Chapter 227: Going to Be the Hero Saved by a Beauty
Chapter 227: Chapter 227: Going to Be the Hero Saved by a Beauty
Shen Lu pictured the scene and thought it was indeed quite bizarre.
She clicked on each piece of kitchen equipment to check. For now, there weren’t many she could combine. Besides the one-touch washing machine and the one-touch vegetable chopper, the super all-purpose food cart could be combined with the sweet egg waffle maker. The malatang machine could also be combined with the food cart, but the malatang and egg waffle machines couldn’t be combined with each other.
Combining wasn’t as simple as just wanting to do it. Besides Star Coins, she also needed quite a few materials.
Fortunately, the materials were all common. Shen Lu didn’t have to figure out how to get them herself; she could just have the Wang sisters and Fang Ming go gather them.
The next day, while Shen Lu was eating breakfast, she suddenly saw a news report on TV about high-level government officials departing for the Zhunan Survival Base.
She was very surprised to see Lei Li, her expression stern and cold, standing behind the officials.
’Isn’t that Xue Can’s girlfriend? Is she part of the security detail for this visit?’
’Wait, I seem to remember the people from the Gale Mercenary Corps mentioning when they came to eat that they’d recently taken a big job protecting high-level officials on a visit. Could it be this one?’
’In that case, wouldn’t Xue Can be going with them?’
’Oh, right. The female lead has already transmigrated here, so of course, Xue Can has to go and be the hero saved by a beauty.’
’Does this mean I’ll get to meet the female lead in a little while?’
’It’s actually kind of exciting to think about. I never expected that a cannon fodder character like me, who was supposed to have died and turned to dust long ago, would get to meet the female lead!’
’I definitely have to latch onto someone with a protagonist’s halo. Then I can get a front-row seat to watch all the drama unfold—the love triangles, love squares, love pentagons... I love watching that stuff.’
Shen Lu’s eyes burned as she scanned the screen for any sign of Xue Can, but the camera moved quickly. It was mainly focused on the high-level government personnel, and the mercenaries in charge of security were only caught in passing, with few of them shown.
After breakfast, the vegetables from Zhao Qian arrived.
The delivery was made by an inconspicuous truck with no identifying marks. The driver was a bald man who was absolutely jacked—the kind of tough guy who looked like he could take on ten men at once.
Shen Lu signed for the delivery and called people over to move the ingredients inside.
Cai Su looked at the produce. "These vegetables don’t seem as good as yesterday’s?"
The main issue was that the quality of the vegetables varied. It wasn’t like the deliveries from the Bai Family, where they always picked out the best ones to send over.
Shen Lu grunted in agreement. "We switched suppliers."
Shen Lu could understand why. After all, Bai Wanwan had ulterior motives regarding her, so naturally, she would be more attentive.
Zhao Qian was different. He was only willing to sell vegetables to her as a favor to Xue Can, and the terms of the contract were all clearly spelled out.
Song Zhigao lifted his eyes, his gaze probing.
’Switched ingredient suppliers again?’
’The vegetables for the past few days were all from the Bai Family. So who’s the new supplier now?’
Song Zhigao silently went over to help sort the vegetables. He could tell the quality of the ingredients as soon as he touched them.
In this batch, the good produce was very good, but the bad produce was laughably terrible.
Song Zhigao frowned slightly. The ingredients from the major agricultural bases each had distinct characteristics; you could tell them apart if you paid close enough attention.
But he couldn’t identify which base these ingredients Shen Lu had procured came from.
Song Zhigao reined in his thoughts and focused on the task at hand. When he had a free moment, he sent out a message.
Elsewhere, it was already noon by the time Master Luo saw the message.
Life had been too easy for him lately. He’d been staying at the casino until the early hours of the morning and usually wouldn’t wake up until noon.
After reading the message, he hurried to see Boss Jin to report the latest news.
"Alright, I understand," Boss Jin said, his expression impassive, betraying no emotion.
As soon as Master Luo left, Boss Jin immediately had his assistant look into who had delivered vegetables to Shen Lu that day.
Soon, Boss Jin traced it back to Zhao Qian’s agricultural base.
’Someone from the Zhao Family?’
Boss Jin was completely baffled.
’When did Shen Lu get involved with the Zhao Family? Wasn’t she very close to the Bai Family?’
Boss Jin took a slow breath. ’Why do I get the feeling there’s some immense, untouchable power behind Shen Lu?’
’Or is this all just an act, with Shen Lu deliberately trying to be mysterious?’
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The vegetables Zhao Qian sent didn’t include any potatoes, so shredded potatoes were off the menu today, replaced with shredded green beans.
Savory eggplant was still available, as were carrots and lettuce.
Shen Lu placed the new one-touch vegetable chopper she had drawn next to the washing machine. She told Deng Ying that things like lettuce could be put directly into the chopper after washing. Carrots could also go through for some simple, rough processing before being sliced by hand.
It was at least somewhat useful, just not by much.
For the soup of the day, Shen Lu made tomato and egg soup. As a merchant with at least a little conscience, she cracked ten eggs into the pot, making it look rich and hearty with all the red and yellow.
Business during the lunch rush was more or less the same as yesterday. More and more people who had collected ten stamps came to try the lucky draw, forcing Shen Lu to have Wang Daguo come over and help. Only by working together could they manage the crowd.
Over 100 people came to redeem prizes today. Two of them won Li Zexing merchandise, and one of those two drew a life-sized standee.
The young girl was so happy she couldn’t see straight. She hugged the standee that was now hers and gave it a deep, passionate kiss, making the faces of the onlooking fans twist with anger.
"Don’t you dare defile Brother Xing!"
"Let go! Let go of him right now!"
"This is outrageous!"
"Let go of that standee and let me do it!"
The fans were causing too much of a ruckus, so Shen Lu had to ask them to leave.
The girl who won the standee didn’t dare to linger either. She snatched it up and left quickly. If she had stayed any longer, the people glaring at her with greedy eyes might have done something unpleasant.
In the afternoon, Shen Lu packed a bag of cookies for Fu Cheng. She had originally intended to give it to Ye Fan for safekeeping, but Fu Cheng refused.
"I’ll hold it myself."
If Ye Fan held them, he was afraid he’d only get a small taste before Ye Fan secretly ate all the rest.
Shen Lu smiled to herself. She hadn’t expected Fu Cheng to be so protective of his food.
After seeing Fu Cheng and Ye Fan off, Shen Lu prepared to go back to the kitchen to bake some more cookies. They would be great whether she ate them herself or used them as prizes.
Just as she went inside and changed into her chef’s uniform, Xin Yu came running in.
"Boss, someone’s here to see you."
"Who?"
"Uh... they say they’re your family."
The corner of Shen Lu’s mouth twitched. "I’ll go take a look."
When she got to the dining area, it was indeed the three members of the Liu Family.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be at the hospital?" The veins on Shen Lu’s forehead throbbed, especially when she saw they had brought a pile of luggage and furniture with them. She had a very bad feeling about this.
"We sold the house to pay for your brother’s medical bills, and the buyer insisted we move out today, so we had no choice but to check out of the hospital early." Liu Qiang peeked inside. "Little Deer, where’s your room? Let’s put our things inside first."
"Are you kidding me? My brother just had surgery, he definitely needs to stay in the hospital for a few days for observation. What if something happens because you recklessly discharged him?" Shen Lu blocked the Liu Family’s view and tried to persuade them in a very gentle tone, "You can leave your luggage here for now. You need to hurry up and take him back to the hospital."
"But we already completed the discharge paperwork," Liu Qiang said, a look of pure, unadulterated foolishness in his eyes. "Plus, we even got some money back. I think it’s great. All he does at the hospital is lie there, and they’re not even giving him medicine. It’s just a waste of money."