Chapter 39 Fang Xuan's expression changed drastically...

Fang Xuan's face turned bright red. Holding his phone, he stood up, looking at Wang Luo, who was sitting with his head down at the workbench.

Because of the distance between them, and a large glass partition in between, Fang Xuan saw Wang Luo's mouth move slightly, and the next second—

"Him? He's just dragging us down..."

Fang Xuan abruptly stopped in his tracks. His pupils constricted as if he had been punched in the chest, the pain almost making him unable to straighten up. He was completely pale, and stood blankly among the dazzling array of goods on the shelves.

Shen Li threw down the knife and walked to Wang Luo's side, his face displeased.

Wang Luo smiled at Shen Li, as if seeking approval from the person beside him, his words becoming increasingly barbed: "Xiao Li, let me tell you, he's always been impulsive and reckless in his actions..."

The sounds continued in his ears. Fang Xuan frowned, silently squatted down, turned off the live stream, buried himself under the one-meter-high shelf, and quietly arranged the goods neatly.

Shen Li looked at him coldly, his usually gentle voice unusually tinged with icy coldness: "Fang Xuan has been completing the assigned tasks all along. I didn't know that the one who was really dragging his feet could also have the audacity to criticize the person who was working silently from such a high and mighty position."

Wang Luo's smile froze.

"That was..."

Wang Luo instinctively retorted.

"Oh."

Shen Li chuckled lightly. He was a few centimeters taller than Wang Luo. His gaze was slightly downward, his eyes filled with disdain: "You mean because you can't?"

"It's not that you can't do it, you just take advantage of your incompetence to enjoy the leniency of others. You think everyone will forgive you and clean up your messes because you can't do it, so you feel free to make mistakes and make excuses for yourself. You naturally enjoy the fruits of other people's labor."

"Does He'an know how to do it? He doesn't either, but he knows what he should do, remembers the points to pay attention to at work, and does his best to complete them. That's what it means to not hold others back."

“And what about you? You waste time, waste materials, and don’t even care about the simplest thing like pressing out cookie shapes. He’an, turn the camera over here,” Shen Li said. “Let everyone see his work ethic in places the camera can’t see.”

As soon as Shen Li finished speaking, Lu He'an quickly picked up his phone and shone the camera on it: "Look!"

Lu He'an had been holding back for a long time. If there hadn't been a shortage of time, he would have even kicked Wang Luo out and started kneading and pressing the dough himself.

Although he felt very awkward with Fang Xuan, at least Fang Xuan didn't cause any trouble!

[...]

【Oh dear…】

The fans in the live stream who wanted to defend Wang Luo fell silent, and the chat was eerily quiet for a few seconds.

On the large baking tray, there were many small cookies with missing parts, and some of the patterns were not even clearly pressed.

Unable to refute Wang Luo's work ethic, Wang Luo's fans focused their criticism on Shen Li's insulting words.

Even if my brother didn't do well, isn't that guy surnamed Chen going too far? He didn't give me any face at all.

[Shen Li is quitting the show! Otherwise, my brother won't continue filming! Shen Li is quitting the show! Otherwise, my brother won't continue filming!]

[Are you out of your mind? Your dear brother wouldn't dare.]

[Please, if I encountered a colleague like this at work, would I be more aggressive than Shen Li, or even give him face? Why would I give face to someone who has no shame? Ridiculous.]

[The shop manager looked like she was about to cry. She had a guest who messed things up, wasting ingredients, and she couldn't even say anything. These cookies might not sell well now, they're all crumbly.]

After finishing speaking, Shen Li didn't care about Wang Luo's reaction. He went straight back to his seat and wrapped the meat slices around the pear slices.

Time is of the essence; I won't waste my breath arguing with idiots.

——

Wang Luo stormed off, and as he passed Fang Xuan, he bumped into him hard in the back in full view of the production crew. Fang Xuan, who was already crouching on the ground, was instantly knocked to the ground.

Wang Luo didn't stop walking and headed towards his agent.

"My goodness!" The agent's hair had turned several gray strands from worry. "How are we going to salvage this?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Fang Xuan will just bow his head and apologize to me later. I'll take a picture with him and say we're friends. That's always been our way of getting along, isn't it?"

Wang Luo didn't care at all.

The agent, his eyes narrowed, asked, "So, what about Fang Xuan, the one you said would admit his mistakes and apologize?"

"It's right behind me..."

Wang Luo's words came to an abrupt halt. He looked behind him in astonishment, only to find no one there, while Fang Xuan, whom he had mentioned, remained squatting in the same spot.

Wang Luo's malicious collision with Fang Xuan was captured on camera, and the comments section exploded instantly.

Holy crap! This guy's got violent tendencies, isn't he?

[After watching for so long, I feel that Wang Luo is really going too far. Aren't he and Fang Xuan friends? Why does Wang Luo seem to look down on Fang Xuan?]

[+1, From the moment Teacher Feng woke him up this morning, he had been belittling Fang Xuan. His action of bumping into Fang Xuan was definitely intentional.]

Wang Luo went out for half an hour and didn't come back. From time to time, some of the program staff went out of the store and returned with unsurprisingly ugly expressions.

When Shen Li saw a staff member walking towards Fang Xuan, his eyes darkened, and he poked his head out: "Fang Xuan, can you come and help?"

"Here I am!" Fang Xuan stood up.

Standing next to Shen Li, Fang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He knew why the staff had called him; they simply wanted him to coax Wang Luo back.

Fang Xuan asked himself honestly, and he didn't want to.

Wang Luo had been quite impatient lately, and his words were often barbed. Fang Xuan sensed that perhaps he and Wang Luo were beginning to reach the end.

However, Fang Xuan always held onto a sliver of hope and fantasy, so he tolerated Wang Luo's temper and pretended not to know anything.

Fang Xuan thought to himself... Actually, he knew it when Wang Luo saw Shen Li for the first time in the car last night and couldn't hide his excitement.

Shen Li handed the task of making the cookies to Fang Xuan: "Is that alright?"

"Mhm." Fang Xuan nodded and said to Shen Li, "Thank you."

Shen Li paused, looking into Fang Xuan's clear black eyes. He saw a hint of relief deep in Fang Xuan's eyes, and Shen Li smiled and said, "You're welcome."

The three worked together seamlessly, and Lu He'an's voice could be heard from the workbench from time to time. Sometimes Shen Li and Fang Xuan would also exchange a few words.

At 1:50 p.m., Shen Li finished rolling the last apple donut. The huge oven and dehydrator started operating at the same time, and Shen Li finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Guo said with a smile, "Thank you all for your hard work, teachers. I bought a cake, please sit down and eat."

Wow! Thank you, Sister Xiaoguo!

Lu He'an's eyes lit up, and he ripped off his apron and dashed outside.

"It's delicious!" Lu He'an stuffed a mouthful of cream into his mouth, his eyes shining. "Is it a chain store? Or a private bakery?"

Lin Guo: "Private."

Lu He'an said disappointedly, drawing out, "Then I'll have to eat a few more bites."

Just as we were eating, Wang Luo walked in, plopped down on the single sofa, and crossed his legs: "Isn't there any for me?"

Lin Guo felt embarrassed and quickly tried to get up.

Shen Li, standing to one side, pressed down on her arm and shook her head.

Lin Guo has no obligation to help Wang Luoqie.

Lu He'an wasn't going to put up with that. He threw the empty plate over and raised his chin: "Don't you have hands?"

Wang Luo was furious. He glared at Lu He'an and said, "Forget it, it wasn't that delicious anyway."

Immediately, the barrage of comments was filled with ellipses.

"...Is it poisonous?"

I actually found the most harmonious and entertaining part of the entire live stream to be when this person wasn't there...

After finishing the cake, Shen Li and the others helped Lin Guo clean up the workbench before setting off back to the cabin.

The car didn't drive straight back to the cabin, but stopped in front of a vegetable market.

Xiaohua turned around from the passenger seat: "Dear teachers, tonight's dinner theme is a hot pot party. All the ingredients need to be purchased by you. You have one hour; see you in the car after one hour. Anyone who's late will have to use the school's allowance to take a taxi home!"

Shen Li asked, "Are we the only ones buying? Do the other two groups also have this step?"

"Uh." Xiao Hua hesitated for a moment, then thought to herself that she really was the president's assistant of the Jiang Group. Even after a day of work and separation, she could still accurately avoid the traps set by the program team.

Xiaohua: "Yes, there are some too."

Now all we need to do is guess whether the other two groups have realized the trap.

——

When they returned to the cabin, the four people who had gone to the tea garden had already returned. Hearing the noise at the door, all four of them craned their necks.

Seeing that only Lu He'an and Shen Li were carrying bags, Feng Wei burst into laughter: "I knew it! Some of you would definitely realize it, hahahahaha!"

After finishing our hot pot meal at 8 pm, everyone sat in the living room to settle the bill for the day.

Wang Luo sat down next to Feng Wei and asked curiously, "Teacher Feng, is the tea garden fun?"

Feng Wei glanced at him: "The air is quite nice."

Before Wang Luo could say anything more, he heard the voices of the production team.

[After a day of professional experience, I believe everyone has gained a lot. Tomorrow is our sales day, and we will be settling accounts now so that everyone can be more motivated and dedicated to tomorrow's sales.]

[First, there's Teacher Feng and Teacher Ji. The fare from the high-speed rail station to the cabin is 50 yuan...]

"Wait, this also costs money?" Feng Wei was shocked.

Yes, this is considered transportation expenses.

Feng Wei was speechless: "If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have let you pick me up. Ayu and I could have just taken a taxi."

[For Teacher Feng and Teacher Ji, the transportation from the high-speed rail station to the cabin cost 50 yuan, the accommodation for two nights cost 400 yuan, lunch cost 185 yuan, and dinner cost 69 yuan, totaling 704 yuan.]

Feng Wei felt a pang of pain and said to the production team, "Your lunch service is really terrible."

The prices for Yin Xi and Shu Fu's groups were about the same, since both groups were together that day, except for the cost of transportation to the cabin.

"You don't have enough money for the ride?"

Feng Wei found it hard to believe.

Yin Xi was overjoyed: "Xiao Shu and I arrived a day early and stayed at a local guesthouse for one night. We took a taxi here yesterday, hahaha."

[The costs for both groups, namely Teacher Lu and Teacher Shen, and Teacher Wang and Teacher Fang, are exactly the same: 25 yuan for the train fare from the high-speed rail station to the cabin, 400 yuan for two nights' accommodation, 98 yuan for lunch, and 69 yuan for dinner, totaling 592 yuan.]

Feng Wei questioned, "Why is it that both are from the high-speed rail station to the cabin, but they only charge 25 yuan while we charge 50 yuan?"

[Because they came in the same car, they split the travel expenses.]

This works?

Feng Wei was convinced.

Teacher Feng was furious.

After a long day's work, Mr. Feng's item suddenly shattered.

The two teams from the bakery were really amazing; they avoided all the pitfalls precisely.

The highest final cost was 704 yuan for Feng Wei's group, followed by 654 yuan for Yin Xi's group, and finally 592 yuan for Lu He'an's group and Wang Luo's group.

In comparison, the baking groups will face relatively less pressure tomorrow.

——

That evening, because he had eaten hot pot, even if it was just clear broth, Shen Li was still a little thirsty. He threw off the covers and got out of bed to go downstairs to get some water.

Shen Li asked Lu He'an, "Would you like a glass of water?"

Lu He'an shook his head. He liked drinking mineral water and didn't like the warm water from the water purifier.

Shen Li nodded and left the house.

"Why didn't you come after me and coax me today? You made me lose face!"

Wang Luo's furious voice came from above. Shen Li paused, blinked, and sighed helplessly.

Why is it him again?

Eavesdropping is not a good habit. Shen Li was holding a water glass and was about to go to the living room to sit for a while when, a loud slap rang out from above in the hallway.

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Author's note: Oh no, I didn't even have time to [crack open]

This is the chapter from the 22nd; it will be posted tonight, the 23rd. [pat on the head]