Chapter 117: Let You Open a Gourmet Restaurant, You Open for Business at Three in the Morning

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The manager looked around the back kitchen, couldn't help but frown, and asked a chef chopping vegetables beside him: "Where is Master Chef Liang?"

Hearing this, the chef showed a strange expression on his face, quickly returned to normal, and said quickly: "Master Chef Liang said his stomach hurts; he should be in the toilet having diarrhea, right? He's been gone for half an hour already."

"What time is it now, and you still haven't cooked? The customers will be here soon!"

Hearing this, the manager couldn't help but speak somewhat angrily, then without another word walked toward the toilet.

Master Chef Liang was the head chef of the restaurant, and many dishes tonight needed him to personally take charge of the wok.

Seeing that in less than an hour the Boss would return with An Liang, if Master Chef Liang still didn't hurry back to cook, tonight would be a disaster.

The manager quickly walked to the toilet door, knocked on it from outside, and shouted with an anxious tone: "Master Chef Liang, are you done? The dishes for tonight aren't ready yet; please hurry up."

"I'll be out right away!" Liang Da Chu's somewhat weak voice came from inside the toilet.

Hearing Master Chef Liang's reply, the manager felt somewhat relieved, urged a few words at the toilet door, then left.

After the manager left, the toilet door opened a crack, Liang Da Chu sneakily poked his head out, looked around, then shrank back, and casually locked the toilet door from the inside.

Holding his mobile phone, he low-roared somewhat frantically at the person on the other end: "Wang Ge, what exactly is going on! You said you knew someone around An Liang, as long as the money was right, you could get him to give a good review? Seeing that the person is about to arrive, how is it that you say you can't contact that person?"

"I don't know either!"

The voice of the person on the other end of the phone sounded very vexed: "I was indeed in good contact before; after I transferred the money yesterday, today I can't contact him anymore!"

"You were obviously scammed! Where did you find this person?"

Hearing these words, Liang Da Chu immediately panicked inside, and hurriedly lowered his voice to ask.

"On Douyin; I saw that person's homepage posted all of An Liang's videos, so I asked if he was An Liang's assistant, he said he was, that's when I got in touch; who would have thought this guy is a scammer!"

The voice on the other end of the phone was also full of regret and helplessness.

"I gave you ten thousand yuan, and you gave it all to him?"

"I did! He wanted fifteen thousand, and I advanced five thousand myself! Damn it, that dog scammer deserves to die!"

Hearing this, Liang Da Chu was so angry he almost smashed his mobile phone on the ground; the hand holding the phone trembled slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Wang Ge, when I worked under you before, didn't I get you plenty of good wine and cigarettes? Today this matter, you must help me think of a way, otherwise our Boss will definitely skin me alive!"

The person on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and said somewhat helplessly: "How about this, I'll try again to see if I can contact that person, but there's not much hope; if you really can't manage on your end, just serve the dishes normally; maybe on An Liang's side..."

"Wang Ge, you think too highly of me!" Liang Da Chu angrily interrupted the person's words: "You know what kind of person An Liang is; with my level, trying to fool him is too hard!"

"Then..." The person on the other end hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Why don't you try to find a chance to slip some money to An Liang himself; maybe he'll show mercy?"

After hearing this, Liang Da Chu frowned and thought for a while.

Although this method sounded a bit risky, it was still better than doing nothing.

Right now there was no other way out; he could only do this.

After hanging up the phone, Liang Da Chu rubbed his somewhat swollen temples, took a deep breath, tried to calm his emotions, then opened the toilet door and walked out.

He had just returned to the kitchen when several sous chefs gathered around him: "Master Chef Liang, the ingredients are all prepared; now we're just waiting for you to cook; it's not early anymore, shall we start?"

Liang Da Chu waved his hand, pretending to be calm and said: "What's there to panic about? With me here, there won't be any problem tonight! By the way, I have something to do and need to go out for a bit; you guys first prepare the cold dishes, and wait for me to come back to cook the hot dishes."

Hearing Master Chef Liang's words, those sous chefs, although somewhat doubtful in their hearts, didn't dare ask more, and each dispersed to start busy with the work at hand.

Liang Da Chu hurriedly walked out of the kitchen, afraid of being seen by the manager, he didn't dare leave through the restaurant's main gate, but left the restaurant through the back door.

He came to a 24-hour automatic ATM nearby, inserted his bank card, and withdrew ten thousand yuan.

Looking at the balance of over twenty thousand yuan displayed on the screen, Liang Da Chu gritted his teeth, after some operations withdrew another twenty thousand.

Then he bought a cowhide envelope at a nearby store, put the thirty thousand yuan just withdrawn into it, and only then secretly returned to the restaurant.

Half an hour later, a black large Mercedes stopped at the door of Hong'an Restaurant.

The manager, accompanied by several sweet-looking waiters, stood at the door early to welcome them; seeing this, they immediately went up to meet them.

After Li Hong'an got out of the car, he immediately quickly walked to the other side and opened the car door.

"Mr. An, thank you very much for gracing us with your presence this time; it is truly my honor that you are willing to give me face and come from afar."

A middle-aged man with a somewhat thin build got out of the car; he wore a white shirt paired with black trousers, looking very capable.

Standing by his side was a girl in her twenties, wearing professional attire, with clear eyes.

The middle-aged man was An Liang, and the girl standing beside him was his assistant.

Hearing Li Hong'an's somewhat flattering words, An Liang showed no expression on his face, just nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Li Hong'an was not angry; he had long heard of An Liang's personality, and the smile on his face did not diminish.

His gaze turned to the manager waiting at one side; after seeing this, the manager nodded slightly and made an OK hand gesture.

Li Hong'an wore a brilliant smile on his face, and made a please gesture with his hand toward An Liang: "Mr. An, I have prepared our restaurant's best dishes for you in the VIP private room on the second floor; shall we go upstairs?"

Hearing this, An Liang said nothing, directly walked into the restaurant, and his assistant closely followed behind him.

Seeing this, Li Hong'an gave the manager a look.

The manager immediately understood, and said to the waiter beside him: "Take Mr. An to the VIP private room on the second floor; notify the kitchen to start serving dishes!"

Hearing the manager's instructions, the several waiters immediately left according to the previous arrangements.

Soon, the waiters led An Liang and the others to the private room door; the manager gently pushed open the gate, then respectfully stood outside the door.

Li Hong'an followed An Liang and his assistant inside, and warmly greeted the two to sit down.

After An Liang and the assistant sat down, neither of them spoke.

Li Hong'an said a bunch of flattering words, but the two had no reaction at all; the atmosphere in the room was somewhat awkward.

"Why haven't the dishes come yet? Manager Zhao, go urge Master Chef Liang in the kitchen."

Looking at the empty table, Li Hong'an's face showed a displeased expression, and he shouted toward the outside.