Cub Raising Association

Chapter 12: Powerful backing?

It was time for the employees to eat and Xie Tao therefore had to reluctantly put the cub down. Just thinking about the fact that some days ago the cub was still in its egg, Xie Tao felt very uneasy and gave the cub one last glance.

As the others seemed to, unconsciously or not, distance themselves from this cub, Xie Tao had taken it upon himself to take proper care of him and he had unknowingly become somewhat overprotective.

According to Xia Qi, the cub was now free to move around outside the hatching room. But Xie Tao, as a human, had been very aware of how cold the weather recently had been and when he saw the cub, his first impulse was therefore to pick him up and use his own body temperature to warm him.

Sometimes when Xie Tao needed his hands free, he would even pull down the zipper on his jacket and place the Knox cub inside. It worked best if he sat down so after preparing the food, Xie Tao picked up the cub again and put him inside while he ate.

"We will get something delicious today, the investor and Vice President of our club has personally cooked. Let's just agree to not fight over the food this time." Xia Qi said this to everyone but it was mainly for Zarad, because among the employees, he was the only one who had not yet tasted Xie Tao's delicious cooking. Everyone else had already experienced it and was now a little more restrained.

Although Zarad had fixed his image a bit and didn't look as scary, he was still distant and quiet. He only nodded slightly when Xia Qi looked over at him and did not say anything.

As a former General, he had not lacked good food, he had once even spent tens of thousands on one dish containing the rare Golden Crab. However, he had also eaten a lot of "employee meals" with his solders and he knew not to expect too much. However he didn't say this out loud. Because, despite coming across as having no social skills, Zarad still had enough emotional intelligence to know not to express his rude thoughts.

After doing her announcement, Xia Qi disappeared into the kitchen. While waiting, Zarad went and sat down at the table, but suddenly he felt an entrancing smell. Xia Qi was walking towards them with the dishes and Zarad couldn't help but turn his head in her direction and follow the dishes with his eyes as they were placed on the table. Just looking at them instantly awoke his resting stomach and although he hadn't felt especially hungry before, he was now starving.

How could there be such a tempting fragrance? Zarad recognized the main ingredients used in the dishes, but feeling the scent he started to doubt his own senses.

He was so distracted by the food that he didn't even notice that the Knox cub was placed inside Xie Tao's jacket. In fact, his eyes never even left the food and he couldn't help but swallow.

The other people present were not surprised at seeing their new colleague in this state. Because, when they first ate the food made by the investor himself, they had been even more exaggerated than he was right now...

"If I can get such a staff meal every day, then I am even willing to work for free!" Feng Wenxian, who recently had become their accountant, said this very sincerely. Xia Qi had told him this morning that Xie Tao would cook and ever since he had this extreme craving, to the point of almost dying of longing.

Although their other new employee, Zheng Zhou, did not make a sound, his expression involuntarily revealed everything and one could see that he agreed to Feng Wenxian's statement.