My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome-Chapter 159 - 158: Still Giving a 20% Discount
Chapter 159: Chapter 158: Still Giving a 20% Discount
Following Kun’s guidance, Shao Zifeng finally noticed the central air vent of this Cantonese tea restaurant.
Their heating vents were different from others, being installed on the lower side. Generally, in malls and restaurants, for the sake of convenience in decoration as well as saving space and money, vents are installed on the top, which made this Cantonese style truly unique.
Pushing the wall-adjacent dining table aside, Shao Zifeng crouched down and examined the vent continually emitting cold air. He reached out and scraped the inner side of the vent’s adjusting blades, a chill spreading throughout his body from his fingers, and ice formed on the blades.
Shao Zifeng turned his head and glanced at the staff members who were craning their necks to look this way, then apologetically said to Kun, “Mr. Kun, could you ask them to step aside for a moment?”
Kun nodded, then turned to the staff and yelled, “What are you looking at? Go to the storeroom and arrange the ingredients properly.”
As the reluctant employees left, only the three of them remained in the hall. Kun hesitated momentarily, then said to Shao Zifeng, “Mr. Shao, you see…”
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Shao Zifeng smiled and replied, “It’s fine for Mr. Kun to stay.”
After all, it wasn’t too good to ask everyone to leave as it was his house.
Li Yiming, obediently standing by, noticed the crowd dispersing and, being so close to Shao Zifeng, the bravado of the rooster instantaneously deflated; it hid behind its owner, warily sizing up Shao Zifeng.
Shao Zifeng paid them no attention and turned back to the vent, slowly closing his eyes.
After a moment, he felt several different emotions entwining nearby. He didn’t connect with the emotions of those around him but controlled his own abilities, continuously extending towards the vent.
Just as he was reaching his limit, another wave of emotional fluctuations emerged within his sensing range, this one extremely faint. Shao Zifeng tentatively made contact.
“Afraid…”
“Uncomfortable…”
“Hot…”
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“Uncomfortable…”
“Cold…”
Feeling the other party’s simple emotions, Shao Zifeng hesitated for a moment, considering trying to communicate with them.
But just as Shao Zifeng was about to greet them, the faint wave of emotions as if provoked, became intense and hostile.
Li Yiming watched Shao Zifeng, who stood still, not knowing what he was doing but believing that it must be significant.
“Not good.” Shao Zifeng suddenly opened his eyes and quickly took a few steps back.
Whoosh.
Li Yiming was startled by Shao Zifeng, then he heard a faint sound of something slicing through the air.
Looking carefully, he saw ice rapidly forming on the adjusting blades of the vent into a sharp ice cone, flying towards Shao Zifeng’s forehead with a slicing noise.
“Shao…” Li Yiming couldn’t finish his shout, as he was shocked by what unfolded before him.
Buzz~
A green ring on Shao Zifeng’s right hand shimmered, and an invisible, instantaneous force field unfolded. The ice cone, mere inches from Shao Zifeng’s forehead, began breaking away, leaving only a cool breeze lifting the hair on his forehead.
“Big brother Shao.”
It was only now that Li Yiming realized what was happening, a similar incident having occurred the day before. He hurriedly stepped forward two paces and grabbed Shao Zifeng’s sleeve, “Big brother Shao, are you all right?”
The rooster, though reluctant, proactively positioned itself in front of the two men, its feathers fluffed out, making it look plumper, as it stared intently at the vent.
Since Kun stood relatively farther back, he didn’t see what had happened and was a bit confused, wanting to ask something but seeing the seriousness of the others, he shrunk his neck, quiet as a chicken.
“I’m fine,” Shao Zifeng shook his head and pushed Li Yiming’s hand away, then closed his eyes again.
“…”
Shao Zifeng furrowed his brows, then opened his eyes.
He noticed that after the mutant creature launched its attack from the vent, the emotional fluctuations became even weaker, leaving him unable to understand what it was trying to convey, but the cold did not subside.
Taking two steps forward, Shao Zifeng crouched down again and extended his right hand into the vent, silently chanting in his mind.
“Hee~”
An ethereal voice arose within everyone’s hearts. Li Yiming was fine, but Kun was startled by the sudden sound.
Unconsciously tightening his uniform, he glanced around frequently, always feeling as though something was watching him from behind; he somewhat regretted staying here.
A moment later, Shao Zifeng felt something cold added into his palm, Lingling nuzzled his fingers and then retreated back into the ring.
Withdrawing his hand from the vent, a warm airflow gushed out from it.
“Brother Shao,” Li Yiming looked at Shao Zifeng’s trembling right hand behind the glasses, his eyes expressing a hint of concern.
Shao Zifeng shoved his right hand into his down jacket pocket, couldn’t help shaking all over, and stiffly shook his head at Li Yiming.
“Mr. Zuo, the problem has been resolved.”
Kun was still immersed in the sudden laughter from Lingling, only returning to his senses upon hearing Shao Zifeng’s voice. Blinking blankly, he noticed the central air conditioning in the hall had resumed heating and was immediately overjoyed.
“Mr. Shao, just a moment, let me go tell General Manager Zheng.”
“Ah…”
Shao Zifeng was about to call him back, but Kun had already dashed upstairs with three steps at a time.
“Let’s go,” Shao Zifeng turned and told Li Yiming.
“Oh… Ah, shouldn’t we wait for them?”
“No need.”
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When Zheng Xixiong came down the stairs sweating profusely, he noticed that other than a few waiters who had just come out, the two men had already disappeared. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and grumpily asked, “Where are they?”
“They were just here.” Kun said, shrinking his neck under the less-than-pleased gaze of Zheng Xixiong, replying quietly.
“You,” Zheng Xixiong pointed at Kun and after a moment, said, “Remember what they look like. From now on, they eat for free…no, give them a 40% discount instead.”
“Oh.”
“Send some boys out to bring in customers, prepare for normal business, and also, don’t disturb me when I’m handling things. Twice this morning already—if it weren’t for my good health…”
As Zheng Xixiong talked, he walked back upstairs. Just as he was about to turn the corner he suddenly stopped, muttering, “Forget it, let’s make it a 20% discount, a 40% discount still hurts a bit.”
Kun: …
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Coming out of the Cantonese breakfast joint, Shao Zifeng’s hand had not emerged from his pocket, with the cold constantly emanating from the object in his hand being neutralized by Lingling using the wood elements within the ring.
Despite preventing the energy from dissipating, the bone-chilling coldness made his hand shake uncontrollably as if it was encased in ice.
He tried empathic induction a few times; the creature in his hand did not respond at all—it must be unconscious. However, logically, an unconscious mutant creature should not continuously emit energy.
Had he not been worried about harming passersby, Shao Zifeng would have wanted to take his hand out long before.
“Yiming, has the identification place relocated?” Walking through the central business district, Shao Zifeng abruptly asked.
Carrying a takeout breakfast in his hand, Li Yiming thought for a moment and then said, “I’ve driven a few customers there before; it’s still at the same address. Brother Shao, are you going to sign a contract with a new pet beast?”
After speaking, Li Yiming looked at Shao Zifeng, curious about what mutant creature it had been, but he felt it inappropriate to ask directly.
“Hmm, let’s go check it out.” After saying this, Shao Zifeng gestured for a taxi, and slipped inside.
