Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 417: Four hundred and seventeen Spiritual Lighthouse_1

Chapter 417: Four hundred and seventeen Spiritual Lighthouse_1

After all, Qiwei Vegetarian mainly offers just those three to five small dishes, and the only other item is steamed buns.

Gu Chen had decided not to introduce any new dishes for a short time to come.

As long as Xiao Fang could master these few dishes to about seventy or eighty percent of his taste, she would basically be ready to graduate.

By the time Gu Chen had washed his hands and donned an apron to stand at the prep station,

a long row of city belles had already taken their seats in front of him.

They were all eagerly waiting for Gu Chen to demonstrate his knife skills and culinary prowess.

He was being observed by a multitude of unabashed, fiery-hot gazes, some of which seemed as if they might pounce on him the next second,

and tear him apart to accompany their drinks, modern-day fox spirits.

However, Gu Chen remained quite unfazed by this; after all, when you’re looked at like that every single day,

you get used to it.

But Xiao Fang, who was similarly wearing an apron next to him, couldn’t help but shrink back a little at this sight.

Although these pretty and sophisticated office ladies didn’t have much interest in the skinny,

slightly dark-skinned girl in front of them,

even their occasional glances still made her feel quite unworthy.

Despite her being there to learn how to cook and manage the kitchen from Gu Chen,

the gap between them seemed insurmountable.

Moreover, these fox spirit sisters, who mingled in various foreign enterprises and big companies,

exuded a demeanor of efficiency and composure from time to time, a hallmark of the social elite.

Though these charms and flirting meant nothing to Gu Chen,

such a comparison still made Xiao Fang feel even more like an ugly duckling living in a gutter.

No, perhaps even more wretched than that.

After all, the ugly duckling in the fairy tale was originally hatched from a swan’s egg,

but she was a truly and thoroughly ugly duckling.

Xiao Fang silently lowered her head, seemingly feeling a bit inferior.

However, at that moment, there came a "thump-thump" of tapping on the table in front of her,

jolting her back to attention, her gaze falling on the pair of broad and powerful hands.

"Boss... boss..."

"Focus, listen closely to my explanation, and don’t mind all those extraneous things.

No matter how someone looks or where they come from, as long as they do well for themselves, that’s enough.

Like your boss, I came from Haicheng Village, didn’t I?"

A smile appeared on Gu Chen’s face as if he had already seen through what was on her mind.

Then, while preparing a variety of delicate and beautiful,

showy, exorbitantly priced dishes that actually held just one small bite as requested by the fox spirit sisters,

he began to recount all sorts of embarrassments from his childhood in the village on his own.

Xiao Fang’s eyes were fixated, unwaveringly watching every movement and step in Gu Chen’s hands.

At the same time, her ears perked up as she followed along with his storytelling.

From time to time, the fox spirits in the audience would cover their mouths and chuckle softly.

They hadn’t expected for the witty, erudite boss before them

to have been such a mischievous troublemaker as a child.

And in Xiao Fang’s heart, ripples kept emerging, one after another.

She felt that the boss, once so broad and imposing, seemingly omniscient, was now so approachable and real.

Despite their distinct lives over the past decade or so, without any intersection,

the rural areas of Haicheng and those of Chuan City didn’t differentiate much in lifestyle.

What Gu Chen described, wasn’t it just the life that had unfolded before her all these years?

Though they were two entirely different people, at this moment, for Xiao Fang,

Gu Chen seemed like a friend who had lived by her side for many years, which made her feel somewhat dazed.

Gu Chen, like her, once lived in the village.

So could her future self also be like her boss now?

For the first time in her life, Xiao Fang started to think independently and uncontrollably.

Her mind didn’t contain words like role models or idols,

but that didn’t stop her from drawing hope for the future from Gu Chen.

At that moment, Xiao Fang suddenly made up her mind, she hoped to be like the boss,

to be someone who could give others warmth and at the same time, live life with passion and confidence.

"Boss, thank you. I will definitely work hard from now on and will not let down your expectations,"

Xiao Fang suddenly looked up and said earnestly.

"Huh?"

A row of big question marks flashed over Gu Chen’s head; he had just faced a group of elite "big sisters."

Having nothing much to converse about, he had resorted to sharing some anecdotes from his village life,

just to lighten the mood a little.

Why do you seem so suddenly inspired and seriously thanking me?

Gu Chen felt utterly confused, wondering if the System had added some weird skill without him knowing.

And seeing Xiao Fang’s spirited and resolute demeanor,

could it be that he had gained some kind of passive aura skill?

Gu Chen was perplexed by this, but he didn’t dwell on it too much.

After all, his "System Domain" usually operated sporadically, mostly remaining invisible.

As long as nothing bad was happening, he tended not to interfere too much.

Besides, Xiao Fang had always been a somewhat introverted girl who barely spoke to people outside of her familiar circles.

Gu Chen himself was a bit worried that she might one day be afflicted by depression or the like.

Although her current state was strange, it looked like she was a lot more spirited than before, right?

Thinking so, Gu Chen also felt relieved.

In the following hours, he kept explaining to Xiao Fang the preparation process of each dish,

the proportion of ingredients in each dish, along with the details that needed repetitive practice and special attention.

To enable her to become proficient sooner, Gu Chen spared no detail.

With continuous demonstration and practice, Xiao Fang’s culinary skills progress was nothing short of miraculous.

Although the gap between her and someone with "God-Level Culinary Skills" like him was still quite significant,

cooking has always been a rather popular and appreciated craft throughout history.

Even if Xiao Fang couldn’t surpass her teacher in the future, with the skills she learned from Gu Chen’s guidance,

even if she mastered just forty to fifty percent, it would be enough for her to live better than the vast majority of people in the future.

The day hurried by.

Now that the number of waitstaff in the restaurant had increased to four,

he had decided not to store buns in the System Domain to take home every day anymore.