Yuan Zhou wasn't exactly a germophobe, but the food cooked by chefs were meant to be eaten. He could not be "clean enough" or "just nice" when dealing with the cleanliness of food. Therefore, even after the system's automated cleaning, he would still manually clean his kitchen.
The system did not have anything to say about this. In fact, the system approved of this behavior. Therefore, the reply Yuan Zhou gave the middle-aged man was truly what he had in mind.
But from the middle-aged man's point of view… Dirty… Dirty? Where? He must be pretending.
The middle-aged man was completely speechless.
"The staircase is somewhat narrow. Be careful when going up."
Yuan Zhou promptly said while pointing at the stairs when he saw that Carpenter Lian was on the verge of giving his disciples another lecture.