IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Is Great Zhou about to be riddled with holes by transmigrators?

Chapter 33: Is Great Zhou about to be riddled with holes by transmigrators?

Lin Yan wasn’t surprised that Yun Qi would disappear after just delivering a dish. But after the dishes from Qingxiao Ward were served, no one managed them anymore. The newly made dishes, if left for too long, wouldn’t taste good and would take up space.

Watching the food he made gradually cool down, Lin Yan wasn’t in a good mood. He reheated the dishes and muttered as he walked upstairs, “Where did this guy go? Is he too busy?”

There was a sneaky person at the top of the stairs, constantly looking around. As soon as Lin Yan emerged from the back kitchen, this person locked onto him and hurried upstairs to report.

The restaurant was full of all sorts of customers, so Lin Yan didn’t notice this special guest and went upstairs as usual.

The second floor of the Xiang-style restaurant was full of private rooms, which were much quieter than downstairs. However, they were only separated by wooden boards, so the soundproofing effect was minimal. As soon as Lin Yan arrived at the entrance of Qingxiao Ward, he could hear lively chatter inside.

Lin Yan had been helping out in restaurants since he was twelve years old, so he naturally knew that abruptly serving dishes while important figures were chatting could be annoying. If they were discussing something confidential, there would definitely be someone guarding the door.

However, the hallway on the second floor was empty, without even a person to receive him, so they were probably just chatting casually. He just had to wait for a slightly quieter moment to go in.

Lin Yan leaned closer to the door, and a big piece of gossip was delivered right to his ears.

“So, that Miss Li from the Li family has a tragic fate. She gave birth to twin sons, but she went crazy.”

“Who knows if she really went crazy or what. After those two children were born, Miss Li was clearly at her last breath, but she suddenly woke up again.”

Lin Yan clicked his tongue, feeling that this gossip wasn’t very interesting. He was about to push the door open when he heard the people inside continue, “After Miss Li woke up, in front of so many concubines who came to congratulate her, she said something about transmigration, another world, and fleeting things. Master Yun’s face darkened on the spot…”

Transmigration? Different World? Resurrection?

These were well-known, familiar tropes.

Lin Yan’s hand was already on the doorknob, but he pulled it back again, eagerly continuing to eavesdrop.

“Miss Li gave birth to twin sons. Even if it’s for the sake of the two children…”

“Don’t even mention those two children.” The people in the private room clicked their tongues twice, lowering their voices a bit, but still loud enough for the people outside to hear, “Are there twins who don’t look alike? But those two children look less and less alike. Plus, after Miss Li went crazy, she kept mumbling about looking for something. Master Yun thought it was ominous, so he just found a house and settled the two children and Miss Li there together.”

The transmigrated female lead from a Body Transmigration was mumbling about something? Lin Yan thought of the long-lost system. What that woman was looking for should be a way to go home, so where was it?

The people inside seemed to hear Lin Yan’s thoughts and actually continued to say, “I also heard that after Miss Li left, her family remembered her good points again and went to look for the thing she mentioned…”

Another person asked, “What exactly was Miss Li mumbling about?”

Lin Yan leaned forward two steps, quietly gripping the doorknob.

The story was at its climax, and next would be…

“Who can say for sure?” The people inside didn’t continue to speak, grumbling about the dishes that were taking too long.

After the climax came, “To be continued in the next chapter.”

Lin Yan took two steps back, adjusted his state, and lightly knocked on the door, “Sorry for the wait, here’s your…”

The person who opened the door looked Lin Yan up and down and suddenly said coldly, “Little brother, how much did you hear?”

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, putting on an innocent and clueless look, “What are you talking about?”

The person sitting in the main seat suddenly spoke, “Forget it, don’t make things difficult for him. What would a cook understand? Let’s continue our conversation.”

The person who opened the door gave Lin Yan a warning look and slammed the door shut before Lin Yan could finish his greeting.

Lin Yan raised his eyebrows and continued to eavesdrop without any guilt.

The people inside made up a few random things and then went back to the previous topic.

“How can you believe those crazy words?”

“Don’t say that, you really shouldn’t say that. The Li family actually found it…”

The voices inside suddenly lowered a lot. Lin Yan didn’t hear what he wanted, but Yun Qi’s voice rang out from behind him, “Brother, go back to work. I’ll take care of things here.”

“You…” Lin Yan saw the constables in official uniforms behind Yun Qi and lowered his voice slightly, “Where did you go? Who are these people?”

Yun Qi avoided answering Lin Yan’s question, “Brother, don’t listen to those ridiculous things. They’re all liars.”

“Liars?” Lin Yan looked at the tightly closed door, unable to suppress the surprise and disappointment on his face.

While the two were talking, the constables had already started knocking on the door, “Delivering your complimentary after-dinner fruit.”

“This Xiang-style restaurant is so thoughtful…”

As soon as the door was opened a crack, the constables kicked it open and rushed inside.

“Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?”

The people inside hadn’t reacted yet and were already being pinned down.

“Have you all finished eating?” Yun Qi smiled as he walked around the room, nodding slightly as he looked at the leftovers on the table. “It looks like you’ve finished eating, so let’s settle the bill for the past two days.”

One of them raised his head and shouted at Yun Qi, “Yesterday I…”

“Are you talking about these two pieces of waste paper?” Yun Qi took out two bank-notes from his pocket, glanced at them casually, and then threw them on the ground. “You can keep these exquisite pieces of waste paper for yourselves. Our restaurant only accepts bank-notes issued by the government.”

A constable searched the person, took out a flat money bag, shook it disdainfully, and threw it to Yun Qi, “Here.”

Yun Qi squeezed it a couple of times, pursed his lips, and cupped his fist at the constable, pulling Lin Yan away, “Alright, nothing for us to do here. Let’s go, brother.”

Lin Yan glanced in the direction of those people, reluctantly, “They just said…”

“Brother, don’t believe those ridiculous things. They’re all just scaring people,” Yun Qi quickened his pace, quickly pulling Lin Yan to a place where he couldn’t see those people.

His hope appeared and then was shattered, Lin Yan inevitably felt a little disappointed. He was still thinking about what those people had just said, not noticing that Yun Qi was getting closer and closer to him.

Yun Qi saw Lin Yan’s disappointment but could only pretend he didn’t see it. He tugged on Lin Yan’s sleeve and pointed to the window when Lin Yan looked at him.

The streets were especially lively today. Many lanterns were hung on the roadside, making it very beautiful even though it wasn’t night yet.

Lin Yan’s attention was immediately drawn away. Yun Qi saw that the opportunity was right and suggested in a low voice, “Since so many government officials came to the restaurant today, it’s definitely impossible to open. Why don’t I take you to tour the Capital City?”

“Okay, okay.” The gloomy atmosphere was immediately dispelled. Lin Yan turned around and went back into the room, “I want to bring White along.”

“Alright…”

Yun Qi was extremely unwilling but could only watch Lin Yan go to find that black light bulb.

Lin Yan quickly returned, his hands empty, without that annoying black cat.

Yun Qi was instantly energetic, barely forcing himself to look puzzled, “Brother, why are you back? Where’s White?”

Lin Yan pursed his lips, looking disgusted, “He was using the restaurant’s ledger to sharpen his claws and ruining the vegetables in the Back Yard. I punished him, and now he’s being a lucky cat at the front desk.”

“What a pity.” Yun Qi said with disgust, but he couldn’t suppress the smile on his face.

It turned into a rendezvous between the two of them again, and Lin Yan always felt a little awkward. Since White couldn’t go, he wanted to ask Cheng Que, “I’ll go ask Cheng Que if he wants to come along…”

Yun Qi quickly stopped him, “Shopkeeper Cheng doesn’t have time. He’s researching his major life events…”

Cheng Que’s major life events?

Lin Yan understood instantly, making an OK gesture.

He went to hug Yun Qi as usual, but hesitated when his arm was about to touch Yun Qi, drawing an exaggerated circle and keeping a slight distance from Yun Qi.

“Then let’s not disturb them. It’s fine for us to go. I’ll buy you whatever you want.” Lin Yan chuckled dryly, leading Yun Qi out of the restaurant, seemingly casually mentioning a sentence, but emphasizing the word “brother”.

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