Chapter 583: 583

“Um? What?” Zhou Shijie got a little confused and didn’t understand what Yuan Zhou meant .

“I mean what time?” Yuan Zhou repeated his words and asked again .

“What do you mean by saying what time?” Zhou Shijie asked back subconsciously .

Yuan Zhou didn’t say anything this time . He just looked at Zhou Shijie silently and waited for him to react .

“You mean the flight to Japan?” Suddenly, Zhou Shijie reacted and asked in surprise .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou nodded the head naturally .

Having gotten Yuan Zhou’s positive answer, Zhou Shijie just looked at Yuan Zhou with a speechless manner .

“Who said just now that he was not so stupid as to get hot-headed and go obtain honor for the country after listening to a few of my sentences? You really don’t do things in a normal way . ” Zhou Shijie couldn’t help ridiculing in his heart .

No wonder Zhou Shijie grumbled . After all, Yuan Zhou had just refused him solemnly before he turned to ask about the take-off time of the flight . He indeed didn’t do things in a normal way .

Consequently, the numerous exhortations prepared by Zhou Shijie became ineffective .

“Zhong Lili will be responsible for handling all of your trifles this time . You need to prepare nothing but ID, money, and some clothes as well as yourself . ” Zhou Shijie swallowed the ridiculing words at the tip of the tongue and then instructed .

“It will last for seven days, namely, a week . ” Zhou Shijie thought for a while and told him the duration of the stay .

“Okay . Will you also go there?” Yuan Zhou asked curiously .

“An old man like me won’t go there this time . I have to concentrate on the exchange meeting on this side . ” Zhou Shijie emphasized the two words of “old man” heavily .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou had no reaction regarding Zhou Shijie’s emphasis and contrarily nodded his head approvingly .

“It is lucky that a brat like you doesn’t speak more often, otherwise you’ll probably be beaten to death by others . ” Zhou Shijie revealed a helpless look, but still couldn’t help ridiculing .

“Speaking little can make me concentrate better . ” Yuan Zhou bullsh*tted primly and meanwhile, he tried to persuade himself by saying “I’m an aloof prince charming . I’m an aloof prince charming . ” in his heart .

After all, Yuan Zhou spoke little before this just because he didn’t know how to communicate with others . But now, he just found it hard to swallow his pride of being an aloof prince charming . What if the girls didn’t like him anymore?

Of course, Yuan Zhou’s voice in his heart was quite active .

“Alright . You are always right . ” Zhou Shijie felt all his patience was used while dealing with Yuan Zhou .

“Um . Goodbye . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head and then saw him to the door .

“Okay . Take a rest . I’m leaving first . ” Zhou Shijie also stood up and prepared to leave .

“Be careful . ” Yuan Zhou walked out of the kitchen and accompanied Zhou Shijie to the door .

“Don’t bother to see me out . But I do hope that you can enlarge your restaurant quickly . Isn’t the neighboring store also yours?” Zhou Shijie said abruptly while walking to the door . There, he easily caught sight of Boss Tong’s dry-cleaning shop that was closed .

“I don’t have that plan yet . ” Yuan Zhou looked towards the store following Zhou Shijie’s sight and then said .

“Make it larger so that this old man can wait in line for less time when I come for meals . ” Zhou Shijie was quite considerate about himself .

“You can make a reservation . ” Yuan Zhou pointed at the silver queuing machine and said .

“I know . You can go back . ” Zhou Shijie waved his hand and then walked out of the side street with steady footsteps .

However, Yuan Zhou only turned around and went back into his restaurant after he saw Zhou Shijie being picked up by somebody at the side street .

“It seems that I have to figure out a reason to ask for leave . ” While walking, Yuan Zhou was thinking about this serious problem earnestly .

Yuan Zhou stroked his forehead and thought carefully and seriously .

Just when Yuan Zhou was racking his brains for a reason to ask for leave, somebody was also discussing about him at the other side .

” Senior brother, do you think that man will go with us?” Liu Tong got seated in Li Minghui’s office leisurely and asked curiously .

“Others will surely go . As for him, I’m not sure . ” Thinking of Yuan Zhou’s attentive manner, Li Minghui said with uncertainty .

“Why? Our teacher has gone to invite him personally . Will he still not agree?” Liu Tong rolled his eyes angrily .

“If it were Master Chu, do you think he’ll go?” Li Minghui said while handling the work at hand .

“Master Chu definitely won’t go . He’s too prideful . I’m just not sure about Boss Yuan . ” Liu Tong thought for a while and said to the purpose .

“Fifty-fifty . ” Li Minghui answered him with an ambiguous tone .

“I hope he can go this time, but stay at home next time when we hold the exchange meeting one month later . ” Liu Tong shrugged and said .

“Um . ” It was rare for Li Minghui to agree with Liu Tong’s word .

With his thoughts being agreed on, Liu Tong became more excited and said extremely quickly .

“So, you also agree to my opinions, right? If he comes, he will inevitably draw all people’s attention to himself . And others will think I have lived so long in vain . ” Liu Tong felt a headache thinking of Yuan Zhou’s culinary skills .

It was naturally a very good opportunity to make a name for himself and show others his culinary skills . Such a prideful and complacent person as Liu Tong naturally hoped that others can witness his culinary skills . And he liked to make a name for himself abroad very much, too .

“No . We can manage this exchange meeting by ourselves . He should fix his attention on the meeting one year later . That one is more important . ” Li Minghui shook the head . Actually, he wasn’t worried about the matter of making a name for himself .

“You are becoming more and more like our teacher . ” Liu Tong let out a sigh and said helplessly .

“What?” Li Minghui was a little puzzled .

“You are as selfless as him . ” Liu Tong supported his head with the hand and looked at Li Minghui .

“Our teacher is indeed a culinary craftsman . He has a unique spirit of a craftsman . ” When Li Minghui spoke of Zhou Shijie, his respect to him was clearly seen by everyone .

“What a joke! My teacher is naturally the best . ” Liu Tong nodded his head and revealed a look of agreement .

While the two of them were talking about Yuan Zhou, Yuan Zhou was nevertheless thinking about the request for leave in his restaurant, not worrying about the exchange meeting .

After all, he was a man that mastered a set of complete banquet dishes . With his abilities, he wasn’t afraid of that .

“Got it . ” Yuan Zhou suddenly patted his head as he had figured out a good idea of asking for leave .

“It seems that this low-profile person has to be high-profile for once . ” There revealed an implication of “I’m very low-profile, but I usually don’t say it out loud . ” from his tone .

After a “Dong Dong Dong” sound, he went upstairs quickly . Then he drew out an A4 paper and a black marker pen from the bookcase, preparing to write his request for leave .

“It will cost one week to go there . Of course, I can’t just ask for leave perfunctorily . Besides, I’m not such a stupid person as to keep saying “obtaining honor for the country” all the time . ” Yuan Zhou muttered while writing the request .

“It’s fine for me to tell the truth . After all, I’m so introverted . ” Yuan Zhou’s pen point emitted a “Shua Shua Shua” sound upon coming into contact with the paper .

On the A4 paper, Yuan Zhou wrote clearly that,

Request For Leave

[The boss has gone to Japan to attend an exchange meeting of culinary skills and obtain honor for our country . Therefore, I hereby request leave for a week . I hope for your understanding . ]

The signature was naturally Yuan Zhou, too .

After he wrote it, Yuan Zhou stood up and looked at the request for leave carefully .

“Well, it’s really nice . My handwriting is still so good . ” Yuan Zhou said contentedly .

As for what consequences this request for leave would bring, that wasn’t in his scope of consideration .

“When the time arrives, I will let Zhou Jia post it . I just don’t know if the take-off time is in the morning . If it is, I can leave very unhurriedly . ” Yuan Zhou looked at the request for leave and revealed a thoughtful expression .

Yuan Zhou stood at the table and thought for a while . Suddenly, he revealed a helpless smile on his face and touched his own face before saying .

“It seems rather annoying to have such good culinary skills and become so popular . “

This guy had totally forgotten that he didn’t even have a girlfriend . How did he get so popular? However, his culinary skills were indeed perfect .

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