The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 538 Master of Dreams
Qin Huai decided to give all employees of Yunzhong Canteen a day off the day after tomorrow to go to the amusement park for team building. Those who wanted to go could sign up, and those who didn't could take the day off on their own. The news spread like wildfire throughout every corner of the canteen.

Everyone is naturally happy to have a holiday, not to mention that Qin Huai's holiday is paid, and team building activities are optional.

Qinhuai's team building approach is also very simple and straightforward: they directly distribute amusement park tickets, with each person allowed a maximum of two tickets—making it convenient for employees to bring their children to the amusement park together.

The tickets are valid for one month, so Qin Huai's team building event was theoretically a team building event, but in reality it was just giving employees amusement park tickets and a day off.

As for the tickets... of course, Ouyang got them.

Qin Huai had reason to suspect that the Ouyang family owned shares in the amusement park; otherwise, it would be difficult to explain how Ouyang's parents could obtain so many monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual, and single-day passes. This time, when Qin Huai asked Ouyang for so many tickets, Ouyang didn't accept any money, but rather wringed his hands and asked if he could have some snacks instead.

Qin Huai readily agreed to his good friend's small request. So, the day before the team-building event, Ouyang Xiong proudly carried ten bags of locust flower steamed buns home, becoming the most dazzling figure at the family gathering.

Although the team building activities have not yet started, all the staff of Yunzhong Canteen already feel that Qin Huai's team building activities have been very successful, and no one has any objections.

The diners were quite opposed, and so was the owner of the convenience store across from Yunzhong Community. The convenience store owner could only sell an extra hundred or two hundred yuan worth of breakfast if Yunzhong Canteen closed for a day, but the price was missing out on Chef Qin's breakfasts and snacks for an entire day!

Unfortunately, there was no use in objecting; the cafeteria's holiday was a done deal. In addition to the team building event at the Yunzhong Cafeteria, there was another crucial team building event to be held in Qinhuai, which could not be changed.
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Sunday is a wonderful day.

Even the most demanding 996 jobs get a day off on Sundays. High schools with heavy workloads at least give students half a day off on Sundays. Sundays are also the busiest days of the week for amusement parks. While sometimes too many people make the park less fun, too few people also make it less enjoyable. Amusement parks are truly complex places; they can be fun in any situation, and they can also be not fun in any situation.

This theory applies to many people participating in team building activities today.

For Qin Luo, Sunday at the amusement park was incredibly fun.

For Qin Luo, being able to come to the amusement park on a weekend outside of summer or winter vacations was like money falling from the sky. In fact, money might actually fall from the sky, but that didn't necessarily mean he could come to the amusement park.

Qin Luo was almost ecstatic.

In preparation for her trip to the amusement park on Sunday, she didn't even sneak onto her phone on Saturday night, and actually went to bed before midnight to recharge. The next morning, even though Qin Huai didn't make her breakfast, she got up early and went to the convenience store across from the neighborhood to buy a big bag of snacks, including two one-liter bottles of iced tea.

All I can say is that this unfortunate kid may not be good at studying, but he's really strong, willing to carry such a heavy bag of snacks around the amusement park.

In stark contrast to Qin Luo is Luo Jun.

Since Qin Huai could probably guess Bi Fang's mood—having to get up at 7 a.m., go to the amusement park in a wheelchair, and rush to enter the park just before it opened at 9 a.m.—he deliberately didn't have Cairo Jun's double R today and handed over this difficult driving task to Chen Gong.

Qin Huai drove Chen Huihong's younger brother, Chen Yingjun's Bentley, to take Ouyang, Qin Luo, and An Youyou to the amusement park.

Throughout the journey, Qin Luo generously shared the snacks she had bought with her allowance, recommending them to Ouyang and An Youyou. Ouyang and Qin Luo didn't stand on ceremony; Qin Luo didn't even have to pay for lemon tea at Ouyang's shop, so what was wrong with Yang-ge eating Qin Luo's potato chips?
An Youyou was very reserved at first. Qin Luo was not only the boss's sister but also younger than her, so An Youyou was embarrassed to eat the snacks that Qin Luo had bought.

Despite her embarrassment, An Youyou couldn't resist Qin Luo's relentless recommendations. Qin Luo had always been a very generous child; aside from not sharing the pastries Qin Huai made (there wasn't enough for him to eat), he didn't care about anything else.

To get An Youyou to eat a few more bites, Qin Luo practically stuffed potato chips, chocolate, lollipops, and wafers into her mouth. Qin Huai watched Qin Luo's actions of trying to stuff snacks into An Youyou's mouth through the rearview mirror and thought that the two of them were indeed siblings from different fathers and mothers. Qin Huai did almost the same thing when he stuffed potato dumplings into Zhao Cheng'an's mouth.

When Qin Huai's car arrived at the amusement park parking lot after a day of eating and drinking, and everyone got off with satisfied burps, a fierce battle was raging in Luo Jun's car, with the flames of war spreading from the car all the way to the parking lot.

Qin Huai heard Luo Jun's angry curses almost as soon as he got out of the car.

"Chen Huihong, are you out of your mind? I told you I haven't finished watching my TV series and don't want to come to the amusement park, but you insisted. What am I supposed to do at an amusement park? Roller coasters, drop towers, pirate ships? Are there any rides I can even ride? Can you push a wheelchair? If you can't, find someone else!"

"Oh, it's all about participation. Luo Jun, you don't have much time left, so don't be so angry. Didn't you have a lot of fun at the amusement park last time? Even though you didn't get to ride the last ride, it was still enjoyable to be out with everyone, stroll around the amusement park, have someone push your wheelchair, and breathe in the fresh air!" Chen Huihong said confidently, her face clearly showing that she was genuinely concerned for Luo Jun. This was how we plant spirits expressed our care.

“Everyone is here this time, and Jingjing even took a day off. It’s not good for you to fall behind and stay home watching TV.”

"You agree, right, Xiao Zhou?"

For some reason, Zhou Hu appeared in the parking lot with an extremely obsequious smile. He first gave Luo Jun an obsequious smile, then gave Chen Huihong an obsequious smile. His once handsome face instantly transformed into that of a cunning villain.

“Sister Hong, the TV series that Mr. Luo has been watching recently is really good. I watched it too, and it’s very addictive. I stayed up until 2 a.m. the other day and my head hurt when I went to work the next day. It’s understandable that Mr. Luo wants to stay at home and watch TV.”

“Mr. Luo, what Sister Hong said actually makes sense. You don’t usually go out much, so it’s nice to have a chance to go out for a stroll now and then, and to have someone accompany you. Weren’t you dissatisfied with all 19 versions of the funeral hall decorations we came up with? You always felt something was missing, which is quite common. Our clients often feel that something is missing is a lack of inspiration. This trip to the amusement park might be the opportunity, and maybe you’ll know what’s missing after you go back.”

A master of keeping things balanced.

Just as Qin Huai finished sighing in his heart, Zhou Hu's eyes lit up when he saw Qin Huai paying the final payment, and he strode towards Qin Huai.

"Master Qin, it's been a long time! I've been wanting to chat with you for a while, but I heard you've been busy developing new desserts. I always see you working in the kitchen when I pass by Yunzhong Canteen, but I've been too embarrassed to bother you. Today I've finally found a chance to talk to you!"

Qin Huai was taken aback by Zhou Hu's words. Since that trip to the funeral home to check out the site, Qin Huai hadn't seen Zhou Hu again, having been engrossed in making pastries. The two hadn't chatted on WeChat either. Recently, Qin Huai had been so absorbed in making locust flower pastries that he had even forgotten to like Zhou Hu's posts on WeChat Moments. He hadn't expected that Zhou Hu had even visited the Cloud Canteen.

"Planner Zhou, you've been to the Cloud Cafeteria before?" Qin Huai asked.

Zhou Hu switched from a fawning smile to a warm one: "I've been to Mr. Luo's house with the actors of the opera troupe. Your pastries are absolutely amazing. Every time I go to Mr. Luo's house, I have to buy a few pastries from the canteen. Sometimes I miss them terribly if I don't come for a few days."

"I mainly wanted to talk to you, Master Qin..."

Luo Jun's impatient voice interrupted Zhou Hu: "Aren't we going to the amusement park? Today's activity is just chatting in the amusement park parking lot? It's already 8:55, aren't we supposed to enter the park by 9 o'clock?"

"Why hasn't Qu Jing's car arrived yet? Is there another traffic jam? Why is there traffic wherever Qu Jing goes lately?"

Since Luo Jun had spoken, no one waited for Qu Jing's car in the parking lot. After all, respect for the dead is paramount. Although Luo Jun wasn't dead yet, he was close to it, and everyone showed the respect due to the circumstances.

Qin Luo even brought over some snacks for Luo Jun to choose from, and enthusiastically asked, "Grandpa Luo, would you like some iced tea?"

Luo Jun: ...

Luo Jun could only say with a straight face, "I won't drink."

Would you like some soda crackers, chocolate, potato chips, or rice crackers?

"...I won't eat it."

"Okay, just let me know if you want anything to eat, and I'll get it for you!" Qin Luo ran off happily, feeling that today was another day of respecting her elders. "Brother, let's go ride the roller coaster later! I think this amusement park is really great; the lines for the roller coasters are hardly any. I want to ride it six times today!"

Qin Luo's cheerful voice echoed in the parking lot.

Ouyang, who had been following behind Qin Luo, stopped silently upon hearing Qin Luo's words and considered sneaking into Chen Huihong's group. Compared to riding the roller coaster six times, Ouyang thought pushing Luo Jun's wheelchair was a better option.

"Bringing Luo Luo to the amusement park really takes a lot of courage!" Ouyang exclaimed, his voice trembling.

Qin Huai nodded in agreement, and at the same time showed Ouyang with his actions that as Qin Luo's older brother, he never fought an unprepared battle, and that he was not here at the amusement park to die.

Qin Huai looked at the somewhat reserved An Youyou, smiled kindly at her, and then called out loudly to Qin Luo: "Luo Luo, don't run so fast. Come here, I have something to tell you."

Qin Luo quickly and happily ran back with the bag of snacks.

"This is Youyou's first time at an amusement park. Among all of us, you and Youyou are the closest in age. Luoluo, I have a task for you today. How about you take Youyou to the amusement park for a day?"

Qin Luo readily agreed: "Okay!"

Then, very familiarly, he grabbed An Youyou and started running forward, saying as he ran, "Sister Youyou, let me tell you, you absolutely have to ride the roller coaster when you come to the amusement park! Normally, you have to rush to grab a spot on the roller coaster as soon as the park opens so you don't have to wait in line. I'll take you there later, and we'll sit in the first row. The first row is the most fun!"

Qin Huai felt that he should be able to leave the amusement park alive today. All he had to do now was ensure that An Youyou could also leave the amusement park alive.

The group walked to the entrance and queued up, arriving exactly at 9 o'clock. The amusement park was indeed doing brisk business on Sunday; Qin Huai and his companions waited in line for five or six minutes just to get in.

Because Chen Huihong was pushing Luo Jun, an elderly woman living alone, she received preferential treatment while queuing and used the green channel. Many tourists, seeing that Luo Jun was so old and in a wheelchair still wanted to come to the amusement park, exclaimed that Luo Jun truly loved coming to the amusement park, even with her physical condition.

Taking advantage of Luo Jun using the fast lane, Qin Huai quickly asked Shi Dadan, "How is Mr. Luo feeling today?"

Shi Dadan thought for a moment: "On the way here, I basically used the phrase 'Chen Huihong, are you sick?' as a comma."

Qin Huai nodded, which meant he was in a good mood.

"Qin Huai, why did you suddenly decide to bring everyone to the amusement park today? Is there some kind of mission?" Shi Dadan asked.

"No mission." Qin Huai shook his head. "I just think amusement parks are fun and relaxing. I've been in a good mood lately and wanted to invite everyone to come out and have some fun."

“I had originally thought about organizing a volunteer trip to the welfare home where Director Qu works, but Mr. Luo definitely wouldn’t go to the welfare home. He’s more likely to come to the amusement park.”

Shi Dadan revealed a look of sudden realization: "I also think coming to the amusement park is great. I thought it was really fun when I came to the amusement park last time."

Qin Huai: ? Did you play last time, Lao Shi?

Qin Huai vaguely remembered that the last time Shi Dadan came to the amusement park, he followed behind everyone, helping to carry things, and didn't ride many of the rides.

"That's...that's great! Old Shi, are you coming with us on the roller coaster later?"

Shi Dadan: "...No, I don't like riding roller coasters."

Qin Huai felt like he was just making small talk and wanted to say something to make up for it when Zhou Hu suddenly jumped over and asked, "Master Qin, is it convenient for us to chat?"

Shi Dadan wisely stepped aside.

"What is it?" Qin Huai asked.

He sensed that Zhou Hu was about to discuss serious matters, as Zhou Hu's expression was quite serious, without any obsequiousness.

"Well, I have a side job, I don't know if you're familiar with it, Master Qin. While I'm working in the funeral service industry, I also have a small side job doing feng shui."

"Have heard a little bit."

"Mr. Xu Tuqiang is a regular customer at your cafeteria, isn't he?"

"Correct."

“It’s like this,” Zhou Hu said in a low voice, “Could you give Mr. Xu Tuqiang a chance and let him sit in the kitchen and have some snacks?”

Qin Huai: ?
“I know this request may seem strange and abrupt. I don’t really understand why Mr. Xu Tuqiang is so insistent on sitting in the kitchen to eat snacks, but I’m really afraid he’ll be deceived.”

“At the beginning of this year, I was a little short of money, and I sold dozens of lucky charms at 500 yuan each. Most people buy charms for peace of mind, but Mr. Xu Tuqiang seems to really believe in them. He now firmly believes that the lucky charms I sell are effective and wants to spend tens of thousands of yuan to buy another one with even better effects so that he can sit in the kitchen and eat.”

"You may not understand people of Mr. Xu Tuqiang's age. They are very stubborn at this age, only believing in what they believe in, and they won't turn back until they hit a wall. Sometimes, even if they know they may be deceived, they will still be stubborn and will not hesitate to go bankrupt for the sake of face and what they firmly believe in."

“I’m really worried that he won’t be able to buy a lucky charm from me and will be scammed by other people in the same industry.”

"Could I offer Mr. Xu Tuqiang 5000 yuan to buy him a seat in the kitchen so he can have a meal there once?"

Zhou Hu pleaded.

Qin Huai: ...

What's the situation?
Fortune tellers expose frauds online and spend huge sums of money to help believers fulfill their dreams.

"Planner Zhou, wait a minute, my mind's a bit muddled right now." Qin Huai was a little confused. "Let's put aside the fact that you ate in the kitchen for now, but can I ask why?"

"Why would you pay 5000 yuan to have Grandpa Xu eat in the kitchen?"

"Didn't you only sell that talisman for 500?"

Zhou Hu: ?
Is this the point?
(End of this chapter)