Chapter 146:
Ye Beiyao went to the restaurant and saw it was packed with customers, but he didn’t see Shopkeeper Zhu.
He asked Chang Qing, and Chang Qing said: “Shopkeeper Zhu didn’t eat breakfast this morning. Just now, when the rush of customers eased a bit, he went to that private room to eat something.”
“I see.”
Ye Beiyao nodded.
“Does Master have any business? This one will go summon him!”
“No need!”
Ye Beiyao arrived at the small private room on the second floor and found Shopkeeper Zhu sitting in front of a round table with a plate of strange delicious food in front of him.
Slice after slice, quite neatly arranged, with fried egg and lettuce sandwiched in the middle.
Beside it, a cup of hot sheep milk. One bite of delicious food, one sip of sheep milk—his expression was quite contented.
“Ahem!”
Shopkeeper Zhu turned his head and immediately stood up.
“I didn’t know Master had arrived. This Second Brother has truly been negligent.”
“Alright, alright. Shopkeeper Zhu, you’ve worked hard. You’re only eating breakfast now for the restaurant’s sake. But isn’t this breakfast of yours awfully strange? Did you find some new delicacy and are specially tasting it?”
“Hehe, no. This is baked bread made by Luo Niangzi. She came to deliver goods this morning and gave this Second Brother a few. Now that there are fewer customers, I specially took them out to tide me over!”
“Baked bread?”
“Sent by Luo Niangzi?”
Ye Beiyao’s expression was a bit odd.
“Don’t tell me… this Luo Niangzi really has a pair of clever hands. Not bad, not bad!”
“Eating it made this Second Brother’s mood instantly refreshed, with endless aftertaste! Right now I feel full, and unlike with other foods, I don’t worry about getting fat or rich person’s disease.”
Shopkeeper Zhu had an expression of pure enjoyment as he stroked his beard; Ye Beiyao’s face gradually darkened.
“Since it’s delicious food sent by Luo Niangzi, why didn’t you send it to this Young Master first to taste!”
Ye Beiyao suddenly questioned him. Shopkeeper Zhu was stunned. Why had Master suddenly lost his temper? What was going on?
“To report to the owner, this food wasn’t sent by Luo Niangzi to Yumian Tower. It was, it was this one who shamelessly asked her for it.”
“This is baked bread she developed herself. This one saw she plans to go to the marketplace to do business herself!!!”
Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly explained.
Doing business herself?
Hmph! What big guts!!!
After a moment, Ye Beiyao said faintly: “Did she send any for this Young Master?”
Sweat dripped from Shopkeeper Zhu’s forehead. If only he’d known to save one for him—it was so delicious that he ate them all, leaving only a few stringy pieces. He’d even shared the rest with the two chefs in the big kitchen to taste.
Just now he’d gone down and had Chef Li help fry an egg, which he ate sandwiched like this.
The other Chef Xie insisted on eating it this way too!
The two chefs even took away his corn red bean paste filling ones and shared them!
He hadn’t gotten to eat much himself.
Seeing Shopkeeper Zhu’s face flushed red with embarrassment, he knew there were none left.
Hmph!
This fat gourd—does she have a wooden head or something?
She sent some to Shopkeeper Zhu but not to him, the owner. And she still has the nerve to ask for his help without even showing gratitude.
Just thinking about it made him especially angry.
With a flick of his sleeve, he went to his studio. Shopkeeper Zhu’s heart was up and down.
A moment later he came out again and asked if Luo Niangzi had gone to the market to sell food.
“Yes, but her bread is so delicious, it’s probably all sold out by now!”
At this, Ye Beiyao’s face darkened again.
Shopkeeper Zhu hurriedly soothed: “Owner, don’t worry. Luo Niangzi said she’s going to the dog market to buy a fierce dog!”
“Buy a fierce dog?”
This fat gourd has such peculiar interests and hobbies.
“This one guesses her home has probably been robbed. She’s likely at the dog market right now. If you want to buy the recipe for this baked bread, you can go find her there!”
Shopkeeper Zhu wiped his sweat!
After analyzing for half a day, he roughly guessed the owner wanted to buy the secret recipe for this baked bread—otherwise he wouldn’t be so angry!
“Good, you’re perceptive!”
“Yes, yes!”
With a flick of his sleeve, he left!
Shopkeeper Zhu hung his head. Truly, accompanying a ruler is like accompanying a tiger. Young Master Ye’s aura isn’t something an ordinary person can bear.
He suddenly felt a bit sorry for Luo Niangzi!
Song Wu followed Ye Beiyao for a few steps, then turned back and said lowly to Shopkeeper Zhu: “Shopkeeper Zhu, you’ve followed Master for so long—don’t you understand him yet?”
“A reminder: next time any food from Luo Niangzi or such is sent, you must save some for Master to taste first!”
“Yes, yes! Thank you for the reminder, Song Wu! It was this one’s oversight!”
He knew, he knew. This time he didn’t even need reminding.
After Song Wu finished speaking, he hurriedly caught up.
Ye Beiyao was darkly angry inside, his brows tightly furrowed.
Luo Zhi’er, this fat gourd who doesn’t keep her word—she’d said she had over a hundred food recipes. How dare she be so impatient to bring them out and sell them openly at the marketplace?
This simply didn’t put him in her eyes.
He felt like he’d been tricked by her. He was racking his brains to help her, while she was taking private jobs and empty-handed wolfing!
The more he thought, the angrier he got. Hadn’t they agreed?
He’d help her meet people from Jiangnan Hong Futai and told her to wait at home. In just a few days she couldn’t wait. Wait till he found her—he’d properly discipline her and let her know the consequences of offending him!
Hmph!
Song Wu’s heart shivered!
This Luo Zhi’er—why provoke this notorious little bully young master?
Sigh, truly sweating for her. There’s a good show coming.
Luo Zhi’er and Miaomiao were selecting a dog at the dog market and finally picked one that seemed somewhat suitable.
Squatting by the cage, she got a lump of meat from the boss to tease it with, but wouldn’t let it eat. The dog bared its teeth and bit at her.
“Heh, little thing, barely acceptable! You’ve got some spirit!”
Luo Zhi’er couldn’t help letting out a low scoff.
The dog-selling merchant was half-dead with anger. What a big tone! This fat woman used a lump of meat on a bamboo pole with a string, teasing all the dogs in this circle silly.
But she wouldn’t buy.
She even complained his dogs weren’t fierce enough. He wanted to beat her. Why would their dogs need to be that fierce?
If they bit someone, he’d have to pay silver. That circle over there were all pet dogs raised by rich people. This side was fierce dogs, but sadly after teasing a circle, not one caught her eye!
“I say, are you buying or not? If not, give the meat back. I still need to do business! You’ve wasted my time for nothing!”
The man couldn’t hold back anymore and started berating her.
What a miscalculation—he’d busied himself half a day thinking a big customer had come!
Apart from her body being big, where was she a big customer?
Miaomiao’s face was red, red to her ears, head hanging low, tugging at her mother’s sleeve.
“Tch! Your dog isn’t fierce at all, and you have no patience. What kind of business is this? So aggressive, aggressive for nothing. You still want to trick me into wasting silver on your dog? No way! Come on, Miaomiao, to the next one!”
“You!”
He really wanted to give her a beating!
This dog seller was pale with anger, after busying half a day, to be counter-attacked by this fat woman.
Skin too thick!
“You, stop right there!”
“Who’s afraid of who! Everyone come look! There’s a dog seller here trying to cheat people!!!”
Immediately many people looked over.
“You—too lazy to argue with a rogue fat woman like you. Get out!!!”
This dog boss was so angry he spat blood!
Next time he’d watch out to prevent this rogue fatty from coming again.
Ye Beiyao stopped at the doorway. From far away he’d spotted that big fatty and her little fat girl squatting by the dog cage teasing a dog with a piece of meat, so he’d stormed straight over in anger.
Who knew before getting close he’d hear the merchant’s barrage of insults.
What kind of partner had he found?
