My Restaurant's Guests are All Abnormal

Chapter 263: Chapter One Hundred Twenty-Three: Cucumbers Can Be Used To...

"Labor Day has arrived, eh?" Chen Ze bid farewell to Lafra and then took out his phone to reconfirm today’s date.

"But why do I always feel like I got tricked by Lafra?" Chen Ze rubbed his chin, feeling that something was amiss.

However, Chen Ze didn’t pay it much mind and simply locked the restaurant’s front door. Otherwise, customers might come later and be unable to enter.

"I need to prepare the items for sale tomorrow." Chen Ze nodded to himself. He had just gone to the supermarket to buy bread slices for Betty and then restocked some items before realizing that he was running out of money.

To make a living, Chen Ze was forced to open for business.

"I’ll definitely continue selling the exotic seafood delights, and then I’ll introduce the Ice Fish Chestnut Rice for two hundred ninety-nine per portion... That should do it." Chen Ze twisted his neck and took out the tentacles that had fallen off by themselves during this time.

The exotic seafood delights were now Chen Ze’s renowned take-out specialty, and he could see a bunch of foodies urging him to deliver take-out sooner under the posts he had made before.

If that’s not possible, setting up a stall would do! After tasting the exotic seafood kebabs, many food enthusiasts sadly found that their tolerance for other kebabs had greatly increased.

In the past, a handful of kebabs and a cold beer were enough to make one happy, and they could chat about life with best buddies or sisters.

But now, a handful of kebabs still tasted the same, yet they seemed lackluster compared to the kebabs from Chen Ze’s place, making people feel miserable.

Chen Ze opened the pot of Ice Fish soup and took a look inside. There was still a large pot of soup available. He estimated that he could make over two hundred portions of Ice Fish Chestnut Rice.

"I should post a message online. The Ice Fish Chestnut Rice has to be reserved in advance, but the squid kebabs can be supplied generously now." Chen Ze looked at the large box full of tentacles with some concern.

Over this period, Chen Ze had accumulated many tentacles that he hadn’t done much with, so the number of tentacles had reached double digits.

[Dear esteemed diners: Our restaurant will start delivering tomorrow. Due to the introduction of two hundred portions of Ice Fish Chestnut Rice, these must be reserved in advance at a uniform price of two hundred ninety-nine per portion. A large quantity of grilled squid kebabs are available for ordering. Please call to order tomorrow.]

Once Chen Ze’s post went live, it was supposed to cause a stir... well, it didn’t.

Although Chen Ze’s food had indeed built up a considerable reputation in Sun Moon City, in an era where hot searches change every three days, aside from his patrons, not many people remembered Chen Ze.

Moreover, not all the patrons liked Chen Ze’s kebabs, but still, over a hundred more comments instantly appeared, reserving more than half of the Ice Fish Chestnut Rice.

Chen’s products always meant quality, and this had left a deep impression in the hearts of many diners.

"Manager, manager~" Betty rushed in energetically.

"Here’s your bread slices, take them away yourself." Chen Ze pointed directly to the two large bags piled in the corner of the kitchen.

"Manager..." Betty seemed like she wanted to say something else.

"I’ve also included ketchup and other things. You’ll just need to prepare the patties and other ingredients yourself." Chen Ze was quickly making grilled squid kebabs, having already filled a whole large bucket of them.

"Manager!" Betty shouted loudly.

"What is it?" Chen Ze turned his head, looking at Betty with confusion.

"Look~ This is the complete version of the game that Lindsay made~" Betty promptly took the laptop from behind her, on which the eerie game icon was indeed displayed.

"It’s finished already?" Chen Ze was a bit stunned; he really wanted to ask Lindsay, "Are you a dog or something?"

A demon, took just less than a month to produce a complete version of the game? Is that something a human... ah no, a demon could do?

At this moment, Chen Ze imagined he saw Lindsay donning red safety goggles, wearing a shirt with a 76 on the back, looking at him saying, "By myself, I am a company!"

"Hehe, this is the complete version of the second Chapter; Lindsay has been working on it continuously, but for now, only the second Chapter has been completed," Betty explained further. She had watched Lindsay laboring overtime during this period, getting up earlier and going to bed later than her...

Hmm? Something seemed off.

Chen Ze raised an eyebrow but still picked up the computer and played the game briefly.

After just over twenty minutes, Chen Ze closed the laptop. He knew it was a game, that it was fake, that he had the Magic Circle, but he still felt inexplicably panicky.

"Hehe, Boss, how’s the game?" Betty grinned with pride, like a weasel that had stolen a chicken.

"Pretty good, yeah... The creativity is also amazing," Chen Ze nodded. Indeed, it was a terrific design, one that required players to use their own phones to make a call and gather information.

However, Chen Ze didn’t finish playing because the sense of oppression was just too strong; he felt like he couldn’t take it. freewēbnoveℓ.com

"Hehe, and there’s more," Betty laughed even more slyly.

"At night, the number you called will return your call automatically and then send you a multimedia message with scenes from around your home..." Betty went on to explain, and Chen Ze’s mouth twitched.

Is this really something a programmer could pull off?

"Hehe, actually, the main thing is Lindsay looked into that videotape from before and then..." As soon as Chen Ze heard this, he understood; obviously, Lindsay had employed Lady Sadako’s techniques in the game.

"Boss, long time no see, I’m here to see you," Alisa walked in, laughing, and then saw two people laughing in a very sinister way.

"Um... did I... interrupt something?" Alisa hesitated, instinctively wanting to back out.

The scene looked like they were up to something, the kind of thing a scheming villain would do.

"Alisa, what would you like to eat?" Chen Ze stood up, rubbing his face.

Really now, how could you be happy about scaring others? That’s not right! But it feels so satisfying...

"I’ll have the Chef’s Special Recommendation, but no Ice Fish sashimi this time; it’s a little expensive," Alisa said with a smile, sitting down and starting to discuss business with Betty.

Chen Ze didn’t pay it any mind and went back to the kitchen to prepare a cucumber salad.

Cucumbers are a versatile ingredient that can be used for eating, and other purposes too...

Like facial masks, no problem there.

Moreover, cucumbers are somewhat unique; Chen Ze always felt that raw cucumbers tasted better than cooked ones.

"So it will be a cucumber salad and a bowl of Ice Chestnut rice," Chen Ze decided today’s menu.