Food: Selling Boxed Meals at a Construction Site

Chapter 79: Chapter 79: This Tastes Exactly the Same as Before

Delicious Restaurant.

Two law enforcement officers walked into Delicious Restaurant. Having just seen Jin Dayong’s face in the video, they went straight up to him.

"Hello, this is a food safety inspection. Please cooperate with us."

"Yes, yes, of course, officers. I’ll cooperate. I’ll absolutely cooperate." Jin Dayong had already heard the news, so he was bowing and scraping, acting completely compliant.

One of the two officers stayed out front to check the restaurant’s business qualifications, while the other went into the kitchen to inspect the ingredients.

The officer inspecting the kitchen found nothing wrong. However, the one checking the business qualifications out front discovered a problem: Delicious Restaurant’s business license couldn’t be found in the system!

He entered the license number and checked again. No record found.

The officer’s expression turned strange. He looked up at Jin Dayong and asked, "Where did you get this business license?"

"I went through the relevant departments, of course," Jin Dayong replied with complete composure. He’d paid someone to expedite the process so he could get the license as quickly as possible, receiving it in just three days.

?

The officer entered the code again. Still no record found.

After two consecutive checks came up with no record, the officer was certain: Delicious Restaurant’s business license was a fake!

The officer from the kitchen came out and nodded to his partner, signaling that everything was clear and they could proceed.

"Sir, there’s a matter we need your cooperation with. Please come with us."

Hearing this, the smile on Jin Dayong’s face froze. He rubbed his hands together like a fly’s legs and asked anxiously, "Officers, is there a problem with my restaurant?"

"It’s not a major issue for now. We just need you to take a trip with us to Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant," the officer said nonchalantly.

When he heard they were going to Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant, Jin Dayong instantly calmed down. He even felt a little smug.

’So it’s all come to light, has it? The people from Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant are making wild accusations, and now they’re trying to drag me into it?’

’Just a moment ago, I was regretting that I wouldn’t get to see the sorry state of those two young owners being hauled away. Now I can go watch openly. How wonderful!’

But the scene inside Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant was not what Jin Dayong had imagined. Xu An was chatting happily with the law enforcement officers, and the other employees were busy at work in an orderly fashion. It didn’t look like there was any trouble at all.

Jin Dayong turned to ask the two officers behind him what kind of cooperation they needed when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the computer screen on the counter.

A video was playing on the screen. It was the footage of him walking to the back door of Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant and throwing expired food packaging into their trash bag...

Jin Dayong’s eyes flew wide, and his hands began to tremble slightly.

’How could this be? I was sure no one was around when I did it. How was I recorded without even knowing?!’

’Wait, this angle... it’s from above!’

Jin Dayong’s gaze swept across the restaurant until he suddenly spotted a small black box in the corner of the room, a strange red light blinking within it.

’A camera! Surveillance!’

He violently shoved everyone aside, rushed into the kitchen of Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant, opened the back door, and looked up. Sure enough, just below the left side of the eaves, he saw a camera with a blinking red light.

Jin Dayong turned to face the people who had followed him, his anger uncontrollable. He pointed a trembling index finger at them.

"You’re all in this together, aren’t you! You conspired to set me up! Just because I was taking your business, you decided to frame me, is that it?! No, wait, this video is fake! It has to be fake! You forged it! Great, just great! You forge evidence to slander me? I won’t accept it! I—WON’T—ACCEPT IT!"

In the span of just a few sentences, Jin Dayong’s eyes became bloodshot, the whites laced with red veins. He looked strange and crazed. His finger suddenly swiveled to point at Xu An.

"You son of a bitch, you little bastard! You resort to dirty tricks because you can’t compete! So young, yet you’re already walking a crooked path. You’re a motherless mutt!"

Xu An had been watching the whole thing like it was a joke. The evidence was all there; no matter how much Jin Dayong struggled, it was useless.

But now, with Jin Dayong pointing at his face and cursing him out, even bringing his deceased relatives into it, Xu An’s good upbringing couldn’t make him tolerate it.

Just as Xu An was about to fire back a retort, an aged voice came from behind him.

"Too scared to take responsibility for your own actions. You’re nothing but a despicable coward." Granny Xu’s voice grew louder and clearer. "Our restaurant sells over seven hundred lunch boxes a day. You think we’d be jealous of the piddling business your restaurant does? Ha! I spit on that!"

’Over seven hundred a day?’

’Over seven hundred!’

This number hit Jin Dayong’s mind like a sledgehammer, turning his brain to mush and robbing him of the ability to think.

At that moment, Xu An moved in for the finishing blow.

"Did you think you could just go to jail for a few days for what you’ve done and come out like nothing happened?" Xu An reached out, gently patted Jin Dayong’s shoulder, and said with an exceptionally bright smile, "What you did is fabricate facts to falsely accuse and frame another person. Once confirmed, it carries a sentence of up to three years in prison."

Xu An pointed to the computer screen at the counter, his smile tinged with disdain and a hint of satisfaction.

"Your every move was captured by the surveillance camera. The evidence is all here." Xu An suddenly lowered his voice, a mocking glint in his eyes. "So, Boss Jin, how many years do you think you’ll be sentenced to?"

’Years?’

’What does he mean, years?!’

Jin Dayong’s mush-filled brain couldn’t process this overwhelming information. His spirit began to crumble, and his pupils lost their focus.

Just then, the law enforcement officer standing next to Xu An added in a low voice,

"Using a forged business license to operate a business means all income will be confiscated. Furthermore, you are not permitted to open for business until an official license has been properly issued."

Upon hearing this, Jin Dayong’s fragile nerves, stretched to their absolute limit, finally snapped. His body collapsed to the ground like a great mountain, and he sat there, trembling all over, drenched in a cold sweat, muttering ceaselessly, "It wasn’t me... I didn’t do it... It wasn’t me..."

「10:30 AM.」

Nanny He, an older lady from Qingya District, arrived at the entrance of Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant right on time.

That’s right. She had successfully landed the dishwasher position at Xu’s Fast Food Restaurant.

As soon as she arrived, she saw Liang Dani and the others grabbing trays and getting food, preparing to eat. Nanny He quickly followed suit, picking up a tray to see what delicious options were available today.

Pork stewed with pickled cabbage! The thumb-sized pieces of pork were seared on the outside with a uniform, caramelized color. The meat was stewed until it was so tender it fell apart at the slightest touch of a spoon. The tangy aroma of the pickled cabbage was sinfully tempting. Nanny He felt her entire being screaming at her to eat it!

But the braised "lion’s head" meatballs on the side also looked incredibly tempting. Nanny He was torn. Should she choose the stewed pork or the lion’s head meatballs for her main course?

Just then, Liang Dani walked up to the hot food station, grabbed a ladle, and with a CLANG, CLANG, served herself both the stewed pork with pickled cabbage and the braised lion’s head meatballs.

Nanny He’s eyes widened. ’You can do that?! Is this an employee perk? I love it! I absolutely love it!’

After a sumptuous feast, it was time for Nanny He to start work.

In the back kitchen, used utensils, serving basins, woks, and other items were tossed haphazardly into the sink, piled up like a small mountain.

But Nanny He had expected this and wasn’t fazed. She tied on her apron, rolled up her sleeves, and got busy.

There were fewer customers today, so there weren’t many trays to wash. At 1:30, Nanny He finally had a moment to spare. She at last had some time to properly observe the kitchen.

Her attention first went to the remaining meat in the freezer.

She opened the refrigerator, took out a piece of meat, and judged from her many years of cooking experience that the quality of the meat was quite good.

Then she looked at the vegetables placed next to the freezer. Apart from the leafy greens, which had wilted a little after sitting out all morning, the other fruits and vegetables were still quite fresh and crisp.

The tomatoes in particular looked incredibly enticing, all small and bright red. She wondered if they were all for show.

Nanny He casually grabbed a tomato, rinsed it carefully twice, and brought it to her lips. She took a bite, and the juice burst out, filling the air with a fragrant aroma.

’Mmm, that’s the taste! This is what a tomato should taste like! It’s exactly the same as the tomatoes from my memories!’

’It seems the food quality at this fast-food restaurant is excellent,’ she thought. ’Especially the vegetables. Their quality is even better than most of the fruits and vegetables you can buy at the market.’

Just then, Xu Lili came over carrying a tray. Nanny He finished off the tomato in her hand in a few quick bites, took the tray, and began a new round of washing.

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