I controlled the entire Zerg race with my superb culinary skills.

Chu Yang was amused by Shen Nanxi's expression as she ate the dried strawberries, and glanced at the box of dried strawberries.

"Take whatever you like."

Shen Nanxi was overjoyed, but then shook his head. He knew that this basket of dried strawberries was expensive and was intended to be used to promote the new store.

"Brother, I've already tried it. You still need to use it to promote the hot pot restaurant."

"It's okay, you can use other flavors for advertising, it doesn't have to be this one. You can take them all out to eat, they're quite expensive, it's a bit of a shame to give them all away."

Chu Yang placed the small basket of dried strawberries into Shen Nanxi's hands. Good things should be kept for our own consumption first.

So Shen Nanxi, carrying the basket of dried strawberries, excitedly ran out of the kitchen and bumped right into Chu Xinhang.

"Come and eat some dried strawberries, your brother ate them all."

She held the dried strawberries in her arms in front of Chu Xinhang, gesturing for him to try some.

Looking at the bright red dried strawberries in the basket, he took a small one.

Seeing this, Shen Nanxi grabbed a handful and put it in his hand.

"My brother said to give it all to us, he won't send any more. You should try it too, it's delicious, even sweeter than strawberry-flavored nutrient solution."

With a lot of dried strawberries in his hand, Chu Xinhang felt a warm feeling in his heart and happily started eating them; they were indeed very sweet.

After giving it to Chu Xinhang, Shen Nanxi took a dried strawberry and gave one to each of the insects in the shop.

"How is it? Isn't it delicious?"

I squatted down with the basket in my arms and shared the few remaining dried strawberries with the four little ones.

"good to eat."

"It's so sweet."

"Really delicious."

"Uh-huh"

The four little cubs were jumping and skipping with joy when they saw this for the first time.

"Thank you, Brother Shen!"

The childlike voice instantly melted Shen Nanxi's heart, and she began to imagine herself and Chu Yang's cub.

On the night before the opening, all the insects in the shop were busy packing the candies into custom-made transparent gift bags and then tying them with ribbon bows.

Each gift set contains two toffee candies, a piece of nut snowflake crisp, a piece of caramel cookie snowflake crisp, and a chocolate sandwich filled with pistachio jam bread shreds.

After everything was packed up, everyone went home. Before leaving, Chu Yang specially gave each of the four little ones a candy gift bag.

"Thank you, Brother Chu Yang~"

"Hehe, sweetie, take it home and eat it."

Watching the four little ones clutching the candy gift bag like precious treasures, Chu Yang suddenly felt that perhaps he should have a child too. Who doesn't love a soft, cuddly baby?

However, he did not tell the other two insects about this idea.

Shen Nanxi is a sub-female, so kicking the eggs is not easy for her. Chu Xinhang's reproductive cavity was injured before, so he probably won't be able to kick the eggs either.

If we rashly express this idea, it will unintentionally increase their psychological burden. It's better to let things take their natural course.

After all, the lifespan of the Zerg is generally over three hundred years, and they are only in their twenties now. There is plenty of time ahead; the eggs will hatch and the offspring will grow.

The new store opened at 10:30 a.m., and many customers had already gathered there before it even opened, including many of the regular customers of the steamed bun shop.

Everyone was eager to try the hot pot after the opening. They found an empty seat and ordered by scanning a QR code.

Spicy crispy pork, fried milk, and brown sugar glutinous rice balls are basically must-orders for every customer, because these three dishes are made by Chu Yang himself.

"Hello, this is part of our opening promotion. We are giving away free candy gift packs, limited to one per insect."

The waiters would present a pre-prepared candy gift bag with both hands when the customers finished paying their bill.

"There really is one! Let me try it and see if it's good."

After the first table finished their meal, a customer immediately opened a toffee and fed it to himself.

"How is it? Is it delicious?"

The insect next to him urged him to ask.

"It's delicious, so delicious! This is the first time I've ever tasted a candy with such a salty and sweet flavor."

Hearing his excited expression and praise, the insects next to him also ate a toffee.

Soon, more and more insects came to the restaurant to eat hot pot, and there was no room left. Some insects sat outside and waited in line.

The reason for the visit wasn't just because of the special food, hot pot, but also because of the candy gift packs given out by the restaurant.

On the first day of business, everyone was busy until very late. Although they were tired, they felt very happy.

Xu Le handed Chu Yang a daily revenue report, and the last column of the report showed a total revenue of over 980 million yuan.

The store's profit margin is around 30%, so after deducting all costs, we made a net profit of over 300 million today.

Chu Yang thought for a moment and realized that if the daily profit was 3 million, it would amount to over 100 million in a year.

Thanks to the word-of-mouth advertising from the first day, the hot pot restaurant had a queue forming outside before it even opened on the second day.

Before Chu Yang could even have a hot meal, he immediately threw himself into the kitchen and got busy.

There were more insects today than yesterday, and even the steamed bun shop next door had more insects than usual.

Seeing their female parent so busy that she didn't even have time to drink water, the four little cubs couldn't help but feel sorry for her and began to do their best to help clean up the trash.

Chu Yang was busy from early morning until he got home in the evening. He was so tired that he didn't want to say much. He took a shower, lay in bed, hugged Shen Nanxi, said goodnight, and went to sleep.

Listening to the even breathing beside her, Shen Nanxi felt a pang of tenderness and wrapped her arms around Chu Yang's waist, gently kissing his lips.

On the third day after opening, Chu Yang felt completely numb, as if he were a heartless machine insect, his arms already capable of generating sparks.

Finally, after serving the last table of guests, the three-day grand opening promotion came to a successful conclusion.

Exhausted, Chu Yang slumped into a chair, one arm dangling over the back.

"I feel like I've been a robot for the past three days, constantly repeating the same action of cooking."

Xu Le brought over a cup of specially prepared nutritional supplement, a triumphant smile on his lips.

"Boss, in the three days since the store opened, the store's net profit has reached more than 1 million star coins. Among them, the spicy hot pot base is the most popular, followed by the chilled sparkling water."

Earning 100 million in just three days would have made Chu Yang so excited in the past that he would have laughed out loud in the middle of the night. But now he knows the hard work behind it.

"After eating something spicy, you definitely need an ice-cold soda to cool down. Everyone has worked hard these past three days, so this is a good way to give everyone a bonus as a reward."

"Okay, boss, I think everyone must be very excited to hear this news."

Chu Yang glanced outside. The empty street was only inhabited by a few insects. Well, it was so late, who would brave the cold wind to go shopping?

After arriving at the steamed bun shop from the hot pot restaurant, Pan Cheng and his team had already prepared everything they would need for tomorrow.

After searching around, I couldn't find Chu Xinhang and Shen Nanxi.

"Why don't I see them?"

Just as Chu Yang was about to send them a message, he saw them walking out of the hospital's back door together.

"Brother~"

"A mighty ruler!"

"I was just about to look for you two."

Chu Yang walked towards them, holding one insect in each hand.

“I noticed that Shen Nanxi hadn’t come home by the time he was supposed to leave work, so I went to bring him some steamed buns to check on him.”

Chu Xinhang smiled and told him that he usually comes to the restaurant to eat on time, but today he waited for a long time and there were no insects. He was worried that Chu Xinhang was too busy to eat, so he went to the hospital to deliver food to him.

"Sigh, the situation at the front is very tense lately, and we've received orders for more supplies, so everyone is working overtime to organize the necessary materials."

Hearing about war again, Chu Yang became worried. Should he stockpile more supplies in case war broke out here one day?

"My lord, guess who I just saw at the hospital?"

Chu Xinhang raised an eyebrow and spoke to Chu Yang in a mysterious manner. Seeing Chu Yang's puzzled expression, he pursed his lips and gave a brief account of the matter.

It turned out that when Chu Xinhang went to the hospital to deliver food, he ran into Li Hui, the president of the Xiongbao Association, who looked very anxious.

There were several other female insects at the ward entrance, but they looked pale and knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a sound.

Later, I peeked through the door of the ward and saw that Li Hui's powerful master was lying inside.