24. Let’s take a look at the takeout in the distance.
“Ah, that’s right, it’s you!”
A beautiful girl dressed in a maid outfit ran up, her white lace skirt and the curves on her chest swaying with her movements, until she reached Jiang Zhi.
Jiang Zhi: ಠ_ಠ.
What does this girl want from her?
Could it be that she was caught admiring her? But she was clearly looking openly, right? And she’s a girl now too; is it not okay for girls to look at girls?
Oh no, oh no, she won’t be seen as a pervert, will she?
Better apologize first…
Jiang Zhi pursed her lips, just about to say sorry when she saw the girl grab her hand, her eyes sparkling with anticipation and excitement.
“Sister, you’re so beautiful!”
“Eh?”
Could it be that she’s trying to flirt?
Because of her outstanding looks, Jiang Zhi had been hit on by men countless times over the past half month, with all the lines starting with compliments on her beauty, which was quite annoying.
But being approached by a girl was a first for her… pretty refreshing.
The girl’s next sentence answered her confusion.
“Do you want to join us and become a cute cat-eared maid?”
After saying that, the girl released Jiang Zhi’s hand and handed her a flyer.
Jiang Zhi instinctively took it.
Looking down, she realized that the flyer was actually a recruitment advertisement for a newly opened cat-eared maid coffee shop.
Jiang Zhi let out a sigh of relief.
So she just wanted to recruit her; she thought she was caught stealing a glance. That’s good, that’s good…
Oh damn!
What the heck is a cat-eared maid?
Jiang Zhi imagined herself in such a role, wearing a maid outfit, stockings, little shoes, with cat ears, sweetly saying to guests:
“Welcome, Master! Please feel free to command little Zhi. Love you, Master! Would you like little Zhi to inject some energy into you, nya~”
Eh——!!!
Just thinking about it made Jiang Zhi cringe hard.
Besides, aren’t you trying to poach someone here?
If Sister Jiang found out she was working at another coffee shop, especially a maid café, she would definitely cry and say she doesn’t want that! Clearly, I came first!
Jiang Zhi forced a polite smile: “Sorry, I’m already working at a coffee shop.”
“Eh eh?” The girl showed a surprised expression: “So you’re one of us?”
“…Just a regular coffee shop.”
“But…”
But this sister is truly beautiful! If she came to their place, she would surely become the star. The girl, not giving up, said, “Really, won’t you consider it? We offer great benefits.”
I definitely know your benefits are good!
Jiang Zhi remembered checking out maid cafés when looking for jobs back then; the benefits were indeed high, but she just couldn’t accept it.
“Sorry…”
Jiang Zhi lifted the bag full of ingredients: “Um, I really need to get back to cook for my daughter. Anyway, thank you for your invitation.”
With that, she left.
The girl stood there and let out a slight sigh of regret, then suddenly realized what the sister just said.
D-Daughter?
Uh oh… So young and she already has a daughter!
She turned around and went back to the entrance of the mall, where a woman, just finished handing out flyers and also dressed in a maid outfit, asked her, “How did it go, Xiaoxi? Did she agree?”
“No…”
“That’s quite a pity,” the woman said, having also seen how beautiful Jiang Zhi was: “We don’t have a mature maid type in our store yet.”
“Not to mention, Qin Jie,” said the girl called Xiaoxi, looking a bit gloomy: “She even has a daughter.”
“Married woman attribute! Even rarer!”
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When Jiang Zhi returned home, Qian Qian was already up. The little girl had dressed herself and was sitting in front of the TV watching something.
Seeing the ingredients in Jiang Zhi’s hands, Qian Qian asked curiously, “Mom, what are you going to do?”
“Hehe!”
While putting the extra ingredients into the fridge, Jiang Zhi prepared what she was going to use next: “Didn’t you say you didn’t want takeout? Watch your mom show off a little!”
“Really?” Qian Qian’s eyes lit up; she had long been tired of takeout: “Qian Qian wants to eat Mommy’s fried rice with eggs!”
“Ah this…”
Jiang Zhi felt embarrassed: “Without leftover rice, I can’t make fried rice. No worries, Mommy has other big plans.”
At first, she didn’t plan to make anything too complicated. After watching tutorials all night yesterday, she finally decided to make a pot of porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
“Let me see… First, crack the eggs, then chop the tomatoes into cubes.”
Jiang Zhi watched the tutorial video again, confidently took out two eggs and a bowl, and cracked the eggs against the side of the bowl!
One whole egg rolled into the bowl along with the shell.
Jiang Zhi looked at the shell pieces in the bowl: …
Cough, cough, it’s okay, it’s okay.
It’s normal to be unskilled at cracking eggs for the first time; no big deal, she could still pick the shells out.
Then she took out the cutting board, thinking surely she couldn’t go wrong cutting vegetables, at worst, she’d just be more careful.
Five minutes later.
Jiang Zhi was grimacing as she found a band-aid to stick on her finger.
She washed the blood-stained tomato in the sink, looking at the chaotic kitchen and couldn’t help but wonder—
Am I really this clumsy?
But in the video👀 it was really simple; how come it turned into this when it got to her hands?
Should I just order takeout…?
Jiang Zhi started to waver, her gaze shifting hesitantly outside the kitchen, where she saw Qian Qian peeking in, looking eagerly at her.
Damn it, I’ll give it a shot!
It’s just cooking; I refuse to believe something could go wrong if I follow the video proper?!
Embracing this thought, Jiang Zhi lit the stove.
And then…
“Damn it, too much oil! Damn, the fire is too big! Water… Damn, why is the fire getting bigger?!”
“Add the tomatoes to fry out the juice… Wait, wait? Should I add the eggs first or the tomatoes?”
“Add sugar… Damn, this is salt!”
In making a meal, Jiang Zhi was swearing and scrambling, but fortunately, hard work paid off, and finally…!
Ding ding ding ding!
A golden glow seemed to shine in the dish, comparable to the golden fried rice in a Chinese cooking show. Jiang Zhi looked at the scrambled eggs with tomatoes in satisfaction.
Hmm…
Putting taste aside, it looked pretty decent, at least it wasn’t burned.
She handed Qian Qian a small spoon, sitting across from her, propping her chin with a smile: “Quick, try your mom’s cooking.”
“Mm mm!”
Qian Qian took a spoonful and put it in her mouth, as she chewed slowly, Jiang Zhi’s heart seemed to rise with anticipation.
“How is it?” She asked eagerly.
Qian Qian put down the spoon, noticing the band-aid on her mom’s hand, she bit her lip: “Um… Very, very delicious, Qian Qian likes it…”
Jiang Zhi looked at Qian Qian’s bulging cheeks: …
She sighed: “If you can’t swallow it, just spit it out.”
Qian Qian let out a sigh of relief and quickly spit out the food she was chewing into the trash can.
“I’m sorry…” The little girl pouted, feeling wronged, thinking it might be her fault.
Clearly, Mommy’s cooking is so good; she always looks forward to what her mom makes for her and Dad when she gets home from school.
“Is it that bad?” Jiang Zhi raised an eyebrow, skeptically taking a spoonful herself.
“…It’s quite bad.”
Jiang Zhi silently spit it out too.
It was so awful it had no friends, too salty; maybe she mistook salt for sugar, but she also added a lot of sugar afterward!
Can’t figure it out.
In any case, this thing is inedible, and she’s already feeling slight signs of stomach pain, not to mention Qian Qian.
Jiang Zhi forced a smile: “No problem, I made porridge too; let me serve you some!”
Saying this, she walked to the pot in which she was cooking, lifted the lid, and wow—
Delicious rice!
But wasn’t she supposed to make porridge?
Did she add too little water? Clearly, she followed the amount in the video! So where exactly went wrong?!
The chef training plan, complete failure.
Jiang Zhi left the kitchen, gently patting her daughter’s little head, her tone soft and gentle: “Sweetheart, let’s take a look at the takeout in the distance.”
