Chapter 226 It's Not Over Yet
Yixian closed its stall a long time ago for a simple reason: there was enough rice, but there were no more vegetables.
Mutsu was preparing to close his stall. On the one hand, he didn't expect to surpass Yixian, but was there any need to persist? There were only a few leftovers left.
Among so many stalls, only Colorado's stall was open as usual. The fast food she provided was not labor-intensive at all. As long as there was a pot of hot oil, it could be fried and sold immediately. There was such a large warehouse next to it, and there was no need to worry about raw materials.
The sky outside had completely darkened, and the street lights were on. It was obviously quite late. There were not many people still in the cafeteria, and Su Xia was one of them. He sat by the window in the lounge area. He was still a little concerned. After so much hard work preparing for the cooking competition, it ended so uneventfully?
Many people left. After eating and drinking, if they didn't leave now, when would they leave? Lexington didn't leave. She stayed by Su Xia's side. Seeing him staring at the hall, she followed his line of sight and saw Tianying leading a group of Italian little girls to close the stall.
That was something the admiral could do, but he definitely didn't have that thought right now. Lexington was absolutely certain of this and asked, "What are you looking at, admiral? You look very worried."
Su Xia retracted her gaze and said, "Is the cooking competition over?"
"Admiral, are you still not satisfied?" Lexington said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Su Xia paused and pursed her lips. "It just felt too dull and too fast. It ended just like that. Something happened at noon, but nothing happened in the evening."
"What does the Admiral want to happen?" Lexington asked.
"I had originally imagined that dinner would be the climax of the cooking competition." Su Xia said, "Who knew... it was probably because there were basically no dishes left at noon. So when it came to dinner, everyone didn't go around, but found a place to eat quickly. Yixian was busy, Mutsu was busy, everyone was busy, and then it was over."
Su Xia continued, "My idea is that it should be more lively... For example, Yixian and Mutsu are evenly matched, and they fight for the final victory. Who knows... Yixian is far ahead from the beginning, and Mutsu is no match at all. Mutsu seems to have given up the competition in the end."
Lexington thought for a moment and said, "Mutsu must know that she can't beat Yixian. Her goal may just be to score as many points as possible. Admiral, didn't you say that Mutsu's plan was better than Yixian's, proving that her management ability is better than Yixian's. Add up the scores of the two competitions, and the one with the highest score will be the cafeteria manager. It's still unknown who will win."
Su Xia realized that the cooking competition was just a competition. If Lu Ao wanted to beat Yixian, he didn't need to beat Yixian in the cooking competition, he just needed to not fall behind too much.
Su Xia still shook her head: "It still feels too ordinary. Nothing happened during the dinner. Such an ordinary dinner, if put in a novel, would be the kind of plot that is not worth describing at all and would be glossed over."
"That was the most crucial match in the entire cooking competition." Su Xia said in a tone of disappointment, "If it were in a novel, that would be the climax. But nothing happened. The author who wrote such a plot would definitely be criticized."
Lexington laughed and said, "This is life, not fiction."
"Who knows." Su Xia muttered.
Lexington said, "Then we can only blame... Admiral, your appointed Wisconsin. She was the host responsible for fanning the flames, but she didn't do a good job."
Su Xia laughed.
Su Xia was sure that Lexington was joking and didn't mean to blame Wisconsin. He just wanted to say that Wisconsin was definitely not to blame. Wisconsin loved to work and had worked very hard, but the people who participated in the cooking competition were quite stable. As for the guests, they were anxious to grab a seat, fearing that if they went too late, there would be no food like lunch, and they were completely immune to the booing.
Lexington said, "No problem. The cooking competition went very well. Everyone seemed very satisfied. Thank you, Admiral, for your hard work."
It still feels like anticlimactic, but it's already like this, there's no way to change it. Su Xia said, "Let it be, there's nothing else to do."
"Never mind that." Su Xia waved his hand. There was another thing that he had always cared about. "Speaking of which, this is probably all the work of an admiral. I have fulfilled my responsibilities as an admiral, right?"
Although everyone said that his duty as an admiral was to accompany the other party, he did not think so.
We have really worked hard to reform the cafeteria. We have tried London cuisine, racked our brains for ideas on how to reform it, and traveled thousands of miles to the KanColle headquarters. The radio station was once stripped of its pants by the Soviet Union to set up a cafeteria, and we haven't had a break until now.
"You did a great job, Admiral," Lexington said, shaking his hand.
Su Xia just glanced down. Lexington was holding his hand and of course he would not pull it away.
Lexington said, "The cooking competition is over now. Next, no matter whether Yixian wins or Mutsu wins, one of them will be in charge of the cafeteria . Just choose one person and leave the rest of the work to her. The admiral doesn't have to worry about it. The admiral wanted to reform the cafeteria, and now it can be said that it is complete, right?"
"That's about right." Su Xia said.
"What are you going to do next, Admiral?"
Food is the most important thing for the people, so reforming the cafeteria is an important matter. I have no idea what to do next, so I'll wait for Xiao Zhai's next task. Su Xia said, "I haven't thought about it yet... Anyway... My goal is... I want to be a qualified admiral and make this port area full of everyone's laughter, that's all."
"I still want to say that, I have always meant that." Lexington looked out the window, the commercial building was brightly lit, "Admiral, it's good that you work hard. But don't just focus on work and forget about everyone. It's good for a man to work hard to make money for his family, but if he ignores his wife and children because of this, he is still an unqualified husband and father, and it's a self-satisfied effort."
"I know." Su Xia said.
“It’s not enough to just know,” Lexington said. “You have to do it.”
"I've been busy with the cafeteria reform. Now I'm finally done. Even if there's something else, I'll take a break first. I can take this opportunity to spend some time with everyone." Su Xia smiled, "I'm just afraid that everyone is unwilling. Anyway, I'm looking forward to it. You know who I am."
"I don't know who the admiral is. Admiral, tell me." Lexington said. Having said that, of course she knew that the admiral was a big pervert.
Su Xia said, "I don't know, forget it."
Lexington laughed, covering his mouth and said, "The Admiral said it so lightly, isn't he just trying to be brave? Everyone says that the Admiral is a herbivore."
"Are you kidding? I'm a herbivore?" Su Xia said, "I can't live without meat."
I used to be a bit fussy. No matter why it became like this now, it was fate. Su Xia completely accepted his identity as an admiral and had a large number of wedding ships. It seemed that last time, if Saratoga hadn't interrupted, Helena would have definitely been pushed down. To be honest, I have been thinking about Helena these days, and the unfinished business that day. After all, he is a man, but he is entangled in many things.
"Really?" Lexington held Su Xia's hand tightly. There was no reason. She was sure now that as long as she asked, everything would be fine.
On this side, Mutsu had already started to pack up her stall, and everyone was helping her.
Xianghe was cleaning up the dishes, but her mind was not on the cleaning work at all. She would look aside from time to time.
Xianghe is not a person who likes to be sneaky or slack at work. The reason for this situation is -
If it was just the Admiral, she would care, but not that much . Shokaku didn't know that when Lexington and the Admiral were together, she couldn't control her gaze and looked at the two of them. She couldn't help thinking, Lexington held the Admiral's hand, Lexington and the Admiral were chatting happily, what were they talking about?
Xianghe bit his lips lightly, leaving teeth marks on them.
She thought it was all the fault of those idle people, saying that Lexington was a wife and she was also a wife, so which of the two wives was better. Lexington was more capable at work, but she was more homely and was better at housework and cooking than Lexington. As a result, she was very concerned about Lexington now.
Shokaku and Zuikaku, the two sisters are always inseparable.
Since elder sister Shokaku was there, younger sister Zuikaku was also there. She was wiping the table with a rag and noticed her elder sister's unusual behavior. She said, "Sister, what are you looking at from time to time? What are you looking at... the Admiral and Lexington?"
"Yeah." Shokaku didn't argue, "I care a little bit."
"What do you care about?" Zuikaku asked.
Shokaku shook his head, not knowing what to say. He cared about the admiral, he cared about Lexington? He cared, that was all.
Zuikaku held up the rag and said, "What do you think they are talking about?"
"have no idea."
"We are here cleaning up the stall, and they are talking and laughing over there?" Zuikaku curled his lips.
Zuikaku looked around and said, "Sister, do you care about them that much? If you do, go ahead. I support you and I will help you clean up the dishes."
Shokaku said with amusement, "It's you who cares."
"I, why should I care?" Zuikaku said disdainfully, "It's you who cares, sister. I'm telling you, there's nothing to be afraid of about Lexington."
"Yes, I care. I care more than Zuikaku." Shokaku smiled, "Then I'll go over and see what they say."
"Hey, are you sure you want to go?" Zuikaku asked.
"go."
“I think we should not go.”
"It's okay."
Someone noticed that Shokaku had left the stall, and Zuikaku followed him, and the two sisters walked towards the direction of the Admiral and Lexington. The cooking competition was over, but what was this? Was this the real show, the battle to retake the Admiral?
