A WeChat group called ‘Jiuzhou Male God’ was swiftly created by Grace Wood, with the group background set as that stunningly handsome face of Mr. Carter—a face that could be charming or stern, adored by all ages, cool, peerlessly handsome, and elegantly otherworldly!

Grace Wood felt she was truly brilliant. In this era, those who establish the platform first always hold the initiative. Take Alipay and WeChat, for example—even if similar apps that come later are a hundred times better, it’s useless. That’s the huge advantage of being one step ahead!

Let those little brats make a fuss in the group if they want; after all, she already held the power as group owner. Grace Wood quickly pulled all the girls from the Jiangsu cuisine section into the group, then sent out a message at lightning speed: ‘The Jiuzhou Male God group is now established! Little hoofers, tremble before the boundless charm of our Mr. Carter!’

First, the group rules: Rule one, all members must take pride in Mr. Carter’s honor and feel shame in his disgrace. Rule two: Whatever Mr. Carter insists on, group members must support unconditionally! Whatever Mr. Carter opposes, group members must oppose unconditionally...’

After joining the group, Sophie Stone, who changed her ID to ‘Seeking the One Who Topples Nations’, shouted, “Grace, you’re so sly! I want to be a deputy group owner!”

“Me too!”

“Give it to me!”

A bunch of girls argued heatedly in the group. In the end, Grace Wood set the rules: “What’s the rush? There are three deputy group owner spots open for now. In a week, the sisters who best follow the group rules, offer reasonable suggestions, and provide real help to the male god will be granted deputy group owner privileges!

Alright, alright, let me take a few handsome photos of the male god and post them. Is the front hall busy right now?”

“Not busy, not busy, Grace, you have to take them carefully. Make sure to get flawless 360-degree shots of the male god.”

“Come on, Ruby, are you insulting the male god? Mr. Carter looks flawless from every angle—does he even need careful photography?”

Grace Wood couldn’t be bothered with these little hoofers. Ms. Grant would be back any minute, so she had to hurry.

“Hey, Chubby... can you move aside a bit? Don’t block my camera!”

“Oh, oh...”

Chubby was naturally obedient to the ladies, so he grinned and shuffled to the side, casting an increasingly resentful look at David Carter.

“Appreciation from the opposite sex: 150/300, appreciation from the opposite sex: 200/300, appreciation from the opposite sex: 299/300...”

The power of the ladies was truly limitless. Even David Carter hadn’t expected that just a few photos of himself posted by Grace Wood would have such an effect.

Voices of discontent were already popping up in the group: “Hey, hey, can you stop randomly adding people to the group? The male god is from our Jiangsu cuisine section—why are girls from the Sichuan cuisine section here too? Sophie, did you add this one from the Cantonese section? And now she’s adding people too!”

“What? Didn’t you also add outsiders? Don’t blame us!”

“That’s my bestie!”

“Pfft, you think you’re the only one with a bestie? Who doesn’t have one? If you keep a male god this handsome from your bestie, you’ll ruin your friendship! You think I’m as heartless as you?”

These front hall waitresses were different from the kitchen staff—many had worked in more than one cuisine section’s front hall. Who didn’t have a few close friends? So, with everyone pulling in their own friends, the group quickly swelled to over two hundred chattering girls, all talking at once like a flock of little sparrows.

‘Boss Flower has entered the chat group. You are not friends with her...’

Suddenly, a new member appeared in the chat group. The moment Grace Wood saw this user ID, she was stunned.

‘Boss Flower?’

How many Boss Flowers could there be at Jiuzhou Dingshi? She... how did she join the group too?

But this ‘Boss Flower’ only appeared in the group for a moment before voluntarily leaving.

Grace Wood breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest to calm herself: “She’s gone, she’s gone, this must be a WeChat bug. That was so scary...”

Chapter 014: Blade Flower’s Knife

The ‘boss’ in the service industry and the ‘boss’ in the opera world are somewhat similar. It doesn’t necessarily mean the legal representative of a company, but rather someone with the strength to take the lead in the industry, able to strike out on their own at any time, bringing a group of people along. Over time, ‘boss’ became an honorific for such industry heavyweights.

The Boss Flower that Grace Wood mentioned was just such a formidable figure—the current head of the chopping board section in the Jiangsu cuisine kitchen, and the only person at Jiuzhou Dingshi to be called ‘boss’ solely because of her skill with a kitchen knife.

In modern society, the legendary figures of the jianghu have long since faded into myth, but in the kitchen world, there are still stories that set the blood racing.

For example, Blade Flower.

Blade Flower’s surname isn’t Hua, but she’s a rose with thorns.

It’s not that no one wants to pick her, it’s that no one has the skill or courage to do so.

Now, this thorny rose has become even more alluring. She’s transformed from that bright, beautiful young girl of years past into a mature beauty with irresistible charm. Many years have passed in a flash, but her legend still circulates in the Jiangsu service industry.

It’s said that as long as the sound of her knife can still be heard in the Jiangsu cuisine kitchen, the Jiangsu section of Jiuzhou Dingshi will never decline. The most knife-skill-demanding Huaiyang dish in Jiangsu cuisine, “Da Zhu Gan Si” (Braised Shredded Dried Tofu), cannot be perfected without her knife.