Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 302 - 293: Is This Still the Son I Know?

Time rewinds again.

Back to eleven o’clock in the morning.

Heidelberg Villa.

Li Family home.

Li Yuanfu still sat on the couch, legs crossed, reading a newspaper.

Li Chengzhan chatted with his grandmother, Qin Yumin, for a while.

Then he talked with his grandfather, Li Xinzhong, who had just returned from a walk, and updated him on his current situation.

Of course, this left the old man incredibly surprised.

He advised him with a pained heart.

Hoping that he would give up this less-than-dignified job.

In the end, unable to win against his own grandson, he had to drop the matter for the time being!

"Alright, it’s not a bad idea to go out and get some experience,"

Li Xinzhong said with a helpless smile, "Since you’ve made up your mind, Grandpa will respect your choice."

Seeing that even the old man couldn’t change his son’s decision, Li Yuanfu shook his head in resignation.

Speaking of which...

What kind of spell has this Delicious Restaurant cast on his son?

To make him so determined about this job he used to look down on.

If he knew...

That his son’s actions...

Were simply because he could eat Boss Huang’s food without lining up...

He would surely be shocked speechless again.

Bored, Li Xinzhong brought out a chessboard and placed it on the coffee table.

With a kindly face, he invited his beloved grandson, "Xiao Cheng, come on, play a couple of games with Grandpa?"

Grandpa’s chess addiction was surfacing again.

What else could Li Chengzhan do?

He could only accompany his grandpa for a bit of fun!

Just as Li Chengzhan was about to agree, Li Yuanfu spoke first, "Dad, you know what level he’s at in chess. His gameplay is getting worse and worse..."

Well now!

This is blatant contempt...

Hmph~

Why don’t you take this spot and play instead?

Li Chengzhan gave his dad a sly smile and then turned to his grandfather, "Grandpa, why don’t you let my dad play a few rounds with you instead?"

Li Yuanfu: "..."

His skills in chess are about as good as his son’s; he’d get utterly crushed by his own dad!

At that point, this little rascal would definitely laugh at him.

Where would his dignity go then?

He quickly waved his hands, "No, no, you two go ahead and play. I haven’t finished reading my newspaper yet!"

"I wasn’t counting on you playing with me anyway."

Li Xinzhong looked dismissive, then kindly turned to Li Chengzhan with a smile and said, "Xiao Cheng, to be fair, Grandpa will let you have a rook and a cannon."

Li Chengzhan smiled and declined, "Grandpa, no need to let me, let’s just have a fair game."

After saying that, he opened his phone, downloaded a chess master app, and set it to expert difficulty.

"Alright, as you wish..."

Li Xinzhong didn’t insist, nodding in agreement.

He started placing the green pieces on his side.

Li Chengzhan sat on the couch inside the coffee table and began placing the red pieces on his side.

The pieces were set up, and the battle began!

Li Xinzhong made a move.

Li Chengzhan would make the same move on his phone, the AI would counter, and he would follow the move.

And this...

Left Li Chengzhan dumbfounded.

He lost a game.

"Wow, I actually lost!"

With a life-questioning look on his face mixed with a bit of surprise, he said, "Xiao Cheng, your chess has improved so rapidly..."

Hearing this, Li Yuanfu came over, incredulous, "It’s true!"

Who would have thought that in such a short time, his son’s chess skills had improved drastically!

Could it be that there’s a chess master in that restaurant?

Who pointed a thing or two for him?

Just then...

The sound of the kitchen sliding door being pushed open echoed from the direction of the dining room, followed by Qin Yumin’s voice, "Dinner’s ready..."

Li Xinzhong stood up with a smile, "Come on, Xiao Cheng, let’s go eat..."

But he never expected that after hearing his invitation, his treasured grandson would actually say, "Grandpa, I’ll go serve the dishes."

Li Xinzhong: ?!?!

Li Yuanfu: ?!?!

Qin Yumin: ?!?!

Then Li Chengzhan walked into the kitchen, saw the maid holding the dishes, directly took them from her hand, and carried them to the dining table.

The maid was a bit surprised.

The young master of the Li Family! Actually coming to carry the dishes himself!

She was utterly baffled by this unexpected behavior.

And it wasn’t just her who was baffled!

Li Yuanfu and Li Xinzhong, watching such an unbelievable scene...

Also felt bewildered.

Because you have to know...

Li Chengzhan, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, had never done a chore in his life.

Even if a bottle fell, he wouldn’t pick it up.

But now he’s actually! Voluntarily! Helping! Serve dishes!

And even voluntarily! Helping! Arrange! Chairs!

This left the usually invincible businessman Li Yuanfu and the Li Xinzhong couple visibly shocked.

Ahhhh, what’s going on here?

Beneath their calm exteriors, their hearts roared.

Their eyes on Li Chengzhan suddenly revealed a look of "Is this really the son I know?"

"Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, what are you all standing around for? Let’s eat?"

The usual Li Chengzhan had no idea how shocked his beloved family was by his actions, he cheerfully invited them.

"Let’s eat, let’s eat..."

The three of them smiled absentmindedly and picked up their chopsticks to eat.

They finished the meal in a daze.

And then Li Chengzhan got up instinctively and started tidying up the tableware.

The three elders watched the figure tidying up the table as if they were looking at a rare exotic animal.

The eyes of the Li family couple were brimming with tears.

Watching their grandson’s skillful tidying up actions...

He must have done quite a bit of this kind of manual work at the restaurant~

Despite the fact that their grandson insisted on working at the restaurant and seemed content with the rough work...

Still, the Li family felt a bitter sweetness—this was their grandson, the same cute and well-behaved boy who just shared jokes to make them laugh and played chess with the old man!

Covering their chests, the Li family couple’s gloomy expressions startled the maid who came to help tidy up.

The maid carefully observed the figure diligently tidying up the tableware, all the while stepping forward to lend a hand and full of confusion.

What was up with the Li family young master today?

Without daring to surmise the thoughts of her masters, the maid quickly followed Li Chengzhan to send the tidied up dishes to the kitchen.

Li Yuanfu watched his son, carrying the tableware, walk towards the kitchen.

Suddenly, that figure deeply pricked his heart.

Silently, he took out his phone and transferred money to his son.

And just as he reached the kitchen, Li Chengzhan felt his pocket vibrate.

He pulled out his phone, seeing a notification on the lock screen.

[95588: Your account ending **** received a transfer of RMB 1,000,000.00 on December 15th, new balance is 1,128,926.90 yuan, please check and verify the amount promptly [ICBC]]

His footsteps halted, eyes locked onto the digits, unable to process it just yet!

The next second!

A ding sounded again...

[95588: Your account ending **** received a transfer of RMB 1,000,000.00 on December 15th, new balance is 2,128,926.90 yuan, please check and verify the amount promptly [ICBC]]

Li Chengzhan: ???