Chapter 395

Chapter 395: A Chef’s Test

Translator: Xiong_Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

“Business hours start now . Please come on in for your meals . ” Yuan Zhou checked the time and said to the customers that had lined up outside .

After that, he turned around and returned to the restaurant to prepare the food .

Master Cheng took two steps forward and then retreated back . Then he looked at the crowd that lined up outside and again, walked forward for two steps . After he stood there hesitating for quite a while, he said to the team of dragon and lion dance .

“Sorry to bother you, everybody . That’s all for today . Thank you . ” Having said that, Master Cheng turned around and entered the restaurant .

The reason why he hesitated was quite simple . He wanted to eat Yuan Zhou’s dishes . Since there were so many people outside, however, the business hours would have already ended when it was his turn . He would see nothing by then .

Nevertheless, Yuan Zhou received a new mission from the system .

The system displayed, “Here is a long-term mission with no time limit . Are you going to receive or not?”

“Receive . ” Yuan Zhou received the mission firmly on the way back to the kitchen . However, he didn’t tap it open to check as the business hours had started again . Preparing dishes was now the most urgent thing .

“May I ask what you want to eat today?” Zhou Jia greeted the customers smilingly .

“A serving of Clear Broth Noodle Soup, please . ” Judging from the voice, it was a gentle girl .

“It’s a total of 268 RMB . Here in our restaurant, we usually get paid first before serving the dishes . ” Zhou Jia reminded mildly .

“This is the money . ” The wallet of the girl was a little special . It appeared to be totally airtight . She took out the exact amount of money from it and handed to Zhou Jia .

“Ok . One moment, please . ” Zhou Jia put the money on the special tray and after that, she turned her head and reported the dishes .

The voice of the girl was quite melodious, but she looked around with a hesitant gaze . Seeing nobody notice her, she sat down with ease .

Customers seated around were either chatting with friends, looking at Yuan Zhou occasionally or tasting the dishes in front of them earnestly . All revealed a blissful and contented expression .

She had reasons to look around like that . Her name was Qi Lin and she came here for a meal for the first time . Of course, she was attracted here by the reputation of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, which was different from others .

She only decided to come over here when she saw such a comment on the forum .

The content was like that .

[Only Boss Yuan can cook those weird delicacies . One can’t smell its fragrance from a distance, but when one gets closer, the dishes nevertheless emits the fragrance . The most peculiar thing is that even if someone is eating spicy and pungent food, you still can’t smell it . It’s a really great spectacle . ] from Pig That Likes Observing .

The message instantly attracted Qi Lin as she didn’t like scents . No matter if it was fragrant and smelly, she didn’t like them .

Therefore, she would always wear a big face mask when she went out as she really didn’t like smells . She wasn’t good at cooking . Sometimes, she would rather eat some cold food or go to a restaurant for the food .

However, she was too sensitive to smells, which made her wear a face mask even when she went to restaurants . For example, she was wearing a big face mask right now . It wasn’t the kind only for decoration, but used to thoroughly cover her face, leaving her eyes exposed only .

The appearance was a little exaggerated; therefore, she was checking if anybody noticed her . She didn’t like to be noticed by others .

“It surprisingly has no scent at all . The flavor of the perfume on that man’s body even disappeared . ” Sitting in her seat, Qi Lin muttered to herself with her brows stretched .

“I hope the noodles don’t have any scent later . ” Looking at the spacious and visible kitchen, Qi Lin prayed silently .

Qi Lin’s prayer was quite helpful . The dishes were served to her very quickly .

“Miss, here are your dishes . ” Zhou Jia set down the noodles lightly and said .

“Sorry to be a bother . ” There was some more mildness in the melodious voice of the girl that passed from the face mask .

“You are welcome . ” Zhou Jia answered politely .

Then the noodles were carried to her and the slight fragrance drifted into Qi Lin’s nose along with the heat .

“It really is like that . Fortunately, it’s within my tolerance . ” Qi Lin felt slightly relieved .

She took the chopsticks and intended to eat, but nevertheless didn’t take the face mask off . She just pulled the face mask upward slightly and revealed her beautiful lips .

With a sound of “Slurp”, she started eating like that .

That’s right . Qi Lin hated the smells to such an extent that she didn’t take off the face mask even while eating . Therefore, she was afraid of being surrounded and watched while she was eating .

After all, such matters had happened occasionally . It would naturally arouse much curiosity to eat while she was wearing such a big face mask .

The normal conjecture was that, “This person is definitely sick . “

Qi Lin had also seen other malicious speculations . It was acceptable to wear a face mask in winter, but in summer, it was more eye-appealing . Even in summer, she was wearing the airtight type .

In some small restaurants, the boss would have already asked about that . After all, if she was sick and besides, appeared so conspicuous, it would definitely affect the business of the boss . That was her personal experience after she started to wear the face mask three years ago .

The tastiness of the noodles need not be mentioned . “Slurp Slurp” . Only when Qi Lin ate halfway did she remember to look around her, which had been another habit of hers due to her occupational disease .

However, there was no difference from the moment when she had just started to eat . Well, a little bit . The middle-aged man beside her had been replaced by a pretty girl .

When Qi Lin looked at her, the girl happened to turn her head back . Conveniently, she smiled to Qi Lin .

Qi Lin also smiled subconsciously . Only after the smile did she find she was still wearing the face mask . Therefore, she touched it with embarrassment .

“The noodles are going to turn cold . ” The pretty girl suddenly reminded .

“Oh, yeah . Thank you for your kind reminder . ” Then, Qi Lin lowered her head and began to eat the noodles .

“It’s so nice here . ” While eating the delicious noodles, she thought that with ease .

In fact, if the customers knew about Qi Lin’s concern, they would probably tell her, “Don’t think too much . We don’t feel it strange at all . After all, even a customer full of blood on his face often comes here to eat . “

Every time he came, Yuan Zhou handed a towel to him personally so that he could wipe himself clean before eating .

For that, Ling Hong even guessed that Yuan Zhou was so considerate because he didn’t want the blood to drop into the bowl and affect the taste of the food .

Nevertheless, Qi Lin had no idea about that . But she was now relieved as no one even felt it strange with the way she had meals, which made her quite relieved .

“What a weird place! It makes people who usually don’t feel strange feel strange . This place is also very nice . It makes people who usually feel strange don’t feel that way . ” Qi Lin thought quietly .

The two hours of lunch time pass very soon . The presence of Qi Lin was only remembered by Zhou Jia .

It was Zhou Jia’s habit to record the new customers every day .

“See you in the afternoon, Boss Yuan . ” Zhou Jia waved her hand and said goodbye .

“Um . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head . Seeing Zhou Jia walk out of the door and disappear, Yuan Zhou started to tidy the azure stone countertop .

For a little while, there was only the sound of Yuan Zhou washing the dinnerware .

Not long after, however, Yuan Zhou broke the silence .

“Speaking of which, is that mission for the western-style food finished?” Yuan Zhou thought of the matter of one thousand foreigners .

The system displayed, “Not yet, Host . “

[Mission completion status] 1000/799

“I notice there are occasionally some foreigners in my restaurant recently and thus thought it would be nearly completed . ” Yuan Zhou shrugged .

“Could you please show me that new mission?” Yuan Zhou thought of the interesting mission that he had just received and said that while cleaning .

The system displayed, “Ok . “

[A chef’s test] . . .