Chapter 213: The Manager Arrives Early
When it comes to desire to challenge, it still has to be Class Eight Grade One.
While students from other classes were still entangled over whether to eat salad or not, Class Eight Grade One students led by Class President Lu Daiqing had already picked up a few lettuce leaves coated with mayonnaise using chopsticks and stuffed them into their mouths.
As one of the big suckers who ordered lettuce for lunch, Ainuo, upon eating this bite of sauced lettuce, already had in mind how to persuade Xiang Chuan back home to give up saving lettuce, focus on making eggs or milk products, or consider more staple food crops.
But as soon as it entered his mouth, it directly dispelled this thought of his.
The lettuce coated with mayonnaise created a perfectly balanced pairing in his mouth. The mayonnaise carried the rich flavor of eggs, while also having some sour taste, quickly giving the lettuce a rich flavor.
Some students who didn’t particularly love sour foods eventually put down their chopsticks and shared their portion of salad with other classmates, while the vast majority naturally accepted this magical flavor.
“This sauce is really good. If all vegetables could be eaten raw, I wouldn’t mind using this sauce on all of them.” Chou Manman picked up a slice of cucumber slices, stuffed it into her mouth, and enjoyed it very much.
“Don’t, even modern people can’t stand mayonnaise every meal.” Xiang Chuan decisively spoke up to remind: “And you saw how oil-intensive this thing is. You know fat is the biggest enemy of maintaining figure. Eating so many high-oil seasonings, Man Man, aren’t you afraid you’ll have to lose weight before the official performance to fit into the costume prepared in advance?”
“Then… then forget it.” Chou Manman shrank her neck, “Liposuction surgery at the hospital is so tiring.”
Xiang Chuan’s mouth twitched, and then she thought of modern medical technology.
Indeed, with modern miraculous medical technology as the foundation, there’s no need to worry about high blood lipids, high blood pressure, or fat accumulation issues. If not for some modern people not liking to go to the hospital for these surgeries that can change body shape and body fat, Yue Xiang Restaurant’s monthly turnover could probably increase by another thirty percent.
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At this moment.
“Liang Gong? Are you still eating?”
Suddenly someone outside the First Year High School student dining area called Liang Gong’s name. Class Eight Grade One students all turned to look in the direction of the voice, and then they were all stunned.
They saw a Liang Gong wearing women’s clothing?!
Class President Lu Daiqing was the first to recover. She had said yesterday morning that Liang Gong’s mother was now also on the Fourth Production Escort Ship. The woman in front of them had such a similar appearance to Liang Gong, so her identity was self-evident.
“Mom? How did you come?”
Liang Gong saw his mother’s arrival, stood up from his seat in surprise, trotted to the edge of the dining area, and chatted with his mother.
At this point, the Class Eight Grade One crowd didn’t forget gossip.
“That’s Liang Gong’s mom? Aksim General Manager who’s in charge of leading us tomorrow? She looks so young, is she three hundred years old?” Cultural Committee Member Mandy muttered softly.
“Looking at Liang Gong’s appearance, I thought he was a mix of yellow race and white race, but unexpectedly he completely inherited genes from his mom’s side. I wonder what his father looks like?” Labor Committee Member Fu Chengkai gossiped.
This was also when Xiang Chuan learned that modern times preserved the 21st Century terms for races.
Class President Lu Daiqing patted his head and reminded: “Don’t ask these directly in front of Aksim General Manager tomorrow.”
“Do you need to tell me that?” Fu Chengkai chuckled.
Liang Gong’s full name is Aksim Liang Gong, same surname as Aksim General Manager, and not following the law to take his father’s surname, so there are several possibilities: After Liang Gong’s father passed away, Aksim General Manager obtained permission from the court and Liang Gong’s father’s family to change Liang Gong’s surname to the mother’s family form; or the parents divorced, in which case Liang Gong and Aksim General Manager didn’t need the father’s family’s consent and could directly change the surname to the mother’s form according to the Marriage Law.
Whichever it is, they are all very sensitive privacy topics. As good students, Class Eight Grade One students naturally wouldn’t be so tactless.
Contrary to everyone’s expectations, Liang Gong didn’t just simply greet Aksim General Manager and come back, but brought Aksim General Manager to the dining area where Class Eight students were.
Unlike the somewhat introverted Liang Gong, Aksim General Manager appeared to be a very intellectual and gentle woman. She smiled warmly and greeted the Class Eight Grade One students:
“Good evening, everyone. Liang Gong said you are eating here now, so I thought I’d come say hello. I am Aksim Shi Li, Liang Gong’s mother, and also the manager in charge who will lead you all to visit the Animal Husbandry farm tomorrow.”
Aksim Shi Li, like Liang Gong, had an Eurasian mixed appearance with some 21st Century European and American facial features but black hair and black eyes. If Liang Gong and Aksim General Manager stood quietly side by side, one could indeed feel some similarities in their appearances.
But as soon as Aksim General Manager spoke, it was obvious to see the difference between her and her son: Like Manager Hill, Aksim General Manager was also a very confident woman. Her gentleness did not cover up this confidence deep in her soul; instead, it made her even more charming.
Xiang Chuan leaned close to Ainuo’s ear and muttered softly: “Do you think if we raised Liang Gong to be more confident, he would grow up to look like his mom?”
Imagining the introverted mixed-race handsome boy Liang Gong turning into a gentle yet confident intellectual handsome guy, Xiang Chuan couldn’t help but feel itchy hands wanting to play a nurturing game.
Ainuo stared at her for several seconds, that disdainful look seeming to say “You’ve turned into this troublesome personality yourself and you’re still thinking of playing a super high-difficulty game like nurturing?”, making Xiang Chuan involuntarily shrink her neck.
Xiang Chuan: I was just saying it for fun, this isn’t allowed either?
Ainuo and Ouyang Yating who watched the whole thing: Don’t even think about it.
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After being severely lectured by her own club member with eyes, Xiang Chuan obediently continued picking up lettuce from her bowl to eat, as if turning sorrow and anger into appetite.
At this moment, Aksim General Manager and Liang Gong walked over to their table.
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, Ainuo Li classmate, Ouyang Yating classmate, good evening.” Aksim General Manager saw the three, her smile becoming even more kindly, “Finally meeting you three. I often hear Liang Gong talk about you and the club activities.”
The three of Xiang Chuan panic-strickenly put down their chopsticks and stood up respectfully to greet Aksim General Manager. At the same time, Xiang Chuan felt the intense gaze from Aksim General Manager.
This gaze was all too familiar to her! Starting from yesterday, she had continuously received intense gazes from two manager-level figures, and the one in front of her was already the third “intense gaze launcher” she had anticipated just before dinner, but she didn’t expect this one to not even wait until the third morning, appearing in advance on the second evening in the identity of Liang Gong’s mother.
As the club president where Liang Gong was a club member, Xiang Chuan naturally had to step forward and chat properly with Aksim General Manager about Liang Gong’s situation in club activities. Aksim General Manager also asked a few questions from time to time.
This scene was exactly like a homeroom teacher chatting with parents about a student’s performance at school!
And where was the real Homeroom Teacher Zhu Bingwen of Class Eight Grade One? He was sitting in the corner with other homeroom teachers, watching Class Eight Grade One’s performance while continuing to pick up vegetable salad to eat.
Since when did homeroom teachers have so much free time?! Xiang Chuan couldn’t help but mentally note a big demerit for Homeroom Teacher Zhu Bingwen.
While chatting with Xiang Chuan, Aksim General Manager several times tried to shift the topic to the farm and sideline products of Animal Husbandry—
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, I saw the steamed milk pudding and mayonnaise you made in the canteen. These are all made with eggs and milk, right? I’m very happy that you value our Animal Husbandry Department products so much.”
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, I heard from Liang Gong that at school you teach them to use cream for decoration. This cream is also made from milk, right? In ancient times, there was such a milk processing method. Do you know any other similar methods?”
“Classmate Xiang Chuan, I heard from the principal of Nongda Affiliated High School that you built a roaster yourselves at school for roasting meat? Are there other meat cooking methods like this…”
“Classmate Xiang Chuan…”
……
Xiang Chuan could hold on at first, but under Aksim General Manager’s smiling yet ruthless offensive, she, the dignity-less club president who gets full DEBUFF when facing parents, quickly collapsed completely. If not for Xiang Chuan staunchly guarding the confidentiality obligation as an Information Turbulence Contactee, plus Liang Gong helping to pull and persuade, and finally Manager Hill rushing over, she was able to break free.
Looking at the “harmonious” backs of Manager Hill and Aksim General Manager, Xiang Chuan stared expressionlessly at Liang Gong, as if saying:
Didn’t you say your mom is very gentle? Didn’t you say your mom wouldn’t be “enthusiastic” like the other two managers? How does it feel even more excessive than those two?!
Liang Gong didn’t dare to meet Xiang Chuan’s gaze and silently lowered his head.
Liang Gong: You know, my mom went so far as to come from the Second Escort Ship to squeeze out the Head of Animal Husbandry on the Fourth Escort Ship to get the position of person in charge for the visit activity!
