Chapter 980: 980

Meanwhile, Yuan Zhou arrived at a pharmacy after leaving the restaurant .

“Medicine for colds, please,” Yuan Zhou said .

“Colds? What are the symptoms? Any fever? Cough? If coughing, is there any phlegm?” asked the pharmacy boss . “More importantly, is there dizziness or sore throat?”

The pharmacy boss was studying Yuan Zhou while speaking . Clearly, he thought Yuan Zhou was the patient .

“I’m not the patient,” Yuan Zhou said .

“What are the symptoms of the patient?” asked the pharmacy boss .

“I’m not sure of the exact symptoms, but I’m sure his limbs are feeling weak, to the point he’s having trouble getting off the bed,” Yuan Zhou said .

“That’s a high fever . It is recommended that he sees a doctor at the hospital . He might need some IV infusion or injection as well,” proposed the pharmacy boss .

“Ok, thank you for the advice . But can you give me some medicine first? We will see what’s the situation after taking a dose of medicine,” said Yuan Zhou .

The pharmacy boss nodded and gave a prescription of several kinds of medicines . After the pharmacy boss told Yuan Zhou how to take the medicines and the dosage size, Yuan Zhou paid for the medicines and headed straight to Wu Hai’s home .

Wu Hai’s apartment was located on the second floor of the building across the street from Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . There were two units on this floor and Wu Hai had directly demolished the wall separating the two units, turning it into one large unit . It was worth noting that he usually left his door unlocked so he could rush downstairs faster to line up for Yuan Zhou’s restaurant .

As usual, the door was unlocked . In fact, it was slightly opened .

Through the tiny gap, one could see how the inside looked .

Yuan Zhou hadn’t heard about any new projects from Wu Hai recently . Although inspiration might come randomly for a painter, Wu Hai would usually go mess around at the restaurant before starting each project .

Thud . Thud . Yuan Zhou knocked on the door .

Then, Yuan Zhou waited outside for a while . However, the apartment was still blanketed by silence . Yuan Zhou frowned and pushed the door open before entering anxiously .

The room was very bright and facing the door directly was a sofa . Wu Hai was lying on the sofa, dressed in wrinkled clothes .

He looked like he was on his last breath .

Sure enough, Wu Hai was sick . Based on the deductions of Detective Yuan, that was the only reason why Wu Hai had not been to the restaurant for several days . Moreover, he was so sick he was having difficulty walking .

The weather had been changing rapidly recently and Zheng Jiawei was coincidentally not around . Wu Hai was one who usually dressed sloppily . Thus, it was not weird that Wu Hai had caught a cold due to the change in weather .

Of course, a person would still be able to get off the bed if it was a regular cold . Wu Hai was one that would crawl to the restaurant if he could still crawl . Clearly, he was so sick he couldn’t even crawl anymore .

When Wu Hai saw Yuan Zhou, he sat up in alarm, like how a person who was dying of thirst in the desert would behave when seeing an oasis .

Wu Hai might be sick, but he was still extremely excited to see Yuan Zhou . Of course, his body was too weak . Thus, he collapsed weakly onto the sofa again right after he sat up .

“Tell me what happened to you,” said Yuan Zhou as he moved a stool in front of Wu Hai and sat down, preparing to listen to a story .

“I forgot to shut the windows before sleeping…”

“… then it rained . ”

“Rain… drifted inside the room,” said Wu Hai weakly with his hoarse voice . Even his mustache looked weak today . He was only able to finish his sentence after multiple attempts .

It was worth noting that Wu Hai’s sofa and bed were both next to the window . This was an arrangement Wu Hai made since Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was opened so he could have a clear line of sight to the restaurant by simply getting up .

Thus, it rained the other day, and Wu Hai found his bed and mattress soaked wet when he woke up .

It was understandable that he was sick right after that .

There was no point asking why Wu Hai did not wake up when it first rained . There was a saying that a person pretending to sleep could not be woken . Similarly, Wu Hai could only be woken up by Yuan Zhou’s food .

As for the dropping temperature or other elements, Wu Hai was able to ignore everything when he was sleeping .

Looking at Wu Hai’s current posture on the sofa, it was obvious he wanted to go to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant badly . After all, he was lying on the sofa beside the window and the window was left open . It was clear he had struggled to reach the sofa from his bed .

The result was obvious . He could move no further than his sofa .

“Eat the medicine . Follow the dose recorded in the prescription,” said Yuan Zhou after nodding his head .

Without waiting for Wu Hai to reply, Yuan Zhou tossed the bag of medicines at Wu Hai . He then stood up and started boiling a pot of hot water for Wu Hai .

“Help me up . I can still eat,” Wu Hai did not even give the medicine a glance . He sat back up after some struggle .

Wu Hai had zero interest in the medicine . He gazed straight at Yuan Zhou and made his request .

“Sure, get up yourself . If you can’t get up, eat the medicine . I will give Zheng Jiawei a call,” Yuan Zhou said and left before Wu Hai could answer .

“Come back, I want to eat…” Wu Hai stretched his weak arm out and yelled with a voice as weak as a mosquito’s buzz .

Yuan Zhou did not bother turning around despite his keen ears .

“Only Zheng Jiawei and Wu Lin can control this fellow,” Yuan Zhou muttered as he decided to call the two immediately .

Then, he left . After all, he still needed to return to his restaurant . His presence was still needed even though Shen Min was there and there was actually nothing for him to do .

Right after he reached downstairs, he took his phone out and called Zheng Jiawei .

After the pub was closed, as usual, Yuan Zhou watched on as Shen Min waited for the bus . He only closed the restaurant’s door after Shen Min got onto the bus .

During noon the next day, Wu Hai was still nowhere to be seen . Several surprise guests had arrived at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant . The “surprise” here carried with it a derogatory meaning . Chef Li was the leader of the alliance known as the Bad Review Alliance . Naturally, he would not let the matter drop after being rejected by Yuan Zhou . Thus, he thought of a cheap trick to deal with Yuan Zhou .

That was truly a cheap trick . The Bad Review Alliance hired a bunch of people that kept lingering around the restaurant doing nothing but speaking loudly .

“There is actually such a long line here?”

“I don’t understand why so many people like a restaurant that does not dare to bear the consequences of its action like this . ”

“Perhaps this is the popular style nowadays?”

“Hoho . ”

“The boss is a coward . I wonder if the food here is really that good . Maybe the customers that have a bad taste . ”

Similar words were being repeated without stop . Just like that, these people camped around Taoxi Road . Since Taoxi Road itself was a public place, not even the Queuing Committee could do anything about those people .

More importantly, when the people from the Queuing Committee went to negotiate with them, those people would apologize and leave . But the next day, a new group of people would come and repeat the same words .

It would seem like Chef Li was asking for it . He had hired a large number of people to come and cause trouble .

Although most of the customers of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant were well-behaved, there were still some with bad tempers .

When those with bad temper heard those words, they charged at the troublemakers fearlessly . Obviously, they were victorious during the confrontation . After all, the customers of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant were very united . Nevertheless, a great mess had still been created during lunchtime because of that .

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