Chapter 103

Chapter 103: Odd

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: Meh

“I’m actually praising Master Yuan, not you . ” Wang Shuyuan felt speechless at the grandpa’s words before he replied him

“But I took you here, didn’t I?” the grandpa revealed a proud expression, feeling that he had good taste .

The two old men, who seemed to become more childish as their age increased, walked out of the restaurant while debating .

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As usual, the restaurant was crowded with customers and many more were waiting in line outside at 8:00 in the evening . However, Yuan Zhou didn’t seem to have any intentions of driving them away . Instead, he summoned Mu Xiaoyun to him .

“You can go back now . ” While saying that, Yuan Zhou handed a 100 RMB note to her .

“But I worked for only three hours today . I can’t accept this . ” Mu Xiaoyun was also a girl of principle .

“As long as it is caused by me, whatever the reason that prevents you from working for less than 6 hours, I will still pay you as was agreed before . This is my principle,” Yuan Zhou said earnestly, not allowing any sort of refusal .

“But . . . ” before Mu Xiaoyun finished her words, she was again interrupted by Yuan Zhou .

“Go back now . ”

Then Yuan Zhou turned around and said to the customers waiting outside, “The restaurant will be open for business until 11:00 at night today . ”

“Gee? How comes Boss Yuan increased the opening hours all of sudden?” a man at the head of the line asked in surprise .

“Not really . He didn’t open the restaurant during the daytime, thus is probably making up for the loss of time at night . ” a girl standing behind him speculated calmly .

“Anyway, we can finally eat delicious dishes tonight . ” Obviously, this was a customer who merely waited for his food regardless of whatever reason .

“Yeah, exactly . ” more people behind him chimed in .

“Boss Yuan, you’ve changed a lot . You increased the opening hours so unexpectedly . ” Wang Anlu, the chief of the sales department who hadn’t been here in a while, said ironically .

“What do you want to eat today?” However, Yuan Zhou never responded to such teasing . On the contrary, he directly got to the main point .

“Boss Yuan, you can’t do things this way . ” Wang Anlu wasn’t actually choked by Yuan Zhou’s aloof manner . He shook his head and said while pretending to be serious .

“Why can’t he?” Even though Yuan Zhou wasn’t interested in this matter but someone else was . For example, Ling Hong .

“Just take a look at Boss Yuan’s appearance . We all know, his culinary skills are undoubtedly perfect but his character is truly rigid . In that case, I’m worrying that his appearance will seem to be even older than his actual age . ” Wang Anlu explained seriously as if he had analyzed everything quite reasonably .

“So you have a girlfriend, right?” Yuan Zhou asked straightforwardly .

“We are talking about you . Why are you mentioning about me now . ” Wang Anlu tried to evade this question .

“I have much interest in that . ” Crossing his arms against the chest, Yuan Zhou showed an earnest expression on his face .

“Wu, tell us . ” Ling Hong nodded, indicating he likewise agreed . This fellow was the kind of a person who liked to watch the fun . The merrier, the better .

“Boss Yuan, I’ve chosen my dishes . Please cook for me one serving of Melt-In-The-Mouth Chicken Feet and Egg Fried Rice,” Wang Anlu pretended not having heard Yuan Zhou and began to order his dishes immediately .

“Alright . ” Yuan Zhou raised his eyebrows and stopped questioning him . He then went to prepare and cook the dishes .

It had been quite some time since Yuan Zhou opened the restaurant until so late last time . To his surprise, the business at night was much better than during the daytime . Some people even called more of their friends to come over .

In just one night, the percentage of mission completed increased a lot .

For the next consecutive days, the business of the restaurant remained stable . However, something odd seemed to be happening during the recent two days . While Yuan Zhou was cooking, he often noticed people discussing something while looking at him .

Yuan Zhou had long gotten used to being watched while cooking . However, this was still the first time he heard such a weird discussion .

While frowning a little, Yuan Zhou paid little attention to that .

“Boss, these Phoenix-Tail Prawns cost 1288 RMB?” a young and bright youth with some pimples on his face asked in astonishment .

“Yes . ” Yuan Zhou nodded .

Then the youth just looked at Yuan Zhou in astonishment, as if he wanted to circle around Yuan Zhou for a closer look .

Yuan Zhou merely stood behind the countertop, letting him watch freely .

“Boss, is it really appetizing?” Although the young youth was curious, he didn’t reveal any intention of eating the dish .

“Yes . ” Yuan Zhou nodded again, not preparing to give any more explanations .

“Alright . Anyway, I can’t afford it . I’m just asking . Anybody who wants to eat, just order it . I’m merely having a look,” the young man shrugged the shoulders and said to those who were waiting behind in line .

At that time, a girl rushed into the restaurant again . She was dressed in a white shirt and pleated skirt, and wore white knee socks with black shoes, exposing her white thighs . With the ponytail tied up high and the youthful and beautiful face, she was just the girl who had came previously and liked to say odd words .

Just like last time, she apologized while rushing into the restaurant hurriedly .

“Boss Liu, Boss Liu, something big happened . Someone is challenging you . ” the girl approached him and said immediately .

“Oh . ” Yuan Zhou just raised his eyebrows . Frankly speaking, he wouldn’t have thought the girl was talking to him due to the ‘Boss Liu’ coming from her mouth if she had not been constantly looking at him .

“Eh? You don’t even care? Have you known about it already?” This time, the girl still continued her distinctive manner of abrupt and meaningless babble .

Of course, Yuan Zhou didn’t really intend to further question it .

“Boss Liu, do you know?” The girl looked from left to right while opening her eyes wide .

“My surname is Yuan . ” Yuan Zhou responded with an irrelevant answer .

“Yuan? Ok, that has nothing to do with me . But do you know about it or not?” the girl first gave a startle before saying carelessly .

“Then that’s also none of my business . ” Yuan Zhou nodded, indicating they have the same attitude on this matter .

“Gee, someone is challenging you . Aren’t you going to accept it?” The girl didn’t seem to know what ‘giving up’ meant, thus she said straightforwardly this time .

Standing still in his same position, Yuan Zhou just waited for customers behind to order their dishes . However, the customers nevertheless seemed to be more interested in the quarrel .

“Exactly . This event has been broadcasted on TV some days ago . From the address, I got to know it’s the restaurant of Boss Yuan,” another curious girl stepped out and said .

“True . I have also seen that . He is really arrogant and aggressive . ” Yuan Zhou’s restaurant wasn’t short of female customers . It was again another one .

“They are right . What do you think of this matter?” a curious man asked Yuan Zhou .

“What?” there appeared a little confusion on Yuan Zhou’s solemn face, which gave others a sort of quirky cute feeling .

At least those female customers thought that way .

“Boss Yuan, don’t tell us you have no idea about that?” someone asked tentatively .

“No, I don’t know . ” Yuan Zhou was rather frank and honest .

“Such a big event, Boss Yuan, you don’t even know anything? Come, let me show you the broadcast . ” While speaking, a customer prepared to take out his the phone and play the video for Yuan Zhou .

“Wait a moment, please . It’s time for lunch now . Let me watch it after lunch,” looking at the time, Yuan Zhou directly refused .

“Yeah, yeah, yeah . We can’t waste the originally short lunch time . Eat first . ” The customer quickly kept his phone and waited in line quietly to order dishes .

“Humm . When the opening hour is over, Boss Yuan, you can shut the door later and watch the video and then you’ll understand,” a girl suggested carefully .

“No problem . Now everybody, please order your dishes first . ” Yuan Zhou nodded, indicating that he had accepted their kindness .

“Boss Yuan, how about if I tell you about it verbally now?” the girl looked at Yuan Zhou’s tranquil face curiously and said excitedly .

“No need . ” Yuan Zhou refused straightforwardly . He didn’t like to be bothered while cooking .

“Alright . Then I’ll wait until lunchtime is over then . ” After saying that, the girl walked aside and waited there obediently .

That young man, nevertheless, also looked at Yuan Zhou curiously, as if he were looking at a rare creature .

Even with such a situation that was closely related to him, Yuan Zhou could suppress his curiosity and continue to do the job at hand . He must be an extremely earnest man . . .