Maverick Chef - Chapter 6：Gangsters Calling the Cops

Bai Lu did not show any mercy. He rushed back into the crowd, beating up whoever was cursing, and grabbing hold of them to slap on their face. The sounds of slapping “Pa Pa Pa” were filled with incredible power. While he assaulted them, he asked the baldy, “Have you decided yet? If not, then go back home and slowly think about it. But you would have to leave the two vehicles behind. Oh yes, interest has to be calculated; 10% a day of interest.”

Ever since he came to the Northern City, Bai Lu never had the chance to fight. At least today his cravings were somewhat satisfied.

After taking care of these bunch of hooligans, with a faint smile on his face, he said, “Are you guys satisfied? I will not see you off then.”

The fight was one versus twelve. In an instant, the gangsters were all defeated. There was no chance to run. The baldy knew that he had met a powerful opponent, so his face was gloomy, and he did not speak. When he heard that Bai Lu was willing to let them go, the baldy stood up immediately and left, followed by the rest of the hooligans.

“You are too awesome, and even the Special Forces are incomparable to you.” He San Qing exclaimed in admiration.

“Nothing nothing, it wasn’t much.” Bai Lu played the humble card. Looking at the time, he said, “Ladies and Gentlemen, please wait a little longer. There’s still twenty minutes left.”

After twenty minutes, just as Bai Lu was ready to start lunch service, a police vehicle pulled up outside the door. Two police officers stepped out of the car with a baldy.

Bai Lu pointed at the baldy and shouted, “Do you even have any sense of shame? Gangsters calling the cops?”

“Shut up, and come back with us. Someone accused you of assault and theft.” One of the police officers ordered.

He revealed an amiable smile. “That is fine. Just wait for me to close the shop.”

“You can’t close the shop!” Gao Yuan couldn’t take it anymore. He wasted two hours here, and right when he was so close to bringing food home; another incident had occurred. His level of rage was indescribable.

“Don’t hinder our investigations,” the police officer said in a serious tone. He urged Bai Lu. “Hurry up.”

He laughed and said, “I have to go back in to take the electronic keys.”

“Then I will escort you in,” the officer said.

“Take my ass. No one is going anywhere.” Gao Yuan lost his temper, and he started to call someone. “Old Shao, I am at the Great 5-Star Restaurant along Xiao Wang’s Village Road. Could you come over please?”

“Old Shao?” The two police officers exchanged a look, and the slightly older officer said, “Let’s go into the shop to get the keys. And you, sir, please come with us as well.” The latter half of the sentence was intended for Gao Yuan.

This move was a pragmatic trick. The more the number of people outside, the more the inconvenience to discuss secret matters. It makes it impossible for them not to be impartial. If they entered the restaurant, they could speak behind closed doors. So no matter what they said, no one outside would ever know.

Gao Yuan looked at the police officers coldly without budging an inch. Bai Lu realized that this guy was really like a wooden block. He made a coughing sound and said, “Come in, come in.” Then he shoved him into the house and closed the doors. The few of them sat down, waiting for the arrival of Old Shao. He San Qing and Si Ma Zhi let the ladies return to the cars, then the two of them entered the restaurant as well.

30 minutes later, another police vehicle pulled up in front of the door, and a middle-aged man came out. He was a little bit plump. Looking at the sign of the Great 5-Star Restaurant, he had a face full of confusion, because he could not deduce what had happened here.

He San Qing opened the door to greet him. “Brother Shao, inside here.”

He immediately had a face full of smiles, and hurriedly walked over. “So, Young Master He is here as well.”

As soon as he entered the restaurant, the doors were closed again. He passionately greeted the others. “Young Master Yuan. Young Master Zhi.”

Si Ma Zhi laughed. “Just greeting Young Master Yuan is fine. I don’t deserve such a title.”

After a few more polite sentences, he asked the two officers, “What is going on here?”

The older police officer first pointed at the bald gangster, then he pointed at the bald Bai Lu and answered. “He called the cops, accusing the boss of the Great 5-Star Restaurant of robbery. He claims that he stole their vehicles.”

Hearing this, Old Shao checked out the two bald men. “Are you saying that he had stolen your vehicle? What proof do you have?”

Ever since he heard Gao Yuan speaking on the phone, the bald gangster already knew he was going to have bad luck. Unfortunately, the police officers had a tight watch on him, so he couldn’t run away even if he wanted to. After seeing how easy it was for someone to call over a top dog in the police, there was no doubt in his mind. He knew that this time he was really out of luck, so he immediately changed his position. “Police Uncle, it’s not him, it’s not him. He did not commit robbery.”

The two dispatched officers suddenly had a change in mood. “He did not commit robbery? Are you making a false police report then?”

“Yes, I did.” If you make a false report, it would be maximum incarceration of ten days. This time around he admitted defeat. Basically, he just accepted that he was going on a ‘holiday.’

“Bring him back!” Old Shao snarled.

“Yes.” The two officers brought the bald gangster away.

Old Shao extended his hand towards Bai Lu. “How do I address you, young man?”

Since Gao Yuan stood up for him, their relationship must be more than ordinary. Therefore there was a need to maintain good relations.

He smiled and said, “Bai Lu.”

Old Shao still wanted to talk. However, Gao Yuan coldly said, “I owe you a favor for this incident. Help me take good care of that assh*le.”

This statement was, in fact, a subtle order to expel the visitors, but he remained unfazed. “You can trust in my ability. I still have a meal party to attend. I will excuse myself then.” Then he left decisively.

He San Qing shook his head. “To owe somebody a favor just for this kind of common problem. ‘Tsk tsk.’ ”

” ‘Tsk tsk,’ my ass,” Gao Yuan said coldly. Then he said to Bai Lu, “Start cooking. One table’s worth of meal to take away. Since one table is enough for five people, and there are five of us here, so we would fill up another.”

Bai Lu smiled and agreed. He walked to the door, opened it and greeted the people queueing outside the restaurant. “There’s still four tables left, come in one by one.”

In this period, there was already a fight and a visit by the police in front of the Great 5-Star Restaurant. Therefore, it attracted a lot of people to watch the commotion. Counting the people that were queueing up for a meal, there were easily more than 30 people. After they heard what Bai Lu announced, the group of white-collar workers rushed through the front door and filled up the entire room in an instant.

The nosy people outside that were watching the commotion witnessed this scene. They exclaimed how good the business must be, so they followed suit and squeezed into the restaurant. Two men saw an empty table, so they rushed up to occupy it.

Bai Lu went up to talk with the two men. “Sorry, our restaurant is full. We are not able to accept more customers.”

“It’s not full yet. Isn’t this an empty table?” The empty table belonged to Gao Yuan, who was sitting together with He San Qing and friends.

Seeing how people still wanted to enter, Bai Lu sprinted to the door and politely announced. “Please read the wooden sign at the door. We can only accept six tables of customers, and any more would be kindly rejected. Even if there were empty seats, you would also not be served a meal, so what’s the point of wasting time here?”

“What gives you the right to reject a meal? Speaking of which, we are sitting at the 6th table.” The guy started to have a temper, and he spoke very aggressively.

“That table is mine.” Gao Yuan was extremely impatient, he thought, “Wasn’t it just a simple errand to buy a meal for grandpa?” With all these troubles happening, he was so mad and itching for a fight.

“So what if you are rich. I want to have a meal. So what can you do? Are you going to bite me?”

Bai Lu observed, and he thought, “Right, somebody wants to have another fight?” He said to Gao Yuan, “If you want to have a meal, then sit down.” Then he spoke to He San Qing. “Are your two lady friends coming in or not? I am shutting the gates.”

“Coming in.” He San Qing gave the ladies a call.

Bai Lu walked towards the front door, and he shoved the people standing in the shop outside the door. “My apologies. The shop is too small. Only those customers are accepted. If you want to eat, then please come earlier tonight.”

Some of the customers started cursing: What is going on? Is there anybody that does business like this? Chasing away the customers? Then again, it’s just a small broken restaurant, is there a need to go so far? Who cares about your food?

Bai Lu pretended not to hear anything. As soon as the two beautiful ladies entered the house, he closed the glass door, locked it, and then went back into the kitchen to cook.

“Take our order, boss. We haven’t ordered yet.” One of the new customers shouted.

The people beside whispered. “What order, don’t embarrass yourself. The rules here state that the boss has the highest authority. Whatever he decides to cook, you have to eat it.”

“What the hell. You guys still came, even when you know that?” That guy was a little surprised.

“Cut the crap. Just wait till you are finished eating then you will know why.”

The room was tiny. When He San Qing heard all these words, he asked Gao Yuan, “There’s no order taking? No sale of alcohol? There’s a restaurant like this?”

Gao Yuan did not respond. He San Qing smiled and said, “This guy is fascinating. I like that.”

Si Ma Zhi laughed. “You like guys?”

…

Bai Lu was busy in the kitchen. From the 20 minutes mark onwards, in every 10 minutes interval, he would serve up a table of dishes. As soon as the dishes arrived on the table, the customers that have visited before immediately initiated their meal. They just focused on eating.

The first-time customers tasted the dishes, and they did not want to lose out. Thus, they behaved equally mad. After a while, the small restaurant was utterly silent. The people who had food to eat were not chatting at all. The people who didn’t have food to eat just stared at the people who were eating.

After 10 minutes, He San Qing patted his tummy and was deeply moved. He said, “No wonder you are willing to wait such a long time.”

Usually, the beautiful ladies were picky eaters with small appetites, but today they were different. Both of them completely disregarded their image, and they just kept eating with their heads hanging low. They fully portrayed the image of the saying: “One does not speak, while one eats.”

Si Ma Zhi was not satisfied yet. “Boss, one more serving please.”

However, in the Great 5-Star Restaurant, food was served by individual portions.

Gao Yuan shook his head. “He only makes one serving per person. That’s what he is going to say, ‘Please finish eating and scram. If you want to eat again, please come early next time.’ ”

He San Qing was in a daze, then he burst into laughter. “I am starting to like this guy more and more.”

“The way that this restaurant operates, he’s definitely the first person to ever do it like this.” After hearing that there was no more food to eat, Si Ma Zhi sighed.

The beautiful lady next to him said, “Shall we come again tomorrow?”

After Si Ma Zhi looked at the crowd of customers in the restaurant, he shook his head and said, “Today we started queueing half an hour before. If we wanted to eat again tomorrow, it’s probably going to be at least two hours of queueing time. Could you stand the long wait?”

“Can’t we pay more money? How much does this table worth of food costs? Let’s pay ten times more,” she said.

Gao Yuan smiled. “You could try it.”

They were the first table of customers, but they stayed behind after the meal. When Bai Lu was serving the other customers, he noticed that they were already finished with the meal. He took a thermos flask and came over to them. “Pour yourself some water.”

He San Qing asked, “There’s nothing else?”

Gao Yuan helped Bai Lu to respond. “There’s only plain boiled water. It’s up to you to drink it or not.”

He San Qing was also amused. “All his antics have shaped you into behaving like him?”

Soon it was 1 pm, and all five tables were served. All the customers have already finished their meal, but none of them left. There was always somebody that said, “How about just one more serving?”

There were many people, so he was lazy to collect the payment individually. He took a tray and placed it on the table near the door. “Twenty per person. Just pay and leave.”

“Twenty?” The first-time customers that came for a meal couldn’t believe what they have heard. From what they thought, such a delicious meal must be at least $200 – 300 easily. Never did they expect that it would only cost $20.

He San Qing asked Gao Yuan, “What unit of measurement was he referring to. Thousands?”

“Stop your bullsh*t. This meal is on your tab. Five people in total, so give a $100.” Gao Yuan wasn’t in a hurry to leave because he still had a meal to take away.

At this moment, the two people sitting at the 6th table couldn’t take it any longer. Everybody else had something to eat, but they didn’t. They slammed the table and shouted, “Boss, we still haven’t eaten anything.”

Bai Lu calmly said, “At the start, I have already said that I wouldn’t serve you two. If you want to eat, please come early next time.”

“How absurd is that logic of yours? If you don’t serve us, then we will not leave.”

“Will not leave?” Bai Lu glanced at them. He directed towards the other customers and said, “Quickly pay and then leave. Whoever that doesn’t want to leave, they will be blacklisted, and banned completely from service in the future.”

Hearing these words, the customers in the other four tables hurriedly stood up to pay. It was only $20 per person, so less than $400 in total were collected from all the four tables combined. He San Qing went over and laid down a bundle of $100 bills. He said, “I am delighted with the meal.”