Chapter 149.1 – Beef Jerky
Three days later, An Zi Ran came to take over Boss Sun’s teahouse, as agreed upon. He brought Cook Wang and Zhou Lao Han’s wife with him.
He did not intent to get overly involved in the opening and running of the restaurant. He planned to do what he did in An Yuan County and just let the two of them run things and develop new recipes.
Boss Sun had already tidied up everything two days ago, so he was just waiting for them to arrive in order to hand over the keys.
At the teahouse across the street
A man and his wife stood in front of the window on the second floor of the teahouse, and through the half-opened window they could see everything that was happening in front of Boss Sun’s teahouse.
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An Zi Ran and Fu Wu Tian did not make them wait too long, and soon arrived with a group of people to the teahouse.
The head chef Cook Wang and Zhou Lao Han’s wife were both related to the An family, so outsiders who were interested could easily trace the link to Prince Fu’s Mansion. That’s why they did not intend to hide their identities this time.
“How is it? Can you see who it is?”
The wife, Bao-shi*, heard the noise from outside and vaguely saw many people appearing at the teahouse door, but she couldn’t see anyone from the front, so she immediately asked her husband anxiously.
[*T/N: Bao 包 is the wife’s maiden name and shi 氏 is a suffix indicating a married woman. Women don’t take their husband’s surname in China.]
The teahouse was very important to them and concerned whether or not they could genuinely gain a foothold in the Zhuo family.
“Don’t be noise. I’m still looking.” The man narrowed his eyes and stared at the two people at the center of the group. The two people had their backs turned to him, so he could not see their faces, and up until they went inside the teahouse, he was still unable to catch a glimpse of their faces.
The man cursed secretly and directly opened the window.
Bao-shi immediately stuck her head out the window. Most of the group have already entered the teahouse. There were only a few people scattered at the door, and they dispersed after a while.
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“Forget it. I will find someone to make inquires when the time comes.” The man hesitated for a while and then gave up.
He could have gone over to have a look, but if Boss Sun found out his identity, it’s hard to guarantee that he would not tell that person. He still wanted to suppress the other side without anyone knowing.
Bao-shi shook her head. “What if you can’t find out anything?”
Those people were newcomers. They would definitely be on guard.
The man frowned and thought deeply for a while. Like a person determined to see something through to the end, he suddenly said, “Even if we don’t find out anything it doesn’t matter. I don’t believe that I can’t beat them. I defeated one Boss Sun, so I can make these new people pack up and leave too. In short, I’m definitely going to get Boss Sun’s teahouse. Anyways, there’s still half a year left of the time that father’s given me.”
The man made a solemn vow, but he could not foresee that half a month later the teahouse on the opposite side of the street would became a restaurant.
On the other side, Bao Hua Gambling House already knew that their plan against the cattle farmer had failed again. The matter had passed for a while, but the cattle farmer did not seem to be anxious, so they knew that the cattle farmer must have found a way out of the quagmire.
What surprised them was who could have such a big appetite as to be able to stomach all that fresh meat?
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They were at a loss, but they were also excited, because whoever bought the fresh meat must be the person behind the scenes of Tian Long Gambling House. As long as they found out who bought a large amount of raw meat during this period, or who used such a large quantity of raw meat, they would be able to determine the identity of the person.
But when they started investigating, they could not find any traces.
There was no one who had suddenly produced a large quantity of fresh meat, and no one selling a large amount of raw meat. Everything was calm as usual.
After suffering successive lost, Fu Yuan Jian was about to go crazy.
“We can’t keep going on like this,” Jiang Sheng looked hesitantly at the angry jianwang. Ever since the opening of Tian Long Gambling House, they haven’t won once.
Fu Yuan Jian snorted coldly: “This prince does not believe that he cannot find the one behind this. How is the cow bone trail going?”
Jiang Sheng replied, “The other party’s defense is watertight, so… we haven’t found anything yet.”
“Useless trash, it’s been so many days and you still haven’t found anything?!” Fu Yuan Jian cursed without warning. He thought that he could find an answer faster if he started on the trail of the cow bones. The mountain of cow bones presented such a large target, but they still lost track of the trail.
Jiang Sheng did not dare to speak up for himself.
