Chapter 81: Chapter 36.1 Pleasant Surprise Part 1

Names mentioned in this chapter :

-苏芮 (sù ruì) – Su Rui, our female protagonist

-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead

-唐笑(táng xiào) – Tang Xiao, Su Rui’s friend and daughter of the chairman of Tang Jing Group

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In the third week of the school term, Su Rui was finally not very busy after completing a few make-up exams.

At the moment, Su Rui was attending a recruitment interview for the Culinary Society in University B.

This kind of society even requires an interview?

Su Rui had not thought of this before coming.

However, this interview seemed pretty formal.

“It’s just a cooking society, not a certain oriental academy.[1] Is it necessary to make this so formal?” Tang Xiao, who was next to her, couldn’t help but mumble.

When Su Rui heard that, she smiled and was about to agree with her, but she heard the Vice President say with a solemn expression, “We will begin the interview, please keep quiet.”

Since Su Rui was standing on the far right, she was the first to be asked.

“Would this student please introduce herself first.”

“My name is Su Rui…”

When Su Rui said her name, she heard the few people that are in charge of the cooking society murmuring in front of her.

“Su Rui, so this is the legendary school flower[2] who just transferred this year?”

“How did you know that?”

“It’s in the forum, the recently updated post on ‘Top 10 School Flower’.”

“Souka (I see)[3], no wonder she’s so pretty!”

“Another school flower has joined our society, hehe…”

“Uh, that, I’m sorry, please continue.” Noticing that Su Rui had stopped, the girl who is the Vice president said somewhat embarrassedly.

Alright, she retracted her earlier comment. This society b isn’t formal, it should be called pretending to be formal.

“I’m from Class 03 of Economic and Management. I just transferred to University B this year. I hope to join this cooking society..” Su Rui said with a smile.

That seems to be what she had said when she attended the university’s recruiting interview, right?

Su Rui can’t quite remember. After all, in order to find a job after graduation, Su Rui memorized that kind of corporate interview template to the point of going crazy.

Su Rui’s looks were not the kind of artsy, world-weary, pure and fresh… etc. that you can find an adjective to describe someone. Su Rui’s appearance was just good looking.

With such a smile, even the few girls in charge of the interview couldn’t help but have little stars in their eyes.

They just haven’t immediately agreed to let her pass the interview, and tell her to join the society activities tomorrow.

“Erm, may I ask what is your reason for wanting to join our cooking society?” The vice president put on a straight face and asked.

Reason?

The reason, of course, was: she felt that if she were to get married and live her life in the future, she would still more or less know how to cook at home, regardless of whether she had hired an auntie at home or not.

After all, what if they didn’t hire an auntie?

Moreover, even if she is not going to be in charge of cooking after marriage, it is also a spice of life in itself to occasionally cook for her lover and family.

If she really waited to learn this after graduation, Su Rui wasn’t sure she’d have the time to learn how to cook home-cooked dishes. So it was good to learn a little while she was still attending university.

That was the big truth in Su Rui’s mind. But at this point, she obviously couldn’t say that.

“Because I’m a foodie myself, and I love to look into culinary delicacies, and I wish I could learn some cooking skills so that I can make it for myself.” Su Rui blinked her eyes and said.

Of course, for Gu Yu Cheng as well.

……

After the interview was over, Su Rui and Tang Xiao went back to wait for the culinary society to get back to them.

On the way, Tang Xiao smiled and pulled Su Rui and couldn’t resist but ridiculed, “Why do I feel like this cooking society is a bit unreliable?”

“How come it’s not reliable?” Su Rui asked as she raised her eyebrows.

“It feels like a group of girls[4] who would blow up the kitchen.” Tang Xiao said in a serious tone. She added after a pause, “Don’t you think our future society activities are actually going to be ordering fish flavoured shredded pork from three different stores in front of the university and then we are going to research which store had fish in the dish?”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Pfft——” Hearing Tang Xiao’s words, Su Rui couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.

“Don’t worry. It’s not that extreme.” Su Rui glanced at Tang Xiao and added, “Moreover, I asked around before. University B’s Culinary Society has sufficient funds. It is said that there are several sponsors and there is also a dedicated kitchen.”

“It’s that amazing?!” Tang Xiao’s eyes lit up. Then, she furrowed her brows and said, “But, like what we have already agreed, I’m someone who is bad at hands-on activities, I’m just accompanying you to scrounge for food and drinks. In the future, during our society’s activities, don’t expect me to help you.”

Tang Xiao said and saw Su Rui staring at her with a speechless expression.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“I’m impressed that you can say the word ‘scrounge for food and drinks’ so righteously.”

“I can’t help it. Who ask you and I just have a plastic friendship? I don’t need to pretend in front of you.” Tang Xiao raised her head and said.

“But then again,” Looking towards Su Rui, Tang Xiao asked somewhat curiously, “What drove you to take things too hard on yourself and want to learn how to cook?”

When Su Rui said during the interview previously, that she had an interest in cooking and culinary delicacies.

Cheh, she doesn’t believe it.

Don’t blame her for talking unkindly.

From her understanding of Su Rui, this person wasn’t the type of person who would be very enthusiastic about learning how to cook just because she was interested in culinary delicacies.

“What do you mean that I took things too hard on myself?” Su Rui rolled her eyes towards Tang Xiao and explained, “I just want to take advantage of the time I have to learn a few dishes that are good enough to cook for people.”

“Oyoyo, you even want to make for someone to eat, who else are you making it for?” Tang Xiao leaned in closer to Su Rui and asked. She deliberately gave an ambiguous expression as she raised her eyebrows and asked, “Chairman Gu?”

Upon hearing that, Su Rui laughed lightly.

“Can’t I make it for my parents? To thank them for raising me?”

“Ahem. Auntie and Uncle express that they still want to live a long life and don’t want to eat too much dark cuisine[5].”

Su Rui:…

[1] It should be referring to Oriental Culinary Academy.

[2] 校花(xiàohuā)- School flower/prettiest girl in the school.

[3] 搜嘎(sōu gá)- I see/Is that so. It refers to そっか in Japanese.

[4] 妹纸(mèizhǐ)- an internet slang of 妹子(mèizi) which means younger sister/girl.

[5] 黑暗料理(hēi’àn iàolǐ)- dark cuisine. This phrase can be used when the food in a snack stand was sold in an average sanitation environment and that operates late at night, or dishes and food with unpleasant appearance made by beginners or people with ordinary cooking skills. The latter is a humorous self-mockery. Also, it can refer to certain ingredients or methods of cooking that ordinary people can’t accept/swallow down. Sometimes, it can refer to deliberately made ‘creative’ food, such as: spicy and sour mooncakes.

End of Chapter 36 Part 1/2.