Old Director had a look of grievance, having already mentioned there was an important guest, it was you who didn't listen.

"Hello, boss lady. We haven't eaten all day, could you please help us out?" Ouyang Xiaoya said with a smile.

The boss lady had a beaming smile, warmly saying to Ouyang Xiaoya: "Sorry, big sister, I've been a bit irritated lately due to my period, didn't mean to lash out at you. I'll go cook now."

"..." Everyone was speechless, such a stunning top-notch boss lady, yet she speaks so crudely.

"Uh, it's okay, sorry to trouble you, big sister." Ouyang Xiaoya forced a smile, responding awkwardly.

"Wait a moment, I'll go make a specialty dish." The boss lady seemed to be a straightforward woman. Having said that, she twisted her waist seductively and wiggled her buttocks as she moved to the kitchen in the back.

"Tsks, Lei, I finally understand why your wife has to dominate you. If it were me, I'd have crushed you," Lin Hai said, eyeing the kitchen from time to time, only to have his ear painfully pinched by Ouyang Xiaoya.

Lei awkwardly rubbed the back of his head, sighing deeply: "Honestly, I'm not peeping at the boss lady's beauty. I'm over fifty now, and these past few years, the pressure of police work and anxiety have really worn me down, that thing is practically a wreck now. I don't have any intentions towards the boss lady."

"Come on, do you have to say it so directly? I know a few medicines, I'll give you some when we go back, a few courses and you'll be rejuvenated," Lin Hai exaggeratedly said.

Old Director shot Lin Hai a severe glare, this young man really hit where it hurts, his mouth was just made to provoke others.

He continued with a sigh, "The boss lady is actually quite pitiful. I come here really just to support her business."

"The boss lady has a brother studying at Huadu University. You know how expensive college tuition is, it's nearly impossible without ten to twenty thousand per year. She runs this diner while looking after a small medicinal field up the mountain, scrimping and saving, barely managing her brother's tuition fees."

"Damn, hasn't she married?" Lin Hai widened his eyes, "So beautiful, still alluring in her thirties, why the heck isn't she married?"

"Cough, speaking of that makes me so angry!"

Old Director slammed his fist on the table, furiously adding: "She was married, but on the evening a day before her wedding, her husband died in a car accident."

"The perpetrator was a local bully, rumored to be related to some provincial official, so the matter got suppressed. The boss lady only received a compensation of a little over a hundred thousand, barely enough to bury her husband and just enough left to open this small diner."

"I mean, is there no law? Killing someone and settling with just over a hundred thousand?" Lin Hai widened his eyes, according to the current "market" rates, dying in an accident should at least be over five hundred thousand.

Old Director sighed, "The perpetrator had too strong connections, I'm powerless in this matter."

"I suddenly feel, the boss lady has it tough," Ouyang Xiaoya said quietly.

Everyone fell silent, a woman toiling to support her life, the bitterness within is indeed not simple.

"Besides, the boss lady is attractive, you wouldn't believe how many covet her beauty, but sadly she's the kind of loyal widow who refuses to remarry," Old Director sighed again.

Just then, a passionate voice came from the kitchen: "You dead Lei, aren't you coming in to help me chop vegetables?"

"Ah, coming, right away," Old Director hurriedly stood up.

"I'll go help too," Lin Hai also got up.

Tao Shuishui looked down on Lin Hai disdainfully: "Dabang, you're not trying to peek at the boss lady's beauty and get close to her, are you?"

Lin Hai glared at Tao Shuishui, then looked at Ouyang Xiaoya who was inquiring with her gaze, earnestly explaining: "I'm just being kind, wanting to help out in cooking, and to show you all a bit of Lin's culinary skills so you don't think I'm just freeloading."

"You can cook?" Tao Shuishui's eyes bulged as if hearing major news.

"Of course."

"Don't believe me? Ask our CEO, she's tasted the noodles I cooked."

Speaking of which, Ouyang Xiaoya couldn't help but recall the ridiculous scene from the past, her pretty face blushing instantly, as she coquettishly said, "Go and help out already!"

"Hehe, Lin obeys the command."

Upon entering the kitchen, the landlady was surprised to see Lin Hai and then said, "You are a guest, go back and wait for the meal."

Lin Hai didn't dawdle; he directly picked up the kitchen knife, performed a beautiful knife trick, and started chopping the vegetables on the chopping board.

The thumping sounds followed, and soon, a plate of beautifully chopped vegetables was ready.

Both the Old Director and the landlady were astonished because the cucumbers Lin Hai chopped were all perfectly uniform in size.

"Did you graduate from New Oriental?" the landlady exclaimed.

Lin Hai was speechless.

"Isn't it? No, wait, the TV ads say, learn to cook, New Oriental, it's a great place, eight hundred stainless steel stoves, two hundred master chefs with strong skills..."

"Damn!" Lin Hai was even more speechless.

"You look pretty strong, young man, and skilled too, I really want you to marry into my family," the landlady teased.

Lin Hai wiped his sweat again, realizing that entering the kitchen was a bad decision, especially with the landlady's seductive gaze, which was quite fiery.

"Hehe, since you're so skilled, hurry and help out, and let me see your stamina," the landlady said with a flirtatious look.

Lin Hai almost had his blood run in reverse and hurriedly started washing and chopping vegetables. This landlady's personality was really bold.

...

Half an hour later, there were over a dozen dishes on the dining table.

"Wow, such a feast," Tao Shuishui's eyes sparkled as they fixed on a carved dragon and phoenix dish.

"What are you looking at? This is all Lin's doing."

"You can really cook?"

"Of course, what I make is the tastiest." Lin Hai said, realizing the three women were looking at him angrily and he sheepishly shut his mouth.

The landlady chuckled on the side, even sneakily glancing at Lin Hai's crucial spot, seemingly verifying whether what's below is indeed tasty.

Everyone tried a few dishes made by Lin Hai, and were immediately shocked again.

Ouyang Xiaoya's beautiful eyes also couldn't hide the surprise as she looked at Lin Hai.

"You can actually cook!"

"Hehe, how about that? Awesome right! I feel like I can already hear you guys saying I'm handsome again, sigh." Lin Hai quite enjoyed this surprised gaze and proudly lifted his head.

"Not bad, Beast Lin, you're handling all the cooking at home from now on," Ouyang Xiaoya started wolfing down the food while muttering.

Lin Hai instantly felt bitter, with three meals a day, does this mean he had to be a cook for life? He wished he hadn't shown off.

Just then, the restaurant's door was rudely kicked open.

Seven or eight burly, thick-armed, tattooed bald men with fierce looks swaggered in, slammed the table authoritatively, and shouted, "Landlady, bring out all your signature dishes!"

After saying this, these men who seemed like social ruffians also provocatively glanced over at Lin Hai's side, the moment they saw Ouyang Xiaoya and the other two women, their gaze paused, they swallowed hard, and their eyes filled with greed.