11 Chapter 11: The Herbal Shop turns to a Restaurant? (2/2)

This made Scarlet frown even more and tears slowly crept through her cheeks. She felt extremely touched and at the same time felt extremely useless. Seeing this, Dylan understood and crouched to level his face with Scarlet's beautiful petite face.

”You don't have to feel that way. Why don't you help me in preparing the tables? I would hire you as a waitress but you're still too small. So if you want to help, why don't you be a dishwasher instead? When you grow up about 14 or 16, I'll let you be the waitress then. Would that be okay?” Dylan knew what she was feeling. Taking care of her by his own all these years, made him understand Scarlet like the back of his hand.

”Okay.” Scarlet's face brightened as she heard this and smiled beautifully.Although she did not like doing the dishes, but that was the least thing she could do right now with her age.

”So eat up. So you could have the energy to do the dishes all day.” Dylan said.

”Right!” Scarlet nodded.

They entered the Gardenford Restaurant and Dylan cooked a meal for Scarlet. Scarlet waited for a bit before she was served a sumptuous buffet breakfast. They sat on a table set near the cooking platform.

”Yummy! I'm sure big brother Dylan's food will be liked by a lot of people.” Scarlet happily assessed Dylan's cooking while she gobbled the entire meal prepared for her by Dylan. Dylan sat across her and smiled while he finished his meal.

After eating breakfast, Scarlet cleaned the table and washed the dishes while Dylan set up the cooking equipment's he need on the cooking platform. It was around 8 in the morning the time where people would it breakfast at and thus was also when Dylan commenced his cooking and officially opened the Gardenford Restaurant.

”Let the games begin.” Dylan smirked as he proceeded to cooking his warm-up dishes.

”If my conjecture is correct, the promised time of the old lady would be.... NOW!” Several moments later, a group of 9 people was walking at the road leading to Dylan's Shop.

”Grandma, where are we going?” A five year old boy asked her grandmother who was the elderly woman who drank the tea Dylan prepared and promised to bring her family with her.

”Dear, we are going to a place where good tea is brewed and good snack is served.” the grandmother replied.

”Then why are we going to the direction of that broken down shop, mother?” A middle-aged man seemingly the father of the five year old boy spoke to his mother.

”Oh, because that was the place where I drank that tea and ate that good bread.” The old lady replied.

”What? That place is a place where a wastrel of business resides!” The middle-aged man disdainfully said.

”Calm down, dear.” A mature beauty spoke to calm his husband.

”Ugh, okay.” The middle-aged man grunted.

”Why don't we make a bet, oh dear son of mine?” The old lady challenged her son.

”What bet?” The middle-aged man asked.

”If you like that man's cooking, you are to apologize in front of him but if you don't, I would apologize to you that I ever brought you here.” The old lady explained the stakes.

”Why should I?” The middle-aged man clearly was not interested in such a bet.

”I will give you your father's last spirit stone if you win.” The old lady taunted.

”Mother, stop it please.” The wife pleaded.

”It's okay, dear.” The old lady faintly smiled

”What?! Are you certain, mother?” The middle-aged man asked for reassurance as his fists tightened. A spirit stone would enable him to advance in cultivation by leaps and bounds.

”Yes.” The old lady calmly said.

”Then, I hope you would not renege on your promise, mother.” The middle aged man grinned

”Of course.” The old lady confidently said.

”I was thinking of ways to make you give it to me. I did not expect you to gift it to me like this, haha-” the middle-aged man stopped midway as he saw something he never expected.

As they approach the store, the middle aged man was shocked by what he saw. It was a garden like place and everything was warm and pleasant. It was like a mini paradise garden. He was getting increasingly stunned as he saw a young man atop a platform cooking something that exuded a fragrance that could calm anyone's nerves.

He knew who he was, he was Dylan Ford the owner of that broken down herbal shop. He was more shocked by what he read in front of the platform, ”Gardenford Restaurant”.

”This-this” the middle-aged man was speechless. Because he knew that this place was originally a broken down shop and now... it turned to a paradise restaurant!

The young man saw them walking and greeted the 9 of them.

”Welcome to the Gardenford Restaurant, dear customers. I hope you enjoy yourselves dining here.” Dylan spoke with his calm face and signature faint smile hanging on his handsome face as he exuded a warm and gentle aura that welcomed all.