IHOEAYSTTTIW Chapter 47

Chapter 47: For attracting customers, a cat is enough.

Chapter 47: For attracting customers, a cat is enough.

Lin Yan rushed into the kitchen early in the morning. Gu Zhan and Cheng Que were also personally waiting at the door, afraid that the workers below would be clumsy and offend the new Emperor.

Actually, in this situation, they should just clear the place. But the dignitary who came yesterday repeatedly emphasized, “The new Emperor is visiting incognito and doesn’t want to attract too much attention, especially no clearing the place. It’ll kill the atmosphere!”

Even so, their fanfare of waiting for someone at the door still attracted a lot of attention. The customers in the store were all whispering and discussing.

“Is Xiang Wei about to receive some VIP? These managers are all waiting here.”

Someone who knew the inside story made a “shush” gesture, mysteriously sharing the gossip they had heard: “I heard that a high-ranking official came to Xiang Wei yesterday, and that official seems to have some connection with one of the managers, that’s why…”

The surrounding people gasped, and their gazes toward Cheng Que and the others became even more respectful.

“Then Xiang Wei is going to prosper?”

“Who says otherwise? Xiang Wei is already making money hand over fist. If they also have someone in the court backing them, then it’ll be even more amazing.”

“I only hope the prices don’t go up. I really rely on Xiang Wei to keep me going.” The young master, who was like a round dumpling, had no interest in these messy things. He took the menu from the waiter, glanced over it, and nodded with satisfaction, “At least the prices haven’t gone up yet, and…”

The white dumpling turned the menu over, and his eyes grew brighter and brighter: “There are new items! This, this, and this, bring me one of each.”

“Alright!” The waiter tossed his rag and was about to go and pass on the order, but took two steps and turned back, bowing slightly to the white dumpling, “Young master, our store has launched a new platter. Just add twenty copper coins and you can try all the new items. Although the portions aren’t big, just for a taste…”

“Add it.” The white dumpling interrupted the waiter’s sales pitch, swallowing his saliva, “It just so happens that I’m tired of those few dishes I usually eat.”

“Okay!” The waiter bowed shallowly and went to the kitchen to pass on the order.

Xiang Wei’s speed of serving dishes has always been very fast. Before the legendary VIP arrived, the white dumpling had already turned into a red dumpling. Even though he was calling for three pitchers of lemonade because of the spiciness, the white dumpling refused to put down his chopsticks.

The aroma spread throughout the store, and the sounds of ordering rose one after another. By the end, no one remembered any gossip. Everyone was eating heartily, their faces contorted.

Cheng Que and Gu Zhan waited at the door for a long time, but no one came. The number of customers in the store was increasing, the waiter was running around like a headless chicken, his lips were almost worn out, and he occasionally cast resentful glances at the two people standing at the door.

“Looking at this, it seems like no one will be coming for a while.” Gu Zhan muttered and went into the store to help.

Cheng Que looked toward the door, listening to the rising clamor of ordering in the store, and also turned around and went back inside.

Only White was left at the door, acting as a lucky cat.

White yawned and chose the best spot to sit down.

He was a responsible cat. In this kind of no-man’s-land situation, he was most needed to take the lead…

Okay, actually, it was just that the midday sun was perfect for a cat to take another nap.

When that VIP arrived, he saw such a scene. There was no one to greet him. Only a large black cat, shiny and sleek to the point of glowing, slowly stretched, and meowed perfunctorily.

The guard behind the VIP looked past the welcoming cat, peered into Xiang Wei, and clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, “This Xiang Wei is really unruly, not even someone to greet us.”

“Isn’t there someone greeting us?” The VIP picked up White and rubbed the flesh on White’s belly.

The guard looked at the cat’s narrowed eyes and finally couldn’t help but advise, “Your Majesty… Young Master, this cat’s origin is unknown, its color is inauspicious, Your Majesty should…”

“Inauspicious? That same old rhetoric.” The VIP took out a small bell from his purse and tied it to White’s original collar, “This is a spiritual cat, it is auspicious.”

“Yes…”

The VIP put White down, reluctantly stroking White’s head: “With this plaque, no one will dare to say you are inauspicious again.”

“Big fat cat, what are you…” Lin Yan’s yawn was stuck halfway. He picked up White and used his little finger to lift up the small plaque and looked at it for a long time, “Where did this come from? It looks like it’s gold.”

White proudly meowed twice, very cleverly pointing to the side with its paw.

Lin Yan followed the direction White pointed and saw the new Emperor visiting incognito at a glance.

Yun Qi had told Lin Yan that the Great Zhou imperial family’s names were arranged according to the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. When it came to his generation, it happened to be the wood element. The new Emperor’s name was Yun Song, and he was a twin with him.

However, Lin Yan recognized the new Emperor not because of his appearance, but because of the somewhat frightening scar below his eyebrow.

After Yun Song ascended the throne, he dealt with all those who had mistreated him before. As for the Imperial Concubine Jia, his adoptive mother who had shown him “kindness,” Yun Song publicly honored her, but within two days, he used this scar as an excuse to move Imperial Concubine Jia to a new place.

This was a man with meticulous thoughts, deep schemes, ruthless methods, and a heart…

Lin Yan shuddered and frantically winked at the waiter, while trying to force out a smile, “You’ve arrived! Please come in, the private room is ready.”

The store quieted down, and a group of people watched Lin Yan lead the person upstairs, listening to the opening and closing of the private room door. Only then did it return to its previous liveliness.

“That’s the VIP, he looks so young.”

“Manager Cheng and Manager Gu both went up, it must be him.”

White strutted through the crowd in high spirits. Before it could take two steps, someone grabbed it: “What did he just say? This is an auspicious cat?”

That person’s attention was clearly not on White, and the action of holding the cat was particularly rough. White backhanded with a claw. The person dodged nimbly, accurately grabbed the small plaque on White’s neck, and tore it off: “This is gold, right? Wearing it on a cat is such a waste of resources. I’ll just take it to…”

“Save it.” The person next to him snatched the gold plaque away, pointing to the inscription on the back, and said in a low voice, “Look carefully, this is something from the palace. Do you think anyone would dare to buy it?”

The person who wanted to use the plaque to sell it respectfully returned the plaque, carefully hanging it on White, muttering, “Good cat… Lord Cat, you are magnanimous, auspicious beast doesn’t hold grudges against mortals, don’t hold it against me.”

White snorted and strutted off to find its cat-shoveling officer.

In stark contrast to the cat master’s state, after Lin Yan invited Yun Song into the private room, he was pulled aside by Cheng Que and greeted with a grand salute, “Greetings…”

Lin Yan neither liked kneeling to others nor liked being kneeled to by others. But after transmigrating to Great Zhou, he had to do as the Romans do. What feudal dregs and historical poisons were not important. What was important was to survive first.

“No need for formalities, no need for formalities.” Before Lin Yan’s knees touched the ground, Yun Song excused them from the courtesy. He personally helped Lin Yan up and offered him a seat, “I should be thanking you for taking in my brother, how can I bear your kneel, Manager?”

Yun Song looked behind Gu Zhan, not finding the figure of his silly brother. He clicked his tongue lightly and casually asked, “Speaking of which, where is my brother now?”

“This…” Gu Zhan glanced in the direction of the kitchen, somewhat at a loss.

The truth was that he was helping to cook in the kitchen, but in this situation, this seemed a little inappropriate.

The door was lightly knocked twice. Before Yun Song could speak, Yun Qi pushed the door open.

Yun Qi pushed the pastries in his hand in front of Yun Song, quietly shielding the Xiang Wei people behind him: “I made your favorite pastries for you.”

“My brother is still the most loving.” Yun Song was not polite and picked one up and put it in his mouth.

Gu Zhan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, pulling Cheng Que back, not forgetting to frantically wink at Lin Yan along the way: “You two haven’t seen each other for a long time, you must have a lot to say. We’ll go down first.”

Lin Yan successfully received the signal. He looked in Yun Qi’s direction, somewhat worried. Lin Yan picked up the teapot on the table and casually found an excuse, “There always has to be someone left to serve. I…”

“There are a lot of customers in the store today, Older Brother should go down and help.” Yun Qi took the teapot and skillfully poured two cups of tea, his meaning was very clear.

Serving people was something he had already mastered.

Yun Qi pushed Lin Yan out, and Cheng Que and Gu Zhan also flashed behind Lin Yan, directly escorting him out the door.

The private room door slammed shut.

Lin Yan looked at the closed door, unable to stop worrying. He hesitated for a moment, finally lightly knocking on the door, rambling and exhorting, “Then I’ll go and help out first. Be sure to call me if anything happens.”

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