Chapter 219

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Ah? Really?"

Gu Manman was stunned, and reflexively turned to look.

She was a streamer who doted on her fans; whenever she met her fans outside, she would generously take photos with them.

Gu Manman's head had just turned halfway when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw Zhang Chao grinning viciously as he stretched his chopsticks toward the plate in front of her: "Sneak attack!"

Gu Manman reacted extremely quickly; her right-hand chopsticks shot out with a "pa" and precisely clamped onto Zhang Chao's wrist.

"You! Trying to trick Old Lady out of her Lion's Head, huh?"

Gu Manman reacted extremely quickly; she reached out with her right hand and directly clamped Zhang Chao's wrist with her chopsticks.

She then scooped up a spoon with her left hand, nudged the half Lion's Head on the plate toward herself, moving it out of the attack range of Zhang Chao's chopsticks.

After that, she didn't care that a fairly large piece of Lion's Head remained, and she leaned directly toward the plate.

Opening her mouth with an "a wu," she took one bite and swallowed the rest of the Lion's Head whole, her cheeks bulging.

Zhang Chao watched as Gu Manman swallowed the entire Lion's Head, his eyes widening: "Manman, you're too ruthless! I just wanted to taste it, is it necessary?"

Gu Manman's mouth was too full to speak; she could only glare at him viciously, making "wu wu" sounds nonstop.

"What is she saying?"

Zhang Chao turned his head and asked Xiao Feilong.

Xiao Feilong glanced at Gu Manman; sauce from the Lion's Head still clung to the corner of her mouth, and her cheeks moved as she laboriously chewed the Lion's Head in her mouth.

He patted Zhang Chao's shoulder with a smile and said slowly: "Anyway, as long as she's not praising you, it's fine."

After finishing the food, several people sat on their chairs with looks of lingering dissatisfaction.

In Gu Manman's plate, only a small puddle of sauce remained; Zhang Chao's steamer basket of soup dumplings was spotless; Li Wenyi's bowl of Pig Trotter Noodles had not a drop of noodle soup left; Xiao Feilong's plate of Red Braised Pork had even its sauce licked clean.

"Lu Boss's culinary skill is truly impeccable; I'll have to come often from now on!"

Zhang Chao looked around at the diners still eating heartily, suddenly slapped the table, and made a solemn decision with a serious expression.

"Hmph, if you dare snatch my things again next time, I'll have the boss chop off your hand and stew it into pig trotters!"

Gu Manman was still brooding over Zhang Chao eyeing her Lion's Head just now, speaking with a hint of threat in her tone.

"Alright, alright, I was wrong, okay? Next time I come to eat, I'll compensate you with a Lion's Head, can that do?"

Zhang Chao raised both hands in surrender with a helpless expression, looking at Gu Manman as he spoke.

"That's more like it."

Gu Manman's expression finally relaxed, and she shook her head with a smile.

Xiao Feilong stood up first and said to the three with a smile: "Alright, we've finished eating, so we should go; don't take up seats here, there are still people waiting behind!"

As he spoke, he pursed his lips toward the side; a customer was standing not far away, holding a portion of chicken soup noodles in his hand, looking at them expectantly.

The other three nodded and stood up slowly.

Xiao Feilong walked to the middle of the hall and shouted loudly toward the kitchen: "Lu Boss, we're leaving! We'll come again tomorrow!"

Lu Feng in the kitchen was busy serving dishes to the customers behind; hearing this, he turned around and waved at them with a smile: "Take care; if you think it's delicious, bring more friends in the future."

Actually, he hadn't thought of asking them to promote him; he had just said it casually.

Unexpectedly, these people took it seriously.

"Go, go, go; when I get back, I'll promote Lu Boss; such a treasure of a shop, I must let my fans come taste the flavor!"

Zhang Chao said excitedly.

He had always been a straightforward person; this time, he was very satisfied eating at Lu Feng's shop, and directly volunteered to promote Lu Feng's shop.

He had always felt that sharing was a very happy thing.

Especially sharing such delicious food.

Before Gu Manman and Li Wenyi left, they also said they would promote it in their fan groups.

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After Hong'an Restaurant closed for the day, inside the third-floor office.

Li Hong'an sat behind the desk with a gloomy expression, looking at Cheng Fan across from him with a displeased expression.

"Cheng Fan, what's wrong with you tonight? Those two tables of customers only said the dishes tasted a bit bland; did you have to argue with them?"

After saying this, he rubbed his aching brow and continued with a tone full of fatigue.

"Letting customers give opinions to chefs was your own suggestion in the first place; if every chef in the back kitchen were like you, my restaurant wouldn't need to open!"

Cheng Fan slumped on the sofa, his fingers idly swiping on the screen, with the laughter from the short video sounding intermittently.

Hearing Li Hong'an's words, he didn't even lift his head, saying perfunctorily: "Got it, I'll pay attention next time."

Seeing his appearance, Li Hong'an shook his head helplessly.

Cheng Fan's culinary skill was indeed not bad; since he came to the restaurant as Master Chef, Red Braised Pork had become a new signature dish, and customer flow had increased quite a bit.

But his temper really gave Li Hong'an a headache.

He had only been here a few days, yet he had driven away two old chefs in the back kitchen, and waiters all detoured when they saw him.

Even what he, the boss, said went in one ear and out the other.

If it weren't for the fact that the restaurant still relied on Cheng Fan, plus his identity as a State Banquet Chef Disciple,

Li Hong'an would have kicked him out of the restaurant long ago.

"Eh? Isn't this a video from Lu Feng's shop?"

Li Hong'an caught a glimpse of the short video flashing across Cheng Fan's mobile phone screen and immediately understood: "What's wrong, is your state off tonight, or is it because of Lu Feng coming to the shop?"

Sure enough, the moment Lu Feng's name was mentioned, Cheng Fan's hand scrolling on the phone stopped.

He looked up at Li Hong'an, his face bearing anger, his voice also raised: "Li Boss, tell me the truth, is my cooking skill really inferior to Lu Feng's?"

Hearing this, Li Hong'an's brows furrowed again.

He had eaten the xiaolongbao Lu Feng made; to be fair, that flavor was indeed not something Cheng Fan could compare to.

But Lu Feng was unwilling to come work here, and he had gone to great trouble to invite Cheng Fan from Jingcheng.

If he told the truth, this kid might just pack his things and return to Jingcheng in a huff.

Then the restaurant would lose its backbone, fall into disarray again, and how could his restaurant continue to operate?

Li Hong'an showed a smile on his face; he did not directly answer Cheng Fan's question just now.

"Cheng Fan, don't keep drilling into a dead end. Your cooking skills and Lu Feng's each have their merits; you two excel in different directions. Besides, your development prospects here are far better than his. That little shop of his, even if customers queue every day, how much influence can it have? We'll take the high-end route from now on; your name, Cheng Fan, will sooner or later resound throughout Jiangcheng!"