Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 469: Chapter 368: Smash Jiang Liu’s Shop?

That was her and Jiang Liu’s daughter.

’If... if we hadn’t divorced.’

’Jiang Liu’s restaurant would be all hers now.’

Yang Yixue was filled with regret.

She did a rough calculation. Based on her experience, Jiang Liu’s net worth had probably already reached ten million!

And that wasn’t even counting the commercial brand of Tongtong Restaurant under his name.

It was definitely worth a lot of money too!

The more Yang Yixue thought about it, the more she regretted everything.

"What do we do now?" Li Xiaoyan asked again.

Yang Yixue was silent for a long while.

"Let’s wait and see for a few more days. If we really can’t compete with him, we’ll just sell off the restaurant."

The thought of her other dozen or so restaurants put her slightly at ease.

’It’s not certain who will win or lose yet.’

’Who knows? Maybe a customer will expose some scandal at Jiang Liu’s restaurant tomorrow.’

If that day ever came, Yang Yixue decided, she would pounce without hesitation, tear into him, and steal all his customers.

It would be best if she could drive Jiang Liu to bankruptcy.

Then, she would make Jiang Liu kneel and apologize to her!

She was a proud woman.

Li Xiaoyan was unwilling. "We’ll lose a lot of money if we sell, won’t we? It’s all that ungrateful bastard’s fault. He’s the one who deserves to go out of business!"

"We’ll see."

Yang Yixue had no confidence either.

Right now, she could only hope that some customers would flow back tomorrow.

Otherwise, with business this bad, even if someone was willing to take over, she wouldn’t get much money for it.

"Daughter, why don’t we hire someone to smash up Jiang Liu’s restaurant?" A plan suddenly formed in Li Xiaoyan’s mind.

"No!" Yang Yixue quickly shook her head. "Don’t forget, Jiang Liu has made a name for himself now. He probably knows a lot of people."

She understood in her heart.

’The Jiang Liu of today is not someone I can afford to provoke.’

Li Xiaoyan said smugly, "I just won’t let anyone know who did it, right?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Come here."

Li Xiaoyan leaned close to Yang Yixue’s ear and whispered, "In the middle of the night, when no one’s around, I’ll put on a big coat, go over there and smash up his place, then quickly run somewhere without cameras to change my clothes."

Yang Yixue was speechless. She pursed her lips. "Is that even useful? How much of his stuff can you even smash? The door? The glass? Are those really worth that much?"

’Jiang Liu isn’t short on that kind of money right now.’

If she got caught, things would get very ugly.

"It’s fine, don’t you worry. I have experience!"

"You are not allowed to go!"

"Fine, fine, I won’t go."

Li Xiaoyan nodded, not seeming to care much.

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「Yangzhai Street.」

Inside the restaurant, Jiang Liu stared speechlessly at the tall customer in front of him.

This guy had just devoured five bowls of rice. Jiang Liu was dumbfounded.

With one fifty-yuan order of Four-Joy Meatballs, he had eaten five bowls of rice.

’If I had unlocked the purchase option for rice in the [Gourmet Album] and let him eat the best quality rice, wouldn’t he have polished off ten bowls??’

Xiao Hongjun mashed the last meatball into his rice, poured the remaining sauce from the plate into his bowl, and finally added a dish of five-spice chili oil.

He gave it a mix.

Then he lowered his head and dug in ferociously.

He finished the last bowl of rice.

Xiao Hongjun looked up and let out a spicy breath.

"Awesome!"

"I’ve never had such a satisfying meal! Boss, your Four-Joy Meatballs are so damn authentic!"

"And hey, the rest of your food is great too."

Jiang Liu smiled. "If you like it, come back often."

"Alright! I will!"

Xiao Hongjun was from Shanghai and had specially flown in today to wait in line and try the food.

He had expected it to be just another popular restaurant, but after eating, he was blown away. The food here was unbelievably delicious.

What a surprise!

"Brother Jiang, are there any Four-Joy Meatballs left?"

"Nope."

"What about Mu Shu Pork?" Yang Zishan quickly asked.

"That’s gone too."

"Alright, then give me fifteen steamed buns and a fruit juice."

Uncle Liu, a regular in the shop, said, "Little Boss Jiang, your Mu Shu Pork is absolutely incredible! It’s the perfect dish to have with rice!"

"Yeah! You can tell just by looking that you use the best ingredients, not like other places that use nothing but zombie meat. Sigh, your food is so good, I can’t even bear to finish it. I wish you could sell more. My whole family wants to eat your cooking."

Jiang Liu replied with a smile from behind the counter, "As someone who sells food, of course I have to prioritize health."

The customers in the restaurant were all happy to hear that.

They knew that Jiang Liu used good ingredients in all his dishes.

Not only was the food super delicious, but the prices weren’t expensive either.

The auntie who had given Jiang Liu a quilt last time said:

"I don’t know what’s the use of all this research and technology. They just use all that ’science’ on us. It’s disgusting."

"Nowadays, you have to be so careful whenever you go out to eat, afraid you’ll ruin your health. Finding a restaurant that only puts three scoops of MSG in your food is considered a good thing, at least it’s not that chemical-laden junk!"

"Heh, it’s still good to live here. As long as Boss Jiang is open, I can eat without worry."

"I feel safe too. Every time I come to eat at Brother Jiang’s place, I can just close my eyes and eat. I don’t have to worry about it being bad for me at all."

The neighborhood residents ate and chatted.

The customers from out of town also listened happily to the locals’ conversations.

The atmosphere was comfortable.

The customers still waiting for a table at the door, however, looked annoyed.

"You seem pretty happy in there, Old Liu!"

"Hurry up and eat, you people inside! Don’t keep Boss Jiang from his rest!"

"Damn it, the smell is killing me! I missed both of the new lunch specials today, damn it."

A little past one o’clock.

All of Jiang Liu’s food was completely sold out.

Even the yak bone soup had been fought over and finished by a group of mysterious, wealthy customers.

Looking at the pile of small bills and change in the drawer, Jiang Liu felt a headache coming on.

’I have to count money again. It’s so exhausting.’

The last batch of customers finished eating.

"BURP~ See you, Boss Jiang! Mind if I take some of this chili oil with me?"

"I’m getting some too. The last batch I brought home was secretly eaten by my wife!"

"Don’t push, one at a time! Hey! You old coot, can’t you take a little less? You think Boss Jiang’s chili oil is free?"

Uncle Wang retorted, "If you’ve got the guts, then don’t take any! All you do is criticize others, but you take more than anyone!"

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The uncles and aunties were getting more and more casual about helping themselves to the chili oil.

The last bit of chili oil was divvied up in three minutes, with even a corporate big shot worth tens of billions shamelessly joining the fray.

Jiang Liu just shook his head at the scene.

The customers who had taken the chili oil felt a little embarrassed.

"Boss Jiang, is there any work you need help with? I’d like to get some exercise."

"HISS! My back’s getting sore again. I need some exercise. How about I mop the floor for you?"

Jiang Liu didn’t refuse.

He let this group of playful customers get to work.

After a while, all the customers had left.

Jiang Liu looked up and noticed someone had left a large bag of satsuma oranges on a table for him.

"Satsuma oranges aren’t cheap this time of year..."

A warm feeling spread through Jiang Liu’s chest. He put the oranges in the refrigerator, saving them to eat with his wife and child.

Life was truly comfortable. A wife, a child, and a warm bed.

"Keeping busy, Xiao Jiang?"

Xue Guang walked in, looking a bit sheepish.

His "Pleasant Goat" apron added a touch of camp to the middle-aged man.

"Just finished. You must be hungry, Uncle Xue?"

"Ah? Hahaha, a little, a little. I wasn’t hungry originally, just wanted to stop by and say hi. But who knew I’d get hungry just seeing you."

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