Immediately, Meng Nan took Bai Zhi and Hu Feng to the largest restaurant in the town.

Meng Nan’s figure had just appeared at the entrance of the restaurant, but the treasurer, who’s sitting behind the counter, immediately came and greeted him: “Meng Daren, you haven’t been here for a long time now.” The treasurer spoke as his eyes fell to Meng Nan. However, he also secretly looked at the people behind him.

Meng Nan asked in a low voice: “Is Boss Chess available?”

The treasurer hurriedly nodded his head: “Yes, yes, he hadn’t been here for several days. So, he came here today to look at the accounting books upstairs. I will call him for you.”

The restaurant was not an ordinary restaurant, it belongs to the richest man in the capital. Boss Chen was the person in charge and not the real owner.

The treasurer’s politeness to Meng Nan was not because he is the Local Magistrate of the Qingyuan Town. Even if the Country Magistrate comes, he may not greet him as warm as this.

It was only because Meng Nan was the son of the Meng Family in the capital. This identity can be said nobler than any person he knows in the town.

Boss Chen was a middle-aged man in his early 40’s. Perhaps, because the restaurant was full of delicious foods. He was only at that age, but he was as fat as a pig. It’s very hard to watch him walk.

“Meng Daren, you came. I heard that you will leave Qingyuan Town in 2 days. I am thinking to throw a feast for you, and now you are here.”

Meng Nan laughed: “It seems that I and Boss Chen have a connection in heart and soul. If you want, I will not refuse it!”

Boss Chen laughed happily. It wasn’t a fake laugh. His laughed sounds sincere. It seems that his relationship with Meng Nan was not as simple as the manager of the store and a government official.

Meng Nan moved next to Boss Chen and said: “This is Bai Zhi, my friend. Today, I specially brought her to you, so that you can eat delicious food.”

When Boss Chen heard delicious food, he immediately smiled and said: “I love delicious food, but what delicious food did you bring?”

Bai Zhi opened her mouth and said: “Boss Chen, this is the case. I brought my own melons today. I will give you two dishes with melons for a while.”

When Boss Chen heard it was a melon, he frowned at the moment: “Melon? This thing, after being eaten, people die, right? How can you dare to plant this?”

Bai Zhi smiled and said: “The melons are very good ingredients. You heard people died after eating it because they didn’t eat it in a proper way. They have eaten bad ones, so they were poisoned. As long as you eat the fresh one, you will not be poison. Besides, the people who were poisoned by melons are only a few. Many people also eat them before, but they were all fine. Is there still a problem?”

Boss Chen also thought about it too. In the beginning, their restaurant also serves melons. He also ate some of them. The staff in the restaurant also ate them, but nothing bad happened. Later on, he heard people dying after being poisoned by the melons. He was very puzzled about it.

Bai Zhi said to Meng Nan: “Meng Dage, you tell Boss Chen what I told you before about melons. I will go to the kitchen to cook.”

Boss Chen busily let the treasurer lead the way for her. And then, he brought Meng Nan, Jin Shiwei and Hu Feng upstairs.

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At this time, there was still no customers in the restaurant, the kitchen staff was still cutting ingredients, and so the pots were empty.

She took out a few potatoes and washed them, then she cut some of them into pieces, into cubes and the others were shredded.

There were many ingredients in the kitchen, and the meat was rich. Everything was available.

There were many people working in the kitchen. Some staff was washing the vegetables, some were cutting vegetables and meat, while the chef was sitting at the door and chatting.

The treasurer personally brought Bai Zhi to the kitchen to cook. Although he looked unconcerned on the surface, he couldn’t help but watch her in secrecy.

 

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