Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 899 - 444: The First to Break Through Can’t Tell a Lie, Right?

Ultimately, Master Hua was still unable to get Qin Huai to share his insights.

Although Qin Huai made a batch of hand-pulled noodles in the afternoon, he didn't have anything to ask Master Hua about. It's not that Qin Huai despises Master Hua's skills, but rather, Master Hua is too skilled.

Qin Huai hasn't really studied much about noodles; whether it's pulling or hand-pulled noodles, he can just make them. People think Qin Huai's noodles are particularly good mainly because he kneads the dough well. Both pulling and hand-pulling noodles are actually just techniques; right now Qin Huai isn't practicing techniques, so there's not much to ask Master Hua.

Master Hua could only leave disappointed.

Qin Huai happily continued to brush up his skill level, while also secretly taking some time to observe Zhao Cheng'an.

Zhao Cheng'an was still making Four Happiness Flower Rolls.

After chatting with Master Zhou, Qin Huai briefly reflected on himself and realized he had been overly absorbed in brushing up his skill level, to the extent of neglecting those closest to him—

The neighbor at the next workstation, Zhao Cheng'an, still hadn't awakened like a Mayfly.

Qin Huai suddenly realized he hadn't taken a break because of brushing his skill level. Zhao Cheng'an, for some reason, hadn't taken a break either, even though Zhao Cheng'an couldn't wait to take all his monthly 4-day vacation in one go for a long holiday, and if he could take it at the beginning of the month, he would, without any procrastination.

Once his vacation was used at the start of the month, he could slack off in the middle and end of the month, demanding some days off even if it's tough.

Anyway, Zhao Cheng'an isn't short of money, so his salary could just be deducted.

"Zhao Cheng'an." Qin Huai looked at Zhao Cheng'an, who was making Four Happiness Flower Rolls with a somewhat out-of-body experience, "Have you finished your vacation this month?"

"Not yet, I've only taken one day." Zhao Cheng'an said weakly.

"Then why don't you take a break?"

Zhao Cheng'an looked up, using an eye full of sadness and anger that seemed to say, 'How could you, this damned kid next door, understand the heart of a common genius like me,' and said mournfully, "Isn't it because of you."

Qin Huai: ?

"Originally, we could chat, make snacks, and slack off together. Tan Wei'an also told me that you could be hardworking when needed, but usually you're quite lazy, so I thought I finally found a partner, but then..."

Zhao Cheng'an slightly tilted his head back, only this way could his tears not fall from the corners of his eyes, "Wasn't it supposed to be, you'd only work hard when you really wanted to make a snack? Why are you working hard even when there's no snack to make now?"

"Bro, working hard without following the basic rules?"

"I do want to take a break, but you keep making snacks right next to me. Can I rest? If I take a break now, what would my master think of me, what would my senior brother think of me, what would my senior sister think of me? What would Tan Wei'an say behind my back? How am I supposed to thrive at Zhiwei Restaurant?"

Qin Huai: ... 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Is it that serious?

"But just now, Master Zhou told me you seem about to burn out." Qin Huai decided to relay Master Zhou's thoughts, "He's already planning to take both of us to the exchange conference in Beiping next month, book a table for us at Fen Garden, and give us an extra day off to play in Beiping."

The originally lifeless Zhao Cheng'an instantly revived, his eyes bursting with an unusual light, excitedly saying, "What! Master agreed to let me attend the exchange conference in Beiping, booked a table at Fen Garden for me, and let me have an extra day off?!"

"It's for both of us."

"That's great!" Zhao Cheng'an excitedly clenched his fists, "There's such a good thing, should've told me earlier, I'm going to ask Boss Su for leave now, I won't be working tomorrow!"

After saying this, Zhao Cheng'an ran off, not caring about the half-made Four Happiness Rolls.

Qin Huai: ...?

When Zhao Cheng'an came back from asking for leave, he was already brimming with the joy of successfully getting time off. Not only did he walk with a spring in his step, but he also turned from lifeless to cheerful.

Qin Huai looked at Zhao Cheng'an, and very confidently said, "Your earlier reasons for not taking a break were made up, weren't they?"

Zhao Cheng'an chuckled, "You found out."

"Actually, I've been trying to persuade my master to let me go abroad for half a month, but my master stubbornly refused to agree. I just thought this month, I have three days of vacation left, if I don't take it this month and next month, I'll have accumulated 7 days of vacation. Then I'll beg for 8 more days, and I can go abroad for half a month."

"The idea is good, but the execution is quite difficult. I've never worked continuously for so long, and I'm kind of going insane doing it."

"When you mentioned going to Beiping next month, I thought it might not be necessary to go abroad. Let's take a break first; if I keep working, I'm really going to burn out."

Qin Huai: Mayfly, you truly live up to your name.

Whether in the first life or this current life, your work mindset is always so peculiar, leaving others in awe.

Qin Huai suddenly thought, considering Zhao Cheng'an going to Beiping for the exchange conference, in some sense, it's like returning to his hometown. In his first life, he surely spent a long time there.

"Brother Cheng'an, do you go to Beiping often?" Qin Huai immediately reverted to calling him Brother Cheng'an.

"Only been once." Zhao Cheng'an continued rolling Four Happiness Rolls, "Spent a week there, went to all the attractions. Initially, I wanted to book Fen Garden, but I had no experience the first time and forgot to book in advance. At that time, my vacation wasn't enough, so I had to return first."

"Can't you add some money to get a table at Fen Garden?" Qin Huai asked, as far as Qin Huai knew, Han Guishan did exactly that—eating at Fen Garden for a month straight, without any tricks, just paying extra.