I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 329: Pressing Zhang Youhong Step by Step
"Although there is someone above the store manager, as long as that person does not personally intervene and does not change the rules, based on our current understanding and knowledge, we can completely let the store manager help us deal with some supernatural events to a reasonable extent. The sooner the store manager is involved, the less damage will be caused. Moreover..."

Li Jun looked at the white fog that had completely enveloped the grave mountain and said softly, "He has obviously used Dahai City as the game environment for tonight. Liu San, Li Leping, Su Fan, and Shen Linnei have all lost contact. If the store manager is not present, I am very worried that He will completely let himself go."

Tong Qian was startled when she heard this, and quickly said, "Captain Li is right. At least if the store manager is here, we can limit the incident to the store manager's knowledge."

Cao Yanhua was initially somewhat resistant.

For a god-like existence like the real store manager, if possible, it would be best for him to never enter the world.

But Li Jun and Tong Qian are right.

If Manager Zhen is allowed to continue like this, Dahai City may really be completely out of control, as there are still several captains in it.

If these people were killed in it, he would want to die.

"In that case, call the store and use the same words as last time, asking the store manager to personally deliver the food."

Cao Yanhua made the decision, and Li Jun immediately took out his cell phone and called the Peace Hotel.

The call was naturally answered without any surprise. Just as Li Jun and others thought, Lin Yuan did not prevent this from happening.

after all.

He is not a real god, and he would not want to turn the whole world into hell. Many times he also needs a "store manager" as a lubricant between him and the world.

But it's already past one in the morning.

The "store manager" Lin Yuan answered the phone in a daze. After saying hello, he fell silent after hearing Li Jun's idea of ​​ordering takeout.

Li Jun hesitated and asked, "Boss Lin, are you not delivering food this late?"

"No, since it is a business within the hotel, we have to take it on. I was just thinking about another thing. Okay, tell me the address and I'll have someone send it over later." Lin Yuan sighed and came to his senses completely.

Looking at the misty window, Lin Yuan yawned.

Li Jun said, "Let's order four dishes. Boss Lin, you can make the arrangements. But we hope you can come over for a midnight snack."

Treat yourself to dinner again?

Lin Yuan thought of the last time and shook his head to refuse, "It's too late. I won't go."

It's okay once in a while, but Li Jun only ordered takeout twice, and he had to eat for free twice. Even though he was invited, it still felt awkward.

The “store manager” doesn’t want to come?
This is not possible!

Li Jun gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Lin, I think I saw Granny Meng here. She doesn't seem to be in a good mood and seems to have encountered some troubles."

Meng Xiaodong?
Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, and asked quickly: "Where is Granny Meng, what trouble is she in?"

"I'm not sure. I saw it before, but missed it quickly. But her expression was definitely not right at that time. She seemed quite sad," said Li Jun.

Lin Yuan immediately stood up and said, "Okay, wait for me, I'll be here soon."

After hanging up the phone, Tong Qian suddenly asked, "Did you really meet Granny Meng in Dahai City? Do you know what this means?"

Meng Xiaodong is not an ordinary person.

As the first person to live in the Peace Hotel, her presence was also secured by the "store manager" and she is considered a partner of the Peace Hotel.

This older generation, who have survived from the Republic of China period to the present day, are themselves full of mystery and danger.

Previously, Meng Xiaodong asked the "store manager" for leave to be away for a while, so they were very worried and even tried to track down Meng Xiaodong's whereabouts, but found nothing.

All we know is that the last place Meng Xiaodong appeared was the cemetery called Fushouyuan in Dahai City...wait!
Tong Qian seemed to have thought of something.

"It seems you've thought of it, too. Yes, I made up what Meng Xiaodong said, but it's not much different. It's just a question of whether you saw it with your own eyes. The ghost area that revived in Dahai City turned out to be a black tomb as big as a mountain and full of stench. It's hard not to associate it with something. Maybe the revival of Dahai City this time has something to do with Meng Xiaodong. If that's the case, then the store manager has to deal with it."

Li Jun sighed and said to Guo Fan, "You should get ready. Maybe the store manager will ask you to go back and drive later."

As soon as Guo Fan nodded, his cell phone rang.

There was no indication on the caller ID, but he recognized the source of the number at a glance - the Peace Hotel, the manager.

After answering the phone, the serious expression on Guo Fan's face instantly disappeared, and turned into a flattering expression, "Not asleep, not asleep, Brother Yuan, do you need a car? I'll be there right away, and I promise I won't delay anything... OK."

After hanging up the phone, Guo Fan regained his composure again. "Captain Li is right. The store manager did contact me. I have to rush over right now. Is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Cao Yanhua and others shook their heads, indicating that there was nothing to say.

Guo Fan used his authority as a Peace Hotel employee. A white mist surged out of his body and enveloped him, and then he disappeared without a trace along with the white mist.

At the Peace Hotel, Lin Yuan went to the second floor after getting up.

Previously, the store had hired four cooks, namely He Yiner, He Yuelian, Liu Qingqing and Tong Qian.

He Yin'er was arranged by Lin Yuan to take care of the fish pond. Although the business of the fish pond has not improved much and the main business has gradually changed from fishing to breeding, He Yin'er's identity has not changed.

And tonight, He Yiner did not stay in the store.

He Yuelian has been promoted to lobby manager and no longer works as a cook, and she is not in the store tonight either.

Tong Qian has never lived in the store.

I arrive at the store on time at six in the morning to prepare for work, and leave work on time at six in the evening. At most, we will have a working meal together in the evening. I will never appear in the store for the rest of the time, and occasionally I have to ask for leave.

It is because of this work attitude that her position has not changed.

The only one left was Liu Qingqing.

Because of schizophrenia, Liu Qingqing has certain mental problems. Although Lin Yuan sometimes regrets hiring a patient to the store, since she is his own employee, he naturally will not drive her away directly.

Because of this, Lin Yuan usually takes good care of Liu Qingqing. During working hours, he would only ask Tong Qian to help in the kitchen when she was too busy.

Plus, Liu Qingqing was obviously interested in him.

So normally Lin Yuan would avoid provoking Liu Qingqing if he could.

The situation tonight was a little special. He was anxious to inquire about Meng Xiaodong's condition, so it was not convenient for him to call Tong Qian again.

He had no choice but to go downstairs.

When he got to the second floor, he saw Li Qingzhi standing at the door of 211 holding an old hatchet. This surprised Lin Yuan. "Old Li, what happened?"

In Lin Yuan's sight, Li Qingzhi turned back into a gorilla again.

He looked at Lin Yuan expressionlessly, without making any movements. However, Lin Yuan seemed to have heard something. He looked at the gate of 211 in surprise and vigilance. "I see. This guy actually wanted to steal gaming equipment? You've worked hard tonight. You still have to go to Caesar Farm early tomorrow morning. Go to bed early tonight. I'll ask Lao Fan to come and watch over you. He's the security guard."

Security guard and ghost catcher Lao Fan lives in 212, which is opposite 211.

Lin Yuan walked over to Lao Li and knocked a few times. The door of 212 opened. Looking at the neatly dressed Lao Fan, Lin Yuan smiled with satisfaction and said, "Lao Fan, you are quite efficient. You can get dressed from sleeping state in just a few seconds. You are indeed an elite soldier. Unlike Guo Fan, that guy must have been driven back by the headquarters because he couldn't stand the hardship."

(Guo Fan sneezed: Who, who is scolding me?)
"Okay, Lao Fan, there are some situations here. You can check with Lao Li. I have something else to do so I will leave first. You guys can chat."

Lin Yuan left the corridor, turned left at the exit, and came to the door of 208.

Benedict!
Benedict! Benedict!
There was a knock on the door, which creaked open slowly. A bright and slim-fitting cheongsam caught Lin Yuan's eye, especially the fair skin revealed under the slit hem, which made Lin Yuan quickly look away.

"Liu Qingqing" chuckled and said, "Brother Yuan, if you want to watch it, just watch it. I don't mind."

Lin Yuan's forehead was dotted with black lines, and he said unhappily, "You are so young, yet you still know how to say these lewd words. I think you are confused after sleeping. Okay, let's get down to business. Someone has placed an order, and there are no other cooks in the restaurant. I need you to work overtime."

"Liu Qingqing" expressed her understanding, but said, "Is that so? What about the reward?"

Lin Yuan seemed to be meeting Liu Qingqing for the first time. He suddenly seemed to have thought of something. After confirming it, he finally understood one thing:

Liu Qingqing is sick!
In other words, Liu Qingqing is now controlled by the personality that split from her body.

So, this split personality is so straightforward, without any girlish reserve, simply, simply...

It’s actually quite charming.

Compared to the shy and timid girl, this passionate and mature personality gave Lin Yuan a very different feeling.

But he recovered quickly and said, "Let's cook first. We'll talk about the reward later."

"it is good."

At most it would be recorded as overtime pay, and Lin Yuan said it was not a waste at all.

But the look that "Liu Qingqing" gave him at the end still made him feel uneasy. "Will this personality come up with something terrible? No, I have to keep an eye on it."

As he said that, he went to the kitchen with "Liu Qingqing".

"Liu Qingqing" sorted out the kitchen utensils. With Liu Qingqing's life experience, her cooking skills had long since adapted to... the requirements of the Peace Hotel, but there was still a problem.

"Brother Yuan, what dish do you want to make?"

Lin Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Four dishes, let's stew a pig's trotter first... Speaking of which, the variety of food in our restaurant is still a bit limited. Can you see if you can come up with something else? Let's make it according to the standard of seven yuan. It's just right for Lao Li and the others to try it out tonight."

The Old Li mentioned here naturally refers to Li Jun.

"Liu Qingqing" laughed and said, "Brother Yuan, you really know how to do business. You cheat people like this, aren't you afraid that he won't order takeout in the future?"

"What's a pit? This is called a version preview. Okay, hurry up and do it. We are in a hurry." Lin Yuan reminded.

"Liu Qingqing" didn't say anything else, just thinking about what kind of food to cook. This matter seems simple, but it is actually quite troublesome.

The first requirement is that the dishes must meet the standard of seven yuan, and this standard depends on the judgment of the "store manager".

If the dishes I cook do not meet the requirements of the "store manager", will the wasted ingredients be counted on me?

If it was a normal restaurant, she wouldn't think so, and wouldn't have such harsh conditions, but with the stingy character of the "store manager"...

Of course, this is all just in case.

The "store manager" obviously had no intention of reminding her, so she could only do as she pleased.

Glancing at the stewed pig's trotters, Liu Qingqing's eyes lit up, "I know what to do."

Looking at the hardworking "Liu Qingqing", Lin Yuan nodded secretly, "Although she is schizophrenic, the personality that Xiao Liu split out is actually not bad. She has autonomy and can innovate dishes. It's pretty good. Unfortunately, it can basically only be seen at night."

About half an hour later, "Liu Qingqing" had prepared the dishes, and all four dishes were packed in food boxes. "The food is ready, Brother Yuan, do you need me to go with you? Or should I summon a robot to help?"

In the eyes of the "store manager", Liu Qingqing has successfully undergone biotechnology transformation and possesses the ability to summon standby robots through space technology.

That is why the "store manager" originally planned to give the job of delivering takeout to Liu Qingqing.

"Summon a robot. We may need to add a night shift to answer the phone and take delivery business. You can take over tonight, and I will select someone to do this tomorrow when you go to work."

Both Liu Qingqing and "Liu Qingqing" coveted him, but Lin Yuan didn't have that kind of thoughts towards her at the moment.

In order to avoid the intensification of reserve, one would naturally hide if possible.

"Liu Qingqing" did not force it, and she quickly "summoned" a puppet. Of course, in Lin Yuan's eyes, this was just a robot.

But looking at the appearance of this robot, Lin Yuan frowned, "This robot looks a lot like you."

"It's about 60% similar. It also has some self-protection abilities, so it can help if it encounters bad guys."

A combination of a delivery man and a bodyguard?

This is pretty good, but Lin Yuan always suspects that "Liu Qingqing" deliberately created a robot that looks like her.

The main one:
Even if I can't be with you, I have a substitute that you can see at any time and remember me!

Facing the expectant eyes of "Liu Qingqing", Lin Yuan felt more and more that his idea was correct, and then... he agreed.

After handing the lunch box to the robot Liu Qingqing, Lin Yuan called Guo Fan who had just entered the store and walked out of the store together.

"Liu Qingqing" sat behind the cashier counter and watched Lin Yuan leave with a smile on her face.

After Lin Yuan and Guo Fan disappeared, the white mist in the store became thicker again and enveloped "Liu Qingqing".

However, surprisingly, although the white mist filled every space in the store, it left a square area for the cash register, which was exactly where "Liu Qingqing" sat.

In front of her was a hand-cranked telephone in the style of the Republic of China and a modern computer.

When the technological products of the two eras are put together, there is a sense of contrast and separation, and "Liu Qingqing" saw a small note stuck under the computer screen.

She took the note and finally saw the words on it clearly:
[Night shift duties (temporary version): answer the phone, respond to reasonable requests from callers, and promptly contact store staff to deliver takeout orders.]

[Night shift work standards (temporary version): Do not leave your post without permission, answer the phone politely, and distribute work reasonably.]

"A temporary version of the night shift work content?"

"Liu Qingqing" looked at the note with interest, suddenly grabbed it with her other hand, and tore it hard.

Although she is a woman, she has supernatural powers, so her strength is greater than that of a normal adult man.

Logically speaking, such an ordinary piece of sticky note can be torn into pieces.

But she had already used all her strength, and the sticky note was still intact, which made her come to a new conclusion, "It seems that the manager really wants to run the Peace Hotel well. I just don't know whether this night shift is a rotation or a new person is hired. But no matter which situation is, it seems that I am the one who works the hardest."

She has a share of the takeout in the evening.

To deliver food, she also needs to summon robots and puppets.

"It feels like being treated like a beast of burden, but I want to be the boss's wife."

"Liu Qingqing" rubbed her brows with a headache, and suddenly felt something, and couldn't help laughing, "Time is running out, as expected, I still have to go back to my brother's house as soon as possible. Then let me add fuel to the fire for you, don't delay the time too long."

There was paper and pen on the table, so she took them and started to get busy.

After a while, "Liu Qingqing" yawned, fell asleep on the table, but only for a second, she sat up straight again.

Compared with her previous maturity, generosity and charm, Liu Qingqing is now obviously a little flustered.

This is the modern Liu Qingqing.

"What's going on, what happened, why am I here?"

Liu Qingqing was extremely flustered, but she did not run around.

She had also experienced supernatural events, and although she almost died that time, she knew how to deal with such events.

First, don't panic.

In supernatural events, the more panicked you are, the easier it is to make mistakes, which in turn triggers the evil spirit's killing patterns and leads to its attack.

Although I shouldn't die thanks to the "store manager's" ghost, the feeling of living a life worse than death is even more painful!
When she was at home at that time, the feeling of excruciating pain was still clearly remembered by Liu Qingqing even now.

Then, look for patterns.

Liu Qingqing looked around and quickly saw the surrounding environment and the two pieces of paper in front of her. "Is this still the store? Is this the cashier? Yes, in the Peace Hotel, no evil spirit can take me away quietly. Even if she wants to mess around in my body, Brother Yuan will not allow it... Is this, working the night shift? An operator? ... And this, the scene in the dream?"

Different contents were written on the two A4 papers.

One piece of paper was written from the perspective of "Liu Qingqing", introducing what happened this evening, that is, the "store manager" knocked on her door late at night...

“Why wasn’t it me then?”

Seeing this, Liu Qingqing felt extremely regretful.

Fortunately, the contents of the second piece of paper made her feel cold all over.

This is a painting, a painting she drew very sloppily and handed over to the "store manager", but the painting in front of her is very clear.

Except for the lack of color, it looks just like it was taken with a camera.

The eerie forest and the old house with two ghost-like lanterns in the forest made her shiver all over just at a glance through the paper.

On the edge of the painting, there is a line of beautiful small words written: "Go early and come back early."

next second.

The two A4 papers spontaneously combusted without wind and soon turned into a pile of ashes, which then drifted away with the wind and flew into the white fog ghost domain.

It's like destroying a corpse and covering up all traces.

Liu Qingqing no longer had any desire to sleep. She felt her back getting wet, and a horrible chill was eroding her brain.

"Her time spent awake is getting shorter and shorter, but...it's also getting more and more dangerous."

Lin Yuan didn't know what happened in the store. He had already taken the puppet Liu Qingqing on the ghost taxi. "How long does it take to get to Dahai City from here? About half an hour?"

Guo Fan blinked his eyes. "That's about right."

Since the "store manager" has spoken, it will definitely take half an hour to drive this road. Even if the time is a minute or a second different, it will be impossible to leave this road shrouded in white fog and ghost territory.

Guo Fan didn't mind, he was not in a hurry anyway.

"Boss, Sister Liu is really attached to you. The delivery robots are all made to look like her. They want you to think of her when you are out."

Lin Yuan said unhappily, "Drive your car properly and don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask. I'll take a nap too. Call me when we get there."

Guo Fan smiled and said, "I understand, boss."

Just as Guo Fan thought, the road that should have led back to reality after walking fifty meters now became very long.

In the eyes of the "store manager", this avenue stretches straight into the distance, with no end in sight and no detours at all.

In reality, such a road simply does not exist.

But here, as long as the "store manager" wants to, it is just a matter of words, and time passes by every second.

It was not until half an hour later that Guo Fan's eyes suddenly opened up.

The white fog disappeared, replaced by a mountain road. He was now going uphill, and not far away he could see a large area of ​​temporary buildings with bright lights.

Guo Fan looked back.

The "store manager" in the back seat fell asleep like an ordinary person, and his head was resting on the shoulder of the robot Liu Qingqing.

Guo Fan couldn't help but laugh.

But the next second, the robot Liu Qingqing suddenly looked over. That look made Guo Fan's back instantly go numb, and at the same time, he felt uneasy in his heart: "It... has its own consciousness?"

(End of this chapter)