Chapter 118

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

The manager broke into a cold sweat on his forehead, quickly agreed, and hurriedly left.

He hurried to the kitchen and saw Master Chef Liang sweating profusely while stir-frying dishes, and anxiously shouted: "Master Chef Liang, why aren't the dishes ready yet? The customers have already arrived!"

Master Chef Liang wiped the sweat from his face with the towel hanging around his neck, turned to look at the manager, and somewhat impatiently pointed to the dishes already prepared on the counter, saying: "What's the rush? Aren't there already dishes done? Tell the waiter to serve slowly; I still have a few dishes on hand, they'll be ready soon!"

The manager silently cursed Master Chef Liang in his heart; he had urged him several times before the customers even arrived, and he didn't expect this Master Chef Liang to be so unreliable.

However, the situation was urgent now, and he couldn't afford to argue with Master Chef Liang, so he quickly picked up the walkie-talkie and notified the waiters to start serving dishes.

Soon, waiters carried the prepared dishes into the private room one after another, and the table was soon filled with various exquisite dishes.

An Liang watched the dishes being placed on the table one by one, frowned, glanced at the time on his watch, and was somewhat dissatisfied with the serving speed.

Li Hong'an suppressed his anger and kept making eyes at the manager; the manager felt bitter in his heart and could only run back and forth to the back kitchen, urging Master Chef Liang to cook quickly.

Finally, Master Chef Liang carried the freshly made Beer Duck into the private room, placed the dish on the table, and smiled at everyone: "The dishes are all served, please enjoy."

Li Hong'an glanced at the table and found that several dishes on the previously agreed menu had not been served; he couldn't help but frown and glanced at Master Chef Liang at the door.

Seeing the boss's gaze directed at him, Master Chef Liang was startled in his heart, lowered his head, and dared not meet Li Hong'an's eyes.

Some time had been wasted just now, and several complex dishes on the originally agreed menu simply couldn't be made in time.

Master Chef Liang had no other choice but to go all out and make all the dishes he could.

Although Li Hong'an was displeased in his heart, he couldn't say anything in front of An Liang, so he could only temporarily let Master Chef Liang off.

He put on a smile and said to An Liang: "Mr. An, our shop's signature dishes have all been served; please try them and see how the taste is."

An Liang still didn't speak, but the assistant sitting beside him stood up at this moment and said to Li Hong'an: "Please, everyone, go out with me first; Mr. An doesn't like anyone disturbing him while he tastes the food; let's wait next door first."

Li Hong'an was stunned and couldn't help but grumble in his heart: This foodie's personality is really strange; eating a meal and not even letting people watch from the side.

However, he immediately stood up with a smile and nodded: "Okay, okay, we'll go out now; everyone, don't disturb Mr. An's meal."

After speaking, he gave a look to the waiters and Master Chef Liang in the private room.

Seeing this, everyone immediately walked out the door one by one.

Master Chef Liang walked at the end, dragging his feet; seeing everyone leave, he took advantage of no one noticing, turned around, and walked back into the private room.

An Liang had just picked up his chopsticks to prepare to taste the food; seeing Master Chef Liang walk in again, he frowned and put down his chopsticks, staring intently at Master Chef Liang.

Master Chef Liang glanced uneasily at the door of the private room, nervously swallowed his saliva, and apprehensively took out a cowhide envelope dampened with cold sweat from his bosom, placed it on the table, and pushed it toward An Liang.

Seeing Master Chef Liang's action, a trace of disgust flashed in An Liang's eyes, but he soon returned to normal and asked lightly: "May I ask, what do you mean by this?"

"Teacher An, I know you don't think much of this bit of money."

Master Chef Liang's heart was beating fast; he didn't know if this method would work, but now that things had come to this, he could only go all out.

He wiped the sweat from his face, put on a smile, lowered his voice, and said: "Mr. An, I have elders above and children below; my whole family relies on me to earn money; this job is very important to me; if today's dishes haven't satisfied you, I hope you can... be lenient in your writing."

An Liang stared at the cowhide envelope in front of him for a while and still didn't speak.

Master Chef Liang didn't know what he was thinking in his heart, but the words had already been spoken, so he could only quietly wait for An Liang's reaction.

Just as Master Chef Liang's inner torment was about to reach its peak, An Liang suddenly smiled, then turned to Master Chef Liang and said: "I understand; you go out first."

Hearing him say this, Master Chef Liang couldn't help but heave a long sigh of relief; the stone in his heart fell heavily to the ground.

An Liang didn't say to take the money back; that meaning should be that he accepted this sum of money.

As long as he accepted the money, presumably tomorrow's column commentary would definitely focus on writing the good points; he had passed this hurdle.

While Master Chef Liang was delighted in his heart, he couldn't help but feel some contempt: What a damn foodie, thinking he was so aloof, but in the end, isn't it all about seeing money and opening one's eyes?

However, he still wore a respectful appearance on his face, quickly nodding and bowing while saying: "Okay, okay, Mr. An, then I won't disturb your meal."

After Master Chef Liang finished speaking, he walked out of the private room with a relaxed smile on his face and light steps.

After the door of the private room closed, An Liang looked at the cowhide envelope before him, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.

Then he picked up his chopsticks, picked up a dish from the table, put it into his mouth, and began to taste it.

After Master Chef Liang walked out of the private room, he hadn't had time to return to the back kitchen when the manager came over.

The manager had just been called into the office by Li Hong'an and scolded harshly; his complexion wasn't very good at this moment; he coldly faced Master Chef Liang and said: "Master Chef Liang, the boss wants you to go to his office."

Seeing the manager's cold gaze, Master Chef Liang couldn't help but feel his heart tighten; he estimated that Li Hong'an calling him over definitely wasn't to praise him.

However, although he was somewhat nervous, he didn't feel afraid.

Anyway, the biggest problem, An Liang, had already been dealt with; even if he had committed a grave offense, the boss wouldn't do anything to him.

Master Chef Liang didn't dare delay; he quickly went to the third floor, walked to the door of Li Hong'an's office, and carefully knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Li Hong'an's muffled voice came from inside the door; he sounded to be in a very bad mood.

Master Chef Liang pushed open the door and walked in; as soon as he entered, he saw Li Hong'an sitting at the desk, staring at him with a stern face.

"Master Chef Liang, what's going on with today's dishes? Not only was a dish served slowly, but why were several dishes missing?"

Master Chef Liang rubbed his hands somewhat nervously and replied in a low voice: "Sorry, Boss; I didn't control the time well for those few dishes and couldn't make them in time."

After hearing this, Li Hong'an was furious; he slammed the table hard, stood up, pointed at Master Chef Liang's nose, and began to scold him.

"Couldn't make them in time? Damn it, didn't I tell you early on to prepare well? How did you guarantee it to me back then? Now you're telling me there isn't enough time?"

In the following five minutes, Li Hong'an gave Master Chef Liang a thorough scolding from head to toe.

Listening to Li Hong'an's roar, Master Chef Liang didn't dare to breathe loudly; after finally waiting for him to stop, he then said: "Boss, don't be angry; those few dishes not being made shouldn't be a big deal; I've made all the signature dishes in our shop."

After hearing this, Li Hong'an slammed the table again and roared loudly: "You say it's no big deal, so it's no big deal? Do you know that menu was personally confirmed by An Liang? If we offend him because of this and leave a bad reputation for our shop, I'd like to see how you handle it!"

Master Chef Liang kept his head down and didn't dare to speak; on this matter, he indeed had no reason to refute.

"Those dishes you made today won't have any problems, will they?"

Li Hong'an glared fiercely at Liang Da Chu, suppressing his anger as he asked in a low voice.

This was also the question he cared about most; he had summoned Liang Da Chu precisely to confirm this matter.

"Rest assured, Boss, there absolutely won't be any problems!"

Hearing this, Liang Da Chu raised his head, looking full of confidence, and loudly guaranteed it.