This remark made Song Tiantian’s eyes light up.
That’s right! She lived on the sa subway line as Wei Qian. Although they were several stations apart, biking wouldn’t be a problem at all.
"Then how should I approach him, Boss Shu?"
Having decided to ride a bicycle, Song Tiantian faced a new problem. Even Shu Yun found this one tricky. She had experienced a naive romance in college, but that was years ago.
Furthermore, the romantic strategies from her student days couldn’t simply be replicated, or they would surely backfire.
As the two exchanged hopeless looks, Chen Baiwan, fully satiated, sauntered down from upstairs, heels clicking and drawing glances with her poised deanor.
Today, Chen Yan wore an off-shoulder dress in tender green. A dark ribbon tied around her waist not only highlighted her slender figure but also conveyed an unburdened, neat appearance.
Indeed, when it ca to attire, Boss Chen always had it nailed.
Upon seeing her, Shu Yun was struck by inspiration.
Tiantian and I are novices, but Boss Chen is an expert, reputed to be an emotional guru even lauded by the boss’s wife.
If she’s an expert, then helping Tiantian win over Wei Qian should be a piece of cake.
With that thought, Boss Shu approached and whispered, "Boss Chen, I have a favor to ask for your expert advice."
"What’s up?"
Soon, Chen Yan—the ’Emotion Expert’—had successfully joined their group of amateur advisors, taking a central role without any objections.
"Let’s keep this under wraps for now and craft a perfect plan before we execute it," she insisted.
Recalling the chaotic scene in the group chat when Panda pursued Wu Kexin, with everyone throwing in their ideas helter-skelter, Chen Yan decided to personally craft a strategy for Song Tiantian this ti.
"Don’t worry, if I can’t land you Wei Qian, I’ll hire soone to knock him out and deliver him to your door," she declared fiercely.
This threat startled Song Tiantian, "I didn’t say I was chasing him, I just wanted to help him lose so weight."
"You’re helping him slim down and not taking the opportunity? Slimming down a guy like that is almost like giving him a facelift. You wouldn’t want so vamp to take advantage later, would you?"
After delivering her earnest advice, Boss Chen clicked her heels and strode out.
She needed to return and sink into a bathtub filled with milk and petals to thoroughly devise Song Tiantian’s boyfriend-catching plan. This ti, without her cousins causing trouble, she was certain it would be a success.
「It was just past six in the morning.」
Lin Xu arrived at the store on ti, holding Dundun.
The morning chef asked, "Boss, are we having Pumpkin Soup and at Dragon for breakfast again?"
"Switch the at Dragon to buns and beef patties today. It’s a good chance for you guys to practice making these flour-based items. If they turn out well, we’ll add them as staples on the nu."
In other restaurants, morning chefs disliked preparing breakfast.
Colleagues complained about the taste, and the boss fretted over the cost, unlike at Lin Ji, where breakfast was only for staff but ca without budget constraints.
They could even hone their cooking skills while preparing it.
Such opportunities were hard to co by.
After giving his instructions, Lin Xu fetched several large bags of Horse Hoof Flour from the storage room, planning to make use of the quiet morning hour in the steaming room to prepare a hundred portions of the Seven-colored Water Chestnut Cake.
Using the stear was relatively easier for making Horse Hoof Cake. The stear could accommodate extra-large trays. This allowed various colors of Horse Hoof Paste to be spread out evenly and stead layer by layer, resulting in large portions of Horse Hoof Cake.
A few cuts were all it took to pack nurous boxes.
While busy, he noticed Shen Baobao yawning as she walked in, her eyes barely open, relying on the walls to prevent herself from tripping.
"Baobao, why are you up so early?"
Lin Xu was curious. Usually, that girl couldn’t be woken up even if you pulled off her covers, but now she had co to the store on her own initiative.
With a gait like Ke Zhen’e’s, it was a testant to her superb sense of balance that she hadn’t toppled over.
"I’m so mad at Yan Bao. She kept calling to wake up for breakfast and said she’d co flip my covers if she couldn’t find here."
Lin Xu: "..."
That’s karma for bombarding her with ssages yesterday morning. Serves you right!
Now that his Baobao was awake, Lin Xu wiped his hands and said, "I’ll steam so eggs for you. It’s ti to start fattening up for the fall, and my Baobao needs to fatten up a bit too."
"Hmm... I only want to stick close to you. Let Yan Bao do all the fattening up. With her short legs and flat chest, she needs a big belly to balance things out."
Lin Xu burst into laughter at the comnt.
Luckily, his sister-in-law wasn’t around, or she would’ve surely exploded in anger at such a statent.
He took a small piece of front leg at, cleaned it and removed the skin, then minced it. He then added salt, Light Soy Sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, and pepper to marinate it briefly.
After marination, he placed the mince into a deeper bowl, covered it with a lid, and set it in the stear to cook.
There are several ways to steam minced at with eggs, and Lin Xu chose one of the simpler thods.
After setting the mince to steam, he cracked the eggs into a large bowl, added a pinch of salt, and beat them with chopsticks before incorporating a small bowl of warm water.
Steaming eggs alone can result in a less tender texture. Adding clear water helps.
The optimal ratio of water to egg liquid is 1.5:1; this ratio yields the most tender stead eggs that jiggle just like pudding.
After mixing thoroughly again, he strained the mixture through a fine-sh sieve to remove surface foam.
After the mince had stead for a full eight minutes, he took the small bowl out of the stear. Once he removed the lid, a savory, fragrant aroma wafted from the bowl.
Shen Baobao, who had been nodding off, suddenly perked up and hurried over to ask,
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