Chapter 107 (2/2)

Mornings was short. Before Meng Meng saw enough of those marvelous sculpting skills that changed the simple radishes into miraculous work of art, Yuan Zhou had already headed back to the kitchen to prepare some of the ingredients required for the lunch.

“The serious Boss Yuan looks so handsome.”

Today was a little strange. No one came for lunch until 12:30. However, Yuan Zhou didn’t seem to be worried and merely sat in his special seat leisurely.

The two girls, nevertheless, appeared a little more anxious, hence looked outside from time to time.

“Ba da Ba da”, it was Wu Hai who was coming over from the opposite with slippers.

“Boss Yuan, why are you still opening the restaurant at noon?” after sitting down with a swagger, Wu Hai asked.

“Yes. It has been opened ever since this morning,” Yuan Zhou stood up and replied.

“You have a contest today. Why is it still open? Be careful not to be late.” Although he said that, Wu Hai nevertheless began to order his dishes unreservedly, “One serving of Egg Fried Rice Set and Phoenix-Tail Prawns.”

Having finished ordering the dishes, he said to Yuan Zhou in a supposedly helpful tone, “One serving of Phoenix-Tail Prawns so you can practice before the contest.”

“Wait a moment.” As usual, Yuan Zhou automatically turned a deaf ear to the meaningless words of Wu Hai.

Nonetheless, due to Wu Hai, Yuan Zhou finally knew why there was no business this afternoon. Most customers should have thought he wouldn’t open the restaurant at noon in order to prepare for the contest.

“Hey, little girl. Why are you here?” When he found Yuan Zhou wasn’t interesting at all, Wu Hai turned to ask Meng Meng.

“I’m here to broadcast the triumphant victory of Boss Yuan.” Meng Meng said earnestly while clenching her small fists.

“Humm. Boss Yuan will definitely win. That chef who challenged him is just average.” Wu Hai gave the impression as if he had known everything.

“Gee? How do you know, small mustache? Hurry up and tell me.” Meng Meng was so excited that she yelled out Wu Hai’s private nickname.

“You called me small mustache? No, you should call me uncle.” Wu Hai pretended to be angry.

It was not until the two people started quarreling did several other customers enter the restaurant from outside.

“I originally thought Boss Yuan wouldn’t open the restaurant at noon but still wanted to come to confirm it. To my surprise, it’s open for business. I’m so happy,” the man walking ahead said that.

“But would it affect the chances of Boss Yuan winning the contest this afternoon?” another one behind him asked worriedly.

“Don’t worry. With Boss Yuan’s superb culinary skills, that guy can’t even be compared with him. Let’s eat quickly. I’m starving to death.” Naturally, there were more people who didn’t worry about the contest. They just waited there to have lunch.

Only then did business start to get better…

When it was almost 2:00 PM, Yuan Zhou still did not seem to be leaving. It was by then that the customers started to worry and began to persuade Yuan Zhou one after another to go quickly in order not to be late.

Nonetheless, Yuan Zhou waited until business hours for the afternoon were over before shutting the door and going upstairs to clean himself and change his clothes. Of course, this time he cleaned up quickly and managed to get everything done in ten minutes.

“Hurry up, Boss Yuan, otherwise we’ll be late. It takes half an hour to get there by taxi.” Meng Meng urged him at the side, hopping and skipping.

“There’s still time.” By the time Yuan Zhou walked downstairs, there were only 50 minutes left, barely enough to get there by taxi.

“Boss Yuan, I finally understand a proverb now,” while Meng Meng was anxiously waiting for a taxi at the junction, she said suddenly.

“What is it?” rarely, Yuan Zhou got curious.

“It’s ‘The emperor is calm, while the eunuchs are anxious’. Right now, I’m like a eunuch.” Meng Meng naughtily stuck out her tongue.

“We can make it on time.” Yuan Zhou went up and hailed a cab.

With a “Zi” sound, a cab stopped in front of the two persons.

While Yuan Zhou had just gotten on the cab, Chef Yu was still waiting patiently. However, the general manager started to get slightly worried…