Radiant Peach Blossom Fate

Chapter 12: You! And Your Reputation!

Although he wasn't thrown out physically, he was driven out rather forcefully.

"Damn it!" Lu Chen said resentfully, "You guys are so narrow-minded that you can't tolerate a genius like me! Sooner or later, I'll open a super big hotel and then offer high salaries to poach you guys to work for me. Let you see how kind-hearted and broad-minded I am."

Dreams are so beautiful, but reality is so cruel. Lu Chen sighed and continued to look for a job dejectedly along the street. After passing a storefront that was decorated quite stylishly and had a French style, he walked back after taking seven or eight steps. He looked at a sign hanging at the entrance and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

This was a pastry shop with a very beautiful name: Moon's Crescent.

However, there weren't many pastries displayed on the exquisite shelves inside.

The sign at the entrance was a job recruitment notice. The general idea was that they were recruiting a pastry chef with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. Board and lodging were not included, but a 500-yuan subsidy for board and lodging was provided, and the working days were 26 days a month.

A 500-yuan subsidy for board and lodging? It was better than nothing. Altogether, it would be 3,500 yuan.

Although it was a bit low, for Lu Chen at present, it could meet his needs for the time being.

He pushed open the glass door and walked in. He didn't see anyone at first, but immediately heard voices in conversation, and it was a conversation full of intense hostility.

It seemed that one woman was viciously threatening another woman.

"Liu Li, you want to compete with me? You can't win. Don't you think about who you are and who I am! If you want to complain, blame yourself for flirting with my husband before!"

"I've said it many times. I've never flirted with your husband. It was your husband who bullied me. Miao Yuemei, you can't even keep an eye on your own man and you take it out on me. Aren't you afraid of losing your dignity!"

"So what if I lose my dignity? Anyway, I won't let you have an easy time. I'm going to make it impossible for you to keep this shop open! If you hire ten pastry chefs, I'll poach ten of them! If you hire a hundred, I'll poach a hundred. Who would have thought that the Moon's Crescent, which had five stores three years ago, now only has one left and is about to close down? My Amorous Heart has already opened fifteen stores. You can continue to hire pastry chefs. I believe the people you hire are capable, and then I'll poach them! I'm planning to open the sixteenth branch. I'm still short of people!"

"Liu Li, forgive others when you can. Don't go too far!"

"Liu Li, I'm telling you, I've got you in my sights. I'll make you suffer bit by bit. I'll see how you die!"

A burst of malicious and smug laughter rang out, stabbing Lu Chen outside so hard that he felt his ears were being pierced.

Then, two women walked out one after the other.

The woman in front was at least thirty-five years old, dressed up with jewels and wearing thick makeup on her face. The woman behind was only twenty-five or twenty-six years old. She was a beauty who was charming even without makeup, but there was anger, helplessness, and grievance in her eyes.

At a glance, Lu Chen knew that the woman in front should be the vicious Miao Yuemei and the woman behind was the oppressed Liu Li.

Miao Yuemei looked at Lu Chen arrogantly and then walked outside. Liu Li said softly, "Sir, I'm sorry. Our shop is temporarily closed for business. Please go to another shop."

Lu Chen scratched the back of his head and chuckled, "I'm here to apply for the position of pastry chef."

"Applying for the job?" Liu Li was stunned at first, and then she glanced at Miao Yuemei's back and said indifferently, "I'm indeed recruiting a pastry chef, but I need to check your qualifications first. Have you brought your certificates? At least you should be a provincial second-level pastry chef."

"Certificates? No!" Lu Chen replied simply and straightforwardly, "I'm self-taught."

Liu Li was taken aback: "Self-taught? Then where have you worked before?"

Lu Chen continued to answer simply and straightforwardly: "I haven't worked anywhere before. This is my first time to be a pastry chef. But don't worry, boss. I'm sure I can make really delicious pastries. If you have the ingredients here, I can make some for you to taste right now."

Liu Li smiled bitterly: "You don't have certificates and no experience either. Young man, you'd better go back."

At this time, Miao Yuemei, who had stopped when she heard that Lu Chen was applying for the job, turned around and said in a strange tone, "Liu Li, I think it's your fault. Such a handsome young man might be a treasure! Even if his pastries aren't that good, at least he can keep you company. Then you won't be so lonely and you'll have someone with you at night."

"Miao Yuemei, please keep your mouth clean!" Liu Li shouted angrily, "I'm looking for a pastry chef here, not recruiting anyone else. Please mind your own business and don't damage my reputation!"

"Oh, you still have a reputation?" Miao Yuemei snorted and then looked Lu Chen up and down several times. The more she looked, the brighter her eyes became, while Lu Chen got more goosebumps on his body.