Chapter 75 (1/2)

Chapter 75: How to Court Death

“But I want to be paid on a daily basis. Is that alright?” the youth called Mu Jieyun asked shyly.

“No problem. Remember to get a health certificate.” Yuan Zhou readily agreed to his request and conveniently reminded him that a health certificate was required for all workers working in the food and beverage industry.

“Thank you, boss, I will. I’m going to get it right now.” An obvious look of joy appeared on Mu Jieyun’s delicate face.

“Ok, go ahead.” Yuan Zhou had maintained a manner of aloofness all along. He felt that his idea was not bad, the aloof manner suited him better.

“Dong Dong Dong Dong”, the youth ran away happily.

“Speaking of which, the youth seems to be underage,” Wu Hai reminded him helplessly.

“Never mind. Summer vacation is coming soon. A summer job can be considered training.” Of course, Yuan Zhou could see that this boy, Mu Jieyun, was only a youth, but summer jobs didn’t care about such little details.

“Aren’t you recruiting a long term worker?” Wu Hai was bewildered.

It was more stable for Yuan Zhou’s small restaurant to recruit a long term, full-time worker. Wasn’t it quite troublesome to constantly change workers?

“It doesn’t matter. I like him.” Yuan Zhou looked at Wu Hai. His gaze was saying, “why haven’t you left?”.

“Ok. You go ahead being capricious. I’m leaving,” Wu Hai said helplessly.

“Humm, good bye.” As soon as Wu Hai went out of the restaurant, Yuan Zhou shut the door down.

……….

Early next morning, Mu Xiaoyun had arrived at the entrance of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant by 6:45 a.m. There were not many people on the empty street and the stores were all basically closed. Arriving at the entrance, she found the Maltese with mixed fur colors lying there quietly and watching her with its alert eyes.

“Ah, you startled me.” Mu Xiaoyun patted her bosom and retreated a few steps under the threat of the Maltese.

“Is this dog raised by the boss? Why didn’t my brother tell me?” while murmuring in low voice, she stood near the entrance, waiting for Yuan Zhou to open the door.

That’s right, Mu Xiaoyun was the younger sister of Mu Jieyun and was only 16 years old. Her brother had begged her to come here. As for Mu Jieyun, he was truly courting death.

Yuan Zhou had actually already got up since he had decided to make the Soup Dumplings in the morning. He didn’t expect it was a cute girl, rather than her brother—Mu Jieyun, that came to work. Mu Xiaoyun arrived so early that Yuan Zhou was still kneading dough at that time.

15 minutes later, Yuan Zhou dusted his hands covered with flour and washed them clean in the kitchen sink. Then, he went up to open the door.

With a “Hua La” sound, the door was opened. The Maltese with mixed fur colors then stood up and walked away leisurely. Nevertheless, nervousness was written all over Mu Xiaoyun’s delicate and childish face.

As soon as the door was opened, Yuan Zhou only found a girl who appeared to be 15 or 16 years old on the empty street. She had a shoulder-length hair with the ends slightly curled. Her bangs covered the small and exquisite face, making it appear even more adorable. She was dressed in a bright yellow one-piece dress revealing her white calves in the air. The girl unconsciously lowered her shoulders when she saw the boss Yuan Zhou come out.

“Who are you?” Yuan Zhou maintained his aloof manner and asked with puzzlement.

“Uh, I’m sorry, boss. Something happened to my brother, thus he was unable to come. I’m here to replace him.” The girl tightly held a corner of her dress sheepishly, a faint blush suffusing her white cheeks.

Yuan Zhou still maintained his expressionless face and looked at the big loli in front of him.

“The loli looks cute and her voice is also soft.” However, Yuan Zhou still had a headache as he didn’t expect his newly-recruited waiter would be absent on the first day.

“By the way, I’m Mu Jieyun’s younger sister, Mu Xiaoyun. Boss, can I replace my brother and work here?” Mu Xiaoyun’s face became even more flushed. The sentence that was said uneasily even trembled towards the end.

Mu Xiaoyun uneasily held onto her dress tightly with her hands and thought in her heart anxiously, “The boss looks so scary with his stone-cold expression.”

While she was in fear and trembling, almost as if she would run away at any moment, Yuan Zhou opened his mouth. “Come on in.”

“Ah? Can I? Thank you boss.” Mu Xiaoyun stood there in a daze for a few seconds and then jumped up happily. The soft hair at the back of her head danced with the little loli jumping up and down, just Mu Xiaoyun’s mood.