After closing for business last night, Shi Yi went straight to sleep.

She didn't get back to the villa until 5 a.m., and after finishing all the work, she was completely exhausted.

I checked the game data after waking up and having lunch.

Yesterday's egg fried rice sales: 65 servings.

Remaining points for level 8: 1170.

The points I earned last night were quite substantial, mainly thanks to the extra side dishes ordered by the diners.

More than half of the diners added all four of the new side dishes.

The other half also adds one or two items; it seems like there's nothing left unadded.

Otherwise, they would feel bad for queuing for so long.

Now that I have the points, it's time to upgrade.

First, upgrade the deliciousness level to 5 stars!

—200 points.

[Fried Rice Deliciousness Level Successfully Upgraded, Current Level: 5 Stars, Max Level.]

The flavor can also be upgraded; some diners want it spicy.

Let's unlock the spicy one first.

-100 points.

[Fried Rice flavor upgrade successful, current level 2, unlocked flavors: Original (non-spicy), Spicy (mildly spicy).]

There are still 870 points left, enough to level up eight times.

All meat and side dishes can be upgraded.

-300 points.

[Meat side dish upgrade successful. Current level: 8. Unlocked meat side dishes: eggs, ham, sausage, chicken, shrimp, beef, squid, and pork knuckle.]

The remaining 570 points can be used to upgrade vegetarian side dishes.

-500 points.

[Vegetarian side dishes successfully upgraded. Current level: 6. Unlocked vegetarian side dishes: scallions, carrots, corn kernels, onions, shiitake mushrooms, and broccoli.]

Once you've upgraded all of these, you'll be done. You just need to earn a few hundred more points.

It doesn't seem necessary to go to such lengths. We've only been selling fried rice for two days and we've already almost completed the upgrade.

I should have known better than to stay up so late.

In the next few days, I won't have to get home until around 5 pm every time, like I have these past two days.

My hands are almost useless.

We still need to act within our means.

After the upgrade was complete, Shi Yi closed the game panel and posted a message online.

[I'm exhausted these past two days. I'll only be making 50 servings each day for today, tomorrow, and the day after. Please line up according to the availability.]

She had just sent the message when the massage therapist she had booked arrived at the door. She was ready to enjoy the massage service.

These past two days, I've been making fried rice with eggs, and I'm so tired I can barely lift a spatula.

This eighth level is really difficult; Shi Yi considers it the most difficult level out of all the levels she has passed.

That's such a waste of time.

If I don't massage myself these two times every day, I really won't be able to fry rice with eggs at night.

Energy drinks only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

I thought it was okay before, but once I was really exhausted, no matter how much I drank, it didn't help much. It might work at the time, but the soreness would still come back afterward.

How about a drink to relieve muscle soreness?

After the massage, Shi Yi took another nap. The muscle soreness brought her another feeling: drowsiness.

I don't want to do anything, I just want to lie in bed.

Then, sleepiness gradually crept in.

People sleep the best and most comfortably when they are tired. She wouldn't have woken up if the alarm clock hadn't gone off.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the alarm clock rang.

Shi Yi got out of bed and slowly ate dinner.

Online, her latest post already has 20,000 comments.

[What? Fifty servings? Boss Shi doesn't want them! How can there only be fifty servings?]

[Waaaaah, I wanted to queue up to buy them tonight, but there are only fifty available, I feel like I won't be able to get them all.]

Yeah, these people went to line up early, and there are probably still people in line now.

"Seriously? I was planning to go at 11 o'clock."