yin Ya.
.....................
Public recognition had a strange effect since it comes from the word of mouth. However, word of mouth
had already lost its appeal and was no longer like before. Nowadays, people got more cautious. They
were suspicious of everything. Even if it had high public recognition, it might turned out to be worse
than expected.
Nevertheless, this situation had never occurred in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant before. All his customers were
pleasantly surprised, no matter if that came after Sun Ming’s recommendation in the Wechat group or
those brought here by Yin Ya.
As for the small mustache man living on the other side of the street facing his restaurant, he had already
become a loyal customer of Yuan Zhou, appearing like clockwork 3 times a day for his meals and
frequently inquiring about the set meal.
Perhaps the guests were unhappy with the crude and weird rule at the beginning, but after they tasted
the Egg Fried Rice, they understood.
People were always tolerant towards talented beings. Those that could cook such superbly delicious Egg
Fried Rice, such as Yuan Zhou, was no doubt, a genius. Some weird rules set by geniuses were always
accepted.
The following day, Yuan Zhou asked the system to add a few sentences using Mandarin characters
beside the price list on the wall.
“Presently, anything else except Egg Fried Rice is not served.”
“Each guest may only have one serving per meal. Request for more is not acceptable.”
These two notifications were also written in calligraphy. Whenever the guests asked for another serving,
Yuan Zhou could just show them the notice beside the price list. That would save Yuan Zhou much time
from explaining over and over again.
In fact, he had to thank the system, which provided him purified water in a fixed glass cup. Whenever he
finished drinking the water inside, it would be refilled automatically until it was 70% full. Furthermore,
the water was always at a perfect temperature and seemed to be bottomless. Of course, the cup
couldn’t be taken out of the restaurant.
Moreover, the quality of the water was extraordinary. It was far better than the mineral water by
overseas brands. Compared with his water, Evian was as plain as tap water. Therefore, he even asked
the system if he could provide the water to his guests.
Of course, the answer provided by the system was as cold and emotionless as usual, reading, “Your level
is too low to do that.”
With strong support from the public, business in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant started to grow. Guests had to
wait for a seat, more and more guests also requested for take-out.
Therefore, on the wall inside the restaurant, Yuan Zhou added another notice.
“Take-out service is not available.”
Chapter 19: The First Mission Completed
As business got better, Yuan Zhou started to get busier. Some guests came in during the breakfast hour
when they found out they were not able to have lunch in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. As a result, Yuan Zhou
had to sacrifice his sleep and wake up earlier.
Admiring his own diligence, Yuan Zhou felt he deserved a Labor Award. Today was Monday and Yuan
Zhou had woken up half an hour earlier than the previous day.
The mission status displayed 99 servings of Egg Fried Rice had been served, and it was only the 5th day.
As long as Yuan Zhou sold another serving, he would obtain the reward from the system.
Therefore, Yuan Zhou didn’t even eat his usual helping of Egg Fried Rice for breakfast and just waited for
his new reward. Leveling up from level 0 to 1 would clear many restrictions. This was the key factor and
also Yuan Zhou’s main goal.
“Boss Yuan, you are half an hour earlier than usual today, huh?” The mustache man, called Wu Hai,
entered with his sleepwear.
“Yeah, I opened earlier today. Your Egg Fried Rice will be ready in a jiffy.” Yuan Zhou knew this glutton
was observing his restaurant every day in front of the window of his apartment. Without fail, he was
always the first customer every day once the restaurant was open. He was indeed an insatiable glutton.
“Boss Yuan, you are in good mood today, aren’t you?” The mustache man Wu Hai had sharp eyes. With
a mere glance did he notice the joyful expression on Yuan Zhou’s face.
“Yes, indeed. But sorry, I still can’t.” While taking a glance at Wu Hai, Yuan Zhou knew this guy would
use this opportunity to ask for another serving, so he refused him in advance.
“Boss Yuan, how could you so merciless? I haven’t even finished talking.” Wu Hai already knew Yuan
Zhou wouldn’t agree to his demand, but he had gotten used to asking that. It became like a second
nature to him. What if the boss suddenly became retarded? But Yuan Zhou’s answer destroyed his
expectation. How merciless!
“Stop it, please. Have your breakfast now.” He urged Wu Hai while carrying the plate to him.
While he looked at the enjoying expression on Wu Hai’s face, he silently tapped on the mission and
found it to be still incomplete. He gazed at Wu Hai thoughtfully and decided to check the mission status
after the guy finished eating.
“Thanks for your service. I’m leaving now.” Wu Hai had always been a fast eater, but ever since he
started to take his meals in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, his speed gradually slowed down. Now, he took over
half an hour to finish his food.
Watching Wu Hai was savoring his last bite, Yuan Zhou tapped on the mission panel immediately. He
found that finally completed the mission, and the reward could now be obtained. With a smile emerging
on his usually calm face, Yuan Zhou said to Wu Hai happily, “Let me tell you a piece of good news. The
Egg Fried Rice Set will be available today at noontime.”
“Is that true? So fast. Why didn’t you tell me just now? I could have tried it then.” Wu Hai first confirmed
the news happily and then remembered that he should have been the one to taste the new set first.
“I told you that the set could only be provided during noontime. Please go back now. I’m going to shut
the restaurant and reopen at noontime.” As Yuan Zhou was anxious to get his reward, he hurriedly
chased Wu Hai out of his restaurant.
Hearing that the set could be provided only at noontime, Wu Hai felt slightly relieved. When he heard
Yuan Zhou had to close the restaurant to prepare the set meal, he became even more eager to try the
set. The Egg Fried Rice was already so delicious. What kind of side dishes that could match up to such a
delicacy? While thinking of that, Wu Hai walked outward.
“Peng”
Once Wu Hai got out of the restaurant, Yuan Zhou closed the rolling shutter door immediately. He
returned to the restaurant, tapped on the system and then started to check his level.
Host: Yuan Zhou (Ordinary Human, Chinese Han)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical quality: C (overall evaluations of neural response, strength, coordination and dexterity, etc.)
Cooking talent: unknown
Skill: God Tier Egg Fried Rice

Tools: none
Overall Evaluation: Novice
(a green hand who had just learned how to cook Egg Fried Rice”
Level: 1
(Congratulations! You have finally upgraded to Level 1.)
Brief Introduction of the System: The system consists of 9 levels. From Level 1 onwards, each upgrade by
1 level will be rewarded with a random regional snack. When you finally reach Level 9, the system will
automatically reevaluate you as a Master Chef with superb cooking skills. Host, please work hard to level
up.”
“How exactly can I level up? Yuan Zhou immediately asked the key question.
The system read, “You can level up once you complete the missions released by the system.”
“What will happen if I reach Level 9?” Yuan Zhou was fairly curious concerning the 9th level stated by
the system. Currently, in this world, there was no more than 10 people who could produce such
delicious Egg Fried Rice, Nevertheless, he was merely at the 1st level and was even judged to be a
novice. How cool would it be if he were Level 9?
The system read, “You can cook a cuisine so magnificent that it will radiate light.”
Having rubbed his eyes, he looked again and it still showed Mandarin characters of “cuisine that will
radiate light”.
“How could there be any ingredients that can shine by themselves? By adding phosphorous powder?”
Yuan Zhou was so astonished that be became speechless.
The system read, “After the host’s level increases, the ingredients will not be confined to the planet
where the host lives.”
“Interplanetary food materials?” Several characters fell on Yuan Zhou’s head. This was too fantastical.
Never had Yuan Zhou expected, that one day he could taste delicacies from other planets, and those
delicacies were even going to be prepared by him.
However, he had another important question.
“Will aliens come to the earth?”
To save the earth was the dream of everyone during their childhood, probably due to the influence of
watching too much Ultraman.
The system read, “Host is too low leveled, so I am unable to answer.”
“...”
While reading the familiar words from the system, Yuan Zhou got speechless and almost wept.
“What exactly do the shining ingredients look like? Is it necessary to watch the film Cooking Master Boy
again?”
With a leaping thinking, Yuan Zhou started to imagine again the appearance of glowing ingredients.
“Will the system provide the food materials that are similar to those in the film La Belle Captive?”
The system read, “Host is now at a lower level, so I am unable to answer.”
“Ok. It seems I was thinking far too much.”
While rolling his eyes, Yuan Zhou thought it over and prepared to ask some practical questions instead.
“When could the ingredients provided be taken out of the restaurant?”
The system read, “When host reaches Level 7, he can obtain the authorization to take out ingredients
for a 10 person banquet every day.”
“Ok. Then what about the seats? When would I able to get more seats in the restaurant?”
Currently, 8 seats were far too little because of the overwhelming orders for Egg Fried Rice. Yuan Zhou
intended to add more seats in order to increase the income. After all, he could get 10% commission for
each serving of Egg Fried Rice.
The system read, “Host please work hard to level up. At Level 2, you can increase the number of seats.”
“It seems I need to wait longer.”
Thinking of the commission, however, Yuan Zhou remembered that he had been too excited to ask if the
commission percentage would increase.
“System, when can we increase my commission percentage?”
The system read, “You get another 10% commission for each increase in level.”
“So does that means I can get 20% commission right now?” The pleasant surprise came so quickly that it
left Yuan Zhou little dumbfounded.
The system read, “Host can check the commission percentage by yourself. No need to ask anymore.”
20% out of 188RMB was 37.6 RMB per serving. This way, the money spent on renovations would soon
be quickly earned back.
With glowing eyes, Yuan Zhou felt very satisfied. It was after all pure profit.
“How delicious would the newly awarded Egg Fried Rice Set be? I might as well claim my reward first.”
Having gotten all the information that he was interested in, Yuan Zhou claimed his reward decisively.
However, this reward was slightly different than expected...
Chapter 20: Egg Fried Rice Set Worth 288 RMB
[Mission Reward] Egg Fried Rice Set (Available)
Day after day, it had truly been a long wait. After dreaming for such a long time, he finally managed to
obtain something new.
Yuan Zhou tapped on the mission panel to receive his reward.

The mission reward wasn’t a book that automatically entered his mind, unlike the first time he had
received the reward. After redeeming his reward, only one line of Mandarin characters appeared.
The system read, “Host need not prepare the side dishes for the Egg Fried Rice set. They will be provided
by the system automatically.”
“Oh, so it’s like that. No wonder I don’t need to learn anything and it’s not as wondrous as the first
time.” While stroking his chin, Yuan Zhou said to himself.
“How about the price of the set?”
The system read, “It is priced at: 288 RMB.”
“...”
Yuan Zhou was speechless when he saw the price. He thought for a while and, seeking for confirmation,
asked, “An Egg Fried Rice Set only includes seaweed soup and pickled radishes, besides the Egg Fried
Rice, right?”
The system read, “That is correct.”
“Then why is the price 100 RMB higher than a plate of Egg Fried Rice?”
Yuan Zhou felt it was still acceptable to sell the God Tier Egg Fried Rice at such a high price. After all, the
ingredients were Xiangshui Rice and that very precious egg. It seemed to be a fair price.
However, side dishes such as seaweed soup and pickled radishes were usually all provided to customers
for free! Furthermore, they could take as much as they like. Was it really okay to sell it for 100 RMB in
his restaurant?
Even though Yuan Zhou loved money, he was still shocked by the price. No, it was “extremely shocked”.
It was a bit too greedy.
The system read, “Host please trust the pricing of the Master Chef System. Host can give it a try first.”
“Yeah, that makes sense. What if the two side dishes were on the same level as Wagyu Beef?” While
recalling his complicated emotions when he first tasted the God Tier Egg Fried Rice, Yuan Zhou decided
to give the set meal a try.
Having picked up the spatula and wok, Yuan Zhou, in his best state, quickly prepared a plate of Egg Fried
Rice.
Then just like usual, Yuan Zhou set the plate of Egg Fried Rice on the azure countertop. On the
countertop was a brownish red wood color, small tray which gave off a faint woody scent. The tray was
not large, just enough to carry four plates of Egg Fried Rice. It was a fairly easy job for Yuan Zhou to carry
four plates of Egg Fried Rice at a time with his strong arms.
Usually, Yuan Zhou placed the Egg Fried Rice on the tray directly after cooking. However, there was a
slight difference this time. The instant the Egg Fried Rice was placed on the tray, a blue bowl and plate,
both with white bases, appeared. The bowl was beautifully glazed while the plate had delicate flower
patterns on it.
It really appeared in an instant. The speed was so fast that it seemed that they had always been on the
tray.
It was so amazing that one could perform the magic act at the Spring Festival Gala!
After staring at the tray for two minutes, Yuan Zhou realized that the two side dishes that had just
magically showed up were still on the tray. He reached out and touched the bowl. The temperature of
the seaweed soup was just right, perfect for immediate consumption.
It was just like the water from the auto refilling cup, perfect for immediate consumption.
“Fortunately I have gotten used to the appearing and vanishing acts. I’ll place the tray on the other side
next time.” He said to himself as he took the tray.
After sitting down, Yuan Zhou placed the food on the table and then stared at them from left to right.
He decided to taste the radishes first.
This plate of pickled radishes had about the same amount as other ordinary side dishes. There were at
most a dozen radish slices in the plate. However, one key difference was that the pickled radishes
served outside had been stirred and mixed with either chili, sugar or oil.
Nevertheless, the plate in front of him had nothing else. It was just like its name, pickled radishes. A
dozen of jade white radish slices were piled upright together forming a pyramid. Nothing else was there
besides the radishes. With a glance, anyone can tell the radishes hadn’t been stirred or mixed. There
were just taken out and sliced.
The only difference was the color. It looked pretty good, like crystal clear white jade. If one looked
carefully, one could find the size of each radish was exactly the same. The appearance of the pile of
radishes was near perfect.
After carefully observing the radish on his chopsticks, Yuan Zhou put it in his mouth and started to chew.
The instant the radish entered his mouth, a fresh and sweet flavor leaped onto his taste buds. The
radishes, with their crisp, tender, fresh, salty and sour tastes, were an excellent appetizer.
Unconsciously, Yuan Zhou took another radish and stuffed it into his mouth.
The pickled radishes didn’t have the usual acerbity of normal pickled vegetables. The taste of each piece
was just right. Even people with unique palette wouldn’t be able to find fault with it. The pickled
radishes were completely natural and free from any extra processes. Furthermore, it still maintained the
original sweetness and freshness of the radish, yet was without the usual pungency and astringency. It
was a fantastic combination, blending the flavors perfectly.
He tried a bite of the first pickled radish along with a mouthful of Fried Rice with Eggs. The taste of the
two could make people ascend to heaven. Stimulated by the taste of pickled radish, the formerly tasty
Fried Rice with Eggs soared to an even higher level. The taste in his mouth seemed to cause people to
enter a magical world, a world where each mouthful caused taste buds to bloom in joy.
Under the temptation of the pickled radishes, Yuan Zhou unconsciously devoured the entire plate along
with half of the Fried Rice with Eggs.
This was the perfect moment to stop and take a drink from the soup, thus Yuan Zhou picked up the
small glazed blue bowl with a white base.
Though the small bowl was exquisite, it was only about the size of a fist. Furthermore, it was only 70%
full, barely enough for a sip. Dark green seaweeds floated about the clear soup in twos and threes just
like starfishes. The soup simply looked like boiled water with bits of seaweed, oh yeah, it didn’t even
have sliced green onions.
“Hu Lu Hu Lu”
Due to the perfect temperature, Yuan Zhou drank half the bowl of soup with a mere sip. However, Yuan
Zhou regretted doing so at once, as it was too delicious. Yuan Zhou had a habit of leaving the best for
the last, but now he had already drunk half the bowl with merely one sip. This made him fairly
distressed.
But soon, Yuan Zhou didn’t have the chance to think about other things. He was totally immersed in the
bliss of such delicious soup.
The clear soup was really just plain water without any kind of soup stock. However, the clear water was
quite special, it was devoid of the usual flavor of chlorine, with only a fresh and sweet taste. It was even
better than the drinking water provided by the system. The difference was like Evian mineral water
imported from France and the tap water at home.
As for the seaweed, Yuan Zhou didn’t like drinking seaweed soup previously. He always felt there was a
fishy smell. Only after working as a cook did he realize that it was the smell of the ocean. But he still
disliked it. Superb quality seaweed was large and had a slightly less fishy smell, but the smell still
lingered. That was why Yuan Zhou didn’t like it.
However, the current seaweeds in the small bowl were completely free from that smell. The soft and
smooth texture with every mouthful brought about the fresh breeze of the ocean, complementing the
superb soup. Yuan Zhou finally realized why these two side dishes were worth 100 RMB.
“Indeed, tasting new dishes is the most important thing after completing a mission.”
Yuan Zhou drank the seaweed soup till the last drop and even finished the juice from the pickled radish
plate. Of course, as usual, the plate for Fried Rice with Eggs was cleaned up. Only then did he pat his
belly in content.
“System, could you explain the radish and seaweed in detail now? And also the water. They were really
amazing and really delicious! Complementing each other perfectly.”
After eating and drinking to his heart’s content, Yuan Zhou was quite curious about the source of these
ingredients. It was so good that he had even prepared to kneel down for such a delicacy. They must be
of extraordinary origin since these two ingredients could match up to the extraordinary Fried Rice with
Eggs.
If they were common, how could they be served with the Fried Rice with Eggs, and be priced too much.
System…
Chapter 21: New Dishes Available

Just like last time, when Yuan Zhou asked about the ingredients for the Egg Fried Rice, the system
showed several lines of Mandarin characters again, introducing the ingredients.
The system read, “This breed of radish used for the pickled radish dish originated from the seeds of the
first generation radish “Spiritual Beauty”. It was first planted in the dark soil of the Great Northern
Wilderness in northeast China. Afterward, due to the degradation in fertility of the dark soil, this breed
was taken back and replanted in the soil provided by the system. Thus, it resulted into an evolution, the
perfect “Spiritual Beauty” radish.”
“The radish is a biennial plant. It grows naturally in places with abundant sunlight and suitable
temperature, without the need of any chemical substances. The radish leaves are in dark green while
the root is in beautiful jade color. When harvested from the ground, it won’t have any soil stains, leaving
it clean and intact. Any damage due to impact will be identified and discarded.”
“The salt used for pickling comes from seawater taken from the depths of the sea. After the
crystallization of the saline, the radish is then pickled. The seawater is taken from 20 thousand meters
under the sea level, far beyond mankind's grasp. It is clean and 100% natural, without any pollution.”
“The pickling lasts for 24 hours. During the period, the temperature is kept constant at around 26~36℃,
suitable for the fermentation of the lactobacillus, while the salt level is kept in 6%~10%. Then, it is left in
an anaerobic location to be fermented.”
Technical terms such as lactobacillus and saline level simply revealed how precious the radish was. As
for the complicated process, all Yuan Zhou wanted to say was, fortunately, it wasn’t him that needed to
do it.
Even if he had the intention, he didn’t have the capabilities. Just the seawater from which the salt was
extracted from was already beyond mankind’s ability to obtain, let alone the already extinct 2nd
generation “Spiritual Beauty” radish seed and the dark soil of the Great Northern Wilderness from
northeast China.
The deep diving record for a modern unmanned submarine was created on Mar. 24, 1995 by a Japanese
detection submarine, the Kaikoin, in the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean. The record was 11028
meters beneath sea level, which was the maximum diving depth achieved by man-made machines. Even
military combat submarine couldn’t reach that.
On the other hand, the deep diving record for a manned submarine was achieved by a Swiss explorer,
Jacques Piccard on Jan. 23rd, 1960. It was also at the Mariana Trench of the Pacific Ocean.
At that time, Jacques and an American naval officer called Don Walsh reached 10916 meters beneath
the sea surface in a bathyscaphe called the Trieste. This was the deepest location beneath the sea
surface that humans had ever reached. Afterward, the world record had never been broken.
Yuan Zhou was merely an ordinary person. He didn’t have such a submarine. And the maximum diving
depth for humans was only 105 meters, although theoretically, it could reach 1000 to 2000 meters.
However, since the decompression time would last for 1 to 2 months, Yuan Zhou didn’t think he could
ever do that.
The purpose for all this was just to obtain unpolluted seawater, create sea salt and use it to pickle
radish. This was an insane step, but Yuan Zhou liked it this way, as others couldn’t duplicate his
methods.
If it was not prepared in such a perfect way, how could the radish taste so good?
As for the raw materials of the seaweed soup, it was not inferior in any way.
The system read, “The seaweed originated from Xiapu County of Fujian Province. Seated in the eastern
part of Fujian Province, it was one of the oldest counties and also the area where people first started to
cultivate kelp and seaweed in South China. There were some records of Xiapu people cultivating
seaweed as early as the ancient Yuan Dynasty.
“However, due to heavy pollution caused by modern society, Xiapu seaweed has already lost its original
taste. Therefore, the system has created part of an ocean with conditions such as natural surroundings,
suitable climate conditions, long coastlines, numerous natural independent harbors and a subtropical
humid monsoon climate. The water temperature and water quality is unique, only suitable for the
growth of seaweed. Seaweed grown in such surroundings has a special taste. It is not only tasty and
refreshing, but the texture is also smoother and tender.”
“The spring water is taken from Meili Snow Mountain where no human has ever left their trace. Its main
peak, the Kawagebo Peak is 6740 meters high with an average height of 6000 meters. No one has ever
tried to climb onto the mountain as it is smothered in cloud and mist all year long. It is a long climb, with
a steep slope and a complicated geography. There are lots of glaciers, bergschrunds and ice crevasses
throughout the mountain.”
“The system dug a spring on the mountain top and takes water out directly from the spring and used on
the same day.”
“Wow. How terrific!”
After reading all that, Yuan Zhou had only such a remark in his mind. Nevertheless, he realized he had to
do something very important.
“System, please give me another bowl of seaweed soup and pickled radish. I could just eat them up
without any fried rice.”
“The system read, “Additional pickles and soup are unavailable.”
“…”
“It turns out you’re toying with us again. How is it enough for one’s appetite with such a small amount?”
Yuan Zhou finally experienced the pain of only being able to eat one bowl of Egg Fried Rice. Although he
could pay another 288 RMB for them, he was still not willing to do so.
Time flew by very quickly. It was 11:30 now. Yuan Zhou looked around his restaurant carefully. The price
of the Egg Fried Rice Set had already automatically appeared on the menu and price list. No other
preparations were necessary. After checking his appearance for a while, Yuan Zhou opened the door.
About five minutes later, a guest came into the restaurant. This time it was a new customer rather than
a regular.
It was a lady aged 30 or so. She was dressed well, giving of the air of an intellectual. She wore a set of
dark blue work attire, which fitted her figure well and carried a leather handbag in her hand. A pair of
rimless glasses emphasized her sharp eyes. Her hair was tied back, with light make-up on the face and
cherry red lips.
"Duk Duk Duk"
While walking into the restaurant in high-heeled shoes, she looked carefully around the interior
surroundings. Obviously, she was picky about cleanliness. Only when she nodded her head privately and
revealed a manner of satisfaction did she find a seat facing Yuan Zhou.
She took a look at the table. The log colored table wasn’t spray painted and seemed fairly clean without
any greasy stains. She felt quite satisfied, thus put her handbag down on the table.
The name of the lady was Gao Ying. She was 31 years old and was a human resources officer at a large
company. As she had slight mysophobia, she seldom had meals outside unless absolutely necessary. It
was a coincidence today as her car broke down. You say take a taxi or bus? No, no. So many people had
been inside, moreover, it was a confined space. As she thought of that, Gao Ying preferred to find a
clean eatery and eat something.
There were indeed lots of eateries down the office building but there were also lots of people.
Furthermore, the shop signs of the eateries all looked dirty. Naturally, Gao Ying wouldn’t go to those
places. After several comparisons, she finally chose Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, the one without even a shop
sign, as it looked cleanest.
Of course, Gao Ying didn’t know that this restaurant was within the control of the system. As long as
there was any dirt or stains, the system would immediately clean it. Arguably, the cleanliness of Yuan
Zhou’s restaurant could be said to be as good as a sterile room. However, there were still some
beneficial bacteria, rather than the harmful kind, at his restaurant.
“Boss, what kind of simple food do you serve?” In Gao Ying’s opinion, simple meant less contact with
hands. Only then would the food be slightly cleaner.
“The menu is on the wall behind of you. Have a look, please.” Yuan Zhou had been observing the lady
the moment she stepped into the restaurant. After seeing her sit down and looking around in disgust for
a while, he speculated that the lady wouldn’t eat after seeing the price thus he simply pointed at the
wall.
Gao Ying turned her head and looked at the wall. The price marked on the menu made her push the
glasses upward. She thought she must have seen the price wrongly due to her mild nearsightedness and
the scratched glasses. However, when she gave a good look at the price, she found it was indeed that
price. She couldn’t help but turn her head looking at the boss and thought, “Unexpectedly, this good
looking man is trying to rip people off. Just a Egg Fried Rice, yet he dares to sell for 188 RMB while the
set sells 100 RMB higher, 288 RMB.”
“Boss, do you only have these two choices?” Gao Ying asked with in displeasure and surprise.
“Wow, I am surprised I’m not the first customer here today. Boss Yuan, please offer me the new dish. I
have been waiting for you to open the door since early morning.” Before Yuan Zhou answered Gao Ying,
the small mustache man, Wu Hai, living on the other side of the street had walked into the restaurant in
big strides.
“A shill?” Gao Ying muttered.
Chapter 22: Troubles Caused by the New Dish
“A shill?” Turning her head slightly to take a look at Wu Hai, she muttered to herself privately.
Wu Hai first looked at the price on the menu, then took 3 100RMB notes out of his wallet and handed
them over to Yuan Zhou.
Yuan Zhou received the money, then placed it into the cash box. By the way, this cash box was the one
designed and provided by the system. The cash box would automatically give back the exact change if
the change was needed. There was absolutely no need to worry about any mistake as it was completely
foolproof.
This advanced device was definitely a tool that every cashier was jealous of. After all, their occupation
required absolute accuracy. If there was any mistake, cashiers needed to make up for the shortage
themselves but wouldn’t get any benefits if there were surpluses.
Every night after closing the restaurant, the system would take away 90% of the daily turnover. But
starting from today, it would only take 80% and leave 20% for Yuan Zhou since he had reached the 1st
level.
“Hold on.” Having handed the change of 12RMB to Wu Hai, Yuan Zhou returned to the kitchen and
prepared to cook.
In Gao Ying’s opinion, a plate of Egg Fried Rice wouldn’t need long to prepare, even if it was a set meal.
She decided to wait until this suspected shill completed his meal, then would she consider whether to
have a meal here. While tucking her hair behind her ear, she silently watched Yuan Zhou return to cook
the meal.
Gao Ying’s speculation was on point, the time taken to prepare a set meal was the same as time taken to
prepare a plate of Egg Fried Rice, as Yuan Zhou merely needed to cook the Egg Fried Rice for both meals.
The moment Yuan Zhou placed the plate of Egg Fried Rice on the tray, the side dishes for the set meal, a
small bowl of seaweed soup and a small plate of pickled radish turned up instantly. This advanced
technology really could produce a miracle in a minute.
Yuan Zhou deftly brought the tray to Wu Hai.
“Boss, only two side dishes for the set meal?” Wu Hai craned forward, staring at the tray in Yuan Zhou’s
hands and asked.
“Please talk after the meal.” Without saying much, Yuan Zhou set the tray on the table then took out the
dishes quickly.
“Ok. Let me try.” As a regular customer, Wu Hai knew the boss seldom spoke and was a principled man.
Of course, his meals were definitely top-classed as well. He took up the spoon from the cutlery set and
prepared to taste the soup first.
Meanwhile, after observing for a while, Gao Ying had confirmed that this guest was not a shill and
inquired, “Boss, is this a set meal? Then what about the Egg Fried Rice dish?”
“An Egg Fried Rice dish simply means a plate of Egg Fried Rice, nothing else.” Facing a pretty girl, Yuan
Zhou answered without hesitation.
“Then why is it so expensive?” Gao Ying felt confused.
This set meal was obviously provided for free in ordinary restaurants, but here, in this small restaurant,
it was a dozen times more expensive. The price of the Egg Fried Rice dish was also a few dozen folds
compared to the ordinary restaurants outside, and it was merely a simple plate of Egg Fried Rice. Gao
Ying felt that she became ignorant about the outside world since she hadn’t had meals outside for a long
time.
She raised her hand and rubbed her forehead gently. Looking at the hot sun outside, Gao Ying decided
to order one serving and try the taste.
“One cup of water and one serving of Egg Fried Rice, please.”
“Apologies. Except for the dishes on the menu, I don’t offer any other foods, including water.” Yuan
Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said while looking at Gao Ying.
“…” Although Gao Ying had been working as an HR for many years and had already mastered the art of
staying calm, yet she couldn’t help having the urge to swear now.
For one serving of Egg Fried Rice worth 188RMB, the boss didn’t offer even a cup of hot water! If it
wasn’t because she didn’t want to wander all over the place for a meal, she would have already left in
displeasure. After all, money wasn’t grown on trees.
“Ok, fine. One set meal, please.” Gao Ying said to Yuan Zhou, gritting her teeth in rage.
“Ok. One moment, please.”
Yuan Zhou didn’t care much about Gao Ying’s manner. He believed that she would succumb to the Egg
Fried Rice once she tasted it. Then she would return again and again if her economic situation allowed
her to do so.
Ever since Yuan Zhou obtained the system and created these dishes, he no longer worried about getting
customers. After all, it was a big world and there were so many gourmets. thus Yuan Zhou’s goal was to
be the very best.
As she sat there, Gao Ying felt she had fallen into a trap after paying the money. When she turned her
head, preparing to ask the small mustache man about this restaurant, she found that the man was
drinking the soup and eating the pickled radish with a face full of satisfaction, also occasionally
chomping down a spoonful of Egg Fried Rice. He didn’t even notice she was staring at him.
“Is it so expensive because of the taste?”
Gao Ying felt disbelief. No matter how delicious it was, it couldn’t be that exaggerated. Look at the
happiness on his face!
“Your Egg Fried Rice Set. Help yourself, please.” Gao Ying’s thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of
her Egg Fried Rice.
Gao Ying looked closely at the set meal and cutlery in front of her. Afterward, she pulled out some
disinfecting wipes with “For Medical Purpose” printed on them from her handbag. After wiping the two
different sized spoons, she started her meal.
The first target was definitely the seaweed soup. After having walked for so long and spoken so much,
thirst was inevitable.
The soup spoon was specially prepared and the size was just in proportion to the small bowl, hence one
spoonful didn’t hold much soup. Nevertheless, Gao Ying managed to get a perfect spoonful of soup, with
a small piece of seaweed and more than half a spoon of soup. She then sent the spoon gracefully into
her mouth, without even messing up her lipstick.
After taking a slight sip, she swallowed. Instantly, the flavor of the soup exploded in her mouth.
Yes, it was indeed an explosion. One could hardly imagine how delicious the cool and refreshing soup
was for the taste to be described as an explosion.
From the tongue tip to the tongue root, then the throat, esophagus and last, the stomach, all were
cheering with joy as each drop passed through them. This was the kind of delicacy that made people
reach the peak of joy, simply indescribable by words. Not until now did Gao Ying understand the
expression of delight on the small mustache man’s face.
That blissful expression was not faked!
Currently, Gao Ying couldn’t control her expression at all. No. She had no time to be concerned about
that. All the cells throughout her body were shouting for her to eat! To eat up all the food in front of
her! Without further ado, she began to eat, one spoonful of Egg Fried Rice, followed by one spoonful of
seaweed soup and then a piece of pickled radish. How wonderful it was to have meal like that.
Time passed and it was already 12:10. There were more and more passerby in the street. Along with
some of her friends who often came here, Yin Ya took up all the remaining 6 seats.
“Hu”
Patting her fairly proud peaks, Yin Ya sighed in relieve and then spoke to her colleagues, “Fortunately we
are early today.”
“You’re right. Fortunately, we were smart enough to clock out and get off work right on time. Otherwise,
we’ll have to wait again.” Another girl with short hair and brow-skimming bangs sitting beside Yin Ya
also rejoiced and sighed with emotion.
The several girls chirped for a while before Yin Ya started to ask her regular question.
“Boss, is the new dish available today?”
“Yes, it’s available now. It was just ready for sale this noon. What they are eating now is the new dish.”
Yuan Zhou gave a wee smile and pointed to the table in front of Gao Ying and Wu Hai who were tasting
their set meal carefully.
“Wow! There is soup served today. Ok, I like that one. Get one for me, please. Looking at where Yuan
Zhou was pointing, Yin Ya immediately saw Gao Ying who was drinking the soup and decided to order
that set meal happily.
“Yin Ya, look at the price.” The short-hair girl gently pulled Yin Ya and showed her the menu.
Now, Yuan Zhou’s restaurant no longer had the awkward situation of having only two or three
customers. There were many regulars, and the restaurant had become popular through word of mouth.
These girls were colleagues of Yin Ya, whom had been brought to the restaurant one by one. Now, they
came almost every day and didn’t have any dissent with the price for a plate of Egg Fried Rice.
The reason why they had such a reaction this time was because they saw the dinner wares in front of
the small mustache man Wu Hai and Gao Ying, thus they got a little suspicious.
“Boss, there were only two more things for the set meal?”
Looking at the price of 288RMB, Yin Ya also got a little astonished. Although her monthly salary was
good, but she still felt the heartache of having such an expensive meal once, every day. After all, girls
had to spend a lot in various places.
“Please rest assured. The side dishes are qualified to match the Egg Fried Rice. Do give it a try.” Yuan
Zhou said to Yin Ya just as he carried out her Egg Fried Rice Set.
Chapter 23: Small Restaurant on the Right Track
“Have a taste, then you will know.” After setting down the tray, Yuan Zhou urged Yin Ya to try the set
meal first.
“Ok. Then I’ll start now.” Having nodded her head, Yin Ya took a spoon and started to eat.
In an instant, the expression on her face became similar to the other two beside her. They had almost
finished, yet each had a blissful appearance and could not stop eating. Of course, there was a subtle
difference between them and Yin Ya, that is, they, who had almost finished their food, started to knit
their brows.
“Boss, please give me another bowl of seaweed soup and pickled radish!”
“Boss, another bowl of seaweed soup and pickled radish please!”
Gao Ying and the small mustache man, Wu Hai, said at the same time.
The two people first looked at each other, then turned their heads back to stare at Yuan Zhou, as if
nothing had happened, and waited for his answer.
Yuan Zhou hadn’t expected the two people who just finished their meal would have such tacit
understanding. He looked amused while the other two got a little embarrassed.
“I’m sorry. Every customer in my restaurant may only have one serving, as written on the wall.”, said
Yuan Zhou.
“Boss, I am not ordering another serving, just requesting a little more soup and pickled radish. They are
provided for free and without limits in other restaurants. Boss, you are not so stingy, are you?” Of
course, Wu Hai knew the rules here. However in his opinion, refilling the side dishes shouldn’t be a
problem. For such delicious side dishes, Wu Hai could eat 8 or 10 bowls even without the Egg Fried Rice.
It was merely a piece of cake to him.
“That’s right, boss. Just a bowl of soup is also acceptable for me.” At that side, Gao Ying said seriously
with a taut face, as well.
“Providing only one serving means no refills.” Yuan Zhou remained the same, refusing them coldly and
mercilessly.
“Moreover, the rules in other restaurants have nothing to do with me.” After thinking for a while, Yuan
Zhou added.
What a joke! A restaurant with the Master Chef System was simply incomparable to other restaurants.
Gao Ying was speechless. She turned around and found there was indeed a signboard on the wall stating
the words Yuan Zhou just spoke. Taking a deep look at Yuan Zhou, she picked up her handbag and left
the restaurant.
Yuan Zhou felt that her gaze contained great animosity and discontent. He felt that if Gao Ying hadn’t
seen him prepare the set meal, she might have already kicked him. Not allowing people to eat their fill
was terrible but it was even worse if a woman wasn’t allowed to eat her fill.
Yuan Zhou just stood there in a calm manner, his arms folded across his chest.
“Boss, you are so unkind. How about just offering me a small plate of pickled radish?” Looking at his
empty bowl and plate, Wu Hai continued to persuade Yuan Zhou hopefully.
“Oh, really?” Yuan Zhou said peacefully, without being affected at all.
“Fine, you win. I’ll come by in the evening. But I think the soup is too little, the pickled radish is also not
enough, not to mention the Egg Fried Rice dish. Add a little more, ok?” Wu Hai had to take the second
best option. He had expected to succeed in this way.
With his eyebrows raised, Yuan Zhou said indifferently.
“Every serving I provide is equal. It is extremely precise. You can verify with a ruler if you don’t trust
me.”
Verify with a ruler...
“...”
Wu Hai couldn’t say anything anymore. He could do nothing but leave the restaurant.
The several guests who were watching the scene then started to order their meals after the show
ended. Of course, they also ordered the new dish, Egg Fried Rice Set.
After watching the scene, they understood how the new dish scored in the taste section.
As for watching the scene in amusement, these few people were honestly not to blame. Almost every
new guest would ask for another serving. When they saw the boss Yuan Zhou mercilessly refuse those
requests just like how he did to them previously, the previous frustration of being refused was relieved.
All guests here now had gotten into that “good habit”.
Five servings of Egg Fried Rice were not a big deal for Yuan Zhou now that he had gotten used to
cooking. The dishes were done and served to each guest within 10 minutes. At that moment, Yin Ya,
who had been concentrating on the set meal had just finished her lunch.
“Ai”
Having sighed with emotion, Yin Ya stared at Yuan Zhou with a pitiful look and said, “Boss Yuan, how
could you intentionally do this.” Her manner of speaking was resentful while her expression was filled
with sorrow, as if Yuan Zhou was the lover that betrayed her.
Yuan Zhou felt that the look was hilarious and also gave him an inexplicable sense of happiness.
“Cough Cough”
Yuan Zhou cleared his throat and then asked, “What’s the matter? What do you mean by saying
‘intentionally’?”
“Your set meal is so tasty. What shall I do in future? I can’t afford it with my salary. Don’t you think you
are intentionally making me suffer?” With her beautiful almond-shaped eyes open wide, Yin Ya stared
straight at Yuan Zhou and said.
“Never mind. You can come occasionally.” Yuan Zhou answered without any hesitation.
“Pu Chi”
The short-haired girl with brow-skimming bangs burst out laughing, being unable to hold herself back
any longer, when she found that Yuan Zhou didn’t understand. Yin Ya, on the other hand, was ashamed
and annoyed, she immediately said, “Never mind, never mind. It’s mainly because the dishes are so
delicious.”
“Hurry up with your meal if it’s tasty. If you can’t finish, I can help you drink up the soup.” Yin Ya’s face
suddenly said in a threatening tone as her face turned crimson.
“No thanks. The amount is not much. I can do it by myself.” The short-haired girl covered her dishes and
slightly moved away from Yin Ya, making Yin Ya speechless.
While ignoring her, Yin Ya turned her head and asked Yuan Zhou, “Boss Yuan, since we are so familiar
with each other, could you add some soup for me?”
Facing such a tiny request from a pretty girl, Yuan Zhou would have already agreed immediately if it was
before, but now……
“No, I can’t. This is the rule of my restaurant.” Although Yuan Zhou refused her directly and decisively,
he complained in the heart and couldn’t help asking the system.
“System, can’t the soup be provided separately?”
The system read, “Host, please work hard to upgrade your level.”
“…”
Ok, it’s fine. It was the standard and official answer. Judging by his appearance, Yuan Zhou seemed
inflexible and serious, but only he himself knew the actual situation in his heart.
“Boss Yuan, if you act that way, you’ll probably lose me as a client.” Yin Ya was truly annoyed this time.
No matter what, she was still a pretty girl wooed by many men. Even men who didn’t know her would
hesitate to reject her request, not to mention she frequently came here for meals. Furthermore, she
also helped bring about so many guests. Although they came because of the tasty Egg Fried Rice, she felt
she also made some contributions.
However, Yuan Zhou’s current decisive refusal made Yin Ya feel that he was a super demon, just like the
one with the surname Grandet (Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac).
Yuan Zhou couldn’t say anything facing such situation, merely looking at Yin Ya silently.
When Yin Ya found Yuan Zhou didn’t answer her, instead staring at herself in silence, she could only
retreat in defeat.
“Hum!!! I’m leaving”, said she.
Then she took her handbag and left, not even waiting for her colleagues that came along with her.
“Boss Yuan, only you could have done it! You can even refuse a pretty girl’s request and remain calm.
Really cool.” A young man with a pair of glasses sitting at the very end made a thumb-up gesture to Yuan
Zhou and said in an admirable tone.
“You still dare to say that to Boss Yuan. Why didn’t you go up and try to please her just now?” A slightly
older man in a suit said sneeringly, pointing at the young man’s very clean soup bowl.
“Aha, I am offering an opportunity to Boss Yuan to show off in front of the beautiful girl.” The young
man with glasses spoke shamelessly.
“Ok, everybody, let’s leave quickly. You see, many people are waiting for the seats.” After drinking the
last spoonful of soup, the short-haired girl said.
Indeed, as it was the rush hour, the three available seats had already been taken by others while other
guests had to wait outside.
This was almost an impossible occurrence in reality. A small restaurant which served only Egg Fried Rice,
and with only 8 seats, furthermore with two flower racks taking up space that could have been used to
add more seats, a small restaurant that didn’t provide take-aways, even if you brought a bowl yourself;
moreover, this small restaurant refused all the customers’ request for another serving, finally, under all
these circumstances, the Egg Fried Rice here was sold at a surprising 188 RMB per serving.
Gradually, Yuan Zhou’s small nameless restaurant received some fame around the neighborhood. Just at
that time, Yuan Zhou received his 3rd mission.
Chapter 24: The 3rd Mission
Now, Yuan Zhou’s small restaurant was no longer the small unknown restaurant it had been when it first
started its business. It was opened from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day. Yuan Zhou really was a
diligent worker.
The results of his diligence could be seen. In the morning, he could sell about 100 servings of Egg Fried
Rice, while at noon and in the evenings, it was more crowded. The small restaurant would be packed
during those times. There were often many people that complained about the rules and still requested
takeaways. If their requests were not satisfied, they would threaten Yuan Zhou with leaving his
restaurant.
However, Yuan Zhou’s attitude did not change. Although his heart felt pained, he still rejected all the
requests with a calm expression. Some people declared that they would never come again and was true
to their word. But most people were reluctant to give up Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills and leave
permanently.
Yuan Zhou felt regret over those issues but he didn’t think much of it. After he obtained the system, his
situation had changed drastically, thus he didn’t care about such minor profits from those few people.
Of course, he would pretend not to recognize those people if he saw them enter the restaurant again.
It was during this time that the system released the 3rd mission.
Yuan Zhou was sitting upright on his bed, calculating his revenues from this half month. More precisely,
he was just having fun counting his money. Other than the first three days, his restaurant had so many
customers that he couldn’t stop working. This was due to completing the 2nd mission on the 5th day,
which allowed him to provide more choices to his customers.
Currently, he sold about 500 servings of Egg Fried Rice every day while the set meal took up 300 of those
servings. According to the system, Yuan Zhou could get 20% of the total revenues. Therefore Yuan Zhou
suffered through 12-hour workdays during this period. Now, it was time to examine the results.
Numerous 100RMB bills were scattered on the bed, giving it an impressive sight. Since the system would
take 80% of the revenues, the money on the bed was the remaining 20% that belonged to him.
“One, two, three...”
Yuan Zhou began to count his bills while murmuring in his mouth。
The final number was unbelievable, so Yuan Zhou carefully counted again, and found out it was still
249,880 RMB, two hundred forty nine thousand eight hundred and eighty only.
“Ha Ha Ha Ha”
He couldn’t help bursting into laughter. In just half a month, his revenue could surprisingly reach up to
two hundred and forty thousand after deducting the charges for water and electricity. In this city,
ordinary white-collars could only earn about 8000 RMB while senior white-collars earned merely twenty
or thirty thousand RMB per month. But he could earn a net profit of sixteen thousand in only one day.
Two days’ profit equaled to almost three months’ salary for the ordinary white-collar workers. It was
amazing to get such returns with that little amount he invested.
The twenty or thirty thousand RMB invested previously had already been earned back. It was even
quicker than robbery, and the work wasn’t very hard. Now, it was already 11:00 at night, but Yuan Zhou
didn’t feel sleepy at all. This was the first time Yuan Zhou had earned so much and also the first time he
saw so many 100RMB bill stacked together.
“It seems that I’m going to reach the peak of success very soon.”
While grabbing a handful of money, Yuan Zhou closed his eyes, breathing in the scent of ink from the
notes which was his favorite smell.
While thinking of the revenues that could be earned after one month, Yuan Zhou felt addicted to this
feeling of joy. What better feeling was there than getting such satisfying results, or even more, after
working so hard?
Just at the moment, the long-silent system released another mission.
The system read, “The third mission is now unlocked.”
[Mission Two]: Since host has gotten some fame in the neighborhood, please obtain more than 1000
recognition points on the internet within 20 days.
(Mission Tips: Advertising by yourself or with money is not allowed. As a future Master Chef, how could
you advertise your restaurant by yourself? It must be advertised by word of mouth voluntarily.)
[Mission Reward]: Clear Soup Noodle
Yuan Zhou restrained his excitement and looked over the mission carefully. Then he asked,
“What kind of recognition is needed?”

The system read, “Internet friends must be aware and recognize what specific business the Master Chef
Restaurant is running”
“Does a mere impression count?” Yuan Zhou asked when he thought of the guests who took photos of
his dishes and uploaded them onto the internet.
1000 recognition points were not much. If those impressions counted, then the recognition points
should have already surpassed 1000.
The system read, “No, it doesn’t count. It requires people on the internet to be aware of and recognize
what specific business the Master Chef Restaurant is running”
“This might be rather difficult since its demands are so harsh.”
According to Yuan Zhou’s knowledge, it wasn’t easy for people to have an impression on something.
Nevertheless, it was not a difficult job for Yuan Zhou’s special restaurant. However, to let them know
the specific details would be tough. Specific details meant they had to remember it. Since there were so
many interesting news on the internet, one could hardly remember anything unless they saw it in
person.
For example, there was a piece of news on the internet a few days ago. A restaurant sold beef noodles
at a very high price, two thousand per bowl, and guests had to queue in advance. However, few people
actually knew that this restaurant was in Taiwan; its name was Taiwan “Beef Father” Beef Noodle. The
most expensive beef noodle there was 2000 for one bowl; cheap noodles cost 100 per bowl. Of course,
the price was in NT.
1 NT = 0.2086 RMB. If the price was changed into RMB, the cheapest bowl of noodles was merely
20RMB while the most expensive one was 417.2RMB per bowl. It was indeed a sky-high price. Even Yuan
Zhou’s Egg Fried Rice Set wasn’t worth that much.
This mission didn’t allow him to advertise by himself nor with money. Of course, he never thought of
spending money on advertising.
Having sorted the money and hiding it in a concealed place, Yuan Zhou said to himself while stroking his
lower jaw.
“I don’t know if it is allowed to ask for other people’s help, the kind that doesn’t need money?”
Of course, Yuan Zhou was targeting his good friend, Sun Ming. This guy created various microblogs on
the internet, recommending delicious food from time to time. Thus he had gotten some attention on
the internet. Yuan Zhou didn’t know if this guy had ever recommended his restaurant to others.
“I may have to ask him about this matter.”
The system read, “As a man that will for sure become the Master Chef, is it really good to ask for other
people’s help to advertise his own dishes?”
Yuan Zhou was speechless once again when he saw the cold words from the system. However, it indeed
made sense; he had support from the system, thus it was lame to depend on others for a simple
advertisement.
Yuan Zhou gave up that idea, and then started to think deeply how to complete the mission without
assistance.
However, the system had a new update before Yuan Zhou thought of any ideas.
The system read, “Considering that the host was independent, strived for improvement, and is a strong-
minded and capable chef, the system has a title reward for you.”
[Culinary Skill Title]: Master (Available)
“What reward is there after I receive this title?” Yuan Zhou restrained his desire to receive the title and
asked beforehand.
The system read, “The title itself doesn’t have any reward. After receiving the title, you will be awarded
a random prize. The title will be given along with the random prize.”
“A random prize? What kind of prize, is it? However, any prize is good.”
Yuan Zhou thought for a while. The system had never voluntarily offered him anything before, yet now
there was surprisingly a random prize. He would definitely not miss it.
After Yuan Zhou tapped the button, the system started to give out the random prize.
The system read, “Host has received the random prize. The title will be displayed automatically.
Removal is not allowed while upgrades are possible.”
Being anxious to check what the random prize was, Yuan Zhou didn’t really understand what the
“removal is not allowed” meant.
[Random Reward]: The Soup Dumplings
Chapter 25: This Is the True Definition of a Trap
[Random Reward]: The Soup Dumplings (Available)
The system read, "The price is 66RMB per serving"
"This might be the cheapest food in the restaurant. I can eat more tomorrow."
Yuan Zhou couldn’t help murmuring when he saw the price.
Without even thinking, Yuan Zhou directly clicked the button "receive". Since it was the first time he
received a reward for wheat-based foods, the Soup Dumplings also turned into an image of a book and
with a blast of light, wrapped Yuan Zhou’s head. Then the light entered deep into his brain and
disappeared afterwards.
The Soup Dumplings rewarded this time conformed to the regular style of the system. There were no
introductions concerning the ingredients, but it had strict requirements regarding the execution and
timing for mixing the flour to create dough. The stuffing and the sauce soup were complicated as well.
When he opened his eyes, Yuan Zhou felt he had become a master who had made the Soup Dumplings
for dozens of years. It was an amazing feeling to cook the world-class cuisine with top ingredients.
"These Soup Dumplings could conquer the world as well."
At that moment, Yuan Zhou felt hungry again. But when he looked at the clock, it was almost 12:00 p.m.
Considering that he still had to open his restaurant the following day, Yuan Zhou could only restrain his
excitement and prepare to go to bed.
Lying on his bed, Yuan Zhou suddenly thought of his title. Thus he clicked on it and carefully checked his
mission information.
Target: the system will help you to get a thorough knowledge of both western and traditional Chinese
foods so you could become the top Master Chef in the world.
Host: Yuan Zhou (ordinary Chinese Han nationality human)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical quality: C (overall evaluations of neutral responding speed, strength, coordination and
sensibility, etc.)
Culinary talent: Unknown
Skill: None
Tool: None
5 Dimension Cooking evaluation: Novice
(A novice that had just mastered how to cook the Egg Fried Rice)
Level: 1
Title: Master of Cooked Wheaten Food
(As a Master of Cooked Wheaten Food, how could you be so busy in the kitchen? You need some time of
your own to improve your culinary skills. Therefore, business hours must be less than 6 hours every
day.)
The glaring word of six hours
"System, can I abandon this title?"
Not until now did Yuan Zhou realize the intention of the system. How could he make money if he could
only work for no more than 6 hours? The revenues would fall by a large amount. This really was a trap.
The system read, "The title will be worn automatically. Removal is not allowed while upgrades are
possible."
"Aha Aha"
What the f*ck is this! Those few words best described Yuan Zhou’s mood. Is this the feeling of sacrificing
long term gains for short term benefits?
However delicious the Soup Dumplings was, it couldn’t compensate the pain of losing money.
The only means that could alleviate the severe pains was to make more money.
"Then when can this restriction be canceled?" Yuan Zhou asked the system with faint hope.
The system read, "Host can decide on the business hours once he reaches Level 5."
Actually Yuan Zhou knew it was good for him to limit his business hours. Business hours that were too
long would not help his small restaurant. Although he could make a decent sum in the short term, it
would not help the Master Chef Restaurant in any way, merely exhausting him. It was common
knowledge that restaurants had to create new dishes while serving existing ones. Currently, Yuan Zhou
didn’t have an assistant, thus he also felt quite tired after working for such long periods every day.
Even as Yuan Zhou comforted himself this way, he still couldn’t accept the fact that a large source of his
income had now disappeared. However, this was all due to his low level, thus he was helpless.
While consoling himself over and over again, Yuan Zhou fell sound asleep. Though he had the system,
the Fried Rice with Eggs was still all prepared by his hand. It was tiring to work continuously for 12 hours
a day.
"Ling Ling Ling"

Yuan Zhou set the clock very early today. It was barely 6 o’clock and the sun had just risen up outside
the window.
"Peng"
Yuan Zhou was groggy since he hadn’t woken up this early in a long time. As he was getting up, he
knocked over the laptop that had accompanied him for years. Even then, Yuan Zhou didn’t notice it as
he still wasn’t completely awake. Not until he finished brushing his teeth and washing his face did he
saw that tragic sight.
The laptop which was originally black in color, had turned grey due to all the dirt on it and from its old
age. The reason why Yuan Zhou didn’t use it recently was because the laptop was too old to play even a
mini game. Its performance speed was as slow as an old lady.
It was 6:20. He decided to cook the Soup Dumplings first, then only solving the computer problem.
"Pa"
He flipped the light switch for the kitchen. Immediately, the light lit up, revealing a clean and spotless
kitchen.
Yuan Zhou came to the rice cabinet whose neighboring cabinet had been marked as strong flour. He
discovered it was filled with white flour once he opened it. The fragrance and the faint sweet taste of
wheat rushed toward his nose.
There was also a new white cabinet, about 50cm high, that appeared at the foot of the stairway. The
pork belly used to prepare the stuffing were stacked neatly inside. Yuan Zhou took up a piece casually
and found it was of top quality, with an even ratio of meat and fat, which were up to six layers.
Furthermore, the skin had been shaved clean.
One glance gave Yuan Zhou a great appetite.

On the other side, the drawer marked with raw ginger contained pieces of old ginger filled to the brim. It
gave of a spicy scent with a hint of sweetness. As for the most important ingredient in the gravy, the pig
skin, it had been frozen and preserved well.
Beside the furnace, a steamer had appeared. The steamer consisted of a big iron pan at the lower part
and a bamboo cover at the top. The bamboo cover was a beautiful green and emitted the fresh scent of
bamboo too.
The steamer baskets were specifically for steaming the Soup Dumplings, each with a diameter of 10cm,
just suitable for one Pork Bun in each basket. The baskets were also made from bamboo, giving the pale
kitchen a sudden contrast with its extraordinary dark green.
The work desk was still beside the azure stone countertop. Yuan Zhou began to scoop the flour up and
put it into a big basin. Afterward, he first sifted the flour, then added a mixture of warm water and eggs
into the flour before starting to knead dough.
"Peng"
Kneading dough was a tough job. Since Yuan Zhou had a fairly good strength and some special skills
from the system, he kneaded the dough perfectly without leaving any residuals. After kneading for a
little while, he covered the dough with a wet cloth and set it aside to rise.
Yuan Zhou knew the technique for stuffing by heart. First, he cut the big blocks of pork belly into small
diced meat, then minced them. Next, he crushed the ginger and chopped it into very small pieces.
Finally, he mixed it with the mince little by little using a cleaver.
The key to creating tasty stuffing was to mix all the spices into the mince by cutting with a cleaver rather
than mixing it with other tools. This way, the spices could penetrate the mince deeply and make the
mince tougher and chewier, rather than dispersing in the mouth.
After adding the spices in sequence and mashing them into the mince with the cleaver, Yuan Zhou
chopped for a few more minutes. Then he put the stuffing in a big basin and then left it in the fridge for
a quick freeze. The purpose was to solidify the gravy.
While the dough was rising, Yuan Zhou sliced the frozen pig skin into small pieces.
The risen dough was kneaded into a long strip and then cut into small pieces. Then Yuan Zhou started to
create the dough wrappings for the Soup Dumplings. The basic requirements for the dough wrappings
for Soup Dumplings were light, thin, clear and tough, which had baffled many.
However, it wasn’t a problem for Yuan Zhou. The Soup Dumplings appeared one after another very
quickly once he started. In spite of that, he was still trying to speed up, aiming to imitate the main
character in Cooking Master Boy that could roll dough wrappings with one hand while making Soup
Dumplings with the other.
The mouth of the Soup Dumplings required 36 folds. It was too difficult for Yuan Zhou at his current
state to complete such an exquisite job with only his left hand, thus he had to use both hands.
Nevertheless, even the old masters who had been doing this job for dozens of years would still clap their
hands and give compliments if they saw Yuan Zhou’s speed and exquisite skills.
Yuan Zhou didn’t prepare to make a lot of Soup Dumplings. He just stopped when he filled the Soup
Dumplings in all the steaming baskets. The prepared ingredients were just right, as if they were
calculated beforehand. Altogether, there were exactly 100 Soup Dumplings.
Chapter 26: The Crazy Soup Dumplings
“Ping Ping Pang Pang.”
Yuan Zhou started to steam the Soup Dumplings in the big steamer pot. About 8 minutes later, the Soup
Dumplings were ready. He first lowered the temperature to a constant temperature, to avoid
overcooking the Soup Dumplings and preventing the skin from hardening or the gravy from flowing out.
Yuan Zhou then carried one steaming basket out using a clean white cloth and placed it in front of him.
Then he took out a small plate, filled it with some vinegar and sat down for a taste.
What a pleasant and relaxing fragrance!
It was not exaggerated at all to say that if one could usually eat one bun for breakfast, then one could
eat three Soup Dumplings that Yuan Zhou made.
With one hand holding chopsticks and the other carrying a big plate, he clamped the Soup Dumplings
out of the basket and put it into the plate with great care. A steamed bun took up exactly one plate.
When Yuan Zhou tore apart the skin of the steamed bun with chopsticks, the intense fragrance of the
gravy mixed with the smell of the skin flooded his nose and then gradually spread to the whole room.
“Slurp.”
Regardless of the high temperature, Yuan Zhou sipped a mouthful of the gravy and instantly, his lips and
tongue were soaked in the fresh and delicious gravy. He gradually sipped all the gravy from the steamed
bun, leaving only the skin of the bun that was wrapping the stuffing.
Afterward, Yuan Zhou poured some vinegar onto the steamed bun through the opening he made earlier,
then picked it up and swallowed the entire steamed bun with only one bite.
With its light and thin skin wrapped around the fresh stuffing, along with the slight odor of vinegar that
gave it a strong delicate flavor, this single steamed bun was extremely satisfying and enjoyable.
One steamed bun absolutely couldn’t satisfy Yuan Zhou. He had eaten up 4 of them even before he
realized it. A steamed bun was about a fist’s size, hence, one steamed bun and a drink were enough for
an adult. But Yuan Zhou could eat up to 4 Soup Dumplings directly even though he had the God Tier Egg
Fried Rice. You can imagine how delicious the Soup Dumplings were.
“What smell is it? It’s so fragrant.”

Just when Yuan Zhou was enjoying the Soup Dumplings inside the closed restaurant, dawn had come
about and people started to fill the streets. The passerby who got up to jog or work asked curiously
when they smelled the fragrance floating out from Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.
Theoretically, an important part of the restaurant controlled by the system was that whatever dishes
the customer had ordered, it could only be smelt by Yuan Zhou and the customer himself. Others will
only smell it when they got close. The annoyance of tainted odors could then be avoided this way.
Moreover, it wouldn’t affect other customers tasting their delicacy. Whereas, the reason why the
fragrance of the Soup Dumplings spread to the whole room and even outside this time was because
Yuan Zhou hadn’t opened the door of the restaurant yet. So the system judged that the restaurant
wasn’t open for business, thus causing such a result.
The stalls providing breakfast along the street suddenly had an increase in business. Everyone that
inhaled the fragrance of the Soup Dumplings gained a good appetite. People who hadn’t had the
breakfast could no longer endure their hunger anymore while those who had already had breakfast still
drooled.
While Yuan Zhou was still enjoying the delicacy himself and as the restaurant wasn’t open yet, those
passengers could only buy some food from the stalls and feed themselves. Since the hawkers had
double the business than usual, they managed to withstand the desire to eat and concentrated on doing
business while swallowing their saliva with great joy on their faces.
When it went to 8:00, Yuan Zhou contentedly patted his belly and opened the door after drinking a glass
of water. He decided to sell the Soup Dumplings this very morning.
Once the door was opened, the fragrance that originally filled in the room immediately gush out into the
street. As a result, the passengers on the street all stopped and rushed towards the restaurant at once,
even the hawkers did the same.
A white-collar worker dressed in suits, who had eaten at the restaurant before and thus knew Yuan
Zhou, asked immediately.
“Boss Yuan, what delicious food are you cooking? The fragrance is terrific. Is it for sale?”
Since someone asked, others naturally needn’t to inquire again. Not until then did they realize that this
store, without even a shop sign, was selling food. But the question was really odd. How could a
restaurant not sell food?
Even though the food was for the boss’s consumption, he still had to offer it if customers wanted to buy
it. This was common sense for businesses.
“I made some Soup Dumplings today and those are obviously for sale. As usual, the price is on the wall.”
When Yuan Zhou found that it was an old customer, he answered and then pointed at the new price list
on the wall.
Nevertheless, a glance at the price frightened the onlookers in the restaurant. What was written on the
wall?
Egg Fried Rice, 188; Egg Fried Rice Set, 288; The Soup Dumplings, 66 per steaming basket
“This is absolutely a rip-off. Those prices are unbelievably high,” screamed an old grandma who had
gotten up early to buy fresh vegetables and had intended to watch the fun when she saw the price, just
like an old cat whose tail was stepped on.
“Yeah. Only a small eatery dares to sell such a high price! Does the boss think this is a five-star hotel?”
Some other old grandmas echoed together.
Yuan Zhou returned to behind the curved long table and just watched as the old grandmas looked
around silently in disgust. These old grandmas were originally the kind of people who always took
advantage of others. They would not listen even if you explained to them, so Yuan Zhou was also
unwilling to waste the saliva and talk with them.
“No, it’s not like what you think. With Boss Yuan’s skills, even 588 RMB would be worth it, not to
mention 188.” The young man in a suit who had inquired just now could no longer endure their words,
thus he started to explain to the old mamas.
“Young man, you seem to be a shill, don’t you? You want to lure us to eat the expensive Egg Fried Rice,”
One of the old grandmas looked at the young man in suits up and down and said suspiciously.
“You…” The man in a suit seemed to be an officer worker and was not good at talking with old grandmas
who liked harassing others endlessly. He became speechless for a while and retreated in defeat.
Seeing they were about to quarrel, Yuan Zhou opened his mouth at that moment.
“Stop it. Go out if you don’t eat. I have to do business.”
After being driven away by the boss, those old grandmas knew he wasn’t a con artist, thus went away in
shame. The hawkers also went back to their own business. 7 or 8 people stayed behind either because
they had high incomes and didn’t care about the price, or because they were merely curious and were
prepared to try the delicacy.
“Boss, didn’t you say the Soup Dumplings are for sale? Please give me one serving first,” One of the
people that stayed behind, a young man dressed in a sportswear with earphones said. Obviously he was
out to jog.
“Give me a serving as well. Let me try what the taste of this steamed bun is like,” An old grandpa that
was dressed well sat down and said.
“Me, too...”
The remaining several people also started to order the Soup Dumplings, but they all ordered only one
serving. After all, 66RMB was not cheap.
Some wanted vinegar while others didn’t. Yuan Zhou carried out plates of vinegar one by one to the
several customers, who took up all the 8 seats
The old grandpa was the only one who mastered the necessary skills to eat the Soup Dumplings. He
slowly poked the skin of the steamed bun first. When he found that the skin didn’t break apart, he
picked the steamed bun and put it into the bowl.
The way he ate the steamed bun was slightly different from Yuan Zhou. He made a hole at the mouth on
the top of the steamed bun first. Then he sipped a small mouthful of gravy. A content expression
emerged on his face, afterwards his actions became more careful. The old grandpa then picked up the
small plate and poured all the vinegar into the steamed bun. After that, he started to eat the steamed
bun in a leisurely manner. This is the kind of caution exercised when people were enjoying superb
delicacies. To the grandpa, only in this way could he fully enjoy the taste of the Soup Dumplings.
As for the man in a suit who had helped just now, it was quite different scenery. He ate the steamed bun
roughly, which didn’t even match his polite manner and the suit on him. He took up the chopsticks,
clamped directly the steamed bun and then put it into his mouth, without any stabbing or probing. Seen
from his actions, he was a novice.
“HU HU HU…”
As expected, the hot gravy made him exhale continuously. He even fanned his mouth to cool down the
temperature. Even so, the man in a suit was reluctant to let the hot gravy flow out, as the gravy was
much too delicious. He felt it was a sin to let even a mere drop flow out.
The Soup Dumplings were now revealing their influence.
Chapter 27: Just Buy (Part 1)
“Si”
There was not one customer in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant who wasn’t eating the Juicy Steamed Pork Bun in
a proper way. They continually gasp for air since it was too hot, yet were also reluctant to let the gravy
flow out. Although they had different gestures, there was one thing in common, that is, the joyful look
on their faces.
“It’s my first time eating such delicious Juicy Steamed Pork Bun. Young Master, you are really great.”
Having eaten up the steamed bun first, the old grandpa put down his chopsticks and said, sighing with
emotion.
“Young Master, your craftsmanship is far more superior than even those century-old restaurants near
the Xizi Lake.”
While smacking his lips, he continued to reminisce, “Once, I travelled out for official business and passed
by the Xizi Lake on the way. After finishing my official business, I specially stayed another day just to eat
the Juicy Steamed Pork Bun in that restaurant. The crowd there was larger there compared to your
restaurant and the man who made the steamed bun was also a Master.”
“At that time, I stuffed my mouth until even the gravy flowed out. I thought that was a world-class
delicacy. But it seems that your craftsmanship, Young Master, can indeed be evaluated as one and only
in the world.”
An undisguised look of admiration appeared on the old face of the old grandpa. He looked at Yuan Zhou
and praised him.
“Thank you for your compliment.” Yuan Zhou accepted the kind words with grace. After all, he lived by
the principle of respecting the old, helping the young.
“So, young master, please offer me another serving. I’m not yet full.” Actually the old grandpa had
already seen the notice on the wall that only one serving was available for each dish. But in front of such
a superb delicacy, he would rather pretend to be an illiterate person.
“I’m so sorry. My rules are written on the wall.” Yuan Zhou hinted at the old grandpa to look at the wall
behind him.
“Young Master, the rules are rigid, but we people are flexible. I don’t think you have the heart to see an
old man like me stay hungry.” Not even looking at the wall, he just stared at Yuan Zhou and said while
making an expression that he was too old to endure hunger.
Once that sentence was spoken, several others who had just eaten the Soup Dumplings started to
persuade Yuan Zhou as well.
They started to compliment Yuan Zhou one after another, with great sincerity and enthusiasm. The only
goal of their appraisal was to persuade him to provide each of them another serving. Someone even
said.
“Boss, you don’t even have soybean milk here. So why don’t you offer another serving of the Soup
Dumplings?”
“I see many stalls are selling the soybean milk outside on the street. You could buy and drink that
outside.” Yuan Zhou had already found there were so many mobile stalls on the street in the morning.
Everybody was defeated by Yuan Zhou’s firm manner. Moreover, there were still many people behind
them waiting to buy the Soup Dumplings, thus they couldn’t affect the boss’s business much. Therefore,
those several people could only leave unhappily.
Excluding the 4 Soup Dumplings that had been eaten by Yuan Zhou, the remaining 96 were sold out
within one hour. And it was only 9:00 in the morning.
However, the system showed clearly that there were only 5 business hours left. That made Yuan Zhou a
little depressed, hence he decided to do something.
He climbed upstairs, found a piece of A4 paper and wrote on it, “Going out due to an emergency. Will be
open for business tonight.”
Then he carefully locked the door and went out for fun.
However, his first stop was the bank. Only after the 200,000 RMB was deposited into the bank could he
proceed with his other affairs.
He deposited a total of 245,000 RMB into the debit card of Construction Bank. Now, this small card
currently contained all of Yuan Zhou’s wealth.
When he left the bank, he couldn’t help reaching out to touch his wallet and card in the pockets of his
jeans. As an ordinary twenty-something year old, this was the first time he had earned more than
200,000RMB within half a month. This would have been absolutely unbelievable previously, but
currently it was fairly easy with the help of the system.
Thinking of that, Yuan Zhou felt relieved in the heart. It was simply his first 200,000 RMB. He would earn
more 200,000RMB later. 200,000 RMB in the future may be for him may be just as little as 2000 RMB or
200RMB.
“We are the common people. We are happy today, really excited and really contented.” Yuan Zhou
suddenly got excited and started to sing a song.
His thick wallet brought about a sense of satisfaction from the bottom of his heart. As for cash, he had
as much as 4800RMB now. The feeling of “I don’t lack money” was definitely impressive.
So the now-wealthy Yuan Zhou took a taxi and went directly to his destination.
The weather was turning hot in mid April. As the taxi driver didn’t seem to like heat, he turned on the
air-conditioner. Yuan Zhou sat in the cool taxi quietly while the taxi driver also kept silent and drove to
the destination within 20 minutes.
“Zi Zi”
The taxi driver parked the car along the kerb steadily.
After paying the bill, Yuan Zhou got off the taxi. It was not at weekend, but this street was still quite
crowded. It was the largest digital market in Chengdu, “Chengdu Digital Market”.
Considering the tragic scene of his laptop when it fell, Yuan Zhou had decided not to repair it and just
buy a new one. Of course, his mobile phone could retire as well. It can be considered a grandpa phone
as it had been in use since the first year of his university. It was the time for it to rest eternally.
The parking skill of the driver was pretty good. The place where Yuan Zhou got off was right at the place
where iPhones were sold. Advertisements of iPhones were displayed all over the buildings. It oozed a
sense of luxury with a mere glance.
If it were the previous Yuan Zhou, he would have never bought such a fashionable new model. In his
mind, if there was a mobile phone with a good quality and a reasonable price, why would he spend
money just for a popular one?
It was too expensive. For an ordinary person, they would have to spend time trying to make the best
possible choice, unlike millionaires who could just buy all the choices they like. Although Yuan Zhou
wasn’t too rich, he still wanted to follow the trends since he didn’t have any family to take care and just
wanted to enjoy himself.
While Yuan Zhou was walking up the stairs, several salespeople standing at the entrance crowded
around him immediately and started their interrogation. God knew which stores these people were
from.
“Sir, what are you buying?”
“Hey, handsome bro. We have new product on promotion this year and the price is reduced by 200RMB.
Come, let me show you.”
“Handsome bro, my mobile phones are all of latest model, very cheap. Come over for a look.”
Several salespersons spoke one after another, as noisy as five hundred ducks quacking.
“I already know what I want.” After speaking that one word in a hurry, Yuan Zhou parted the crowd and
went deeper inside, where he found it was much quieter.
“Morning, sir. What would you like to buy today?” A sister with big eyes dressed in a white uniform and
knee length skirt walked up to Yuan Zhou and asked with a polite smile.
“I’d like to look around the mobile phone and computer sections.” While taking a look at the sister, he
told her his aim directly.
“Ok. The mobile phones are on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd floor while the computers are on the 4th floor. Let
me first show you around the mobile phones section. What do you think?” With her hands crossed over
her abdomen and her eyes gazing at Yuan Zhou’s lips, the sister with big eyes asked him politely.
“Perfect. But I would like to buy an iPhone. So let’s go there directly.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and
requested.
“Sure. Which model do you like in the iPhone series?” The girl started to lead the way to the special
counter of iphones. On the way, she confirmed Yuan Zhou’s preference, with a smile on her face never
faded and a sincere manner that never changed.
“Look, this is the latest model that you described just now. It has powerful functions and can access the
internet easily. Furthermore, no freezing problems will occur. The memory is so big that you can
probably download 10 movies, and of course playing games with the phone is not a problem.”
“Now please try it”

While saying that, the phone was handed over to Yuan Zhou.
When they arrived at the special counter for iPhones, the girl with big eyes took out the latest model
requested by Yuan Zhou and started to introduce it. The introduction was very professional and straight
to the point. Yuan Zhou just simply tried the phone in his hands and then returned it to the girl, saying,
“Ok, I’d like this one please.”
“Great. Sir, do you want to pay in cash or use your debit card?” When she heard Yuan Zhou order it so
decisively, the girl asked with a more sincere smile.
“Then I’d use the debit card. But I still need to buy a computer. Let’s go to check the computer section
and I’ll pay for both altogether.”
Yuan Zhou had already glanced at the price of the mobile phone, 8877 RMB. He didn’t have enough cash
with him.
Chapter 28: Just Buy (Part 2)
“That’s fine. Let me help to put the mobile phone at the counter first. Later we’ll come back and pay for
that together with the computer,” The sister with big eyes said with a smile.
“No problem,” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and waited there for the sister to come back.
Yuan Zhou felt slightly bored and couldn’t help murmuring before he saw the sister return.
“I thought that something weird would happen, like being despised by the salesperson. It’s not so easy
to act like a pig but eat the tiger instead. I don’t deserve the fate of a leading role.”
“Sorry for keeping you waiting. This way, let’s go upstairs.” The big eye sister moved quite fast, hence
came back to Yuan Zhou’s side within 3 minutes.
“Never mind.”
Yuan Zhou followed the sister leading the way and went into the elevator.
“Ding”
It was not a high building, so the elevator arrived at the floor soon. Yuan Zhou walked out of the
elevator and found that there were not many people here. But all this entire floor had were Apple brand
computers, with various models brilliantly displayed on the table for visitors to see and try.
At the edge of the hall, there were also sofas and tea water served. It looked fairly high-end.
Although Yuan Zhou was a man, he actually knew little about computers. He only knew how to turn it on
and off. As for other operations, it was a little difficult for him. Therefore, Yuan Zhou just silently
listened to the sister beside him making detailed introductions.
The most expensive laptop on the market currently was gaming laptop with high configurations. Yuan
Zhou seldom played online games, but he wanted to at least have a look. Thus he said directly, “Let’s
have a look at the gaming laptop first.”
“No problem. Please take a seat here on the sofa. Let me bring the laptop for you at once.” The big-eyed
sister readily agreed. Then she led Yuan Zhou to the sofa area.
“Please have some tea. I’ll bring that over for you right away.” While saying that, the big-eyed sister
prepared a glass of warm water and put it aside Yuan Zhou’s hand.
Such service attitude and consideration for customers were far better compared to Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant. The Master Chef restaurant served superb delicacy and thus Yuan Zhou could be capricious
towards his guests. His guests didn’t care about his arrogant attitude at all due to his excellent culinary
skills which could not be found anywhere else.
“Hello, Sir. These three computers are the gaming models with top configurations. There come in black,
white and bright red. Which color do you like?” The big eye girl took three laptops in her arms and came
up to Yuan Zhou, with a “choose as you like” manner.
While looking at the color, Yuan Zhou made the decision. Considering that his computer was black
before and now that he was buying a white mobile phone, “This white one is good.”
“Ok. Let me turn on the computer for you.” The big eye girl took the white laptop in front of Yuan Zhou.
While turning on the computer, the big eye girl introduced the laptop in details, “One of the
characteristics of this model is the very quick startup speed, only 20 seconds. Look, the computer has
been turned on by now. Moreover, it is very light in the weight, only 1.9 kilograms. You saw I could
easily carry 3 sets just now, right?”
While saying that, the big eye girl picked up the laptop and showed it to Yuan Zhou.
“Hum, it’s indeed fairly thin.” Looking up and down, left to right, he opened a website and played some
games for a while on the computer, realizing that the speed was indeed several times faster than his old
one.
The big-eyed girl introduced various functions and advantages as well as the distinctive characteristics of
the laptop in due time. All introductions were quite detailed. During the introduction, she tried to
explain various configurations of the laptop to Yuan Zhou in plain language when she found that Yuan
Zhou didn’t understand the technical details. She was fairly considerate and careful in doing all that.
After finishing a game, he was determined to buy this one, “Ok, I want this one. But it must be a new
one.”
“Don’t worry, all products here are new. But for this sample machine, we obviously won’t sell it to you.”
The big-eyed girl revealed a sincere smile and explained to him patiently.
“Hold on a moment. Let me go and pack it for you. Have a rest, please.” The big eye girl took a bow to
Yuan Zhou, smiling. Then she put the three sets of sample machines away and then started to pack up
the white laptop bought by Yuan Zhou.
The professional big-eyed girl quickly carried a modest box and came up to Yuan Zhou.
“Sir, the counter is on the 1st floor. Let me lead you there.”
The two people went downstairs to the cashier, who was a girl with short hair. One could see the dimple
on her cheek when she smiled. She said with a sweet voice, “Sir, the total price of your mobile phone
and computer is 35,677 RMB. The mobile phone is 8877 while the computer 26,800. Do you want to pay
by cash or by the debit card?”
“Debit card.” Yuan Zhou took out his wallet from the pocket of his jeans lavishly and drew out his brand-
new Construction Bank debit card.
“Ok. Please wait a moment.” Having received the debit card from Yuan Zhou with the hands, she started
to operate. During the process, the big-eyed girl slowly explained the steps for maintaining the laptop
and mobile phone with an enthusiastic and meticulous manner.
“Please check the bill and sign your name at this blank space if there’s no problem.” The cashier girl
handed over the receipt and pen.
After taking a slight glance at the total amount, Yuan Zhou then signed his name. The lavish boss Yuan
Zhou signed his name like a flying dragon.
As Yuan Zhou walked out of the entrance, the big-eyed girl said “Please do visit again,” from behind.
While carrying the new laptop and mobile phone in one hand, he glanced at the bill in his other hand.
He felt pretty satisfied.
If it were the him from before, how came he spent so much money on a laptop and mobile phone?
He picked up the new mobile phone and looked at the clock. It was then 11:30 in the afternoon and it
was time for lunch. This was the time for Yuan Zhou to fulfill his other purpose.
At the beginning, after he graduated, Yuan Zhou hadn’t looked for an apparel-designing related job as
per his major. Instead, he went to the kitchen of a 3-Star hotel and started to work as a kitchen hand,
hoping to learn good culinary skills. However, his culinary talent turned out to be only average.
Furthermore, he didn’t have any social connections to learn excellent culinary skills from a teacher, so
he was still a novice after two years.
Nevertheless, there was no one who could cook Egg Fried Rice and The Soup Dumplings as well as him at
present. Yuan Zhou was quite satisfied and proud of that.
Anyhow, he had been working in a 3-Star hotel before. During that period, he could only cook for the
customers every day while he himself had never tasted those dishes. Even though currently he knew
that the culinary skills of those chefs were not so good as his, he still felt it was a regret of his.
Now that he had a chance, he would definitely go there for a taste, to this 3-Star hotel rather than a 5-
Star one.
He called a taxi and went directly to the “Ming Ren Hotel” where he had worked previously. After a
while, the driver stopped at the specially-designated parking spot for taxis at the entrance of the hotel.
He raised his head and looked at the golden splendid entrance. The gilding characters of “Ming Ren
Hotel” hung at the top of the entrance. The bright red carpet stretched from the inside of the entrance
and stopped at the end of the stairs.
The clean and transparent glass gate was widely open. Cool air from the air-conditioner could be felt
even outside the entrance. The stone lions at both sides of the entrance looked mighty and
domineering. The four doormen standing at the entrance were all of the same height, dressed in red
uniforms for doormen. When they saw Yuan Zhou get off the taxi, they came up to him quickly.
“Hello, Sir. This way, please.”
“Shall I carry the belongings for you, sir?” A doorman said with a standard smile.
“No, thanks. I can manage it myself.”
Following the doorman, Yuan Zhou entered the hotel from the main entrance.
When he had worked in the kitchen of this hotel before, there was a special entrance for the staffs. This
is the first time Yuan Zhou entered the hotel from the main entrance in the past two years.
Money is truly a bastard, but this bastard is good stuff.
Chapter 29: Deceptive Yuan Zhou
Led by the doorman, Yuan Zhou first went to the reception counter. When the receptionist heard that
Yuan Zhou was here for meal, she sent a waitress to accompany Yuan Zhou to the restaurant on the 4th
floor of the hotel.
“Sir, this way please.” Dressed in a matching coat and red skirt, the waitress reached out her white hand
and made a “please” gesture while leading the way to the elevator.
“Ding.”
After pushing the up button, the waitress retreated to Yuan Zhou’s back, making way for him. There was
an elevator operator inside that was responsible for sending customers to their designated floor. Once
the waitress told the operator to head to the restaurant, the elevator door closed gradually.
The facilities and service of a 3-Star hotel were quite considerate and meticulous. A waitress came up to
him immediately the instant Yuan Zhou entered the canteen. As it was not 12:00 yet, there were still
many seats unoccupied.
“I’d like a seat close to the window.”
After choosing his position, Yuan Zhou followed the waitress to the arranged seat and sat down.
The yellow rectangle table was covered with a white checkered tablecloth with a fresh carnation placed
on top. Tableware like cups, plates, bowls and chopsticks were arranged neatly as well.
The temperature in the restaurant was just right. Looking down from this height, although it wasn’t
really high, Yuan Zhou still felt different. However, instead of landscapes, all Yuan Zhou could see were
houses.
If it were at night, it might be a beautiful view, but for now, it was just nothing special.
“Sir, here’s your menu.” Two waiters approached Yuan Zhou. One collected back the remaining
tableware quickly while the other handed the menu over to Yuan Zhou with a gentle voice.
“What’s the recommended dish today?”

This was Yuan Zhou’s first time having a meal here in a 3-Star hotel. Although he had worked here for 2
years, he hadn’t lived in the dormitory provided by the hotel, hence he knew none of the waiters except
his colleagues in the kitchen.
As for the dishes, Yuan Zhou had only cooked them in the kitchen instead of eating any of them. It was
wiser to order the recommended dish.”
“Yes, there is. The recommendation this afternoon is the Nourishing Turtle Soup, cooked by our head
chef. Would you like to order one serving for a taste?” The waiter considerately turned the menu to the
colored page showing the Nourishing Turtle Soup and recommended it with a smile.
“Ok. One serving, please. Anything else?” Yuan Zhou recalled that the head chef was indeed good at
stewing soup. However, he had never drunk his soup nor even seen the head chef. After all, the chances
for a kitchen hand to meet a head chef were small.
Yet today, the culinary skills of this former kitchen hand outclassed the head chef by miles.
“This is the head chef’s recommendation for today. Why don’t you try our specialties?” While saying
that, the waiter turned the menu to the pages of the special dishes.
“Hua Hua”
Having looked carefully at the 3 pages of the specialty dishes, he said eventually, “One serving of each of
these dishes. Please serve me Egg Fried Rice for the main course”
To the waiter’s surprise, Yuan Zhou ordered every specialty on the 3 pages. There were 19 dishes in total
including the head chef recommendation. He reminded Yuan Zhou, “Sir, you are here alone and the
dishes here are quite large. Are you certain you want to order all of them?”
“Never mind. I eat a lot.” Obviously, Yuan Zhou knew he couldn’t finish all the dishes he had ordered.
But the reason why he was here today was just to fulfill his former wishes and to try the taste of the
dishes from a 3-Star hotel, though he was certain they were not so delicious as his.
Since he was here to try, he would definitely go all out. If he were to order one or two dishes, he might
as well go back and cook for himself.
“Ok. Please wait a moment.” Seeing Yuan Zhou insisting on ordering that much, the waiter didn’t say
anything else. He then went to the kitchen to place orders, taking the menu with him.
In the kitchen of a big hotel, everyone had a clear division of work. It only took about 7 or 8 minutes
from placing orders to carrying the dishes out of the kitchen.
“Sir, this is the Head Chef’s Turtle Soup, Boiled Bullfrog, Highland Mutton, Shredded Yak Meat…..” The
young brother who was serving dishes introduced a name whenever he carried a dish to Yuan Zhou.
Yuan Zhou just waited silently until all the dishes were served on the table.
“Sir, all dishes you ordered are here. Please take your time.”
“Thank you”
Yuan Zhou nodded his head and thanked the young brother. Afterwards, he picked up the chopsticks
and prepared to taste them.
Ever since he obtained the system, Yuan Zhou’s five senses became much better compared to an
ordinary person. It was not a problem to conduct a taste test on those dishes.
While Yuan Zhou was carefully tasting the dishes, the Master Chef Restaurant was a mess.
There were rumbles, just like a sudden thunder on a Spring day.

First it was the small mustache man, Wu Hai, who arrived on time every day. He came to the entrance at
09:10 a.m.
It was cold and cheerless in front of the entrance. Nothing was there, only a white piece of paper was
pasted on the closed roller shutter door, with “Going out for emergency. Open for business tonight”
written on it.
“Open for business tonight? Not opening at noon? It shouldn’t be like that. The business at noon is
supposed to be quite good.” While muttering to himself, Wu Hai returned to his own house, not even
having breakfast. Who could eat ordinary Soup Dumplings and steamed bread if they had tried the taste
of the delicious Egg Fried Rice? If his financial circumstances permitted, he would definitely choose the
tastier one.
Other people who came for the breakfast also saw the piece of paper. They also thought that the
restaurant may be open for business during noon. After all, no one would turn their back on good
business.
Time went by quickly. At noon when everybody got off work, Yuan Zhou’s restaurant had been
surrounded by many customers. Everyone started to complain and shout, all talking at once. People who
didn’t understand the situation thought a gang fight was starting.
“What’s wrong with the restaurant? It still isn’t open even at noon? I have to go to work soon.” A
paunchy man complained while looking at his watch and touching his starving stomach.
“Didn’t you see the paper? Open for business tonight.” Another person beside him answered, also
annoyed by the wait.
“The restaurant was open this morning. Why is it closed now?” the young man in a suit said in
puzzlement. He was the one who had eaten here in the morning and had ran here for lunch, only to find
the door firmly shut.
“What? It was opened this morning? Why didn’t I know that?” Wu Hai asked immediately upon hearing
that.
“Yes. The Soup Dumplings cooked by the young master were so delicious and unique. I intended to have
some again at noon. You see, I even brought my wife here,” A neatly dressed old man said in a regretful
tone. Then he explained the situation in a low voice to a plainly dressed old lady with grey hair.
“The Soup Dumplings? Why didn’t I know that? It was closed When I came in the morning.” Wu Hai was
originally in bad mood as he hadn’t managed to eat his Egg Fried Rice for breakfast that morning. Now,
hearing that he had probably missed a new dish, he became even more irritated.
“Ah, it’s Brother Wu Hai. Yes, it’s true. There is another new dish, The Soup Dumplings, in Boss Yuan’s
restaurant.” When the young man in suits realized it was Wu Hai that often visited the restaurant for his
meals, he started to describe to Wu Hai how delicious and delicate the Soup Dumplings were.
Nobody knew the occupation of the young man in a suit. Although not good at quarreling, he had a
talent in describing. At the very least, he made the old customers nearby started to drool as they
thought of Yuan Zhou’s excellent craftsmanship, feeling even hungrier.
In a little while, a third of the people that ate The Soup Dumplings in the morning gathered outside Yuan
Zhou’s restaurant. These people described in turn the unique The Soup Dumplings one by one. The
customers no longer felt bored, the only thing they felt was their hunger getting stronger.
“Please stop talking. My belly has been grumbling endlessly in protest,” The paunchy man said painfully
as he covered his belly regardless of his image.
“Exactly. I’m so hungry that I’m about to get gastric. Please stop talking”, said Yin Ya. A pretty girl’s
words always had excellent effects, therefore several people stopped.
Only they themselves should know was it because the more they thought of the tasty The Soup
Dumplings and became hungrier, or some other reason.
Hence, all the customers standing at the entrance of the restaurant started to denounce Yuan Zhou all
together.
Chapter 30: A Pleasant Surprise
“What kind of emergency happened for Boss Yuan to close the restaurant at noon?” the young man in a
suit asked Wu Hai while looking eagerly at the tightly closed door.
“How do I know? I didn’t even have breakfast.” As soon as he saw those that had tasted the new dish,
Wu Hai felt irritated. His usual gentle manner had vanished completely, replaced by a disgruntled
attitude.
“Don’t you live nearby? That’s why I asked you.” The man in a suit cared little about Wu Hai’s manner.
As one of the first people who tasted the new dish, he didn’t mind the jealousy of others.
“I live so near that I couldn’t even make it for breakfast.”
Seems like the quote by a famous philosopher was right. Hunger will make people lose their temper. Wu
Hai turned and left unhappily after spitting out those words.
While the rest were still complaining about Yuan Zhou, the old grandpa eventually gave up after having
waited for a long while. He could no longer let his wife stay hungry, thus opened his mouth and said,
“Everybody please go back. The young master is not likely to open during noontime.”
The old grandpa’s words were what everyone was thinking. Actually, just from the paper, they already
knew that Yuan Zhou would not open the restaurant at noon. Their waiting was merely hoping for a
miracle, which did not come true.”
The crowd started to disperse gradually. Many were complaining while walking away.
“This thriving business was abandoned with just a word. God knows what the boss is thinking,” A
middle-aged man said while looking at the restaurant without a shop sign.
Immediately, others refuted.
“What do you mean abandoned? It will be open tonight. Don’t say something so frightening.”
“Yeah, exactly.”
“Well, if it were other restaurants, I would have left already. After all, customers are always right. But
here in this restaurant, I can’t live without the Eggs Fried Rice!”
“Agreed. The boss’s culinary skills are far too excellent. God, Eggs Fried Rice cooked by others is as
terrible as pig feed now.”
“I think my life is over. I’m going to have to rely on Boss Yuan to feed me.”
The crowd gradually dispersed while echoing each other.
Having watched the entire scene from her nearby dry cleaning shop, Boss Tong sighed with emotion, “I
never expected Yuan Zhou to have such excellent culinary skill. Surprisingly, he had gotten so many loyal
customers in such a short time.”
However, Boss Tong had never thought of going there for a taste. She had entered Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant once and prepared to eat there, as a neighbor, to support his business. The price,
nevertheless, made Boss Tong so frightened that she didn’t dare to order anything.
At that time, she thought Yuan Zhou must have been sick in the head. Who would spend almost
200RMB for Eggs Fried Rice? For the first two days, it was indeed cold and cheerless in Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant. But after that, Boss Tong saw it got more and more crowded, with customers entering and
leaving one after another. She even assumed that there were just many idiots nowadays with money.
Judging from the situation just now, she knew all these people came because of Yuan Zhou’s culinary
skills.
“Maybe I also need to try his 200 RMB Eggs Fried Rice someday.” Boss Tong couldn’t help murmuring.
The chaos in front of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was unknown to our dear chef who was enjoying his meal.
He carefully sampled all the dishes since he had paid the price, which was twice as expensive as those
served in ordinary restaurants outside.
“The bullfrog is overcooked. And the strong piquancy completely covered the fresh taste.” Yuan Zhou
commented after he tasted the Boiled Bullfrog.
“The beef is too tough to bite.”
“The fragrance of the egg isn’t properly utilized.”
Yuan Zhou commented on every bite of the dishes. Finally, only the Turtle Soup cooked by the head chef
was left untasted.
It was served in a big celadon bowl with lotus design. The soup was a snow white color and was free
from excess oil and fats on the surface. The soup did not smell at all, with dark green chopped green
onion floating on it. The turtle emerged from the bottom of the soup when Yuan Zhou stirred it.
“It looks fairly tasty.”
Muttering to himself, Yuan Zhou started to scoop the soup and taste it.
This mouthful of soup made Yuan Zhou feel he had better just eat his own dishes. The soup itself didn’t
have any problems. It was pretty good, but with his sharp sense of taste, he could still taste a slight odd
taste from the soup, along with the taste of sterilized water and the taste of soil from the green onions.
After finish tasting all the dishes on the table, Yuan Zhou did a thorough comparison through his
sensitive senses. The ingredients provided by the system were indeed the best of the best.
When Yuan Zhou found that he merely took a mouthful from every dish, the corner of his mouth
couldn’t help twitching.
“If I have known about the taste beforehand, I would have never ordered so many dishes. What a
waste!!!”
Yuan Zhou blamed himself ceaselessly because there were still so many children in Africa who could not
eat their fill. It definitely wasn’t because of the heartache he felt due to wasting money.
About five minutes later, Yuan Zhou called the waiter calmly.
“Bill please.”
“Hello, sir. It is 2986RMB in total. Would you like to pay by cash or by card?” a waiter said in a calm
manner as he came up with the bill, glancing at the almost untouched dishes on the table.
While thinking of the 100RMB notes in the thick wallet, Yuan Zhou answered lavishly, “By cash”.
“Ok. This way, please. The cash register is over here.” The waiter led Yuan Zhou to the counter.
Yuan Zhou took his wallet out readily and drew out 3000RMB, giving it to the waiter. Then with the
change of 14RMB, he left the hotel carefreely while the waiter cleared the dishes and sent for the head
waiter.
“Look. That customer ordered all the specialties but didn’t even eat much,” the waiter said while
pointing to the almost untouched dishes.
“Make a list of the dishes and give it to me. Let me report this to the higher-ups.” The head waiter
thought for a moment and ordered the waiter to handle this matter without a fuss.
Then he got several of his subordinates to carry all the dishes to the kitchen.
The list of the dishes was soon passed to the manager on duty. Considering the kitchen was involved in
this matter, the manager had to hand this matter over to the Administrative Department.
Eventually, the head chef was summoned into the General Manager’s office.
“Chef Liao, do you think this person was a gourmet reviewer?”
Seeing the head chef approaching, the general manager pointed at Yuan Zhou in the monitor screen and
asked.
The surname of the head chef was Liao. Unlike other cooks that were usually fat, he was a spirited and
sharp looking middle-aged man. He walked up and looked at the monitor screen.
“Judging from his appearance and attire, he doesn’t looks like a reviewer. But I’m not sure. Do you
receive any news about someone coming to do a taste test?” In the monitor screen, Yuan Zhou was
dressed in a simple T-shirt and jeans. But the manner he was eating the dishes looked like those
gourmet reviewers, thus the head chef did not dared make the final conclusion.
The general manager looked at him again in the monitor screen. As he couldn’t get any useful
information from the screen, he turned and said to the head chef, “Let’s do this. You cook some extra
nice dishes these few days. Let me see if there’s any magazine that will write about our dishes.”
“No problem.”
The head chef agreed. He also got a little discontented when he saw the young man’s dissatisfied
appearance after tasting his turtle soup on the monitor. He was pretty confident in his culinary skills.
Yuan Zhou never expected that his visit would cause a large disturbance in the hotel.
He walked out of the entrance of the hotel and entered a taxi which had been summoned by the
doorman.
“Where are we going?” The driver asked.
“No . 14 of Taoxi Road.”
After saying that, Yuan Zhou closed his eyes and started to have a rest.
The car ran on steadily. The driver didn’t play tricks with Yuan Zhou like taking a longer route. He sent
Yuan Zhou to his destination directly.
He paid the taxi fare and went directly into his restaurant from the rear door.
The mustache man Wu Hai had been constantly watching the entrance of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .He
was still stuck with the question, whether he was going to have to stay hungry for the whole day if Yuan
Zhou’s restaurant was still closed in the evening.
This was not a problem for him. When he was busy previously, it was very common that he didn’t have
meals all day long. However, he gotten into the habit of having three meals on time every day after Yuan
Zhou started serving dishes that he was satisfied with.
After getting home, Yuan Zhou first kept his old computer and mobile phone, then unpacked the new
computer and mobile phone and placed it on the table.
Yuan Zhou didn’t take a nap the whole afternoon, but gamed it the only game he had instead, Spider
Solitaire. But even when the time showed 4:00 p.m, he hadn’t won a single time.
Yuan Zhou was so angry that he turned off the computer. He then went downstairs and prepared to
open his door for business. Of course, there would be a pleasant surprise waiting for him...
Chapter 31: Yuan Zhou’s Nickname
Yuan Zhou opened the restaurant quite early. It was only 4:40 p.m, when most people were still
working. Usually, there would be no customers during this time.
However, once Yuan Zhou opened the door, more than 10 old customers were already waiting. He was
stupefied and asked, “Why are you guys so early today?
“It’s not early. It’s already five o’clock. You’re late,” a dozen people rushed into the restaurant all at once
while one of them replied Yuan Zhou.
“Don’t change the topic. Boss Yuan, we heard you had launched a new dish?” asked a very cute sister
who frequently came while sitting down.
“Hey, you guys who managed to get the seats, hurry up and order your meal please. We are still waiting
at the back.”
A dozen or so people came into the restaurant, of which only eight had gotten the seats while 7 others
had to stand and wait. A good-looking teenager urged them in a hurry.
“Little kid, who asked you to come so late? I have to ask clearly first before ordering.” The cute girl
turned and made a face to the boy. Then she turned her head and looked at Yuan Zhou in a flattering
manner. How could one change faces so quickly?
All the other seated customers didn’t order their meal either, instead they were waiting for Yuan Zhou’s
reply.
“Yes, that is true. But the new dish is only available in the morning. It’s not for sale at noon or in the
evening.” Yuan Zhou returned to his position and put on his snow white apron as he said those words
without even raising his head.
“How could it be like that? I wouldn’t mind having Soup Dumplings for dinner.” The cute girl pulled a
long face, looking fairly unhappy.
“It seems we won’t be eating the Soup Dumplings tonight. Boss Yuan is still as capricious as ever. Then
I’ll have a serving of Egg Fried Rice.” A well-groomed man seated beside the cute girl shook his head and
laughed helplessly.
“Egg Fried Rice...”
Orders started to come in one after another.
The customers who had been watching the scene were mostly men while the remaining 6 were aged
women. They all looked the intellectual type and were not suitable to act cutely, but the young girl could
do that. If Yuan Zhou agreed to the girl’s demand, then everybody have the fortunate to savour the
Soup Dumplings. That’s why they just watched the girl persuading Yuan Zhou and kept silent.
“Ok. Please wait a while.” Yuan Zhou rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen to prepare the Egg
Fried Rice.
In the main hall of the restaurant, all the customers started a discussion.
“Why do you think Boss Yuan has such excellent culinary skills?” The good-looking teenager chose a
topic and started to talk when he found he couldn’t eat at the moment.
“Boss Yuan is definitely not an ordinary person.” He answered himself before anyone could respond to
him.
The cute girl rolled her eyes gracefully, “Nonsense! Of course he isn’t. There is no way ordinary people
can cook such tasty food.”
“Haha. On the contrary, I think Boss Yuan not only has a superb culinary skills, but is also the pioneer of
the odd rule of not offering a second serving,” said a customer who couldn’t eat his fill.
“That’s right. Other rules are still acceptable, but why doesn’t he allow us to have a second serving?”
After merely several discussions, the topic started to change. Now, there was only one main point, that
is, if they had the opportunity to have a second serving.
Then everybody started to illustrate different scenarios. However, the more they exemplified, the more
they realised it was completely impossible.
“No wonder Boss Yuan is called Compass. He knows only rules.” The cute girl said Yuan Zhou’s nickname
as she tapped the table in irritation.
The old customers gave him the nickname of Compass without his knowledge. This nickname was
started by Yin Ya. Of course it also brought more customers to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. This story had to
be told from the day when the Egg Fried Rice Set came out.
At that time, Yin Ya requested another serving of seaweed soup and pickled radish, but was refused by
Yuan Zhou. She then left the restaurant angrily. When she got home and thought about it, she still felt
unhappy.
After taking a shower, on impulse, she took a photo of herself without makeup and wrote some words
with it [Do you think I’m beautiful?], and then uploaded the photo onto her circle of friends on Wechat.
Pretty girls always drew attention, let alone Yin Ya, who had been a beauty ever since she was a little
girl. Though without makeup, she was still a beauty with the white skin, almond eyes, slanted eyebrows,
rosy cheeks, and the red lips free from lipstick, a 8/10.
Under this status, she received numerous likes from her circle of friends. Having regained some
confidence back, Yin Ya continued to post another status [While eating the Egg Fried Rice Set at noon
today, I was refused when I requested another serving of seaweed soup and pickled radish, even when I
said I would pay.]
Under this status, there were all kinds of replies.
[ Yin Ya, Honey, let me treat you to a meal], from her bestie.
[Be good. I’ll take you there to eat whatever you like], from Pretty Time.
[Next time let me meet that boss, who doesn’t know how to be kind to ladies].
There were also replies that didn’t grasp the main point of her status.
[Beauty, it’s a surprise that you eat Egg Fried Rice. Just like us, the masses], from Happy though Poor.
[I should accompany you there. Then you’ll get the extra serving. After all, you are pretty while I am
ugly], from So Ugly that Cosmetic Surgery is Needed.
[Do I have the honor to treat you to a meal? How about eating kebabs?], from Drinking Beer while
Eating Fried Chicken.
Many friends sent private messages to inquire what happened. Yin Ya then described in detail the
situation at Yuan Zhou’s small restaurant. During the process, she gave a nickname to Yuan Zhou, that is,
Compass.
There was a Six Dimensional Theory that said you only need 6 connections to know the President. More
and more people knew about Yin Ya’s story after being spread about by her friends.
People are curious by nature, hence, most workers around that area would drop by to have a taste.
After tasting, they would become a loyal fan of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. After all, eating is a major part of
one’s life.
The restaurant was small and did not have many seats, thus it was always crowded. The customers had
already gotten used to it so they would leave immediately once they finished their meal. Nevertheless,
the restaurant still had an endless stream of customers, hence there was no time for rest.
After the first ten or so customers left, other people continued to occupy the seats. Furthermore, those
customers that ate the Soup Dumplings in the morning rushed over, filling every corner of the 30 square
meters restaurant.
“Young master, please give my wife and I one serving of Soup Dumplings each. I didn’t eat it at noon and
have been craving for it,” the old grandpa said spiritedly to Yuan Zhou as he held his wife’s hand while
sitting down.
“I’m sorry. The Soup Dumplings are not provided at noon or in the evening.” Yuan Zhou answered
patiently when he found it was an old customer from this morning and furthermore, an old man.
The old grandpa was stunned for a moment after hearing Yuan Zhou’s words. He said in a pitiful tone
while patting his thigh and pointing to his wife.
“Come on young brother, you can’t do this to me. I specifically brought my wife here twice already.”
“Sorry,” was the same answer, Yuan Zhou refused the request of the old grandpa in a mild tone. On the
other side, those customers that rushed over for the Soup Dumplings got antsy and spoke one after
another.
“Boss, you really don’t know, I didn’t have lunch today after I ate the Soup Dumplings from this morning.
While eating other kinds of meat, I am constantly thinking of your meat. Those other kinds of meat taste
flavourless to me now,” the man dressed in sportswear touched his head and said earnestly.
“Don’t say my kind of meat or your kind of meat. It’s really frightening. That’s the meat of pigs.” Yuan
Zhou was speechless by his words that did not make sense.
“Absolutely right. The Soup Dumplings you prepared was the most delicious out of all of the ones I have
ever eaten. No exaggeration, the best in the world.”
The old grandpa, “...”
Chapter 32: Origin of the Soup Dumplings
The customers who had eaten the Soup Dumplings spoke highly of the dish but the grandma that was
brought along by the grandpa appeared quite discontented.
With an impatient looks on her amiable face, the grandma said while pulling the grandpa, “Darling, let's
not waste our time here anymore. If he doesn’t offer them, then we just don’t eat.”
“Never mind. Let me ask again,” the grandpa thought that his wife didn’t like the noisy and bustling
surroundings, thus he patted her hand that was grasping his clothes and said gently.
“I didn’t mean that,” the grandma hurriedly denied. She knew from the expression on her husband’s
face that he had misunderstood her.
“You see, this young man doesn’t look like a business man. How could he do business like that? I don’t
think his food can be so delicious. Let’s go.”
Once he heard that, the grandpa knew his wife had lost her patience. She definitely felt displeased and
was in a bad mood because they had come here twice but still failed to eat the Soup Dumplings. He then
made a guarantee to his wife, vowing devoutly.
“This young master definitely has superb culinary skills. The steamed bun I ate in the morning was
perfect. The skin was so thin and transparent that even the tasty gravy and tight stuffing inside could be
seen. Furthermore, the skin was strong enough to be picked up with chopsticks, but it broke easily once
you give in a soft poke. The gravy was also unbelievably delicious.”
“What do you think? Shall we wait for a while?”
The grandma standing beside him noticed his face turning red when he described the dumplings. He
even swallowed his saliva unconsciously while describing the gravy. She knew better than others how
much her husband cared about his image and manner.
“Look at you. You are speaking as if you ate ginseng fruit. Ok, ok, I’ll wait,” the grandma compromised
reluctantly.
“This is far better than that tasteless ginseng fruit,” the grandpa replied, smiling.
“Young master, how about providing two servings for my wife and me?” the grandpa started to
persuade again.
“Sorry, I really can’t,” Yuan Zhou refused decisively, without the slightest hesitation.
It was among Yuan Zhou’s expectations that many people would order the Soup Dumplings. After
hearing their detailed descriptions, even he himself would like to have one. The introduction of the
ingredients by the system still lingered in his mind. With those top-grade ingredients, the Soup
Dumplings were guaranteed to be tasty.
The system read, “The meat is taken from the extinct Xiang pig of Wuzhi Mountain.”
“Xiang pig of Wuzhi Mountain originated from the Wuzhi Mountain area in Hainan Island. It is ‘one of
the oldest primitive pig breeds in China’. Actually, it also has another nice name, the ‘Amorous Pig”. This
animal was the offspring between a domestic pig and a wild boar. It always keeps its snout against the
ground while walking, therefore, when seen from behind, this pig seems to have 5 legs. It is also called
the ‘Five Feet Pig’ due to people mistaking its snout as another foot.
“The system utilizes the most scientific methods while feeding the pig. It is fed with spirulina platensis,
jasmine, leaves of paper mulberry and insects. This way, the percentage of lean meat will be higher; the
meat texture gets sturdier, tastier and more tender; the cholesterol is almost nonexistent and it also
emits a clean and sweet fragrance.”
“From the day it was born to the day it was slaughtered, its feeding period is twice as long as that of
ordinary pigs. The Xiang pig also listens to music and does sports every day. It is allowed to roam freely
in the fruit plantation and has special place to expel its wastes. Due to it being allowed to roam freely,
the pig is able to fully absorb the selenium elements from soil and water, thus the meat contains
abundant selenium elements, along with a high content of lysine and the 3 types of amino acids
required by human body as well.
“The system uses only the top-grade pork tenderloin
“You say scientific? You’re the one that is the most unscientific of them all.” Yuan Zhou couldn’t help
ridiculing it when he heard the system mention scientific.
Yuan Zhou had already known the ingredients provided by the system would definitely leave him in awe.
He then continued.
“You shock me every time. Then what about the pigskin?”
The system read, “Pigskin is taken from the skin on the shoulder and stewed.”
While noticing its indifferent tone, Yuan Zhou thought that maybe the pig skin was nothing special, thus
he merely gave a dry laugh after hearing it.
After a while, Yuan Zhou thought of the key ingredient, the wheat. While he was cooking, he found that
not only did the flour have a pleasant fragrance, but also had a decent amount of gluten. No matter how
thin the skin was, it didn’t break easily. Yuan Zhou’s excellent skills were one of the reasons, but 0the
quality of the wheat also played an important role.
“Then where does this breed of wheat come from?” Yuan Zhou had already gotten used to the pleasant
surprises by the system.
The system read, “This breed of wheat is from the Hetao Area in Inner Mongolia. After careful
comparison and analysis between 100 thousand wheat grains, the best quality of wheat is selected and
then planted in order to make sure the content of wet gluten reaches a the standard level of 35-39.”
“The breakdown of the protein in the wheat is: 49% gliadin; 39% glutenin; 4% albumin and 8% globulin.”
“Ok, fine, fine. I don’t want to know the source of the ginger anymore.” Yuan Zhou said weakly.
………
“Boss Yuan? Boss Yuan?” The man in a suit had been pleading Yuan Zhou to offer him another serving of
Soup Dumplings. After speaking until his lips were dry, he found that Yuan Zhou’s mind had wandered
off.
“No.” Yuan Zhou refused him even more decisively this time. Even he himself couldn’t eat the Soup
Dumplings now either, so these customers had better settled for the Egg Fried Rice.
“In that case, please give me one serving of the Egg Fried Rice Set.” The man in suit decided to order the
set meal, which he usually couldn’t afford, when he found there was no chance for him to eat the Soup
Dumplings. The price of 288RMB was indeed expensive, thus he could only eat the set meal once.
“Hey, you finally gave up, huh? Shall we leave now?” The grandma held the hand of the grandpa whom
she was standing with and then said.
“No, I still want to try something else. Ok, let’s taste the most expensive one.” The grandpa lost his
temper. He didn’t believe the Egg Fried Rice would taste better than the Soup Dumplings, making Yuan
Zhou choose sell Egg Fried Rice rather than Soup Dumplings.
“You stubborn old man.” The grandma understood her husband’s stubborn character. So she just
grumbled while pulling the grandpa’s clothes.
“Young master, give me two servings of the set meal.” While pretending not to hear, he said to Yuan
Zhou.
When Yuan Zhou found that everybody had to eat the Egg Fried Rice like him, he felt slightly better.
After everybody gave their orders, he went back to the kitchen and started to cook.
The grandma didn’t have much expectation. After all, she was not fond of Egg Fried Rice as they were
fairly greasy.
Some customers who realized that they wouldn’t be able to eat the Soup Dumplings left immediately,
while some others stayed and prepared to try some dishes.
“Boss Yuan! Why didn’t you call me when you opened the restaurant this morning?” At that moment,
Wu Hai entered the restaurant in a hurry. He had disregarded other affairs and now only wanted to eat
something. It felt unpleasant to go about on an empty stomach for a whole day.
“Brother Wu Hai, the boss said he doesn't serve Soup Dumplings in the evening.” The man in a suit,
again being the first, answered Wu Hai.
On hearing that, Wu Hai became speechless. He stared with great anger at the man in the suit. Again, it
was this guy who told him he was not able to have lunch at noon and then not able to eat the new dish
in the evening. This guy must be the one who brought him misfortune.
Although he didn’t intend to answer him, he still replied perfunctorily considering that this guy was
giving him a kind reminder, “How do you know?”
“All of us were waiting for the Soup Dumplings.” The man in a suit pointed at the several people sitting
beside him and several other people waiting behind him.
“Fine,” Wu Hai said, grinding his teeth.
“Boss Yuan, I want a set meal. I can stand and eat,” Wu Hai said to Yuan Zhou, who was busy with
cooking.
“Be ready in a moment.” Yuan Zhou turned his head and answered, then turned back to continue the
cooking.
Standing aside, Wu Hai started to wait for his set meat, holding his stomach due to hunger.
Chapter 33: A Terrific idea
Wu Hai had gone hungry for a whole day. He was fairly irritated as he hadn’t gotten anything done the
whole afternoon except for taking a nap.
It was already evening when he woke up. He could be considered both lucky and unlucky. The lucky part
was that he could enjoy Yuan Zhou’s cooking, while unlucky part was that he wasn’t able to have his
meal immediately nor was he able to eat the new dish.
Not even after 7 or 8 minutes, Yuan Zhou carried out the dishes.
“Your set meals are done.”
The grandpa and grandma looked at each other. They seemed to agree that this Egg Fried Rice seemed
rather decent.
The grandma had been cooking her whole life. A simple Egg Fried Rice was definitely not a problem for
her. However, the Egg Fried Rice served here was golden in color. Nevertheless, it wasn’t the greasy kind
of golden, instead, it gave people the feeling of the sunshine. The fragrance was also perfect, not too
strong. Nevertheless, while thinking of the price, the grandma still felt severe heartache.
Yet, once the Egg Fried Rice was served, she felt the dish indeed deserve the price of 288RMB.
The grandma didn’t enjoy greasy foods, so she felt the Egg Fried Rice might be oily contrary to its
appearance. Therefore, she picked up the bowl of seaweed soup, preparing to take a sip first.
“Hu”
As humans got older, their taste sense would deteriorate. They would subconsciously prefer food with a
stronger taste, hence would put more salt while making dishes. The grandma had thought the seaweed
soup would be as tasteless as water, like the soup served in other restaurants.
However, after the sip, the grandma tasted something she had never experienced before in her past
dozen of years. She felt as if she had returned to when she was a young girl, with an extremely sensitive
sense of taste again. She could even taste the slight sweetness in the water and the delicate flavor of the
seaweed.
The grandma took another sip in disbelief, realizing it was not an illusion and she could truly taste all the
various flavors in the soup. That made the grandma, who had been unable to taste any delicate flavors
ever since she became old, quite delighted. After all, she was also fond of fine foods when she was
young.
After the experience with the seaweed soup, the grandma started to look forward to the pickled radish
and the Egg Fried Rice. However, she still decided to taste a piece of pickled radish first. The crystal jade-
like radish and the brown chopsticks gave a fine contrast, making it look appetizing.
“What will the taste of the Egg Fried Rice eventually be like?
The grandma muttered in her heart. Her discontented manner had already vanished from her face,
leaving over only curiosity for the next dish, and of course, a sense of delight.
Needless to say, the grandpa beside her was eating happily, as well. He only felt it was absolutely wise
and lucky of him to go out for a stroll this morning. He was old, but had a harmonious and happy family.
Their sons and grandsons all treated them well, hence the old couples now only had simple requests for
their remaining life. To eat and sleep well. Yuan Zhou’s restaurant had fulfilled such requirements
perfectly.
The man in a suit was Wu Zhou, with a rather rare surname. He was actually a programmer, the kind of
job that usually included working overtime until late at night, with a demanding boss. But he was fairly
lucky too, as he had a comely girlfriend whom he had been with for more than 5 years.
As a diligent programmer who loves his girlfriend, his biggest dream was to buy an apartment and marry
her. Just for that, he voluntarily moved to this place far away from the city center to work and to get a
better pay despite being further away from his girlfriend.
Wu Zhou was well paid, his monthly salary of 22,000 or so. He deposited 20,000RMB to his girlfriend’s
bank account every month in order to save for a new apartment and only kept 2000RMB for his own
living expense. As for other expenses, he had a lot of help from his friends. The telephone fees were
paid by others and the house rent was paid by his girlfriend in case he forgot about it. Moreover, his
girlfriend bought him his clothes, shoes and underwears. Just thinking about that, he felt quite happy.
Before Yuan Zhou started the business, he was unable to use up his living expense of 2000RMB as he
was quite busy with work and neither smoked nor drank. Furthermore, his girlfriend would come and
cook for him at home every weekend. Therefore, he often boasted to his girlfriend proudly.
“Your boyfriend earns so much yet never squanders money.”
Looking at the set meal worth 288RMB in front of him, Wu Zhou ate happily but also pitifully, since his
expenditure today had already exceeded 400RMB. It was only the middle of the month, but he only had
500RMB left in his wallet.
As for the one who was eating while standing, Wu Hai, he never had such problems. He was wealthy and
didn’t care about these minor issues.
“Pa.”
Wu Hai directly poured all the pickled radishes into the Egg Fried Rice, not leaving behind a single drop
of juice. Then he put the small plate and the seaweed soup on the table.
“Biaji Biaji”
He started to eat while still carrying the plate. God knows how happily he ate.
Looking at the people who were eating delightedly and hearing the sound of chomping food, the
customers who were still waiting for seats suffered greatly and couldn’t wait any longer, thus they all
requested to eat while standing.
In front of fine delicacies, eating while standing or even squatting was not a problem for them.
From that day on, Yuan Zhou started to prepare the Soup Dumplings when he got up at 6:30 in the
morning, with only 100 servings. After they were sold out in about an hour, he would close the
restaurant until noontime, then open it for business for two hours at noon and three hours in the
evening, a total of 6 hours only. Usually, nobody would still be working after 7:00 p.m. in the office
building unless they were working overtime.
Now those that used to come at odd hours could only drop by to have their meals within those 6 hours.
As a result, instead of decreasing, Yuan Zhou’s business surprisingly increased. During those 6 hours, the
restaurant was full of customers. There were even lots of people queuing up at the entrance.
Time flew and it was already Friday, when Yuan Zhou had the best business during the evening.
Surprisingly, Wu Zhou didn’t need to work overtime today, and even got off one hour earlier than usual.
This could be considered a miracle for him.
“Wu Zhou, don’t leave so quickly. Why don’t we go to eat kebabs?” While carrying his bag and walking
outside after clocking out, an arm reached for his shoulder and a handsome face showed up in front of
him.
“Sorry, I’m not going.” Wu Zhou said lightly in a daze.
“What’s the matter with you? You seem spiritless even after several days without working overtime.
Huh?” with one of his arms on Wu Zhou’s shoulder, the handsome guy winked at him and said with a
wry smile.
“You think too much. I’d just want to eat Egg Fried Rice.” Wu Zhou looked rather downhearted and
didn’t even want to talk anything.
“I haven’t eaten it in 5 days. When can this month end?” while speaking, Wu Zhou showed a little spirit
and said in anger.
The handsome guy rolled his eyes and said, “You can eat the Egg Fried Rice everywhere. Is it really worth
eating so frequently? You sure you don’t want eat the kebabs with us?”
“No.” Wu Zhou removed the arm from his shoulder while thinking about the Egg Fried Rice Set in Yuan
Zhou’s restaurant and the only remaining 300RMB in his pocket.
Smoothing his hair impatiently, Wu Zhou walked downstairs to a snack street, preparing to eat anything
to fulfill the physical needs.
Nowadays, Wu Zhou felt that any other food except for the dishes in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant were
merely to fulfill his physical needs in order to stay alive.
As he walked pass a small eatery he often visited, he thought of a terrific idea and walked into it.
“Boss, please give me one serving of Egg Fried Rice to take out. And pack it using a strong container.”
“Sure, one moment, please. It’ll be ready in no time,” the boss answered with a big smile on his face.
Chapter 34: Idiotic Youth Having Much Fun

“You haven’t been here for a long time. Only having Egg Fried Rice today?” the fat boss asked after
telling the chef to start cooking.
Previously the fat boss had fairly good business. Although his dishes were just average and more
expensive than others, his food was clean and the place was tidy. After all, the white collar workers
working nearby didn’t lack that extra 1 or 2 RMB.
But recently the fat boss realized that he was getting less and less customers. The man seated in front of
him used to come three times a day for his meals, now he only came occasionally. Therefore, the boss
tried to find out the situation from Wu Zhou.
“Yeah, I don’t feel like eating anything else,” Wu Zhou answered perfunctorily while thinking about his
good idea excitedly.
Noticing that Wu Zhou was absent-minded, the fat boss felt it inappropriate to continue asking him. Just
then, the Egg Fried Rice Wu Zhou ordered came.
“16RMB in total, for the Egg Fried Rice, along with the box. The soup has already been packed inside for
you as well.” The fat boss said carefully while receiving the money with a smile.
“Be careful. Don’t let the soup pour out.” The fatty boss reminded him from the back when he saw Wu
Zhou leave while carrying the dish carelessly.
“Got it.”
Wu Zhou walked quickly while carrying the box. He seemed to take little notice of the fat boss’s advice.
There were not many people on the street yet. Most of the employees in nearby office buildings got off
work around 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. It was barely 5:00 p.m. now. Wu Zhou muttered to himself while carrying
the dish with one hand and checking the time on his mobile phone with his other hand.
“There should be some seats available now. I just don’t know if it is open yet.”
...............
With a crash, Yuan Zhou opened the roller shutter door and stretched at the entrance. Looking left and
right, he found that there were no customers waiting, thus he went back into the restaurant.
He had been exhausted these few days as more people came for meals in the limited time.
“Hummmm, when would this mission be completed?”
While thinking of that, he checked his mission status.
[Mission 2]: Since host has gotten some fame in the neighborhood, please obtain more than 1000
(Mission Progress: 400 / 1000)
“It seems that I still have a long way to go. Fortunately, it has only been a few days.”
Yuan Zhou sat on his chair with one hand supporting his head and the other fiddling with the glass cup.”
“Boss Yuan, I have come to request for your help.” Noticing that there was nobody inside the restaurant,
Wu Zhou then came up to Yuan Zhou while carrying the box of Egg Fried Rice.
“My rules are written on the wall. Look at it yourself.” Yuan Zhou had already been through the stage
where he had to explain carefully to the customers about the rules. Therefore, he just pointed to the
wall without even raising his head.
“Don’t worry, Boss Yuan. It is not about the matter of asking for extra servings,” Wu Zhou said as he
stood in front of Yuan Zhou with the box in his hand.
For some affairs, words would flow out as long as you opened the mouth, for example, when borrowing
money.
“What’s up?” Yuan Zhou was interested. He raised his head and looked at Wu Zhou curiously.
“Boss Yuan, I would like to eat here in your restaurant.” Upon seeing that Yuan Zhou had no reaction,
Wu Zhou continued to say, “But what I intend to eat is a takeaway from another restaurant.”
“Why would you eat takeaways from other restaurants at my place?” Yuan Zhou felt this fairly absurd.
“I don’t have much money remaining. I would like to eat your dish, but I can’t afford it now. Therefore I
have decided to eat the takeaway here at your restaurant, and imagine it to be the Egg Fried Rice
cooked by you,” Wu Zhou told his reason while setting down the box on the table.
“Come in, please.” Yuan Zhou choked at the ridiculous reason. After quite a while, he raised his hand
and made a “Please” gesture.
“It’s alright. There is still no one here yet. I’ll eat when someone orders the dish,” he said happily when
he found that Yuan Zhou agreed.
“I can only use this way to obtain the same sensations of eating your tasty Egg Fried Rice,” he then
added.
“Ok, sure. Please visualised as much as want later,” Yuan Zhou ridiculed.
“Do you need a bowl and a plate for the Egg Fried Rice? It would seem more alike.”
“Boss Yuan, you are so considerate. Then thank you very much,” Wu Zhou agreed with a surprised
expression shown on his face.
“Wait a moment.” Yuan Zhou took a look at the box filled with Egg Fried Rice.
The plates here were too small for such a large amount of Egg Fried Rice, therefore, Yuan Zhou prepared
a bigger one and a middle-sized white porcelain bowl, then passed them to Wu Zhou.
Wu Zhou delightedly poured his Egg Fried Rice and seaweed soup from the box to the plate and bowl.
Then threw the remains into the trash can near the entrance.
During this process, customers had entered the restaurant. All other seats had been occupied except for
Wu Zhou’s place. Then the customers started to order their meals one after another.
“Boss Yuan, Egg Fried Rice Set.”
“Egg Fried Rice..........”
Wu Zhou went up to take his seat and did not start to eat. He just waited for Yuan Zhou to finish cooking
In no more than 5 or 6 minutes, Yuan Zhou finished preparing the Egg Fried Rice and carried them out to
the customers.
“Here is your Egg Fried Rice and the set meal.”
“Thank you, Boss Yuan.”

“Boss Yuan, your Egg Fried Rice is simply magical. I can’t live a single day without it,” a man seated
beside Wu Zhou said while eating in a barbaric way. He was dressed in a suit and wore a tie. When he
stretched his arm, one could see a watch on his wrist. He seemed like a well-groomed man.
Seeing that all the dishes had arrived, Wu Zhou also started to have his meal.
Meanwhile, Yuan Zhou was looking at the scene with interest from inside the kitchen.
It was usually very quiet when everyone enjoyed their own food. They were reluctant to talk and not
likely to look around, either. Therefore, Wu Zhou’s behavior was quite obvious.
He first scooped up a spoonful of his own Egg Fried Rice, turned and looked at the Egg Fried Rice in his
neighbor’s bowl, then only taking a bite. After repeating the same action several times, the well-
groomed man nearby moved his plate along with his side dishes inwards as if to protect his food, and
carried on eating.
Wu Zhou didn’t care, he just continued staring. When the well-groomed man drank a sip of soup, he did
the same. When the well-groomed man ate a pickled radish, he followed. With such a content
expression on his face, others would actually believe that he was eating the Egg Fried Rice cooked by
Yuan Zhou.
Looking at the scene while standing at the side, Yuan Zhou couldn’t help laughing. When he saw the
well-groomed man eating faster and faster, the desire to laugh just got stronger.
Just when Yuan Zhou thought Wu Zhou would finish his meal like that, the well-groomed man finally
couldn’t bear it anymore. He raised his head and looked at Wu Zhou in anger. “What are you doing? We
can only have one serving each here, so I definitely will not give my meal to you,” while saying that, he
moved his plate again.
“Wait, wait. Why is your plate bigger than mine? And also you have more soup and more pickled radish
than me. Boss Yuan, you have larger servings now?” the well-groomed man asked in surprise when he
lowered his head and found that Wu Zhou had a much bigger plate and an obviously bigger bowl.
“No, I have only a standard serving. As for the reason why he has bigger plate and bowl, let him say it
himself.” Once Yuan Zhou found that the well-groomed man had discovered the difference, he signaled
Wu Zhou, allowing him to tell the story while he himself pretended to cover his mouth, smiling silently.
“Hehe, I’m not eating the Egg Fried Rice cooked by Boss Yuan. It’s from other restaurants,” Wu Zhou said
frankly.
“How do you have the nerve to savour dishes from other restaurants here in Boss Yuan’s restaurant?”
the well-groomed man asked in surprise.
“I ran out of money, but I still wanted to eat the fried rice cooked by Boss Yuan. Now when I observe all
of you eating food cooked by Boss Yuan, I feel I’m also eating it, although it isn’t true,” Wu Zhou said in a
natural and unashamed manner.
This…
How idiotic could this person be to do such a silly and embarrassing thing?
Nevertheless, looking on the other side of things, it just showed how tasty the Egg Fried Rice cooked by
Yuan Zhou was. However, this was definitely the first time someone had tried to do something like this.
The well-groomed man suddenly felt enlightened at the stupidity of mankind. He thought to himself.
This guy is truly idiotic. Well, as long as he dosen’t have any intention of stealing my fried rice, I don’t
really care.
Thus he brought his attention back to his the Egg Fried Rice, ignoring Wu Zhou.
Chapter 35: Home-Wrecker
Wu Zhou finished his meal. Nevertheless, he did not feel happy at all.
Just by looking at the crystal clear rice grains in the other customer’s bowl, and comparing it with the
greasy rice grains in his own bowl, he knew right away that his Egg Fried Rice had too much oil. There
was even a thick layer of it pooling at the bottom of the plate, beneath the rice.
The eggs and rice were fairly scattered, while some still stuck together in clumps and were not properly
spread out. There were very rice grains that were perfectly wrapped by the eggs. Furthermore, it even
had a slight taste of MSG.
This is what one would call the difference between heaven and earth.
Regarding the seaweed soup, it was too sad to even mention it. Apart from the turbid soup, the
seaweeds inside were diced into tiny pieces. It looked like plain water with scattered pieces of low
quality seaweed, the ones that cost 1 RMB for 1 kilogram. Having gotten used to the superb seaweed
soup in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, Wu Zhou could taste the strong flavor of bleaching powder in the soup,
which made it difficult for him to swallow.
The pickled radish had been mixed with black pepper oil, sugar and MSG. Previously, Wu Zhou felt it
tasted pretty good, but now it almost made him throw up. He couldn’t taste any bit of the delicate flavor
from the radish due to the offensive combination of inferior seasoning oil, too much sugar and strong
taste of MSG.
One should never compare, for comparing will only cause pain.
Wu Zhou wept in his heart. He kept hypnotizing himself, forcing himself to believe that what he was
eating was the Egg Fried Rice cooked by Yuan Zhou. However, the more he imagined, the more he
recalled the former flavor. When he returned to reality, the formerly decent taste instantly became hard
to swallow.
Having gotten back to his room, he put down the briefcase and collapse on his bed. Then, he slept like
that until the next day.
While Wu Zhou was well asleep, a knock on the door woke him up.
“God, my girlfriend is here. I haven’t even changed my clothes.”
He changed into pajamas in a hurry and pretended that he just got up. Then he went to open the door.
“Hey, there you arrive. Have you had breakfast?”
There stood a short-haired, slim and delicate featured girl dressed in a white one-piece dress. She was
Zhuang Xinmu, the girlfriend of Wu Zhou.
“You stayed up late last night? It’s already ten. I guess you must have worked overtime again last night.
You didn’t even give me a call,” The short-haired girl looked at Wu Zhou and showed him the breakfast
bag in her hand, then she started question him..
“No, no. We got off work earlier than usual yesterday.” Wu Zhou never lied to his girlfriend.
“Then why do you look so tired?” Zhuang Xinmu looked at Wu Zhou doubtfully and went up to the table
in the living room, placing the breakfast there.
“It’s all because I have been working too hard these days and fell asleep once I got home last night. Next
time, I will definitely call you first. Let me go wash up.” Scratching his head, Wu Zhou rushed into the
bathroom quickly.
The apartment was close to the city highways, thus the rent wasn’t expensive since it was not near the
city center. Considering that his girlfriend would come by every week, Wu Zhou had rented a suite for
convenience, and also because they wouldn’t be disturbed. Small as the apartment was, it had
everything necessary.
“Ah, this guy!!!”
While saying that, she started to tidy up the rooms.
As a young man who had a girlfriend, Wu Zhou naturally didn’t wash his clothes even though he had a
washing machine. Zhuang Xinmu was now looking for his dirty laundry in the rooms and sorting them
into categories. She then put them all into the washing machine.
Since breakfast was still placed on the table, it was not the right time to sweep the floor. So she just
picked up all the litter scattered across the floor and cleared away the stuffs on the sofa as well. It was
then when Wu Zhou came out from the bathroom.
“Come have breakfast,” Zhuang Xinmu called him.
“Ummmm”
“Thanks, sweetheart.” Wu Zhou went up and kissed on Zhuang Xinmu’s cheeks in a flattering manner.
“Ok, ok. Eat now. Otherwise, it will be late.”
………..
“Let’s go outside and eat beef steaks in the afternoon, shall we?” when they almost finished the meal,
Zhuang Xinmu asked suddenly.
“Ok, sure,” without thinking any bit, Wu Zhou agreed directly.
However, after he agreed, he suddenly realized he didn’t have much money left, only 200 RMB or so. “It
might be barely enough for beef steaks.” Wu Zhou was a little doubtful.
“Then after that, let’s go watch a movie. A new one came out recently which has been up for days. I
wanted to watch it with you.” Zhuang Xinmu smiled, revealing her small dimples.
“No problem.” When he saw his girlfriend so happy, he immediately forgot he didn’t have enough
money.
Only now was he worried about that.
They had been together for several years and knew each other quite well. His girlfriend found out the
instant Wu Zhou revealed his worried expression.
“What’s wrong? You don’t want to go?” Zhuang Xinmu asked with puzzlement.
“No, No. It’s not that I don’t want to go,” Wu Zhou hurriedly explained and told the real reason when he
realized his girlfriend had misunderstood him.
“It’s because I have only 200RMB or so for my living expense. I used up the rest,” Wu Zhou said
ashamedly.
“You ran out of money? There are still 10 days left before the end of this month. What have you
bought?” Zhuang Xinmu knew her boyfriend very well. He always treated her well and would never
squander money, always telling her whenever he spent large amounts. Therefore, it was really strange
when he said he had almost used his living expenses. Usually he would have at least 1000RMB
remaining at this time of the month.
“No, I didn’t buy anything. It’s just having meals.” Upon thinking of the dishes in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant,
he instantly felt saliva filling his mouth, therefore he swallowed a mouthful of porridge immediately.
Nevertheless, this reaction was suspicious in Zhuang Xinmu’s eyes. If he wasn’t guilty of something, then
why would he lower his head and pretended to be eat?
“Are you hiding something from me?” After saying that, Zhuang Xinmu’s tone sounded dangerous.
“No, only this matter.” Wu Zhou was confused. He didn’t understand why his girlfriend’s tone suddenly
changed, since she was the one who often told him not to be hard on himself and get eat some good
food.
“Oh, really? Then why did you use up all the money so quickly this month?” Seeing the innocent
expression on Wu Zhou’s face, she suddenly felt rage rising from her heart.
“It has really all spent on food.” Wu Zhou explained to her honestly.
“You and your colleagues went out to party? You treated them?” Zhuang Xinmu started to interrogate
Wu Zhou, one question after another.
Wu Zhou was just sitting there tamely, answering all the questions carefully.
However, in Zhuang Xinmu’s mind, his suspicious fluster this morning and the dubious action of drinking
soup just now indicated that he was definitely hiding something from her.
Then she thought about what her close friend had mentioned to her before, about lovers in a long
distance relationship were more likely to cease to be faithful. She started to look at Wu Zhou up and
down. When she realized that Wu Zhou had a good-looking face and a decent job, she believed that
there might be some younger sister falling in love with him.
Instantly, the topic came up. “Tell me, did you fall in love with some other girl?”
Suddenly, Zhuang Xinmu’s pretty face was full of grievance and her tears started rolling down her eyes.
Wu Zhou immediately became worried. “No! Never! How could you think like that? It truly is because of
food, just food.”
Although they had been together for years, Wu Zhou couldn’t understand how this matter of spending
money suddenly turned into falling in love with other girls. These were two very different things in Wu
Zhou’s mind. But the years of experience with his girlfriend told him it was always right to coax her first
when his girlfriend wept.
“Honey, be good. I really am not involved with other girls…”
This lasted for half an hour. Eventually, Zhuang Xinmu stopped and Wu Zhou gave a sigh of relief. After
thinking for awhile, he asked his girlfriend tentatively, “I really spent all the money on food. A new
restaurant opened recently near our company. It serves delicious dishes at a fair price. What about
going there for lunch at noon?”
Chapter 36: Dark Side of the Bed
This lasted for half an hour. Eventually, Zhuang Xinmu stopped while Wu Zhou gave a sigh of relief. After
thinking for a while, he asked his girlfriend tentatively, “I really spent all the money on food. A new
restaurant opened recently near our company. It serves delicious dishes at a fair price. What about
going there for lunch at noon?”
“Ok. Then let’s go at noon,” Zhuang Xinmu readily agreed. She intended to go and check for herself what
kind of restaurant and what dishes that her boyfriend was so obsessed with.
“No problem Honey, you’ll definitely love it,” While patting his girlfriend, Wu Zhou said with a smile.
While the atmosphere at Wu Zhou’s place was cozy and sweet, it was much more serious at Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant.
The matter had to be told starting from this morning, when Yuan Zhou felt he had not been getting
enough sleep recently.
He had to wake up at 6:30a.m. Then knead the dough and chop the stuffing for the Soup Dumplings.
This was difficult for Yuan Zhou to accept. He had never gotten up this early ever since he graduated
from high school. Even during the time he worked at the 3-Star hotel, he was only required to arrive
before 10:00a.m. Now, he finally managed to start his own business, but had to get up early instead.
Considering that today was Saturday and that the workers nearby should be enjoying their weekend,
Yuan Zhou decided to sleep in. If nothing out of ordinary happened, he would have slept until 10:30a.m.
However, something out of ordinary did happen.
“Why hasn’t the young master opened the restaurant yet?” Ever since the grandpa had been conquered
by the Egg Fried Rice and the Soup Dumplings, he had become a loyal customer of Yuan Zhou’s
restaurant. However, he only came once every three or five days, after all he also had to eat his wife’s
cooking at home.
Of course he also brought along his wife, the grandma, with him today.
“Darling, are you sure it is open today?” the amiable silver-haired grandma stood beside the grandpa
and asked in doubt.
“The restaurant is supposed to open in a while. Boss Yuan has only closed the restaurant once ever since
he started his business,” Wu Hai walked up and said indolently.
“It is already 8:30 and the restaurant ought to be open any moment.” the grandpa looked at the watch.
“Arghh. I am hungry. The young master cooks such tasty Soup Dumplings. The only problem is the small
amount.” The grandma smiled as she recalled the memory of Yuan Zhou’s Soup Dumplings.
With Yuan Zhou’s diligence and the old grandpa's persistence, the grandma finally managed to taste the
Soup Dumplings.
After being brought to the restaurant by the grandpa early in the morning, the grandma had high
expectations. The Egg Fried Rice she had eaten last time was far too delicious. Even if she had been
cooking her whole life, she could firmly say she couldn’t hold a candle to Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills.
The grandpa started ordering dishes deftly.
“Young master, I would like two servings of Soup Dumplings, with vinegar.”
Naturally, the prepared Soup Dumplings were served quickly. Only then did the grandma discover the
power of the Soup Dumplings.
With the heat rising upwards and the fragrance spreading out from within, the Soup Dumplings
mesmerized her.
Along with the slightly spicy taste of the ginger and the sweet flavor of the flour, the fragrance of the
top-grade meat was very appetizing.
The crystal clear skin wrapped around juicy gravy, which in turn encased the delicious meat stuffing.
The small and exquisite bamboo steamer in emerald green, the almost transparent skin, the gravy and
meat stuffing that can be clearly seen and also the appetizing fragrance formed an incomparably
attractive gourmet picture scroll.
The grandma picked up the brown chopsticks and poked the seemingly fragile skin. When she realized it
had excellent tenacity, she picked it up with her chopsticks without any hesitation and popped it into
her mouth. Her actions mimicked the grandpa next to her.
“Slurp.”
The actions of the grandma caused the juicy gravy to flow into her mouth. The original flavor of the food
along with the natural and fresh fragrance contained therein melded into a fantastic taste.
“Why are you all waiting here? Hasn’t Boss Yuan opened the door?”
A voice of a regular customer suddenly interrupted her recollection.
Unfortunately, it was only a memory just now. In reality, her stomach was growling repeatedly due to
hunger. The grandma, even at her age, had to swallow a gulp of saliva.
“Not yet. It is driving us crazy.”
More and more people crowded outside the entrance. One of them said, “Who has Boos Yuan’s
telephone number? We could just call him and ask.” It seemed to be a reliable idea.
Everybody looked at each other. However, they soon realized that none of them had it.
“Wu Hai, don’t you have his number? You live so close to him. Do you know what happened?” the
grandpa asked.
“I don’t have it, either. I’m so hungry….” Wu Hai felt he was so stupid. He lived nearby, but had never
thought of getting Yuan Zhou’s telephone number.
The wait lasted for an hour. It was already 9:00a.m. in the morning. Even though customers were
increasing, there was still no sign of the door to the restaurant being opened.
“Forget it. I’ll drop by at noon. I feel that I’m getting hungrier just by standing here. I have to go and
have my breakfast.”
After saying that, one of them left. Following the precedent, more than half of the crowd left, one after
another, until only a few dozen of them remained there. Then after another thirty minutes, half of the
dozen went away again.
Now only 7 or 8 customers were left there, still waiting. Wu Hai paced about anxiously, looking at the
door from time to time, hoping it would open as soon as possible.
When he raised his head again, he found the window on the second floor where Yuan Zhou lived was
open.
After thinking a little while, Wu Hai proposed, “The window of the second floor is open. Shall we try to
call out to him?”
“It isn’t good to disturb the young master, is it?” In the grandpa’s opinion, people who had skills usually
had tempers. However, it was nothing if he only had superb culinary skills.
“Never mind. What if Boss Yuan had an accident? Shout! Let’s do it together,” another man standing
beside Wu Hai agreed to his idea without any slight hesitation.
“Let’s shout…”
Except for the old couple, all the remaining youngsters agreed to his proposal.
“Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan, are you there?” One yell after another came from downstairs.
It was so noisy that even residents living on the 5 floor opened up their windows to see what was going
on.
Since Yuan Zhou was not in a deep sleep, he woke up with a fright.
After waking up, the first thing that Yuan Zhou did was to get up and sit on his bed in a daze.
5 minutes later, the shouts downstairs weakened.Yuan Zhou then lay back down and continued to sleep.
Although he couldn’t fall asleep anymore, one could never wake up a person pretending to be asleep.
Right now, Yuan Zhou was lying on his bed, staring into space. He decided to stay like that until
11:00a.m before opening the restaurant. The consequence of that was a delay in opening the
restaurant.
………
When the time went to 11:05 a.m, Wu Zhou eventually opened the door of the restaurant.
“Boss Yuan, you really are home. Do you know you’ll lose lots of customers with this behavior?”
Wu Hai complained once the door opened with a grudging look on his face.
“Ok. Come in, please.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and allowed him to come in.
Following Yuan Zhou, Wu Hai went inside the restaurant with a light step. His body emitted such a
strong sense of anger that Yuan Zhou could even feel the temperature behind him falling by several
degrees.
“What’s the matter with you?” Yuan Zhou entered the inside of the curved table and asked Wu Hai
while looking at him.
“Hungry…Please, a set meal.” Wu Hai looked directly at Yuan Zhou. The state he was in was so pathetic
that Yuan Zhou went to prepare the fried rice without saying a word.
Yuan Zhou prepared this serving of Egg Fried Rice with an unprecedented speed, thus in only two
minutes, the dish was served. Having obtained what he had been longing for, Wu Hai’s grudge vanished.
He just happily ate his fried rice, drank his seaweed soup and chewed his pickled radish in joy. One could
hardly describe how delighted he was at this moment, as if his previous bad mood was merely an
illusion.
One serving of Egg Fried Rice wasn’t much. No matter how carefully Wu Hai chewed and swallowed, it
was all gone in half an hour. It was at this time when Wu Zhou brought his girlfriend into the restaurant.
He even bumped into some customers who had left that morning.
Chapter 37: Increasing Living Expenses
It was at this time when Wu Zhou brought his girlfriend into the restaurant. He even bumped into some
customers who had left that morning.
“Boss Yuan, you are finally open.”
“Why weren’t you opening this in the morning?”
“You didn’t open the restaurant this morning. Can I order the Soup Dumplings now?”
Before Yuan Zhou could say anything, several people entered the restaurant together, hurling questions
all at once towards him.
“Sweetie, let’s sit here.” Wu Zhou swiftly grabbed two seats at the end of the table while guiding his
girlfriend.
“It’s indeed a small restaurant. There are only 8 chairs.” Zhuang Xinmu had been looking around the
restaurant ever since she entered.
There were only 3 words to describe it, small, simple and ordinary.
Zhuang Xinmu didn’t realize the extraordinary price until she noticed the price list on the wall.
Did the boss assume his small restaurant was a Star Hotel? Egg Fried Rice for 188RMB and an Egg Fried
Rice Set for 288RMB. Zhuang Xinmu only wanted to spit on the face of the boss whom she believed to
be greedy and devious.
She ground her teeth and asked Wu Zhou while violently pinching his arm, “Do you often have meals in
this restaurant?”
Her manner indicated that as long as Wu Zhou dared to say yes, she would tear him apart.
“Honey, let’s eat first. You’ll understand when you taste it. Do trust me.” Wu Zhou knew that no matter
how he explained to her, she would never accept the unreasonable price.
He could only persuade her first. As long as she took a bite, she would definitely understand.
“Humph, it had better be like what you described.” She sniffed and let go of Wu Zhou temporarily.
Zhuang Xinmu still treated her boyfriend with respect as they were outside, but had already prepare to
cruelly “torture” him when they returned home. She had a terrible impression towards this restaurant.
Even after being questioned by all those hungry people, Yuan Zhou merely stood there calmly, as if lost
in meditations.
Not until all those questions were unified into one, “Boss Yuan, why didn’t you open the restaurant in
the morning?” did he answer calmly, “Because I overslept.”
It was lucky that Wu Hai had already left after his meal, lucky that these few people only waited a short
while, and lucky that those who had waited for ages haven’t come yet. Otherwise, with his lackadaisical
answer, Yuan Zhou would have been torn apart by those customers.
“Boss Yuan, do you know you’ll lose customers if you act like this?”
“Do you know that this is not right?”
“Could you please at least act like you are running a business? You should get up early to open the
restaurant!”
These few customers fell silent for a while and then suddenly started talking angrily, all complaining at
once.
“Well, what would you like to eat today?” Yuan Zhou pretended that he didn’t hear the complaints, and
stiffly changed the topic.
“Boss Yuan, you are too much. I request double servings for my Egg Fried Rice to make up for my
wounded heart.” Several people started making requests upon realizing that Yuan Zhou did not care.
Yes, that was right. All their previous seriousness was merely an act with the aim of obtaining an extra
serving of Egg Fried Rice.
As for their declarations of never coming again, let’s talk about it when they lost all of their 5 senses.
Having watched the entire scene, Zhuang Xinmu had an even worse impression of Yuan Zhou, which
dropped by several points. On the other hand, she had also gotten curious. To her surprise, all these
people’s complaints and questions were merely for another serving of Egg Fried Rice. She felt that this
was quite unbelievable.
“No,” Yuan Zhou mercilessly refused the reasonable request again and furthermore added cruelly,
“Other customers have begun to wait for the seats outside.”
Those few people complaining looked at Yuan Zhou. Their eyes were saying “You are so merciless,
shameless and unreasonable”.
Yuan Zhou’s expression didn’t have the slightest change, still remaining calm like usual.
“Egg Fried Rice Set...”
These people were defeated by Yuan Zhou’s usual expression, therefore they compromised and just
ordered their meal.
“Boss Yuan, please give us two servings of Egg Fried Rice Set too,” When Yuan Zhou glanced towards Wu
Zhou, the latter immediately said.
Yuan Zhou nodded his head and began to prepare the dishes.
“An Egg Fried Rice is fine. The set is a 100 RMB more expensive,” Zhuang Xinmu said discontentedly.
“It’s alright. Each dish in the set meal is terrific. Besides, soup is included. Didn’t you like drinking soup?”
While holding his girlfriend’s hand, Wu Zhou thought for a while and said decisively, “I’ll give my soup to
you.”
“Look at you. It’s only a bowl of soup, you are saying like you’re offering a piece of flesh from your
body.” Zhuang Xinmu pulled her hands away unhappily.
“Well…..You’ll understand it in a while.”
“Humph”
Quarrels between lovers were usually this unreasonable, but it was only then did they seem like they
were truly in love.
“Everybody, please enjoy yourself,” Yuan Zhou carried out 8 servings of Egg Fried Rice Set and said to
the customers.
“Thank you, Boss Yuan. Oh right, this is my girlfriend.” While moving the set meal to his girlfriend first,
he introduced her girlfriend to Yuan Zhou proudly.
Yuan Zhou’s reaction was a mere nod in his usual calm manner.
As for what he was thinking it his heart, what reaction do you expect a single man to have? However,
Yuan Zhou felt that the FFF League was fairly a wonderful association①.
Zhuang Xinmu looked at the Egg Fried Rice with a frown on her face, realizing that the dish didn’t seem
to have eggs in it. The rice grains were a golden color though. Nevertheless there wasn’t even a chopped
green onion or diced pieces of ham. Besides that, the bowl of seaweed soup was so small that it would
be gone in two or three gulps. The pickled radish was even less that the exact pieces could be counted.
This was the very first time that she saw such a so-called Egg Fried Rice, a dish in which there was only
rice but no eggs.
“Honey, this is for you.” Wu Zhou passed the seaweed soup to his girlfriend the moment he received the
set meal.
She didn’t refuse her boyfriend. It was natural to accept her boyfriend’s kindness, furthermore it was
merely a bowl of seaweed soup.
When Wu Zhou saw his girlfriend still hesitate to take a drink, he said, “Honey, hurry up and taste it. It’s
really fantastic.”
“Ok”, Zhuang Xinmu agreed and scooped up a spoonful of the soup into her mouth.
“Hua La La”
In an instant, the flavor rushed through her. Zhuang Xinmu actually wasn’t good at cooking. Her
specialty was in stewing soup. She learnt it just to provide additional nutrition for her boyfriend who
often worked overtime. That was why she thought that there were no eggs in the golden Egg Fried Rice.
Delicious, it was really delicious.
Zhuang Xinmu now felt that all the Egg Fried Rice she had ever eaten in her past 20 years were definitely
fake products.
If they were not fake, how could this serving of Egg Fried Rice be so wonderful? This was absolutely a
god tier existence.
In a sense, Zhuang Xinmu was right. This Egg Fried Rice was indeed called the God Tier Egg Fried Rice.
Then there was the seaweed soup.
“Hoo”
After a sip of seaweed soup, she finally completely understood why her boyfriend had that reluctant
expression when he promised to give his soup to her. Right now, she couldn’t afford to waste a single
drop. Thinking that she could drink another bowl of this soup, she felt her happiness overflowing.
While drinking the seaweed soup and eating the Egg Fried Rice, she also understood why there were
only several pieces of the pickled radish. It was expected since it was so delicious.
After gobbling down the set meal and another serving of her boyfriend’s seaweed soup and pickled
radish, Zhuang Xinmu felt her boyfriend was the one who cared about her most. He was even willing to
offer her such delicious things.
Happiness comes when you least expect it. This saying occurred to Zhuang Xinmu all of a sudden.
“From next month on, you can have 4000RMB as your living expense. Eat well here.” Zhuang Xinmu was
now overflowing with energy.
“But we still have to buy an apartment for our wedding,” Wu Zhou first felt delighted, but then he
thought about another issue, and hesitatingly asked.
“Never mind. We are still young and have plenty of time,” holding Wu Zhou’s hands, she said
passionately.
“Okay. Thank you so much for waiting for me.” Wu Zhou was so moved that he hugged his girlfriend’s
shoulders.
“That’s all right. But you must give me your soup again next time.” Zhuang Xinmu smiled happily like a
little fox that succeeded in stealing chickens.
Once again, another girl was conquered by Yuan Zhou’s superb culinary skill.
FFF League was a gathering of single males which have enmity towards other males with girlfriends.

Chapter 38: Surprise
After being traumatized by the sweet lovers, Yuan Zhou decided to get up late again the next morning to
ease his wounded heart.
In his dreams, Yuan Zhou transformed into the great FFF league and burned those sweet lovers to death.
Therefore, the next morning, the door of the restaurant was tightly shut again, leaving the bemoaning
customers waiting outside the door. The regular customers were truly tired by the boss’s behaviors.
What kind of ridiculous restaurant is this?
Ever since they knew Yuan Zhou had overslept last time, they had planned to abandon his restaurant
and let him panic a bit about losing business.
However, to their surprise, they would wake up around the time when Yuan Zhou usually opened his
restaurant. Their stomachs would grumble, reminding them to have breakfast while their feet would
automatically take them to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. It was then did they realize that it was the boss Yuan
Zhou who was calling the shots instead of them.
This situation lasted for a week.
Since Wu Zhou had obtained his girlfriend’s support, he had sufficient money again, thus he would
definitely come for the Egg Fried Rice once per day. Meanwhile, after that first meal, his girlfriend would
not only drop by on weekends, but also on Wednesdays, just for a meal in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. Of
course, Wu Zhou also benefited from his girlfriend’s frequent visits.
While the lovers were getting more and more intimate and passionate, the single boss, Yuan Zhou, felt
more and more reluctant to wake up early in the morning after watching them. This made the Soup
Dumplings even more precious due to their scarcity. If the customers had known it was the result of Wu
Zhou showing off his relationship, he would probably deeply understand the phrase “whoever shows
intimacy will meet his end quickly.”
A foodie that lost his mind would have surprisingly strong battle prowess, let alone a crowd of foodies.
“Good evening. It’s time for Meng Meng to look for delicacies again. So, does anybody have any
recommendations?”
A cute girl, with her hair in a bun, dressed in suspender shorts and a round neck T-shirt with white
letters printed on it, was facing her mobile phone and talking to it. She walked unsteadily, taking
occasional hops while she walked backwards, looking as if she could fall anytime.
Looking more closely, the girl’s spirited and lovely face appeared even cuter and more petite on the
small screen. She had a fashionable appearance of a lotita. Judging by her actions, this girl was
presumably a streamer.
“Your recommendations are so unreliable. There isn’t any food around here. I want delicious dishes!”
the cute girl said endearingly while wrinkling her nose. Her real name was Wang Meng and her online
handle was Confused Cutey
[I’m quite jealous of your skill of walking backward without hitting the wall], from Wall Supporting Gang.
[meng Meng, hurry up and eat please. I love watching you eat. It gives me a good appetite], from
Loneliness is Coming.
[Meng Meng, there’s somebody behind you…] from Time Waits for No One.
Such words flashed passed the screen. It seemed that Wang Meng was fairly popular as a streamer.
“Ok. I will take everybody to seek out tasty food right now.” When Wang Meng saw that most of the
messages were requesting for delicious foods, she started to look right and left, of course, in her natural
and cute style.
After that, the messages changed into applause and favorable comments.
While she was looking around, Wang Meng suddenly found Yuan Zhou’s restaurant with a few
customers inside.
“Do you guys see that restaurant without a sign?” while saying that, she slightly tilted her phone
upwards, then return it back to its original position. She then continued, “Based on its appearance, it
must have been opened not too long ago. Let’s try that new restaurant.”
Her audiences couldn’t wait already but Wang Meng was patient. She took her own time, showing the
audience the surroundings, just like an adventure.
[Meng Meng, if you keep staying at the entrance of the restaurant, the boss is going to drive you away],
from Wall Supporting Gang
[I’m here to watch you eat delicious food. Hurry up, please], from Loneliness is Coming.
“Ok, fine. I’m also hungry. Since I have already exercised, I can definitely eat more today.” Wang Meng
made the gesture “come on”, and then walked into Yuan Zhou’s restaurant while holding her phone.
Wang Meng was now walking forward normally, as she didn’t want to stumble at the doorway.
It was barely 5:00 in the afternoon. There were only a few customers at the moment, the regular
customer Wu Hai, and three other new customers.
“Boss Yuan, you are quite unkind. Could you please just tell me if you are going to open the restaurant
tomorrow morning?” After Wu Hai finished his Egg Fried Rice, he asked Yuan Zhou while rubbing his
belly in an uncouth manner.
“I have no idea. Who can be certain about the affairs of tomorrow?” Yuan Zhou drank a mouthful of
water, with a natural expression on his calm face.
Wu Hai felt quite helpless. “Boss Yuan, you are opening a restaurant and doing business. I’m begging
you. Please give me an exact answer? It’s also acceptable if you give me your phone number.”
“No way.” Yuan Zhou continued to refuse him.
Yuan Zhou wasn’t stupid. If he gave his telephone number to Wu Hai, he would probably have a human-
shaped alarm clock that would disturb his dreams every morning. Recently, Yuan Zhou had been quite
satisfied with his current life as he could sleep and wake up whenever he wanted every day.
Occasionally he would wake up early and prepare the Soup Dumplings for sale. The restaurant could
only be opened for 6 hours a day, thus he allocated 4 hours to noontime while the remaining 2 hours
were in the evening. As for the remaining time, he was preparing to learn something new to improve
himself.
Of course, his condition to this easy life was that the turnover of the 6 hours per day had to be similar to
those previously. It wasn’t exaggerated to say that he was raking in the dough now.
Upon entering the restaurant, Wang Meng witnessed that wonderful scene and heard them talking.
Occasionally, she typed to communicate with her audience through messages.
Once there were other people around, this streamer could just stay quiet and send messages to her
audience. She would then become a quiet beauty.
She went up and took a seat at the tall chair at the very middle. Then she started to adjust the angle of
her phone so she could catch herself eating also recorded the scene better.”
The table was quite clean and tidy, without any other condiments like salt and vinegar which were
usually prepared by other restaurants. As for the tissues, customers prepared those themselves.
Therefore, there was nothing that could be use as support for the phone on the table.
Of course, as a network streamer, Wang Meng was always prepared. She had a big pocket in her
suspender shorts, from which Wang Meng simply took out a small support frame, the kind that could be
attached to the table.
“Zhi”
She easily attached the support frame to the table and then put her phone on it. After adjusting the
angle, she continued to take things out of her pocket.
When she found there were no tissues supplied, she reached into her pocket and took out a wet wipe to
clean her hands. The seemingly small pocket was like Doraemon's pocket. This action of making things
appear out of that not very big pocket had already been a signature move of Wang Meng.
While she was still being Doraemon, Wang Meng suddenly noticed a comment that kept appearing on
the screen.
[Meng Meng, hurry up and look behind you], from Time Waits for No One.
At the very beginning, it was this guy with the ID Time Waits for No One who frequently said that sort of
thing. “Look at your back. There’s a ghost” and tried to scare her. Thus, Wang Meng didn’t take his
words seriously. But after a little while, similar contents filled the screen.
[Gosh, I’m gasping for breath. I need a kiss from Meng Meng. Please hurry and look behind you], from
Companionship of Books.
[Please tell me it’s not true. Meng Meng, please check behind of you], from Proud Rain of the Southern
Palace.
[Meng Meng, there’s a huge situation behind you. Please check it right away], from Loneliness is
Coming.
[Behind you. The wall behind is terribly scary], from Seven Three Seven Two One.
The series of words of “look at the wall behind you” almost scared Wang Meng. She really didn’t know
what was happening behind her.
She slowly turned her head…
Chapter 39: Simple-minded
The astonished streamer, Wang Meng, decided to follow her audience advice to look behind her.
While trembling, she turned her head slowly.
90 degrees.
Then she turned her body a 180 degrees.
Then...
“Did I misread it?”
Wang Meng screamed. She simply did not dare trust her eyes. After rubbing them, she took another
look again.
It was still the same. Wang Meng’s expression was as if she saw a ghost.
What she saw was the price list of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant on the wall behind her, where the prices were
clearly marked.
Egg Fried Rice: 188RMB /serving
Egg Fried Rice Set: 288RMB /seving
Soup Dumplings: 66RMB /serving
If the price list had not indicated it was in RMB, Wang Meng would have definitely thought it was in JPY.
Who had ever heard of such an expensive Egg Fried Rice dish? A bowl of Egg Fried Rice here could buy
20 bowls in other restaurants.
Furthermore, there was even a note beside the prices. “Each customer may only have one serving per
dish in this restaurant.”
That was funny, truly hilarious. Would anyone even order a second serving with this price?
Did he truly think that the rich were all fools?
[Meng Meng got frightened. Come into my arms for comfort], from Image of South River.
[Meng Meng, don’t be scared. You can afford it. Let me help you now], from Proud Rain of the Southern
Palace. After saying that, he immediately transferred 500RMB worth of electronic currency to her.
[Take the money and eat two bowls. Go], from Proud Rain of the Southern Palace.
[Meng Meng, please hurry up and help us taste the 288RMB Egg Fried Rice Set], from Seemingly
Disguise.
This kind of audience who would support her for nothing was most appreciated by Wang Meng. When
she found so many people requesting for her to give it a try, she could only go for it.
Streamers were the same as authors. They had to comply with the audience or readers requests.
“Boss, what tasty dishes do you have?” Wang Meng asked directly.
“It’s all written at the back, check it yourself.”
With his sensitive hearing and sharp sight, Yuan Zhou had already figured out that this girl was a
network streamer. She had been holding on to her phone and talking ceaselessly to it ever since she
came in through the entrance.
“Why does everyone keep asking me to look behind today?” Wang Meng responded with a smile, as she
complained silently in her heart.
[The boss rejected the acting Meng Meng’s cute act. It’s okay Meng Meng], from Lord Little Bull.
[Meng Meng, don’t forget my 288RMB Egg Fried Rice Set], from Engage.
While saying that, the two people transferred her an extra 100RMB respectively.
“Boss, please give me one Egg Fried Rice Set.” Wang Meng ordered the most expensive dish
straightaway, as per her audience request.
“Ok. Hold on.”
Yuan Zhou’s voice always had a magnetic charm to it. Besides the beard, he could be said to be of the
mature type. People rarely expected him to be only 24 or 25. They were more likely to think that he was
30 or so.
His magnetic voice attracted all the little girls on the other side of the screen instantly.
[Meng Meng, take a photo of the boss and show us. You haven’t recorded the appearance of the boss
yet], from Proud Rain of South Palace.
[What a magnetic voice the boss has!I’m a fan of his now], from Somebody Styled.
[Show us an HD photo of the boss], from Cool Cold Ink.
While reading the messages on the screen, Wang Meng stuck out her tongue and said, “No problem. Let
me take the photo for you. But don’t forget about me after you see him.”
The audience watching the live scene loved these kind of performance by Wang Meng the most. While
speaking comforting words, there were many transfers given as well.
At the moment, Yuan Zhou was carrying the Egg Fried Rice to Wang Meng. Therefore, she seized the
chance to turn the camera towards Yuan Zhou.
[Meng Meng, the boss is the mature type, my favourite], from Kiss the Group.
[A mature boss type! So cute! That’s awfully terrific], from Love You Forever.
[A serious and cool mature type boss along with a cute loli streamer. My mind is giving me new
suggestions for a story], from Confused Extraordinariness.
Such messages appeared on the screen. It seemed that her audiences did not include only males, but
also girls who enjoyed this type of gourmet programme.
“Please take your time and enjoy,” Yuan Zhou said the customary words as he set down the tray.
“Boss Yuan, since you won’t tell me if your are going to be opened for breakfast tomorrow morning, I
have to eat more the usual today in case I get hungry by then,” Wu Hai requested in an innocent
manner.
“This request is fairly reasonable,” Yuan Zhou said earnestly as he went up to Wu Hai and the other
regular customers.
“See？Never give up! Look, I finally succeed!” Wu Hai shook his neighbor excitedly.
“Boss Yuan, I want another one, too. I have never eaten my fill, thus every night, I wake up due to
hunger,” the one being shaken said in a miserable tone while trying to get rid of Wu Hai.
“I haven't’ finished speaking.” With his hands folded across his chest, Yuan Zhou looked at the excited
Wu Hai and then continued, “It’s a fairly reasonable request, but I refuse.”
“Huh?”
Once he spoke those words, besides Yuan Zhou and Wang Meng, the other five customers froze
immediately.
Yuan Zhou was the culprit while Wang Meng was being conquered by the delightful Egg Fried Rice Set.
She had almost forgotten about her live broadcast, proving how superb the taste of the set meal was.
If Wang Meng had to pretend on her previous broadcasts and show an intoxicated expression while
eating those food, it was completely unnecessary now. This dish was far too delicious.
This could be seen from the numerous messages on the screen
That blissful expression while savouring her meal made the audience on the other side of the screen
hungry. Even those that had just eaten were not exempted.
“Baji Baji”
Only after chewing and swallowing the last mouthful did Wang Meng started to speak again. “My
goodness, it’s super delicious, absolutely delicious. This restaurant is the best one that I have ever
visited. Those exotic and rare foods cannot even hold a candle to this bowl of Egg Fried Rice.”
“Yes, delicious, this kind of delicacy cannot be fully described by words.”
After praising it, Wang Meng found numerous messages on the screen asking for her to eat another
bowl and also for the address of the restaurant.
[I strongly implore Meng Meng to inform us of the restaurant’s address. The money has been paid to
you], from Image of South River.
[Meng Meng, please share your location. Your expression is so blissful while eating, that I couldn’t help
finishing three packs of sunflower seeds], from Robolan119.
[I just finished eating another bowl of the instant noodles as well, since I almost starved while looking at
the screen. I have decided to taste the 288RMB Egg Fried Rice Set. Please give the address of the
restaurant], from Dark Cloud in the Blue Sky.
[Doesn’t anyone want to watch Meng Meng eat another bowl of Egg Fried Rice? The meal expense has
been paid for. Please order another serving], Seemingly Disguise rewarded her with another 300RMB.
[Meng Meng, the way you eat is super cute. Please order another serving and share with us the location
of the restaurant], from Night City and Desert Smoke.
...........
“You guys are so merciless. You would abandon me just for a dish!” said Wang Meng while pretending to
be sad.
Only after she found that the messages started to revolve around her again did she praise Yuan Zhou’s
small restaurant. She was quite good at interacting with her audience.
“The address has been shared. Maybe you’ll get a chance to have a live broadcast together with me.”
“But in all seriousness, this restaurant serves really good food. I will definitely order another serving.”
Wang Meng said while smiling, with a seemingly dazed, honest and sweet expression on her face.
Wang Meng raised her head and looked at Yuan Zhou eagerly, saying, “Boss, please give me with
another serving of the Egg Fried Rice Set.”
“Beauty, the rules of the restaurant are written on the wall. Please take a look behind you.” Yuan Zhou
refused her mercilessly while pointing to the wall behind Wang Meng.
“Each guest may only have one serving per meal. Request for more is not acceptable.” Wang Meng
uttered aloud subconsciously.
Those words were glaringly obvious in contrast with the white wall.
Wu Hai and the rest were already preparing to watch the show. They expected the little girl to be
defeated by Yuan Zhou’s rules and leave with a heavy heart. However the words she uttered next
completely took them by surprise.
Even Yuan Zhou didn’t expect it...

Chapter 40: Completing the Mission
“Each guest may only have one serving per meal. No additional servings will be allowed,” Wang Meng
read aloud.
“Then forget about the set meal. Just give me a serving of Egg Fried Rice, please,” said Wang Meng.
The onlookers, Wu Hai and other customers, were smiling, anticipating the scene where the girl got
mercilessly rejected.
Just as Yuan Zhou was about to refuse her request, the system suddenly responded.
The system read, “This request doesn’t break the rules.”
Yuan Zhou swallowed back his refusal abruptly. He carefully checked the characters sent by the system
that were still lingering in his mind.
“No problem. Hold on, please.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head calmly, then prepared to go to kitchen and
cook.
Wu Hai and the other onlookers were about to portray their glee, but then their expressions changed
into looks of surprise, disbelief and incredibility.
Wu Hai leapt from his seat and asked, “Boss! What’s wrong with you? Are you gonna break your rules
today?”
“That’s right. We have been here for so many times, but you have never agreed to give us another
serving. This girl only asked once, and you just simply agreed. What’s the matter with you?” The other
onlookers couldn’t keep calm anymore, thus they started to stand up and complain one after another.
“Boss Yuan, this is unacceptable.”
“You went against your rules just for a beauty. How could you do this?”
Just then, Wang Meng stared at them with her cute eyes and said meekly, “I didn’t order the same dish.
I ordered the Egg Fried Rice this time, not the set meal. They are different dishes, aren’t they?”
“Huh?”
The formerly noisy adults instantly froze, as if they were petrified.
“What the hell? Can that actually work?”
“Why didn’t I think of such a solution? Yes, each dish can only be ordered once. However, wouldn’t we
get two servings by ordering another dish?” Wu Hai couldn’t help thinking.
“Good idea. Why didn’t I think of this method?”
“This could actually work. Every dish can be ordered once!!!”
The several customers were all ruminating over this method, astonished by the simple solution.
Not many people could accept and learn from their mistakes. Usually, they would either give excuses or
blame others. For example, the current Wu Hai.
“Boss Yuan, you have been deceiving me.” Wu Hai, an adult man with a mustache, made a gesture of
clutching his heart like some actress. With the flames of resentment blazing behind him, he glared at
Yuan Zhou.
He acted as if Yuan Zhou had done something unforgivable, even by the heavens.
“Boss, you are so unkind. Why didn’t you tell us earlier?” another customer agreed and said with a
frown.
Facing this question, Yuan Zhou answered frankly, “That is because all of you have never ordered the
dishes this way.”
Actually, even Yuan Zhou himself didn’t know of this method, otherwise he would have already told
everybody. While thinking of all the money that slipped out of his grasp, Yuan Zhou’s face became
serious.
His reply made the customers speechless.
Eventually, it was Wu Hai who reacted first, saying anxiously, “Then I also want to order a serving of Egg
Fried Rice.”
“Me, too. I also want to order a serving of that.”
The several people ordered their dishes, all talking at once. Only then did they glance at each other with
a self-mocking and bitter smile. This really was a blind spot in their thinking.
Fortune’s wheel is ever turning. It was now Wang Meng’s turn to watch the fun.
Seeing the previously agitated customers being silenced by a mere response from Yuan Zhou, Wang
Meng made a ‘’keep quiet’’ gesture. Then she smiled privately, covering her mouth.
[The boss sure has a personality, but Meng Meng is still the cutest….Catch my gift~], from Yteuje.
While saying that, the characters appeared on the screen again showing the gift transfer.
[The boss looks rather skillful. Meng Meng, are the dishes really that delicious?], from Direction Idiot
Looking for Help.
[Meng Meng, don’t waste your time watching the others make a scene. Focus on your job and
concentrate on the meal. Come on, Meng Meng], from Whipping Palace.
[The boss does have a point, thus I have nothing to say. Anyway, does anyone want to try the dish
together?], from Regretful.
[Meng Meng’s expression was so joyful just now. I want to see her eat again. Of course, she’s also cute
when she smiles], from Good Person Lacking the Moon.
“Don’t worry, everybody. The Egg Fried Rice is here now. Have a good look at the dish this time before I
eat,” Wang Meng said while raising the freshly fried Egg Fried Rice, just like presenting a treasure.
While saying that, she moved close to the camera.
The God Tier Egg Fried Rice prepared by Yuan Zhou did not merely have excellent taste, but also had a
great appearance. It encompassed all the features that a delicacy should have. These include color,
flavor, taste, shape and meaning. Placed under the camera lens, the dish was like a work of art.
It was totally different from the other so-called delicacies which had to go through elaborate
beautification, lighting and angle selection. Yuan Zhou’s dish gave off the same effect as those
delicacies, even though Wang Meng just casually shoved it onto the camera screen.
[Woah, my goodness. Meng Meng, did you just casually take that? It is far better than those pictures of
famous cuisines], from Yteuje.
[I don’t know why, but I almost bit the screen just now. It must be an illusion. This is a photo, right?],
from Thief of Cuisine.
[Meng Meng, wait for me. I’m so hungry that I need another packet of instant noodles], from Dark Cloud
in the Blue Sky.
“I know you guys want to eat it too. But for now, Meng Meng is going to help all of you savor it first.”
After saying that, Wang Meng picked up her spoon and started to taste the dish. Meanwhile, gifts filled
the screen, which made Wang Meng eat even more happily and carefully.
“I feel like I am finally full for the first time in my life. This second serving of Egg Fried Rice is really too
difficult to obtain.” Wu Ha’s occupation involved artistic creativity, thus he was quite emotional in his
daily life. If not for fear of affecting the taste of the Egg Fried Rice, he would have already held the dish
and cried.
“It really wasn’t easy. Boss Yuan deserves the nickname of Compass. He is principled, but yet so
deceptive.” It was another customer who had begun crying over the second dish.
“Wonderful Egg Fried Rice! I can finally have two bowls for each meal. Life is so good now.” Another
person started to devour his dish fervently with chopsticks.
“However, you don’t have enough money to afford that.” A cold ridicule came from the neighboring
person.
“Don’t worry. I can work hard to get promoted and increase my salary. The goal is to have 6 servings of
Egg Fried Rice every day.” the hard-working customer insisted.
Upon hearing this, Yuan Zhou raised his eyebrows. He never thought that his Egg Fried Rice could have
such an effect.
“Thank you, boss. I’m leaving now.” Wang Meng turned off the live broadcast, then said goodbye
politely to Yuan Zhou.
“You are welcome. Take care.” Yuan Zhou sent off his final customer Wang Meng.
With a loud “Peng”, Yuan Zhou shut down the door of the restaurant.
Afterwards, Yuan Zhou started his daily routine of chucking the plates into the advanced dishwasher. He
didn’t have to do anything himself.
The system read, “Mission completed. The reward can be claimed now.”
Yuan Zhou was climbing the stairs at this moment. He halted for a second, then quickened his footsteps.
He pounded up the stairs so fast that each step gave off a loud “Dong Dong” sound.
He threw open the door and quickly entered his room. After tossing his phone on his quilt, he sat down
and tapped open the mission status.
(Mission status: 1000/1000 completed)
[Mission reward]: Clear Soup Noodle (Available to obtain)
“How did I complete the mission so fast?” After asking that, Yuan Zhou realized what a dumb question it
was. The reason must be because of the live broadcast.
Of course, the system ignored Yuan Zhou’s question.

After receiving the Clear Soup Noodle, the cooking method swiftly emerged in Yuan Zhou’s mind. Not
until then did he realize how different the noodles in his Clear Soup Noodle were compared to ordinary
ones.
Now, the Clear Soup Noodle was finally in his grasp!
Chapter 41: A Bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup (Part One)
“Coo…….”
The sound of hunger emitted from his stomach and woke Yuan Zhou up. He had been lost in thought,
admiring the cooking methods of the Clear Broth Noodle Soup.
“Oh, yeah. I haven’t had my dinner for today. Why don’t I prepare a bowl of these noodles for my
dinner?” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself solemnly. He had completely forgotten about the two bowls of
Egg Fried Rice that he ate earlier.
He quickened his pace, hurrying downstairs.
“Pa”
He flipped the kitchen’s light switch. Instantly, the entire kitchen became as bright as it usually was
during the day. It was as if there were shadowless lamps illuminating every corner of the kitchen. Of
course, the lighting in the main hall was different. Its brightness was set to provide the maximum
comfort for the customers. Therefore, one wouldn’t feel tired even while wearing glasses for a long time
in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant.
Just as Yuan Zhou expected, he found something new after looking around the kitchen.
The characters “All Purpose Flour” had appeared on a new cabinet. It stood next to the one that
contained the flour used to make the Steamed Pork Buns. Meanwhile, a new cooking pot for the
noodles had emerged beside the frying pan. However, it was different from those that Yuan Zhou had
seen before.
Usually, normal pots were used in other restaurants. Those were large, thus could prepare plenty of
noodles in one go. Nevertheless, the one in Yuan Zhou’s kitchen was like a Kanto cooking-styled pot ①.
The only difference was that each grid was big enough to cook approximately 100 grams of noodles.
There were 12 grids in total, with a total of 3 rows and 4 grids in each row. After looking carefully and
touching them, he discovered that the grids were totally sealed from one another by the means of a
partition.
“Peng Peng”
The clear and melodious sound of the handle told Yuan Zhou it was made of porcelain.
“System, isn’t this heat resistant porcelain?”
Yuan Zhou had once been to Jingdezhen, which was famous for its porcelain wares in China, during his
university days. So he knew some rough categories of porcelain. He recalled that the skill level required
was extremely high to create heat-resistant porcelain.
The system read, “This cooking pot is indeed created using heat resistant porcelain, after going through
a sophisticated process. Therefore, the finished product can be said to be top graded.”
“Can I sell this pot and exchange it for another?” Yuan Zhou asked while holding his head.
The system read, “The taste and nutrition value of the noodles cooked in this pot will have the best
effect, thus this tool is unavailable for sale.”
“Ho Ho”
As far as Yuan Zhou knew, the heat resistant porcelain could be used as materials in structures that were
required to withstand high temperatures. It can be used in many fields including astronavigation, atomic
energy, electronic technology, machinery, chemical industry and metallurgy. It was an indispensable
heat resistant material for engineers, with wide varieties and extensive applications.
Yet, now the system had provided him such materials just for a mere cooking pot. He was in awe of the
system.
Moreover, Yuan Zhou found that the frequency of which he used “Ho Ho” had increased exponentially
ever since he bumped into the system. He suddenly longed for the previously days when he rarely
cursed or gave sarcastic laughs.
As for the new water tap that appeared at the side, the words “For Kneading Dough Only” were too
obvious to be missed.
Yuan Zhou grumbled for a little while in his mind, and then he opened the cabinet filled with the flour
calmly.
The unique fragrance of the wheat spread out as soon as the cabinet was opened.
“Peng”
Yuan Zhou took up a 50 diameter terracotta pot and set it on the nearby azure stone countertop. Then
he started to scoop up the flour with a clean wooden spoon free from any filth.
The current flour had different characteristics from the previous one used for the Steamed Pork Buns.
First, the flour wasn't the usual snowy white that was commonly seen. Instead, it was slightly yellow.
With his sharp sense of smell, Yuan Zhou also captured a different fragrance from it.
He opened the cupboard and found a coarse porcelain bowl that had just appeared in it. It was light
brown in color and had cloud patterns on the exterior surface. Although made of coarse porcelain, it
was nevertheless fine and smooth, unlike ordinary ones. Furthermore, he could see that the bowl hadn’t
been processed with ceramic glaze before.
“Hua Hua”
Yuan Zhou collected two big bowls of water and then started to knead the dough.
That’s right. The noodles from the Clear Broth Noodle Soup recipe rewarded by the system had to be
made from the very beginning.
If there were a standard for kneading dough in the world, then Yuan Zhou’s actions could be said to
have textbook form, but at the same time, he had hints of uniqueness in it. This was because although
his movements were elegant, they also contain his own personal style in it.
The dough gradually became smooth and delicate in Yuan Zhou’s hand; the yellowish color had been
replaced by a seemingly shiny glister. Furthermore, the fragrance was all contained within the dough,
hence no smell was emitted.
On the other side of the azure stone countertop, Yuan Zhou scattered some dry flour, took out the
dough and then started to flatten the dough with a rolling pin.
Of course, even the rolling pin was extraordinary. It was a huge rolling pin classified as “Zou Chui”①,
which was specially invented for rolling noodles.
The rolling pin that Yuan Zhou was using was made from Toona Sinensis wood.
A matured Toona Sinensis was said to be as rare as the superior red sandalwood. It was rumored that
even one of the eight immortals, Lu Dongbin, used the Toona Sinensis wood as his pillow when he lived
in Saisendai in ancient Shanzhou. During the olden days, only the high officials, noble lords, and the
wealthy individuals could afford to make furniture using Toona Sinensis wood, nanmu and red
sandalwood.
This rolling pin, however, was made from the pith of a hundred-year Toona Sinensis wood. The pith was
red-brown in color with a slight hint of golden yellow. The surface was as smooth as a mirror and even
released a pleasant fragrance when it came into contact with water. This was the reason it had the title
of “King among the Hundreds Woods”.
Of course, this was nothing more than a rolling pin provided by the system.
“Gazhi Gazhi”
The dough emitted melodious sounds on the azure stone countertop. This was the sound that could only
be produced by superior quality flour.
Yuan Zhou worked quickly. Just after a while, he had already reached the stage of chopping the dough.
He took out bamboo strips from below. Then after stacking the moderately thick dough into three
layers, he started to chop the dough with a noodle knife.
“Dang Dang Dang”
The sound when the knife came in contact with the countertop was clear and melodious, matching
every movement of Yuan Zhou. Following the sound, the noodles were chopped. Each strip of noodle
had a length of 30cm and a width of 0.1cm. After that, the noodle strips was placed onto the bamboo
strips.
Taking out the remaining flour from the bowl, he scattered it over the prepared noodles evenly and then
slid the bamboo strips into a fresh-keeping storage.
“Finally, it’s the time to cook the noodles.”
He wiped away the beaded sweat on his forehead and took the lid off the special cooking pot.
The middle grid in the intelligent heat resistant porcelain pot was automatically filled with the water
until it was 70% full. In no more than 10 seconds, the water was boiled. He grabbed two handfuls of
noodles and threw them in. Instantly, the noodles floated, bending and wriggling in a variety of graceful
postures in the boiling water.
“System, please tell me the origin of the flour.” Yuan Zhou would basically ask this question every time a
new dish appeared. If he didn’t ask, how would he find out about all the tasty foods waiting for him
around the world?
The system read, “The earliest record of planting wheat was said to be in Mesopotamia. That was the
place where wheat was first cultivated in the world,”
“On the other hand, the wheat in China was first brought in from the middle reach of the Yellow River,
then it gradually spread to regions south of the Yangtze River, and then further to Korea and Japan.
During the period between 15th and 17th century, the European colonists brought wheat to the South
and North American regions; in 18th century, the wheat spread even further to the Oceania regions.
“When two wheat grains were brought to the eastern part of Iran, a natural crossbreeding occurred
between wheat and the wild plants there. After they grew and multiplied, the hybrid then became the
ordinary wheat that we know of.”
“The wheat selected by the system is a perfect breed of the first natural hybrid generation. Of the
selected breed, only grains with more than 50% of the top cutin were selected. Those were known as
White Hard Wheat. Compared with red wheat, the white wheat appeared to be yellow or a milky white
color with a thin skin; the grains had a high content of albumen, and the flour extraction rate was both
high.”
“This special wheat used is top graded wheat that can only be obtained through special supply
channels.”
“I really am treated like a king now. First, it’s specially supplied rice and now it’s the specially supplied
wheat.” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself.
At this time, the noodles in the cooking pot were almost ready.
Finally, the legendary Clear Broth Noodle Soup was ready for tasting!
Kanto cooking-styled pot is a special and distinct kitchenware for Kanto cooking, a snack enjoyed by the
Japanese. The pot is consisted of several independent grids for cooking different varieties of foods at
one go. The grids are separated from each other, so different varieties of the foods can be cooked at the
same time, without affecting the taste.
Chapter 42: A Bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup (Part Two)
Yuan Zhou picked up the large coarse porcelain bowl, then prepared to add the final seasonings. He
opened the salt box, then put some in according to his liking, and also added some seafood sauce that
would bring out the flavor. Afterwards, he set the bowl down and started to put in the noodles.
Yuan Zhou deftly used a special colander ladle and long bamboo chopsticks to scoop up all the noodles
at once, then dipped them into ice-cold water quickly. Next, the noodles were thrown into the bowl
filled with seasonings.
“Swish”
A spoonful of boiling broth was poured onto the noodles. He could instantly feel the rising heat and
smell the fragrance that rushed into his nose. With a few drops of sesame oil, the fragrance became
even stronger and lingered around the kitchen.
The word ‘delicious’ could hardly do justice to this bowl of noodles.
Yuan Zhou took a seat on his private chair with the bowl in his hands and raised his chopsticks, preparing
to enjoy the meal.
The broth in the brown porcelain bowl was not clear like water. 80% of the bowl was filled with broth
along with the barely sufficient noodles. It emitted a smell stimulated one's appetite.
“Slurp......”
Yuan Zhou may be an authentic southwesterner. However, he preferred rice over noodles. As an adult
man, he would only consume 50 grams of noodles. Whenever he went out and ordered 50 grams of
noodles for a meal, he would receive strange glances from the bosses.
Of course, at the beginning, eating 100 grams of noodles wasn’t a problem for him, but that was when
his parents were still alive and running the noodle restaurant.
Yet, now, Yuan Zhou was holding the bowl and eating noodles blissfully. One could have never thought
he disliked noodles just by looking at this scene.
“It’s awfully tasty”, Yuan Zhou muttered.
There were actually very few seasonings added to the noodles. A mere pinch of salt, seafood sauce and
a few drops of sesame oil. Nevertheless, this bowl of noodles could be said to have gone beyond the
limits of ordinary noodles.
The wheat can be used as a decoration and also has medicinal purpose. It has high nutrition value which
only the system can provide.
The system read, “The wheat grains can only mature under strict sunlight conditions. Only the best
wheat grains that mature at the same time will be selected and roughly peeled before entering the
grinding process.”
“The wheat grains are ground using a traditional stone mill. This low-temperature process is used in
order to avoid ruining the nutrition in the wheat grains.”
“The flour made from the stone mill is able to preserve the nutrition of the wheat grains. These include
protein, gluten, carotene, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1 and B2, etc. Of all these,
the carotene and vitamin E in the stone mill flour is 18 times higher than those found in other kinds of
flour. Furthermore, the slow grinding characteristic maintains the molecular structure of the wheat
grains, thus no additives are required.”
“The reason why the primary color appears to be yellow is because the flour retains abundant vitamin B,
which is really good for the human nervous system and skin tissues.”
“The stone mill uses two stone disks that have been repeatedly hammered and ground by traditional
tools. These two stone disks are carved by hand into flat cylinders from thick stone blocks. After that,
rows of diagonal lines are carved over the two stone disks, to act as grinding gears.”
“The creation of the grinding gears requires a demanding and complicated technique. Manual
modifications are essential to perfect its reasonable, natural and scientific designs. This is because the
modifications for the angle, size and gap cannot be achieved by modern tools.”
The noodles that were in Yuan Zhou’s mouth now had gone through numerous cycles of grinding. With a
bite, one could tell how different the texture of the noodles was from its chewiness. The fragrance that
was trapped within the noodles during the kneading of the dough now burst out instantly. Once could
see the golden wheat swaying about in the wheat field after one bite.
“Boom Boom Pow”
This was the explosion that could only be created from a delicacy.
The main ingredient was the noodles while all other seasonings merely complemented it. Even the
specially supplied well salt and the amazing broth became seasonings that were used to bring out the
taste of the main ingredient.
The chewy noodles were smooth and easy to swallow. It was almost impossible to choke on it and it
kept sliding down his gullet. The reason was because the stomach was demanding him to swallow more,
to swallow more and more.
“Slurp....”
The sound of Yuan Zhou gulping down noodles echoed throughout the whole restaurant. If the dish was
delicious enough, who would care about image?
“Guluk”
Having swallowed up the last mouthful of the noodles, Yuan Zhou directly brought the bowl up and
drank the remaining broth without any hesitation.
“Burp.....”
A resounding burp burst out from Yuan Zhou.
“It was so tasty.” Yuan Zhou touched his belly unconsciously. While looking at the empty bowl and the
cooking pot for the noodles, he heaved a sigh.
“I am much too full that I can’t eat anymore,” Yuan Zhou said with a regretful tone.
Now that he had eaten his fill, Yuan Zhou tapped to open the mission status and checked the message
he received.
Host: Yuan Zhou (Ordinary Chinese Han, Nationality: human)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Physical quality: C (overall evaluations of neutral responding speed, strength, coordination and
sensibility, etc.)
Culinary talent: Unknown
Skill: None
Tool: None
5 Dimensions Cooking evaluation: Novice
(A novice that had just mastered how to cook the Egg Fried Rice and Clear Broth Noodle Soup).
Level: 2
Title: Master of Cooked Wheaten Food

(As a Master of Cooked Wheaten Food, how could you be so busy in the kitchen? You need some time of
your own to improve your culinary skills. Therefore, business hours must be less than 6 hours every
day.)
recognition points on the internet within 20 days. (Completed)
(Mission Tips: Advertising by yourself or with money is not allowed. As a future Master Chef, how could
you advertise your restaurant by yourself? It must be advertised by word of mouth voluntarily.)
[Mission reward]: Clear Broth Noodle Soup (Received)
After a careful check, Yuan Zhou found that his level had increased to Level 2. “System, what is the
reward for obtaining a higher level?”
The system read, “A set of table and chairs for two people has been unlocked.”
“Lottery system downloading. Download complete. The host has a chance to draw a lottery. Please take
the chance.”
“A lottery?! It seems to be something new.” Yuan Zhou rubbed his lower jaw.
The flower racks beside the entrance had disappeared. They were replaced with some dim lights
enveloping that area. It seemed the system was creating a set of table and chairs.
“Shall I draw a lottery now or later?” Yuan Zhou hesitated.
“Let me first check what the reward is.” Yuan Zhou mouth couldn't help twitching when he tapped open
the lottery page.
Only two rewards were shown in his mind. Yuan Zhou could draw a lottery once to get 2 sauces among
222 sauces.
To his surprise, the tool used in the lottery was a dice. Moreover, it was a row of dice. A row!!! What
kind of lottery is this? Was he supposed to throw all of them?”
“How do I draw the lottery?” Yuan Zhou asked as he rolled his eyes speechlessly.
He had barely finished asking, when Yuan Zhou found one of the dice had left the row and moved to one
side quietly, waiting for someone to fling it.
“Nice, it’s very systematic.”
“Fling it.” The dice automatically began to rotate at a uniform speed.
After 10 seconds...
“Stop.
The reason why Yuan Zhou called out so late was merely because he thought that the dice was
controlled automatically by the system. However, after he carefully stared at the dice for over 10
seconds, he found that the dice was still rotating blissfully. Yuan Zhou then realized he was wrong.
The dice stopped instantly when he called out. It was only then did Yuan Zhou see the words on it
clearly.
Chapter 43: Reward and Deceit
The dice stopped instantly when he called out. Only then did Yuan Zhou see the words on it clearly.
To his surprise, it had two numbers, 13/22.
“System, what does this mean?”
The system read, “Congratulations! Host, you have gotten 2 tools in one go from the lottery.”
“Haven’t you told me that every try gives you two rewards anyway? I can read for myself. Ok, forget it.
Let’s receive them first.” Yuan Zhou accepted the rewarded tools without hesitation.
“There are only numbers. Who knows what they mean.”
The system could provide up to 222 kinds of sauces. Only God would know what exactly Yuan Zhou
obtained.
“What’s the ranking for the sauces?”
Yuan Zhou didn’t bother guessing about the things he didn’t understand now. This was because he had
never even heard of most of the things provided by the system.
The system read, “The sauces have no rankings. The rewards have been given.”
The system read, “Since the host has reached Level 2, a set of table and chairs has been unlocked. Now,
customers having meals in the restaurant are not allowed to eat while standing.”
(As a Master Chef restaurant, it is really awkward to have customers standing while eating.)
It seemed that the happenings today were all about 2 (In some regions of China, the number 2 means
stupid or foolish). The sauces went all the way up to 222 kinds; he had reached Level 2 in the system; he
had gotten sauce No.22 in the lottery.
“Not that I mind at all.” Yuan Zhou felt that whenever he leveled up, the system would give him a
pleasant surprise. However, the pleasant surprise this time was too much for him to accept.
Nonetheless, after careful consideration, the number of customers like that wouldn’t be affected much.
After all, customers that stood and ate were quite rare. Besides, it was truly odd for customers to enjoy
the Clear Broth Noodle Soup while standing. Yuan Zhou always comforted himself every time this
occurred. Although it might result in loss of customers, the new dish would make up for it by attracting
more new customers.
Of course, that was the main reason.
Whenever Yuan Zhou obtained rewards from the system, there would be some new rules. Yuan Zhou
also understood that it was necessary for him to abide by the rules, which would, in turn, help the
restaurant develop and expand. However, not everybody would abide by these beneficial rules. Just like
how every cigarette pack was marked with a “Smoking is harmful to your health” slogan, but people still
buy and smoke it.
“My money!” Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou was still reluctant to see his money flow away.
The system read, “A set of table and chairs has been unlocked. Customers having meals in the
restaurant are not allowed to stand while eating.”
“All right”, Yuan Zhou had already gotten used to the deceitful system. Anyhow, at least the system
provided him with a set of table and chairs.
“Forget it. Let me check my rewards first”, Yuan Zhou started peer about, looking for something new in
the kitchen while clutching his aching heart.
It was easy to find out where the system had placed the rewards. Near the stairway, there was originally
an empty countertop below an embedded cabinet. Now two transparent glass jars sat on the formerly
vacant long countertop.
“Boom Boom”
The glass jars gave off a clear and melodious sound after being knocked by Yuan Zhou.
“It doesn't feel like glass.” Yuan Zhou muttered to himself.
The system read, “This container is made using the firing techniques [1] on raw azure stone. It is a kind
of transparent crystal glaze that is made from raw azure stones by heating it with sophisticated skills.
“The raw azure stones are melted in a furnace with the temperature over 1000℃, then are allowed to
be coagulated naturally into the noble and gorgeous crystal glaze.”
“This crystal glaze is clear and dazzling. It makes a unique sound when knocked, which will linger for a
long while.”
“...” Yuan Zhou had no comment.
“What sauces are these?” Yuan Zhou decided to ask something related to dishes.
The system read, “No. 13 is blueberry jam and No. 22 is beef mince.”
“It looks really good.”

Yuan Zhou heaved a sigh, looking at the sauces. His stomach was full due to the Egg Fried Rice and Clear
Broth Noodle Soup, leaving no room for the sauces. He could only wait untill tomorrow to give them a
taste.
It would bother him less if he couldn't seem them. Hence Yuan Zhou turned off the light and went
upstairs immediately.
Yuan Zhou changed into a pair of clean clothes, and did his usual washing up. He always maintained
good hygiene, which had been a habit of his ever since he was little.
While lying in bed, Yuan Zhou realized that he wasn’t sleepy at all. So he took out his new phone and
started to play games. With his level, he could only play some puzzle games, like Rock Em Blocks or
CarrotFantasy.
Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou’s purpose of playing games was just to help him fall asleep. Before he could
complete the first round, his carrot was bitten to death and he had already entered the land of dreams.
Daylight arrived. The sun shone through the window of Yuan Zhou’s room. It was 10:00 a.m sharp.
“Is Boss Yuan sleeping in again?” Wu Hai was waiting outside with another idle person, chatting while
drinking mineral water.
“Definitely. By the way, was what happened last night true?” asked a young man dressed in T-shirt and
jeans.
“Of course it’s true. All of us had been trying to figure out the solution to this issue. Nevertheless, that
girl totally beat us with just one try. She managed to order two servings of Egg Fried Rice easily,” Wu Hai
sighed with emotion and said while grinding his teeth. That event made Wu Hai really annoyed.
“It’s awesome. We can finally have two servings and eat our fill. You all can’t understand how bad it
feels to wake up every night due to hunger,” A fat man beside Wu Hai interrupted.
“Yeah, yeah. I get hungry too whenever it’s time for Boss Yuan to open the restaurant. My feet just take
me here.”
“You are right. I didn't plan to come, and yet I’m still here now. Those culinary skills of Boss Yuan are
indeed excellent.” Another man joined in the conversation.
The several people started to talk all at once about their experiences of being bullied by Yuan Zhou’s
rules.
...........
“Ta Ta Ta”
Wu Anlu was walking to the sales department office quickly, with a contract in his hands. He was
dressed in a quality suit and wore a medium-priced watch “Bulova” around his wrist. His bovine leather
shoes made a crisp and melodious sound as they came into contact with the floor tiles.
He was the supervisor of the sales department. Recently, his department had accepted a large order
concerning a construction project. The negotiations with suppliers amounted to 5 million RMB. If they
managed to get the order, just the commission alone was equal to three months of his salary.
Therefore, Wu Anlu hadn’t been to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant during that period. Instead, he had his meals
and slept at the company, working with all his colleagues for ten days straight. Finally, they managed to
sign the contract today. He was now hurrying back to deliver this good news to his co-workers.
He had barely entered the office before a decently dressed man in an ordinary suit rushed towards him
and asked,
“Boss, how’s the result? Did they agree to sign the contract with us?”
“Ma Wei, you scared me.” Wu Anlu stepped back while clutching the contract in his arms. Once he saw
it was his subordinate, he felt relieved.
“Aha, I’m too eager to know the result. How is it, boss? You’ve talked all morning.” Ma Wei straightened
his body and leaned forward in order to catch a glimpse at the contract in Wu Anlu’s hands. On the
other hand, he was also afraid that the result would not be what he had expected. Thus, he looked quite
uneasy.
“All right, stop it. Are you alone? I am prepared to announce the results in front of everybody.” Wu Anlu
put on a stern face and looked rather serious, with a frightening appearance. He behaved rather
formally.
“Everybody, come out. Our boss already knew we were all here.” Ma Wei shouted to the cubicle behind.
4 people, 3 men, and 1 woman, appeared.
Everybody was dressed similarly, in dark color suits. All the men looked spirited while the only woman
appeared to be very professional, with minimum makeup and her hair tied in a bun.
“You all finally decided to come out huh? Don’t behave like that next time.” Wu Anlu first lectured his
subordinates. When he saw them revealing embarrassed looks, he then took out the contract and
turned to the signature page, showing to his subordinates the black and white content.
“Oh, Jesus. We finally made it!” Ma Wei shouted first.
“It has been so difficult. My wife complained a lot saying that I haven’t returned home in a few days,” An
older man said while clenching his fist excitedly.
“Indeed, it has not been easy.” The only girl also nodded her head.
“Boss, you must treat us. Your treat.” Ma Wei started to holler.
“Yes, boss must treat, boss must treat...”
The others followed Ma Wei and shouted together.
“All right, all right. Be quiet, please. Don’t bother the other departments.” Even after Wu Anlu agreed,
his subordinates merely lowered their voices, but were still muttering about the boss treating.
“I am really getting nowhere with you guys. Let’s go get some great food at noon. My treat,” Wu Anlu
said mysteriously.
[1] Firing technique is a process for porcelain or glass wares in which they are heated to a certain
temperature and before taking their final form.
Chapter 44: New Dish
“The sun shines high in the sky, the flower smile right at me and the bird says good morning to me…”
Yuan Zhou sang as he walked down the stairs.
To customers waiting outside the restaurant for their breakfast, it was actually quite late. However,
Yuan Zhou felt it was still early as it was only 10:00 in the morning.
“Hua La”
He opened the door and the sunlight streamed directly into the room. Then he gave a stretch at the
entrance and returned to the kitchen.
He opened the preservation cabinet and took out the noodles prepared last night, throwing them into
the cooking pot.
“It’s definitely great to have noodles for breakfast in the morning,” Yuan Zhou said to himself while
stirring the noodles in the cooking pot.
He had totally disregarded the fact that he didn't have a lot of noodles on hand and the more he
consumed, the less there was left.
“Guluk.” Once the Clear Broth Noodle Soup entered his stomach, Yuan Zhou immediately felt full of
spirit again.
Time passed by quickly. Soon it was 11:30 a.m.
“Boss, where are we going? There aren’t many restaurants on that small street.” Of the six people, only
Ma Wei kept talking and asking. He didn’t seem to know the meaning of silence.
“Why are you so noisy? If our boss brought us here, there is definitely a restaurant.” The seemingly
austere girl with her hair in a bun glared at him.
“Oh, you finally got scolded huh?” the slightly plump man beside him ridiculed Ma Wei.
While paying little attention to the chatter, Wu Anlu walked quickly. In his memory, boss Yuan Zhou had
a fairly good business and there were limited several seats. He didn't want to queue, thus walked quickly
and soon reached the entrance of the restaurant.
“Ok, this is it. Let’s enter,” Wu Anlu turned back and said to his subordinates. Then, he entered first.
“Is this the so-called restaurant? This tiny eatery?” Ma Wei lowered his voice and said to his colleague
Xiao Liu beside him.
“Let’s wait and see. Our boss is not a stingy person.” Xiao Liu shook his head with a frown.
“That was quite a large order, the commission isn’t low.” The last person complained and then entered
the restaurant.
“A generous person may be stingy sometimes,” another colleague murmured.
Hoping that their manager was a generous person, Ma Wei stepped into the restaurant. Nevertheless,
he found it quite simple inside as well. Several people were sitting on the seats and talking with a man
standing behind a long curved table.
Looking around the room, he discovered that there wasn't even a waiter. There were also very few
seats. Besides a small table and two chairs at the entrance, there were only eight high chairs, two of
which had already been occupied by other customers. Of course, the small table and the two chairs
were also taken. It seemed that they could only seat on the remaining high chairs.
Both the decorations and the atmosphere were pretty bad.
"How could our boss take us to such an inferior place," Ma Wei murmured in a low voice. "Where is the
promised grand meal?"
While being discontented, he suddenly felt someone was pulling his clothes. He took a glance, finding it
was his colleague Xiao Liu, then he asked, "What's wrong? Why are you pulling my clothes?"
"Look, look at the price over there," while talking to Ma Wei, he gulped subconsciously, before finishing
the sentence.
Ma Wei then looked at the direction of Xiao Liu's hand.
"Jesus, did I misread it?" Ma Wei rubbed his eyes in shock and revealed a disbelieving look.
Ma Wei spoke so loudly that all his colleagues around heard him and turned back to see what was going
on.
"Boss, you are so generous! The price list indicated that a plate of Egg Fried Rice cost ¥188? Are the rice
grains wrapped in gold?"
"Holy shit, I've never bumped into an Egg Fried Rice worth almost ¥200 before in my whole life."
"Cough. I admit wrong, I shouldn't have doubted our boss's sincerity to offer us a grand meal."
The originally discontented colleagues bow down to the price list in Yuan Zhou's restaurant instantly.
How could they not bow with such an amazing price?
"I can’t tell if it is tasty, but I know our boss is prepared to spend for the treat. This is so expensive that I
can feel my heart aching with just a mere glance at the price," Ma Wei said earnestly while looking at his
colleagues.
"Yeah, you are right. Our boss is generous as expected. An Egg Fried Rice Set worth of ¥200, tsk tsk."
Even the seemingly austere girl agreed.
"Hurry up and order. What are you guys fussing over?" Wu Anlu was normally a serious and strict
person. Once he gave a command, his several subordinates stopped talking immediately and went up
took a seat.
"Boss, have you ever tried the dishes here in this restaurant?" Ma Wei asked with an embarrassed look.
"What? You think I will cheat you guys?" after saying that, he looked at his several hesitant co-workers
and then said, "Don't worry. Boss Yuan's culinary skills are superb. Just watch out for your tongue. Don't
swallow it along with the food."
"Boss Yuan, an Egg Fried Rice Set for each of us please." Wu Anlu still thought there were only two
dishes here, thus didn't look at the menu and just ordered the most expensive dish for each of his
subordinates. Afterward, he took out his wallet to pay. He could afford the amount of ¥2000 anyways.
Having read the menu, his subordinates didn’t dare to say anything. Who would believe them if they
told others that they had spent nearly ¥2000 on only six servings of Egg Fried Rice Set in such a tiny
restaurant? However, since their manager insisted and moreover, had ordered the dishes, as
subordinates, they could do nothing but follow his lead.
"Alright, one moment please." Yuan Zhou received the payment and headed to the kitchen to prepare
the set meals without even reminding him of the new dishes.
Currently, Yuan Zhou wasn’t worried about his business at all. With precious ingredients and his superb
culinary skills, what did he have to worry about?
The several subordinates sat uneasily on the high chairs. Even the most talkative person, Ma Wei,
became quiet.
"What's the matter with you guys?" For their sake, Wu Anlu had brought his staff out for celebration.
Yet, now they appeared to be serious and quiet. He would definitely inquire about their odd behaviors.
"Nothing." Ma Wei originally wanted to speak but nevertheless held it back and just responded
perfunctorily after he received a glare from the lady.
Being able to head the sales department, Wu Anlu naturally had superior IQ and EQ. Soon he
understood what was going on. His several subordinates most likely felt that the dish didn't deserve its
price, and thus had such reactions. Therefore, he just revealed a smile on his face, without explaining
anything.
This matter would be resolved easily once they tasted the food. When he had a meal here for the very
first time, he reacted in almost the same way. He was only one step away then from pointing at Yuan
Zhou and calling him a swindler. How could one sell an Egg Fried Rice Set at such a high price?
Wu Anlu didn't know about the new dishes at the moment. However, Wu Hai had already heard rumors
about a new dish and wanted to ask about it.
Whether it was one serving or six servings of Egg Fried Rice, it had little difference to Yuan Zhou. One
serving could be fried in one go, six servings could also be fired in one go. Yuan Zhou then divided the
Egg Fried Rice precisely into six standard servings, each with the same amount, set them on the tray,
and carried it over to the customers.
"Your Egg Fried Rice Set." Yuan Zhou said as he placed the food down on the table.
Ma Wei and his colleagues felt even more upset when they saw the Egg Fried Rice Set served on the
table. Meanwhile, they thought in their heart, “This is no more than ordinary Egg Fried Rice. How could
the owner dare to call it a set meal? The side dishes are offered for free in almost every restaurant
outside.”
However, since their manager had begun to eat, it was better for them not to say anything more.
Therefore, they had to accept their fate and started to eat, including Ma Wei, who disliked the Egg Fried
Rice.
On the other hand….
“Boss Yuan, I now have a rough understanding of the new dish Clear Broth Noodle Soup. But what do
the Specialty Plate 1 and 2 exactly mean?” Realizing that Yuan Zhou had finished cooking, Wu Hai
started to ask impatiently.
When Yuan Zhou noticed the fervent stares of the three customers at him, he gave a strong shudder.
The way these guys were looking at him was too weird.
He stepped back without a sound and then said naturally, “You’ll know if you order it.”
“But they are not written on the menu. How do I order?” Wu Hai asked unwillingly.
Actually, Wu Hai was not a good-tempered person. He often went on strike, which irritated his agent to
no end. However, his temper mellowed ever since he bumped into Yuan Zhou, who had a firm grasp of
his weakness, being picky about food.
He was so picky that he would sometimes smash plates if he didn’t enjoy the dishes, hence he often had
serious gastric problems. However, after eating meals in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, he had no complaints
anymore. With Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills, as picky as he was, he couldn’t find any problems.
The most miraculous thing was he had never gotten gastric problems again even after eating the oily Egg
Fried Rice. Nowadays, the only thing Wu Hai didn’t felt comfortable was that he couldn’t pry any
valuable information out of Yuan Zhou’s mouth. However, even if he failed every time, he still gave it a
try.
Of course, Yuan Zhou didn’t understand Wu Hai’s complex thoughts. He said in an easygoing tone, “As
you please.”
Chapter 45: How to Activate the Special Method for Ordering Food
Of course, Yuan Zhou didn’t understand Wu Hai’s complex thoughts. He said in an easygoing tone, “As
you please.”
“Boss Yuan, can you at least give us a rough idea?” Wu Hai still didn’t give up his questioning.
“You’ll know if you order. What would you like to eat today?” Yuan Zhou didn’t answer him, instead
asked another question.
“Boss Yuan, a man must be honest and kind. You see, this specialty plate is not cheap. At least you tell us
what it is or how big it is,” the man seated beside Wu Hai interrupted.
Price list: Specialty plate 22, ￥108 /plate
Specialty plate 13, ￥108 /plate
“The specialty plate is as big as a plate of pickled radish.” After thinking for a while, Yuan Zhou decided
to tell them.
“Since the price is the same, why did you mark them with different numbers? Is the smaller number
tastier?”
“It just indicates different flavors. The numbers don’t mean anything.” Yuan Zhou was too lazy to explain
and besides, he was reluctant to say too much.
“Boss Yuan, you treat us so badly.”
The man that interrupted Wu Hai gave a thumbs-up to Yuan Zhou, expressing his admiration. This Yuan
Zhou dared to charge ￥100 for such a small plate, without even telling what it was. His money did not
grow on trees, hence he decided to give up on it.
“Give me a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup.” The man ordered the new noodle dish right away.
“Thank you for trying it. The price is ￥268,” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and said.
“Boss Yuan’s heart is still as evil as before. If they are on the same plates, would the quantity for one be
more than the other?” Wu Hai asked hesitatingly.
To eat or not to eat, this had always been a problem.
After comparing them carefully in his heart, Yuan Zhou said, “One is slightly less than the other.”
“Fine, I have made up my mind. Give me with a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup and one Specialty Plate
13. I will order something else later.” Wu Hai decisively chose a dish that could fill his stomach and an
extra plate. It is human nature to be curious, furthermore, Wu Hai was rather well-off.
“Ok, wait a moment.” Yuan Zhou returned to the kitchen to prepare the noodles first.
Ma Wei felt that he needed to reconstruct his view of the world. “Egg Fried Rice can actually be so
delicious. I never had any interest in it before.”
Meanwhile, Wu Anlu was eating carefully by the side. He kept thinking in his heart, “Eat slowly, eat even
more slowly. After all, one can only enjoy one serving.”
Ma Wei turned his head away from the Egg Fried Rice with great difficulties and looked at his colleagues,
whom he found were all obsessed over the delicacy as well. All of them revealed an expression he had
never seen them show before.
The Chinese have an interesting culture, that is, while eating, they would love to chat. There were rarely
any exceptions.
For a celebration dinner like this one, it would usually be a circle of friends drinking and talking around
the table. Who could have guessed that now, no one would say anything at all?” Besides the
conversation between Yuan Zhou and Wu Hai, there were only sounds of food being chewed and the ‘so
delicious’ praises that were muttered without their notice.
“Boss, how could you be so mean. Having eaten this Egg Fried Rice, how could we eat the ones we fry
ourselves?”
“I actually feel that the price is too cheap. Sh*t, am I stupid?”
Even Ma Wei, the one who disliked Egg Fried Rice the most, finished his meal and shouted immediately
without further ado, “Boss, give me another serving.”
Wu Anlu, who was the second to finish his meal, stopped and said, “Everyone can only order one serving
per meal for each dish in Boss Yuan’s restaurant. Don’t waste your time thinking about having another.”
“Huh? No way!” The first screech was from the slightly plump Xiao Liu rather than Ma Wei. In fact, Xiao
Liu was famous for having a good appetite on the sales team. For such delicious Egg Fried Rice, he could
eat more than 10 bowls, not to mention only 1 bowl.
“Ah, it’s you, Xiao Liu. I almost forget you were here. I will treat you to more dishes at other restaurants
later. Don’t worry, you won’t starve,” Wu Anlu smiled as he turned his head and said to Xiao Liu.
“No, no, boss. Don’t do this. With such delicious Egg Fried Rice in my stomach, how can I accept any
other delicacies during this period?” Xiao Liu put on a long face, ignoring the fact that the person facing
him was his superior.
“Yeah, boss, why don’t you talk to the boss and persuade him to offer us another serving for each? You
seem rather familiar with him.” Ma Wei urged Wu Anlu hard.
Other colleagues were all looking at their boss expectantly as well.
Wu Anlu waved his hands and said, “It is too difficult. It would be easier to get another large order like
today than request the boss to give us another serving for each.”
As the head of the department, when Wu Anlu frankly expressed his inability, the several people were
all upset and disappointed. Then they heard Wu Hai, who had heard their conversation by chance,
interrupt and say,
“You’d better look at the rules more carefully.”
Of course, Wu Hai was not so kindhearted to tell them the truth. There was a time when he too,
suffered from being not able to eat his fill. Although he was emphatic to these people, he wouldn’t tell
them directly the special method of ordering more dishes.
It was quite funny to watch other people break their heads over this matter.
“Rules?” Wu Anlu and his subordinates turned their heads back and looked at the price list on the wall.
“Boss Yuan, you added so many new dishes. Why didn’t you tell us just now?” Looking at the new dishes
that he had never tasted on the wall, Wu Anlu shouted immediately.
Yuan Zhou, who was still cooking noodles in the kitchen, replied directly, “You didn’t ask.”
“Boss Yuan, your words really make a lot of f*ucking sense.” Even the good-tempered and well-paid
sales manager couldn’t help swearing.
Yuan Zhou, nevertheless, turned a deaf ear to Wu Anlu’s curses.
To prevent himself from losing his temper, Wu Anlu started to study the rules written on the wall one by
one, as if he were selecting a partner.
The several male colleagues first gave their opinions.

“Boss, fat people like us would definitely starve if the rules are made so.” While bringing up that topic,
Xiao Liu was observing Yuan Zhou’s reaction. He hoped that his pitiful act would succeed.
“I only want to have another bowl of the Egg Fried Rice now, so I can’t figure out any good ideas at the
moment,” Ma Wei said helplessly while looking at the rules and then at his boss.
The most handsome man in the team but also the one with the least presence said jokingly, “What
about forcing the boss to serve us more?”
Watching them contemplating all sorts of solutions, Wu Hai felt really happy. Even he had to go through
great difficulties to discover this special method to order more dishes in the restaurant. How could he
just reveal it so easily? He was still waiting for these people to come and beg for his help.
The calmest lady in the team suddenly said, “Boss, look at this rule. It says ‘Each guest may only have
one serving per meal for each dish’. However, there are quite a few dishes on the menu. We can try to
order just the Egg Fried Rice dish. That way we won’t break any rules.”
The instant she said that, everyone around her realized the bug in the system. These people then
shouted excitedly, “Boss Yuan, please give us with another six servings of Egg Fried Rice, not the set
meal.”
After they shouted, they waited nervously for Yuan Zhou’s reply.
Then, Yuan Zhou turned his head, then responded naturally and lightly, “Hold on a moment.”
“We made it. It was surprisingly easy,” Ma Wei said proudly. He didn’t notice that the face of his
manager was turning dark.
Wu Anlu was so embarrassed and tired of this guy who always shot his mouth off. If it was that easy,
was the fact that he could never eat his fill here false? This guy was such an idiotic subordinate.”
However, the strict manager, Wu Anlu, felt proud for his other subordinate.
Yuan Zhou felt that the dishes in his restaurant all had very accurate names. For example, the Clear
Broth Noodle Soup was really just clear broth and noodles, without even any chopped green onions.
He first set the two bowls of noodles on the tray, then took out a small plate with green vines patterns
on the edge and scooped up some blueberry jam. As for how Wu Hai was prepared to eat the sweet jam
with the salty noodles, it was not his problem. Yuan Zhou very irresponsibly had such thoughts.
For the very first time, the Clear Broth Noodle Soup appeared in front of everybody.
Chapter 46: Charm of the Clear Broth Noodle Soup
While Yuan Zhou was carefully scooping up the jam, he realized something odd. After standing still and
thinking for a second, he decided to try again later to confirm his assumptions.
It was quite easy to place two moderate-sized bowls of Clear Broth Noodle Soup and a plate of
blueberry jam on the tray.
“Your Clear Broth Noodle Soup.”
Yuan Zhou first carried one bowl of the noodles to the man beside Wu Hai, and then only brought the
other one to Wu Hai.
“Your No.13 Specialty Plate and Clear Broth Noodle Soup.”

“Isn’t this blueberry jam?” the man that was served first interrupted and asked.
“Yeah, I think so.” Wu Hai looked at Yuan Zhou doubtfully.
Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou’s reaction was to turn around and place the tray back to its original position
and prepared to fry rice.
“I really do believe it is blueberry jam. Boss Yuan, am I right?” the man asked directly after seeing that
Yuan Zhou didn’t respond.
“Yes, it is.” This time, Yuan Zhou gave an affirmative answer.
The man looked at Wu Hai proudly and prepared to accept his due praise. However, Wu Hai turned
away, pretending not have noticed, and then started enjoying his meal.
Frankly speaking, Wu Hai didn’t have any dishes that he really disliked even though he was picky about
the food he consumed. He just had a different preference. For example, he enjoyed eating wheat-based
dishes; therefore, would often inquire about the soup dumplings. Now that a new kind of wheat-based
dish was served, Wu Hai would definitely give it a try, even if it was just an ordinary plain Clear Broth
Noodle Soup.
Wu Hai may had severe gastric, however, he enjoyed eating spicy food, any sort of quite spicy food. In
his eyes, noodle soup without chili was no more than a soup filled with dough drops.
Wu Had had a habit of drinking the broth first.
“Whir…”
He picked up the bowl and took a gulp from it.

The broth had a light taste, yet it also contained a strong fragrance of flour and a natural crisp scent of
sesame oil. When the gentle oil fragrance blended with the sweet taste of the water rushed down his
throat, he felt refreshed instantly.
Wu Hai loved dropping by for a meal most after his work. He would feel spirited after finishing the meal
every time, just as if he had woken up from a deep sleep. At the very beginning, Wu Hai thought it was
because of the superbly delicious dishes prepared by Yuan Zhou that made him feel content both
mentally and physically. However, it turned out the truth wasn’t so simple.
He picked up chopsticks full of noodles. The chopsticks were dark brown while the noodles were slightly
yellow rather than the usual white. The heat rising upward from the hot broth enticed Wu Hai to start
eating the noodles with a slurp before he had a chance to study them carefully.
With a simple bite, the noodles were easily torn apart. Each noodle had an excellent elasticity and
chewiness, thus were easy to swallow. The skills in kneading dough were mastered perfectly by Yuan
Zhou, giving it the perfect texture which meanwhile allowed the customer to gulp them down easily.
It was obvious from the taste that only ordinary flavorings were used, but nevertheless, it gave people
the urge to keep on eating.
“slurp slurp whir whir”
Wu Hai and the man beside him totally ignored the gazes from Wu Anlu and his colleagues as they
concentrated on their meal, giving off loud noises in the process.
“Gu Dong”
Ma Wei couldn’t help drooling, “Is that noodle soup so delicious? Look at how happily they are eating!”
“The Egg Fried Rice is terrific. So the noodle soup should be as well. Look at those two, they almost
buried their heads in the bowl,” Xiao Liu said while drooling slowly.
It stirred one’s appetite when observing others eating happily. People would usually eat more when
they had meals together with a person that had a good appetite. Having enjoyed the delicious Egg Fried
Rice, they now had to watch others enjoy their food while waiting for theirs to arrive. The several people
barely held back their urge to drag Wu Hai and the other man away and devour those noodles
themselves.
As for the one serving that they had already consumed? These people stated that they had always been
hungry and had never eaten their fill.
“Boss, is the Egg Fried Rice done?” Taking a look at his anxious subordinates, Wu Anlu hurriedly urged
Yuan Zhou.
“One moment, please.”
Yuan Zhou placed six servings of Egg Fried Rice in two trays, three in each tray, and carried them to the
customers.
The several people immediately pounced on each plate before Yuan Zhou had arrived at their side. Of
course, each would be grabbing the serving for himself. As for their boss Wu Anlu... who was that? They
had no recollection of such a person.
While carrying the plate of Egg Fried Rice in his hands, Wu Anlu thought to himself, “This place isn’t
appropriate for a manager to treat his subordinates. A manager would easily lose all respect from his
subordinates here.”
With his arms crossed, Yuan Zhou stood at the other side of the table, looking at all the customers
fervently eating the dishes made by him in the main hall.
To Yuan Zhou, cooking a serving of Egg Fried Rice was merely a three-minute affair. However slowest
one could take to finish that serving is half an hour. The dish definitely tasted better before it got cold.
After finishing up the last rice grain, Wu Anlu took his subordinates back to the company in the
afternoon..
“Boss, shall we come back here later on?” Xiao Liu said while walking beside Wu Anlu.
“Yes, it’s quite a good place, boss.” Ma Wei interrupted and said as well.
The other three people all kept nodding their heads to express their consent.
“As if I don’t know what you are all thinking.. We can only come here once a month.” Wu Anlu first
revealed a long face before agreeing to their proposal at last.
The several subordinates heaved a sigh of relief. This restaurant may serve top-class dishes but also at a
top-class price. With their monthly salary of less than 10 grand, once or twice was still possible for them,
but they couldn’t afford any more than that. It was great now since their boss had agreed to treat them
once a month.
In a short while, all the customers that needed to get back to work left. Only Wu Hai stayed behind and
ordered two more servings of Egg Fried Rice with blueberry jam. This weird combination of several
different dishes even surprised Yuan Zhou.
After Wu Hai left, Yuan Zhou shut the door of the restaurant directly. Then he went upstairs to play card
games on his computer, preparing to sleep afterwards.
As expected, Yuan Zhou was defeated every single time. With a burning desire to win at least once, he
played until it was 4:30 p.m. Then, he ended the game and went to open the restaurant.
Yuan Zhou felt that his IQ not even compare to that of the Alpha Dog that was capable of playing Go, so
he decided to continue to game at night. He believed he would definitely win once. If not, it must be the
new computer’s problem. After all, he had won a few times using his previous old computer.
Yuan Zhou was quite confident in his IQ. After all, every skill that the system provided was easily learned
and mastered easily.
“Kreeen”
The door to the restaurant was opened. This time it was no longer Wu Hai’s face with mustache that
appeared, but was instead Yin Ya, whom he hadn’t seen for quite a few days.
Dressed in a gray business suit, Yin Ya stood there elegantly. Judging from the numerous beads of sweat
on her forehead, Yuan Zhou realized she had definitely run here in a hurry.
“Boss Yuan, you’re always late to open. Other restaurants have been doing business for the whole
afternoon. You, on the other hand, will not open the door until meal time.” After glaring at Yuan Zhou,
Yin Ya followed him into the restaurant.
“Miss Yin, you haven’t been here for a while. What would you like to eat today?” Yuan Zhou was familiar
with this girl. She was beautiful and seemed to be good-tempered. Besides, she had gotten quite a cute
character, which was why he added another sentence.
“Yes, I also feel that I haven’t come here for a long time. I was abroad on a business trip these days,” Yin
Ya said lightly and then turned her head to look at the menu on the wall.
“Boss Yuan, Clear Broth Noodle Soup and the plate...” Once Wu Hai entered the restaurant in large and
quick steps, he had already started to order the dishes, as if there were severe consequences of
ordering late.
“There are so many new dishes. I also want the noodle soup. But what’s with the plate?” Yin Ya asked.
Chapter 47: A Bug in the System

“There are so many new dishes. I want to try the noodle soup too. And what do you mean by the
Specialty Plate?” Yin Ya asked.
“You’ll know if you order it. Are you going to try?” Yuan Zhou was always more patient towards
beauties. At the very least, he threw in an extra “Are you going to try?”.
“Hey, beauty. Don’t be cheated by him. The No. 13 Specialty Plate is blueberry jam. As for the other one,
I don’t know what it is either.” Wu Hai told her the truth right away.
“Then give me a serving of blueberry jam. I prefer jams.” Yin Ya ordered the blueberry jam. A known fact
was obviously safer than an unknown mystery.
“All right. Hold on, guys.” Yuan Zhou didn’t have any reaction after Wu Hai revealed the truth. He was
usually victorious when they argued, hence it made sense to let Wu Hai feel that he won occasionally.
Both Wu Hai and Yin Ya ordered the noodle soup. This dish was relatively easy to cook.
He took out the chopsticks specifically meant for the noodles and picked up two standard servings. Each
serving had the same amount as they were decided by the system. Meanwhile, two of the porcelain
grids were filled with water automatically until they were 70% full. The water boiled the instant the
noodles were dipped inside.
The noodles floated and seemed to twist and wriggle about in the boiling water. During this span of
time, Yuan Zhou swiftly prepared the seasonings needed in two bowls.
After that, he took out two small plates and placed them on the countertop. Once he finished all these
small tasks, the noodles were perfectly cooked. Using the long chopsticks, Yuan Zhou brought them up
and filled the two bowls with noodles. He gave them a little mix, allowing the seasonings inside to blend
evenly with the noodles. Finally, he poured a spoonful of hot broth into the noodles, letting the
fragrance out into the air.
“Pa, Pa”
With two clear sound, Yuan Zhou set the bowls onto the tray.
Then he turned around and started to prepare the sauces. This time, Yuan Zhou carefully tried an
experiment. Even when the sauce was placed onto the tray and ready to be served, the system still
didn’t give any reaction, which affirmed Yuan Zhou’s speculations.
So he carried the tray to the customers and served them the dishes calmly, just like usual.
“Wow, this is hot sauce! Moreover, it’s minced beef hot sauce (1). I’m so happy I get to eat spicy foods
now.” Wu Hai gazed at the small plate of hot sauce in front of him blissfully. He was totally
overwhelmed by happiness.
Wu Hai looked at the Clear Broth Noodle Soup, and then looked at the hot sauce. He felt that he had
thought of a terrific idea. Slowly, he raised the sauce and prepared to pour it into the noodle soup…
“My apologies, you can’t add anything else into the Clear Broth Noodle Soup, this includes flavorings,” at
the moment, Yuan Zhou carried up the bowl of noodle soup and said slowly.
“Eh…” Wu Hai was stupefied by Yuan Zhou’s words, still holding the plate of sauce in midair.
What the hell did that mean? What kind of f*cking unreasonable world was this? Couldn’t hot sauce be
added into the noodle soup? Wu Hai almost wept in front of Yuan Zhou.
“Boss Yuan, I can’t live without spicy food. ‘Can’t live’ means that I will die.” Wu Hai looked at Yuan Zhou
with a very serious expression, as if it were a matter of life and death. His eyes revealed an
uncompromising flame.
“Oh, if it is like that, then I guess you can add it in today. Just don’t come to my restaurant anymore in
future.” Yuan Zhou put the Clear Broth Noodle Soup back to its original position.
“Boss Yuan, let’s talk about this. Don’t be so merciless.” Wu Hai was just about to pour the sauce when
he heard that and froze immediately. He then revealed an ‘everything is negotiable’ expression while
looking at Yuan Zhou.
“This is Clear Broth Noodle Soup.” Yuan Zhou shattered Wu Hai’s expectation.
“Can’t it be modified?” Wu Hai was still hopeful.
“No.” Yuan Zhou continued to refuse him.
“Boss Yuan, you’ll be single for a lifetime if you keep adhering to your principles. No girl will want to be
your girlfriend.”
After setting down the plate of the hot sauce hopelessly, Wu Hai spat out the most poisonous curse he
could think of.
“No, I won’t. I’m handsome and so skilled in cooking. Unless all female creatures become extinct on this
planet, I will be able to get a girl.” Yuan Zhou replied after seriously thinking about it.
“Ho Ho”
This was the only way for Wu Hai to express his scorn. Afterwards, he started to eat his noodle soup
while looking at the hot sauce. He could at least feel a slight taste of spiciness like this. This could be
considered a benefit for Wu Hai who was absolutely fond of spicy food, at least now there was a spicy
sauce in the restaurant.
“It looks so good.” Looking at the food served on the table, Yin Ya first heaved a sigh filled with emotion
at their appearance.
Without a doubt, the color of the blueberry jam was indeed beautiful. It turned out that girls do like
good-looking objects. Just like when they buy fruits and vegetables, they would always pick the good-
looking ones.
Now, the blueberry jam was obviously first to be admired.
There was a matching spoon for the plate which the blueberry jam served in. It was the size of a pinkie
but fitted perfectly into a person’s hand.
The flesh of the blueberry was originally colorless, only the skin was blue. However, after they were
turned into jam, the skin would dye the flesh a beautiful blue as well, giving it an incomparable,
magnificent appearance.
Obviously, the blueberry provided by the system was not ordinary.
The system read, “Blueberry plants are a kind of low bush fruit tree that yields small berries. It’s short
and can often be found in the wild. The berry is small and is rich in anthocyanidin. As the berry growing
on it is blue in color, it was named blueberry.”
“The system took the wild blueberry plants and cultivated a new breed. The berry fruit from this new
breed is bigger and plumper compared to the wild ones. It tastes better than the wild blueberries as well
and can also enhance the absorption and utilization of anthocyanidin in the human body.”
“The blueberry fruit provided by the system contains abundant nutrients. It has many beneficial
functions as well. These include preventing cranial nerves from aging, improve your eyesight,
strengthening the heart, softening the blood vessels and improving the immunity of the human body.”
“The blueberries used for making the jam have also gone through a strict selection process. Those that
don’t meet the requirements are eliminated directly. Ice cold spring water is used for washing the
blueberries, which helps maintain the freshness and nutrients in the blueberries.”
“The sugar used for preparing the jam comes from sugar canes.”
“The sweetness of the cane sugar is only second to fructose. It merges easily with the blueberry flavor,
hence forming a splendid and exquisite taste.”
“These nutrients in both the sugar cane and the blueberries allow people to enjoy the sweet taste of jam
and at the same time prevent obesity, high blood pressure and an increase in blood sugar, etc.”
“Squelch Squelch”
Yin Ya savored the meal carefully and slowly. The blueberry jam tasted much better than blueberry fruit
which always had an astringent flavor. It was difficult to get rid of the astringent taste. Furthermore, the
fruit also tasted quite sour sometimes. Nevertheless, there were no such concerns for the jam. The
sweetness and sourness were both just right. She would easily eat up another plate without any
problems.
Looking at the two people eating carefully, Yuan Zhou took the opportunity to question the system.
“System, I found a hole in your rules. Don’t I deserve a reward?” Yuan Zhou asked the system directly.
The system read, “Host, please work hard to upgrade your level. Don’t daydream.”
And the system also responded in a straightforward manner and refused Yuan Zhou decisively.
“Everything provided by you should have the same quantity, right? Yuan Zhou stayed calm and
continued to inquire.
After saying that sentence, the system was silent for a long while...
Several minutes later, the system read, “Host, you are right.”
“Can you see the situation in the restaurant?” Yuan Zhou changed the topic.
The system read, “Host, if necessary, I can take a look now”
“Look at the difference between the lady and the male customer. They ordered the same dish, but the
quantity provided is quite different.” Yuan Zhou got straight to the main point.
When Wu Hai ordered the Specialty Plate for the first time, Yuan Zhou realized that since he was the
one scooping the amount, it was very easy for him to control the quantity of the jam provided. Since it
was only Wu Hai that ordered the dish at the time, he couldn’t confirm it then.
This time, Yuan Zhou intentionally gave more jam to Yin Ya while less to Wu Hai. Yet there was no
reaction from the system. Yuan Zhou noticed that the system has obsessive compulsive disorder, thus
each dish must have the exact same quantity.
As for the Egg Fried Rice, since Yuan Zhou had the God Tier Egg Fried Rice culinary skill, there wasn’t a
problem to ensure each serving consist of the same quantity.
The system read, “Considering the host has found a loophole, the system hereby gives a reward. The
reward is available now.”
Minced beef hot sauce: In china it is common for chili pepper sauces to contain minced meat, which can
be then stir fried with several dishes or simply served on rice or noodles
Chapter 48: A Wonderful System-Like Reward

The system read, “Considering the host has found a loophole, the system hereby gives a reward. The
reward is available now.”
[Complementary Reward] Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set (Available)
Price: Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set /308RMB /serving
After tapping it open and checking the mission, Yuan Zhou smiled contentedly.
“Boss Yuan, I got it. I thought of an idea.” Just as Yuan Zhou was prepared to receive the reward, Wu
Hai’s screaming startled him.
“What’s the matter?” crossing his arms, Yuan Zhou turned and asked.
“Give me with one Egg Fried Rice Set,” Wu Hai said with a complacent manner.
“Ah, not bad. It’ll be served in a minute,” Yuan Zhou raised his eyebrows and replied.
That’s right, the idea that Wu Hai thought of was to eat the hot sauce with the Egg Fried Rice. This was
absolutely a terrific combination. More importantly, Yuan Zhou only mentioned that the hot sauce
couldn’t be taken with the noodle soup; he never said it couldn’t be used on the Egg Fried Rice. Wu Hai
definitely wanted to praise himself for his intelligent idea.
“What? So we can order two servings now?” Yin Ya asked curiously while carefully savoring the dish.
“Of course not. But you can order one serving for each dish.” When Wu Hai was in good mood, he would
enjoy chatting with pretty girls.
To be able to become an executive assistant, Yin Ya’s mind naturally worked very quickly, she
immediately came to an understanding. “So it‘s like that.”
“Slurp slurp”
Wu Hai quickly gulped down the noodles, then brought the bowl to his mouth and drank the remaining
broth.
In Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, leftovers never existed. The Clean Plate Habit [1] was thoroughly
implemented, even the truck that collected the slops didn’t drop by here.
Once, the truck had stopped by every day for a whole week, but never managed to collect any slops.
From then on, it never stopped by again, just driving past the restaurant.
“Boss Yuan, is my dish ready?” Wu Hai asked as he took out some tissues from his pocket and wiped his
mouth.
“It’s coming.” Yuan Zhou carried the tray and set it directly on Wu Hai’s table. He didn’t move to put the
bowl on the table, merely signaling Wu Hai to take it by himself.
“Can this dish be eaten together with the chili sauce?” Wu Hai decided to inquire clearly first before
eating
“Yes, do as you like.” Yuan Zhou shrugged and took back his tray.
“Thank goodness.”
Wu Hai first dipped his chopsticks in the chili oil, then put in his mouth, giving it a try.
It was a blend of savoriness, spiciness, freshness and saltiness that swept Wu Hai away.
“Chili really is the greatest invention throughout history.” The fragrant and spicy flavors stimulated Wu
Hai’s appetite instantly.
He picked up a pea-sized beef and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing carefully. The delicate taste of the
beef and the strong chili taste formed a distinctive contrast in his mouth.
“Boss Yuan, the beef you served is quite unusual.” Wu Hai opened his eyes and looked at Yuan Zhou in
surprise.
Wu Hai had already known that every ingredient of Yuan Zhou’s was unusual. Apart from the chef’s
abilities, ingredients take up the other 50% or more to create delicious dishes.
A good chef was like an artist, bringing out the best flavor using the best methods.
The taste and texture of the beef reminded Wu Hai instantly of an animal, a very precious creature that
he had ever eaten once at a friend’s home. It was the aurochs, also known as Bosprimigenius, one of the
most famous extinct species in Europe.
In order to affirm his suspicions, Wu Hai consecutively ate two pieces, setting down the chopsticks and
then tasting it carefully and slowly. The beef was hard and chewy, but also crisp and tasty. Besides that,
it carried about the special fragrance of a flower. That was the ruta, the national flower of Lithuania.
It was said that the aurochs enjoy eating this flower as it had the effect of clearing away heat and toxic
materials, cooling the blood and preventing blood stasis. Moreover, it had other beneficial functions in
treating colds, fevers, toothaches, headaches, sprains and even rashes caused by branches of trees.
Furthermore, the ruta had an especially strong aroma that acted as a bug repellent. Therefore the
aurochs would always search for this flower from March to June and the end of winter every year to
consume it.
The most famous characteristic of the aurochs was the special aroma contained in the texture of its
meat.
Wu Hai finally confirmed that the beef was the same as the preserved meat that he had eaten at his
friend’s place. The meat of the aurochs had been obtained by his friend after great difficulties. Sadly, it
had been preserved for too long causing the original delicate smell of the meat and the faint fragrance
of the ruta flower to dissipate.
His friend had regret over that issue for a long while.
“If people knew that the meat of the extinct aurochs was made into minced beef hot sauce by Yuan
Zhou, he would definitely be beaten to death!”
Wu Hai now felt that Yuan Zhou was definitely no ordinary person. If he could find aurochs that were
known to be extinct and turn it into minced beef hot sauce, then he was probably not your average
person. Thus, the way Wu Hai looked at Yuan Zhou changed.
“Oh, How is it? Is it delicious?” Yuan Zhou asked in a plain manner in response to Wu Hai’s surprise.
“Of course it’s delicious.” Wu Hai didn’t understand why Yuan Zhou would ask him that but answered
honestly anyway.
“Ok, that’s good then.” After saying that, Yuan Zhou started to greet the new customers. Business at
Yuan Zhou’s restaurant in the evening was good as usual. In just a little while, the restaurant was full of
customers.
“Is that all?”
Wuhai had mentally complimented himself for having such good connections. He was waiting for Yuan
Zhou to flaunt how rare the beef was, then he could take this chance and boast by replying that he had
already eaten it before!
However, if Yuan Zhou didn’t explain how precious the beef was, how could Wu Hai brag about his
experiences? Thus he could only eat his Egg Fried Rice together with the hot sauce quietly.
“Boss Yuan, I suddenly feel like I have suffered a heavy blow. I need one serving of each dish on the
menu to comfort my wounded heart.” Wu Hai tried to comfort himself through this action.
“Is this guy a pig?”
“He eats too much.”
“How can you do this? We are all behind you queuing up. Hurry up and leave.” Once he uttered that
sentence, numerous opposing complaints rushed towards him.
Wu Hai had already gotten used to that. He turned a deaf ear to them and just ordered dishes regardless
of their objection. That infuriating manner of Wu Hai gave even Yuan Zhou the urge to beat him up.
…......
“Ho…, finally done with the work.” During the peak hours, Yuan Zhou was awfully busy as he had to
alternate between the kitchen and the dining hall. If there wasn’t the system, just returning change
would be a fairly troublesome job. There were indeed too many people.
“Oh yeah, I haven’t received the reward yet.” While touching his chin, Yuan Zhou remembered the
reward he had obtained.
“I just realize that the price for this dish is fairly low.” After muttering to himself, Yuan Zhou tapped open
the system and pressed the accept button.
The reward of Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set directly scattered into numerous light spots and vanished
into the depths of his brain.
Just as Yuan Zhou was preparing to take his toiletries, he suddenly froze in place for over a minute.
“System, don’t you think you are a bit too deceitful?” Yuan Zhou gnashed his teeth and asked.
The system read, “Reward has been received. Mission will be released two days later. The mission is
made up of several small missions. When a small mission is completed, there’ll be a reward, which will
be selected based on your luck.”
“A reward?” Instantly, Yuan Zhou was attracted by those two glittering words.
The system read, “Whenever you complete a small mission, you can obtain a chance to draw the
lottery.”
“What is the reward?” Yuan Zhou cared more about this matter.
The system read, “Host can try your luck. Then find out at that time.”
“All right.” Yuan Zhou’s curiosity took a sharp dip. Nevertheless, it reminded Yuan Zhou of the reward he
had just obtained.
“System, what kind of bloody reward is this?” Yuan Zhou was speechless at the Clear Broth Soup Noodle
Set the system provided.
“The Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set consists of one serving of noodles, one serving of broth and two
cloves of garlic.”
[1] Clean Plate Habit: it is a special situation in yz’s restaurant, in which all customers will eat up all the
dishes in the plate, without any leftovers. This is absolutely different from other restaurants where
leftovers are very common. This is to show the delicacy of yz’s dishes and how his customers like his
dishes.
Chapter 49: Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set
“The Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set consists of one serving of noodles, one serving of broth, and two
cloves of garlic.”
“System, wouldn’t you like to explain something?” Yuan Zhou was unwilling to give up, so he continued
asking. Of course, the system had no reaction at all, just like usual.
So this is the legendary Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set.
“All right. Understood.” Yuan Zhou took up his toiletries and went to the bathroom.
Under the splash splish sound of water, Yuan Zhou’s fatigue was washed away.
“Woof woof”
Yuan Zhou had barely stepped out of the bathroom when he heard a dog barking somewhere close by. It
sounded like a child crying, one that was full of despair and in a piercing voice. Even though he heard it
clearly, Yuan Zhou continued walking with a mere frown.
“Wu wu wu…” Yuan Zhou stopped when he heard an even more pitiful sound.
“Ah, I’d better go and check.” With the towel hanging over his shoulder and water dripping from his wet
hair, Yuan Zhou went downstairs after wearing slippers.
While standing in the kitchen, Yuan Zhou listened carefully and then found the source. It was coming
from the back door.
“Pa da”
He opened the back door. It was 11:00 p.m then.
The bustling office buildings during the daytime were all dark now, only a few lights were turned on in
some offices. They were probably staff working overtime left aside from the security guards.
“Eh? Why is there no sound anymore? It isn’t dead, is it?” Yuan Zhou walked around for a while under
the faint light of street lamps.
After exiting the back door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, there was a narrow and small brick road. It
couldn’t even be compared to a street and was just for separating the old houses on one side from the
newly-built CBD office buildings. Of course, it didn’t have nice surroundings. However, it was only a little
damp and dirty, which was acceptable since it was just the restaurant's back door.
“Ci Liu”
He suddenly slipped and would have fallen if he didn’t support himself against the wall. It was then he
saw the whining dog.
The dog was hiding beside a trash can at the end of the brick road. A large plastic bag laid on the damp
ground. The dog, whose color couldn’t be distinguished, was lying on it, panting heavily.
Yuan Zhou went up to check and found that it was a pet dog. The dog appeared to be in a mess, it was a
Maltese that was originally a chocolate brown.
The dog was lying on its side on the plastic knitting bag. The formerly beautiful chocolate brown curled
hair was dirty and tangled. There were even several parts of its body that were revealing pink flesh.
Nevertheless, the Maltese only gave Yuan Zhou a wary look. After confirming that Yuan Zhou wasn’t
approaching it anymore, it continued to scratch its wounded hind leg, even though its hind leg had
already revealed red flesh and blood.
“A skin disease?” The reason why Yuan Zhou came out to check was because he likes dogs. However, he
had never raised a dog before because keeping a dog in a restaurant gave customers the impression that
the place wasn’t clean. Now that he saw such a poor dog, he could at least give it some help.
“Pa da, pa da”
Yuan Zhou returned to his restaurant and cooked a bowl of noodle soup. Then while carrying the bowl,
he then started to walk while eating. When he went up to the dog, there was only a little bit of soup left
inside.
“I can only help you with some food. You try. It may be of some use.” Yuan Zhou took out another bowl
stacked below the current one, poured the soup in the bowl and put it at a one-meter distance away
from the dog. Afterwards, he turned around and left.
If the Maltese was able to speak, he would have already gone crazy and shouted furiously. “As a sick
stray dog, I’m miserable enough already, yet you eat noodles in front of me and moreover, only left such
a pathetic amount of soup behind.”
……….
After doing a good deed, Yuan Zhou felt he seemed extraordinarily handsome today, hence got up early
for once.
“Huh, God. Boss Yuan, you got up so early today?” There had already been some regular customs, 7 or 8
or so, waiting outside the entrance for the Soup Dumplings. They all came hoping a miracle might occur
today. The sudden opening of the door made them feel surprised and then blissful.
“Yes, I woke up early today.” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then returned to the restaurant.
“Young master, it is good for your health to sleep early and get up early. Keep it up.” The grandpa
entered first with his hands behind the back. Following him, other customers formed a queue
consciously. The reason they all came so early was just for breakfast.
“Boss Yuan, the sun must have risen up from the west, huh?” Wu Hai said in an ironic tone.
“I also think it’s rather early for me. What do you think if I go back and sleep for a while longer?” Yuan
Zhou asked earnestly while looking at Wu Hai.
“Eh…” Wu Hai was pierced by several sharp gazes instantly.
Among them, the stare from the grandpa held the most danger. Once Wu Hai felt the strength of the
gaze, he changed the topic at once. “Boss Yuan, you must be kidding. You were always a diligent
person.”
“Shall we have breakfast now?” Wu Hai took his seat and asked while stroking the mustache.
“Young master, please serve me the usual along with one serving of Soup Dumplings. Ah, you have
noodles now. Please offer me one serving of that instead, the Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set.” Realizing
Yuan Zhou was merely joking, the grandpa didn’t bother saying anything else and directly ordered the
dishes while checking the menu.
“Boss Yuan, you have so many dishes now. I didn’t see the noodles on the menu yesterday, but it is
served now.” Wu Hai whispered.
“Boss, Soup Dumplings.” Several seated customers started to order their dishes in a hurry.
Not until had they finished ordering did Yuan Zhou say, “My apologies. I didn’t prepare any Soup
Dumplings this morning.”
“What the f**k?” All customers in the restaurant looked towards Yuan Zhou. Now it was Yuan Zhou’s
turn to experience Wu Hai’s uneasy feeling from just now.
“I can’t provide Soup Dumplings this morning.” He shrugged and said unashamedly.
“Boss Yuan, you might as well go back to sleep then. I haven’t savored the Soup Dumplings in eight days
already,” a casually dressed man said discontentedly while supporting his forehead.
“Oh,” Yuan Zhou answered.
“Well, it seems one really needs great good luck to taste the Soup Dumplings. Then just give me the
noodle soup set meal only.” The grandpa heaved a deep sigh as if hoping that Yuan Zhou would be
ashamed of not preparing the Soup Dumplings. But when he saw Yuan Zhou’s unconcerned expression
on the face, he had to compromise by settling for the second best and ordered a dish that he had never
tasted before.
“Boss Yuan, could you please give me an accurate answer? Will you still sell Soup Dumplings in the
future?” Another customer dressed in a sportswear asked frankly.
“Yes, but not today.” Yuan Zhou gave an affirmative answer.
“When?” The sportswear man asked excitedly. A known time would at least let the wait be worth the
effort.
“I have no idea.” As usual, Yuan Zhou brought his unique style into play.
“…” The man in sportswear was speechless and fell to his knees in front of Yuan Zhou.
“What would you like to eat today, guys?” Once Yuan Zhou found that there were no more opinions, he
asked the most important question.
“The set meal, Clear Broth Noodle Soup Set.” Wu Hai ordered the dish that he hadn’t tasted last night.
“Egg Fried Rice.” When the sportswear man said the three words, it somehow gave others the feeling
that he was actually grinding his teeth.
After receiving the orders, Yuan Zhou went to the kitchen and prepared to cook.
The proficient cooking actions were pleasing to the eyes. Yuan Zhou’s actions of cooking the noodle
soup were textbook standards, yet causal, filled with a free and easy manner. This was exactly what Wu
Hai felt. A man who could cook such delicious dishes obviously would be admired.
The Egg Fried Rice was first to be finished and carried to the customers. Next came the noodle soup set
meal. When the noodle soup was placed on the tray, only one bowl of broth and an empty plate
appeared on the tray.
Yuan Zhou was doubtful. He raised his head and realized there was a new cabinet on the wall, with a
width and length of 10cm.
Since the reward last night was too deceitful, Yuan Zhou didn’t bother checking what ingredients were
added. When he opened the cabinet now, he found neatly stacked bulbs of garlic inside.
“Does this mean I have to peel the skin off myself?” Yuan Zhou really felt this reward from the system
was just for screwing with him. But now since his customers had ordered it, he could only start peeling
the skin off.
He sliced off two cloves of garlic casually and put them on the plate, with the skin still intact. He did no
more than slicing off two cloves of garlic from a garlic bulb.
“Your Clear Broth Noodle Soup dishes.” Yuan Zhou carried the trays up to the grandpa and Wu Hai.
The reactions of the two customers were quite straightforward. They were stupefied, the exact same
reaction which Yuan Zhou had upon seeing it.
What the hell was this?
Chapter 50: Garlic, Noodles, and Broth
The reactions of the two customers were quite straightforward. They were stupefied, the exact same
reaction which Yuan Zhou had upon seeing it.
What the hell was this?
“Young master, is this the set meal?” the grandpa looked around and then realized it really was just
broth and cloves of garlic. Moreover, there were only two cloves of garlic on the plate, the unpeeled
kind.
“Boss Yuan, even if they are the rare redskin garlic, they are still garlic.” Wu Hai was looking at the so-
called set meal speechlessly. The mere broth and two cloves of garlic were worth 40RMB.
This is way too deceitful.
“Humm, just have a taste,” Yuan Zhou said directly without wasting any other words.
“Young master, if it was pickled garlic I can still have a taste. However, for raw garlic...” the grandpa
didn’t finish his sentence, but had already clearly revealed his inability to accept the raw garlic.
“I may be able to eat spicy dishes, but even I can’t eat the raw garlic.” Wu Hai pushed the plate of the
garlic away. Was boss Yuan Zhou kidding? If he ate the garlic, how would he be able to flirt with the
girls? With a mouthful of garlic breath? The girls would faint immediately from the smell.
“This is ruby-red garlic. It leaves no offensive smell in the mouth. You will understand after eating.” Yuan
Zhou said convincingly.
After all, the system had given him this answer.
The system read, “The redskin garlic provided by the system will not leave any peculiar smell after being
consumed.”
“Garlic is a herbaceous plant that matures in half a year. Its bulbs can also be used as medicine. The
system has made exclusive changes to the ordinary garlic, removing the peculiar smell after
consumption and thus, developed the exclusive ruby-red garlic. This new breed can instead help to
remove the bad breath by eating it.”
“A unique substance which existed only in purple garlic and white garlic were injected into the ruby-red
garlic. This lead to a new breed being developed, which has increased the alliin and allinase contained
within them. Therefore, the garlic containing those two specific nutrients will be able to eliminate the
cystine in the bacteria and improve one's immunity. Hence it is one of the best ingredients to maintain
one's health.”
“These substances all exist in raw garlic. However, once the garlic is heated, they will be damaged and
even lose the original effects.”
“Eh, I don’t really like eating raw garlic,” the grandpa still insisted.
As for Wu Hai, he considered for a while and then said, “Alright, let me taste the raw garlic first and then
only eat the noodle soup.”
If there really was an offensive smell, the delicate aroma of the noodle soup would cover it.
“Boss Yuan, at least peel off the skin before serving it to us.” Wu Hai picked up the garlic and started to
peel it while complaining.
“Food should be made by one's own hands, only then will it taste better.” Crossing his arms, Yuan Zhou
took a look at Wu Hai.
“Cough cough. Boss Yuan is skilled in using words,” Wu Hai said in embarrassment.
“Thank you for your compliment. I think so too.” Without any hesitation, Yuan Zhou graciously accepted
Wu Hai’s praise.
Wu Hai didn’t know what to say anymore. Fortunately, he finished peeling the garlic at this moment.
The ruby-red garlic looked great from outside. The skin was red while the freshly peeled garlic was a
light pink rather than the ordinary white color. It looked fresh and cute.
It didn’t have a pungent smell like other breeds of garlic. On the contrary, it had the fragrance of plants.
After taking in the hand and having a look, Wu Hai put the clove of garlic directly in his mouth. With a
small bite, he started to eat it.
It was very popular to eat raw garlic in some provinces and cities, such as Jin Cheng. Every restaurant in
that city prepared complete bulbs of garlic on the dining table for customers. On the other hand, people
In Chang’an only ate the raw garlic whenever they had noodles.
Undoubtedly, Wu Hai belonged to the group who wasn’t used to eating garlic. He stuffed it directly into
his mouth and chewed. It was fortunate that Yuan Zhou had provided him with ruby-red garlic, as
ordinary garlic would have an excessively pungent taste, which some might not enjoy.
The garlic that was bit emitted a stronger fragrance. Wu Hai’s eyes brighten up and he started chewing
faster. Along with the repeated chewing, the fragrance became much stronger, bringing about a
refreshing feel. After the clove of garlic was eaten, Wu Hai felt refreshed, the sense of chaos in the mind
completely cleared away.
“This garlic is really nice.” While speaking, Wu Hai covered his mouth for fear that the smell would drive
others away. However, the odor that was reflected back smelled refreshing and fragrant, not offensive
at all.
“Ho,” he tried to breathe out and then realized it really smelled like that. Wu Hai recalled the brand of
the toothpaste that he was currently using, Yunnan Baiyao brand, with the smell of mint. However, it
obviously did not smell of mint now.
“It really doesn't have an offensive smell,” after muttering to himself, he started to peel the other clove
of the garlic.
“Grandpa Zheng, this garlic can stimulate your appetite. It’s really nice. Why don’t you give it a try?”
While peeling off the skin, he didn’t forget to promote the garlic to the grandpa seated beside him.
“See? I already ate the garlic but there is no smell in my mouth. Besides, it is not spicy at all.”
“Really? Not spicy?” the grandpa, who was called Grandpa Zheng, set down the chopsticks and then
asked.
“You give it a try and will understand.” Wu Hai gestured the grandpa to taste it.
“All right. Let me have a taste.” the Grandpa Zheng was actually a frugal person. Only a bowl of broth
and two cloves of garlic cost 40RMB. It would be a waste of money if he didn’t manage to eat them.
Having peeled off the skin, the grandpa gave it a sniff before putting it into his mouth.
He was also impressed by the rough garlic’s unique fragrance and the way it stimulated his appetite.
As an old man, his internal organs would inevitably weaken. Therefore, no matter how delicious the
dishes cooked by Yuan Zhou were, Grandpa Zheng would be full with only one dish. Of course, two Soup
Dumplings were not a problem for him.
After eating the rough garlic, he felt more spirited and comfortable physically. Every bite brought about
a blast of flavor, as if his taste sensitivity became sharper. His appetite also improved tremendously.
Of course, the increase in his appetite was merely due to the sudden sharpening of his tastebud. It
didn’t mean he merely wanted to eat an additional bowl of noodles. It was just that interest of food was
suddenly aroused.
“Is this really garlic?”
“None of the ingredients Boss Yuan provides are simple and ordinary.”
“Originally, I don’t enjoy garlic. But today, I ate two cloves successively.”
“40RMB for two cloves of garlic. On average, it is 20RMB for each clove. Though fairly expensive, it
deserves that price.”
The ruby-red garlic instantly obtained two fans.
Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was usually open for an hour in the morning. After that hour passed, when those
other customers, who were used to Yuan Zhou not opening the restaurant in the morning, came at the
regular time, they were met with a tightly closed door.
“Slurp slurp”
As usual, Yuan Zhou cooked his noodle soup and devoured the dish with only a few bites. Then he
walked out of the back door while holding the bowl of the leftover broth in his hand.
The alley in daytime did not appear to be so gloomy and damp. Some unknown flowers grew from the
brick cracks and numerous mosses covered the stone bricks, which contrarily, gave the alley a primitive
and quiet feel.
He went up to the end of the alley, where the dog was still lying on the large plastic bag. However now,
it wasn’t barking miserably, nor scratching his hind leg.
Yuan Zhou could see better under the daylight. The dog was not a purebred Maltese; several strips of
black fur could be seen apart from the usual chocolate brown, and the fur wasn’t all curled. A dozen
large and small wounds could be seen on its body.
It must have contracted a disease and then be discovered that it wasn’t a purebred, thus was
abandoned and thrown here.
The bowl that he placed on the ground last night was empty and had been dragged closer to the dog. At
Yuan Zhou’s arrival, the brown and black dog raised its head, gave him a look and then lay back down,
seemingly reluctant to move.
Yuan Zhou still didn’t intend to raise the dog. He went up, as usual, poured the broth into the bowl on
the ground, then turned around and left.
The dog lying on the ground looked at Yuan Zhou and got to its feet after ensuring that Yuan Zhou had
left before starting to drink the broth in the bowl.
This scene was captured by a grandma who happened to bring some food to the dog. She appeared to
live not far from here and was dressed in an ordinary cotton T-shirt, with a piece of bread in her hand.
“Why did this guy only give the dog soup? Oh, no, it’s broth and smells fairly good.” When she smelled
the aroma wafting around her, the grandma corrected herself.
Then she started to coax the dog in front of her, “Good little dog. You can’t eat your fill with the broth. I
have the bread for you. Come and eat it.”

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Chapter 1: Unexpected Pleasant Surprise

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

"System?" Yuan Zhou couldn’t help murmuring in a low voice.

"Ha?" Yuan Zhou got really muddled right now.

Host: Yuan Zhou (Ordinary Human, Nationality: Chinese Han)

Cooking talent: Unknown

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Chapter 2: The 1st Mission

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[Mission] Owning a store of your own

It could also be his parents’ expectations, wishing that he wouldn’t leave.

The call was answered after three rings.

“Duk Duk Duk”

[Reward] God-tier skill for Fried Rice with Eggs

“How can it be the most delicious?” asked Yuan Zhou seriously.

“Why is the cooking talent still unknown?”

“Five dimensions of cooking?”

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Darkness fell and the stars outside sparkled.

Half an hour later.

No answer came from the system.

“Hey, Boss. What’s the price of this suit?”

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“That’s great. Then just please do some small repairs.”

“Duk Duk Duk”

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Chapter 5: Mission Completed

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[Mission] Own a restaurant of your own [Completed]

“Ping Ping Pang Pang”

A bad premonition started to emerge in Yuan Zhou’s mind.

“In this case, why didn’t the system rebuild it directly?”

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Chapter 6: God Tier Egg Fried Rice

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He tapped on the mission reward and directly received it.

“Dong Dong Dong”

He walked to the center of the main hall hastily.

“Are you freaking serious?”

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Chapter 7: Most Austere Most delicious and Most…Expensive

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The system read, “Egg Fried Rice, priced at 188 RMB.”

In less than half a minute, the rice was done.

“Ping Ping Pang Pang”

How long does it take to cook Egg Fried Rice?

What do you call a fantastic, superb, delicious dish?

“Does the host have more questions?”

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Chapter 8: The 2nd Mission

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“Ok, fine. You’re the boss.”

［Reward］: A God level Egg Fried Rice Package

The system read, “Please complete your current task, host.”

He went downstairs in quick steps.

“Are you from XinXin Florist Shop? Yes, it’s here.”

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Chapter 9: The 1st Customer

The system read, “It provides a place for resting.”

“Ding ling ling, Ding ling ling……..”