Chapter 760 - Treating Liu Zhang to a Meal (1/2)

After Yuan Zhou cleaned himself up, he went downstairs and started preparing the ingredients. Outside the restaurant, the customers started lining up waiting for the restaurant to be opened.

“I’m here today to fulfill my promise. But of course, I am still planning to order one serving of Lucky Rice,” Meng Meng said with her phone raised while live streaming.

“Naturally, after eating this meal, I will make a wish so that everyone will have a chance to eat Yuan Zhou’s restaurant’s food,” Meng Meng replied to the messages on her screen.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Don’t worry, guys,” Meng Meng continued speaking to her viewers.

Meng Meng was here because she previously mentioned that she would repay Yuan Zhou if she could win the 100,000 RMB reward. A person would be more energetic when something good happened. Therefore, Meng Meng’s condition had improved considerably when streaming recently. The number of viewers had also increased. The combination of the two created a positive cycle of growth.

Fortunately, the rice soup could not be sold as a stand-alone dish. Otherwise, Meng Meng would come here everyday to have a bowl of rice soup for breakfast.

While Meng Meng spoke to her viewers, the restaurant was opened.

Yuan Zhou opened his restaurant at the usual time. Regardless of whether it was on the aspect of ingredients preparation or other affairs of the business, Yuan Zhou had always maintained a level of stability. The restaurant had been opened for more than a year and no major blunders were ever made.

If there was one thing Yuan Zhou was doing differently today, it was his invitation to Liu Zhang. As the saying went, toss a peach, get back a plum. After eating the raw liver and figuring out the way of preparing it, he had to repay Liu Zhang. That was why, after discussing with Wu Hai, they decided to have Wu Hai order and pay for the dishes Liu Zhang wanted to eat. Yuan Zhou would then pay Wu Hai back.

For Yuan Zhou, this was his way of working around the rules set by the system. However, Wu Hai was of the opinion that Yuan Zhou was doing something completely unnecessary.

As usual, Meng Meng streamed while eating after she entered the restaurant. The other customers were already used to this. In any case, Meng Meng would not be filming the other customers without their permission. Therefore, everyone was eating harmoniously without conflict.

During the meal, one interesting thing happened. A new chef who had just entered the industry and wanted to step on Yuan Zhou to gain some popularity had arrived to challenge Yuan Zhou with some reporters not long after the restaurant opened.

This kind of people would never stop existing. Of course, this incident was quickly settled. Yuan Zhou had not done anything yet, and the chef had yet to even finish his words when Chu Xiao appeared out of nowhere and started throwing insults at the new chef. Just like that, the entire incident ended.

The new chef left, defeated. As for the reporters he brought, they wanted to interview either Yuan Zhou or Chu Xiao but when they noticed that the customers were staring at them in an unfriendly manner, they knew that things would turn bad for them if they continued interrupting the meal.

“Why are there no new dishes recently?”

Since Chu Xiao was already here, he decided he might as well line up to grab a meal as well. However, when he saw the menu, he was rather unhappy to see that there were no new dishes. Chu Xiao wasn’t particularly interested in the Chengdu School’s Sichuan Cuisine dishes after he tried the few popular dishes of this cuisine. As for the other dishes at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, he had already tried them all. Therefore, he had been waiting for Yuan Zhou to release new dishes.

Coincidentally, Yuan Zhou was taking a short rest after finishing a dish. Therefore, he replied, “I am researching a lost dish.”

Lost? Dish?

This term attracted the attention of many customers. Any new dish of Yuan Zhou was sufficient to attract their attention. Now, with it being a lost dish, the customers got even more curious.

Wu Hai’s reaction was especially intense. His eyeballs almost popped out as the images of various lost dishes appeared in his mind. As he pictured the dishes, he stuffed two mouthfuls of rice in his mouth to prevent himself from salivating.

“Is it meat or vegetable? What cuisine is it?” Chu Xiao asked.