I open a restaurant in Mysterious Recovery

Chapter 585: Dinner Party, Troublemakers

Li Jun, Ah Hong, Wei Jing, Cao Yang.

They all followed behind Cao Yanhua, like four iron guards, protecting Cao Yanhua's safety.

"Minister Cao, you only bought one quota, but you want five seats. Isn't that a bad idea?" Fang Shiming was so angry that he laughed, and glanced at several people sharply.

Cao Yanhua smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Mr. Fang. I'm not in good health, so I brought them here to take care of me. I'm old, so please be considerate of me, Mr. Fang."

Fang Shiming snorted coldly, "Even if what you said is right, it is enough to bring one person. Besides, Li Jun, Ah Hong and Wei Jing are the captains and persons in charge of the headquarters, and they are stationed in Dajing City. But Cao Yang is the person in charge of Dajin City. You specially called him over. Could it be that you are taking special care of him? There is no shameful relationship between you two, right?"

Cao Yanhua's face was slightly stiff.

He and Cao Yang are indeed uncle and nephew, but this relationship has always been hidden and not made public.

There are many people with the same surname in the country, and there are also many people with the same name and surname, so no one would really think about it in this direction just because of a surname. However, with Fang Shiming's understanding of the headquarters, he is naturally aware of this relationship.

He had not made it clear before. After all, he had to save some face for the person in charge at the headquarters. A stable headquarters was also something he would like to see.

But Cao Yanhua did go a little too far today.

"How about this, I'll bring one person in. Cao Yang, just you and I go in." Cao Yanhua did not directly respond to Fang Shiming's "teasing", but singled out Cao Yang.

With this attitude, it was clear that she didn't care about what Fang Shiming said.

This also dispelled some of the speculations in the minds of those who were originally somewhat confused - if Cao Yanhua and Cao Yang really had an uncle-nephew relationship, no matter how they explained it, at least they would avoid suspicion.

But Cao Yanhua didn't do that at all, so there is a great possibility that he was telling everyone a truth:
There is nothing innocent between him and Cao Yang!
"Okay, then it's decided. Minister Cao, you are really straightforward." Fang Shiming gave a thumbs up, praising Cao Yanhua's decisiveness and sharp thinking.

As for Li Jun and his men?

They didn't leave either. Fortunately, the thing that the circle of friends lacks the least is places to entertain people.

Although they could not be invited to the top floor, they were placed on the 99th floor, which was considered a place to entertain distinguished guests.

As for the one who could actually sit on the throne, he would naturally go directly to the 100th floor, which was where Fang Shiming originally lived and worked.

This place has already been tidied up.

Using the original luxurious foundation, a very comfortable room was created.

According to Fang Shiming's understanding of Lin Yuan, there was no need to make it luxurious. After all, the "store manager" was still very simple and preferred an easy life.

Such a person would definitely not like to hold any rituals that would make him or her uncomfortable.

However, Fang Shiming also wanted to demonstrate his financial strength and the background of his circle of friends. How to illustrate one's own strength by being low-key is also a very challenging thing.

Fortunately, this is nothing to Fang Shiming.

After bringing the guests to the 100th floor, Fang Shiming left President Fei and Li Yao on site to entertain everyone, and did not allow any employees who were not qualified for the position, or any ghost riders, to appear.

And he himself was going to pick up Lin Yuan.

This arrangement also makes people feel very comfortable, without much discomfort.

Looking at Li Yao, who was pouring water for him and had a mature, charming and elegant temperament, Yang Jian couldn't help but take a few more glances at her, and compared her with Jiang Yan and Zhang Liqin at home.

Well, each has its merits.

It's just that some of Li Yao's characteristics are too strong, which makes Yang Jian feel a little uncomfortable, but since she was arranged by Fang Shiming to take care of them, she must have her own outstanding qualities.

Li Yao also noticed Yang Jian's abnormality. Thinking that Yang Jian was interested in her, she smiled, but she was very disdainful in her heart.

"You are just a captain of Dachang City, and you dare to have feelings for me?"

In the circle of friends, although Li Yao is just an ordinary person and only holds the title of assistant, her status in the circle of friends is not low.

In some special cases, she can even issue orders to the senior ghost riders in her circle of friends.

That is why, even though she is serving tea and water here now, it is because she has reached a certain level, not because she is just an ordinary waiter.

Not to mention Yang Jian, she didn't even take Cao Yang and Wang Chaling seriously.

This is also a common problem among members of the circle of friends today. With Fang Shiming's support, they look at other ghost riders, even the captains of the headquarters, as if they are superior.

The same goes for Mr. Fei. Even though he is now entertaining a few people gently, the arrogance in his eyes cannot be concealed no matter what.

But Yang Jian and others don’t care.

No matter how proud ordinary people are, they are still just ordinary people after all.

No one would have too complicated emotions towards an ant that could be crushed to death at any time, unless the ant was jumping up and down in front of them, making them feel annoyed.

Although Mr. Fei and Li Yao looked down on them from the bottom of their hearts, at least they did a good job on the surface.

"Cao Yang, you rarely go to the store these days. Is there anything going on in Otsu City?" Wang Chaling asked curiously.

A month or two ago.

He looked at Yang Jian with a more intimate look, because at that time, he and Yang Jian were both somewhat resistant to going to the Peace Hotel and viewed it as a disaster.

But now it’s different.

He has become accustomed to going to the Peace Hotel, especially because of his parents who were born in the Gengshen year. He even took the initiative to support Liu Qingqing and opened a branch in Dadong City.

For this reason, among the people present, he looked upon Cao Yang with a sense of familiarity, as if he were a fellow human being.

Cao Yang shook his head. "Something has happened recently. Maybe... let's wait and see what happens."

He didn't go into detail because he didn't want people to know his true situation, which involved a very scary ghost:

Ghost peddler!
He didn't even tell his uncle and immediate superior Cao Yanhua about what happened between him and the ghost, so how could he possibly tell Wang Chaling?
Previously in the game, he had used his last trump card in order to survive, which was to mortgage himself to the ghost peddler in exchange for powerful strength.

Unfortunately, I didn’t make it to the end and become the final winner of that virtual game.

He didn't think it was a big deal at the time, because the background of the game was the Gengshen year. So he mortgaged himself through the curse, and it should be the ghost peddler in the Gengshen year who came to collect the debt from him, not the ghost peddler in reality.

Just like his guess.

After he returned to reality, the ghost peddler did not come to trouble him, otherwise he would have to hide in the Peace Hotel to avoid being found and forced to pack up his things.

As for the Ghost Peddler in the Gengshen Year?

He was not worried. He did not think that the ghost had the power to cross forty years and come directly from the past to the present to cause trouble for him.

But he never imagined that in the Gengshen year, the ghost peddler would actually set up a stall in front of the Peace Hotel.

The most important thing is that as soon as he stepped into the bluestone path of the Peace Hotel, when he saw the Ghost Peddler of Gengshen Year, the ghost thing also saw him.

The look in his eyes clearly meant that he wanted to be packed into the cargo compartment and taken away!

Although the Peace Hotel cannot be reckless, there is a curse between him and the Ghost Peddler of Gengshen Year, and this curse may very likely become a contract in the eyes of the "store manager".

And don’t forget, in the character setting of the Peace Hotel, he is the apprentice of the ghost peddler.

Although this ghost peddler was born in the Gengshen year, the master-disciple relationship has not been terminated. Even though he has joined the headquarters and has been recruited by the headquarters, he cannot betray his master and ancestors.

If he really dared to go over there, he would probably be taken away by the Ghost Peddler in the Gengshen Year!

In the Gengshen year, the ghost peddler set up a stall in front of the Peace Hotel every morning and left work at six in the afternoon together with the Peace Hotel, which did not give him any time to go to the Peace Hotel.

Call up?
That's fine, but what should he say? Saying that he doesn't like the Ghost Peddler in the Gengshen Year, is he really going to betray his teacher and ancestors?
If that were true, his image in the eyes of the "store manager" would probably have been ruined.

This time Lin Yuan is coming to Dajing City, so he must find an opportunity to come over and talk to Lin Yuan about the incident of the Ghost Peddler in the Gengshen Year.

As for how to explain it and what reasons to use?
Let's take a step by step.

The experts at the headquarters have already prepared several sets of arguments for him. Now it depends on the specific situation to see which set of arguments can be most accepted by the "store manager".

Even if he couldn't move the Gengshen Year Ghost Peddler away, he had to stop it from attacking him in the Peace Hotel.

While they were chatting, Cao Yanhua suddenly looked out the window, and the others did the same, because the originally clear sky suddenly became foggy.

It is not the natural smog, but a very special kind of fog that represents the appearance of the "store manager" - the white fog ghostland!
At the same time, an idea came to everyone's mind:
The "store manager" is here!

It only took a few breaths for the white mist to go from thin to thick.

The entire city of Dajing was once again shrouded in thick fog. Fortunately, the citizens here have become accustomed to it and regard this situation as a normal natural phenomenon, so there was no unrest.

Only the people in Ping An Building are ready at this moment.

Cao Yanhua, Cao Yang, Yang Jian, A Wu, Wang Chaling and others, including Li Jun, A Hong and Wei Jing, also came to the main entrance on the first floor, and waited for Lin Yuan's arrival together with the nearly 100-person welcoming team prepared by their friends circle. "It's really lively."

Wang Cha Ling glanced around, his eyes lingered on Zhang Xian and others for a while, then he looked away.

This time, the circle of friends really attached great importance to Lin Yuan’s arrival. There were ordinary people, senior executives, Ghost Riders members, and 20 cheongsam beauties standing in two rows.

These cheongsam beauties are all only about twenty years old. They are all tall and have long legs, curvy figures, and good temperament.

Any one of them would be a top beauty, a goddess admired by countless people, but here, she is just an ordinary member of the team welcoming VIPs at the door.

When the white mist in the air became thick enough, two headlights shone out from the mist, and then an old taxi drove to the scene.

Ok?
taxi?
Seeing this almost scrapped antique, the ordinary people in the circle of friends present were all a little confused, but they all had their manners and did not cause any trouble.

On the contrary, Zhang Xian and other members and supervisors of the Ghost Riders all showed solemn expressions.

Just because this taxi is at the Peace Hotel bus stop, the one that is always there and charges three yuan per ride!

Compared with the haunted bus, the ghost taxi is smaller in size and less scary, but for ordinary ghost riders, it is also out of reach.

The passenger door opened and Fang Shiming walked out.

Even though he was carrying a complete black coffin on his back and couldn't even straighten his back, his steps were very agile. He immediately came to the back door, opened it, and said with a bright smile: "Brother Yuan, we're here."

"Not so polite."

Lin Yuan smiled and got out of the car, and a man also got out from the other door... or rather, a ghost:

Ghost Messenger Lao Fan!

After getting off the car, it came directly to Fang Shiming. It seemed that it wanted to reach out its hand, but for some unknown reason, it was unable to reach out its hand.

Ordinary people couldn't hear it, but Yang Jian and other ghost riders heard it clearly and knew that Lin Yuan had just said, "Pay attention to the impact."

It was these words that made the ghost catcher Lao Fan restrain his desire for the puzzle and retract his hand.

The ordinary people standing at the door were shocked and unbelievable when they saw their president being so servile.

"What are you all daydreaming about?!"

President Fei gave a low shout, and then the two rows of beautiful women in cheongsam at the door bowed and saluted, "Welcome President Lin to Ping An Building!"

"Xiao Fang, you did a good job, but it's a little too big. Keep it up." Lin Yuan said with a smile.

Fang Shiming nodded repeatedly, "I understand, Brother Yuan. Next time I will definitely... um? Keep it up? I understand, Brother Yuan. I will definitely keep it up in the future!"

Seeing that Lin Yuan still liked it very much, he was also very happy.

A group of people came over quickly. Lin Yuan looked at Yang Jian and the others, exchanged a few words at the door, and then they took the special elevator to go upstairs together.

When they arrived at the 100th floor, Fang Shiming led everyone to their seats again.

Not long after, someone served the dishes and wine. When Cao Yang saw the dishes and wine, he suddenly smiled and said, "Boss Fang, these dishes and wine look very familiar."

It's more than familiar!

The packaging of the new wine has not been opened yet, and it is clearly printed with the Peace Hotel logo. And the waiter serving the food is actually Tong Qian and the twins.

How can this not look familiar?
If it weren't for the wrong environment, he would have suspected whether he had arrived at the Peace Hotel through a special means.

"Mr. Fang is also a wonderful person." Cao Yanhua said with a smile.

Fang Shiming felt a little unhappy. It was obvious that these two guys were deliberately trying to provoke him. Although he was not worried, he still had the urge to hit them.

He wasn't worried about Lin Yuan getting angry.

Using the Peace Hotel's food and drinks was a hint we had received before, and we should earn more money from the food and drinks at the Peace Hotel. How could these mortals understand that?
Fang Shiming said that he was standing on the 30th floor, and he could not even hear the slander from Cao Yanhua and others. Looking around, all he saw was the scenery from a high place!
"It's my problem. When Xiao Fang invited me today, I said that I'm a bit picky about food, so I specially used the food in the restaurant." Lin Yuan smiled and spoke up to help Fang Shiming out.

Fang Shiming immediately looked over excitedly.

Just because of Lin Yuan’s attitude, it is also the greatest praise for his actions this time!

But the way Lin Yuan looked at him was clearly as if he was looking at a few fifty yuan, a huge profit - this kid used a meal to create for him a profit equivalent to many days of profit for the store, and even created a channel to make money from ghosts called "inviting for meals".

Shouldn't such talents be protected?

However, I can't say much about this matter. After all, Xiao Fang still needs to take the blame for himself. If he praises himself too much, it will not be good for these people to put the blame on him.

"Xiao Cao, you haven't been to the store much these past two days. Are you too busy with work? Or do you think there are areas in the store that need improvement?"

Listening to Lin Yuan's question, Cao Yang couldn't help but glance at Wang Chaling, and then said: "Brother Yuan, you misunderstood. It's mainly because my master... my master from forty years ago is in the store, so I'm embarrassed to go. After all, I've walked out of another path now, and it doesn't feel good."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "What's wrong with that? How old are you? You weren't even born forty years ago. How could he control you?"

Yes, that’s what I thought before.

Cao Yang felt so wronged in his heart, but on the surface he could only say aggrievedly: "Once a teacher, always a father. Although he was my master forty years ago, he is still my master. I always feel a little sorry for him, so let's not meet him."

"It seems like you have some psychological trauma from your apprenticeship. But that won't do. You should come to the store when you have time. If there are any problems, I can help you mediate."

Cao Yang is also one of the store’s big customers.

Those who can frequently go to the e-sports room to play virtual games are all big customers recognized by Lin Yuan. If they stop going because of a Gengshen Year Ghost Peddler, wouldn’t the store suffer a huge loss?

After all, in the Gengshen Year, the Ghost Peddler could not generate much revenue for the store.

Its trading behavior is entirely its own personal behavior and has nothing to do with Lin Yuan. It does not pay taxes to Lin Yuan, so he... wait!
Collect taxes?

This matter involves too many things, so Lin Yuan naturally couldn't collect taxes. However, in the Gengshen Year, the ghost peddler borrowed his territory to set up a stall, so he could always collect some stall management fees, site usage fees, cleaning fees, security fees, air purification fees... right?

"Xiao Cao, you are very good!"

Cao Yang was a little confused by Lin Yuan's sudden praise, but since it was the "store manager's" favor, he naturally had to accept it.

So, the classic silly smile appeared.

Just like the first time he entered the Peace Hotel with the ghost peddler and witnessed Lin Yuan's strength, he was so gentle and harmless.

At the same time, Yang Jian, Wang Chaling and A Wu were all staring at Fang Shiming, and their eyes clearly urged him: You have received the money, why don’t you work now?

Fang Shiming was not annoyed either.

He has taken other people's money to improve his own status more than once or twice, and the reason why he can get the support of most people is that he really does things for the money.

In fact, he had already communicated with Lin Yuan on the way here, and now he wanted to perform more on the spot.

But just when he was about to speak, Zhang Xian suddenly rushed in. His anxious look made Fang Shiming's face turn as black as the bottom of a pot in an instant.

"Lao Zhang, what are you doing? Why are you so anxious? Did someone call in?"

Fang Shiming snorted coldly and made up a joking excuse to send Zhang Xian away, but Zhang Xian said, "Mr. Fang, you are really amazing. You guessed it right away."

Ok?
Did someone really call in?
Fang Shiming's face turned completely dark. This was an important moment for him to improve his status in the Peace Hotel, and he would not allow anyone to ruin it.

But now, someone is actually trying to deceive him at this critical moment?
His hawk-like eyes swept across the crowd, and finally lingered on Cao Yanhua for a while, clearly saying:
Don't let me know it's you who's causing trouble, otherwise!

Cao Yanhua looked calm, but he was feeling pain in his heart.

If he were in his shoes, and if he was entertaining the "store manager" and someone suddenly caused trouble, the first person he would suspect would also be his friends, and it would be Fang Shiming.

Who makes the relationship between the headquarters and the circle of friends so complicated and special?
It is natural for Fang Shiming to suspect him now, but he really did not arrange such a stupid thing. Even if he wanted to cause trouble, he would not choose to attack head-on!

"Brother Yuan, you guys eat first. I'll go downstairs to take a look at the situation." Fang Shiming forced a smile.

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead. Oh, and bring Lao Fan with you. He's here for dinner too. With your relationship, he can help a lot."

"it is good."

Fang Shiming did not refuse. If there was a ghost catcher by his side, he would really be afraid of nothing. He hurriedly took Zhang Xian to go downstairs to see who was making trouble.

But just a moment after they walked out of the room and before they reached the elevator, someone came towards them from the opposite direction.

Seeing these people, Fang Shiming narrowed his eyes instantly, "Zhang Xianguang? Nie Yingping? And... Xiong Wenwen? Is this Xiong Wenwen's mother Chen Shumei? I didn't expect it to be you, and you actually got together, it's really interesting."

Xiong Wenwen put her hands on her hips and laughed loudly, "Brother Yuan is here, so of course I have to come over to say hello. Xiao Fang, I advise you to get out of the way quickly, otherwise if my mother gets together with Brother Yuan in the future, the first thing she will do is to fire you. Are you afraid?"

(End of this chapter)