I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 330: Lao Li, a love triangle is not acceptable!

"Are we there yet? Why didn't you wake me up?"

Lin Yuan rubbed his eyes. He felt a little groggy after the sleep he just had. It was probably because he slept in the car. His posture was uncomfortable, so he naturally didn’t sleep well.

"I'm sorry, Brother Yuan. I saw you were sleeping so soundly that I didn't want to wake you up." Guo Fan said with a wry smile, glancing at the robot Liu Qingqing.

At this moment, it returned to its dull appearance, with a dull look in its eyes... No, robots don't have eyes, so there was no sign of the weirdness just now.

Oh shit!

Those who can become official employees of the Peace Hotel are indeed more bizarre than each other. Even Liu Qingqing, who was once just an ordinary person, possesses such bizarre abilities.

There were only Tong Qian and I, like huskies among a pack of wolves.

Guo Fan complained in his heart but did not dare to show any dissatisfaction on the surface. Now he was just a loyal driver in front of the "store manager's" seat.

He dared not reveal any ambition until he found an opportunity to meet the real boss and tell him his intentions, especially before he got the promise to replace the "store manager" and become the new store manager.

How do you say that?

Wang Mang was humble before he usurped the throne!
Lin Yuan didn't know that Guo Fan had such ambitions, even comparing himself to Wang Mang. He rubbed his eyes to cheer himself up, and checked the lunch box by the way, "Let's go, don't let people wait anxiously. Fortunately, our lunch boxes have good insulation effect, so they won't get cold."

As soon as we got off the car, we were outside the temporary command post.

Li Jun and others had been waiting for a while, or rather, the ghost taxi had arrived here a few minutes ago, but it was surrounded by a thin mist.

Basically everyone present was aware of the existence of the White Fog Ghost Domain.

Before the "store manager" and his companions got off the car, no one dared to get on, for fear of triggering an unknown supernatural attack.

Cao Yanhua, Li Jun and Tong Qian were guarding nearby, while the rest of the people were hiding far away, looking very busy.

By the way, there is also a person in charge who has come here temporarily—Yang Jian!
He also came here because of the supernatural events in Dahai City, but he arrived relatively late, no earlier than Lin Yuan's ghost taxi half an hour earlier.

As soon as Lin Yuan got off the car, he saw this strange combination.

"Lao Cao! Lao Li! Xiao Yang! And... Tong Qian? Why are you here? Why don't you go home to rest in the middle of the night? You have to go to work tomorrow morning."

Lin Yuan had a strange look on his face, with a hint of suspicion.

Tong Qian was not panicked. If he hadn't thought of a good excuse, he would have just hidden himself and would not show up in front of the "store manager". "Boss, Li Jun and I are friends. It just so happens that he has something tonight, so I came to see him."

"Is that so? But you didn't ask for leave and you still have to go to work tomorrow. It's so late now, shouldn't you go back and rest? You are the chef of our restaurant. If you are not in spirits, the dishes you cook will be soulless." Lin Yuan's eyes were burning.

Tong Qian pursed her lips, her attitude somewhat resistant.

The current situation in Dahai City is unknown. Although she is not the person in charge of Dahai City, nor the captain, and her main job is to be responsible for promotions in the Peace Hotel, with her personality, how could she leave Dahai City alone?
But now the "store manager"'s reasons are also very normal.

You have to go to work tomorrow. It's already past three in the morning. You're still out here in the wilderness instead of going home to rest. You haven't asked for leave tomorrow. Are you going to go to work this shift? Are you planning to secretly sleep at work?

Seeing that Tong Qian was about to get stubborn and might even anger the "store manager", Li Jun quickly advised: "Go back and rest first, work is more important."

Tong Qian knew that there was no way to refuse this, so she could only agree dully and then turned and left.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I'll just listen to you."

"Friends are always closer than superiors and subordinates." Li Jun made a rare joke, which left Cao Yanhua and others beside him stunned.

It has been more than half a year since Li Jun, the special operations team leader, was transferred to the headquarters. They have been together for quite a while, but Li Jun has never made such a joke.

Was it Wang Xiaoming who suggested this?
Cao Yang and the "store manager" obviously have the best relationship with each other, and their way of getting along has naturally been recorded by the headquarters. It is indeed a good thing to use such means to let more people refresh their favorability towards the "store manager".

However, why didn't he, as a powerful deputy minister, know about this?

While Cao Yanhua was daydreaming, Lin Yuan had already called on the robot Liu Qingqing to bring the lunch box over, and took Li Jun aside to chat.

"Old Li, Xiaohong is not with you today?" Lin Yuan smiled.

Xiaohong is naturally Ah Hong.

Although it was not the first time he heard this, Li Jun still felt a little uncomfortable. "Ah Hong was not in good condition today and had already rested. This incident happened rather urgently, so I didn't call her."

Lin Yuan nodded, "So that's how it is. I thought you were playing with the little boy behind her back."

This sentence seems to have a lot of connotations?
Before the revival of the supernatural, Li Jun had been working in the army. He was a straight man and had no understanding or feelings about the relationship between men and women.

Now that Lin Yuan said this, he was a little confused.

Lin Yuan thought he had acquiesced, and his face suddenly darkened. "Lao Li, I see that you are also an honest man. You can't do things like playing with two women at the same time. Of course, if you really like Xiao Tong, you can first make it clear with Xiao Hong, and then be with Xiao Tong after breaking up. Don't you think so?"

"Right...no...no, boss, did you misunderstand something?" Li Jun's brain finally came online and he asked in a panic.

Lin Yuan sighed, raised his hand and patted Li Jun on the shoulder, "We are all men, and I understand your thoughts. But this is not the old society, there are no three wives and four concubines. If there is a problem in your relationship, I am afraid you will not be able to keep your public office. So, you'd better think clearly about which one you like, pursue your true heart, and don't make mistakes in your relationship. I can only help you here, but I will make it clear to you in advance that although I don't like Xiao Tong very much, she is an employee of my store after all. If I find out that you bully her or even play with her feelings, be careful or I will beat you up!"

As he spoke, Lin Yuan clenched his fists and waved them a few times.

He didn't use too much force, but his expression was firm, and it was obvious that he was serious. If his own clerk suffered a loss, he would definitely help him.

As he said this, the white fog around him became thicker.

A strange sense of voyeurism and crisis made Li Jun clearly realize that Lin Yuan was not joking, but he was still a little confused.

Didn't he and Tong Qian just appear in the same frame? How did it get brought up in terms of relationship issues?
wrong!

He and Ah Hong are not lovers, but...

Li Jun remembered that under the guidance of some irresponsible guys, the "store manager" did indeed believe that he and Ah Hong were having an office romance.

It was the middle of the night, and Ah Hong was not around. Instead, Tong Qian, who should have been sleeping at home in another city, was with him. Anyone would misunderstand this.

Li Jun wanted to explain more, but Lin Yuan was no longer willing to listen.

"If I really want to find excuses, I can come up with a hundred or eighty of them. So, what you say is not important, what is important is what you do. I believe that you, Lao Li, are an honest person and will not bully my employees."

Patting Li Jun on the shoulder again, Lin Yuan walked back to the makeshift table that had been set up, just like a parent.

Li Jun followed him depressedly, "No, the store manager just said something incredible, he... doesn't like Tong Qian?"

Tong Qian has a heavy task at the Peace Hotel.

Strictly speaking, the only members belonging to the headquarters in the Peace Hotel now are Tong Qian and Guo Fan.

Even He Yiner, who was once the head of the headquarters, has now completely sided with the "store manager" and no longer provides intelligence information to the headquarters.

But the positions at the Peace Hotel are too scarce.

The main reason is that the sales of Peace Hotel have not been increasing, so there is no idea of ​​expanding the business or recruiting new people.

Even Guo Fan, due to his lack of strength, was unable to secure a security guard position when the watchdog, the knocker, Lao Hei was away.

It was just because he was lucky that he managed to get a job as a driver.

When the "store manager" is unwilling to ride in the paper sedan chair, he can get some work, otherwise he might have been unemployed long ago.

Even if Guo Fan managed to secure his employee status for the time being, his position gave him very few opportunities to go to the store, and the information he could provide was limited.

In this case, if the "store manager" doesn't like Tong Qian, how much information can Tong Qian get?
No wonder Tong Qian has been able to provide less and less useful information in recent times. The source of the information is still the "store manager".

No wonder He Yuelian and He Yiner both got promoted, and Liu Qingqing is usually very free. Only Tong Qian is still an honest cook, and there has been no change in the past few months.

No wonder...

Peace Hotel is the stage He created, and the "manager" is the manager of the Peace Hotel. If he doesn't like a person, then that person will naturally not get any development in the Peace Hotel.

"No, we need to discuss this matter with the minister and the others. At least we need to change Tong Qian's image in the manager's mind. Otherwise, she is simply wasting her life in the Peace Hotel."

The robot Liu Qingqing is setting the table.

I don’t know how “Liu Qingqing” set up its “program”, but at least Lin Yuan feels very comfortable using it.

Li Jun had also walked over and took a look at the four dishes on the table. He was suddenly stunned, "Boss, these dishes..."

"Oh, didn't you say just make it casually? We just happened to have some new dishes in the store, so I brought them over for you to try. By the way, these dishes are all 7 yuan each, but since they're new today, I'll give you a discount. You only need to pay 25 yuan for four dishes."

Lin Yuan said this with an expression that said, "You guys got a great deal."

Li Jun finally understood why Cao Yanhua and Yang Jian had such strange expressions. So this was the situation.

A ghost is worth 3 yuan, but a ghost cannot be split, which means that in the end nine ghosts will be given out.

In the end, you'll save at most a dollar.

Of course, with the strength and background of the "store manager", it is not a loss to ask him to take action with nine ghosts. It can even be said that he made a lot of money.

But the problem is...

"Boss, are all the new dishes in your restaurant pork?"

In addition to the original stewed pig's trotter, there is also a braised pork belly, half a roasted suckling pig, and a portion of cold pig ears.

"It tastes pretty good. You'll know after you try it. By the way, didn't you say you saw Granny Meng? Where is she?"

Listening to Lin Yuan's question, Li Jun pointed to Dahai City in the distance and said, "It's inside Dahai City. But there are some problems in Dahai City, so we came here to guard against possible dangers."

Lin Yuan looked in the direction of Li Jun's finger and suddenly laughed: "Dahai City? That's not quite appropriate. Although it looks close to the sea and the fog is thick, there is obviously a mountain over there." Cao Yanhua said: "Maybe there was no such mountain when it was named. Boss Lin, if you are in a hurry, you can go to Dahai City first. Maybe you can find Granny Meng there."

"Okay, I'll go take a look. By the way, you said you saw Granny Meng in Fu Shou Garden, right? Where is Fu Shou Garden? Can you show me the way?"

Lin Yuan had no interest in eating.

It has been some time since Meng Xiaodong left the store. This old man was a partner of the store. Although the sales of surrogate dolls were not high, he could still sell one or two occasionally.

Moreover.

Lin Yuan was very worried about such an elderly person going missing. He hoped that it was not amnesia or Alzheimer's disease.

"I go."

"I can go."

Li Jun and Yang Jian stood up at the same time, looked at each other, and then turned their gazes to Lin Yuan at the same time.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Looking for someone in the middle of the night is not a good idea. Is there any need to rob? Lao Li, let Xiao Yang go with me. He is younger and should be in better spirits."

"Okay." Li Jun could only nod in agreement, then pulled Yang Jian aside and began to give him some instructions.

Lin Yuan did not sit down again, and said to Cao Yanhua: "Minister Cao, you see the dishes have been delivered, should we settle the bill?"

"Of course, Boss Lin, please wait a moment."

Cao Yanhua quickly got up and left, and soon came over with a few people and placed nine body bags at Lin Yuan's feet.

"It seems that you are quite short of money. This kind of transaction is really inconvenient." Lin Yuan rubbed his forehead helplessly.

Cao Yanhua smiled bitterly and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Nowadays, everyone is used to bartering. The main reason is that the craftsmanship of making the previous version of the coin has been lost. Although some new coins have been made, basically no one recognizes them."

This is half true and half false.

The ghost-controlling circle did have a stable output of ghost money in the past, but that was many years ago.

At least in this recent era of supernatural revival, there has been no similar production of ghost money. It is only through the exploration of supernatural events that we know of the existence of ghost money.

Since ghost money exists, does that mean there are ghost banks?

It seems that there is an abandoned ghost bank in He Yin'er's hometown Taiping Ancient Town where the flood occurred...

As for the new money, it is naturally the currency used by ordinary people. These currencies are not recognized by the "store manager" and are even considered as money for the dead...

"I see. That's a pity. If we could use paper money for transactions, everything would be much more convenient. Xiao Guo, and that guy, come and move the payment to the car."

Lin Yuan felt a little regretful and called Guo Fan and the robot Liu Qingqing to work together.

Cao Yanhua quickly called for help. The saying "strength in numbers" really worked, and soon all nine animals were moved into the car.

Here comes the problem.

There were nine body bags of varying sizes. The trunk of the Ghost Taxi was so small that it could not hold five of them. The remaining four were stuffed into the back seat, taking up half of the back seat space.

Lin Yuan sighed, "We still have to think of a solution."

As a result, there is not enough space for seats.

Lin Yuan naturally sat in the co-pilot seat, while Yang Jian and the robot Liu Qingqing squeezed into the back seat.

Guo Fan stepped on the accelerator and the Ghost Taxi headed towards Dahai City.

"With the store manager here, we really don't have to worry about it. I just don't know how Su Fan and the others are doing. Don't worry about Liu San and Li Leping. They bought insurance at the Peace Hotel. Even if they can't win, they can still escape. But Su Fan and Shen Lin don't have that."

"The ghost controlled by Shen Lin is very special. He is the one we don't need to worry about the most (Shen Lin: Listen to me, thank you...). As for Su Fan, his ghost game can predict the future to a certain extent and avoid risks, so we don't need to worry too much."

Li Jun nodded and suddenly said, "Minister, I have something to report to you."

Cao Yanhua looked over and said with a smile, "Do you want to report on your relationship with Ah Hong, or the love triangle involving Tong Qian?"

Li Jun stumbled, "Minister, you..."

"You didn't speak loudly when you were chatting with the store manager just now, but don't forget that you still have a bug on you," Cao Yanhua reminded.

Because of the terrifying and unique nature of the "store manager", every contact with the "store manager" in reality is prepared with many cameras and eavesdropping devices.

The satellites in the sky are useless.

The white fog ghost domain can block the prying eyes of external machines, but fortunately the electronic equipment in the white fog ghost domain can still be used.

Fortunately, in the "store manager's" understanding, this is not ancient times, so the appearance of devices such as cameras and eavesdropping devices is normal.

Li Jun's expression changed instantly. "So many people heard the conversation between me and the store manager just now?"

Cao Yanhua nodded and said, "Just a reminder, Tong Qian has not left. She is at the temporary command center and should have heard it."

Li Jun: "..."

On the way from the top of the mountain to Dahai City, Lin Yuan looked out the window curiously, "This road should be the only way to get in and out of Dahai City, right? What a pity, the situation is so complicated now, even a prosperous city like Dahai City has become so desolate, there are not even a few cars on the road. And the more I look at this Dahai City, the more I feel it is weird."

Is it weird?

Guo Fan didn't know what Dahai City looked like in the eyes of the "store manager", so he didn't dare to speak, for fear of flattering the horse's leg.

Yang Jian didn't have so many concerns. He touched the shoulder of the huddled human skin parrot and said, "The recent situation has indeed happened quite frequently. If it weren't for your help, Brother Yuan, the former Dachang City would probably be similar to the current Dahai City."

Ok?
Guo Fan couldn't help but glance at Yang Jian through the rearview mirror, thinking, "This kid is amazing. He can even find an angle to flatter me. It seems like he has met a fellow competitor. No, I have to get my place back. I can't lose my position as the number one lackey!"

Guo Fan, who was in deep professional crisis, immediately started brainstorming, but he had only spent a short time with the "store manager" and had no idea what supernatural events the "store manager" had experienced, so he couldn't find the right angle for a while.

"You mentioned Dachang City. It is indeed an unforgettable memory."

Lin Yuanke still remembered that he got the Starving Ghost Laohua and the Wish Lucky Cat in Dachang City, but the problem was that he hunted so many hyenas and didn't know where they went. They disappeared inexplicably, which made him very depressed.

People should look forward.

Lin Yuan is not the kind of person who would complain about the past, otherwise he would not have remembered it only when Yang Jian mentioned it. Before they arrived at Dahai City, he asked, "Your father Yang Xiao seems to be very unhappy in the post office. Has he told you about it?"

Yang Jian hesitated for a while, but still nodded and said, "I did say a little, but not much."

"Well, as a father, no matter how hard or tired he is outside, he will not bring his emotions back home to his wife and children. The fact that he can tell you something shows that he is really unhappy."

Lin Yuan said something meaningless.

Actually, he was testing whether Yang Xiao had told Yang Jian about the redemption.

Yang Xiao, that poor guy, had no savings at all from working in the post office, yet he came to ask several times before, which made Lin Yuan a little excited, thinking that he could make a lot of extra money.

But think about it carefully.

How can a man who even has to eat for free have any savings?

If Yang Xiao had spoken to Yang Jian, then he could just mention it to Yang Jian and see if Yang Jian could raise some money to redeem Yang Xiao.

Now that Yang Xiao didn't mention it, he naturally wouldn't become the bad guy.

Yang Jian was a little surprised, "Brother Yuan, do you and my...father have a good relationship?"

"Okay."

If you have money, then the relationship is good.

No money?

We've only met a few times, there's nothing much relationship between us.

Lin Yuan is just such a pure restaurant owner. At this time, Dahai City is already within reach. Guo Fan drove the ghost taxi to the edge of the ghost area of ​​the cemetery.

Glancing at Lin Yuan.

Seeing that Lin Yuan didn't say anything, Guo Fan didn't stop. Instead, he lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the Ghost Taxi accelerated again and crashed into the extremely real mountain.

As expected, there was no collision.

It was as if it was just an illusion. The ghost taxi drove in smoothly, and then the real sea appeared before everyone.

It was a wide street, but the road surface was covered with a thin layer of fine sand.

The buildings of varying heights on both sides were transformed into small grave mounds, the black soil emitting an indescribable stench.

Even Yang Jian and Guo Fan were overwhelmed by the smell.

But Lin Yuan just wrinkled his nose, looked around for a few times, and then sighed in a low voice: "What a big deal!"

Yang Jian: "What?"

Guo Fan: “Same question.”

Lin Yuan pointed to a nearby grave mound covered by a building and said, "Someone... wants to turn the entire Dahai City into a breeding farm!"

(End of this chapter)