Chapter 122.
[Dear Miss Ye Zheng, a new day has begun. It is now seven o'clock in the morning. Please get up quickly. ]
Ye Zheng, who was buried in the cool summer quilt, fluttered a few times, then lifted the quilt with all her strength. She stretched and said, "Good morning."
[Good morning, there is still one hour before Ms. Ye Zheng's working time. Please plan your time. The wake-up service ends here. I wish you a pleasant day. ]
As the saying goes, being courteous for nothing is either cheating or stealing. Ye Zheng has been getting along with the favor system for a month, and has a general understanding of its temper. Generally speaking, it is a strange and abnormal thing. Today it was actually kind enough to provide a wake-up service, and Ye Zheng's sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.
She asked cautiously, "You shouldn't charge me points for this operation, right?"
[...As expected, it would be better for you to have a passionate kiss with the air. ]
Ye Zheng put on her clothes and complained, "I kiss the air? Isn't that just looking for trouble?"
[Haha, the biggest trouble in the world is you. With you, I am not afraid of other things happening at all. ]
Ye Zheng couldn't help but cover her chest. What kind of evil had she done? She was going to be ridiculed by the favorability system in the morning. She decided to shut up and get dressed properly.
Ye Zheng was dissatisfied with the favorability system's neglect. Because it knew what Ye Zheng wanted most, it said something mean and then deliberately went offline, clearly trying to whet her appetite.
Ye Zheng, who had just opened the curtains, said in surprise, "What? A new palace delicacy handbook has been launched in the points mall? How many points are there? Hey, why don't you talk? Hey, where are you!"
Food is her only hobby. Ye Zheng can't forget the egg fried rice that the dean mother made for her on the day she came to the orphanage. The taste of the food and the kind expression of the dean mother gradually changed her little by little. Ye Zheng's fear melted away.
She couldn't remember that she was sent to an orphanage by kind people in the past, and she grew up in the orphanage ever since. During this period, some people came to the orphanage to adopt children, but no one was willing to adopt Ye Zheng. Because she was already six years old at that time and at a sensible age. Although she could not remember the past after she fell ill, what if she remembered it one day? People are selfish, and after much deliberation, she was not chosen in the end, so Ye Zheng became a child who grew up peacefully in an orphanage.
In those years, Ye Zheng regarded the dean mother as a relative. After finishing her studies, she would follow the dean mother in the kitchen to cook for the other children. That time was the purest beauty in her memory.
Food reminds her of the dean mother, so she has very good cooking skills. Even though she is just an inconspicuous employee now, in fact, Ye Zheng has been accepted as an apprentice by the restaurant's chef, and she will go and distribute flyers is also because the chef has been teaching other chefs these days, and there is a talented apprentice named Ye Zheng. The chef always feels a little displeased with the others, so he simply lets Ye Zheng do other things, which saves the chef from having to worry about comparing her with others.
So Ye Zheng got used to doing whatever she wanted, so she quit her job and got into the kitchen as an apprentice without even thinking about it. After all, work that relies on love to generate electricity always makes people full of motivation.
Ye Zheng, who had just received the surprise and was quickly poured cold water on her, closed the door angrily. She planned not to talk to the favorability system all day today. The worst she could do was not earn the points today, but she would have to fight it to the end! The favorability system must be made to understand that she will not give in easily to those letters in the mall!
She was busy and made breakfast in her rented house. She made the steamed dumplings last night. This morning she could eat hot steamed dumplings with soup. After the bowl of rice porridge became soft and glutinous, breakfast came to an end with the washing of bowls and chopsticks.
Ye Zheng looked at the time, hurriedly picked up the canvas bag and left home.
The place she lives in is an old community with a strong smoke and fire atmosphere. You can hear the familiar conversations of the neighbors downstairs, and you can also smell the fragrance of the flowers planted by the neighbors. In short, everything is fine.
It is full of vitality. Ye Zheng likes this atmosphere very much. Because of this, she rented it for several years.
At this time, a staff member from a moving company was carrying home appliances upstairs. Ye Zheng sidestepped to avoid it. After greeting grandma Wang who was walking her dog downstairs, she put on her helmet and rode her bicycle to the restaurant.
The place where she worked was not too far away. While waiting for the traffic light in front of her, Ye Zheng heard a girl saying in her ear, "Although I don't know what model this car is, I can see its logo and license plate. I know it's a luxury car."
Ye Zheng looked over and couldn't help but be surprised. The license plate number was quite smooth.
The girl seemed to be chatting with a friend, so Ye Zheng heard her say again, "Isn't this someone's birthday? Seriously, don't believe me, I'll give you a pat."
Ye Zheng nodded silently. Although she didn't understand, she felt very powerful.
"Oh, you actually found it on the Internet? Let me tell you, it is definitely the kind of romance that only rich people can do. The person driving this car is named Zhou Shiyu. Wait, this name is a bit familiar. Is it the one with the girl? A kid from a rich family who is rumored to have scandals with celebrities?"
The girls' gossip made Ye Zheng take her eyes back on the car. Ye Zheng didn't know whether it was a luxury car or not. She only knew that the red light turned green.
Ye Zheng's hair was flying as she rode her bike past the man's peripheral vision.
Zhou Shiyu's lazy expression suddenly turned into infatuation, and his eyes were fixed on the figure that flashed by just now. Zhou Shiyu lowered the car window, and just as he was about to poke his head out, he realized that he was doing something stupid again.
He smiled self-deprecatingly, put his palms through his hair and supported his head, his cold eyes filled with sadness. This proud man of heaven would always be defeated whenever he encountered something about that woman. Zhou Shiyu sighed and slowly raised his head up the car window.
At this time, he said, "The Fang family hasn't found their little daughter yet?"
"They have been searching for these years, but they couldn't find any clues back then, let alone now more than 20 years later." Zhou Shiyu said to himself, his trance-like appearance was a bit strange, he closed his eyes and looked back, as soon as he leaned back, the car fell into silence.
The driver didn't even dare to take a breath, so he could only drive the car more slowly, trying to be smooth so that Zhou Shiyu wouldn't find an opportunity to get angry.
The driver loosened his collar and cursed: This money is so damn hard to make!
Suddenly, Zhou Shiyu said abruptly, "You'll call Zhang Qi later and ask her to come and stay with me."
"Okay, Mr. Zhou."
The driver was sitting upright. When facing Zhou Shiyu, he felt an unnatural panic because the driver had witnessed Zhou Shiyu going crazy. Just because the female star Zhang Qi accidentally moved the furnishings in his room, Zhang Qi was beaten by Zhou Shiyu. After a slap, the driver finally took Zhang Qi to see a family doctor. After this incident, the driver became more and more certain that Zhou Shiyu was a neurotic man who should not be messed with easily. If he was messed with, he would be looking for death.
Zhou Shiyu didn't know his inner slander. He touched the watch with his lips affectionately. Under the watch was a tattoo of a person's name, which was his true love.
The luxury car she just saw at the traffic light was quickly forgotten by Ye Zheng. When she was eighteen years old, she tried to get a driver's license, but for some reason she felt an indescribable resistance to cars. She can take a car, but not drive. Therefore, Ye Zheng still does not have a driver's license and has little interest in cars.
"Good morning, little Ye Zi."
Yesterday's colleague rushed over enthusiastically and said, "I brought you breakfast. Do you want to eat it first?"
Ye Zheng patted her head, "Oh, I forgot, I made myself a meal early in the morning."
Her colleagues didn't take it to heart. It was just a casual comment yesterday. Ye Zheng didn't want to eat, so she could just save it for lunch later.
The colleague's name was Jin Yan. She pretended to be angry and complained, "Then I have to eat breakfast made by Xiao Zizi tomorrow."
Ye Zheng smiled elegantly and said, "Put it on me."
Jin Yan held her face and said infatuatedly, "Little Ye Zi, if it weren't for the fact that I have a boyfriend, I would definitely pursue you."
Ye Zheng blushed at her words, pushed Jin Yan away and retorted, "That's not okay."
Her rejection made Jin Yan pout sadly, and followed her and asked, "Why not? I have a very good personality. Although I am not as good as you in appearance, I am not ugly either. Why not."
Ye Zheng replied without hesitation, "Reject office romance!"
"Hahaha, so you deliberately pretended that Xiao Wang, who opened the small stove, pursued you yesterday, didn't happen?" Jin Yan said in a low voice, winking at Ye Zheng.
Ye Zheng couldn't help but hit her, "You can't mention this again. It's hard to break the story."
"Okay, okay, I won't mention it again. But Xiao Yezi, you are already twenty-four or five this year, right? You don't have a love history. Are you frigid?"
Ye Zheng thought that morning was not the right time to talk about such a hot topic, so she rolled her eyes at Jin Yan angrily. However, her dissatisfaction didn't seem to be very harmful to Jin Yan. Instead, I felt like I was electrocuted by her charming eyes.
She looks beautiful and pure, with a sense of tenacity and fragmentation. When her eye look into the distance and think deeply, they are sad, but when she smiles slightly, they are full of vitality. When her facial features become vivid, she no longer has that charming look. The sorrow of pity, but the freshness and healing.
Jin Yan can't find the right words to describe her, because she is smart, and words will just restrain her temperament.
So Jin Yan was very curious about how such a beautiful woman could have a single life of twenty-four years.
She picked up the drink in the refrigerator as a microphone to interview Ye Zheng, and asked solemnly, "Miss Ye, can you answer my question?"
Ye Zheng explained casually, "I'm not cold in that respect. I just haven't met anyone I like."
"Then the question is, what kind of person do you like?"
Ye Zheng thought for a while and said carefully, "First of all, it must be a person."
Jin Yan looked up and collapsed, lying helplessly on her shoulders, saying feebly, "I'd better not ask you these questions, so as not to make myself angry to death."
"Is my answer incorrect?"
This time, Jin Yan ignored Ye Zheng's words, put the drink back in the refrigerator, and muttered to herself, "Go and pretend to be a panda and ignore the idiot."
The two of them were playing around, and the deserted morning soon ushered in the peak period of customer flow at noon. The restaurant was large and cheap. There were square tables on the first floor for casual seating, and private rooms on the second floor. It was affordable for fast food and personally customized set meals, because the chef of the restaurant is the treasure of the restaurant and is also the owner of the two restaurants.
Time passes, from morning to night.
Tangli closed the car door and once again came to the place where she met Ye Zheng last night.
In the summer, people were coming and going in the city center. Tangli walked through the crowd and found the panda doll standing on the other side of the square. She stayed quietly aside, forming a landscape of her own. The lively children ran past her, because her appearance unknowingly attracted more people to approach the panda doll.
The panda doll handed out the promotional leaflet in her hand. She tilted her body and saw Tangli who was standing here for a while. She took the initiative to hand one to Tangli and said, "The opening of the restaurant is a big reward, you can't think of it. Beautiful women are welcome to come and taste the delicacies our chefs can make."
Tang Li took it with a smile and asked, "Where is Ye Zheng? Why can't I see her?"
Tang Li's words made the panda pinch her waist, "I am Ye Zheng, you can't recognize me?"
"You are not Ye Zheng, I can recognize her." Tangli's calm expression and the determination in her smile make her like a maple leaf in autumn. When other trees are withered and yellow, she is brightly red. The leaves arrive in autumn with warmth and confidence.
The panda doll held up the panda hood and asked in confusion, "I am really Ye Zheng, why don't you believe it?"
"The voice, and my intuition."
Of course Jin Yan didn't know who the woman in front of her was, but that didn't stop her from teasing Tang Li.
She has never seen this friend next to Ye Zheng. The two have worked together for a long time and are very familiar with Ye Zheng. Jin Yan also has a thorough understanding of Ye Zheng's interpersonal communication, so Tang Li is a stranger, just a stranger can clearly tell who the panda doll is, but it's not that simple.
Jin Yan looked Tang Li up and down. She was elegant in a retro waist-length dress. Her long hair was tied up low by Tang Li. According to Jin Yan's good eyesight, it could be seen that her hair accessories and earrings were the same. The suit was exquisite in every aspect, and it also showed her taste and aesthetics. She was a very charming woman, and the depth in her eyes made Jin Yan keenly aware that she was not an ordinary woman.
"Are you Ye Zheng's friend?"
Tangli smiled, "That's not it. We just met yesterday."
Jin Yan asked in surprise, "You just met yesterday? Then you can still recognize that I am not Xiao Zizi."
Tangli shrugged her shoulders and said with a smile, "Personal ability."
"The xiao Zizi you are looking for is not here. The restaurant's business is very good. It seems that the flyers have had an effect, so she went back to help. I am here alone."
While Jin Yan was talking, she saw someone who had the courage to ask Tang Li for her contact information. Tang Li refused, "Sorry, I like women."
Jin Yan almost choked on her saliva and looked at Tang Li with a look of great admiration. At the same time, she also sent a sympathetic look to the brave man.
"Ahem, why did you come to see Xiao Zi?"
Tang Li said calmly, "Yesterday, I saw her photo of a delicious work meal. After finishing my work today, I thought of giving it a try."
Jin Yan suddenly realized, "It turns out that the person who chatted with Xiao Zizi yesterday was you."
Is this the potential customer that Xiao Zizi mentioned?
That is, the potential customer who proactively asked for contact information from Xiao Yezi?
She had just used excuses to decline others, but yesterday she took the initiative to ask for Xiao Yezi's contact information.
This... looks ill-intentioned at first sight!
When Tangli heard about Ye Zheng, a smile appeared unconsciously and she said, "Your working meals are very rich. It makes me want to work here."
"What? The usual work meals are not like that. Didn't someone deliberately turn on the stove for Xiao Zizi?" Jin Yan said this tentatively, and as expected, she saw Tangli's expression change, and her eyes focused on Jin Yan she couldn't help but feel nervous.
Jin Yan thought Tang Li would ask her curiously, but Tang Li said, "I don't know if Ye Zheng is busy right now. I won't disturb you for now. I'm going to see Ye Zheng."
Jin Yan was a little confused. Her experiment had an effect, but she felt that it had no effect. According to common sense, shouldn't she ask her? After all, she had already said that. If she was really interested in Xiao Zizi, she would have asked who gave Xiao Zizi a chance. Why didn't she follow the routine?
Tang Li politely said goodbye to Jin Yan. Jin Yan kept staring at her. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration and understood Tang Li's operation.
This is an advanced player. It's boring to ask her. If she want to ask, just ask Xiao Zizi. In this way, she can understand Xiao Zizi's thoughts more clearly.
"This sister looks quite dangerous. Can rookie Xiao Zizi win?"
"Tsk, I'm confused."
The woman walked into the restaurant with a brochure. When she opened the door, someone passed by. It was a mother with a child. What she held in her arms was the rabbit stuffed animal that was redeemed after consumption. Tangli took a look at it, and the mother of the child was confused. She explained kindly, "You also think this rabbit stuffed animal is cute, right? This store does quite well. I recharged several thousand yuan in one go. I can bring my family here to eat here from time to time."
Tangli smiled, said a few words to the child's mother, and then walked into the store.
She looked around, but didn't see the person she wanted to see, so she couldn't help but tap her fingers on her legs.
She thought for a moment and took out her cell phone to send a message to Ye Zheng. Tang Li planned to sit aside and wait for her reply, but she didn't expect the other party to reply very quickly.
[What's wrong? ]
Tangli raised the corners of her lips slightly, holding her cell phone in one hand and tapping quickly to reply to her.
[I felt uncomfortable in my stomach and wanted to eat something. Then I saw that yesterday I was given a brochure and I came to the store. I just didn't see you, so I wanted to ask what to eat for people with stomachache.]
[Sorry, I feel like I've disturbed your work a bit, so I won't bother you. I'll just order a few dishes to eat. I think the boiled fish eaten by others is quite fragrant. I'll try this dish later. ]
Ye Zheng, who had just sat on a chair to rest, frowned. She had a stomachache and still wanted to eat boiled fish? Unless this person has an iron stomach, she will definitely be miserable to death tomorrow.
Ye Zheng originally wanted to reply to her message, but when she thought about it, she would reply in the store. It would be more convenient to see her directly.
"Uncle Chen, I'm going out and a friend is here."
Chef Uncle Chen responded in a hurry and continued busy with his work.
Ye Zheng took off her chef hat and mask and put them in her cabinet. Just as she was about to close the cabinet door, she couldn't help but look in the mirror.
There is nothing refreshing about the woman in the mirror, she is still as busy as she was last night.
Ye Zheng stuck out her tongue. She didn't want to be embarrassed in front of the beautiful woman, but she had no choice.
She was heartbroken and closed the cupboard door. It didn't matter, she was naturally beautiful anyway.
When she came to the first floor, she saw Tangli holding a rabbit stuffed animal in her arms. In the crowd, the two looked at each other in a strange way. In the end, Ye Zheng lowered her eyes and walked towards her.
"Are you feeling sick to your stomach?"
Tangli smiled disapprovingly, "It's okay, just a minor illness."
Ye Zheng puffed up her cheeks and said, "If you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, don't even think about eating big fish or meat. Do you want pumpkin porridge or millet porridge? I'll make another fire for you. You can only eat these at night. You are young and have to take good care of your stomach."
Tangli rubbed the long ears of the rabbit stuffed animal and smiled. She seemed to like hearing these caring words from Ye Zheng. She asked, "Whichever is not troublesome, you can do it."
Ye Zheng couldn't help but laugh, "How could you choose like this? Do you have a phobia of choice?"
Tangli shook her head and said warmly, "I just don't want you to be too tired. You have sweat on your forehead today and yesterday."
"Work is like this."
Ye Zheng never thought that the casual words she just said were actually full of concern for her. Ye Zheng felt that she seemed a little confused about the style, and almost misunderstood others' meaning.
However, she and her had only met once. At best, they were strangers who knew each other's names, so it was normal for her to subconsciously misunderstand her. After all, no one thought that the other party would be so interested in this stranger.
Ye Zheng put her hands behind her back and urged, "What do you want to drink? You have to choose one. Do you want me to do both?"
Tangli laughed, "My belly is so big, I can't finish both. Pumpkin porridge, okay?"
Ye Zheng listened to her gentle voice and clasped her fingers unnaturally. Why did she always feel that her eyes were staring at her? No, what was she saying? How could she not look at her during a face-to-face conversation? Look at the floor!
"Of course, the customer is God."
Tang Li corrected her seriously, "I don't think I'm a customer."
"Um?"
"We are friends."
Ye Zheng raised her eyes and joked, "We have only met twice. You must have many friends."
Tangli said without hesitation, "I only have a few friends, but you are the first friend I have actively asked for her contact information."
Ye Zheng's heart suddenly became confused and she bit her lip.
"Turn on the halo golden finger."
[Twenty points~]
Ye Zheng painfully confirmed the words of the favorability system.
She held it in for a whole day and ignored the favorability system, but in front of Tangli, she became a little curious about this person's favorability.
The next second after the golden finger opened, Ye Zheng closed her eyes without saying a word.
That's because Ye Zheng's eyes were blinded by Tang Li's favorability and had to close them.
[Damn it. ]