Chapter 317

Chapter 317: The Delight of A Popsicle

Translator: Xiong Guoqi Editor: DesTheSloth

Several days later . . .

"Boss Yuan, Boss Yuan, surprising news . " A man suddenly ran into the restaurant and said anxiously .

It was the break time between breakfast and lunch when there wasn't anybody in Yuan Zhou's restaurant . Even Zhou Jia hadn't arrived yet .

Only Yuan Zhou was there, preparing the dishes for lunch, alone .

Hearing that, he raised the head and looked toward the person .

"What's wrong, Wu Zhou?" Yuan Zhou was a little puzzled .

"Hey! How could you still be so calm? There seems to be a new western restaurant not far from here . Look, it's the invitation letter . " Seeing Yuan Zhou's motionless manner, Wu Zhou became quite worried . While speaking, he handed an exquisite card to Yuan Zhou .

The appearance of the card was fairly magnificent . It was wrapped in an invitation bag and the paper felt like the fine and smooth silk cloth .

"Is your company holding the annual meeting so early?" Yuan Zhou received the invitation card and asked with puzzlement .

"Noooope . It's the newly-opened restaurant next door . Look!" Showing the whites of his eyes, Wu Zhou pointed at the invitation letter and said solemnly

"Um, I know . Thanks . " After a nod and thanks, Yuan Zhou nevertheless didn't intend to leave the restaurant at all .

"Then why are you still be so calm? This is a high-end restaurant right beside you!" Wu Zhou said anxiously while pointing at the outside .

Having paused a while, he continued, "Of course, I am still in favor of you, Boss Yuan . "

"Thanks . " Yuan Zhou nodded the head .

Seeing Wu Zhou staring at him constantly, he opened the invitation letter symbolically and prepared to have a look .

It was quite formal . It started with the courteous addressing of Wu Zhou, behind of which was the content .

The content was long . It was summarized by Yuan Zhou himself as, [Our restaurant is going to be open for business on Oct . 1 . We wish you could come around and taste our dishes . ]

The remaining was sort of polite greetings .

The entire invitation letter took on a splendid rose red . With the dark fringes printed, the texture felt superior in his hand .

"It's a splendid invitation letter . Furthermore, it's very formal . " Yuan Zhou remarked justly .

"Isn't it a threat? Boss Yuan, do you think their dishes are tasty?" Wu Zhou asked curiously .

"The head chef is said to be a senior culinary artist, so the dishes are supposedly not bad . " Yuan Zhou's remarks were always made to the point .

"A culinary artist?" Wu Zhou wasn't a chef and hence didn't know the meaning of it .

"It's another appellation of a chef," Yuan Zhou said concisely and comprehensively .

"What is the taste of the dishes like compared with yours, Boss Yuan?" Wu Zhou asked with an evil laugh .

"There isn't a comparability between their dishes and mine . I'm doing better than them," Yuan Zhou said seriously and earnestly .

"Er . . . Boss Yuan, couldn't you be at least a little modest?" Wu Zhou said speechlessly .

"I'm telling the truth . When does telling a truth become immodest?" Yuan Zhou frowned and became puzzled . He didn't mean anything else at all and was truly confused .

" . . . " Wu Zhou had nothing to say to answer .

"Isn't it so?" Yuan Zhou asked .

"Yeah, yeah, sure . Boss Yuan is the best . " Wu Zhou talked as if he were coaxing a kid .

Of course, he also thought the same in the heart . After all, how could he take a fancy to dishes of other restaurants after he had eaten those of Yuan Zhou's restaurant?

However, it was possible for him to go and have a try .

Nevertheless, no restaurant would like to do a one-off business and refuse repeat customers .

If not, how would they run the chain business later?

"Speaking of which, are you worried about that, Boss Yuan?" Wu Zhou was actually only curious about Yuan Zhou's attitude toward that .

"Should I? With the restaurant being here, those who can't get their turn in my restaurant could eat nearby . Actually, I think it's fairly considerate to the customers," Yuan Zhou said lightly .

"Boss Yuan, that was really a fantastic moment of acting cool . You shocked me . " Wu Zhou was lost in silence for quite a while and then said .

"Um . Business time will start very soon . Go form the line," said Yuan Zhou .

"Well, alright . " Wu Zhou then agreed .

He only reacted when he reached the door .

"Boss Yuan is becoming more and more influential now . " Seeing Yuan Zhou' back inside of the kitchen, Wu Zhou sighed with emotion .

"Gee? It's you two, again . " Having arrived at the door, Wu Zhou found the two people who came frequently these few days .

Li Cheng and Zhang Fan . The combination of the two persons were really eye-catching . Now that they stood at the door, Wu Zhou naturally got curious .

"Um . Hello . " Li Cheng greeted .

Standing beside him, Zhang Fan just smiled implicitly and said nothing .

"The combination is really strange . " Wu Zhou muttered in a low voice .

Li Cheng who stood at the foremost of the line had actually heard him, but he didn't turn around to him .

He didn't really care about others' thought . As long as he could fulfill his own wish, it was good .

"Interesting . " When Wu Hai saw them in the latter part of the line, he also said .

Although they often heard of this combination these few days, he still felt it interesting .

Besides, Li Cheng asked Zhang Fan some specious questions every time .

In a little while, the lunch time commenced . As usual, Li Cheng ordered the Dongpo Pig Knuckle and the beef .

The two dishes were Zhang Fan's favorite dishes . Li Cheng managed to find it out after the meals .

Just like the several times before, Li Cheng asked him some odd question while eating . Basically, Zhang Fan answered whatever he could answer .

After the meal, the two persons usual departed respectively .

This time, however, Zhang Fan stopped .

"Big boss, please tell me directly if you have anything to tell me . I don't feel it good if you always offers me such treats . " Zhang Fan said with a helpless tone .

"Nothing at all . I just want to eat something with you . " Li Cheng said earnestly .

"You are my boss . I can't take it for granted that you treat me the meals again and again . If you really have nothing to talk with me, please don't treat me anymore next time . " Zhang Fan's head was full of grey hair and the perennial hard work made his back bend slightly . However, the way he talked was methodical and rigid .

"Even after we had meals for several times, you still didn't recognize me . I reckon you have truly forgotten me . " Li Cheng sighed first and suddenly said that .

"I'm sure that I don't know you . " Zhang Fan nodded the head affirmatively .

He had lived a simple life . How could be there a chance to know such a big boss?

"Twenty years ago, you served in the army, right?" Li Cheng was still a little excited when he said that .

"Yes . Everyone that knows me knows about that . " Zhang Fan was a man of great caution .

He wouldn't believe that a big boss would lay his heart bare to a nobody .

"You took train and went back home for vacation in Aug . of 1993 . " What Li Cheng said was not a question, but an affirmative sentence .

"Well . . . " Zhang Fan lost his tongue .

Frankly speaking, he didn't really remember that . He was merely a compulsory serviceman that would finish his duty and go back home after three years of military service . When there was a home leave, the time was enough long .

Since it happened so long ago, he had already got nowhere to remember that .

"It was extraordinarily hot that year . My mum took me to Jiangsu Province to visit my father . It's really inconvenient for a woman that took her kid alone in that messy train possibly with bad guys . " While Li Cheng said that, his tone was always a little excited .

"Er . . . " Zhang Fan was actually slightly embarrassed .

It was indeed embarrassing that an unacquainted person told some private matters in front of you .

Not to mention that he wasn't really interested in how the big boss made the giant business . He was nearly 40 this year and the time of believing stories had already passed .

Li Cheng just kept talking at the side and took no notice of him as if here were invisible .

"The green train was very slow and it was extremely hot . There was some breeze from the open window . My mum had carried me tight in her arms until she got seated . "

"I was told later that even her luggage was carried onto the train by others . It was a more than 30 hours' journey . During the first few hours, she didn't even dare to go to the bathroom . " Li Cheng was a little grieved when he thought of the experience .

"I'm sorry . But what are you intending to say?" Zhang Fan broke in at the gap of his conversation .

Li Cheng had done the same in the past few days . Treating, asking, treating, asking . Zhang Fan felt both impatient and perturbed .

With great difficulty, he mentioned that but meanwhile Li Cheng chattered about something else . Only then did Zhang Fan ask him .

Li Cheng, " . . . "