Chapter 276

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Lu Feng listened quietly to Fang Yuan's account, lowering his head and pondering without speaking.

"Lu Boss, regarding the remuneration, you can rest assured."

Seeing him not speak, Fang Yuan thought it was because she hadn't mentioned the remuneration: "As long as you're willing to go this Saturday, I can immediately give you a remuneration of one hundred thousand."

As she spoke, she sighed again: "My father hasn't remarried all these years; he's always missed my mother. A few days ago, I got up in the middle of the night and saw him sitting alone in the study, flipping through my mother's old photos and shedding tears. As his daughter, seeing him in such pain, I feel terrible too."

Lu Feng raised his head, looking at Fang Yuan's reddened eye corners, and sighed lightly in his heart.

He was silent for a moment, then said with a very frank tone: "Miss Fang, I understand your feelings very well, but to tell the truth, even I cannot guarantee making your father completely satisfied."

Fang Yuan was about to speak, but Lu Feng continued: "I feel what your father needs isn't the taste of Red Braised Pork, but your mother. Even if the Red Braised Pork I make tastes similar to your mother's, in the end it still isn't made by your mother's own hands."

Lu Feng recalled the "Childhood Nostalgic Snacks" he saw when scrolling short videos some time ago.

From netizens' comments in the comment section, it could be seen that when they watched such videos, what they missed wasn't actually the taste of those snacks, but the carefree times of their childhood.

Those snacks bought back might still taste the same as before, or even better than before.

But eating them, the feeling of eating them as a child was gone forever.

Fang Yuan lowered her head and was silent for a moment.

She hadn't not thought of what Lu Feng said.

Just watching her father's increasingly despondent appearance, she also didn't know how to comfort him.

Now although they had money, money wasn't omnipotent; not everything could be bought.

She abruptly raised her head, saying with a very determined tone: "Lu Boss, I understand your meaning, but I still want my dad to taste the Red Braised Pork you make on his birthday. Rest assured, regardless of the outcome, I will give the remuneration. I just want my dad to be a little happier on his birthday because of a mouthful of familiar flavor."

Fang Yuan's words were earnest, her face full of sincerity.

Since things had been said to this extent, Lu Feng didn't say anything more, nodding in agreement: "Okay, I'll go this Saturday."

Fang Yuan's eyes instantly brightened.

She hurriedly took out her mobile phone, walked quickly to the hall counter and scanned the code.

After a few seconds, a notification sounded on Lu Feng's mobile phone: one hundred thousand received.

Fang Yuan was the company's General Manager; she deeply understood the importance of credibility.

She transferred the remuneration to Lu Feng first, also demonstrating her sincerity.

As if she had completed a major mission, Fang Yuan heaved a heavy sigh of relief: "Lu Boss, is 10 AM Saturday okay? I'll send someone to drive and pick you up then."

"10 AM is fine, but no need to pick me up; I'll drive myself. Just give me the address."

Lu Feng said with a smile.

The two exchanged contact info; Fang Yuan sent the address to Lu Feng, then added: "Lu Boss, my home kitchen equipment is very complete. If you need anything else, I'll prepare it when I get back."

After everything was settled and confirmed nothing was missed.

Fang Yuan stood up, bowing deeply to Lu Feng: "Lu Boss, thank you very much for being willing to help."

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After seeing Fang Yuan off, the restaurant hall finally fell completely quiet.

Lu Feng remembered the recipe mission he hadn't had time to check, and called it up in his mind.

"System, I want to check the recipe unlock mission."

The familiar electronic sound quickly rang out in his mind.

【Ding! Today's recipe unlock method has been updated!】

【Please Host sign in at Xiao Dian tomorrow; the sign-in method is: invite 20 customers to eat. Completing the mission unlocks the recipe: Max Level Dongpo Pork Elbow Technique.】

Hearing the new mission, Lu Feng raised an eyebrow in surprise.

He recalled the previous few missions.

Either making him bungee jump from 80 meters high, or making Fried Noodles in a Seafood Buffet Restaurant.

Every mission carried no small challenge.

But this mission was actually just inviting diners to eat?

Isn't this too simple?

"System, this mission isn't mistaken, right?"

Lu Feng muttered to the air.

The System didn't respond; the mission prompt still lingered in his mind.

Lu Feng read the mission content again, and suddenly thought of a key question.

"System, who pays for treating guests to eat?"

【The amount consumed by diners will be automatically deducted from Host's account after that day's business ends.】

The System finally responded this time, but this answer made Lu Feng feel like a basin of cold water, instantly extinguishing his surprise just now.

Damn it!

This is more like something the System would do; sure enough there's a trap again.

"System, do you think it's easy for me to open a shop and earn some money? One sentence and you make me pay out of my own pocket to treat twenty people to eat; I don't have that much money! Shouldn't it be reimbursed?"

【Host's bank card has no large expenditure records recently; there is sufficient balance to complete the mission.】

"System, you actually peeked at my private stash? That's unethical! This is my privacy!"

Lu Feng shouted with some dissatisfaction.

The system's single sentence exposed his earlier crying poverty, leaving Lu Feng feeling somewhat unable to save face.

Fortunately, no one was around now, so no one could see his embarrassed expression.

As the shop's business got better and better, his bank card balance was now rising by tens of thousands every day.

Lu Feng didn't spend much normally, and now the number in his bank card was almost two million.

"Yes, I have money now, I just like watching the balance in my bank card rise, what's wrong with that? Even if I don't spend it, just looking at it makes me feel comfortable!"

Lu Feng said to the system in an annoyed tone.

He was someone who had to check his balance once every night before going to sleep to feel at ease.

Just like when he was a child, he liked to pour out the coins from his piggy bank every night and count them one by one.

Thinking that he would have to pay for the treat himself, the stingy Lu Feng couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

The system was completely silent this time; it seemed the money for the treat couldn't be reimbursed.

"Fine, fine, you win!"

Lu Feng sighed and reluctantly accepted reality.

Wasn't it just treating twenty people to a meal?

Once he unlocked Dongpo Pork Knuckle, that hard dish, he would eventually earn it back.

Besides, there was an extra income of one hundred thousand today.

Lu Feng turned off the lights in the shop, locked the Shop Door, and drove his Maybach toward the Villa.

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Early the next morning, sunlight streamed through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Yunding Huating Villa and fell onto the large bed in the Bedroom.

The first thing Lu Feng did after getting up was think about who to treat to a meal today.