The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 299

Chapter 299: Chapter 299: Little Follower

"She’s lived under my identity since she was a child, raised in the lap of luxury. I asked Mother, and she said Shen Lu never used to lift a finger around the house. She couldn’t cook at all."

Shen Lan sighed softly. "Later, she made some mistakes and left the Shen Family. Then she suddenly reappeared as a food stall vendor. It seems a lot of men helped her, and her business gradually took off... I’m not saying she shouldn’t have a good life, I just think she’s a little too cold toward Father and Mother."

"Even if Father and Mother aren’t her birth parents, they still doted on her like she was the apple of their eye. After she left the Shen Family, she only came back once for that birthday banquet and has never returned since. To be honest, I know Mother really misses her."

Pan Junru’s face filled with righteous indignation. "How could she do that? That’s awful! Don’t they say that the kindness of those who raised you is the greatest debt of all? She’s so cold-hearted, it’s disgusting!"

Hearing someone else bad-mouth Shen Lu, Shen Lan felt a deep sense of satisfaction.

"She’s probably still upset that Mother sent her back to the Lower City District. I can understand her. Who wouldn’t want to stay in the Upper City District?"

"It’s not that easy to live in the Upper City District," Pan Junru complained with a pout. "My dad had to spend a fortune and pull every string imaginable just to get me into this school."

Pan Junru had previously been a student at Mingde School in the Lower City District. Her father was President Pan, the newly appointed president of the Lower City District Chamber of Commerce.

The first thing President Pan did after taking office was get his precious little daughter into Boya High School in the Upper City District.

Boya High School was the best high school in the entire Upper City District, and its students were all either wealthy or from influential families. Even if his daughter could attend for less than a year, President Pan was still willing to send her.

He wasn’t necessarily expecting her to land a rich husband, but even making some good connections would be a win.

Pan Junru herself hadn’t really wanted to come.

At Mingde School, she had been the center of attention. But now at Boya High School, almost no one in her class would talk to her.

Her classmates would look her up and down with condescending stares and occasionally make a few passive-aggressive, sarcastic comments at her expense.

If she hadn’t made a new friend in Shen Lan, she would have called her father in tears, begging to go back to Mingde.

"I’ve been thinking about something." Shen Lan’s tone was a little tentative. "Junru, what would you say if we started a business together?"

"Huh? Why would you have an idea like that?"

’What other reason could there be? It’s because I’m poor, obviously!’

Besides, she’d heard the Eldest Prince was going to be a judge at the upcoming Kitchen King Competition.

Princess Ruoxin was giving her the cold shoulder completely. No matter how Shen Lan tried to explain herself, the princess wouldn’t budge.

She couldn’t get in touch with Li Zexing, either. Every time she messaged him, she was brushed off with a curt, "I’m filming. Do not disturb."

But Shen Lan refused to give up on her path to becoming the Crown Prince Consort.

’Since the path through Princess Ruoxin is a dead end, I’ll just have to find another one. Why can’t I just approach the Eldest Prince directly?’

The Kitchen King Competition was the perfect opportunity.

’I’ll show off my best culinary skills and create the most delicious food. Once the Eldest Prince takes a single bite, he’ll never forget me.’

’After we meet a few more times, I’m sure the Eldest Prince will start to develop feelings for me!’

But to enter the Kitchen King Competition, you needed to own a restaurant. Otherwise, you weren’t eligible.

The establishment could be large or small, but you had to have one. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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