Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Yuan Zhou’s Principle

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: Desmond

“No, it’s not expensive . You don’t need to spend money . You just . . . ” Of course, Sun Ming knew

Yuan Zhou’s temper well . He directly expressed that money was not his wish .

“Tell me . ” Yuan Zhou changed his position while holding the telephone .

“Yuan Zhou, we have known each other for years . As your brother, I can say to have treated you

pretty decently . And you . . . ” Sun Ming switched to a gentler tone, talking about their old days .

“Just get to the point,” Yuan Zhou didn’t wait for Sun Ming to finish his emotional speech and

just interrupted directly .

Sun Ming choked back the long paragraph of emotional words he had prepared due to Yuan

Zhou’s words . He felt uncomfortable with the words stuck in his throat and unhappy without

being able to say what he meant .

“Can’t you just let me finish my words?” Sun Ming’s tone started to get cold .

“Ok, sure . Go on, please,” Yuan Zhou had thought himself to be a considerate person all along,

thus he accepted the good advice answered .

“HoHo”, Sun Ming could only reply with that .

“Can we get to the point now?” Yuan Zhou asked considerately .

“For my birthday tomorrow, you don’t need to prepare any gift,” while holding the phone in his

hand, Sun Ming took a deep breath and said calmly .

“I’ve never intended to send you the gift . A man doesn’t need gifts . ” Yuan Zhou didn’t really

accept Sun Ming’s seemingly friendly offer . He directly brought out his idea .

“After being friends for several years, are you going to make me die of anger and then come

attend my funeral tomorrow?” Sun Ming asked in a cold tone .

“No, no . I was just joking . ” Yuan Zhou immediately corrected himself .

“Just cook a bowl of Clear Broth Noodle Soup for me tomorrow, treating it as longevity noodles . ”

Sun Ming felt that he had gone through great difficulties just for this request .

Having considered for a second, Yuan Zhou answered, “Just this?”

“Yes . I’ll appreciate it if you want to cook something else,” Sun Ming tone became lazy as he

spoke, as he knew Yuan Zhou feared troublesome matters .

“You prepare the ingredients and I’ll cook Egg Fried Rice for all of you,” Yuan Zhou thought for

a while and said .

“That would be great . Thank you . ” There was an obvious surprise in Sun Ming’s tone .

“You’re welcome . ” Yuan Zhou was very polite . He would never hang up on others randomly,

even if it was a sales call .

“Let’s meet tomorrow at my home at 5:00 in the afternoon, alright?” Sun Ming told him the

time and address .

“Alright . ” After calculating the time, Yuan Zhou felt it was not a problem, hence agreed .

“Then I’ll hang up now . Don’t be late tomorrow . ”Sun Ming hung up immediately as soon as he

finished talking .

“Sure . ” The call was ended by Sun Ming before Yuan Zhou could answer him .

Yuan Zhou set down the telephone and thought for a while before heading upstairs to wash up .

After setting the alarm at 6:30 a . m . for the next morning on his phone, Yuan Zhou went to

sleep .

…… . .

“Ling ling ling, Ling ling ling”

The alarm woke Yuan Zhou up from his sound sleep in the morning . He then reached to turn off

the clock and walked with his eyes closed to the bathroom familiarly to wash up .

Every morning, Yuan Zhou cleared his head in the bathroom . Today would be no exception as

well .

He changed into his work clothes and then walked downstairs to prepare breakfast .

Normally, Yuan Zhou would only provide one dish in the morning for the sake of convenience

and speed .

However, he took out two different types of flour today, one for making the wrappings of the

Soup Dumplings and the other for the noodles .

It was 8:00 a . m . when Yuan Zhou put the Soup Dumplings onto the steamer and finished

preparing the noodles . After getting up and washing his hands, he opened the door with a “Hua

La” sound .

“Morning, boss . ” Mu Xiaoyun, who was standing at the door, greeted him politely .

“Morning . Come on in . ” After nodding his head, Yuan Zhou moved his body aside and entered

the restaurant first .

“Ok, boss . ” Since she had gotten her salary yesterday, Mu Xiaoyun’s heart was filled with

delight; thus she bounced about while entering .

“As usual, you work for an hour in the morning and two in the afternoon today . But you don’t

need to come in the evening,” Yuan Zhou said while walking inside .

“Huh? Why?” Mu Xiaoyun asked with puzzlement .

“I have something to do and will not be here in the evening . ” Yuan Zhou was still willing to

patiently answer the little girl .

“Ok, no problem . ” Mu Xiaoyun didn’t feel that it was a big deal, three hours less merely meant a

half-day salary cut; hence, she nodded her head and agreed .

“Just like lunch yesterday, all dishes will be served this morning . ” Yuan Zhou added after

thinking for a while .

“Got it . ” Standing at the same position as yesterday, Mu Xiaoyun obediently expressed that she

understood .

“Good . ” Yuan Zhou felt there were some benefits in recruiting a well-behaved little loli . After

all, he didn’t need to greet the customers anymore —although he never did it before .

Those customers, nevertheless, enquired much again when they heard that every dish was

served in the morning .

“As I have something to do in the evening and the restaurant can’t be opened for business, I will

keep the restaurant open for 6 hours during the daytime . If any of you have time, you guys can

come over to eat some tea snacks in the afternoon . Likewise, 100 Soup Dumplings will be served

by then . ” While the little loli Mu Xiaoyun was still confused about what to do next, Yuan Zhou

walked out and explained .

“Ah, sounds good . Even if we can’t have the supper here, it would be awesome to sneak out and

eat the Soup Dumplings,” a girl with a long hair said, sighing with emotion .

“Yeap, that’s right . ” Customers beside her started to chime in .

“I like Boss Yuan’s character, which adheres to his principles, but also has humanity . ” A man

wearing a pair of glasses started to praise Yuan Zhou .

“What, you feel that he has humanity merely because of the extra 100 Soup Dumplings? If I had

to say it, it would be if Boss Yuan could develop a new dish . ” a man wearing a suit at the side

started to change the topic away as he spoke .

“Yeah, yeah . It’s been a long time since you developed the last new dish . ” the pretty girl who

was drinking the Watermelon Juice swallowed it and said excitedly .

“Soon . ” Yuan Zhou gave an affirmative answer .

“How soon is your soon?” immediately, someone asked loudly .

“Very soon . ” as always, Yuan Zhou still answered vaguely .

Seeing that Yuan Zhou would not answer them anymore, the customers could only discuss it

among themselves . There were even some who started gambling a meal out of amusement to

guess what the next new dish would be .

When Mu Xiaoyun saw Yuan Zhou solve the problem merely with a few words, she was fairly

delighted . However, when she heard Yuan Zhou’s arrangement of his opening hours, she

nevertheless said in an apprehensive tone,

“Boss, since your restaurant is opened for 6 hours during the daytime, I will stay and help . ”

“You don’t need to . Just come at the time that we agreed upon just now,” Yuan Zhou refused

decisively .

“But . . . ” Mu Xiaoyun was interrupted by Yuan Zhou before she could continue to talk more .

“Alright, alright . Go do your work . ”

During the gap between 10:00 a . m . and 11:00 a . m . , Yuan Zhou took a break for one hour and also

to make the Soup Dumplings . Then at 11:00 a . m . , he opened the restaurant again for business .

Yuan Zhou had a fairly good sense of time . Once the agreed working hours were up, he told Mu

Xiaoyun, “You can get off work now . Time is up . ”

“It’s alright . I can still work longer,” Mu Xiaoyun said while smiling .

“No need . Go back home . ” While saying that, Yuan Zhou stood up and took out a note of 100

RMB from the drawer, handing it over to Mu Xiaoyun .

“Boss, I don’t have 50 RMB to return to you . ” Mu Xiaoyun tweaked the edge of her clothes and

said while looking at the red brand new note .

“You don’t need to give me any change . This is your salary,” Yuan Zhou said clearly .

“Why? I have only worked half of the 6-hour shift . The salary should be 50 RMB . ” Her lovely

white face showed a puzzled expression .

“It’s me who has something to do in the evening, not you . So just take it . ” Yuan Zhou held out

the money and told Mu Xiaoyun to receive it with a solemn look .

After she blinked her big black watery eyes, Mu Xiaoyun said, “No, I can’t . I only worked for half

a day . ”

This time, Yuan Zhou felt that the loli, although being considerate, was also troublesome . He

could only explain, “It is a breach on my side, so this is what you deserve to get . ”

“Alright . ” Mu Xiaoyun was finally persuaded by this reason . Only by then did she receive the full

salary from Yuan Zhou .

…… .