Editor: Alysia
Since they were all situated at the same University City, there would be some interaction between the students from different schools. In the University City, the reputation of CU’s five tigers was well-known. In the past, some other school students had used CU’s canteens to wager. The losers had to go to CU and ask the students there to take them to CU’s canteen to have dinner. These losers would usually receive looks as if they were crazy from the CU students.
The news of the CU’s first canteen’s vigorous reform had already spread to other universities, so everybody was expecting a good show. However, many people doubted that they had pushed their chili oil to levels comparable to, if not higher than, The Forest of Taste’s chili oil.
CU’s students sent out invitations to invite the other university students to eat at the first canteen. And their words seemed to persuade some people. These people quickly flocked to CU students and accompanied them for a meal in the first canteen.
It was a coincidence that the self-made chili oil was still available at the time so students from other schools had their faces slapped. The other university students could simply eat plain rice with chili oil and hold their rice bowls up while wiping everything in the bowl clean. They would then top up more rice and exclaim, “It's delicious, it's delicious!”
The first canteen had vindictively stood on the shoulders of giants and once again became renowned in Nanhai University City, its reputation heading in the opposite direction of offering dark cuisine. And this was all thanks to The Forest of Taste’s great marketing job earlier.
Because the chili oil was still in limited supply, they had also inadvertently utilized hunger marketing.
The first canteen would only accept CU’s campus card, so other school students could only entrust CU students to buy it for them, or borrow their campus card.
There were many discussion posts on the CU’s forum, and all the contents had the same theme–in such a situation of scarce resources, our students were still leading wolves into the den. In doing so, the wolves would consume and occupy more food. Was this appropriate?
Borrowing the driving force that was The Forest of Taste, the reputation of the first canteen even spread to the outside of the University City to the insides of Nanhai city. In the beginning, some people thought there were people exaggeratingly blowing the trumpets about the first canteen. After too many people had said so, the first canteen became an existence that could sweep out everything. A university canteen could also have its experts, and the chili oil produced was superior to that of the famous restaurant.
It was unclear who made up the tale about the excellent cuisine in the canteen, claiming that it was created by a lovelorn chef who dejectedly prepared the enticing chili oil. It was full of the chef’s sweat and tears from planting to completion, which is why it was so exquisite.
Other than the gourmet food tale, there were some people who even said pure self-made foods were great and unique.
They concocted rumours that were so well-known that even the patrons of The Forest of Taste restaurant were aware of it.
In reality, for the time being, given the amount of chili oil in the first canteen, the first canteen did not affect The Forest of Taste’s business. However, it had a negative influence on their image, since they claimed to serve the spiciest chili cuisine. Their customers’ enthusiasm will continue to wane as time passes. They’d argue that their restaurant wasn’t even comparable to a school canteen.
The owner was so furious when CU used it as a stepping stone. After inquiring about the canteen for a long time, it appeared that the genesis of it was due to the CU students’ spontaneous adulation. The Forest of Taste had resolved to make a comeback and confront the problem. They intended, for example, to spread rumors that the chili peppers in the canteen were famous because they trampled on the instafamous restaurant for marketing purposes.
But——
“No way, boss, no one will believe it. CU’s canteen is not open to the public, it only accepts teachers and students of the school as customers. On the surface, at least.”
That place is a canteen not open to the public. What’s the use of trampling over your business and using it to market themselves?
The boss of The Forest of Taste, ‘I’m so angry! Yet I have no idea what to do!’
Cui QiChao took several days to lead his workers in turning over all of the accessible areas on the hill, and all weeds that needed to be eliminated were also eradicated. They dug furrows in the ground, applied base fertilizer, and sowed seeds following shallow tillage.
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Considering the consumption rate of the food ingredients in the canteen, spinach, cabbage, and other leafy vegetables were mainly planted here, and those that could be harvested many times were also planted the most here.
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It was already Spring, and Cui QiChao and his staff had spent many weeks filling up the hill at the back with vegetables.
Mr. Cui was regarded as a professional by the canteen workers. He was not only skilled at planting peppers but also at comprehending these vegetables. He led everyone to a hydroponics garden to grow veggies. They attached the pipe to irrigate the grassland, and they would irrigate the ground until the water permeated the land before planting and covering it.
Cui QiChao would always wear a suit when he went up the hill. He was not afraid that it would cause him inconvenience when he moved around. His face was dignified as he said, “Be very careful. Strictly control the amount of watering and fertilizing. This season’s spinach is very important! ”
When he had a serious expression, everyone was nervous. Since Boss Cui has a deep background, could there be a deeper meaning behind sowing these vegetables?
Cui QiChao went on to say, “Although the emergence of spinach sown in spring is slower than that of spinach sown in summer, and the harvesting time is nearly half a month later, the growth of spinach in summer is faster, and the nutrient accumulation is less. Hence, the taste of spinach in the summer is not as good as that of spinach in the spring! Cherish the taste of this season!”
Everyone: “…………”
Looking at a scene where the fields all over the hill had been reclaimed, Cui QiChao was filled with satisfaction and motivation. He was in euphoria because his sense of growing crops had been satisfied, but he needed to continue working hard.
Because there were few sunny days recently, Cui QiChao remained in the canteen to promote the sprouting of water spinach, otherwise, if direct sowing was used, it would be difficult to germinate them.
He chose the water spinach breeds because they could be cultivated not only on dry land but also in shallow water. He had quietly targeted some ponds in the school, ready to plant cabbage on the edge in the name of greening, determined not to waste every inch of land.
Because of this, Cui QiChao also increased the number of times he came out of the office and went downstairs. The seeds were soaked on the first floor and had to be washed once a day. Cui QiChao came out from time to time to measure the humidity and water them.
It was difficult to escape the mealtime rush hours when he’s usually down. Many students had witnessed the flash of a human figure in the rear kitchen.
Some assumed he was a backdrop board at first, but they soon discovered he could move. Cui QiChao’s attire, after all, did not blend in with the rest of the kitchen workers. It did not fit in with the rest of the canteen’s employees. What he was wearing appeared to be more appropriate for more formal settings, such as teaching a lesson or visiting hotels.
Cui QiChao was surrounded by students carrying rice bowls around the window. The auntie responsible for scooping rice became irritated and slammed a bowl with a spoon, saying, “If you aren’t getting some rice, go away.”
“Please don’t shoo us, elder sister. Who’s that little brother in the back? What is he doing here?”
The aunt looked back, and said with a slightly proud tone, “This is our boss.”
Boss Cui’s looks and demeanor had upped the bar for the whole first canteen. He is also related to President Cui, something they were quite proud of.
All of the students who heard her had a puzzled expression on their faces as if they didn’t believe what she said.
It’s impossible, right, he’s so handsome, and yet he came to bid for the contract for the first canteen?
There was a rumor saying that the new head of the first canteen had a close relationship with the president. They were all envisioning him to be someone like the president’s classmates or brother-in-law, or a greasy middle-aged man.
But the person in front of them conveyed the sense that the school should reimburse money to pay for the losses if he was the one who contracted the first canteen.
The auntie took into account everyone’s look of suspicion and muttered with her hands on her hips, “If you don’t believe it, you can check it on the internet. Can’t you check the legal representative of the canteen?”
Since the auntie had declared so, she couldn’t have lied.
Some time ago, there was another rumor spreading around that the boss of the first canteen bullied others using the strength of his connections and destroyed the dating holy land of CU.
However, now, when they saw Cui QiChao, the narrative of the comments became:
“Wow, the new boss of the first canteen is truly beautiful and kind-hearted!”
“It’s so kind of him to plant vegetables on the hill at the back to help change everyone’s diet for the better.”
——Cui QiChao’s practice of planting all kinds of vegetables on the hill at the back became highly praised in the twinkling of an eye.
After all, since he’s good-looking, everything he did was right.
Cui QiChao had no idea about this at first. He had no intention of having a campus romance. He exclusively spoke with canteen employees, and he didn’t use this era’s Internet to see kids posting nonsensical remarks.
But a week later, when he took out all the feedback from the suggestion box and read them, about one-third of them were not related to the suggestions for the canteen but related to himself.
However, after Cui QiChao’s eyes swept all over them, the only thing he remembered was: “Boss, you are so handsome. You can grow vegetables as you like. We have no objections!”
Great. He kept all of them. This was the evidence that the students supported the first canteen’s move in growing crops.
XiaoBai had been home for some time. Cui QiChao thought it has been adapted well to his home. There should be no stress reaction when it bathed the cat now.
“XiaoBai.”Cui QiChao shouted as soon as he entered the door. He saw XiaoBai lying in the shoe box, sleeping. XiaoBai had always tried to climb onto the sofa or the bed to sleep after it was introduced to his home. After being taught many times by Cui QiChao, it didn’t dare to do it again.
Cui QiChao put down the cat shower gel and cat nest he had just bought, “Come, I’ve bought you a cat nest. You don’t need to sleep in the shoebox in the future.”
XiaoBai gave Cui QiChao a suspicious glance, before looking at the cat’s nest for a long time. Then, it “meow”-ed, climbed up on the nest and laid down.
“Like it? This cat nest is quite expensive.” Cui QiChao touched XiaoBai’s head.
When XiaoBai heard this, a trace of self-scorn flashed in its eyes, and it haughtily readied itself to leave the cat’s nest.
“Why? Do you still prefer shoe box?” Cui QiChao was puzzled and said, “What should I do if you can’t fit in and sleep in the shoe box in the future? Should I go to the canteen and get a packing box back…”
XiaoBai: “…”
XiaoBai’s frontal paws which had already stepped out of the cat nest stopped. It slowly lowered the frontal part of its body, stretched its waist, and rolled back as if nothing had happened.
“It seems that you like it.” Cui QiChao smiled and took it to take a bath.
Even if it was genetically improved, it was still necessary to gradually desensitize it to bathing and hair blowing. Cui QiChao had already given XiaoBai obedience training, so when he put him in the bathtub, he gave the command, “Sit down, stay!”
XiaoBai will not move with this command.
Cui QiChao bathed him while feeding him snacks. Xiaobai behaved very well. After receiving the ordered command, it was not disturbed by the water and foam, and it obediently ate as it was rubbed all over.
XiaoBai behaved even better when its hair was blown. As it stood on the table, Cui QiChao blew his hair. It didn’t dodge and knew it should turn around and allow him to blow its fur on the other end.
“After the vaccination, you can also have outdoor training.” Cui QiChao pondered, “Then, let’s practice so that you can follow me.”
When accompanying its owner, an excellent shepherd cat would certainly follow the owner’s footsteps, and would always look at the owner to receive the command in time.
The breed, the shepherd cat, had met the needs of many people. It not only had the delicate appearance and some personality characteristics of a cat but also had the obedience and loyalty of dogs. It works dexterously and eats less than dogs. No wonder it had become very popular since it was bred.
When one takes them out, they would never be like regular, unmodified cats that need to be hugged and carried around.
It was uncertain if Xiaobai understood what he meant. He raised his eyes to Cui QiChao.
Cui QiChao looked at his round big eyes, and with a smile, he leaned over his fluffy face and gave it a kiss.
XiaoBai: “!”
Cui QiChao got up and thought that he shouldn’t have done it. Just now he was too impulsive. What should he do if someone thought he was zoonotic? He turned around and washed his face again.
XiaoBai: “………”
The author has something to say:
XiaoBai: Don’t everyone love cute pets??
T/N: No food pics this chapter 
thanks for the chapter! ♡
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
Thanks for th chapter😀
Thanks for the chapter <3
this poor ML
This POOR GONG XD
Thanks for the update (≧▽≦)
I keep wondering, is the Shepherd Cat a real thing? 😺
Thank you
Nope! There’s probably a cat that shepherds, just not a Shepherd Cat. d(ゝc_,･*)
Craving chilli oil now
Pftt- the neo-humans get animal love
XiaoBai behaved even better when its hair was brown.
Blown?
Thanks for spotting it, I’ve changed it now :]
Your Welcome!!
I am actually listening Fck You* by Ceelo Green while reading this chapter and I couldn’t stop laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
Poor gong! I feel for him! Hopefully we get a glimpse of his human form soon!
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This laozi wants more foods translator!
Some people really love their cats
Aww don’t worry CQC, I also kiss my cat all the time😂
So. I got hungry reading this and ate the midnight snack that I hadn’t eaten for a year and a half.