Brush Up Your Proficiency

Wang Hao looked at the book in front of him, pondering in his heart. He always felt that the 《Tao Te Ching》 he read at night was significantly different from what he felt during the day.

Although the proficiency increased by the same amount, reading during the day seemed like simply reading, with little improvement to his mental strength.

But the night was different. It was as if his mental strength was deeply nourished while reading. Wang Hao couldn't help but suspect that the fact that his reading proficiency increased by one point every hour for the past two or three days was largely related to his mental strength becoming stronger.

However, lacking evidence, he could only remain in the realm of speculation.

The only drawback of reading at night was its uncontrollability. He would fall asleep while reading, and it was almost becoming a habit.

But for Wang Hao, this wasn't a big drawback. At most, it slowed down the progress of proficiency, and he instinctively felt that it would be more beneficial to him, so he stopped dwelling on it.

As the reading time increased, Wang Hao gradually immersed himself in the world of 《Tao Te Ching》 and, unsurprisingly, fell asleep again.

During his sleep, a piece of news about him caused a great stir in Xingyun's catering circle.

Today, because Cheng Yufei was afraid that guests would disturb the kitchen's assessment, she directly and domineeringly asked the service staff to lie that Wang Hao would be taking a few days off and would not be in the store for the time being. Special requests could be made in advance.

This news, spread among the diners, led to the rumor that the head chef of "Shi Wei Tian" was off work for the next few days, which began to spread wider and wider in their circle.

Those who came specifically for Wang Hao were somewhat disappointed, but fortunately, the other dishes at "Shi Wei Tian" were also rare delicacies, so they didn't make a wasted trip, but not being able to taste Wang Hao's cooking was still a bit of a pity.

The surrounding peers had completely different reactions after learning the news.

Some restaurant owners were so excited that they couldn't sleep, while others slept soundly. Some were even so happy that they almost cried.

"We finally waited for that iron man to rest. Do you know how we've been these past ten days? It's been too torturous!" One restaurant owner in their small united circle exclaimed.

Another restaurant owner echoed, "Yes, I almost couldn't hold on. If I didn't see that he was a young man, I would have thought he was a robot."

After this period of understanding, they both loved and hated Wang Hao.

What they loved was naturally his cooking skills. Every time they tasted his food, it made them feel happy and comfortable.

What they hated was also his cooking skills. But Wang Hao, with such good cooking skills, was their competitor, and it would be abnormal if they didn't hate him.

"That's right, I went to eat there a few times before, and the taste is indeed a bit overwhelming. His business is booming, and there are hardly any customers in my store," one owner complained.

"Haha, who told him to have such good skills? We can only accept it. But his rest is really good news for us," another person laughed.

"That's right, he should rest for a longer period of time, so that we can take the opportunity to win back some customers," someone chimed in.

From their words, it could be seen that the fact that this iron man who worked more than ten hours a day finally knew to rest was a great benefit for the surrounding peers, who no longer had to be suppressed to the point of being unable to breathe as before.

However, what they didn't know was that while one Wang Hao rested, several Wang Hao stood up. After Wang Hao's guidance, the overall quality of the dishes at "Shi Wei Tian" had been qualitatively improved.

However, in the short term, Wang Hao's rest would still have a certain impact on the customer flow of "Shi Wei Tian".

In particular, the opponents would definitely take the opportunity to guide a wave of true or false public opinion to encourage customers to lean towards them.

But from another perspective, this was not necessarily a bad thing.

After all, there is no harm without comparison. With the current average chef's foundation of "Shi Wei Tian", those temporarily lost customers will naturally make an instinctive comparison in their hearts after tasting other people's dishes, and the result is that they will eventually come back.

This was also an important reason why the old store manager, Chang Lei, dared to decide to let Wang Hao take a break.

The disturbances from the outside world were somewhat related to Wang Hao in his sleep, but it also seemed to have little to do with him. Wang Hao was just immersed in his own small world, quietly improving himself.

Until the next morning, Wang Hao woke up naturally, feeling refreshed.

"Congratulations on reading an ancient book, gaining a bonus to comprehension, Intermediate Reading Proficiency +25, current proficiency: Intermediate Reading 700/1000."

Checking the proficiency gained from reading last night, he found that the proficiency gained had increased a bit again. The proficiency of the reading skill had reached 700 points, and there were only 300 points left to upgrade.

At this rate, it was very likely that he could upgrade his reading skill to advanced if he worked harder today!

The news of the increase in proficiency made Wang Hao feel even more refreshed, and he got up to wash up without hesitation.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast with his sister, the two went out together, but their destinations were different, one was the restaurant, and the other was the driving school.

"Why are you here so early? While no one is looking for you these days, take more rest at home. Remember to come over at noon to cook for us, hehe." Cheng Yufei was surprised to see Wang Hao arriving at the store at the same time as always.

After all, they had already agreed yesterday that the kitchen affairs would be completely handled by the kitchen staff in the future. He only needed to arrange the daily work content in advance, and he didn't need to do much himself, so there was no need to come so early.

"It's okay, I've already gotten used to it after so many days. I'll go upstairs to read first, do you want to..." Wang Hao said indifferently.

After all, if it weren't for the forced sleep mechanism of 《Tao Te Ching》, with his current mental strength, it wouldn't be a big problem not to sleep for a few days, let alone getting up early.

But before he could finish his words, Cheng Yufei suddenly turned around and ran away quickly.

"What do you want to eat? I'll make it for you..." Looking at Cheng Yufei running away, Wang Hao silently said these words, but his voice became lighter and more strange.

"Is she afraid that I would invite her to read, so she ran away in advance?

I really didn't expect that Fei Fei, who doesn't like to read so much, could be best friends with Li Nan, who is full of scholarly fragrance. It is said that there is a complementary magnetic field between people, and it seems to be true!" Wang Hao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Seeing Cheng Yufei had already walked away as if she was flying, Wang Hao shook his head with some amusement, and then walked to the office on the third floor. Today's task was still a bit heavy.