According to the rules of the water station, whichever sink takes the order is responsible for it, unless Mr. Clark assigns it directly; otherwise, these old hands will dodge the work whenever they can. Anyway, around noon is the busiest time, and everyone has to take orders, so if you can take one less order now, it means a bit less work.

Mr. Clark is basically a hands-off manager now; as long as there are no work accidents at the water station, he basically doesn’t get involved. The vegetable section is run by Ms. Grant. Now that Ms. Grant isn’t here, these guys are all pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Only the new interns who don’t know anything would reach out to help, right?

Most likely, it’s because this chubby guy is dazzled by my beauty, right?

Looks like my charm has increased again?

If my charm has increased, shouldn’t the upper limit of backup suitors increase too?

Grace Wood felt a bit proud, so she didn’t mind giving the chubby guy a few more instructions: “By the way, what’s your name?”

“Miss, my name is Kelly Payne.”

“Kelly Payne, got it. Remember this: the menu items ordered by customers have already been split up, and what you need to handle are the vegetable ingredients after splitting. Once the ingredients are washed, send them to the chopping board section, and they’ll consolidate the orders for both the vegetable and meat/poultry sections.

But before consolidation, the chopping board section will carefully check the ingredients. If the chopping board can’t continue the process because your water station’s preliminary work wasn’t up to standard, whether the problem is with the vegetable section or the meat/poultry section, it will be traced back to the specific sink and person. Full-time staff will have their wages and bonuses docked, and you interns will lose points, which could end up preventing you from graduating smoothly, understand?”

“Understood, understood, that’s easy! Miss, don’t be fooled by my size—I’m actually sharper than a monkey.”

There isn’t a single chubby person who doesn’t like to show off their wit, because people always assume chubby folks are dumb and clumsy, so they have to overturn this unscientific and inhumane stereotype!

“Alright, here’s the order for you. I need to go place an order at the meat and poultry section…”

Although the chubby guy in front of her wasn’t annoying, and was even a bit cute, Grace Wood didn’t want to waste too much time on him, so she prepared to shove the order into Kelly Payne’s hand. But just at that moment, David Carter turned around, and, surprisingly, there was a rare smile on his face.

In a great mood… Now David Carter was completely convinced that using the system skills had an excellent effect on his condition. Thinking that he’d never have to take antidepressants again, even someone who rarely smiled like him couldn’t help but show a rare smile.

“This guy, he can actually smile? And it seems like his smile is a bit better looking than mine? Just a bit, not more than that!”

For some reason, seeing David Carter’s smile made Kelly Payne breathe a huge sigh of relief, and all his previous fatigue vanished.

At that moment, Grace Wood also saw David Carter’s beaming face, and was completely stunned.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What am I supposed to do?

It took quite a while for Grace Wood to snap out of it, and the first thing she did was snatch back the order she’d handed to Kelly Payne and dash off to the meat and poultry section.

A few minutes later, Grace Wood came running back at lightning speed, walked up to David Carter with a beaming smile, and said, “You… hi, I… I’m Grace Wood from the front hall, here to place an order. Handsome, what’s your name?”

Kelly Payne was speechless. Wasn’t the order supposed to be for me? How did she change her mind so quickly?

Chapter 012: I’m Only Interested in Washing Vegetables

In this looks-obsessed world, there’s no reasoning to be had—Grace Wood’s way of handing over the order was completely different.

Before, she was all rough and ready, about to shove the order into Kelly Payne’s hand. But now, with David Carter, Grace Wood cupped the order in her two slender, fair hands and held it up, smiling at David Carter as she did so, her eyes curved like crescent moons.

This girl was doing it on purpose. She was clearly handing over the order, but refused to straighten her arms, so in the end, there was only the order sheet between her and the handsome guy.

“What are you trying to do?”

Oblivious to his own good fortune, David Carter actually took a step back, his face as cold as ice.

What is he doing? Dude! She’s a beauty, and she’s standing this close to you! And you actually ask her what she wants?

The chubby guy stomped his feet and pounded his chest, looking at David Carter with utter frustration. He really wanted to use a set of piggy punches to beat this guy up. Handsome guys with zero emotional intelligence are like a mudslide or an ice storm in this world—they just shouldn’t exist!

“I… I’m here to place an order. Since… Ms. Grant isn’t here, can you help me take it…”

So manly! Grace Wood barely managed not to faint on the spot, her little hands trembling as she handed the order to David Carter.

“Alright, give it to me.”

David Carter took the stack of orders from Grace Wood and quickly looked through them. He didn’t expect that it was only 11 o’clock and already over thirty orders had come in. No wonder the Su cuisine front hall had nearly two thousand seats.

Just one Su cuisine front hall was this big—if you added up the front halls of all eight major cuisines, they’d probably take up nearly half of Chudu’s high-end diners.

Only now did David Carter get a direct sense of Jiuzhou Dingshi’s strength, and he was truly shocked.

“Hmm, why are you still here?”

After scanning the orders, David Carter suddenly noticed Grace Wood still standing nearby, sneaking glances at him, and immediately felt annoyed: “Didn’t I already take your order? You can go now.”