Maverick Chef - Chapter 36：The Gaming Addict Bai Lu

After a while, Lin Zi arrived. The three eye-catching sports car were parked outside the Great 5-Star Restaurant. It was another kind of low-profile flaunting of their wealth.

Bai Lu pushed open the door. “Hey, I want to tell the three of you. Can you find a carpark instead?”

“Nonsense. There’s no carpark near your house.” Duckie shouted at him.

Lin Zi asked He San Qing, “What’s the plan?”

He San Qing smiled. “What’s the plan? Let’s go.” Then he said to Bai Lu, “We are leaving to find a carpark.” He was the first person to drive away. Lin Zi and Duckie followed closely behind.

Watching them leave, Bai Lu was a little confused. He knew that something was not right, and he thought, “They are not eating here. Instead, they left right away when Lin Zi had arrived. It is clear that they had chosen this spot to gather. Then the problem is, what are they planning to do?”

As he was contemplating on this issue, the door opened, and a graceful looking woman came in. She had a very professional look from head to bottom. It gave off the impression that she was a refined and polished woman.

Her face was spotlessly white, and her curly hair was long and elegant. She wore a light grey professional outfit with the bottom of the skirt resting 5cm above the knee. She paired her black peep-toe heels with skin-colored stockings, and there was a black shoulder bag that was strapped on her shoulders. Her age was probably around 30 years old.

When someone entered the restaurant, Bai Lu cast a quick look over. His first reaction was to stare at her sexy and towering bosoms. With her long and slender legs, she was at least 1.7m tall. Her plain and elegant smile was beautiful no matter how he looked at it.

He silently sighed, and he thought, “She looks so sexy even when she is wearing a professional outfit. This woman must be really impressive.” He turned around and asked, “What’s the matter?”

The woman was very confident about the way she looked. She had a faint smile on her face which seemed gentle, magnanimous, and confident. With a soothing voice, she said, “Excuse me, are you the boss of this restaurant?”

Bai Lu nodded his head. “What’s the matter?”

“I want to partner with you.” The sexy lady was forthright.

“I am sorry to disappoint you.” He did not even ask about the partnership and rejected her directly.

“Do not be so hasty to reject. You could look at the proposal first.”

“Proposal? After so long, I have still never seen a proposal in my entire life,” Bai Lu thought about it, and he said, “No matter what the partnership is, I would need to work for it. I am sorry. I hate working the most. Therefore, I am sorry.”

The lady kept her friendly smile. “I am the same too. No one likes to work. If given the opportunity, who wouldn’t want to slack off? And be relaxed for the rest of their lives? But in this life, some things need to be done. Your restaurant is pretty good, and the online video was impressive. Thus, I propose a partnership between us to improve the restaurant. We will make this restaurant the best in the Northern City. You will become a celebrity that can go on TV to earn more money and become rich and famous. What do you think about that?”

“Not very intrigued about that. For anyone to obtain something, there must be some sacrifices. That kind of sacrifice would be troublesome for sure.” It was somewhat rare that Bai Lu would be willing to explain a little bit more. From this point, it was apparent that beautiful women were privileged.

“How about this? I will leave the proposal behind. When you are free, you can take a look at it. Do you mind if I leave behind my contact number?” Seeing how Bai Lu kept firmly rejecting, this woman who was very adept at maneuvering knew when to back off. If this time didn’t work, she could still try again next time. As she spoke, she retrieved a folder from her bag and also a name card. She placed the name card in the folder and handed it over to Bai Lu with both hands. “My name is Liu Wen Qing. We will see each other often in the future.”

When such a sexy and gorgeous lady treated him with respect, Bai Lu was embarrassed to reject her crudely. He brushed his hands and received over the folder. “My name is Bai Lu. I do not have a name card, but my telephone number is …” And he said a bunch of numbers.

“Thanks.” Liu Wen Qing repeated the string of numbers. She took out her pen and a notebook to record it down. Then she re-confirmed it with Bai Lu to make sure that there were no mistakes. “Thank you. I will be leaving now. Let’s keep in touch in the future.”

Bai Lu waved his hand, and he said, “Bye.”

After a while, Bao Zi came over to work. When he was cleaning up the place, he saw the blue folder on the table. “Boss, what is this?”

Bai Lu was concentrating on combatting with the counterfeit smartphone. When he heard the question, he did not even lift up his head to answer. “I don’t know.”

Bao Zi was speechless. This boss of his had a deep concentration when he was cooking, but aside from that, he was essentially no different than a useless piece of trash. Bao Zi grabbed the folder and opened it up for a look. “Boss, it’s a proposal. You don’t want to take a look?”

“Oh, I remember now. It’s the proposal.” Bai Lu remained engrossed in his video game.

“Damn it. I want to punch someone to vent my anger. If not for the fact that I owe you $100k, I would definitely kick your ass first.” Bao Zi casually flipped through it, and he said, “Boss, it is pretty well-written.”

Finally, Bai Lu finally looked away from the phone. With a face full of disbelief, he said, “You can read it?”

“I meant that the sentences were pretty well-written.” Bao Zi explained.

“Oh.” And Bai Lu went back to his games.

Bao Zi was surprised. He kept the folder so that he could bring it to Sister Ding Ding. His beloved Sister Ding Ding gave him a mission: As long as there is a new piece of paper in the shop, you must bring it back for me to take a look.

Bai Lu ignored what he was doing and continued playing the game. Unfortunately, the phone started sounding an alarm, which signified that it was running out of battery.

He went to look for the charger to charge his phone. Then he said to Bao Zi, “Your phone is not bad. You have good judgment. However, there’s only one problem. The battery cannot make it. It only lasts four to five hours before running out of juice.”

Bao Zi was once again in shock.

“Where did you buy this phone? Could you go and get me a few batteries?” Bai Lu said.

“Get a few batteries?” Bao Zi couldn’t take it any longer. “Leader, how many people used their phones non-stop to play games? With the large screen and sound effects, if it can last four to five hours, then it would already be considered impressive.”

“Oh, I see. Then we should get a few more batteries. How about let’s go and buy it now?”

Bao Zi looked at him, and he thought, “Right. All those words were said for nothing. The boss wasn’t even listening.”

At this time, Bai Lu seemed to have realized something. “Why did you call me a leader? I feel that calling me boss is better as it sounds nicer.”

Bao Zi did not want to respond to him. He stopped the chores that he was doing, and he said, “Boss, let’s go buy the batteries.”

Bai Lu immediately detached the charger from the smartphone. “Let’s go.”

When they were on the journey towards the Electronics City, Bao Zi had thought that Bai Lu would be satisfied after buying a few batteries. But when they reached the mobile shop, he once again realized that he has severely underestimated his magnificent boss.

After 30 minutes, Bai Lu was carrying a rather large bag, and he was full of joy. As he walked, he said, “Nowadays, the technology is incredible. Very impressive.”

Bao Zi kept a distance of at least 3m away from Bai Lu and pretended not to hear a thing. He only focused on walking.

Seeing that his listeners were not going along with him, Bai Lu glared and said, “Come over here. Why are you so far away from me?”

Bao Zi reluctantly went over. He had to endure Bai Lu’s verbal harassment.

When they returned to the shop, Bai Lu opened the black bag and removed the items inside. Firstly, it was the battery. He replaced the original battery on his phone to a new one with a capacity of several thousand milliamperes. Secondly, it was a portable power bank. According to the mobile shop owner, it would supply more than a day’s worth of power.

These two items were still considered to be standard accessories for the phone. However, if we have assumed that Bai Lu had only purchased these two items, then we would be like Bao Zi, as we have severely underestimated our Maverick Chef.

Bai Lu continued to remove items from the bag. There were a USB adapter and two game controllers. He wanted to play Battle City in multiplayer mode, so he bought the controllers.

There was also a small speaker that he could connect to his phone and even play some music. It was rechargeable, or he could connect it to a power source. The boss had said that this sound system is much better than the built-in speaker on the phones. It was small, aesthetically pleasing, and also portable.

Then there was the huge IPAD. Of course, it was a counterfeit. The boss claimed that there were more than ten thousand different video games inside. It was more than enough for him to play. Also, he could bring it back to the shop anytime to update new games for free. Thus, Bai Lu was convinced.

What was even more impressive was that this gadget could be used to receive calls. To avoid carrying around a large folder like looking object when he needed to answer the call, which would look incredibly stupid and inconvenient, he bought an additional small power bank that was about the size of a lighter. This external accessory would be used to answer the call.

In addition, there were headphones, cables, covers, and many other smaller accessories that filled up the entire bag.

And now, all these gadgets were enough to cover the entire table easily. Bai Lu complimented Bao Zi. “Not bad at all. You have excellent judgment in buying stuff. I have the insight to recognize a hero.”

Bao Zi flipped his eye at him. “You bought them all yourself. I was only responsible for bringing you to the Electronics City.”

“It’s the same to me. As the person who led the way, you have earned tremendous credit.”

“I would rather not. Please don’t ever tell Sha Sha and Sister Ding Ding that I have helped you to buy all these gadgets.”

“How come you are not able to accept a compliment?” Bai Lu connected all the different gadgets. Under the crackling and rattling sounds of cannon fire, Bai Lu was screaming and shouting chaotically. “So satisfying, very satisfying. Now, this is called gaming. Battle City is great.”

Bao Zi muttered, “If you connect this gadget to the TV, it would be even more satisfying.”

Bai Lu paused. “Oh yes, you are right.” He stood up and looked around. “Where should I place the TV.”

Bao Zi looked at him, and he thought, “Oh my God. I have made a mistake.” And he frantically lowered his head to clean the tables.

At this moment, the phone rang. Bai Lu answered the call and started laughing hysterically. “Guess what I am using to answer your call?”

The person on the other end was Le Miao Miao. She had wanted to ask Bai Lu for help, but she did not expect that he would ask her this question. With some hesitation, she said, “Smartphone?”

“Oh, it is you. What’s up?” Bai Lu just realized who was speaking on the other end.

“Thanks for helping to send us back yesterday,” Le Miao Miao said.

“It’s alright. That’s nothing worth mentioning. Is there something else? If not, I will end the call.” Bai Lu was reminiscing about his games.

“There’s something else.” Le Miao Miao thought about it, and she decided to tell him everything.

“If there’s something, then say it.”

“After you sent us back yesterday, when it was around midnight, Gai Le — he was Liu Chen’s boyfriend — gave us a call. He wanted Liu Chen and me to go out and accompany him. We did not go, and he got mad. He said that we would regret it in the future. Since Liu Chen was his partner, she had seen what he was capable of. She also said that Gai Le is rather influential, so I am a little afraid. I am not sure what he would do to us, therefore…”

Bai Lu understood. He thought, “Those bunch of fellows are really daring.” Then he pouted his lips and said, “What do you want to do?”

“Why do you say the same thing as He San Qing?” Le Miao Miao paused for a moment, then she said, “I am also not sure.”

“Then what do you want me to do?” Even though Bai Lu was a kind person, but if he wanted to stand up for her, then there should still be a legit reason.

“Oh yes, Gai Le wanted to cause trouble for you too. But, I have told Brother San about it.” Le Miao Miao might as well tell him everything now.

He San Qing did not allow her to inform Bai Lu, but Le Miao Miao was uncertain. After all, she was only a student, so it was natural that she would be so afraid of these kinds of conflicts. She told Bai Lu because she wanted to look for more protection.

“Brother San? Who is this Brother San?” After buying new gadgets, Bai Lu seemed to have lost his intelligence.

“He San Qing.”

“Oh, so what did he say?” Bai Lu had an average impression of Le Miao Miao. It was neither good nor bad.