The Tycoon God of Online Gaming - Chapter 49

Chapter 49: The Cook

In Heaven, apart from buildings with specific functions and missions, all buildings could be demolished.

So, Chu You was very busy. He never stopped working, as his majestic silhouette constantly moved between cities of Dayan Nation.

After arriving at each city, Chu You would saunter into the governor’s mansion. Not long afterward, a residential building in a “potentially prosperous region” would be demolished. All of this would happen in a matter of seconds!

Then, two special buildings with a godly aura would rise from the ground. These would be Chu You’s Organization Transaction Office and Workshop.

Lastly, Chu You would be sent out of the city by a bunch of officials. All of them would be grinning widely – after all, they were just given golden coins out of nowhere.

Chu You knew that his Organization Transaction Office must populate places where people gathered. Only in this way could he compete with the official transaction offices owned by Dayan Nation.

Perhaps, years later, he might even be able to build his transaction offices on the land of other countries…

Finally, Chu You came to the final city.

This city was where Chu You chose to be born in his previous life. He could not be more familiar with the place.

As per the old rules, Chu You would first try to get rich.

…

“Wow, I see it! There’s a small hut beneath the mountain!”

The Elder who reared bees was discovered by one of the girls in the team. She was clearly delighted.

“Move aside! I’ve been craving this!”

MT Warrior Beauty forged ahead and began to sprint.

“Little Candy, you’re running so fast!”

In a moment, all of them came before the elder who reared bees.

“Wow, I’ve got 10,000 experience points!” exclaimed MT Warrior Beauty. After she handed the honey in her bag to the old man, his experience points immediately increased by a huge margin.

A girl player had leveled up to Level 7, which made her very happy.

The team of beautiful girls, under the leadership of Flying Sparrow Zhao, were elated. They scrambled to exchange experience points, making the atmosphere a chaotic one.

Lin Luoer was the only one who remained calm. After all her teammates had exchanged their experience points, she was stunned before asking, “Why didn’t you buy experience honey?”

“Buy what?”

The smile on Flying Sparrow Zhao’s face froze before it was replaced by a look of suspicion.

Slowly, it seemed like the atmosphere was going wrong again.

Looking at her confused teammates, Lin Luoer knew that it was time to demonstrate according to Chu You’s instructions…

…

“Sister, you should sign this contract,” Zhou Yuxuan said as she held out a contract to a woman who looked very similar to her, albeit a little more beautiful and mature.

This woman was Zhou Zhijun, the sister of Zhou Yuxuan.

“Oh, dear sister, you’re only giving me a contract with a salary of $40,000 per month?”

Zhou Zhijun seemed slightly unsatisfied as she placed the contract on the table after only a cursory glance.

“Sister, stop putting up an act. Since when was the value of “Yan River Kitchen Lady” worth more than this salary? Not only that, but this is the highest amount I can offer with my authority. You’ll have the relaxed job of being a personal chef, so just be content!”

Zhou Yuxuan knew exactly how her sister liked to overexaggerate things. Her memory drifted back to the time when she was a budding beauty – at that time, she was such a pure and naïve girl. She must have changed as she entered society.

“Fine, I accept this job. Remember, you owe me one.”

Zhou Zhijun picked up a pen and signed the contract with a flourish.

“Yup, and remember what I told you to do. You must succeed!”

Zhou Yuxuan did not forget her ulterior motive.

“Sigh, my poor sister – why would you think of such an obsolete way? The men on the leaderboard have so many tricks up their sleeves. Forget it, I won’t say more. Just wait for my good news.”

Zhou Yuxuan subconsciously felt her sister’s composure change the moment she started to talk about men.

“That’s good. I’ll call Brother You now.”

After Zhou Yuxuan dialed Chu You’s number, she realized that no one answered. She knew immediately that Chu You was playing Heaven, but she believed that he could call back soon.

“Brother You? Didn’t you say that he was only in Year 3 of university? Even you’re five years older than that!”

“He’s a rich guy and my boss. I call him that out of respect!” Zhou Yuxuan corrected her.

Zhou Zhijun’s natural coquettish eyes narrowed as she smirked, “Hmph, nothing but a simple man!”

“Sister…”

Zhou Yuxuan was getting upset.

“Fine, I won’t tease you anymore.”

…

Before the hut to exchange honey stood 6 beautiful girl players. It was just that… the originally chaotic atmosphere had cooled down once again.

Five of the players looked at Lin Luoer in awe as she bought huge amounts of honey from the old man.

They were even more stunned after asking, “Is… is that experience adding honey?”

“Yeah,” replied Lin Luoer as she drank a jar of honey.

“It… it looks delicious!”

The mage player swallowed her saliva.

“Wow, how… how do you have so much money?”

Little Candy was a warrior-type player. When she looked at the amount of honey Lin Luoer had bought from the bee-keeping old man, she was beyond shocked.

“Can’t believe it can add so much experience… no wonder,” mumbled Flying Sparrow Zhao before opening her own bag. Her expression sank.

She… she didn’t even have that much money!

Flying Sparrow Zhao sighed. It was something that no one would believe, but if she had begun topping up before the game started and started playing the game immediately after it launched, she would be in a completely different place now. However, both of these were irreparable mistakes. Her role in the organization was clearly demarcated, and she clearly had no access to the gold coins in the organization. It seemed like she had to request some gold coins.

“Bright Night, that’s so much honey! How many gold coins did it cost?” asked the assassin player, AiAi.

“Oh, just about 1500 gold coins. For that amount, you get tens of thousands of additional experience points!” laughed Lin Luoer arrogantly. “See, I’m leveling up!”

Before her voice fell, Lin Luoer’s body immediately began to emanate light. This was a phenomenon that only happened while leveling up. She had leveled up from level 4 to level 5.

Intangibly, Lin Luoer had dealt a hundred thousand points of damage to the friends around her.

Looking at the confused expressions around her, she continued to laugh. “Quick, go buy some!”

“I… I don’t have enough money.”

Sweat appeared on Little Candy’s face, as she stole a glance at Flying Sparrow Zhao.

“Only for 1500 gold coins! That’s 1500 in real money, so not that expensive actually.”

The mage player felt uncomfortable, but she could only pretend to be casual. What angered her was that she only had a few gold coins on her.

When girls played games, especially beautiful girls, would they need to top up with cash? At least, they wouldn’t top up when the game has just started, right? So, all of them had no money on them…

They were supposed to go offline to have breakfast after exchanging their experience points, but all they were doing now was looking at Lin Luoer drink loads of honey. Their eyes green with envy.

“No money?”

Lin Luoer took way too long to realize that. All the money she had was given by Chu You, who had sent money to her no matter what she said. This money… to be honest, Lin Luoer didn’t really dare to spend it callously. If Chu You hadn’t told her to buy honey and level up, she wouldn’t buy so much honey even if she knew of the place.

So, should she lend them some?

Since they didn’t ask for any, she would just have to pretend she had no idea…

“Yeah, no one would have that much money in an early game. None of us are friends with rich people.”

They finally realized that Chu You was not just an elite player, but he might be a wealthy person as well.

“Right, it’s time to go offline. We should have our breakfast.”

There was no way Flying Sparrow Zhao would borrow money from Lin Luoer. The honey cost $1500 for one person, so for five people, it would be $7500! Could she ask for $7500, when all they had done together was play together for a while? That was just too much…

Not just that, but what if Lin Luoer didn’t have that much money on her? That would be awkward.

However, when they entered ghost mode as they were about to quit the game, they seemed to see Lin Luoer body glowing with light once again…

Damn, that was another ten thousand points of damage!

…

After Flying Sparrow Zhao’s group of friends went offline, Chu You came to an instance mission that he could not be more familiar with. As Chu You had developed in Yashan City in the previous life, he knew the place like the back of his hand. Hence, after building the transaction office and workshop, he maximized the size of his bag and revealed a black horse head from within. It was the official organization horse!

He summoned it immediately and rushed towards the instance mission.

After coming to the entrance of the instance mission, an incoming call notification appeared on Chu You’s phone. Chu You had connected his phone to the gaming cabin via a data cable before he entered the game, so he would receive all messages from his phone.

It was a call from Zhou Yuxuan. Seeing this, Chu You knew that the chef was found, so he sent a message to Lin Luoer’s icon.

“Luoer, it’s time to come offline for breakfast.”

Immediately, he received Lin Luoer’s reply. “Alright, I’ll come offline now.”

So, they went offline at different locations.

Zhou Yuxuan and Zhou Zhijun were chatting until Zhou Yuxuan’s phone received a message. She checked it immediately and said to her sister, “Okay, he’s got time now. You should go over, and I’ll… stay here.”

“Are you serious that you won’t come to introduce us? What’s going on?”

“When we stand together, it’ll be obvious that we look similar. He’ll realize that something is up. You go ahead, and bring the contract. I’ll call him.”

They didn’t really look alike, so no one would realize their relationship when they were compared side by side,

Zhou Zhijun looked at her sister long and hard, before she said, “I’m going now.” She picked up the contract on the table and left the place.

…

Flying Sparrow Zhao was slightly irritated. She didn’t have gold coins with her, which significantly limited how far she could level up. No wonder that Silent Night leveled up so quickly… he had definitely dropped some serious cash!

Fine! If he wanted to compete in how much cash they spent, Zhao Feifei would never back down…

Zhao Feifei was the true name of Flying Sparrow Zhao, but since she had used the name “Flying Sparrow Zhao” in all sorts of games, people seemed to forget her real name. Instead, everyone called her Flying Sparrow.

Flying Sparrow exited her gaming cabin with a gloomy expression, before heading straight for the Management.

The moment she entered, she saw the Organization leader, who was a man around forty years old.

“Flying Sparrow, you’re here.”

“Yep, we’ve found a mission that requires gold coins, but we don’t have any,” said Flying Sparrow Zhao coldly.

“Oh? Is that so? In Firefly Village? But all the members who have gold coins on them are at Yashan city.”

The organization leader was surprised. Although there were indeed missions that required gold coins, Firefly Village was simply too far away.

“Can I exchange for infinite experience?”

“You wish! If you could get infinite experience, that Silent Night wouldn’t be only Level 10.”

“That’s true…”

“You’re so annoying! Looks like I have to collect gold coins myself. Oh right, what’s the exchange rate for gold coins now?”

“I think it’s 1:2 now. All the big players are buying gold coins.”

“Never mind. I’ll go get gold coins myself.”

Flying Sparrow Zhao suddenly thought of Lin Luoer. Perhaps she could get gold coins from Chu You through Lin Luoer at an exchange rate of 1:2. That seemed fair to them too. Of course, she wouldn’t put all her hopes in them – she had to think of another way to get some coins.

“Flying Sparrow, your dad dropped me a call. In the afternoon, we’re supposed to go to the Hilton Hotel for lunch. Heard an important guest will join us,” said the organization leader slowly.

“Important guest?”

“Yeah, but I don’t know who exactly it is. Probably someone from overseas, but he wants to talk about Heaven.”

…

“Hey, young master, you’re cooking noodles yourself!”

Lin Luoer couldn’t believe it as she saw Chu You busying himself in the kitchen.

“Yeah, I made a portion for you too. Eat.”

Chu You poured the soup out from the pot into two smaller bowls, before adding in the noodles.

Not long afterward, Chu You called, “It’s done, come help me carry the food.”

To be able to eat something cooked by Chu You was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Lin Luoer immediately scooped up the bowl of noodles and placed it on the table. Then, she began to eat in small mouthfuls.

It might have been because the noodles were too hot, but the way Lin Luoer was blowing on the noodles made her look pretty.

“How does it taste?”

“Yup, pretty good. Definitely better than mine,” laughed Lin Luoer. This was not often seen on Lin Luoer, who was usually quite cold and distant. She was more feminine this way.

Not long afterward, when they were about to finish, the doorbell rang.

Chu You clapped his hands and stood up. He signaled for Lin Luoer to continue eating, before heading off to open the door.

Upon first glance, Chu You’s heart skipped a beat. He had lived for thirty-plus years and had seen all sorts of women. However, it was the first time he had seen a woman like this.

Zhou Zhijun was well dressed, even a bit conservative. However, even so, it did not stop her from looking classy.

Zhou Zhijun captured the moment of shock on Chu You’s face sharply. She gained further confidence from this as her presence grew stronger.

“May I ask if you are Chu You?”

Zhou Zhijun’s voice perfectly matched her composure.

“Erm, yes. Who are you?”

“I’m the private chef hired by your assistant. I’m Zhou Zhijun,” she replied, before bowing slightly.

What was Zhou Yuxuan thinking? Chu You wanted a chef! He was slightly annoyed – the lady before him was way too intricate and seductive. This didn’t match the appearance of a chef. In Chu You’s mind, a chef should always be a male.

“Oh, can I see your contract?”

Chu You had every reason to ask this.

Zhou Zhijun smiled slightly. She looked down slightly and retrieved her contract.

“This is the contract I’ve signed with your assistant, please take a look.”

Chu You looked through the contract, which showed that Zhou Zhijun was indeed an advanced professional chef, as well as a healthcare expert.

Chu You suddenly looked up from the contract, stared straight at Zhou Zhijun, and asked, “What is your relationship to Zhou Yuxuan?”

Zhou Ziyun was stunned for a moment before quickly regaining composure. She asked, “What do you mean?”

Chu You asked that question subconsciously, but he did not know that it was an important question with an important answer.

“Nothing, I’m glad that you’ll be serving me.”

He extended his hand.

“I’m glad to be at your service too.” Zhou Zhijun shook Chu You’s hand.

When Lin Luoer saw Zhou Zhijun, the first question that came into her mind was – why was this woman so charming?

Was it this girl who stole my sister’s crush? Zhou Zhijun smiled slightly at Lin Luoer, in a graceful manner that made people feel close to her.

But Lin Luoer found Zhou Zhijun’s presence irksome for some reason, although she couldn’t pinpoint why…