Chapter 23 (2/2)

Yuan Zhou felt that the look was hilarious and also gave him an inexplicable sense of happiness.

“Cough Cough”

Yuan Zhou cleared his throat and then asked, “What’s the matter? What do you mean by saying ‘intentionally’?”

“Your set meal is so tasty. What shall I do in future? I can’t afford it with my salary. Don’t you think you are intentionally making me suffer?” With her beautiful almond-shaped eyes open wide, Yin Ya stared straight at Yuan Zhou and said.

“Never mind. You can come occasionally.” Yuan Zhou answered without any hesitation.

“Pu Chi”

The short-haired girl with brow-skimming bangs burst out laughing, being unable to hold herself back any longer, when she found that Yuan Zhou didn’t understand. Yin Ya, on the other hand, was ashamed and annoyed, she immediately said, “Never mind, never mind. It’s mainly because the dishes are so delicious.”

“Hurry up with your meal if it’s tasty. If you can’t finish, I can help you drink up the soup.” Yin Ya’s face suddenly said in a threatening tone as her face turned crimson.

“No thanks. The amount is not much. I can do it by myself.” The short-haired girl covered her dishes and slightly moved away from Yin Ya, making Yin Ya speechless.

While ignoring her, Yin Ya turned her head and asked Yuan Zhou, “Boss Yuan, since we are so familiar with each other, could you add some soup for me?”

Facing such a tiny request from a pretty girl, Yuan Zhou would have already agreed immediately if it was before, but now……

“No, I can’t. This is the rule of my restaurant.” Although Yuan Zhou refused her directly and decisively, he complained in the heart and couldn’t help asking the system.

“System, can’t the soup be provided separately?”

The system read, “Host, please work hard to upgrade your level.”

“…”

Ok, it’s fine. It was the standard and official answer. Judging by his appearance, Yuan Zhou seemed inflexible and serious, but only he himself knew the actual situation in his heart.

“Boss Yuan, if you act that way, you’ll probably lose me as a client.” Yin Ya was truly annoyed this time.

No matter what, she was still a pretty girl wooed by many men. Even men who didn’t know her would hesitate to reject her request, not to mention she frequently came here for meals. Furthermore, she also helped bring about so many guests. Although they came because of the tasty Egg Fried Rice, she felt she also made some contributions.

However, Yuan Zhou’s current decisive refusal made Yin Ya feel that he was a super demon, just like the one with the surname Grandet (Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac).

Yuan Zhou couldn’t say anything facing such situation, merely looking at Yin Ya silently.

When Yin Ya found Yuan Zhou didn’t answer her, instead staring at herself in silence, she could only retreat in defeat.

“Hum!!! I’m leaving”, said she.

Then she took her handbag and left, not even waiting for her colleagues that came along with her.

“Boss Yuan, only you could have done it! You can even refuse a pretty girl’s request and remain calm. Really cool.” A young man with a pair of glasses sitting at the very end made a thumb-up gesture to Yuan Zhou and said in an admirable tone.

“You still dare to say that to Boss Yuan. Why didn’t you go up and try to please her just now?” A slightly older man in a suit said sneeringly, pointing at the young man’s very clean soup bowl.

“Aha, I am offering an opportunity to Boss Yuan to show off in front of the beautiful girl.” The young man with glasses spoke shamelessly.

“Ok, everybody, let’s leave quickly. You see, many people are waiting for the seats.” After drinking the last spoonful of soup, the short-haired girl said.

Indeed, as it was the rush hour, the three available seats had already been taken by others while other guests had to wait outside.

This was almost an impossible occurrence in reality. A small restaurant which served only Egg Fried Rice, and with only 8 seats, furthermore with two flower racks taking up space that could have been used to add more seats, a small restaurant that didn’t provide take-aways, even if you brought a bowl yourself; moreover, this small restaurant refused all the customers’ request for another serving, finally, under all these circumstances, the Egg Fried Rice here was sold at a surprising 188 RMB per serving.

Gradually, Yuan Zhou’s small nameless restaurant received some fame around the neighborhood. Just at that time, Yuan Zhou received his 3rd mission.