Chapter 884: Receiving the Invitation Letter

It’s undeniable, [Comprehensive Guide to the Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Part 1)] is incredibly thorough and rich.

Even a single medicinal ingredient has very detailed descriptions and explanations of both its underlying treatment effects and its symptom-specific treatment effects.

With such a textbook that can be called an encyclopedia of medicinal ingredients, Fu Yu is quite satisfied.

He lay in bed, carefully flipping through it, when suddenly his phone beeped.

[Pretty Girlfriend: I can’t sleep, comfort me!]

Fu Yu saw the message and couldn’t help but smile, replying: [Then I’ll sing you a lullaby: Sleep, sleep, my dear baby, hubby loves you, hubby likes you…]

Liu Yuqing burst into laughter when she saw Fu Yu’s reply.

She replied: [Why does the text you send come with a built-in voice effect? I actually sang along!]

Looking at the last line “hubby loves you, hubby likes you,” Liu Yuqing couldn’t help but blush.

She couldn’t resist sending another message: [You cheeky rascal, taking advantage of me, who’s your hubby! What wishful thinking!]

Fu Yu read the two messages in succession and chuckled twice.

However, recalling how Liu Yunong caught him hugging Liu Yuqing today, he felt a bit uneasy.

He quickly sent another message: [When you went home tonight, was your sister acting normal? Did she say anything?]

Liu Yuqing soon replied: [Everything was normal, my sister didn’t say a word. But she looked quite good today, and I snagged a box of face masks from her, no clue how they’ll work though.]

Fu Yu was finally relieved, nothing unusual is good!

Fu Yu replied: [It’s pretty late, you should sleep early too.]

Liu Yuqing messaged: [You haven’t said goodnight to me yet.]

Fu Yu: [Goodnight!]

Liu Yuqing: [You’re still missing one step…]

Seeing the message from Liu Yuqing, Fu Yu suddenly smiled: [Mwah, goodnight kiss!]

Liu Yuqing sent a satisfied emoji over, and then quickly followed up with a message: [Got it, I’ll try to dream of you tonight!]

…

After yesterday’s “Pot-stewed Gluten Incident,” the two interns under Zhao Meng suddenly seemed to have awakened.

Early in the morning, they arrived at the kitchen and, without being told, started to take initiative in food preparation and work.

It seems they’ve finally realized that every step of the operation in the kitchen, along with the associated experience, is a great benefit for their future work, a very valuable accumulation of experience.

Through observing Fu Yu’s arrangement and handling of the entire unexpected incident firsthand yesterday, while they were extremely admiring and moved, they couldn’t help but consider how they would handle such matters if it were them.

Almost at the same time they had the thought, a deep-seated feeling of insecurity and timidity from their inadequacy made them suddenly wake up.

They actually weren’t as capable as they imagined themselves to be.

Given their current level, what they most need to do is learn more cooking skills!

Only by truly improving their abilities can they secure a better guarantee for their future work!

If these internship experiences at Qianlima allow them to feel profoundly benefited, it surely is the insights from this unexpected incident!

…

At lunchtime, the kitchen suddenly became busy.

Since Fu Yu started taking orders, he hadn’t been able to stop and rest.

As he was absorbed in cooking, his phone suddenly rang.

Recently, Fu Yu had been particularly attentive to calls, spending his days waiting for the Provincial Gourmet Association’s invitation or Feng Xiaoxiao’s congratulatory call.

When his phone rang, Fu Yu’s heart immediately skipped a beat.

As he couldn’t free his hands, he quickly asked Zhang Jinyu to help with the phone.

Zhang Jinyu nimbly took out the phone and first glanced at the caller ID: “Chef Fu, it’s an unknown number.”

Fu Yu was instantly delighted… was it finally here?

Since it’s an unknown number, it should be the notice call from the Provincial Gourmet Association, right?

Keep in mind the provincial annual meeting is happening the day after tomorrow.

If they don’t notify him soon, he won’t have enough time to take a leave and get there!

Thinking about this, Fu Yu couldn’t help but feel a bit hopeful and promptly said: “Jin Yu, please answer it for me!”

Zhang Jinyu immediately accepted the call and then held the phone up for Fu Yu to conveniently listen.

“Hello, Hi.”

“Hello, is this Mr. Fu Yu? I’m from the courier service, you have a package that’s been left at Qianlima Restaurant’s front desk, please don’t forget to pick it up when you have time.”

Courier?

Upon hearing this, Fu Yu chuckled.

He hadn’t done any online shopping recently, so a courier package, most likely, would be the Provincial Gourmet Association’s annual meeting invitation.

With this thought, he actually felt a bit excited.

Fu Yu quickly replied: “Okay, got it.”

After hanging up, Fu Yu turned to tell Zhang Jinyu: “Jin Yu, my courier arrived at the front desk, please help me pick it up.”

Zhang Jinyu agreed with a single word and turned to walk to the foyer.

Fu Yu waited expectantly, eagerly anticipating.

However, life is often like this, whenever you’re particularly eager to do something, you often encounter various things that get in your way.

Though Fu Yu hurriedly finished all the order slips stacked on his hands and prepared to take some time to visit the foyer, the order clerk came over with more slips again.

In the freezing snowy days, the delicacy of seafood is certainly not as good as in the warm seasons of summer and autumn.

When some regular customers who know and enjoy food visit the store during this time, various dishes like crawfish, crabs, and mantis shrimp on the order sheet are often replaced by different flavored frogs.