It rarely snowed this heavily in the Imperial City, especially so early in the winter.
Everyone admired the snow for a couple of minutes before getting back to work.
Business was so good that they had to extend their hours again, not closing until almost four in the afternoon.
That day, a dozen or so applicants came to the shop.
"It's you?" Shen Lu paused, staring in surprise at a familiar face among the applicants.
"Boss Shen, you don't mind, do you?" Kang Jie grinned. "I told you if I got eliminated, I'd come work at your shop."
Kang Jie had been a contestant in the same group as Shen Lu. He'd half-jokingly mentioned it to her while they were waiting backstage, but she had assumed it was just empty talk. She never expected him to actually show up.
But even so, Shen Lu didn't give him any special treatment.
She followed procedure: interviews, a cooking trial, and then the selection of probationary employees.
