Chapter 53 (1/2)

Chapter 53: The First Stage of the Mission

Nevertheless, the contents of the mission stunned Yuan Zhou.

“System, what kind of bloody mission is this?” Yuan Zhou asked helplessly in his heart as he raised his hand to hold his forehead.

The system read, “Since host has reached Level 2, the special staged mission to level up is officially opened.”

[Staged Mission 1] “Host, please close the restaurant down for three days starting from today.”

(Mission tips: As a candidate to be the next Master Chef, how could you not leave for our very own food trip? Go, young man, go wander the world.)

[Mission reward] Watermelon Juice Recipe

“System, I don’t actually like trips.” Yuan Zhou said with a firm tone, looking like a hard-working youth.

The system read, “The adventurous vibe of the host has already been exposed. There is no need to lie to yourself anymore. The staged mission can’t be rejected.”

Standing in front of the gates to the tax bureau in a daze seemed rather odd. Therefore, Yuan Zhou left with quick steps, preparing to hail a taxi. Along the way, he didn’t forget to refute the system.

“System, please don’t impose this adventurous vibe on me. This is presumably your own thoughts.”

Nevertheless, the system did not respond.

“Mister, take me to No.14 of Taoxi Road.” Yuan Zhou raised his arm and hailed a taxi. After telling the driver the destination, he began to hold his head as he seriously started to consider what excuse he would provide to close the restaurant.

Suddenly, he straightened his body, put down his hands, drew out the mobile phone from the pocket, and then started to look something up on the Internet.

“Zi liu”

“Here we are.” The driver didn’t talk much. After saying that, he waited silently for Yuan Zhou to pay the taxi fare.

“Thank you, mister.”

“Peng.” After paying the taxi fare, Yuan Zhou got off and headed into the restaurant from the back door again. As he passed by a pile of trash, the Maltese dog with mixed hair colors was still lying prone on the plastic bag, taking no notice of Yuan Zhou passing by.

Not until Yuan Zhou disappeared into the depths of the alley, did the lying prone dog idly raise the head and take a look.

With a sound of “zhi ya”, Yuan Zhou unlocked the back door and went inside. Suddenly, a blast of cool air wrapped around him. The smell of oil and smoke didn’t exist in his kitchen.

He ran up to the second floor in quick steps and opened the drawer of his bedside table. Inside the drawer were some remaining pieces of A4 paper. He picked up a ballpen and, with a flourish, wrote several large characters on the paper.

After leaving the restaurant by the back door arrogantly, Yuan Zhou gave 2RMB to a boy and told him to help paste this notice on the front door. Having glimpsed the notice on the door from a distance, he then prepared to find some place to eat. It was almost the time for lunch.

As to why he hadn’t gone to paste the notice in person, even Yuan Zhou himself probably understood. If his excuse was seen by his regular customers, he would probably end up in the hospital, eating in their cafeteria.

As he thought about that, Yuan Zhou couldn’t help giving himself a thumbs-up at his own intelligence.

……….

“Sister Ying, wait a moment.” The moment lunch time came, Gao Ying, who had eaten the Egg Fried Rice in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant once, left the office in a hurry. However, she was stopped by her colleague before she reached the elevator entrance.

Wearing her usual office-wear, Gao Ying turned around elegantly. She discovered it was the newly-hired girl from the human resource department, thus gently asked her, “What is the matter?”

“Thank you, Sister Ying. If it wasn’t for you this morning…” Before the girl had finished speaking, she was interrupted by Gao Ying

“Let’s talk while walking.” Gao Ying gestured at the girl to follow her pace.

“Oh, all right.” The girl’s name was Weiwei. She had a baby face and was an easy-going person.

Weiwei had barely graduated from university this year and this was yet her first job. She was a fast learner, sensible and obedient, but also a little impulsive. This morning, she made an error in a very important Excel chart. Fortunately, Gao Ying happened to check the chart when it was submitted to her and gave the girl a few words of advice.

“Let’s enter the elevator.” Gao Ying stepped into the elevator first, followed by the girl, just like a servant girl.

“Ok, let’s continue.” only when the elevator started did Gao Ying looked at Weiwei and then said.

“I just want to thank you, Sister Ying. If it was not for you, I would have been severely scolded today.” while saying that, Weiwei stuck her tongue out, giving off a youthful and pretty appearance.