Chapter 103 (1/2)

Chapter 103: Odd

“But I took you here, didn’t I?” the grandpa revealed a proud expression, feeling that he had good taste.

The two old men, who seemed to become more childish as their age increased, walked out of the restaurant while debating.

………

As usual, the restaurant was crowded with customers and many more were waiting in line outside at 8:00 in the evening. However, Yuan Zhou didn’t seem to have any intentions of driving them away. Instead, he summoned Mu Xiaoyun to him.

“You can go back now.” While saying that, Yuan Zhou handed a 100 RMB note to her.

“But I worked for only three hours today. I can’t accept this.” Mu Xiaoyun was also a girl of principle.

“As long as it is caused by me, whatever the reason that prevents you from working for less than 6 hours, I will still pay you as was agreed before. This is my principle,” Yuan Zhou said earnestly, not allowing any sort of refusal.

“But…” before Mu Xiaoyun finished her words, she was again interrupted by Yuan Zhou.

“Go back now.”

Then Yuan Zhou turned around and said to the customers waiting outside, “The restaurant will be open for business until 11:00 at night today.”

“Gee? How comes Boss Yuan increased the opening hours all of sudden?” a man at the head of the line asked in surprise.

“Not really. He didn’t open the restaurant during the daytime, thus is probably making up for the loss of time at night.” a girl standing behind him speculated calmly.

“Anyway, we can finally eat delicious dishes tonight.” Obviously, this was a customer who merely waited for his food regardless of whatever reason.

“Yeah, exactly.” more people behind him chimed in.

“Boss Yuan, you’ve changed a lot. You increased the opening hours so unexpectedly.” Wang Anlu, the chief of the sales department who hadn’t been here in a while, said ironically.

“What do you want to eat today?” However, Yuan Zhou never responded to such teasing. On the contrary, he directly got to the main point.

“Boss Yuan, you can’t do things this way.” Wang Anlu wasn’t actually choked by Yuan Zhou’s aloof manner. He shook his head and said while pretending to be serious.

“Why can’t he?” Even though Yuan Zhou wasn’t interested in this matter but someone else was. For example, Ling Hong.

“Just take a look at Boss Yuan’s appearance. We all know, his culinary skills are undoubtedly perfect but his character is truly rigid. In that case, I’m worrying that his appearance will seem to be even older than his actual age.” Wang Anlu explained seriously as if he had analyzed everything quite reasonably.

“So you have a girlfriend, right?” Yuan Zhou asked straightforwardly.

“We are talking about you. Why are you mentioning about me now.” Wang Anlu tried to evade this question.

“I have much interest in that.” Crossing his arms against the chest, Yuan Zhou showed an earnest expression on his face.

“Wu, tell us.” Ling Hong nodded, indicating he likewise agreed. This fellow was the kind of a person who liked to watch the fun. The merrier, the better.

“Boss Yuan, I’ve chosen my dishes. Please cook for me one serving of Melt-In-The-Mouth Chicken Feet and Egg Fried Rice,” Wang Anlu pretended not having heard Yuan Zhou and began to order his dishes immediately.

“Alright.” Yuan Zhou raised his eyebrows and stopped questioning him. He then went to prepare and cook the dishes.

It had been quite some time since Yuan Zhou opened the restaurant until so late last time. To his surprise, the business at night was much better than during the daytime. Some people even called more of their friends to come over.

In just one night, the percentage of mission completed increased a lot.

For the next consecutive days, the business of the restaurant remained stable. However, something odd seemed to be happening during the recent two days. While Yuan Zhou was cooking, he often noticed people discussing something while looking at him.

Yuan Zhou had long gotten used to being watched while cooking. However, this was still the first time he heard such a weird discussion.

While frowning a little, Yuan Zhou paid little attention to that.

“Boss, these Phoenix-Tail Prawns cost 1288 RMB?” a young and bright youth with some pimples on his face asked in astonishment.

“Yes.” Yuan Zhou nodded.

Then the youth just looked at Yuan Zhou in astonishment, as if he wanted to circle around Yuan Zhou for a closer look.