To expand her cafeteria, Luo Huai’an scoured the internet for information, barely qualifying as a novice black-hearted businessman. She’d seen examples online of large companies making mistakes and—to appease public outrage—pushing someone out to take the blame. 

Nine out of ten times, the person pushed out was a temporary employee. Luo Huai’an had seen enough of this to memorize this PR tactic.

In short, it was all the temporary worker’s fault!

And she didn’t lie. It was just as she said: it was Big Fish who took the initiative to take on the work.

Luo Huai’an cleared her throat and said, “I’m the boss of the Eighth Cafeteria. The temporary worker in our Cafeteria has caused you a lot of trouble. This is not only his problem, but also our problem. In order to prevent him from making mistakes again and to prevent such bad things from happening again, I will not pay him this month!”

Big Fish: “???”

Big Fish was so angry that he almost went crazy. However, at this moment, a thought suddenly crossed his mind—he didn’t get paid in the first place.

He didn’t know where to vent his anger, it was like punching cotton balls, and his anger turned him from a fish into a pufferfish. I may not be a human, but you are a real dog! 

Luo Huai’an was very sincere and showed great devotion rectifying wrongs. The students were initially a little angry, but their anger instantly subsided after hearing her words. When Luo Huai’an said that the employee would not be paid, the students even felt sorry for Big Fish and their anger was greatly appeased.

Liang Hai’s roommate Zhao Jing felt sorry for Big Fish when he saw him like this, so he took the initiative to speak up for him, “He was eating right in front of us, which was really unkind of him, but not paying him is a bit too harsh a punishment.”

After hearing what he said, his roommate Zhang Jiusi immediately retorted, “No, no, no, I think this punishment is reasonable!”

… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

They had been undergoing military training under the scorching sun when Big Fish came, gnawing on pepper pancakes and drinking cold drinks right outside the open grounds.

Zhang Jiusi had originally wanted to comfort himself that Big Fish was just passing by and didn’t mean to torment them, but Big Fish kept moving closer while eating, as if he had to pass the aroma to them before he would stop. Even the instructor couldn’t bear it anymore.

Moreover, after the morning’s military training was over, Big Fish kept on eating his pepper pancake. His feet seemed to have taken root at that place, and he refused to leave.

They were at the age of youthful vigor and could not stand others showing off, let alone being ridiculed, so they came over and wanted to ask for an explanation on behalf of everyone.

Unexpectedly, when he came over and asked why he was there, Big Fish said with a smug look on his face, “I came here to eat in front of you!” His words were unscrupulous, as if he had no good intentions.

This group of people couldn’t stand it anymore. They had seen shameless people, but they have never seen anyone so shameless.

But the reason they came after him wasn’t because they wanted to beat him up, as Big Fish imagined. They just thought he was a senior and wanted to catch him and bring him to the teacher.

After all, this group of top students who just entered college have hardly ever fought anyone in their academic careers, so the most powerful and effective trick they could think of was to report matters to the teacher.

Who knew that Big Fish was not a senior after all, but a staff member of the Eighth Cafeteria!

But Zhang Jiusi still didn’t think that Big Fish was innocent and was about to ask him why he did that. But as he got closer, he saw Luo Huai’an’s face out of the corner of his eye.

When he saw her appearance clearly, Zhang Jiusi was stunned and thought to himself, ‘Damn, is there such a beautiful person in our school?‘

It was now the end of the morning military training, and almost all the freshmen have found time to eat, but these people have been ‘attracted’ to the Eighth Cafeteria by Big Fish.

Zhao Jing and Zhang Jiusi insisted on coming to ask for an explanation. They were Liang Hai’s roommates. He followed them because he was worried that something might happen to them.

After Liang Hai saw that Big Fish was from the Eighth Cafeteria, the balance in his heart gradually shifted in the other direction. After thinking it over, he carefully began to persuade Zhang Jiusi, “He is not a student of our school, so we can’t report him to the teacher. Since his boss said he will be punished, let’s just let it go.”

Liang Hai felt a little hesitant after he finished speaking. Although Zhang Jiusi’s name was taken from ‘Junzi Jiusi¹’ and he looked handsome, he was not like a gentleman at all. He had a bad temper and he might not listen to him at all.

Liang Hai was very nervous, and his eyes were full of guilt when he looked at Luo Huai’an. He was afraid that Zhang Jiusi would hold on to his grudge against Big Fish and cause trouble for the cafeteria owner.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Jiusi turned his head and hummed agreement, saying in a sullen voice, “Then let’s not pursue it.”

Liang Hai was very surprised after hearing his words, and Zhang Jiusi’s face actually turned a little red.

Zhang Jiusi turned his head away, not wanting others to notice his expression, “Forget it, forget it, I’ll let him go this time. Just don’t do it again, let’s go.”

Zhang Jiusi was not the only one who was shocked by Luo Huai’an’s appearance, almost everyone was shocked.

Some people in the group whispered, “Fuck, this is too pretty. Is this the campus beauty you all always talk about?”

“Did you forget that she just said she’s the boss? What school beauty are you talking about? Hahaha.”

“I’ve seen photos of the school beauty on the Aero U forum before, and I can tell you responsibly that she’s prettier than the school beauty.”

“As a girl, I couldn’t even speak. I wanted to go up and shout, ‘Hello, wife!’

Liang Hai: “…” This world where looks matter is hopeless!

Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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Chapter 12.2 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup
Chapter 12.3 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup
Chapter 13.1 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 13.2 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 13.3 — Suzhou-style Mung Bean Soup Part II
Chapter 14.1 — Pepper Pancakes
Chapter 14.2 — Pepper Pancakes
Chapter 15.1 — Pepper Pancakes Part II
Chapter 15.2 — Pepper Pancakes Part II
Chapter 15.3 — Pepper Pancakes Part II
Chapter 15.4 — Pepper Pancakes Part II
Chapter 15.5 — Pepper Pancakes Part II
Chapter 15.6 — Pepper Pancakes Part II

FOOTNOTE:

1. ‘Junzi Jiusi’ or  the ‘Nine Thoughts of a Gentleman’ comes from the ‘Analects of Confucius’ and prescribes 9 aspects of self-reflection for a noble person: seeing, hearing, expression, attitude, speech, dealing with things, solving doubts, emotions, and making profits. ↩︎