What would it be like if he were by my side?

He'll definitely use this opportunity to tease her and make her blush with physical contact.

Fu Jue, who was being thought of, had just gotten off the plane and was rushing to the branch office.

Fu Jue couldn't eat anything on the plane. His taste buds had been spoiled by Tao Zhizhi to the point that he couldn't swallow a single bite of the unpalatable airplane food.

An internal traitor in their overseas branch caused them to lose several major projects to competitors.

Fu Jue's purpose in this business trip was to uproot this person and his henchmen in order to solidify his position in Tianyi Group.

Therefore, Secretary Gu was extremely busy, and in the evening, she took advantage of her free time to help Fu Jue purchase several pieces of jewelry.

One of the pink diamonds was taken by Fu Jue and processed into a necklace with peach elements.

——

By the time Tao Zhizhi got home exhausted from playing, it was already 10 o'clock, and there was no message between them.

She cleared her mind for a moment and then posted a bombshell message in the 【Warm Food Shop Family (3)】:

[Cheese Peach: Starting the day after tomorrow, we will be serving breakfast and lunch; dinner will be temporarily suspended.]

Su Bai followed the boss's instructions and did whatever he said without thinking too much.

[Su Bai: Received!]

Fu Jue did not speak to Tao Zhizhi until she woke up naturally again the next day.

Tao Zhizhi took this day to learn about breakfast. She searched online for a long time yesterday and combined it with her previous impressions of breakfast stalls. She decided on the following prices: pork soup dumplings for 10 yuan per serving, preserved vegetable and bamboo shoot dumplings for 2 yuan each, barbecued pork dumplings for 3 yuan each, and the most common preserved egg and lean pork congee for 10 yuan per bowl.

The ingredients she planted in the system some time ago have also matured one after another, including soybeans!

Tao Zhizhi used her last bit of happiness to buy an automatic grinder. As long as she puts in the right ratio of beans and water, she can grind the most fragrant and delicious soy milk.

But she still felt a pang of heartache the moment she saw her happiness points emptied.

The person who appeared in the system kitchen this time was an auntie, about fifty years old, with curved eyebrows and eyes, and a kind and honest look in her eyes. She looked at her with loving eyes, giving her the feeling of a mother carefully teaching her.

This time, Tao Zhizhi learned very quickly, and the taste of her dish was exactly the same as her teacher's, leaving a lingering fragrance on the lips and teeth.

When she was teleported out, she was holding a plate of steamed buns and a bowl of porridge, and the aroma of the buns filled the entire room.

The breakfast in her hand was enough for three or four people, and Tao Zhizhi didn't want to waste her hard work.

To avoid arousing suspicion from Tao's parents, she quickly went to the kitchen, pretended that she had just finished cooking, and called them over to taste it.

As always, Tao's parents praised Tao Zhizhi, predicting that this breakfast would definitely sell very well.

next day

4 a.m.

Tao Zhizhi drowsily crawled out of the alluring bed, splashed water on her face, and opened her sleepy eyes.

When she arrived at the warm food stall, all she could hear was the dimly lit sky and the rustling sound of hardworking sanitation workers sweeping the streets.

Su Bai didn't seem to be used to the early hour either, arriving ten minutes later than her.

Now, she's all alone at the warm food stall, which looks a bit lonely. She takes the raw materials delivered by the system, rolls up her sleeves, and starts kneading the dough!

When Su Bai arrived, the two worked for more than two hours, setting up a small stall in the yard to sell breakfast. Tao Zhizhi handed over the soybean milk that had been ground in the system to Su Bai for packaging.

"Son, take some money and buy yourself breakfast. I can't get up—"

Having prepared everything, Zhou Li pushed open her parents' bedroom door, intending to wake them up so they could take her to school.

As she expected, it was that same sentence again. Ever since they taught her how to get to school, they hadn't taken her to school anymore, and they just let her buy breakfast on the way.

"oh."

Her calm face vividly showed her complete lack of surprise, after all, it was just a daily routine for her to report.

Before she closed the door, her mother suddenly said:

"Bring some steamed buns when you come back at noon. I don't want to cook lunch."

"oh."

Her mother fell into a sweet sleep again.

Zhou Li kicked at the pebbles on the road unhappily, pouting and muttering:

"Bringing steamed buns again! We eat steamed buns for lunch every day! I'm turning into a steamed bun!"

She walked along the same road to school. There were several breakfast stalls in the morning, but she always ate the same few dishes and was tired of them!

September brought a touch of autumn breeze, carrying the aroma of steamed buns that were different from what she usually ate.

Wow, it smells so good!

Zhou Li was still just a primary school student who couldn't control herself; she ran over following the scent.

She walked until she reached the entrance of the warm food stall. She knew this shop; it was only open for lunch and dinner. Her parents rarely took her out to eat. She knew it smelled delicious, but she had never tried the food there before.

She had never seen it open early in the morning before she went to school, but now the shop has customers like her who are attracted by the aroma.

She was too small, and a group of adults blocked her view, preventing her from seeing the menu.

Listening to the customers in front of me taking their orders, I could roughly remember what they were.

Zhou Li's youthful yet resonant voice stood out, as clear and melodious as a nightingale singing in the morning:

"Sister, I'd like three char siu buns, one serving of pork soup dumplings, two preserved vegetable and bamboo shoot buns, and a cup of soy milk!"

Tao Zhizhi, hearing that such a small girl had ordered so many steamed buns, tried to dissuade her:

"Little sister, are you eating all this by yourself? The buns might not taste good if they get cold."

A crisp voice replied, "It's okay, I'll take it home and heat it up with my mom for lunch!"

Tao Zhizhi didn't ask any more questions. She packed the breakfast into two bags and handed them to her. Taking the money from her hand, she said gently:

"It's very hot right out of the pot, please let it cool down a bit before eating!"

Zhou Li nodded obediently: "Mmm!"

Because Zhou Li was carrying breakfast in both hands, she could only salivate at the aroma wafting in the air.

When she entered the classroom, she placed her portion of pork soup dumplings and soy milk on the table, and put the rest into the desk drawer.

The soup dumplings had cooled down to a temperature that was just right to eat, warm but not scalding.

She opened the bag and couldn't wait to grab the dumplings with her hands and eat them; the delicious aroma of the soup dumplings filled the air even more.

The surrounding elementary school students all gathered around, some wanting to take it but restraining themselves and asking Zhou Li's opinion first.

"Zhou Li, your steamed buns smell so good, may I have one?"

Zhou Li was still immersed in the aroma of the savory pork and the sweet water chestnut when she heard these words.

The alarm blared, and he quickly shook his head, protecting the four small dumplings he still had.

"No, I haven't had breakfast yet!"

Since everyone was a sixth-grade elementary school student, they were too embarrassed to ask any more questions, and most of them dispersed.

There was also a boy who wouldn't leave because of the fragrance and kept asking Zhou Li questions, which made her feel really embarrassed.

He was given one, and then he saw other people casting their gazes at him.