Chapter 45: I Also Disapprove

But even though she realized something was wrong, Su Ziling still maintained her usual calm expression on the surface, as if nothing had happened.

However… Lin Yizhou keenly caught that in the moment she turned her head, there seemed to be a fleeting blush on her face.

He wanted to confirm it again, but Su Ziling had already lowered her head neatly, not giving him a chance.

Thus, Lin Yizhou took the initiative to speak.

“This is newly bought.”

“Is that so…”

Su Ziling certainly knew in her heart whether it was newly bought or not, but since the other party gave her an out, she naturally wouldn’t refuse.

After all, it was indeed quite awkward.

After composing herself, Su Ziling deftly handed a sausage to the next customer while speaking first, her voice returning to its usual steadiness.

“But it’s still a bit busy here,” she gestured toward the growing crowd in front of the stall, “so I might have to trouble you to look after this little one for a while.”

Lin Yizhou shook his head and said, “It’s what I should do.”

To be honest, Su Ziling’s stall actually had quite a few customers, and there was a vague trend of increasing.

In this situation, one person would probably be overwhelmed.

After all, Su Ziling’s stall not only sold sausages, but also had a large iron plate nearby, which could probably be used to make chow mein or teppanyaki squid and such.

“Take her to look around somewhere else.”

While speaking, Su Ziling’s hands never stopped, deftly flipping the sausages, and she added without looking up.

“She rarely gets a chance to go out and play, so it’s good to take her around.”

Regarding accompanying Su Lili, Su Ziling was also very self-aware; she was indeed very busy, not only having to be a Magical Girl, but also juggling her studies, and even having to take part-time jobs to earn living expenses.

Her free time was next to nothing, so naturally she couldn’t be as carefree as Lin Yizhou.

Looking at the crowd almost forming a small queue in front of the stall, Lin Yizhou frowned slightly, and finally, as if making some decision, he sighed.

“…Fine, I’ll lend a hand too.”

“Huh?” Su Ziling’s movements paused, and she looked up at him with slight surprise.

Su Ziling was a bit puzzled, and the latter explained.

“Just like you can’t stand my ‘slacking off’ routine, I likewise can’t stand your ‘work yourself to death’ attitude. Work and rest, understand? Got an extra apron?”

“I do have one…” Su Ziling didn’t refuse his kindness, pulling a clean apron from under the stall and handing it over, but her gaze carried obvious doubt: “You… know how to handle this?”

If Su Ziling remembered correctly, Lin Yizhou’s cooking skills were terrible.

This was said by Su Lili, and for someone who was not picky at all to give such an evaluation, it showed how bad it was.

“Simply grilling sausages is no problem.”

Lin Yizhou was of course self-aware, and he pointed at the large iron plate while saying to Su Ziling.

“You handle that part; my skills can’t handle something so complicated.”

“Can’t even make chow mein…” Su Ziling said with a look of speechlessness: “How do you even survive normally?”

“The light of food delivery apps and instant food forever shines upon me.”

Lin Yizhou looked as if it were only natural, and just as he tied the apron strings, his phone in his pocket buzzed with a buzz buzz.

He opened it and saw a message from Fan Zhicheng.

“Oh no, Big Brother! Meiluke’s autograph session is selling limited edition collections!”

Seeing this message, Lin Yizhou looked at the few collections beside him, and for a moment didn’t know what to say, so he just replied with one sentence.

“How’s the situation on Reach?”

Then, regardless of what the other person thought, he put it aside and started working.

As the saying goes, men and women working together makes the work lighter.

This saying sounds correct, but upon closer thought, it’s not really the case. In essence, it’s just hormones of mutual attraction at play, driving people like beasts to desperately show off their abilities.

“Thank you for your patronage!”

Hearing Su Ziling’s somewhat cute and sweet voice, Lin Yizhou sincerely admired her work ability.

As for Su Lili, the little one was also tireless, even very happy to be part of it, and very proactively started hawking on the side.

Because she was wearing a Meiluke cosplay, coupled with her lively and cute voice, she quickly attracted a lot of customers to line up.

In this situation, Lin Yizhou was really a bit overwhelmed, but Su Ziling remained calm and kept busy in an orderly manner.

After taking a short break, Lin Yizhou said to Su Ziling a bit exhausted.

“By the way, are your part-time jobs usually this busy?”

“Rarely, sometimes it can be this busy, and there are times even busier than this.”

“Are you a nuclear-powered donkey?”

Lin Yizhou clicked his tongue in amazement, then continued flipping the sausages and sprinkling cumin powder.

“Don’t miss it if you’re passing by! Freshly grilled chow mein and fried rice, plus volcanic stone sausages!”

Su Lili’s hawking continued, and naturally, the work at hand couldn’t stop either.

This busyness continued until six in the evening, when the crowd slowly thinned out, and after only a few scattered customers remained, Su Ziling said to Lin Yizhou.

“There’s hardly anyone now. Take a break for a while. While the event hasn’t ended yet, you can take Su Lili to look around again.”

“Hey hey…” Lin Yizhou collapsed onto the chair, already turned into white ash, and weakly retorted: “You should at least check my condition first… Let me rest for a while first.”

Even Su Lili, who had been lively and bouncing at first, now sat on Lin Yizhou’s lap and yawned tiredly.

“Sold out?”

Just as the two were resting, a mature woman walked over, and seeing the empty portable fridge, she looked astonished and shocked.

“Although Xiao Meng said you have strong work skills… I didn’t expect you could sell two days’ worth of stock in one day.”

This person was the owner of the Attribute Coffee Shop. Originally, she had planned to have her staff come and set up a sausage stall here and promote the cafe, but recently the flu was severe, and the two originally scheduled staff had fevers.

But the ingredients had already been purchased, and it wouldn’t be good to just let them sit…

So, she had to ask Su Ziling to temporarily cover the shift.

“There’s only a little left,” Su Ziling pointed to the bag containing sausages and estimated: “Probably sell out in another half hour.”

“It does look like not much is left,” the shopkeeper glanced at the remaining stock, showing a gentle smile, and said generously: “Consider these leftovers as a work benefit for you. Take them back and let your little sister try them.”

“Ah… thank you.”

She had heard from Su Xiaomeng that the shopkeeper was a very nice person, and now seeing it, it was indeed true.

The shopkeeper glanced at the pitch-black sky outside and reminded.

“Looking at the weather, it’s probably going to rain heavily soon. Hurry and pack up, close the stall early and go home.”

“Okay.”

Su Ziling also noticed the cloudy sky outside, and then said to Lin Yizhou.

“Take Lili home first, and then go back quickly yourself. Don’t get caught in the rain again.”