Chapter 55 (1/2)

Chapter 55: Differences among Abalones

“Let’s do this. Yinyin, you check the internet and see if there is any kind of weird holiday tomorrow.” the man instructed after calming down.

The girl who kept checking the holidays turned out to be Yinyin. She then started searching for the information obediently just like she was told.

After being in a daze for a great while, Vice Division Chief Lee finally came around. He asked curiously, “Will the boss open the door later? What if he has escaped? I heard the dishes in this restaurant are fairly expensive.”

“Newcomers know nothing. With Boss Yuan’s culinary skills, it’s absolutely a waste if he doesn’t cook.” In other words, Yuan Zhou was nobody if he was not a chef.

The sentence was incisive and straightforward. Furthermore, many people agreed, nodding their heads.

Vice Division Chief Lee was finally convinced now. However, since the door wasn’t open yet, he couldn’t just go back and report that to his superior. Therefore, he asked again, “Will the boss open the restaurant today?”

“What kind of nonsense are you spouting? It probably won’t be open today.” the man’s answer was quite interesting. He first scorned Vice Division Chief Lee’s question, but the later part of his answer wasn’t certain as well. It seemed he also wished for the restaurant to be open today.

Vice Division Chief Lee couldn’t just stand here waiting the whole day. He thought for a while and decided to come for an inspection tomorrow morning, then give a more accurate report to his superior.

“I got it. I have searched quite a few times,” Yinyin said with an affirmative tone.

“So? Any other holidays tomorrow?” the man asked in a low voice.

“No, there won’t be any more odd holidays tomorrow.” With the way Yinyin spoke while gasping for breath, the people around would have strangled her if she wasn’t a girl.

“That’s great. With no holidays, let me see what excuse Boss Yuan can provide.” Hearing the good news, several people sighed in relieve. Afterward, they dispersed in twos and threes, preparing to come again tomorrow.

It turned out that they were still much too naïve. For the third day, Yuan Zhou took another approach in sticking the A4 paper on the wall. Therefore, Wu Hai, who had not gotten a decent meal these past two days, still didn’t manage to catch Yuan Zhou. The method used this time was simple and brutal.

Yuan Zhou just set his alarm clock to 2:00 a.m, then after getting up, he walked out to the front door secretly.

Who had ever admired the sky of Chengdu at 2 before dawn? At least before that day, Yuan Zhou hadn’t ever seen that. Now he could gaze at the sky to his heart’s content.

In the darkness of the night, the surroundings emitted a biting chill. The street lamps sparkled dimly along the road, giving off an indescribable atmosphere. Yuan Zhou had wore a jacket specifically, thus didn’t feel cool at all.

“Whoops! You really scared me.” Instantly, Yuan Zhou’s voice resounded across the empty street.

It was a dog lying prone at the entrance that frightened Yuan Zhou. Those glittering eyes in the dark surroundings formed a huge contrast. Even Yuan Zhou, that was usually courageous, was greatly startled.

The dog raised his head, glancing at Yuan Zhou, then lay back down, without making the slightest sound.

Yuan Zhou approached the dog and discovered it was the Maltese with mixed hair colors, which he fed with broth every day. It was lying still in the dark night with its shiny black eyes gazing around on high alert as if it were protecting something.

“What are you lying there for? Go to your own place.” Yuan Zhou clearly knew the restaurant was very safe and didn’t need any guarding. Nevertheless, he was still happy to see that scene.

He had never expected anything back from one he helped. Of course, if there was, he would be happy as well.

The Maltese turned its head back and looked at Yuan Zhou, with its distinctive style. It then continued to guard the restaurant alertly, ignoring Yuan Zhou.

“All right. You can sleep wherever you want.” Realizing that the dog wouldn’t obey him, he shrugged and stuck the notice onto the door. Wearing a pair of slippers, he then went back to his own bedroom with a swagger, preparing to get more sleep.

Without Yuan Zhou’s knowledge, the Maltese had been guarding the restaurant for many nights already.

The sky lit up with the morning rays of the sun. It was another sunny day. Having agreed beforehand to go together, several regular customers were walking towards the restaurant. When they saw a slip of paper pasted at a conspicuous place on the front door from a distance, they suddenly had a bad premonition, thus they ran up to check the content hurriedly.