Chapter 859: 859

After some casual conversation, some started asking about the ice sculpture from the day before .

“Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan, where can I see the dragon you sculpted?” asked a young man in glasses with a curious expression .

“Yeah, yeah, that dragon is amazing . It looks like a real dragon! I heard that there are mountains and water, with the dragon at the center looking the most tyrannical,” said a middle-aged woman with a basket of vegetables .

Yuan Zhou started sweating when he heard that question . She was obviously talking about Yang Shuxin’s sculpture . He promised that he would not beat the person who told her that was Yuan Zhou’s sculpture if he found out who that was . As Yuan Zhou did not stop jogging, everyone was jogging along with him . Fortunately, Yuan Zhou had slowed his steps while those people were talking to him .

“It has already been taken away by someone . You won’t be able to see it for now,” Yuan Zhou gave a serious reply .

“Ah? That’s too bad,” said the young man in glasses .

“Sigh, I was too busy taking care of my grandson yesterday and did not have the chance to see it . So how does the dragon look like?” asked the middle-aged woman with vegetables .

Someone else was feeling that it was a pity as well . He had rushed over here after watching the video online . Unfortunately, He could only long for the sculpture instead of seeing it with his own eyes .

“Let me tell you . I heard that yesterday, Boss Yuan was totally awesome with his kitchen knife . With a couple swishes and swooshes, a huge block of ice had transformed into an ice dragon . There were mountains and water, the entire work looks even better than a painting . Simply put, it looks amazing,” a warmhearted middle-aged woman explained when she saw the looks of disappointment in some of the people there .

Her descriptions were incredibly exaggerated, causing Yuan Zhou to feel somewhat embarrassed . Of course, it would be good if she could actually give an accurate description . But she was basically bragging and laying praises on him .

More importantly, she was not there to witness it either and had merely heard of it from someone else .

Yuan Zhou had a rather deep impression on this middle-aged woman . She had never eaten anything in his restaurant, but she would always stroll around Taoxi Road with her grandson . The moment someone asked her if the food at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was nice, she would immediately start bragging and praising the restaurant . Of course, she would never neglect to mention that all those were heard from someone else . Strictly speaking, this middle-aged woman was a spreader of joy .

Since that was the case, there was nothing Yuan Zhou could do . He could only hasten his steps .

“So who took it? I want to have a look even if it means buying a ticket,” asked the young man in glasses .

“It was taken by Mr Yan . I don’t know the address either . You can ask the next time you’re in the restaurant,” Yuan Zhou said .

“Oh, sure,” said the young man in glasses as he stopped following Yuan Zhou .

After the young man in glasses and the man who had rushed over left, some other people approached Yuan Zhou . Most of them were asking about the sculpture . And without a doubt, this gave the middle-aged woman a great opportunity to showcase her storytelling ability .

There were even two reporters trying to interview Yuan Zhou . Yuan Zhou insisted that this was his exercise time and soon he would be busy opening up the restaurant . However, one of them, a reporter with short hair, seemed to be taking advantage of Yuan Zhou’s good temper and kept bothering him .

“Young man, where are your manners? Boss Yuan already told you he’s busy . If you want to do your job, come ask me . I know everything,” said the middle-aged woman who had suddenly appeared .

The short-haired reporter did not seem interested to waste his breath with unrelated people . Therefore, he wanted to bypass the middle-aged woman to chase after Yuan Zhou . Unfortunately, the middle-aged woman seemed to have exquisite footwork, perhaps something she had gained from the supermarket or public transport rush hours . She flickered with her odd footwork, successfully foiling the reporter’s attempt to bypass her .

“I told you, ask me any questions you have . Young man, didn’t you hear me?” the middle-aged woman started lecturing the reporter instead .

When the reporter saw that Yuan Zhou was about to return to his restaurant, he started getting angry . He glared at the middle-aged woman, seemingly about to use physical force .

Not only was the middle-aged woman not frightened by the fierce glare, she even stepped forward, “Let me tell you something . If you have the guts, touch me . Any slight touch and I will immediately suffer a fracture . Any bump into me and my bones will be crushed . And when I reached the hospital, I will need to be admitted due to high blood pressure complications . With your tiny salary, I only need to be hospitalized for two months to drain your bank account dry . “

And before the reporter could muster a reply, the middle-aged woman continued speaking, “I know the law . I have millions upon millions of neighbors here . Even if you are a reporter, you won’t be able to escape the blame . “

And this successfully frightened the reporter . He could only watch on helplessly as Yuan Zhou left .

With Yuan Zhou’s sharp hearings, he heard everything . He praised the middle-aged woman inwardly .

Unknowingly, Yuan Zhou was now giving off a feeling to outsiders that he was a magnanimous person . But truthfully, Yuan Zhou was a person with a cold exterior but passionate heart, also a person who looked magnanimous yet was inwardly a person who held a grudge .

And thus, he investigated which newspaper those two reporters were from . Then, he agreed to do an interview with the other reporter who had been obedient after breakfast time . Yuan Zhou was doing this so the other annoying reporter could see that even if he was free, he would not give him any time . This way, that annoying reporter would be annoyed, would feel envy, and would feel vexed .

“The reporters nowadays sure wake up early,” Yuan Zhou said as he wiped the sweat on his head . He headed to the second floor to wash up before started the breakfast preparations .

However, there were even more customers for breakfast today . After all, a lot of them had been unable to witness the ice sculpting competition yesterday and were now here to see the main character of the competition .

Most of them were those in Chengdu’s ice sculpting field . Fortunately, they knew that Yang Shuxin was the one who had competed against Yuan Zhou . Thus, none of them came mouthing off to Yuan Zhou .

They merely stared at Yuan Zhou curiously from afar . Although Yuan Zhou was already used to being gawked at like this, it did not mean he was accepting toward this . Inwardly, he was unhappy and started considering if he should charge them for looking at him as well .

But then again, if he charged them to look at him, was he not the same as the animals in the zoo? Thus, Yuan Zhou sank into deep contemplation .

As for why had the people from Chengdu’s Ice Sculpting Association not came looking for Yuan Zhou, one had to ask Zhou Shijie for the answer .

Nobody dared to steal a man from Zhou Shijie . After all, when negotiating, Zhou Shijie would visit the other party carrying a kitchen knife . One had to know that Zhou Shijie was a chef and he had kitchen knives in abundance . In any case, the Internet war was still going on . Nobody knew if it would spread to real life as well .

Therefore, although the restaurant was very crowded during breakfast time, everything had still progressed without incident . The interview after that also proceeded smoothly . But at lunch time, a certain person had arrived .

“Good afternoon, Sister Ya,” Zhou Jia greeted .

“Hello, Jia Jia,” answered a crisp woman voice .

This voice caused even Yuan Zhou who was busy cooking to raise his head .

He was met with the sight of Yin Ya in a deep blue tight-fitting formal dress walking in gracefully on her heels .

“Translucent Beef Slices, Zhou Jia,” Yuan Zhou said as he set the plate down .