Chapter 41

Xiao Bing had just stepped out of the neighborhood when he received a call from Zhang Yizhi. After the call connected, Zhang Yizhi said on the other end, "Come to my place tonight, at Apartment 123, Parallel Road, Jianbei District. Come after work; I'll be heading back to the capital city tomorrow morning."

Xiao Bing hurriedly agreed, realizing that he wouldn't be able to return home on time for dinner tonight.

Xiao Bing continued on his way to the noodle shop and called Su Xiaoxiao to inform her. When Su Xiaoxiao heard that Zhang Yizhi wanted to see Xiao Bing before leaving, she understood and reminded Xiao Bing not to forget to thank him on her behalf.

The noodle shop was unusually busy today. Normally, at this time, there shouldn't be so many customers, as it was only 9 a.m. and not yet lunchtime. However, when Xiao Bing walked in, he was surprised to see that the shop was almost full.

Thinking about it, he wondered if everyone knew that the university's campus beauty helped out in the shop every weekend. Yesterday afternoon, there were already more customers than usual, with many boys coming specifically to see Yezi.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, Xiao Bing saw many eyes turn to him, followed by a flurry of comments: "Did you see that? He's the kung fu chef."

"Oh, so this is the kung fu chef you were talking about. He's so handsome."

"You two are such fangirls."

"Ha, aren't you here to see the kung fu chef?"

"I'm not a girl. I'm here to see my angel... She's the campus beauty of our school. Look how beautiful, pure, cute, and charming she is... All the boys in school are in love with her."

Some shameless boys, in order to talk to Yezi for a few more minutes, ordered a second bowl after finishing the first, then a third, eating more than they would at a buffet. When they couldn't eat any more, they ordered a fourth bowl to take away, and finally left the shop, leaning against the wall.

Xiao Bing watched this and silently cursed their lack of backbone. He wondered why there were so many fangirls and fanboys, and then thought to himself, "They really have good taste, but they're too reserved. Why don't they come up and touch her...?"

Actually, in the capital city, Xiao Bing was also known as a charming man, surrounded by beautiful women. However, he always kept a clear distinction between that and true love. That was until he met Yezi...

After arriving in Jiangcheng, Xiao Bing had one thing after another to deal with, and the death of Su Peiya was always on his mind. This made him calm down and lose his playful heart. Now that his heart was at ease, he wanted to maintain his purity in front of Yezi, but his repressed feelings began to stir.

Yezi had just delivered a bowl of noodles to a boy and politely refused his request for her phone number. When she returned, she glanced at Xiao Bing with a smile and said, "Not bad, so many girls are here for you."

"You're not the same either..." Xiao Bing said with a grin, "Are you jealous?"

Yezi giggled, "Do you know what the price of my jealousy would be?"

Seeing Yezi's mischievous look, Xiao Bing shivered and quickly shook his head, chuckling, "Just kidding, just kidding. Yezi, you know my heart is only for you. The moon represents my heart..."

Zhang Jing, who was handling the cash register, laughed, "Brother Bing, I never thought you were so smooth with your sweet talk. How many girls have you said this to before?"

Xiao Bing said with a serious face, "I never showed it before because I usually reserve my sweet talk for the woman I love. I've never said such things to anyone until I met Yezi..."

Yezi's face turned slightly red, and she felt a sweet warmth in her heart. She pouted, "Don't just talk here. Many people are here for your ramen. You have a lot of work to do."

"No problem, no problem. With you by my side, I feel energized to do anything."

Xiao Bing went to the kitchen to bring out the noodles and started making ramen. Many girls leaned on their chins, watching him, their eyes fixed on him. For Xiao Bing, this was work, but for them, it was a performance.

Xiao Bing could serve six to seven bowls from one pot, enough for six to seven people, but even so, the demand was overwhelming. He was busy all morning, and by noon, the crowd had grown even more, forming a long queue outside. Xiao Bing was taken aback, thinking, "When will I get a break?"

Yezi was also busy. She finally had a moment to rest, wiped her sweat with a handkerchief, and handed it to Xiao Bing, saying with concern, "Brother Bing, why don't you take a break? Tell them they can have your ramen in two hours, and let these customers eat something else."

Xiao Bing shook his head and smiled, "I'm fine. It's good that business is so good... It's lunchtime now, so even if I take a break, I need to finish this period. You rest first, don't tire yourself out."

"I'm not in a hurry." Yezi smiled sweetly and went to take orders from the customers.

After lunch, the number of customers in the noodle shop decreased, and the queue outside disappeared, but the shop was still nearly full. Xiao Bing and Yezi went to the back to eat.

Wang Guifang placed two dishes on the table and said with a smile, "Xiao Bing, Yezi, you two must have been very busy this morning."

Xiao Bing, eating quickly, mumbled, "It's fine, everyone was busy together."

Yezi was also very hungry but ate gracefully, smiling, "Everyone is hungry. After I finish, I'll go and replace Hong Sister and Jing Sister to eat, and let Brother Bing take over."

Wang Guifang smiled, "It's fine, I'm not in a hurry. Sigh, the Little Noodle Shop has had a lot of trouble recently, so business wasn't as good as before. I didn't expect that with you two here, the business would be so good, even better than the best times before... I think if Sister Li knew, she would be overjoyed, even if she were in the hospital. This noodle shop is the lifeline of Sister Li and Brother Su, and they have put so much effort into it... I heard that Brother Su's dream since childhood was to run his own noodle shop. They worked hard for half their lives to make this dream come true."

Xiao Bing understood. Perhaps this was also what Su Xiaoxiao was dissatisfied with. Her father devoted his life to his dream of running his own noodle shop, and Li Chunlan must have loved her husband deeply, so she also worked hard to fulfill his dream, which made Su Xiaoxiao feel neglected.

However, Su Xiaoxiao was still a very understanding child and was very filial, forgiving her parents for this.

After finishing his meal, Xiao Bing replaced Wang Guifang and started cooking. Wang Guifang watched Xiao Bing's skilled cooking and couldn't help but praise, "Xiao Bing, any girl who marries you will be very lucky. I didn't know you were so talented."

After saying this, Wang Guifang looked at Yezi and smiled, "You two are a perfect match, a natural pair."

Yezi playfully stuck out her tongue and put down her chopsticks, "Aunt Wang, I'm done. I'll go and replace them to eat."

After lunch, they were busy all afternoon. When the shop closed in the evening, Wang Guifang and Zhang Jing calculated the day's revenue and reported