Looking at the wide variety of nicknames and the messy verification messages, Lu Qin could not help shaking his head with a bitter smile.
He added them to the group one by one.
The group had already reached 468 members.
The membership was growing too quickly. It would probably be full in another day or two.
He needed to buy a membership and expand the Penguin Group to 2,000 people.
At that moment.
Cough! Cough! Cough!
A system notification popped up.
Lu Qin opened it and saw another new customer applying to join the group.
The Penguin nickname was—Thousand Mountains at Dusk.
Verification message: None.
Lu Qin approved the request, then tapped the profile picture and bought an SVIP Penguin membership.
There was a first-month discount, so it only cost eight yuan.
After topping up the membership, Lu Qin upgraded the customer group and expanded its capacity to 2,000 people.
Putting away his phone, Lu Qin went to wake the little one.
They all wanted to be the little one's stepmother! What wishful thinking!
Shen Muyan had gotten the Penguin Group number for Lu Qin's stall from Fang Ya.
After getting up in the morning, she opened her phone and downloaded the Penguin app.
Her Penguin account had been abandoned for ages, and its level was only a pitiful one moon.
She had no personal signature, and her nickname was something she had picked at random long ago: "Thousand Mountains at Dusk."
She tapped the join-group button, entered the Penguin Group number: **, applied to join, and waited for the group owner to approve her verification...
A few seconds later, she was approved.
She was in the group.
Shen Muyan's jade-like fingers scrolled through the member list.
Lu Qin was marked in yellow as the group owner. His profile picture was a cartoon boy, and his nickname was simply Lu Qin.
Fang Ya was in there too, under the nickname "Purple Butterfly." She was offline, and her profile picture was gray.
Shen Muyan knew Fang Ya's routine. That lazy woman would not get up until two in the afternoon.
Shen Muyan tapped Lu Qin's profile picture. He was lazy too; all his profile information was blank.
She pursed her red lips, backed out, and opened the group chat.
Messages kept scrolling through the group. It was very lively.
Shen Muyan caught an important detail: Lu Qin set up his breakfast stall at eight o'clock, right outside Sunshine Elementary School.
Then her beautiful eyes widened.
The messages continued flooding in, and the chat was bustling.
But why were... these nicknames... so ridiculous?
Boss Lu's Girlfriend: I had the Twice Cooked Pork yesterday, and the taste was absolutely insane! I wonder if it'll be available at the breakfast stall today?
Yao Yao's Stepmom: Boss Lu is single, right? I'm confessing to him today!
Mrs. Lu: Confessing today? No, no. You'll have to get in line!
Die Without Ice Crystal Cake: Three meals of fried rice noodles a day now, and I never get tired of it. I can't live without it!
Boss Lu's Fiancee: Yesterday, I bribed my husband with a box of Ice Crystal Cake. He agreed to let me be with Boss Lu!
Shen Muyan looked speechlessly at the members' nicknames. The internet was not beyond the law!
They wanted to be the little one's stepmothers too?
What wishful thinking!
Shen Muyan closed the Penguin Group and got up for work.
Her mood suddenly became irritable, and she sent a message to her assistant, Song Xuanxuan.
"There's a fried rice noodle stall outside Sunshine Elementary School. Buy me one serving of fried rice noodles, one Mung Bean Paste, and two boxes of Ice Crystal Cake."
"They start setting up at eight. Go there half an hour early to line up."
It was the first time Song Xuanxuan had received a message from her boss that was not about work.
Instead, she was being told to buy breakfast.
When Song Xuanxuan saw the words "Ice Crystal Cake," her eyes lit up.
Could this Ice Crystal Cake be the same one she had eaten last time?
If it was...
Without another word, Song Xuanxuan checked the time and drove toward Sunshine Elementary School an hour early.
Lu Qin was making breakfast for Lu Xiyao in the kitchen.
The little one was still groggy. She brushed her teeth and washed her face with narrowed eyes, then her nose twitched.
She had caught the scent of breakfast.
"Papa~! I'm ready~!"
Lu Qin looked at Lu Xiyao and noticed that she had not washed her face properly.
"Come here."
He wrung out the towel again and carefully wiped her face.
Breakfast was fried eggs, brown sugar steamed buns, and soy milk.
The little one ate until her mouth was greasy.
Lu Qin handed her a tissue, then packed up her lunchbox.
Inside were one serving of Twice Cooked Pork, one serving of rice, three vegetable dishes, and a small serving of fried rice noodles.
"Papa~! I promised the kids at kindergarten that I'd bring them some fried rice noodles~!"
"It's already packed."
Lu Qin put the other packed serving of fried rice noodles into a canvas bag.
After breakfast, Lu Qin took the little one to Starlight Kindergarten.
"Yao Yao, listen to your teacher at kindergarten and get along well with the other children."
"Papa~! I know~! Don't you trust your little sweetheart~?"
Lu Xiyao carried the canvas bag through the kindergarten gates.
The moment Lu Xiyao appeared, a group of children swarmed in from every direction and surrounded her.
As though the stars were gathering around the moon.
"Lu Xiyao, did you bring food today? Did you bring an extra serving of fried rice noodles?"
"Yao Yao, do you want to play with my remote-control plane? Can we sit together for lunch today?"
"Lu Xiyao, I bought new crystal slime. I'll give you a jar!"
Zhong Shuyi: "Yao Yao, I had Uncle Chef at my house make fried rice noodles and Mung Bean Paste today too. Do you want to try some?"
"My grandpa made fried rice noodles for me too, but they look all black. They don't seem very tasty!"
Quite a few children stared at the canvas bag in Lu Xiyao's hand. They had only just eaten breakfast, yet they were already swallowing hungrily.
On an empty lot opposite Sunshine Elementary School, a long line had mysteriously formed.
At the very front of the line, there was actually nothing at all.
"What's going on? Why is everyone lining up here?"
"We're lining up in advance. Boss Lu will be setting up his breakfast stall soon. If we don't line up, we might not get anything."
"How good could it possibly be?"
"Super-duper, earth-shatteringly delicious!"
A few minutes later, Lu Qin's three-wheeler food cart came into view.
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