Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 293 - 284: My Huazi!

As soon as they entered the restaurant.

Officer Zhang saw Li Chengzhan, who was carrying a tray, and hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, is there still food available here?"

He was worried he might have arrived too late.

"Yes, we still have crab stir-fried rice cakes and lotus leaf steamed pork ribs available."

Hearing the voice, Li Chengzhan looked up...

and immediately recognized them.

It was the two officers who came in for breakfast in the morning.

Behind them were two other officers wearing the same uniforms.

They were probably their colleagues!

These two officers were quite something, bringing their colleagues along for an introduction!

Li Chengzhan was quite pleased with the return of the two officers.

After all, they brought their colleagues along to support his boss’s business!

"Thanks!"

Officer Zhang thanked him and led his colleagues swiftly to the self-service ordering machine.

At this moment, West City Police Station’s Director, Wang Zhiheng, suddenly recalled a rumor about this year’s food festival.

Chefs from various hotels and restaurants at the festival almost brawled with customers to get a taste of the West Lake Vinegar Fish made by Boss Huang from the Delicious Restaurant.

He was curious just how delicious the food at Delicious Restaurant must be for chefs from numerous hotels and restaurants to act so out of line.

This noon.

Old Zhang at the station was enthusiastically recommending the Delicious Restaurant to him.

He nearly praised the restaurant’s food to the heavens.

This piqued his curiosity even more, and he was immediately intrigued.

Plus, Old Zhang invited him to come for a meal after work in the evening.

He nodded in agreement.

He thought he might as well check out if the food here is really as good as they say!

Now smelling the alluring aroma wafting through the restaurant.

His nose is quite sensitive!

Just by smelling this scent, he could tell that this restaurant’s food must be very tasty!

Beside him, Deputy Director Huang Ziqing chuckled and said, "Old Zhang, I sacrificed my off-work leisure time to come and queue up; if it’s not good, I’ll hold you accountable!"

Officer Zhang confidently replied, "Deputy Director Huang, believe it or not, once you’re done eating, you’ll be calling me ’brother!’"

Ge Jingyi sweetly smiled, "Deputy Director Huang, don’t worry, it will definitely be delicious!"

A pot-bellied middle-aged man in front of them in the queue overheard their conversation and couldn’t help but say to Huang Ziqing, "Officer, let me tell you, every time it’s mealtime, the aroma from Delicious Restaurant wafts far and wide; everyone in the city knows that the flavor at Delicious Restaurant on West City Old Street is unparalleled!"

Being called "uncle" by a chubby guy who obviously looked older than him made Huang Ziqing’s eye twitch.

Why do people call police officers "uncle"?

Who decided that?!

They are actually quite young, you know!

Once Officer Zhang finished ordering at the self-service machine, they found a place to sit.

While Yellow Hair was waiting for his food, he noticed Ge Jingyi walking by, and his eyes lit up like gas lamps.

"Wow, that policewoman is pretty!"

Green Hair and Red Hair also stared straight at her.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was a police officer, they would’ve gone over to flirt.

Ge Jingyi sensed their unusual gazes and heard their flippant comments, so she immediately shot them a warning look.

Wang Zhiheng and his two companions also gave them warning glances.

The three at the Traffic Lights table were embarrassed when they were warned.

Yellow Hair pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, handed one each to his two friends, and put one in his mouth.

"Click~"

Yellow Hair lit his cigarette, threw the lighter on the table, and indicated for Red Hair and Green Hair to light theirs.

Just a couple of puffs into their smokes.

Ge Jingyi, at the neighboring table, smelled the smoke, furrowed her brows, and said, "You three, stub out those cigarettes immediately!"

"Hey hey hey, who do you think you are? Mind your own business, telling us to stub out our smokes..."

Yellow Hair turned his head to see the police officers and awkwardly swallowed the rest of his words, his expression tense.

He wore a conflicted expression, as if he wanted to laugh but couldn’t, or wanted to cry but couldn’t.

"Officer, I... I’m just having a smoke to get rid of my cravings, it’s no big deal, right?"

Ge Jingyi slightly raised her chin and pointed to the no smoking sign on the wall, saying sternly, "Didn’t you see the obvious sign on the wall?"

"I...I now see...see it..."

The three at the Traffic Lights table quickly discarded the troublesome cigarettes onto the floor.

And stepped on them to extinguish them.

They then quickly threw the remaining cigarettes into the trash can.

But their hearts were bleeding.

After all, these were premium smokes!

They weren’t cheap!

And they’ve only had three cigarettes, just started on new ones.

What a waste!

However, they couldn’t afford to be upset now because the four police officers were staring at them, making them feel like sitting on pins and needles!

Officer Zhang, Huang Ziqing, and Wang Zhiheng were scanning the faces of the three from the Traffic Lights table over and over.

Suddenly.

Huang Ziqing’s eyes fixed on Yellow Hair’s face, and he abruptly asked, "Young man, you look familiar, have we met somewhere before?"

Yellow Hair, who also found Huang Ziqing familiar, felt a shiver run through him upon hearing those words.

Filled with nerves, he stammered, "N-no, we’ve never met."

"Oh, I remember where we’ve met."

Huang Ziqing slapped his thigh and said, "You’re Jian Zizhe, right? You live in Jade Garden, building 8, unit 3, apartment 601. Last month, on the night of the 10th at nine, you got beaten up by a high schooler at Starfire Internet Cafe. It was you, wasn’t it?!"

Jian Zizhe heard this, and his face turned embarrassed.

He lowered his head, awkwardly mumbling, "Actually...it wasn’t a beating, it was a kind of...romantic entanglement."

"Ha? Some romantic entanglement!"

Huang Ziqing was immediately amused by his words and laughed heartily, "You tried to flirt with someone else’s girlfriend in an internet cafe, then wanted to fight the guy, but you couldn’t beat him and got beaten up instead, even got the cops called. Are you calling that a romantic entanglement?"

Life is already tough, no need to bring up such embarrassing stories.

"I..."

Jian Zizhe was left speechless, wishing he could find a hole to hide in. He glanced at the other diners in the restaurant and at Li Chengzhan and Ge Jingyi, who were serving dishes, and lowered his head in shame.

He then helplessly begged, "Officer, please stop talking about it, okay? After all, it’s really embarrassing!"

"Hehe~"

Huang Ziqing chuckled but didn’t say anything further.

After all, cases like this occur frequently.

But when he went to Starfire Internet Cafe to understand the situation, he still found it somewhat absurd.

Especially after watching the surveillance footage provided by the cafe, he was left speechless.

Logically, a guy who is six feet tall, well-built, with intimidating yellow hair, shouldn’t be like this.

Yet this star was surprisingly beaten up by a high school student who was a whole head shorter, wearing glasses, and looking gentle and frail.

And it was a complete domination.

The guy had no chance to fight back at all.

When they went there to check, the guy was even crying out of grievance.

A typical case of "all show and no substance"!

If this case wasn’t so bizarre, he wouldn’t still remember the guy over a month later.

With a serious expression, he said, "If you’re here to eat, then eat properly, don’t mess around, you understand?"

Clearly, he was talking to Yellow Hair.

And also to Red Hair and Green Hair.

Earlier, they made a racket in the restaurant and spoke flirtatiously to Ge Jingyi; they heard it all.

Honestly, there are quite a few delinquent youths like them.

They sleep until late morning every day.

If they’re not on the internet at a cafe, they’re playing pool in a pool hall.

When night falls, they post some melancholy and pretentious words on social media, desperately trying to prove their existence.

If you talk about doing something bad,

they have the intention but lack the courage.

However, if they affect a business, that’s not good either.

So.

They need to be put in their place sometimes.

To prevent them from causing trouble here.

Otherwise, they’d end up having to call the police to deal with it.

All unstable factors must be nipped in the bud in time.

With that,

Huang Ziqing and the other three looked at the Yellow, Red, and Green with increasingly sharp eyes.

Yellow, Red, and Green wore expressions akin to crying without tears. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

They just came here for a simple dinner, so why were they suddenly targeted by the police and lectured?

"Let’s eat first!"

Huang Ziqing noticed Li Chengzhan had served their food and reminded them.

"Mm-hmm!"

The three quickly grabbed chopsticks from the holder and started eating the crab fried rice cake with their heads down.

As soon as a piece of rice cake entered their mouths,

all three paused in perfect synchrony.

Immediately, they sped up their eating.

Watching this, Wang Zhiheng shook his head and said softly, "Look at how scared these three kids are, they don’t even dare to breathe."

Red Hair weakly responded, "It’s not that, it’s just that the boss’s crab fried rice cake is so damn delicious!"

Green Hair, with his mouth full, said, "Mm-hmm, it’s really good, really delicious!"

"It’s really good, but the boss, who looks so ordinary, made such delicious crab fried rice cake!" Yellow Hair was now filled with admiration for Huang Tao.

Huang Ziqing and Wang Zhiheng couldn’t help but sigh when they heard this.

Looks like they were genuinely scared!

But Ge Jingyi and Old Zhang, who had tasted Huang Tao’s fried buns, didn’t think so and found the crab fried rice cake indeed delicious.

At this moment.

Li Chengzhan brought over the dishes ordered by the four officers: "Hello, your crab fried rice cake and lotus leaf sticky rice steamed ribs, please enjoy."

"Thank you!"

The four officers thanked in unison.

Huang Ziqing and Wang Zhiheng looked at the crab fried rice cake in front of them with interest.

Wang Zhiheng swallowed his saliva, "The presentation of this crab fried rice cake is really nice, and it smells great!"

"I’m telling you, it tastes even better."

Huang Ziqing took a bite, praised it, then wholeheartedly dug in, fully immersed in his meal.

After Wang Zhiheng tried a bite, he too was immersed, seriously enjoying his meal.

"Delicious, waiter, another bowl!"

After finishing, Yellow, Red, and Green eagerly shouted.

Right after shouting, they remembered the four officers sitting at the next table!

They quickly lowered their voices, "Another bowl, please."

"If you want more, you’ll have to line up again! That’s the unwritten rule," other diners in the restaurant chimed in.

Red Light: "..."

What a damn stupid rule!

Despite their inner complaints, they obediently went back to line up, hoping they could get more.

Having finished a bowl of crab fried rice cake, Huang Ziqing said joyfully, "I never thought we’d have such a great restaurant here at West City Old Street!"

"I told you, but you didn’t believe me."

Officer Zhang chuckled, "You, you’re so caught up in your cases every day that you’re almost disconnected from the world, haven’t even heard of such a famous place."

"I believe now!"

Huang Ziqing laughed, "Maybe I’ve heard of it, but I’ve just been too busy with work to pay attention!"

Saying that, Huang Ziqing eagerly turned to the lotus leaf sticky rice steamed ribs.

And once again got immersed in his meal.