Tao Zhizhi was being stared at by Fu Jue, racking her brains to come up with a matching copy. It was so corny but reassuring!

The two went to the hot food stall to check on the situation, and only left after everything was normal.

Even after Fu Jue took her home that evening, he kept calling her "baby." Tao Zhizhi went from being so shy that she wanted to cover his mouth to helplessly letting him be.

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"Host, we have detected that you have achieved initial financial freedom. You can now choose between a slow or fast-track mission!"

As soon as I got back to my room, Yi Yi popped up and said that.

"Can I only choose one of these two tasks?"

"Yes, if you choose quick missions, the workload will increase, but the rewards will also increase, while slow missions will have the opposite effect."

Tao Zhizhi pondered for a moment: "Was the task I assigned previously considered fast?"

"No, that doesn't count. That's just the normal progress of the host not yet achieving a small goal!"

"Then I'll choose the faster option!"

Since she's still young, Tao Zhizhi plans to give it her all. With the system helping her cook, it should be fine.

"One hundred million? Can I buy these two kitchen helpers?"

One hundred million searched its own rule base:

"Yes, but the host must have two or more stores to open the purchase channel, and it must be purchased with Delicious Points."

"A reminder to the host: the deliciousness points earned by the kitchen helpers only appear on new guests!"

Tao Zhizhi took a deep breath, made up her mind, and clicked on the quick task.

[Mission Acceleration 1: Build your own breakfast restaurant within three days, sell at least five different breakfast items, attract 5,000 new customers within seven days, and continue operating in the future!]

[Completion Reward: Housing Unit 9 in Yutianjing!]

Tao Zhizhi's eyes widened, and she even wiped them with her hand, unable to believe what she was seeing. Pointing at the reward, she asked:

"One hundred million? Is this reward real? The Heavenly Realm?"

Yutianjing is currently the most expensive villa area in Qingshui City, with even the cheapest villa costing several small goals. Tao Zhizhi's eyes lit up when she saw the mission reward.

"Of course! I'll be honest with you, young and old!"

"However, host, if you fail to complete it, you'll be penalized at least ten million!"

Upon hearing the punishment, Tao Zhizhi's competitive spirit ignited: [This must be punished!!!]

The robot can only replicate the dishes that Tao Zhizhi has learned, so she plans to keep one at the small shop and the other at the breakfast shop.

[If we expand our reach, we'll definitely need more staff. We need to hire more people!!!]

Tao Zhizhi opened her phone, completely forgetting about Fu Jue, her helper, and focusing solely on the task at hand!

There's no better place to open a breakfast shop than near a school or at a busy intersection, but when Tao Zhizhi searched online, she found that all the good locations were already taken, and many had been open for over a decade, making it really hard to negotiate prices.

"One hundred million, that's acceptable—"

"No, the system cannot provide assistance to the host during acceleration tasks."

"All right."

Tao Zhizhi continued searching for a good location. Perhaps it was a stroke of luck, but she actually found a neighborhood near Qingshui Junior High School that she liked. There was a breakfast shop that was closing down because the owner was getting old and couldn't keep it up anymore, so he wanted to buy it. However, the price was a bit high, and many people couldn't bring themselves to buy it.

But Tao Zhizhi was capable! She quickly contacted the landlord, guessing that it was already late and the old man was asleep. She planned to settle things at the shop and then go to talk to him in person!

"Since it's a proper breakfast shop, it can offer a wider variety of options."

Tao Zhizhi's mind was filled with all sorts of breakfast ideas. She first added the ones she knew how to make before, then ordered the more expensive crab roe soup dumplings, along with wontons and the Lao You rice noodles and rice noodle rolls she had eaten in N City.

There were eight kinds of breakfast in total, and the numbers were especially auspicious! She nodded in satisfaction and made an appointment with Fu Jue to go see the shop together tomorrow. Why not take advantage of a boyfriend who could negotiate prices!

Tao Zhizhi smiled that night, dreaming that she had already moved into the Imperial Heaven Realm, and slept soundly until the next morning, unwilling to wake up for a long time.

There was no other way; she hadn't even secured the house yet, so she still needed to get herself ready and go to work at the hot food stall.

"Aunt Yang, would you like to change your work environment?"

Tao Zhizhi recalled Yang Ping's beautifully wrapped steamed buns, patted her shoulder, and asked her carefully.

Yang Ping looked anxious, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Boss, I've been working hard lately and haven't been slacking off, so please don't fire me!"

Seeing that Yang Ping had misunderstood her meaning, she smiled and comforted her:

"Aunt Yang, don't worry, I'm not going to fire you. I just have an idea to open a breakfast shop and I'm asking if you'd like to work there."

After listening, Yang Ping looked at Tao Zhizhi with gratitude, and couldn't help but grasp Tao Zhizhi's hand, choking back tears:

"Thank you, boss. You provide me, a disabled person, with a job and often take care of me, always assigning me the easiest tasks. Now you value me so much. I, Yang Ping, have no way to repay you."

"But please believe me, I will definitely keep doing a good job and not ruin the reputation of our warm food stall!"

Looking into her resolute eyes, Tao Zhizhi felt that arranging for her to go there was probably the right thing to do.

After working in the shop for a while, she handed it over to the kitchen helper and Su Bai and the others.

As soon as she stepped outside, she saw Fu Jue leaning against the car waiting for her. She opened her arms and ran over to hug him.

"Fu Jue, why did you arrive so quickly? I thought it would take some more time!"

Fu Jue fastened her seatbelt:

"My girlfriend's affairs should be my top priority, it's what I should do."

The two arrived at the breakfast shop without incident. The old man was already waiting for them there. They couldn't push the price down too much, so they eventually bought the shop for 880,000 yuan.

Because the store has fairly complete facilities and the elderly person is quite clean, it only needs some minor renovations to open for business.

"Fu Jue, my business has expanded again!"

Her cheers echoed throughout the store, and Fu Jue couldn't help but feel happy for her too.

"My Zhizhi is amazing, she could open a chain of stores!"

The two happily completed the handover process with the original landlord. Seeing the old man reluctantly touching every part of the small shop, Tao Zhizhi and Fu Jue left quietly.

Only the old man's aged voice rang out:

"Old friends, I've found you a new employer. I'm getting old, and it'll be hard to see you again."

The old man, his eyes already somewhat cloudy, looked around, his mind flashing back to the years he had spent in the shop. With tears in his eyes, he walked out of the shop and solemnly handed the key in his hand to Tao Zhizhi.

"This shop is yours now."

The old man, his back hunched, got into the child's car, looked at it one last time with lingering affection, then looked away and left.

Seeing this scene, Tao Zhizhi also felt somewhat melancholy:

"Fu Jue, do you think that when that day comes, I'll also have to reluctantly hand over the key to someone else?"

"Perhaps, but Zhizhi's skills are so exquisite that even when she can no longer cook, the taste of her food will remain a memory in the hearts of diners."