When Jiang Feng was packing up, he saw a pair of eyes.
It was a little girl in tattered clothes, staring longingly at the food truck.
The little girl had beautiful, watery eyes.
From her slightly ssy hair and sowhat dirty school uniform, it was evident that she ca from an impoverished family.
After all, Jiang Feng was an adult and had an accurate read on people.
He picked up a disposable carton and scooped five ice cream balls from the ice cream box, filling the carton to the brim.
Then, he walked over to the little girl.
"Little girl, this box of ice cream is for you," Jiang Feng said, handing the ice cream over.
The little girl gazed at the ice cream but shook her head. "I don’t want it."
"It’s free. There’s so ice cream left over, and if I don’t deal with it, it’ll lt, which isn’t good for the food truck."
"Don’t worry, I’m not a bad person," Jiang Feng said with a gentle smile.
His smile was radiant, and upon seeing Jiang Feng’s eyes, the little girl stood frozen on the spot.
"Take it," Jiang Feng urged, handing over the ice cream. "Consider it doing a favor."
After a mont’s hesitation, the little girl reached out and took the ice cream.
"You should eat it quickly, or it’ll lt," Jiang Feng reminded her.
"Thank you, brother," the little girl said timidly.
"It’s a small matter; I should be thanking you," Jiang Feng waved his hand and walked away.
He drove the food truck all the way ho.
The first day of setting up the stall was very successful.
After receiving the ice cream from Jiang Feng, the little girl started eating it happily.
Her family was indeed poor. Though she had heard that ice cream was delicious, she had never tasted it before.
Today, she was rely watching others eat with envy, never expecting Jiang Feng to offer her a box of ice cream.
The little girl took a bite.
The sweet taste spread throughout her body instantly, making her feel wonderfully refreshed.
A sparkle lit up her eyes.
It’s really tasty, just as I imagined.
Even better than I expected!
So delicious it brings tears to my eyes!
The flavor of the ice cream seed to sweeten her heart directly.
The little girl would forever rember this feeling.
She would also rember Jiang Feng forever.
She was a good student, and her family supported her; they were just financially challenged.
In those few short minutes, the ice cream seed to dispel her hardships, leaving only sweetness behind.
The next day, Jiang Feng maintained the sa pace, arriving around 11:30 a.m. to set up his stall on Academy Road.
Because he arrived too early today, there weren’t many people around.
It couldn’t be helped; the journey had been too smooth, and the food truck was fast.
He arrived ten minutes ahead of schedule.
anwhile, Zhou Fangfang walked along the street, looking around.
She was a new salesperson at the company, part of the post-2000 generation, having worked for just a month and still on probation.
Just now, her departnt head had announced a summary eting for 11:40 and asked Zhou Fangfang to go out and buy so snacks.
People would eat and chat during the eting.
In such small companies, departntal relations were usually quite friendly, without too many rules.
Eating while holding a eting also created a good atmosphere.
Usually, they bought things like fruit, chips, Bugles, or other snacks.
Or perhaps a few cups of milk tea.
But those from the post-2000s generation entering the workforce rarely took the conventional route.
Zhou Fangfang was unsure of what to buy when she instantly noticed Jiang Feng’s food truck.
Handcrafted specialty ice cream?
Great stuff!
The supervisor will definitely love it!
She made up her mind and imdiately ran toward Jiang Feng’s food truck.
"Boss, I’d like six ice creams," Zhou Fangfang said right away.
"There’s a limit of two per person," Jiang Feng imdiately responded.
"Ah?" Zhou Fangfang only then noticed the sign.
"Boss, please help out. We’re having a departnt eting, and there are six of us, including ."
"We have to get six."
"And give six Big White Rabbit milk candy popsicles as well."
"Is that okay?"
"Please, I’m begging you!" Zhou Fangfang pleaded, her hands clasped together, a look of desperation on her face.
"This..."
Jiang Feng looked around and saw not a soul in sight.
He had arrived too early today, and the parents hadn’t started to show up yet.
"Okay." Jiang Feng agreed. Seeing it was for six people and noticing Zhou Fangfang’s urgency, he decided to help out.
After all, I’m the boss, and my word is final.
I need to be flexible.
Jiang Feng quickly prepared six ice creams for Zhou Fangfang and packed the popsicles in a plastic bag.
Zhou Fangfang thanked him and hurried off in the direction of her company.
「Before long, in the departnt eting room.」
All the employees were present, just waiting for Zhou Fangfang.
When Zhou Fangfang ca in, everyone imdiately perked up with expectation.
"Little Zhou, what did you buy? Hand a pack!" a senior employee imdiately said.
"I bought ice cream and popsicles," Zhou Fangfang replied as she placed the items on the table.
"Ice cream and popsicles?"
The crowd was a bit dumbfounded.
This kind of snack for a eting was a first for them.
Supervisor Wuh Wei’s expression also stiffened slightly.
"Hurry up and eat, everyone; the popsicles are going to lt soon," Zhou Fangfang urged.
She took out the popsicles from the plastic bag and distributed them to every employee in the departnt.
The senior employees had also never had a eting like this before.
Everyone looked at each other, each holding a popsicle.
Might as well eat it, they thought.
Zhou Fangfang then placed an ice cream in front of everyone.
She nodded in satisfaction. It had to be ; nobody else could’ve handled this so beautifully.
Seeing the popsicles starting to lt, everyone took a bite.
Upon the first bite, they couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
The popsicle was incredibly smooth and velvety. It was just right for noon, and the sweet taste was especially comforting in the heat.
Zhou Fangfang also took a bite and couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, so sweet!"
At that mont, Supervisor Wuh Wei, holding a popsicle, gave it a little shake and began,
"Alright, let’s start the eting. The main topic of this eting is brainstorming, so let’s hear what everyone thinks we should do in the next phase."
"Our departnt did well in the last phase..."
With popsicles in hand, everyone listened to Wuh Wei while enjoying their treats.
The scene was quite comical.
Who ever heard of grown-ups eating popsicles during a eting!
Zhou Fangfang, however, thought it was rather nice.
In the middle of the day, with no air conditioning in the eting room and such hot weather, it’s so refreshing to have a popsicle!
After finishing the popsicles, everyone started on the ice cream.
The ice cream was also delicious.
Every flavor was exquisitely delightful.
This distracted everyone from thinking about the eting; they were solely focused on savoring their ice cream.
"I’ve finished speaking. Does anyone have any comnts?" Wuh Wei looked around and realized that everyone was busy eating ice cream and hadn’t listened to a word he’d said.
"I said, does anyone have any comnts? Take turns speaking. Old Zhao, you start," Wuh Wei raised his voice.
Hearing his words, Old Zhao snapped to attention, took a couple more bites of his ice cream, and then started to give his opinion.
Wuh Wei took the opportunity to taste the ice cream as well.
He scooped a spoonful into his mouth; the sweet, soft sensation made him involuntarily close his eyes.
It was like being bathed in a gentle spring breeze.
It’s indeed delicious!
These youngsters... I thought they were unreliable, but it turns out they have good taste.
It’s who’s getting old!
Zhou Fangfang was completely oblivious to what she had done, what was happening, or what the supervisor was thinking.
She just genuinely thought the ice cream was really tasty.
She made a ntal note. I’ll rember this little stall and definitely visit it often.
Everyone was lost in their own thoughts.
The senior employees’ speeches were watertight, yet filled with a load of nonsense.
"The key to this problem is to identify the key issue."
"What the exact situation is depends on the specifics of the case."
"As long as we are determined to solve this problem, it will certainly be resolved."
"I believe only efficient etings can increase our productivity, and once our productivity is up, we can have efficient etings."
"Work can be done slowly, but it must be fast!"
Everyone spoke as if they were experts.
With senior employees like these, how could the departnt not go bankrupt?
When it was Zhou Fangfang’s turn, she didn’t have much to say and simply stated,
"I’ve just arrived and am still learning from my seniors."
"I will work hard to do every task the supervisor assigns !"
Again, a completely useless platitude.
Hearing everyone speak so eloquently, Wuh Wei was very pleased.
"Good, that’s it for now. It’s noon, so let’s eat first."
"eting adjourned!"
Everyone imdiately got up.
"Little Zhou, where did you buy those popsicles? They’re not bad!"
"Yeah, did you just run down and get them? Are they from the supermarket?"
Two senior employees imdiately asked.
"No, it’s from a stall selling handcrafted popsicles, just at the street corner," Zhou Fangfang imdiately responded. "I saw that the food truck looked pretty new, so I went to buy from there."
"A pretty new food truck? What do you an? Could it be light green with illuminated lettering, and a handso chef inside?" senior employee Li Guang asked half-jokingly.
"How did you know?" Zhou Fangfang’s eyes widened in surprise. "That’s right, a light green food truck with illuminated lettering, and the boss inside was quite handso—I even took several glances!"
"Holy cow?" Li Guang was baffled.
"No way, really? Could it be Executive Chef Jiang?"
"Has his food truck finally shown up near our company?"
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