Chapter 831

After finishing another order, Yuan Zhou stood aside to take a short break . At that time, Master Cheng came up and looked at Yuan Zhou up and down before speaking .

“Master Yuan, how is your cold?” Master Cheng asked .

In truth, Master Cheng had already asked the same question earlier in the morning . However, he couldn’t resist asking again .

“I’m fine now,” Yuan Zhou answered .

“Is there anything I can help you with?” Master Cheng asked sincerely .

“No, just observe seriously,” Yuan Zhou shook his head and said .

“Have you not gotten enough rest, Master Yuan?” Master Cheng asked anxiously when he saw that Yuan Zhou’s eyes were red .

As Yuan Zhou had a surgical mask on, only his pair of eyes were shown . As such, the reddened eyes were very conspicuous, resulting in this question from Master Cheng .

“I’m fine,” Yuan Zhou answered with a flat tone . But when he spoke the word “fine”, it sounded like he was gnashing his teeth .

Seeing that Yuan Zhou was claiming to be fine, Master Cheng did not keep asking . But while focusing on observing Yuan Zhou’s cooking skills, he started observing Yuan Zhou’s condition as well .

It was understandable for Yuan Zhou to have that reaction when questioned by Master Cheng . To understand why, one had to know what happened the day before .

Last night, Yuan Zhou treated two people to a meal of Wontons . After that, he finished his arrangements for the discount today before he returned to the second floor . He planned to read a book while resting .

But half an hour later, Yuan Zhou’s phone started ringing . Wu Hai was the caller .

“Compass, time to take your medicine . It has been four hours,” Wu Hai’s penetrating voice sounded .

“I know . Sleep earlier,” Yuan Zhou answered with a helpless look before he hung the call .

He thought that would be the last call, but surprisingly, at 10 . 00 pm when he was about to sleep, his phone rang again . As usual, it was Wu Hai .

The only content of their conversation was Wu Hai reminding him to take medicine .

“I’m already fine . This will be the final dose of medicine,” Yuan Zhou told Wu Hai frankly .

“A compass that refuses to take medicine is a bad chef . When sick, you should not try skipping the medicine . Quickly go to bed,” Wu Hai spoke like he was trying to coddle a child, completely ignoring what Yuan Zhou said .

Yuan Zhou felt extremely helpless . But before Yuan Zhou could say anything, Wu Hai already hung up, leaving Yuan Zhou staring at his phone cursing in his heart .

Meanwhile, Wu Hai was doing research . From the Internet, he gathered that when a person caught a cold, that person would usually need two or three days to fully recover . Therefore, he set his alarm to ring every four hours . He had even gotten Zheng Jiawei to wake him up so he could wake Yuan Zhou up every four hours .

“Little Hai, actually, the patient does not need to take medicine every four hours at night,” Zheng Jiawei explained seriously when he heard Wu Hai’s request .

“Says who? After I spent an entire day forcing Compass to take medicine every four hours, he was already able to cook Wontons that very night . If I continue doing this for one night, he will probably be able to open his restaurant tomorrow,” Wu Hai reasoned with absolute certainty .

“But it’s more important to get a decent night’s sleep . Only with sufficient rest will he recover faster,” Zheng Jiawei said tactfully .

“Four hours is enough sleep . Remember to wake me up . I’m going to bed now,” Wu Hai said after thinking about it for a bit .

“Will that disturb Boss Yuan’s sleep? If you disturb his sleep, you might not have anything to eat tomorrow, Little Hai,” Zheng Jiawei said with a sigh .

“Don’t worry . He will definitely open his restaurant as long as he has recovered,” Wu Hai said confidently . “You don’t understand Compass . If there are no special circumstances affecting him, he will never close his restaurant . “

“Fine, I’ll wake you up,” Zheng Jiawei agreed as he had nothing else to say .

And thus, at 2 . 00 am, Yuan Zhou was awakened by Wu Hai . At 6 . 00 am, he received a call from Wu Hai again . Of course, both calls were reminding him to take medicine .

This caused Yuan Zhou to be breaking down mentally . Fortunately, he was still able to maintain reason . That was why Wu Hai was still safe and sound, able to enjoy his meal at the restaurant .

Otherwise, Yuan Zhou would have long slapped Wu Hai’s face with his size 24 shoe . He might even rub the shoe in Wu Hai’s face while he was at it . After all, Wu Hai’s conduct of calling him every four hours was no different than a midnight prank call telling someone to wake up and pee .

Of course, Wu Hai was genuinely and sincerely doing this with good intentions . Yuan Zhou was aware of that . That was why he had been putting up with Wu Hai’s show of concern that was similar to a prank .

Why did Yuan Zhou keep his phone on? Simple . As a chef, a popular chef at that, there were a lot of things he had to deal with .

Therefore, outside business hours, his phone was always on so that he wouldn’t miss any important calls .

Outside the restaurant, Gao Fan and Qin Xiaoyi had already left after getting their autographs . After all, they still needed to return to work . In truth, today was not the day of the week where they would usually come out for a feast . They had only come due to the 10% discount . It was too enticing and they couldn’t help but to come here during lunch break .

And due to the special occasion today, they had even called for a temporary truce with Wu Hai .

“The guest has arrived . “

While Bai Guo, Li He and, Jiang Meisi were being vexed over their mission completion, the director told them that the guest had arrived .

They looked over and saw a blond-haired and blue-eyed handsome man . This man did not look like a chef . Instead, he looked more like a celebrity .

As usual, the director started introducing the guest .

“Dean Bradbury is the youngest three-star Michelin chef in France . A lot of people have been making reservations for half a year in advance just to eat some of his food . France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs is one of them . “

To further demonstrate how great the guest was, variety shows would usually list out the past accomplishments of the guest .

“More importantly, Dean is the second youngest three-star Michelin chef to have existed in the world . “

Regardless of the industry, a person regarded as a national treasure was definitely a great individual, even if that person was a janitor . If a janitor was a national treasure, that would probably be a janitor capable of utilizing over 80 different types of detergent to clean various different kinds of environments while being skilled at utilizing over 50 cleaning tools .

The Michelin rating system was probably one of the most authoritative reviewers of good food in Europe and America . To be the second youngest ever, it was clear how great Dean was .

Li He and company could not speak French . They were about to greet Dean in English when Dean suddenly spoke Chinese .

As mentioned previously, Dean was planning to come to visit Yuan Zhou’s restaurant first . But he ended up losing his direction, resulting in him arriving late .

Although he was late, before his arrival, he had already found out what the first mission was . He was also aware of their current situation . And thus, he came up with a solution .

He went straight to the point, “I have a solution . To have lunch at Yuan Zhou’s restaurant, you don’t necessarily need Yuan Zhou to personally cook for you . I can borrow his kitchen and cook some lunch for you guys . “

That was a great idea . All three of them gazed at Dean like they were looking at their savior . They felt like Dean had a halo hanging above his head at this moment .

Dean entered the restaurant . There were still 30 minutes before lunchtime ended . As such, the restaurant was extremely busy currently . This was also Dean’s first meeting with Yuan Zhou . Although he couldn’t get a clear look at Yuan Zhou’s face due to the mask, he still reached a conclusion that Yuan Zhou looked normal .

“What makes him worthy of being Chu Xiao’s rival of a lifetime?” This was Dean’s first thought .