Chapter 653 - Last-Minute Mission (1/2)

A few days passed. The new year was getting nearer and nearer. Man Man hadn’t gone to the restaurant recently as she was preparing for her new restaurant.

Ten days before the New Year’s Eve.

At 5:00 am in the morning, Yuan Zhou opened his eyes.

“System, when I reached the top level, can I revive the dead?” Yuan Zhou solemnly asked.

Suddenly, it was as if the atmosphere around him grew silent. Yuan Zhou felt somewhat awkward, yet he still waited solemnly for the system’s answer. The system displayed, “Brother, I am a Master Chef System, not the Master Physician System. I won’t be able to do that.”

The system used a cold flat tone. Even Yuan Zhou could feel the deep sense of helplessness hidden within those words. After all, the system got so panicked it was calling him brother. This was a first. After the system said no, Yuan Zhou did not speak anymore. He silently left the door and went jogging. The first thing he did after returning from his jog was to take out a sign. A row of words was written on the sign with vigorous strokes of a marker pen.

[No Bamboo Liquor is offered for today. Thank you for your understanding.]

A short and concise sentence.

A “thud” rang out when Yuan Zhou put the sign away before returning the restaurant to start preparing breakfast.

“Good morning, boss,” Mu Xianyun greeted with a smile.

“Morning,” Yuan Zhou nodded and returned the greeting.

“Good morning, boss.” Shortly after Mu Xiaoyun arrived, Zhou Jia arrived as well.

“Mhm.” No additional emotion could be seen from Yuan Zhou’s face, as if everything was the same as usual.

After Mu Xiaoyun and Zhou Jia were done with their greetings, they picked up the cloths and started cleaning the restaurant. While doing that, Mu Xiaoyun cautiously raised her head to observe Yuan Zhou before pulling at Zhou Jia’s sleeve and started whispering.

“Sister Jia Jia, boss seems to be in a bad mood today?” Mu Xiaoyun whispered softly.

“Yeah, I noticed the same thing as well. What happened to him?” Zhou Jia heavily nodded and replied in agreement.

“I don’t know. But did you see the sign outside?” Mu Xiaoyun signaled her to look outside.

“Yeah, I saw that but hadn’t gotten the chance to ask about it,” Zhou Jia answered with a thoughtful frown.

“Let me try asking,” Mu Xiaoyun immediately said.

“Ok.” Zhou Jia nodded.

“Boss, we won’t be selling Bamboo Liquor today?” Mu Xiaoyun probed cautiously.

“Yeah, we won’t.” Yuan Zhou nodded.

“Are we going to sell BBQ food due to the rain instead?” Mu Xiaoyun guessed.

“No.” Yuan Zhou shook his head.

“Did anything happen, boss?” Zhou Jia couldn’t wait anymore and directly asked.

“No. The restaurant will be opening soon,” Yuan Zhou said after pointing at the clock.

“Oh, ok.” Zhou Jia nodded on instinct.

Breakfast time would normally be very lively. That was because apart from those queuing up for food, there would also be people arriving for the lucky draw just to obtain the Bamboo Liquor later in the evening. An example of such a person was Chen Wei who would come for the lottery draw anytime he was at Chengdu.

“What happened? Why is there no liquor today? I don’t recall hearing that it will rain today.” Chen Wei raised his head and looked at the clear sky as he wondered.

“I checked the weather forecast. It’s not going to rain today. It will only be a cloudy day,” beside him, Fang Heng replied with a nod.

“We’ll know if we ask,” the novelist calmly said.

“True.” Chen Wei nodded. Then, he stopped talking and silently stayed in the line waiting for the restaurant to open.

Fortunately for them, they weren’t kept waiting for long. Soon, the glass door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant opened. Zhou Jia and Mu Xiaoyun each stood to one side of the door, welcoming the customers into the restaurant at the same time. At this time, Chen Wei and Fang Heng walked ahead of everyone to ask Yuan Zhou about the liquor.

“Boss Yuan, since there is no liquor today, is there going to be BBQ instead?” Fang Heng asked, already thinking of a liquor that would go well with BBQ.