Lin Xiao Yi could breathe a sigh of relief because she was finally free from the little girl. She really didn't like children, especially when she had to be the caretaker. It never occurred to her to become a baby sitter.
Lin Xiao Yi continued her work of processing other foods ordered by visitors.
"Xiao Yi, where have you been? Why didn't I see you earlier?" Fang Yin said.
"I just came back after accompanying Mei-Yin and her father," Lin Xiao Yi said as her hand continued to move the spatula.
"Have you met Mei-Yin's father? How does he look? Is he handsome?" Fang Yin asked excitedly. She wanted Xiao Yi to tell about a widower who was reportedly young.
"Not bad. But still he is a pretty annoying single daddy," Lin Xiao Yi said in a flat tone. Remembering how arrogant he was to made Lin Xiao Yi angry.
"Don't take your past into the present. You're too traumatized by a widower to act really weird. He's not bald and has a big belly, right?" Fang Yin said just to make sure that the single daddy was not what Xiao Yi had thought so far.
Lin Xiao Yi shook her head slowly. Mei-Yin's father looked too handsome for her, far from being ugly like her husband. Lin Xiao Yi shuddered in horror at the thought of returning to the man who used to be her husband.
"It has absolutely nothing to do with my past. He is handsome but very arrogant saying that if I become Mei-yin's nanny he will pay me three times of a chef's salary. He thinks everything can be solved with money," Xiao Yi muttered.
"He's really asking you to be the babysitter for that little girl? That's a lot of triple pay. Did you take up his offer?" Fang Yin said in disbelief.
"Of course not," Lin Xiao Yi said curtly.
"Why did you refuse? If I were you, I'd better resign from being a chef and then become a nanny," Fang Yin said while touching Lin Xiao Yi's forehead with the back of her hand. Maybe the temperature was too hot to think clearly.
"I've said many times that I don't like children. Becoming a chef has been my dream since I was little so I won't give up just for the sake of a big salary," Lin Xiao Yi said while rolling her eyes. Getting annoyed because Fang Yin didn't support her decision.
"Or is it because her father is single daddy so you're still traumatized?" Fang Yin guessed.
"Please don't talk about it," Lin Xiao Yi grumbled so that the image of the past marriage would quickly disappear from her memory.
"Ah, I almost forgot something. Earlier Manager Wang asked you to come to his office." Fang Yin almost forgot her goal to meet Lin Xiao Yi.
"What is wrong?" Lin Xiao Yi asked with a frown.
Fang Yin shrugged her shoulders because she didn't ask why Manager Wang called her best friend.
"I don't know, hurry and go before Manager Wang gets angry because he waited too long," Fang Yin said.
"It's cooked, just serve it. I'll meet Manager Wang right now," Lin Xiao Yi said with a long sigh. Hopefully there wasn't anything bad. It was unusual for Manager Wang to ask her to come into his room.
"Okay." Fang Yin immediately put Lin Xiao Yi's cooking onto the plate.
Knock knock knock ...
Lin Xiao Yi knocked on the door first before entering into manager Wang's room.
"Come in," Manager Wang exclaimed in a cold voice from within.
Lin Xiao Yi let out a heavy sigh before braving herself to enter with her head bowed.
"What are you calling me, sir?" Lin Xiao Yi said.
"Now also pack your things and leave this restaurant," the manager said in a flat tone without preamble.
As if there was an atomic bomb exploding so strongly sounded in Lin Xiao Yi's ears. Her body swayed, it seemed she had heard it wrong so Xiao Yi ventured to raise her head to look at Manager Wang.
"Manager Wang, your joke is really not funny," Xiao Yi said as she chuckled amusedly and then held on to the table so that her body didn't collapse.
"Who's kidding? Does my face look comical right now?" Manager Wang said with a serious look on his face.
"I'm definitely the one who heard wrong," Xiao Yi said with a grimace.
"What you heard is true. I'm sorry, our restaurant doesn't need your strength anymore," Manager Wang explained, like lightning in broad daylight that suddenly grabbed Lin Xiao Yi's body. Even though there was no wind, there was no rain.
"You mean I was fired?" Lin Xiao Yi said, who staggered in disbelief at what she had just heard.
"You could say that. You don't have to worry because we will provide severance pay," Manager Wang said.
"What's the reason that I got fired? Didn't you say that if I cooked good, you wouldn't fire me?" Lin Xiao Yi ventured to speak in a higher tone to ask for justice.
"Your cooking earlier wasn't delicious and Mr. Li Zheng Yu said he didn't like your cooking," Manager Wang said honestly. Delivering according to what Li Zheng Yu said.
"What?" Lin Xiao Yi shouted with wide wide eyes.
"How could my cooking be so bad? Mei-Yin even had a really good meal when I fed her," Lin Xiao Yi explained with a fiery tone and her chest that flared up and endured tightness. She did not accept it if the cooking was not good. To her it all didn't make sense.
"Don't deny it. She could be starving so she eats in gusto," Manager Wang said casually. Actually he felt sorry because Lin Xiao Yi was one of the best cooks but he also couldn't possibly refuse Li Zheng Yu's wishes.
"Manager Wang, he must be wrong. How can Mr. Li Zheng Yu say that my dish is not good? Whereas he doesn't eat at all," Lin Xiao Yi said, who did not accept it because Manager Wang judged her cooking from others.
"Never mind, now you better get out of this restaurant before the security guards come here to kick you out," Manager Wang said as he turned his chair over to sit with his back to Lin Xiao Yi.
"Manager Wang, you are too much. Look, you will later regret that you fired me," Lin Xiao Yi threatened then turned to leave the room. She will make calculations with Li Zheng Yu later.