Upon arriving at Qiongqi's restaurant, before even entering, everyone saw an advertising sign at the entrance that read: "Today is the owner's birthday, all meals are 50% off!"

"Wow, that's great! Everything's 50% off. Looks like business will be really good today."

While peeking inside to check the number of diners, Mu Xiaoyi turned to Xiaobaicai and said, "By the way, Cai Cai, where's your Qi Ge?"

Xiao Baicai was also puzzled when he entered the restaurant, because Qiongqi would always come out to greet him when he returned. Why didn't he see Qiongqi today?

Just as everyone was puzzled, Xiao Hui jumped out from the side and said with a smile, "Oh, you've finally finished get off work. Come on in. Let's go to the private room on the second floor and wait. The boss is still in the kitchen making soup. He's going to cook for himself today."

"Cooking yourself? Really?"

After hearing what Xiao Hui said, Xiao Baicai and the others were a little surprised, because no one expected that this big shot would personally cook soup for Xiao Baicai.

Little Cabbage was both surprised and delighted, saying, "Really? Brother Qi is in the kitchen? Doesn't he usually dislike going into the kitchen? He even said it's dirty and he doesn't like going in."

"Of course it's true, Little Grey wouldn't dare lie to you, young master!"

Little Grey was already leading everyone upstairs, but Little Cabbage didn't go to the second floor; instead, she went to the kitchen by herself.

When the others saw Xiaobaicai go to the kitchen, they all teased her, saying, "Oh dear~ Xiaobaicai is going to the kitchen too~"

"Hehehe, they must have been moved by the big shot~"

"That's possible, but that move by the expert was indeed quite impressive."

Yue Jiuling watched Xiaobaicai's departing figure, then blinked and turned to poke Ya Zi's shoulder, saying, "Hey, Young Master Long, I'd like to ask, can your uncle Qiongqi cook? Is his cooking good?"

"Hmm, I'm not really sure about that either."

When Ya Zi heard Yue Jiuling's question, he looked bewildered. He said, "To be honest, I've never heard of him cooking before, but we can't rule out the possibility that he's learned to cook recently, so it's really hard to say..."

After listening to Ya Zi's words, Yue Jiuling had a general idea of ​​what was going on. She considered it for a moment, and finally said somewhat awkwardly, "Well, I think I'd better not eat the soup your uncle made later. I feel a little... well..."

Seeing Yue Jiuling's expression, Ya Zi understood what she meant. He turned to look at Yue Jiuling and then said hesitantly, "How about I don't drink it either?"

"I don't know about you or me, but I'm pretty hesitant..."

Because she had heard that Qiongqi couldn't cook before, Yue Jiuling suspected that his cooking skills might be 'poisonous', so she made up her mind not to eat the soup made by Qiongqi.

Once inside the private room, Ye Dongfeng and Yinni played another game while they were still waiting for dinner, and later they even brought Ya Zi along to play together.

Bai Xinyu and Mu Xiaoyi first scrolled through each other's phones, then pulled Yue Jiuling aside to chat about recent clothes and cosmetics, and finally gossiped about the 'stories' they had recently learned.

When the group was chatting until they were almost starving, Xiao Baicai returned, along with Director Yu.

"Hey, Director, you're finally here! We thought you wouldn't make it to dinner!"

When Director Yu entered the private room, they quickly went to greet him and even pulled out a chair for him in a conciliatory manner.

After Director Yu sat down with a smile, he took out a red envelope and gave it to Xiao Baicai, saying, "Oh dear, I'm a little late because of the meeting. Here, this red envelope is for our Comrade Xiao Baicai. Happy birthday and best wishes for good health!"

Little Cabbage blushed as she accepted the red envelope from Director Yu, then happily said, "Thank you, thank you everyone! Please have a seat, and we can start eating once Brother Qi is done!"

"Okay, we'll all wait, no rush~"

Mu Xiaoyi, who was touching up her makeup, said with a smile.

After saying this, Xiaobaicai took the red envelope and went back to the kitchen.

He said, "I'll go back to the kitchen and see if Qi Ge is ready yet."

Seeing that Xiaobaicai had gone out again, Yazi secretly said to Yue Jiuling, "How was it? You smelled it, didn't you?"

"What do you smell?"

Yue Jiuling was munching on sunflower seeds. Although the main dish hadn't been served yet, there were plenty of other snacks on the table. So, while munching on sunflower seeds, she looked at Ya Zi with a puzzled expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Oh dear, can't you smell it?"

Ya Zi pointed helplessly at the little cabbage that had already left, then lowered his voice and said, "Can't you smell the little cabbage's scent?"

"What's that smell? Does Little Cabbage smell? I can't smell anything, I don't smell anything at all!"

Yue Jiuling looked at Ya Zi, still confused: "What did you smell?"

Ya Zi's expression was somewhat speechless, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry. Instead, it was as if he had something difficult to say. However, he finally said that he had discovered it. He said, "It's the smell on Xiao Baicai. When she came to the restaurant with us, she smelled like her own green vegetables. But after she went to the kitchen, um, the smell changed. Didn't you notice?"

"Hmm? The smell has changed? Why do I smell it?"

After hearing Ya Zi's words, Yue Jiuling frowned and said, "Is it because the kitchen smells too strong with cooking fumes? And it got infected by those fumes?"

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