Chapter 77 (1/2)

Chapter 77: Mu Xiaoyun and Mu Jieyun

Among the one hour, Mu Xiaoyu actually did no more than 10 minutes of work. She was attending to the customers for the rest of the time, since hiring an obviously underage little loli to work as a waitress would stir up the customer’s curiosity.

Once time was up, Yuan Zhou started his everyday reminder. “Hey, guys. Business hour is up.”

“We know, we know. No wonder Boss Yuan is called Compass. He doesn’t even give us an extra minute.” a female customer dressed in a business suit said in a teasing tone.

“Exactly. It’s always the same every day. One hour is exactly one hour. Even one more minute won’t work.” a man seated beside her chimed in.

“Please come back again.” Yuan Zhou uttered those words with a stony expression. If anyone did that in an ordinary restaurant, no one would bother replying with that long face. However, Yuan Zhou was different. He had superb culinary skills and thus, was allowed to be capricious. The customers would, instead, feel that he has a unique personality and sticked to his principles. Those who could insist on their principles were admirable people.

After all customers left, Mu Xiaoyun stayed behind and bowed towards Yuan Zhou, beginning to apologize.

“Boss, I’m really sorry.” In her heart, she felt ashamed of thinking Yuan Zhou to be a swindler at the beginning and the helplessness just now at being unable to serve the dishes.

“Never mind. It will be a little busier during noontime and in the evening.” Yuan Zhou actually paid little attention to that.

“Ok. Thank you, boss.” The moodiness of little girls come by quickly and leave quickly as well, making them appear rather cute.

When her mood returned to normal, Mu Xiaoyun looked back and forth between Yuan Zhou and the place where Yuan Zhou brought out the steamers with her dark, watery eyes. She secretly swallowed her sliava.

“Boss, are the Soup Dumplings really that delicious?”. The desire and curiosity in Mu Xiaoyun’s eyes almost overflowed, but she still restrained them and managed to ask.

“Yes, I have pretty decent culinary skills.” Yuan Zhou gave her an affirmative answer.

“But didn’t you say that you provide 100 servings every day? I counted just now and it was only 98 servings in all.” Mu Xiaoyun asked curiously.

“Yeap, I ate the remaining 2 servings.” Having captured the eager look in the eyes of the loli, Yuan Zhou, nevertheless, maintained his composure and said that.

“Oh.” Though the words “I want to taste it, too” were written throughout her face, Mu Xiaoyun could only respond in a low voice when she saw that Yuan Zhou had no intention of letting her eat it.

As a matter of fact, Mu Xiaoyun didn’t wanna take advantage of Yuan Zhou at all. It was merely the blissful and contented expression on every customer’s face and the fragrance of the Soup Dumplings constantly drifting about around her that caused Mu Xiaoyun to swallow no less than 1 kilogram of saliva the whole morning.

If she had enough money in her pocket, she would have already bought one for a taste. What exactly was the taste like to make these customers willingly wait there?

“You come over at around 11:00 and 12:00. Remember to finish your lunch before returning,” Yuan Zhou softly told her.

“Sure! Thank you for your kind reminding, boss.” Mu Xiaoyun took one last look at the emerald green steamer before turning around and leaving.

“Seems troublesome. Who knows if the little loli can persist.” watching Mu Xiaoyun walking further and further away, Yuan Zhou said to himself.

“Forget it. Let’s wait and see.” With a “hua la” sound, he shut the door and prepared to forget about these annoying affairs.

While heading upstairs to the second floor for a rest, Yuan Zhou tapped open the mission and checked its status.

[Second Stage of the Mission] Working hard to get at least one hundred regular customers

(Mission Tip, “An excellent restaurant should have at least 100 regular customers. Only those who enter the restaurant and eat dishes at least 8 times per month can be considered as regular customers.)

[Mission Reward] A chance at the lottery to gain part of a cuisine’s recipe

(Mission status, 96/100)

“That is pretty fast. Soon, I will know what the cuisine is.” While stroking his chin, Yuan Zhou wondered curiously.