Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1364: Amusement Park Side Story (Part 2)

"Didn’t finish your work?"

"Finished." Everyone replied in unison.

"Then let’s clock out. I just got delayed looking at the reports. Remember to be on time tomorrow." Jiang Cha raised her hand, adjusted the Bluetooth headset by her ear, and walked out of the finance department.

Only then did everyone in the department breathe a sigh of relief, packing up to leave.

Through the headset, Jiang Qi teased: "Our Manager Jiang truly is the stabilizing needle of the finance department. If you don’t leave the office, no one dares to clock out."

"If you, Boss, didn’t have me handling the 6 billion accounts for the Ping resort and Wizard Kaka’s park, causing me to work overtime for seven consecutive days with additional complicated tasks leading to more overtime, I wouldn’t become the stabilizing needle of the finance department." Jiang Cha replied blandly.

Jiang Qi fell silent on the other end of the line.

Jiang Cha looked into the distance and continued reporting what she saw: "That group of guests has now arrived at the night market, let me see..."

"Mr. Qin is buying grilled sausages. The person next to him... oh, it’s his sister. She’s got quite an appetite, buying three grilled sausages, two crispy pancakes, one meat sandwich, twelve skewers of grilled meat, a portion of fries, and two boxes of ice cream."

"Mr. Shi’s appetite is as big as ever. Everyone else gives him the food they can’t finish."

Jiang Qi asked: "Is the elderly person with them an ordinary person?"

"Hard to say now since I’m too far away. I’ll have to wait until they enter the amusement park and I can get close to confirm." Jiang Cha said, "Boss, are you sure you want to directly arrange for the pork buns to be placed in Mr. Qin’s ’Choo Choo’ train compartment? Although we’ve already figured out that this group isn’t ordinary, possibly having a system like you and Jiang Feng, or abilities like Mr. Xue to recognize Toy Spirits at a glance, and they might have noticed the amusement park’s peculiarities, otherwise, they wouldn’t come so often every year. But directly having the Toy Spirits talk to them might be too forward?"

Jiang Qi helplessly replied: "We have to be bold. Since the first time the pork bun saw Qin Huai at the toy theater, it has been crying to have him as its main owner. Kaka has been putting this off for two years, having selected 26 alternative potential owners, none of which it was satisfied with."

"Now it’s time for the pork bun to graduate. You know how these plush toys are; knowing that the main owner isn’t ordinary, how could they bear it? Instead of secretly making Qin Huai its main owner, it’s better to be honest and contact him first."

After saying this, Jiang Qi sighed again.

"Qin Huai and the others want so many ’Choo Choo’ train compartments at once. If it weren’t for the pork bun, I couldn’t possibly come up with so many tickets."

Jiang Cha chuckled: "Boss, you’ve really been worrying about the Toy Spirits over the years."

"What else can we do? It’s not easy for these plush toys to find a favored main owner."

"Also, Jiang Cha, keep an eye on them these two days. They have booked the ’Choo Choo’ train, Xue Village, and the Magic Academy. I’ve already informed Lilith’s team to pay special attention. Hopefully, Qin Huai will appreciate this special attention and treat the pork bun well, ideally satisfying its peculiar little quirks."

"Why does a plush toy like to stay in the steamer to be steamed? It’s not like it’s a real pork bun."

Jiang Cha could not answer Jiang Qi’s question and said: "Don’t worry, Boss, I’ll keep a close watch. Aren’t you going to the airport to pick someone up tomorrow? It’s already after six, so you better rest soon. I’ve clocked out and am going home to watch TV, don’t have time to chat anymore."

With that, Jiang Cha hung up the phone and walked home with a light step, greeting every visitor who recognized her, informing them that Teacher Jiang from the Magic Academy had already clocked out. There are no classes scheduled for tomorrow, and those wanting to visit the Magic Academy would have to wait until next Monday.

At this moment, Qin Huai, happily picking snacks at the night market, was unaware that he was about to be secretly assigned a Toy Spirit that liked to steam sauna in a steamer.

Qin Huai was standing at a stall selling sweet drinks, choosing a drink for Luo Jun that he might like.

"Bro, this kumquat lemon, iced pear with sugar, and green bean soup all look good. Chen Jun would definitely like them. Let’s get a cup of each. If he doesn’t drink them, I’ll have them tonight!" Qin Luo pointed at the stall’s price list, "6 yuan a cup isn’t expensive."

"You’ve eaten so much already, and now you’re going to drink three cups of sweet drinks. Aren’t you afraid of having an upset stomach and not being able to go to the amusement park tomorrow?" Qin Huai mercilessly refused, looking up at the vendor, "One large Silver Ear Lotus Seed Soup, please."

Being mercilessly denied, Qin Luo didn’t buy it herself. Instead, she pulled out her phone to browse videos. Perhaps due to location, she happened upon a video related to Toy Spirits.

"Bro, do you think if I spend all the money I’ve saved from being frugal while studying abroad on these toy merchandise, the amusement park would consider me a major client and secretly give me a limited edition graduating original toy?"

"If you saved so much money from eating cheap while studying abroad, you might as well clear out the gift shop at the Magic Academy. Maybe Principal Peggy or School Director Lilith would meet you in person for a short video to post on social media." Qin Huai casually said and then saw Qin Luo’s eyes light up.

At that moment, Qin Huai began to worry about the future of the gym Qin Luo and Ouyang co-owned.

Neither of the two bosses is normal. Does this gym even have a future?

In the next second, Ouyang came cheerfully toward Qin Huai and Qin Luo, carrying five cups of lemon tea, excitedly saying, "I just bought five cups of lemon tea from the stand ahead. They have special creations like black coffee lemon tea, chocolate lemon tea, vanilla pudding lemon tea, and Coke lemon tea. Old Qin, back then, when I wanted to launch black coffee lemon tea, you strongly opposed it, saying who would buy such a tea. See, there is a market for it after all."

"Alas, it’s a pity my Xiao Ou Handmade Lemon Tea Store closed down long ago; otherwise, I’d definitely launch this new flavor once I got back."

Qin Huai: ...

No future.

For some reason, Qin Huai suddenly felt that the original joyful trip to the amusement park might end up being a bit unsatisfying.

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The next morning at 8 o’clock, Qin Huai and the others used the express lane to enter the park early.

All guests staying within the amusement park can enter at 8 o’clock, though room check-ins are after 10, but they can store luggage in the meantime since everyone has their personal storage locker.

The ’Choo Choo’ train theme park luggage locker is shaped like a small train.

Qin Huai had the No. 3 compartment, with the key also designed like a small train.

Insert the key, turn it to open the luggage storage locker.

Qin Huai found something in his luggage storage locker, a plush toy shaped like a bun, likely toy merchandise forgotten by the previous guest.

Admittedly, the quality of this toy was quite good, with a nice design, looking very soft and inviting one to touch it.

As a breakfast shop owner, seeing a bun-shaped plush toy and feeling the urge to touch it is quite normal.

Besides, how else could he grab it to hand over to the staff for them to contact the guest who last used this luggage storage without reaching out to touch it?

Qin Huai reach out and gave the plush bun a hard squeeze.

The feel was excellent.

Qin Huai took out his phone and took a picture of the bun, deciding to buy a similar one from the nearby store later.

There are far too many types of toys in the toy theater. Qin Huai couldn’t possibly recognize every toy, given that he wasn’t particularly interested in toy plays, only recognizing the annual star toys.

The pork bun stayed motionless, like an ordinary toy, leading Qin Huai not to suspect that the toy was anything other than a regular toy, not realizing it was a Toy Spirit.

Originally, the pork bun planned to see if its future main owner liked it. If the main owner liked it, it would speak and use the lines it learned over the past two years to win over the future main owner’s favor.

Now, the pork bun didn’t get to say a single line.

Because it had fainted from happiness.