The Forbidden Flame 11 Awesome Fall

old w.a.n.g observed Lin Fan and saw his messy cutting before exclaiming, "Stop whatever you are doing right there"

"Mhm? what's the matter boss"

"You tell me what's the matter, Is this proper cutting?"

Lin Fan looked at his sliced up vegetables and couldn't help rubbing his head from embarra.s.sment, they truly looked like a pile of mess, even the slices were uneven.

"Sorry boss, I never really did any real cooking,"

old w.a.n.g raised a brow "If you don't know real cooking what brought you here? to mess up my business? I might be a small stall but I am known for good food around here and I take pride In it, therefore, If you're going to work here, you're doing it right"

Lin Fan looked at old w.a.n.g not knowing what to say.

"Let me ask you a question, do you see anyone here other than the two of us?"

Lin Fan shook his head.

"As you see, I have no one working under me, I do everything here, from cutting to cooking, I thought you were a good kid and decided to hire you, thinking you can be of help. I am getting old and doing everything isn't as easy as it was, but that doesn't mean I want to drop my standards,"

"I can learn boss, but I really need this job,"

"sigh, alright let me teach you, do you know the Julienne cut ?"

"Julienne cut? never heard of it,"

"Alright, give me the knife"

old w.a.n.g took the knife and started explaining.

"The Julienne cut is basically cutting into long thin strips, just like this", old w.a.n.g hand started dancing around the chopping board, his cuts were precise, even and quick, it was hard to spot a difference between each slice, comparing his own with this was...embarra.s.sing

old w.a.n.g handed Lin Fan the knife, "now, try it yourself"

trying the new cutting method he learned, he was slow, but he still got the shape down.

old w.a.n.g looked at Lin Fan working, 'Not bad',

Lin Fan glanced outside and saw that the tables outside were getting occupied.

"It's about twelve, customers are flocking. Haha, get ready, it will be a long day" exclaimed old w.a.n.g while patting Lin Fan's back,

three hours later.

"arghhh, I'm beat, my hand hurts like h.e.l.l"

"Haha, that's nothing kid, all you're doing is cutting vegetables. did you see me making those noodles, that's the real pain, hand-pulled noodles are one of the most tiresome ones to make," said old w.a.n.g while putting two bowls of noodles in front of them.

"You looked cool making them though, that swirl and pull motion seems difficult"

"Difficult is an understatement, I have been doing this for more than 10 years, and I can't say I became a Master "

"You sure appreciate the art boss"

"appreciate the art my a.s.s, I am only doing this to feed myself, "

Lin Fan felt speechless at old w.a.n.g's nonchalant att.i.tude, 'at least behave like an elder', but honestly, he liked old w.a.n.g's personality, acting like himself without a care, there was this one customer that didn't like the prices and kept complaining, old w.a.n.g simply told him to stay if he had the money, if not, he can simply leave, the man obviously left with anger in his eyes, nonetheless, old w.a.n.g didn't give a flying f*ck.

"Finish quickly, I only close for half an hour to have lunch,"

Lin Fan nodded while wolfing down his bowl, 'd.a.m.n that's tasty',

After work.

Lin Fan was returning home feeling incredibly tired. it had to be understood that this was his first time doing any proper work, and to top that, his injury restricted his ability to work.

hearing his phone ringing, he took it out to take a look and found out it was Chaun w.a.n.g.

"Hey bro, Is everything going well?"

"Haha, going well? let me ask you this, If one day you fell down a mountain onto a forest and dislocated a shoulder due to the fall, will everything be going well then ?"

"Huh? what are yo-...don't tell me!"

"yep, I tell you,"

"...That's freaking awesome!"

"....what?"

"Bro, you are telling me that you experienced such a thing right?"

"of course, what else would I mean,"

"and you survived! Oh I don't mean anything, It's just that you got to experience such an exciting event, just think about it, If one day you were sitting with a bunch of people and each person is telling an exciting event that once happened to them, now tell me this, wouldn't you be the person with the best one?"

"If you like the idea that much, I would have switched places with you, giving you the honour to experience such an "exciting" situation"

"I will pa.s.s on that one, not everyone has some dogs.h.i.t luck like you, you know"

'I guess I really have some dogs.h.i.t luck,' thought Lin Fan

"I was just calling to check on you since you haven't been to school the past few days, I got worried you know"

"I already took a leave from school, I won't be going anytime soon,"

"Oh, I'll be getting lonely here then,"

"I doubt Mr.Casanova will be alone," said Lin Fan while rolling his eyes.

"Haha, alright then think what you want, I will come to visit you later,"

"Okay then,"

"See you later bro,"

"See you,"