Chapter 37 (1/2)

Chapter 37: Increasing Living Expenses

“Boss Yuan, you are finally open.”

“Why weren’t you opening this in the morning?”

“You didn’t open the restaurant this morning. Can I order the Soup Dumplings now?”

Before Yuan Zhou could say anything, several people entered the restaurant together, hurling questions all at once towards him.

“Sweetie, let’s sit here.” Wu Zhou swiftly grabbed two seats at the end of the table while guiding his girlfriend.

“It’s indeed a small restaurant. There are only 8 chairs.” Zhuang Xinmu had been looking around the restaurant ever since she entered.

There were only 3 words to describe it, small, simple and ordinary.

Zhuang Xinmu didn’t realize the extraordinary price until she noticed the price list on the wall.

Did the boss assume his small restaurant was a Star Hotel? Egg Fried Rice for 188RMB and an Egg Fried Rice Set for 288RMB. Zhuang Xinmu only wanted to spit on the face of the boss whom she believed to be greedy and devious.

She ground her teeth and asked Wu Zhou while violently pinching his arm, “Do you often have meals in this restaurant?”

Her manner indicated that as long as Wu Zhou dared to say yes, she would tear him apart.

“Honey, let’s eat first. You’ll understand when you taste it. Do trust me.” Wu Zhou knew that no matter how he explained to her, she would never accept the unreasonable price.

He could only persuade her first. As long as she took a bite, she would definitely understand.

“Humph, it had better be like what you described.” She sniffed and let go of Wu Zhou temporarily. Zhuang Xinmu still treated her boyfriend with respect as they were outside, but had already prepare to cruelly “torture” him when they returned home. She had a terrible impression towards this restaurant.

Even after being questioned by all those hungry people, Yuan Zhou merely stood there calmly, as if lost in meditations.

Not until all those questions were unified into one, “Boss Yuan, why didn’t you open the restaurant in the morning?” did he answer calmly, “Because I overslept.”

It was lucky that Wu Hai had already left after his meal, lucky that these few people only waited a short while, and lucky that those who had waited for ages haven’t come yet. Otherwise, with his lackadaisical answer, Yuan Zhou would have been torn apart by those customers.

“Boss Yuan, do you know you’ll lose customers if you act like this?”

“Do you know that this is not right?”

“Could you please at least act like you are running a business? You should get up early to open the restaurant!”

These few customers fell silent for a while and then suddenly started talking angrily, all complaining at once.

“Well, what would you like to eat today?” Yuan Zhou pretended that he didn’t hear the complaints, and stiffly changed the topic.

“Boss Yuan, you are too much. I request double servings for my Egg Fried Rice to make up for my wounded heart.” Several people started making requests upon realizing that Yuan Zhou did not care.

Yes, that was right. All their previous seriousness was merely an act with the aim of obtaining an extra serving of Egg Fried Rice.

As for their declarations of never coming again, let’s talk about it when they lost all of their 5 senses.

Having watched the entire scene, Zhuang Xinmu had an even worse impression of Yuan Zhou, which dropped by several points. On the other hand, she had also gotten curious. To her surprise, all these people’s complaints and questions were merely for another serving of Egg Fried Rice. She felt that this was quite unbelievable.

“No,” Yuan Zhou mercilessly refused the reasonable request again and furthermore added cruelly, “Other customers have begun to wait for the seats outside.”

Those few people complaining looked at Yuan Zhou. Their eyes were saying “You are so merciless, shameless and unreasonable”.

Yuan Zhou’s expression didn’t have the slightest change, still remaining calm like usual.

“Egg Fried Rice Set…”

These people were defeated by Yuan Zhou’s usual expression, therefore they compromised and just ordered their meal.

“Boss Yuan, please give us two servings of Egg Fried Rice Set too,” When Yuan Zhou glanced towards Wu Zhou, the latter immediately said.

Yuan Zhou nodded his head and began to prepare the dishes.

“An Egg Fried Rice is fine. The set is a 100 RMB more expensive,” Zhuang Xinmu said discontentedly.