The bonus injected a new vigor into the long-emptied bodies of He Xiaoqian and Shen Yue.
After cleaning up the store, they left one after another. Ma Lu didn't hurry off; instead, he and Old Wang checked the remaining ingredients, noted what needed to be restocked, and also tidied up the sanitation in the kitchen area.
Overall, the first day of the store opening went smoothly, yet Ma Lu couldn't shake the feeling that he had forgotten something.
It wasn't until he turned off all the lights and was about to lock the door that he looked up unintentionally at the pitch-dark second floor and smacked his forehead in realization.
"Oh shit, Zhen Ye!"
Zhen Ye's old room had been remodeled, finishing up around the same time as Ma Lu's store renovations, and it had been airing out for nearly a week, the smell almost gone.
