Chapter 351

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"Hahaha, thanks a lot, brother!"

Li Jiang's voice carried a hint of smug satisfaction as he asked cheerfully, "When are you open for business this week? I'll tell Su Yue in a bit, and tomorrow I'll bring her straight to your shop."

"This week, business hours are one to three in the afternoon."

Lu Feng answered truthfully, then thought for a moment and added, "If you two are coming, you'd better come early. Lately there've been a lot of customers; if you come late you'll have to queue for a long time."

"Got it, got it!"

Li Jiang on the other end of the phone let out a somewhat lecherous chuckle, but his tone was quite sincere as he said, "Brother, once things are settled between me and Su Yue, I definitely won't forget you. I'll have Su Yue introduce the girls around her to be your girlfriend! You don't know, Su Yue's few besties, each one is prettier than the last! Since this brother has already gotten out of being single, naturally I can't just watch you continue being a single dog!"

"No need, I don't need that for now."

Lu Feng had just picked up his water cup and taken a sip; hearing this he nearly spat it out, and hurriedly refused in a firm tone.

He'd only taken over this restaurant for a month, and his career had only just started.

Besides a pile of things to handle in the shop, every day he still had to scheme how to complete the weekly system tasks.

Blind dates, finding a girlfriend — he really hadn't considered any of that.

Besides, what's so good about getting out of being single?

Now he has a villa and a luxury car; every day after finishing business at the shop, he goes back to the villa, soaks in a hot bath, and goes to sleep.

How comfortable and carefree such free and easy days are.

For the time being he still doesn't want another person managing him.

"Don't be so quick to refuse, I'm not bragging at all!"

Li Jiang on the phone was still persuading: "You haven't seen Su Yue in person, right? Let me tell you, she's even prettier now than when we were in high school! This brother may not compare to you in other aspects, but my eye for girlfriends is absolutely top-notch! Tomorrow when you see her, you mustn't be envious. Also, the old saying goes, a friend's wife must not be coveted..."

What does all this have to do with anything?

Seeing this kid's words getting more and more outrageous, Lu Feng didn't wait for Li Jiang to finish this time — he just hung up the phone directly.

After hanging up, a touch of displeasure rose in his heart.

This kid Li Jiang, clearly knowing he's still single, went on and on showing off right in his face.

Who knows if this kid is doing it on purpose to piss him off, or if he just has no brain at all.

Lu Feng pursed his lips, lowered his head and pondered for a while, and a wicked smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Although he'd just agreed to Li Jiang's request, he couldn't let things go too smoothly for him.

Tomorrow when he comes, give him a little lesson.

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At dusk, in a private room on the second floor of Hong'an Restaurant.

In the spacious private room, the dining table was filled with dishes, yet there wasn't the slightest trace of anyone having touched them.

The air in the private room was exceptionally quiet.

Li Hong'an sat beside the dining table, wearing an apologetic smile that looked very awkward.

Sitting opposite him in the host seat was An Liang, who had rushed from Jingcheng to Jiangcheng this afternoon.

He wore a well-fitted casual suit, his hair combed meticulously.

As a food critic with some fame in Jingcheng, even though this trip was a spur-of-the-moment decision, he maintained a professional dignity.

Only his gaze now didn't fall on the sumptuous food on the table at all, and even carried a hint of coldness.

At this moment Li Hong'an had completely lost the usual bossly air of swaggering about in his restaurant.

Under An Liang's scrutinizing gaze, he felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

His eyes darted about, not daring to meet An Liang's across from him; he opened his mouth wanting to say something, but for a long while couldn't utter a word.

Right now his lungs were about to explode with anger.

Damn it!

What the hell is Cheng Fan up to!

Clearly it was him crying and shouting about wanting a cooking skill showdown with Lu Feng.

Now I've gone to all the trouble of inviting An Liang over again, just to serve as referee for the two of them.

But today, the whole day, this kid didn't even give a heads-up — he simply didn't come to the restaurant all day.

After An Liang arrived at the restaurant in the evening, Cheng Fan still hadn't returned to the restaurant.

I called him, and this kid actually told me he doesn't plan to compete in cooking with Lu Feng anymore!

What the hell kind of situation is this!

I've brought the person here for you, and now the person has already arrived.

At this point you tell me you're not competing?

Isn't this fucking playing me for a fool?

In his heart Li Hong'an greeted Cheng Fan's ancestors of eighteen generations, one by one, with warm regards.

After a full ten minutes of silence, Li Hong'an finally coughed and spoke: "Mr. An... truly sorry, today's matter was my lack of forethought, wasting your precious time."

An Liang didn't acknowledge him, calmly picking up the tea cup before him and taking a sip.

His completely unperturbed demeanor only made Li Hong'an even more nervous inside.

Li Hong'an hurriedly stood up, picked up the teapot, and personally refilled An Liang's cup with tea.

At this moment, Xiao Yue, the assistant sitting next to An Liang, couldn't hold back; her brows knitted tightly, her tone carrying a hint of interrogation: "Boss Li, when Teacher An Liang received the invitation last week, he originally wasn't planning to come. After all, last time at your restaurant he encountered that kind of incident — you do know about that, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I still haven't personally explained last time's matter to you all, that was actually also a misunderstanding……"

Facing Xiao Yue's questioning, Li Hong'an wore an apologetic smile, wanting to explain.

However, Xiao Yue rudely interrupted his words, then questioned: "Speak the truth, Teacher An Liang being willing to let bygones be bygones and accept your invitation this time is already very magnanimous."

"For this trip to Jiangcheng, he even specially declined two Michelin Restaurant tasting events in Jingcheng, we traveled thousands of miles flying from Jingcheng, originally thinking to also give your Fan Dian another opportunity."

"But after we came today, you only tell us the culinary skill competition isn't happening? Li Boss, are you playing us for fools?"

Xiao Yue's voice wasn't loud, but Li Hong'an listened with his face alternating red and pale.

He wanted to open his mouth to explain a few sentences, yet again didn't know where to start explaining.

"Truly sorry…… Mr. An Liang, Miss Xiao Yue, please calm your anger, all expenses for this trip to Jiangcheng, I'll reimburse you for all of it……"

Sweat seeped out on Li Hong'an's forehead, he spoke with a face full of stacked smiles.

Right now in his heart he was truly a bit afraid.

Last time, one food review from An Liang nearly paralyzed his Hong'an Restaurant.

Now having thoroughly offended the other party, he truly didn't know how An Liang would retaliate against him later.

"Li Boss, you're also a businessman, doing business requires credibility, I've been a food critic these years, I also value these two words highly."

An Liang finally spoke, his tone carrying deep dissatisfaction: "Originally I heard you say, this time your store's newly arrived Master Chef is State Banquet Master Qi Yunfeng's disciple, Master Chef Qi's reputation I've long heard of, Lu Boss's culinary skill I've also tasted, the culinary skill contest between the two of them I'm indeed very curious about, and very much looking forward to, but now……"

An Liang's tone paused, his gaze landing on Li Hong'an's embarrassed face, his tone gaining a few points of mockery: "Didn't expect that after coming to Jiangcheng, what welcomes me is actually a stood-up banquet."