Chapter 53

Chapter 53: The First Stage of the Mission

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: Desmond

Yuan Zhou suddenly received a new mission the moment he stepped out of the tax bureau .

Nevertheless, the contents of the mission stunned Yuan Zhou .

“System, what kind of bloody mission is this?” Yuan Zhou asked helplessly in his heart as he

raised his hand to hold his forehead .

The system read, “Since host has reached Level 2, the special staged mission to level up is

officially opened . ”

[Staged Mission 1] “Host, please close the restaurant down for three days starting from today . ”

(Mission tips: As a candidate to be the next Master Chef, how could you not leave for our very

own food trip? Go, young man, go wander the world . )

[Mission reward] Watermelon Juice Recipe

“System, I don’t actually like trips . ” Yuan Zhou said with a firm tone, looking like a hardworking

youth .

The system read, “The adventurous vibe of the host has already been exposed . There is no need

to lie to yourself anymore . The staged mission can’t be rejected . ”

Standing in front of the gates to the tax bureau in a daze seemed rather odd . Therefore, Yuan

Zhou left with quick steps, preparing to hail a taxi . Along the way, he didn’t forget to refute the

system .

“System, please don’t impose this adventurous vibe on me . This is presumably your own

thoughts . ”

Nevertheless, the system did not respond .

“Mister, take me to No . 14 of Taoxi Road . ” Yuan Zhou raised his arm and hailed a taxi . After

telling the driver the destination, he began to hold his head as he seriously started to consider

what excuse he would provide to close the restaurant .

Suddenly, he straightened his body, put down his hands, drew out the mobile phone from the

pocket, and then started to look something up on the Internet .

“Zi liu”

“Here we are . ” The driver didn’t talk much . After saying that, he waited silently for Yuan Zhou

to pay the taxi fare .

“Thank you, mister . ”

“Peng . ” After paying the taxi fare, Yuan Zhou got off and headed into the restaurant from the

back door again . As he passed by a pile of trash, the Maltese dog with mixed hair colors was still

lying prone on the plastic bag, taking no notice of Yuan Zhou passing by .

Not until Yuan Zhou disappeared into the depths of the alley, did the lying prone dog idly raise

the head and take a look .

With a sound of “zhi ya”, Yuan Zhou unlocked the back door and went inside . Suddenly, a blast

of cool air wrapped around him . The smell of oil and smoke didn’t exist in his kitchen .

He ran up to the second floor in quick steps and opened the drawer of his bedside table . Inside

the drawer were some remaining pieces of A4 paper . He picked up a ballpen and, with a

flourish, wrote several large characters on the paper .

After leaving the restaurant by the back door arrogantly, Yuan Zhou gave 2RMB to a boy and

told him to help paste this notice on the front door . Having glimpsed the notice on the door

from a distance, he then prepared to find some place to eat . It was almost the time for lunch .

As to why he hadn’t gone to paste the notice in person, even Yuan Zhou himself probably

understood . If his excuse was seen by his regular customers, he would probably end up in the

hospital, eating in their cafeteria .

As he thought about that, Yuan Zhou couldn't help giving himself a thumbs-up at his own

intelligence .

……… .

“Sister Ying, wait a moment . ” The moment lunch time came, Gao Ying, who had eaten the Egg

Fried Rice in Yuan Zhou’s restaurant once, left the office in a hurry . However, she was stopped

by her colleague before she reached the elevator entrance .

Wearing her usual office-wear, Gao Ying turned around elegantly . She discovered it was the

newly-hired girl from the human resource department, thus gently asked her, “What is the

matter?”

“Thank you, Sister Ying . If it wasn’t for you this morning…” Before the girl had finished

speaking, she was interrupted by Gao Ying

“Let’s talk while walking . ” Gao Ying gestured at the girl to follow her pace .

“Oh, all right . ” The girl’s name was Weiwei . She had a baby face and was an easy-going person .

Weiwei had barely graduated from university this year and this was yet her first job . She was a

fast learner, sensible and obedient, but also a little impulsive . This morning, she made an error

in a very important Excel chart . Fortunately, Gao Ying happened to check the chart when it was

submitted to her and gave the girl a few words of advice .

“Let’s enter the elevator . ” Gao Ying stepped into the elevator first, followed by the girl, just like

a servant girl .

“Ok, let’s continue . ” only when the elevator started did Gao Ying looked at Weiwei and then

said .

“I just want to thank you, Sister Ying . If it was not for you, I would have been severely scolded

today . ” while saying that, Weiwei stuck her tongue out, giving off a youthful and pretty

appearance .

“You are welcome . We are all colleagues . ” Gao Ying paid no attention to her gratitude .

“I have to . I heard you didn’t bring food with you, right? Shall I treat you to lunch?” Weiwei

looked at Gao Ying carefully and then promised, “It is definitely very clean . ”

Weiwei had heard about a restaurant serving delicious Egg Fried Rice near the company . Lots of

people would queue up for it . Furthermore, the boss had a unique personality too . She had been

looking forward to tasting the dish . Since Gao Ying happened to help her out today, she wanted

to take this opportunity to invite Gao Ying along to try the Egg Fried Rice as well .

Gao Ying had intended to go to Yuan Zhou’s restaurant for lunch today . Nonetheless, when she

saw Weiwei’s earnest manner, she felt it would be impolite to refuse her, therefore she agreed .

Once they left the company, Weiwei began to lead the way in the front . On the way, she poured

all kinds of praise about the restaurant they were heading to as if she was about to present a

treasure .

“Sister Ying, I heard the dishes there are awfully tasty . When I came to work on the first day, I

searched for restaurants with high ratings around here using my Wechat . When I checked, I

saw many customers leave favorable comments for this restaurant . ”

“Sister Ying, I know about your slight mysophobia, but don’t worry, this restaurant is incredibly

clean . ”

“Humm”, Gao Ying answered absentmindedly . However, once she heard Weiwei’s

recommendations about the restaurant, she felt it started to sound a lot like that unknown

restaurant she had wanted to visit . Once the way seemed to become more and more familiar,

she finally confirmed it was the same place .

How fortunate was it to be invited to a restaurant that she had just intended to visit, especially

since Gao Ying had slight mysophobia .

Gao Ying couldn’t help revealing a faint smile on her face .

While walking and talking, the two ladies soon arrived at the street where Yuan Zhou’s

restaurant was located . From a distance, they could already see the entrance to the restaurant

was bustling with activity .

“Look, Sister Ying . As expected, there are so many people queuing up . Let’s hurry . ” Weiwei

leaped forward .

“Ok . ”

The two ladies arrived at the entrance soon . However, they found that things were not as they

expected . It sounded like the customers at the entrance were all cursing the boss .

“Boss Yuan is too deceitful . Why didn’t he inform us in advance that he would shut the

restaurant? Now, I have to eat other food to fill my stomach today . ” a man said .

“True . How could Boss Yuan act like that? I will definitely not come tomorrow . ” a tall and slim

man said in anger .

“Hey, man . You’re the one who said you would never come again last time . See, you are still here

now . ” the tall and slim man was exposed immediately .

Without any embarrassment or abashment, the tall and slim man said frankly, “If other

restaurants can serve such delicious Egg Fried Rice, I will definitely not come here anymore .

Humph . ”

While speaking, he even dared let out a ‘humph’ to show his protest .

“Who wouldn’t?” Those who were waiting at the door let out a collective sigh .

Having heard them talking for a while, Weiwei couldn’t help asking, “What’s wrong? It isn’t

open?”

“Young girl, go and take a look yourself . The notice is on the door . ” the tall and slim man said

while pointing to the A4 paper on the door .

“Ok . ”

She went up curiously to check the message on the paper .

Notice, “Since today is May, 28th, the National Love-One’s-Hair Day . I hereby declare a rest

today .

The signature below was from the boss of the restaurant .

When she saw this unbelievable reason, Weiwei’s first reaction was “astonished”; the second

was “terrible” .

“Sister Ying, I’m sorry . ” Weiwei looked at Gao Ying pitifully with a blush on her face .

She had dragged Gao Ying along with the intentions of treating her to a meal and had

furthermore praised how delicious the dishes were, yet the restaurant was closed . This

situation was even worse than finding out that it was not as delicious as expected .

But what the hell was National Love-One’s-Hair Day was? She had never heard of that .

Was this even an official holiday? Weiwei suddenly felt she and the boss of the restaurant were

not of the same species .

Gao Ying just raised her eyebrows at the notice and then comforted the girl, “Never mind . I have

been here before . The boss indeed has a unique personality . ”

“Huh? Have you been here before? Wow! Tell me how it is . ”

After being comforted, Weiwei naturally forgot her embarrassment . Thus she followed Gao

Ying who had turned and left, questioning her non-stop .