"Bye-bye, Auntie Fang Ya~! Good night~!"
The three-wheeler food cart vanished at the end of Night Market Street.
Fang Ya could still hear the little one's cheerful singing:
"On the other side of the mountain, on the other side of the sea, there was a group of Smurfs."
"They were lively and clever."
"They were mischievous and nimble."
In Shen Muyan and Shen Hongda's eyes, Lu Qin running a stall while raising a child was a terribly miserable story.
But that was not the case at all.
They really should have come to see for themselves how booming Lu Qin's stall was.
That night, the little one had been even happier than she would have been at an amusement park.
Only after Fang Ya got into a taxi did she turn on her phone.
There were five missed calls from Shen Muyan.
Fang Ya called back.
Shen Muyan's voice was icy on the other end, and she was clearly in a bad mood.
"President Shen~!"
"Where did you go?"
"To Night Market Street for fried rice noodles. I asked you to come, but you wouldn't."
"What was with those photos of the little one?"
"Fate, I guess. That fried rice noodle stall recommended by online users was Lu Qin's stall. Isn't that a coincidence?"
"You really should've come. Lu Qin's fried rice noodles and Twice Cooked Pork were seriously delicious."
"Your ex-husband can cook so well. Did you never know that before?"
Shen Muyan fell silent on the other end of the call.
Fang Ya chattered on, vividly describing the bustling scene at the stall to Shen Muyan.
"President Shen! Your ex-husband can make twenty or thirty thousand yuan in profit a day from his stall when business is good."
"At that rate, he makes even more than you do as a CEO~!"
Shen Muyan: "..."
After Fang Ya returned home, she tossed aside her phone and went to take a bath.
After spending the whole night on Night Market Street, she felt greasy all over.
Shen Muyan lay in bed with her phone in hand, debating whether to send Lu Qin a message.
But she had no idea what to say.
She typed into the WeChat chat box: Your Ice Crystal Cake tasted really good. I want some more...
After typing it out, Shen Muyan held down the delete key and erased the message.
That night, she had a little trouble sleeping.
9:30 p.m.
Lu Qin accompanied the little one as she washed up.
"Yao Yao, use this toothpaste."
Lu Qin took out a tube of toothpaste. It was pink, with a little white rabbit printed on it.
This was children's toothpaste he had gotten from the system lottery. It could genuinely prevent cavities, unlike the exaggerated claims in television ads.
The little one's eyes lit up. She liked little white rabbits.
She squeezed a little toothpaste onto her toothbrush and started brushing up and down.
"It smells really nice. It's fruit-flavored."
"Papa, I like this toothpaste."
The little one blew a breath at Lu Qin, then giggled.
Lu Qin sniffed. Her breath was fresh, carrying a faint fruity fragrance.
Lu Qin smiled too. He wrung out a towel and wiped the little one's fair, tender cheeks.
"Okay, go to sleep."
"Papa, can I bring fried rice noodles and Twice Cooked Pork for lunch at kindergarten tomorrow?"
Lu Xiyao jumped onto the bed and burrowed beneath the thin blanket, poking out her adorable little head.
"You just need to go to sleep nicely now."
"I'm sleeping right now, hmph~! Hmph~!"
The little one fell asleep in seconds, pretending to snore.
Lu Qin shook his head with a smile. He gently patted the little one's body and did not quietly leave the room until she was truly asleep.
When he reached the courtyard, Lu Qin spent twenty minutes cleaning the food cart.
Before bed, Lu Qin used more than a thousand system points for lottery draws.
Spent 100 points. Lottery reward: Stamina +0.1 Spent 100 points. Lottery reward: 20 mint candies Spent 100 points. Lottery reward: Max-level Chicken Tofu Pudding cooking skill Spent 100 points. Lottery reward: One Sunny Day Card
Lu Qin's heart stirred slightly. He gained something from the daily point lottery every time.
There were even attribute points!
A 0.1 stamina attribute point was equivalent to a fitness enthusiast jogging three kilometers a day for three consecutive months.
Lu Qin received it directly, though there was no obvious physical change to his body.
This lottery draw had earned him another max-level cooking skill.
Chicken Tofu Pudding was a dish worthy of a state banquet, something one could not normally find in restaurants.
Making Chicken Tofu Pudding was highly demanding of a chef's skill. As the saying went, "Eat chicken without seeing chicken; eat meat without seeing meat."
Chicken Tofu Pudding transformed meat ingredients into a vegetarian form—using meat to support vegetables.
Lu Qin planned to test-sell Chicken Tofu Pudding tomorrow, with limited quantities just like the Twice Cooked Pork.
The next morning.
After getting up and washing up, Lu Qin began preparing ingredients for the morning stall.
Lu Qin unmuted the Penguin Group, then posted a group announcement.
Morning stall at 8 a.m. Location: Entrance of Sunshine Elementary School in the south of the city.
As soon as the announcement was posted, the group immediately erupted.
"Battle location confirmed: Sunshine Elementary School entrance!"
"Charge, brothers!"
"I'm in the west of the city. So what if I'm late for work? I'll take a detour just for a bite of Boss Lu's fried rice noodles. At worst, they'll dock me half a day's pay!"
"Upstairs, you're a true warrior!"
"I'd quit breakfast, but I'll make an exception for Boss Lu..."
"Hahaha~! My home is in the residential complex across from Sunshine Elementary School. Buying that place was absolutely the right choice!"
"So jealous, so envious~!"
Lu Qin roughly skimmed through the group messages. These customers were noisy, but they were also rather adorable.
After closing the group chat, Lu Qin opened the Penguin system notifications.
More than a dozen new customers had requested to join the group.
Handsome Enough to Get Shanked requested to join the group. Message: I dedicate my daily wages to Boss Lu's stall!
Die Without Fried Rice Noodles requested to join the group. Message: Please add me++++++
Yao Yao's Stepmom requested to join the group. Message: Husband, add me!
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