CHAPTER 632: CHAPTER 621: VICIOUS VILLAIN

Recently, there’s an extremely popular restaurant in City A called He Chef which is said to not only have a great decor but its dishes are beyond reproach.

Each dish seems as if it was painted out of a picture, so exquisite that one hesitates to touch them, especially the restaurant’s own designed set meals. With each delicately beautiful dish, each gracefully dynamic name, combined with flavors that linger in the mouth, it feels like staying in Jiangnan Water Town or swimming in a lotus pond, making people feel relaxed and delighted. In short, once you go there, you’ll want to go again, each visit is a unique experience.

Various food bloggers have fervently praised it on their major accounts, and the photos they took are dreamlike. Gradually, He Chef has become an essential check-in spot for every Internet celebrity visiting City A.

However, the number of guests He Chef can serve each day is limited, and making a reservation is not easy. It’s said that from Monday to Saturday it’s manageable, but the special set meals prepared on Sundays need to be booked at least a month in advance to secure a spot.

Yet, precisely because of this, it has piqued people’s curiosity all the more, making them determined to taste these meals. And indeed, the special Sunday meals have never disappointed; some people even book their next visit right after finishing their meal.

Thus, He Chef has become wildly popular, even making it to the local news.

Feeling a sense of guilt, He Jiangnan said to Ye Qiu, "It’s all thanks to your efforts, yet I end up getting all the credit."

Ye Qiu smiled slightly, unconcerned: "I’m only fifteen, getting such fame would only be harmful and not beneficial. Besides, if word got out, wouldn’t I have less money to spend? You’ve been paying me a salary; this works out better for everyone."

"But I still feel indebted.", He Jiangnan admitted, thinking the same. Recently, the restaurant had made a good profit, and he decided to give Ye Qiu, the young girl, a raise. If it weren’t for her, his restaurant wouldn’t be as popular as it is now.

He now feels extremely fortunate he didn’t dismiss Ye Qiu in the beginning just because of her age, or else he would have missed this opportunity.

"Come on, let’s go eat something delicious," said a group of tough-looking teenagers walking down the street, the one with yellow hair leading them excitedly.

The other three, seeming a bit lazy, followed behind him. The tallest, with a buzz cut, taunted: "Madman, don’t lead us to any messed-up stuff again, I’m warning you, I can’t get into trouble again, or else my dad is going to send me to the military for discipline."

The other two, silent, looked at him with a doubtful expression. It wasn’t that they were disloyal friends, but Madman really wasn’t reliable.

"Hey, am I really that bad in your eyes?" Madman raised his eyebrows.

The other three synchronously nodded their heads.

Madman could not vent the frustration cooped up inside, then patted his chest promising, "Just trust me one last time, the place is fantastic. I’m telling you, not only is the food there good-looking, but it tastes amazing too. It’s like having a meal in Jiangnan Water Town; it’s absolutely incredible."

"Come on, there won’t be beauties from Jiangnan there, right, Madman? We are only sixteen."

Madman, annoyed: "Am I that kind of person? Last time was an accident."

"Yeah, an accident," his friends said perfunctorily.

Madman decided he didn’t want to talk anymore; who knew last time they would be so unlucky. He just wanted to show his buddies a good time, not actually do anything, but somehow their parents caught wind of it just by the smell, how coincidental?

Arriving outside He Chef, Jiang Cheng, Han Fei, and others were intrigued but skeptical. It wasn’t any usual oddity; it was just an elegantly decorated restaurant. What’s so special about it? There might not be a hundred of such places in City A, but surely there are twenty to thirty.

Seeing their expressions, Gao Feng guessed what his three friends were thinking since he had the same thoughts when he first came, even somewhat sneering at it.

To think Gao Feng had eaten everything, what was so peculiar about a restaurant decorated a bit differently? But with one glance at the dishes, he was figuratively slapped in the face, and only when the food reached his mouth did he realize how shallow his previous understanding was.

This wasn’t ordinary food at all, even the dishes glowing with golden light in food animes were nothing compared to this!

Thinking this, he was already eagerly awaiting his brothers’ shocked expressions later, so on his face appeared a smile that was not quite a smile.

At his laughter, the other three really started to doubt, could there really be something different about this place?

"Guests, may I have your last name, do you have a reservation?" The server, dressed in an antique redwood green outfit, approached and asked with a smile.

"I booked the seat among the lotus leaves and fish, my surname is Gao."

"Okay, please follow me."

"That’s a pretty interesting name," said Han Fei, the mildest and most normal-looking among them.

"Thank you for the compliment, our boss picked the name. You’ve reserved a set meal earlier, would you like to start serving now, and would you like to add anything else?"

"Do you have any new dishes?" Gao Feng asked.

"You’ve come at the right time, our chef just crafted a new dessert yesterday, it’s on the menu today, you might want to try it."

"Then add that, and please serve the food quickly."

"Sure, please wait a moment."

"Hey, Ah Cheng, why haven’t you been coming out these past few nights when called?" Gao Feng asked curiously, "Don’t tell me your dad scolded you again!"

"Since when did Ah Cheng care about his dad?" Mo Ziang, a young man with a flat head and tall stature, said, "There must be another reason."

Han Fei also turned his head and looked over, Jiang Cheng unnaturally averted his eyes, "What reason could there be? Do you guys want to be scolded every day? It’s so annoying."

"Same with the old man at my house, it’s summer vacation, aren’t we supposed to go out and have fun? Instead of sleeping at home all day? Then he will complain again, it’s strange, how does he always know where I am?" Gao Feng said impatiently.

At this moment, Han Fei thought of the elder brother at home, and gave Jiang Cheng another thoughtful look, even if the adults at home had divine skills, they surely couldn’t always arrive just in time whenever they made a mistake! There must be another reason.

It was no use to expect anything from the two simple-minded fools, Gao Feng and Mo Ziang, hadn’t Jiang Cheng noticed?

"Guests, your dishes have arrived." The waiter’s voice interrupted Han Fei’s suspicions, and everyone turned their attention to the dishes that Gao Feng highly praised.

Gao Feng looked at the exquisite dishes with a face full of pride, expecting compliments from his friends.

But in the end, only Mo Ziang, the big silly guy, gave him face: "This is quite unique!" he exclaimed in surprise.

Gao Feng was still waiting for affirmations from Han Fei and Jiang Cheng, but after waiting a while, he received nothing.

"Don’t you want to say anything?" Gao Feng asked expectantly.

"Hmm, not bad."

"It’s okay."

Seeing their perfunctory expressions, Gao Feng started to doubt whether his two friends had already eaten here. No, even if they had, they shouldn’t be like this. Could such good food not impress them? Do good-looking people have more refined taste buds than them?

What he didn’t notice was that, although Jiang Cheng and Han Fei were noncommittal with their words, their eyes lit up.