Chapter 128 (1/2)

Chapter 128: Clear Broth Noodle Soup and Phoenix-Tail Prawns

The young girl put the chopsticks down and showed an unbelievable expression. She didn’t say anything, but merely lowered her head.

Just as the man was turning around and about to leave, Yuan Zhou pointed at the untouched dishes and said to him, “I’m sorry but if you don’t finish the dishes ordered, you’ll be blacklisted and never welcomed here.”

Yuan Zhou’s utterance made the man turn around with a furious expression, “It’s none of your business whether I eat it or not. I already paid for that.”

“This is the rule of my restaurant,” Yuan Zhou said while pointing at the black characters written with a brush. He wasn’t affected by the man’s outburst at all.

“Such a small and shabby restaurant even has rules? I’m sorry but I don’t care,” while speaking, the man was about to leave.

“Sorry, but I don’t think you get my meaning. I mean you and her will both be blacklisted and never be welcomed,” Yuan Zhou said unhurriedly and explained that his daughter was also included.

That was a little difficult for the man to accept. “What do you mean? Didn’t you open the restaurant for business? I can do whatever I want if I pay for that.”

“It is because I am doing business. That’s why I insist on following the rules,” Yuan Zhou said calmly.

The man was put in a difficult position. The delighted expression of his daughter upon eating the noodles was not faked. What more, she had been constantly confirming the exact date with him in order to eat the dishes here in this restaurant. He didn’t want his daughter to be denied from dining here because of him.

However, he was also reluctant to sit down now and leave after the dinner.

Therefore, the situation was set in a deadlock.

Yuan Zhou didn’t actually care about losing customers who didn’t know to taste.

“You…” just as the man wanted to scold Yuan Zhou in anger, the young girl suddenly grabbed the corner of his suit.

“Dad,” the girl lowered her head. One could not see her expression and her tone revealed her loneliness.

The man looked down at the young girl. As if having felt her father’s sight on her, the girl then said, “It’s my birthday today.”

As soon as she finished the words, her father seemed to see his family of three members holding a birthday celebration for the girl last time. Every time his wife would cook a potful of clear broth noodle soup, which she called it longevity noodles and asked each of them to eat and they would have to finish it.

Looking down at the two bowls of the steaming Clear Broth Noodle Soup on the table, the man let out a sigh and said, “Ok, let’s leave after the dinner.”

Seeing the man prepare to sit down and eat, Yuan Zhou revealed a slight smile and then stopped instantly before going back to the kitchen and preparing the dishes ordered by other customers.

“Thank you,” the young girl said in a low voice.

“Sigh… let’s eat the noodles now,” not knowing what to say, the man could only heave a sigh.

Anyhow, he had indeed neglected his daughter. Having turned his head and taken a look at his daughter, the man started to eat the noodles.

The noodles were quietly submerged in the broth. They were not clear and transparent but instead like handmade noodles, the one with flour inside.

“Only this kind of broth from handmade noodles is good. It indicates that the flour is fresh,” the man recalled his wife’s former words and then settled down to start eating.

While carrying the memories of his wife and the guilt about his daughter, the man began to eat the noodles, mouthful by mouthful. The refreshing and tasty noodles were instantly endowed with different tastes due to his complex mood and various feelings emerging from his heart.

“Eat the Phoenix-Tail Prawns,” Suddenly, a big prawn alike to the phoenix-tail popped up in front of him.

“Oh, you eat as well,” after a slight hesitation, the man received the prawn and said.

“Yes, I will,” A faint smile appeared on the face of the girl. Then she lowered her head and began to eat the noodles and, from time to time, picked up a prawn.

The time spent on the meal was extremely short. They finished the meal within only ten minutes.

The young girl finished first. With a heated flush on her face, she said in a flat tone, “I’m finished. Let’s go.”

She then stood up and moved slowly out of the restaurant.

“Ok, right away,” Only after finish drinking the broth in the bowl did the man follow his daughter and head out.

Yuan Zhou didn’t carry the dishes to other customers until the two people disappeared from sight.