Chapter 526

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Time flies; in the blink of an eye it's already Friday of this week, and once again it's the Lu Family Restaurant's last day of business for the week.

The upscale Western restaurant next door to the Lu Family Restaurant, whose Chinese translated name is "Sunshine Garden," has only three days left until its grand opening next Monday.

Lu Feng originally didn't care about that Western restaurant's opening time; regarding this future competitor, he didn't pay it too much mind.

But these past few days, the name "Sunshine Garden" could always be heard inside the Lu Family Restaurant.

And every day there were many diners holding that restaurant's invitation cards, just like Zhu Chang a few days ago, making a big fuss as they crowded up to him to warn him to be careful of the restaurant next door poaching his people.

Making it so he couldn't not care even if he wanted to.

Half an hour before business started today, someone came to the restaurant hall to warn Lu Feng again.

"Boss Lu! Someone's coming to poach your customers!"

Xiao Feilong rushed into the hall in a fluster, facing the kitchen where Lu Feng was, shouting loudly with a dead-serious expression.

While kneading the dough in his hands, Lu Feng lifted his head and glanced at Xiao Feilong, asking in a faint tone, "Oh, you got an invitation card from the Western restaurant next door too?"

"Of course! I'm Boss Lu's most important customer here; how could they not invite me? Look, here it is! My name's even written on it!"

Xiao Feilong immediately fished the invitation card out of his pocket and held it up high, shaking it vigorously at Lu Feng.

His face carried a few parts showing-off expression, as if what he held in his hand was something worth bragging about.

A couple days ago, among those few food bloggers who often came to eat at Lu Feng's restaurant together, Gu Manman and the others had already received invitation cards.

After receiving the invitation cards, they immediately ran to find Lu Feng.

Only he himself hadn't received one from Yan Qinghan, and at the time his heart felt a bit displeased.

Actually he wasn't really coveting the free steak set meal advertised on it; he can afford to eat that stuff now.

What he cared about was that, as the earliest food blogger to livestream at the Lu Family Restaurant, he could be considered a veteran-level diner of the Lu Family Restaurant; did he not qualify to be invited by them?

Gu Manman and those few were originally brought to the Lu Family Restaurant by him, they all got invited, yet he didn't.

Why?

That feeling of being overlooked by the restaurant next door left him feeling stifled these past few days.

Until tonight when he came to Food Street, and passed by the entrance of the Sunshine Garden restaurant next door.

He originally wanted to pretend to casually walk by, and take the chance to glance inside a couple times.

As a result, he was recognized right at the entrance by a waiter, who very enthusiastically pulled him into the restaurant and personally handed him this belated invitation card that belonged to him.

The moment he received the invitation card, that sense of imbalance in Xiao Feilong's heart finally dissipated like smoke.

Others receiving invitation cards might think to immediately come warn Lu Feng to be careful of the restaurant next door stealing his business.

But Xiao Feilong's mindset was to show off a bit.

"Boss Lu, did you know? This invitation card isn't something just anyone can get!"

Xiao Feilong spoke as he opened the invitation card in his hand, pointing at the spot where his name was written, saying loudly with a smug face, "The staff over there said this invitation card is only sent to veteran diners on this side of Food Street; look, it even has my name on it!"

Lu Feng looked at his excited appearance, couldn't help but chuckle, and said casually, "Is that so? But if I remember correctly, the one in your hand is already the three hundred seventy-fifth invitation card I've seen; that restaurant is quite generous, sending out this many invitation cards."

"Three hundred seventy-five?"

Xiao Feilong froze for a moment, then said somewhat unconvinced, "Then theirs isn't the same as mine! Mine is special! Boss Lu, don't you think mine looks a bit redder in color?"

Afterward he seemed afraid Lu Feng would keep raining on his parade, so he changed the subject and asked, "Boss Lu, that Western restaurant next door hasn't even opened yet and is already making such a big promotional splash, and sent invitation cards to so many of your customers; don't you feel even a little angry?"

Actually the reason Xiao Feilong ran up to Lu Feng to show off had another little ulterior motive inside.

He wanted to see if Lu Feng would change expression because an important customer was about to be poached by the restaurant next door.

Even if he didn't get angry, even if he just frowned slightly, showing a trace of nervous expression would do.

That way, he could feel that he was a very important customer in Lu Feng's heart, someone who could affect the Lu Family Restaurant's business.

But Lu Feng's reaction left him greatly disappointed.

Lu Feng looked at Xiao Feilong in front of the counter with a somewhat speechless expression; this kind of scene had played out in front of him dozens of times every day these past few days.

Every day he was tortured by this same repetitive questioning; his ears were about to grow calluses from hearing it.

But in his heart he was actually very clear: the reason these diners acted like this in front of him was nothing more than wanting to see his face change drastically, to see him panic.

Only making him break down — that's not an easy thing to do.

At least on this matter, Lu Feng's performance from start to finish had been very flat.

Having already seen over three hundred identical invitation cards, he had long since become accustomed to this matter.

You see, if a customer would truly be easily poached, after receiving the invitation card they simply wouldn't specially run over to tell him about it.

Those diners who specially come to show off are actually precisely those who simply can't bear to part with the Lu Family Restaurant's flavor.

Moreover, Lu Feng has absolute confidence in his own culinary skill.

The Full-Level Culinary Arts bestowed by the System, plus those high-grade ingredients in the System Mall that can't be bought on the market.

This isn't something that can be replaced by a so-called high-level chef plus a free steak set meal.

Lu Feng looked at Xiao Feilong, while continuing to knead the dough, said unhurriedly, "What do I have to be angry about? I've seen this many invitation cards; if I got angry every time I saw an invitation card, how would I still have the mood to keep running the restaurant?"

"Boss Lu, I'm a very important customer of yours! I'm about to be poached by your competitor, and you have nothing to say? You're not going to try to retain me? Even if you just pretended? Why don't you look at the contents on it first?"

Xiao Feilong shook the invitation card in his hand hard again, somewhat unconvinced.

His eyes stared dead at Lu Feng's face, trying to capture even a trace of unusual expression.

"The contents on this invitation card, I can recite backwards for you right now."

Lu Feng shrugged, tone still calm: "I can understand your feelings, but unfortunately I'm not interested in your invitation card, and indeed have no sentiments to express."