I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 863 - 371: Grilled Lamb! Never Say to a Man, "Hey Dog, Can You or Can’t You?
"Don’t just stand there stupidly, come on in." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
Qi Panpan looked speechlessly at her girlfriends. No wonder they borrowed her phone today. They were secretly scheming!
As the manager of the tech department, if I can’t even handle a computer, what kind of manager am I?
Luckily, I reacted quickly, using the excuse of cleaning the computer case to cover it up.
Otherwise, wouldn’t this silly guy have dressed up for nothing?
Even for the company’s anniversary banquet, I didn’t dress this formally. He really put in some effort.
Li Qiang handed over a bouquet of flowers, and Qi Panpan received it with both hands. She pretended to be casual, but after accepting them, she couldn’t help but give a hug. It was her first time receiving roses in her life, and it was very exciting.
"Welcome, brother-in-law, to inspect our little den."
Li Qiang loosened his tie and noticed they were living in a four-room, one-hall apartment. It was claimed to be four rooms, but actually, it was a two-room one-hall apartment partitioned into four rooms.
In the living room, there was a dining table. He put his bag on it and asked:
"Shall I set things up for you? Where’s the restroom?"
A quirky roommate pointed to a door with a sign of a cartoon girl showing her shiny butt and said:
"The restroom’s that way. You can wash your hands in there."
Qi Panpan immediately stopped him and pointed to the kitchen:
"Never mind, just go wash in the kitchen. The restroom isn’t suited for you to enter."
Inside were everyone’s unwashed underwear and stockings and stuff. Letting a guy in to wash his hands—what was Lanlan thinking? Was she kicked by a donkey?
Li Qiang went to the restroom to wash his hands, then came to the dining table and started unpacking the dishes one by one.
As he took them out, he couldn’t help but marvel.
Luckily, he brought plenty of food and drinks, even several portions of staple rice; otherwise, this meal couldn’t be properly eaten.
"Wow, are these all dishes from Lin Ji’s?"
"Yes, this is Lin Ji’s sweet and sour pork, a must-order at every table. The flavor is superb, though it’s been steaming in the box for a while, the taste should still be good."
Li Qiang introduced each dish. After taking them all out, he brought out two cups of yam juice, two cups of pumpkin soup, and two cups of soy milk.
"Is this the hot-selling whitening soy milk?"
"Panpan sis, can I have a sip? I work near Sanlitun, far from Haidian. I’ve been drooling over it but still don’t know if it’s salty or light..."
"Me too, Panpan sis, I work in East City and can’t get Haidian’s soy milk."
"Really envy Panpan sis for having such a great boyfriend who delivers all the food. Someone like me, living alone, will never enjoy such blessings this lifetime."
"..."
The envious looks from her girlfriends made Qi Panpan proud.
She picked up a cup of soy milk and a cup of yam juice, pointed to the remaining hot drinks, and said:
"The rest are all yours. You figure it out."
Hearing this, each girlfriend took a hot drink first, then headed to the kitchen, planning to use a measuring cup to split the soy milk.
Lin Ji’s soy milk is 450 ml per cup, split into three parts, each person will have exactly 150 ml.
Theoretically, this division is fair.
But if someone takes a sip while dividing, the allotted soy milk decreases.
The girlfriends noisily argued in the kitchen, while Qi Panpan sat down and pointed to the seat beside her and said:
"Sit down. Standing so straight, are you planning to look down on me from a height?"
Li Qiang quickly sat down, took out the disposable plates that the store included, and set them at everyone’s dining spots, also distributing disposable utensils properly.
Qi Panpan put down her hot drink:
"You haven’t eaten either, right? Hurry and eat. Don’t mind them; once they go crazy, it never ends."
Li Qiang nodded, used chopsticks to pick up a piece of crispy chicken and put it in Qi Panpan’s bowl:
"This is the new crispy chicken on today’s menu. Try it. If it’s good, I’ll take you to the store next time and have Mr. Lin personally cook."
"Oh, do you really have that much pull?"
"Mr. Lin promised me before I came. He said whenever I bring my strong wife to the store for a meal, I’m free to order whatever I like."
Strong wife?
Qi Panpan blushed:
"Who’s your strong wife? I’m your ex-girlfriend... but treating your ex to a meal isn’t inappropriate, huh."
There was an immediate sigh of disappointment from the kitchen’s direction:
"Tsk, been waiting all this time and you two didn’t even kiss; instead, with this ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend nonsense, so pretentious."
"Exactly, wasted this whole time waiting."
"Are you two going to kiss or not? If not, we’ll just eat."
After speaking, the three buddies, using Ms. Cheng’s airy tone, asked:
"Panpan, can you or can’t you?"
Qi Panpan turned around and glared at them:
"Either come eat, or go back to your room."
They immediately stopped being mischievous, sat down with their drinks, and started enjoying the feast.
While eating, they praised the delicious taste of the food from Lin Ji’s.
At first, Li Qiang was quite nervous, even breaking out in a sweat, but as he ate, he became more familiar and eased up, feeling more at ease with Qi Panpan too, even sneaking a little hand-hold.
Once the meal was finished, not even a scallion was left in the meal box.
Including Qi Panpan, they finally experienced the joy of dining at Lin Ji’s.
Such delicious dishes, such tasty rice, and delightful hot drinks left everyone wanting more, even if they were full, yearning for just a little more.
While Li Qiang tidied up the meal boxes, Qi Panpan rubbed her small belly:
"Do you eat like this all the time at Lin Ji’s?"
