Chapter 609: 609

“Shall I go this way or not?” The short-hair girl stood at the crossroads and didn’t dare to walk forward .

She stood there for almost 5 minutes and then drew back consciously, preparing to see if she had chosen the wrong way .

“Is this really Taoxi Road?” The short-hair girl drew back and saw the clear and conspicuous characters of “Taoxi Road” .

“Have I truly met some ghosts?” She almost cried . She didn’t even dare to look toward the inside of the side street, not to mention walking through it .

“I need to calm down . Let me go back to the store first . ” The short-hair turned around and left immediately, behaving as if she was being chased by hungry wolves .

She walked back eagerly and quickly . The shoes emitted a sound of “Dong Dong Dong” on the quiet street upon knocking on the ground, which made the short-hair girl feel even more scared .

“Hu Hu Hu” . The short-hair girl ran to the convenience store in quick steps .

“Little Wang, what happened?” Once the short-hair girl ran to the door of the convenience store, she was noticed by her colleague . This colleague was also a girl, but she had a crew cut . Upon seeing her return, this colleague asked straightforwardly .

“Sister Ding, Sister Ding, the side street is haunted . ” The short-hair girl, namely Little Wang, took hold of the arm of Sister Ding and trembled in fear .

“What? Haunted? Come on, don’t be silly and scare yourself . ” Sister Ding revealed a speechless look .

As far as she knew, Little Wang was afraid of ghosts very much and she even hoped Yuan Zhou could serve BBQ every day . But she had never thought Little Wang could be this scared .

“Really, I’m serious . I’m not scaring myself this time . ” Little Wang shook her head like a rattle-drum .

“Alright . What exactly happened?” Sister Ding looked at Little Wang and waited for her to speak the details .

“Sister Ding, you know I go along that street every day and recently, that street is quite boisterous and feels safe . Everything was good when I came along that street in the morning, but it’s not now . Suddenly, there appeared lanterns at the door of every store . ” Speaking of that, Little Wang still trembled slightly out of fear .

“Moreover, some lanterns are red . Once the wind blows, the lanterns waved to and fro . Sister Ding, it’s really haunted . ” Little Wang clutched the arm of Sister Ding and said affirmatively .

She thought Sister Ding would show sympathy to herself or comforted herself, but Sister Ding just answered her with a burst of laughter .

“Hahahahaha . ” Sister Ding laughed so hard that she staggered forward and back, appearing rather unrestrained .

“Sister Ding, Sister Ding, what’s the matter?” Instead of indignation because at the derision, Little Wang felt more scared .

“Nothing, nothing . Here’s the thing…” Sister Ding stopped at once and started to talk about the reason she knew of .

Yuan Zhou had no idea about the matter that happened in the convenience store . After he followed Shen Min with his eyes, he directly went to wash up and prepared to sleep .

Before he went to bed, Yuan Zhou specifically walked to the window and looked down at the street .

“Well, that’s really not bad . There’s still light now even if I don’t serve BBQ and that girl won’t be afraid of ghosts, either . ” Yuan Zhou looked at the well-lit street and revealed a complacent smile on the face .

Yuan Zhou couldn’t help giving a thumbs-up gesture to himself at his resourcefulness .

However, he didn’t know that these lanterns had caused so much trouble .

In the convenience store,

Sister Ding explained the matter about the lanterns along Taoxi Street to Little Wang carefully .

“So that explains it . That Boss Yuan actually asked other people to tell his fortune? His business is already so good and so is his craftsmanship,” Little Wang said in surprise .

“Of course . The better their business is, the more they believe in such things . Our boss has told me that we’ll also hang the lanterns outside tomorrow . Besides, you won’t be afraid anymore now that there are so many lanterns,” Sister Ding shrugged and then said .

“Yeah . Thank you, Sister Ding . ” Now that Little Wang knew the reason and effects, she let out a sigh of relief and then thanked her earnestly .

“Don’t mention it . You can go back now . Now that you can see on the way back, don’t make blind and disorderly conjectures,” Sister Ding pushed Little Wang and then said with a caring tone .

“Okay, I know . Luckily, Sister Liu wasn’t here just now . Otherwise, she would have laughed at me again . ” Little Wang walked out of the door in embarrassment and prepared to go back .

“Don’t think of that anymore . Now go . ” Sister Ding waved her hand .

The convenience store was not really far from Taoxi Road . In just a little while, Little Wang arrived the street cross . This time, she had a different feeling . Though she was still a little scared, she felt more relieved after she knew the reason .

Besides, the street was more bright, thus she could see the road very clearly . And some lanterns were very beautiful .

“Boss Yuan is so awesome . Whatever he does, others just follow suit . And there are surprisingly so many lanterns suddenly . ” Little Wang sighed with emotion while walking forward .

Yuan Zhou was sleeping peacefully and didn’t know the girl afraid of ghosts was passing by his restaurant .

The girl passed by the door of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant and sighed about Yuan Zhou’s fascination . She didn’t really know the significance of these lanterns .

They were just tranquil and harmonious like the wooden sign asking everyone to take away the trash at the door .

The lanterns hung at the door emitted a dim light and felt warm in the cold night in winter .

On the following day, Yuan Zhou opened the door after a sound of “Hua La” .

The customers surrounded at the door outside the restaurant . During the period, Yuan Zhou noticed the fried dumplings stall not far away became smaller again just like how it was at the very beginning . There was nothing more but the stove and large frying pan .

On the second day after he came back, Yuan Zhou almost fully recovered both physically and mentally . Of course, there were still so many people waiting outside to eat breakfast .

After the one-hour breakfast time ended, Yuan Zhou didn’t carry out the chair and sculpt as usual . Instead, he just stayed in the kitchen alone .

“Since I came back after so long, it’s time for me to serve a new dish . ” Yuan Zhou searched for the rewards of the system and prepared to serve a new dish .

The five dishes of Dongjiang Cuisines rewarded by the system hadn’t all been cooked by Yuan Zhou .

“Um . That’s it . It seems this dish will become the one that requires the most salt,” Yuan Zhou confirmed the specific dish to be served and couldn’t help saying .

“But just as usual, a human isn’t even as superior as a chicken . ” Seeing the introduction of the ingredients, Yuan Zhou couldn’t help ridiculing again .

“System, don’t I have any privileges since I’m your host? For example, can’t I eat better than those chickens or pigs?” Yuan Zhou talked to the system .

The system displayed, “Host, you have eaten those chickens and pigs . “

“You are really ruthless and make trouble over nothing . Even if I have eaten the meat of the chickens and pigs, you can’t cover the fact that I don’t eat as well as they do . ” Yuan Zhou couldn’t help thinking of Ling Hong and conveniently used his own words .

This time, the system disappeared and no longer answered Yuan Zhou .

“What an aloof system! Fortunately, I’m an aloof prince charming,” Yuan Zhou said complacently .

After he teased the system routinely, Yuan Zhou felt refreshed and spirited again . Only then did he prepare to cook this dish .

“The cooking method of this dish is really not complicated . Let me eat this dish at noon . It seems that Broth can taste something new . ” Yuan Zhou started to take the ingredients out of the cabinet .

Just when Yuan Zhou was studying the new dish, Li Li was also studying the new dish in the neighboring restaurant .

“Head chef, are you preparing for the exchange of pointers meeting?” The fat chef looked at Li Li and asked curiously .

“Yes . So you will be handling the kitchen recently,” Li Li nodded his head and then instructed .

“No problem, no problem . But I heard that person from the neighboring restaurant will attend the exchange meeting too . We must win,” The fat chef clasped hands and said seriously .

“We aren’t competing against him . Even that Master Cheng is still hanging around there in his restaurant . We just should only compare with ourselves . ” On hearing Yuan Zhou’s name, Li Li felt a little ache in his teeth, but still, he said earnestly .

“Alright . But I heard he had gone to Japan some time ago and somebody wasn’t happy with him there . That person will probably find faults with him this time . This matter is known to all . ” The fat chef brought out another news .

“Really? Are you serious?” Li Li had been preparing to attend the exchange of pointers meeting attentively recently and didn’t know this matter .

“Of course . It’s spreading all over the area . ” The fat chef nodded his head affirmatively .

“Got it . Go to the kitchen to help cook now . ” Li Li nodded his head without saying anything and continued his work .

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