Chapter 546: Chapter 532: Each Request More Absurd Than the Last...

Time always slips away silently through the fingers, and before you know it, it’s already the 22nd of the lunar calendar.

The business at Huang Tao’s shop is still exceptionally good.

There are even more customers than a few days ago!

No way!

If they miss these three meals today, they’ll have to wait a whole year to eat them again!

After all, once Delicious Restaurant finishes its dinner service tonight, it will go into a hiatus mode, and they won’t be able to taste the shop’s delicacies until after the eighth day of the new year.

Isn’t that having to wait a whole year!

And Huang Tao, in order to prepare tonight’s New Year’s Eve dinner for the shop, also to let the staff enjoy a lively New Year’s meal together and give them red envelopes for a bit of fun, didn’t prepare much for the dinner service.

Exactly!

He just wanted to end the dinner service early.

But this action!

Resulted in many customers, eager for one last good meal this year at Delicious Restaurant, not being able to buy in.

So now,

The customers who couldn’t get any dishes were completely frustrated.

Wails echoed from the front to the back of the line.

So miserable, otherworldly!

"Ah... no way, how is it gone? How come it’s gone when it’s my turn? How could I be so unlucky..."

"No way, no way, no way? I barely managed to close early and come over to buy..."

"It’s sold out, it’s only 6:30, even the production team’s donkey wouldn’t go to rest so early!"

"Hey! Forget it, I’ve decided, I won’t open the shop tomorrow, I’ll just line up here, I don’t believe I won’t get it, ah, ah, ah... how could I forget, Boss Huang is going on vacation tomorrow and won’t open the shop... ah, ah, ah... why line up... how did I get so unlucky..."

"Ah, ah, ah... missing it means another year’s wait... ah, ah, ah... tonight is destined to be a sleepless night..."

The customers who didn’t get to buy were pained, and seeing the neighbors inside already eating made them even more envious to the point of gnashing their teeth!

"I’m so craving it! So envious of those neighbors who finished eating and even took a portion home."

"Exactly, exactly, the luck of those neighbors and those college students is just too good, they got to eat the last meal of the year in Delicious Restaurant, so envious..."

The neighbors who got to eat were grinning happily.

This feeling of being envied is really pleasant!

And those customers who couldn’t buy left with full regret, reluctantly.

Of course.

There were also some unwilling customers, like Lin Zhibo.

"Boss Huang, no more food? Really none left?"

Lin Zhibo rushed over to line up as soon as he finished his work, but when he finally got there, he was told everything was sold out, nearly causing him to cry.

He had woken up late and didn’t get to eat at Delicious Restaurant in the morning, and at noon he couldn’t make it due to unfinished work progress!

If he hadn’t missed two meals today, he wouldn’t be so hung up on it!

"None left, none at all!"

The ingredients prepared for the dinner service were all sold out, not a single dish left!

Besides.

Huang Tao couldn’t possibly share the New Year’s Eve meal they were having with the staff with him!

If he opened this precedent, later on, other customers would also clamor for a share, and would he and the staff still get to eat their New Year’s Eve dinner?

Hearing this, Lin Zhibo was like a frosted eggplant, wilting away.

He looked through the kitchen partition at the simmering marinade broth in each pot, gritted his teeth, and made another request: "Boss Huang, could you spare me some marinade broth? Can I buy a portion of rice? I want to pour the marinade sauce over the white rice and mix it."

He added: "Don’t worry, I’ll pay for it."

Huang Tao and the others were stunned to hear this.

No food left, not even sparing the marinade broth?

Huang Tao couldn’t bear it, and seeing as the other customers who hadn’t been able to buy had left, he nodded and agreed to Lin Zhibo’s request: "Okay."

"Haozi, get him a bowl of rice and a bowl of marinade broth!"

Lin Zhibo then thanked again: "Thank you, Boss Huang, how much?"

Huang Tao shook his head and said: "No need, it’s on the house!"

Lin Zhibo thanked once more: "Ah... thank you, Boss Huang. If there’s ever anything you need help with, just ask. As long as I can help, I, Lin Zhibo, would go through fire and water, fearlessly."

Huang Tao: "..."

He seriously suspected this young man had watched too many martial arts dramas...

Xu Hao handed the prepared white rice and marinade broth to Lin Zhibo: "Here, your white rice and marinade broth, careful not to spill it!"

"Thank you!"

Lin Zhibo poured the marinade broth over the white rice, mixed it, and then began to enjoy it delightedly.

This move naturally caught the attention of the dining customers in the shop.

Have to say, this guy, is quite hardcore!

When there’s no food left, even eating with the marinade tastes delightful!

Of course.

As long as it’s from Delicious Restaurant, even just eating plain rice is incredibly tasty!

At that moment.

Deputy Director Huang Ziqing walked in with a takeout bag.

He had just gotten off work and heard the bad news that all the food at Delicious Restaurant was sold out.

Feeling helpless, he had no choice but to order a crab-stir-fried cake online to satisfy his physiological needs.

Now, Huang Ziqing felt that except for the food from So Delicious, eating anything else was just to keep himself from starving!

But to be honest, the crab-stir-fried cake from other restaurants didn’t stimulate his appetite at all.

So he thought of a brilliant idea.

The moment he got the takeout, he headed straight for Delicious Restaurant.

Li Chengzhan saw him coming in, assuming he wanted to order food, and apologized, "Deputy Director Huang, I’m sorry, but all our dishes are sold out tonight. Maybe you could check out another place?"

"Well~"

Huang Ziqing hesitated for a moment before saying, "I have something to ask of your boss."

Li Chengzhan was curious, "What do you want to ask my boss?"

"It’s just..."

Huang Ziqing gritted his teeth and softly stated his intention, "I bought a crab-stir-fried cake from outside and want to eat it here."

"I know the store’s food is sold out, but I want to eat Boss Huang’s food, and by eating here, it’s like eating Boss Huang’s cooking!"

"Rest assured, I’ll pay for the seat."

Li Chengzhan: "..."

What is with the customers tonight?

How does each one come up with an even more outrageous idea...?

Li Chengzhan conveyed Huang Ziqing’s request to Huang Tao.

Huang Tao agreed to Huang Ziqing’s request.

But he didn’t charge him for the seat.

Huang Ziqing sat at a table, eating the crab-stir-fried cake while sniffing the aroma of various dishes in the restaurant.

This scene was quite bizarre.

The employees, including Huang Tao, were initially a bit uncomfortable.

Fortunately, they had work to keep them busy and didn’t let it affect them.

The diners who stayed in the restaurant were also a bit unsettled.

Lin Zhibo, surprised and puzzled, asked, "Deputy Director Huang, why are you eating takeout here instead of at home?"

"Isn’t Boss Huang’s food sold out here? I want to eat Boss Huang’s cooking, so seeing you all eat Boss Huang’s food while I eat my own makes me feel like I’m eating Boss Huang’s food too," Huang Ziqing inhaled the aroma again.

This...

This Deputy Director Huang truly is something else!

To come up with such an idea!

But this also perfectly illustrates how delicious the food at So Delicious is!

Just like him, he’d even have the marinade in the restaurant...

So, he couldn’t really laugh at Huang Ziqing for being fifty steps ahead of him.

Instead of laughing at him, he’d better enjoy this hard-earned plain rice.

Lin Zhibo felt luckier compared to Huang Ziqing.

At least he still had marinade to mix with his rice!

Meanwhile, Huang Ziqing, eating his brought crab-stir-fried cake, wasn’t at all happy.

Seeing others’ crab-stir-fried cake with perfect color, aroma, and taste, while his takeaway box was greasy with too much oil used, and beneath the crab shell and rice cake, there was a thick layer of oil.

The rice cake wasn’t flavorful or loose, sticking together in clumps, sticking to the teeth and very greasy.

This damn difference!

Ugh!

Without comparison, there’s no pain.

As two wide noodle-like tears silently streamed down his face, he kept trying to convince himself that he was eating Boss Huang’s crab-stir-fried cake.

But the more he thought about it,

The more he recalled that wonderful taste he once had.

Once he snapped back to reality...

He instantly found the crab-stir-fried cake in his mouth even harder to swallow...

And thinking that this situation would last until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year...

He felt heartache to the point of struggling to breathe...