Chapter 225
Chapter 225
“Professor Yao!”
“Oh? What brings you here?”
Chef Li glanced around before lowering his voice.
“I finished the medicine you gave me last time. Could you… take another look?”
Professor Yao looked him up and down. “That’s odd. Having a second child shouldn’t be this difficult, should it?”
“Keep your voice down! Please!”
Professor Yao immediately burst out laughing. “I’ll write you another prescription tonight. Don’t drink any alcohol for the time being.”
“Got it!”
Having resolved one of life’s great challenges, Chef Li walked away with a spring in his step.
Beaming from ear to ear, he made his way over to Zhang Bei.
“Boss, I think it’s time we updated the menu!”
Zhang Bei gave it some thought. It had been a while since the Human Head Hotpot was introduced.
It really was time to add a few more dishes that would inspire the tourists to love him even more.
“I’ll give you the new recipes tonight. Roll them out tomorrow.”
“Then I’ll get back to work!”
Chef Li strode off toward the kitchen.
Zhang Bei stretched, leaned back in his recliner, and enjoyed the tourists’ screams of terror.
Today’s work could be finished tomorrow. If that didn’t work, just give up altogether-Zhou Runcha.
Coming up with recipes was simple. All he had to do was enter the name of an organ, and the System could generate one in seconds.
Why let such a trivial matter interfere with his fun?
Qingqing opened her eyes on an all-too-familiar wooden plank bed.
Looking around, she saw tourists lying in neat rows throughout the Morgue, their battered state telling a tragic tale written in blood and tears.
Recalling everything she had experienced over the past few months, Qingqing nearly burst into tears.
Ever since this amusement park opened, she had been forced to experience the true meaning of life every now and then.
More often than not, she ended up lying in the Morgue, trembling in fear.
She struggled to her feet and looked around.
It didn’t take her long to find Manman, who was still unconscious.
The girl lay on a wooden plank bed, muttering incessantly in her sleep.
“I don’t taste good… Don’t eat me… Please…”
Qingqing sat beside her, her expression complicated.
She honestly hadn’t meant to screw the girl over. She had only planned to let her sample some food at the Amusement Park.
Who could have guessed that the Damn Boss would send her straight into the Maze?
Even some of the regulars couldn’t handle a place like the Maze.
If they encountered an easier section, they could simply keep running in circles once they reached their limit.
At the very least, they could drag things out until the hour was up.
But some passages couldn’t be overcome by running.
In those godforsaken places, the only way through was to suppress the fear in your heart and focus entirely on solving the puzzles.
Otherwise, you were guaranteed to encounter something utterly absurd.
Manman shuddered twice before opening her eyes.
The first thing she saw was Qingqing’s worried face.
Manman couldn’t hold back any longer. She burst into tears with a loud wail.
“Sister Qingqing, I’m scared! Waaah!”
Qingqing suppressed her laughter with all her might and kept the concern plastered on her face.
She was beginning to understand Boss Zhang’s joy!
“It’s okay, it’s okay. None of it was real!”
Watching from a distance, Zhang Bei nodded in satisfaction.
Sure enough, the cuter the girl, the longer she cried after being sent into the Maze!
“Boss, we’re here to pick up the files!”
Cha Bing’s voice made Zhang Bei turn around. The entire Kunpeng Squad was present.
Zhang Bei yawned and rose to his feet. “Did Guan Guo go to the Laboratory?”
“He’s already there. Secretary Meng is conducting the final inspection with Professor Guan today.”
Heizi had placed the Kunpeng Squad at Zhang Bei’s disposal precisely for situations like this.
Since a security system was going to be established on the Island, certain matters would have to be handled by armed personnel.
The Kunpeng Squad had effectively been formed specifically for Zhang Bei.
Whenever Zhang Bei went to the Island, this squad would serve as his close-protection detail.
Zhang Bei led Cha Bing all the way to the Monitoring Room.
“Everything’s here. Also, let Guan Guo know I’ll be heading to the Island in a few days.”
“All right. Shall we leave, then?”
“No rush. You’ve had a long journey, so you should relax a little.”
“Huh?”
“Pick any attraction in the amusement park and go have some fun.”
Cha Bing stared at the locked briefcase on the table and fell silent for a long moment.
For fuck’s sake!
He had escaped President Qiu’s torment, only to fall victim to Big Boss’s Amusement Park.
Heaving a long sigh, he dragged his extremely reluctant feet toward the exit.
Cha Bing served as the day’s final act, and amid Xiao Cuihua’s laughter, the Amusement Park finally closed for the night.
Zhang Bei handed a recipe to Chef Li.
“Snacks?”
“Yeah. Make some sour ones and some spicy ones. Let Li Yang taste them.”
“You got it!”
Chef Li rubbed his hands together excitedly and rushed straight into the kitchen.
Every new recipe helped take his culinary skills to the next level.
By his own estimate, it wouldn’t be long before he reached the threshold of becoming a special-grade chef.
That was the level of a state banquet chef!
Time flew by. Once the employees had finished tidying up the facilities, they all gathered in the dining hall.
Zhang Bei swept his gaze around the room. “Where’s You Bai?”
“I’m here!”
You Bai walked in through the door with Xiao Cuihua in her arms.
Her voice sounded as though it had been forced through gritted teeth.
How best to describe her appearance?
Her hair was disheveled, her face deathly pale. She looked like a vengeful ghost.
Xiao Cuihua blinked her large eyes and held out both arms toward Professor Yao.
The old man immediately scooped her up, then cast Professor Wei a smug, challenging look.
Zhang Bei regarded You Bai’s miserable state with great interest. “What happened to you?”
You Bai tied her hair back up, then fixed a pair of icy eyes on Li Yang.
“Boss, can you beat him up for me?”
Li Yang stared at her. “Why?”
“What on earth did you tell that little girl?”
Li Yang seemed to remember something. Without a word, he picked up his stool, moved farther away, and sat back down.
You Bai took several deep breaths to suppress her anger before recounting what had happened that day.
She had looked after the two little ones before, so Xiao Cuihua already knew this particular “auntie.”
It should have been a perfectly happy day.
But an hour earlier, You Bai had needed to attend to an athlete who had traveled from far away.
For the time being, Xiao Cuihua had stayed with Li Yang.
It hadn’t been long-only twenty minutes or so.
But no one knew what Li Yang had said to the little girl.
The normally obedient Xiao Cuihua had stubbornly clung to You Bai and insisted on riding the Human Cannon.
The girl was so adorable, and she had even turned on the charm.
With such a tragic background on top of that, You Bai simply couldn’t bring herself to refuse.
What happened afterward naturally led to her current state.
After hearing the full story, Zhang Bei suppressed his laughter.
“In that case, Li Yang’s punishment will be to go abroad with me next week.”
Li Yang: ???
What kind of punishment was that?
He was being punished with an all-expenses-paid vacation?
A hint of amusement flickered in Zhang Bei’s eyes, but he offered Li Yang no further explanation.
If they wanted to develop space tourism in the future, he would need employees who could accompany him into space, wouldn’t he?
As the person Zhang Bei trusted most, Li Yang naturally needed to get some early exposure to that side of things.
Besides, this trip abroad was certain to be anything but peaceful.
While Zhang Bei remained in the country, countless people might hate him with a passion, but there was nothing they could do to him.
The moment he went abroad, however, the real battles would begin!
While laughter filled the Cafeteria, Heizi sat inside a temporary tent at the base and stamped the final document.
“Pass the word. Anyone without an assignment tomorrow is coming home with me!”
“Yes, President Qiu!”