CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 58: DO YOU KNOW WHO MY GRANDPA IS?

"Tsk tsk, Lao Jiang, the mouth-watering chicken is a hit again!"

After the shop closed in the evening, Hu Zhihai sat by the table, gnawing on a chicken leg, and laughingly said to Jiang Yu,

"These students today really have wild imaginations. With a single mouth-watering chicken, they came up with several new ways to eat it—the mouth-watering chicken rice bowl, mouth-watering chicken dry noodles, mouth-watering chicken spicy powder...

The funniest one is a student who bought a bag of sliced bread, put the chicken in between two slices, smeared red oil sauce on it, and named it ’mouth-watering chicken sandwich’!"

"Hey, this red oil sauce in the mouth-watering chicken is numbing and spicy, savory and fragrant. Even if you mix it with shoe soles, it would taste good!"

Before Jiang Yu could speak, Lu Shuwu, sitting on the other side, suggested with a smile,

"We eat soup dumplings as the main dish every day. Why not change it up today and mix some rice with it?"

"Why not?"

Jiang Yu didn’t mind. He swallowed down a soup dumpling and took a sip of hot and sour soup to smooth it down, then said,

"Whoever wants rice, go buy it yourself. Isn’t there a window selling rice next door?

But you all eat yourselves, I don’t need any."

"I’ll go buy! I’ll go buy!"

Hu Zhihai loved a lively scene. He tossed aside the chicken leg bone, wiped the oil from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, stood up and asked,

"Who else wants some? If you’re too embarrassed to say so, then you won’t get any!"

"Everyone except the boss, one serving each!"

Lu Shuwu glanced around. Yan Tongtong and Li Yue seemed eager to try but embarrassed to speak up, so he said directly,

"Let’s all try out what this mouth-watering chicken rice bowl tastes like. Who knows, maybe we can introduce this eating method in the future."

"Alright, I’ll be right back."

Hu Zhihai nodded, stood up from his seat, and turned around to head out the door.

The rice-selling window was just next door, not far away. In no time, Hu Zhihai came back with a bag of rice boxes.

"Whoever ordered, grab it yourself!"

He placed the rice boxes in the middle of the table, said to Yan Tongtong and the others, then quickly turned to Lu Shuwu.

He put an arm around Lu Shuwu’s shoulders, smiling ambiguously, and whispered,

"Xiaolu, there’s a pretty girl outside looking for you!

Impressive! You seem honest usually; I didn’t expect you to have secretly found such a pretty girl!"

"Someone’s looking for me outside?"

Lu Shuwu was startled, but quickly realized.

In this unfamiliar school, who else would come looking for him but his little sister?

He pulled Hu Zhihai’s arm away, stood up from his seat, and throwing out a quick,"

"I’ll go take a look!"

he turned and hurried out the door.

Hu Zhihai originally wanted to follow out to have a look but thought it inappropriate, so he pressed his lips and held back.

He pulled out a chair, sat down, and said with a smile to Yan Tongtong and the others,

"Come on! Let’s also try out how good the mouth-watering chicken rice bowl is!"

He opened the bag and distributed the rice boxes, but before he could start making the mouth-watering chicken rice bowl, he heard the sound of a door opening behind him.

Turning his head, Hu Zhihai saw that Lu Shuwu had returned, and behind him followed a long-haired girl in a blue long dress.

"Let me introduce her to everyone: this is my little sister, Lu Shuyao."

Seeing everyone’s gazes on him, Lu Shuwu smiled and introduced,

"She’s currently a junior at Jiangzhou University’s School of Economics and Management. The reason I came to the school’s canteen before was because she told me about it."

"Ah, so it’s Xiaolu’s sister! No wonder she’s so pretty!"

Hu Zhihai, always thick-skinned, immediately stood up after hearing Lu Shuwu’s words and said with a smile,

"Currently a junior, so she’s our junior too!

Oh, right, my last name is Hu, I’m called Hu Zhihai. You can call me Brother Hu or Brother Hai."

He said this while pointing to Jiang Yu, who just stood up, introducing,

"This here is the store owner Jiang Yu; he’s my classmate and can be considered your senior brother.

This young lady is Yan Tongtong, and that’s Li Yue and Shen Deqing."

After Hu Zhihai finished introducing, Lu Shuyao took a small step forward and confidently smiled,

"Hello everyone, I came to see my second brother for some matters. I’m sorry to disturb your meal!"

"No disturbance, no disturbance!"

Hu Zhihai waved his hand quickly, as if remembering something, and asked,

"By the way, junior, have you eaten? Want to join us for a bite?

I’m telling you, the food here is delicious, you can’t get it outside!"

Jiang Yu: "..."

Lu Shuwu: "!!!"

This fatty is so enthusiastic, this is too unusual!

...

Lu Shuyao stayed in the shop only for a while before she left.

After Yan Tongtong, Li Yue, and others finished eating and tidied up the shop, they also left first.

"Boss, my family knows I’ve been hiding here working."

When there were only Jiang Yu and Hu Zhihai left in the shop, Lu Shuwu hesitated for a moment but still spoke up,

"My little sister came to notify me just now, giving me a heads up. It won’t be a few days before my grandfather comes over."

"What’s the big deal if the family knows? Isn’t working perfectly normal?"

Before Jiang Yu could speak, Hu Zhihai, looking puzzled, said,

"My dad and mom also know I’m helping in this shop, and they aren’t doing anything about it."

"..."

For a moment, Lu Shuwu didn’t know how to explain.

"Well, what do you think?"

Jiang Yu didn’t ask anything else. He didn’t plan on digging deep then, and he didn’t now,

"Do you plan to leave, or do you want to continue staying in the shop?"

"If it were up to me, I’d definitely stay; the soup dumplings and mouth-watering chicken are so delicious, I haven’t had enough yet!"

Without thinking, Lu Shuwu blurted out,

"Plus, I want to try more dishes you make. I’m sure you have plenty you haven’t shown yet. If I don’t get to taste them, I’d be so unwilling!"

"Since you want to stay, then stay, you’re a grown man, stop being so wishy-washy."

Seeing him like this, Hu Zhihai said with disdain,

"You’re an adult now; do you still need to go home and ask if your mom and dad agree before doing anything?"

"My parents can’t control me, but my grandfather can!"

Lu Shuwu grunted, finally deciding to reveal something, fearing Hu Zhihai would keep saying annoying things otherwise,

"Do you know who my grandfather is?"

"Who?"

Lu Shuwu said proudly, "My grandfather is Lu Jinseng!"

"Lu Jinseng?"

Hu Zhihai was taken aback, shaking his head like a tambourine,

"Who’s Lu Jinseng? I don’t know!"