Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 190 - 153: The Taste of Memory 3 (Thanks to the Chief Patron of Fortune Gu for the reward!)_2

Chapter 190: Chapter 153: The Taste of Memory 3 (Thanks to the Chief Patron of Fortune Gu for the reward!)_2

Your Goddaughter’s engagement might be real, but the dumplings...

Qin Huai smiled slightly, isn’t everyone a Master Level in lying?

"Oh, this..." Qin Huai showed a bewildered expression under the bombardment of language, "The types of dumplings I’m good at are very limited, they might not be very impressive."

Seeing that Gong Liang was about to speak again, Qin Huai quickly added, "Why don’t we add each other on WeChat?"

With all those big logos on, he must be a big client, adding on WeChat can’t be wrong.

Gong Liang immediately took out his phone to add WeChat. After adding, Qin Huai used the excuse of going to the bathroom as a way to escape and tossed the problem to Huang Jia.

Huang Jia:...

Huang Jia could only continue to battle with Gong Liang, while reflecting on whether his skills were indeed lacking, since no guest had ordered his signature dish, wondering if he could slip in to cook a couple of dishes?

Listening to some juicy gossip, Qin Huai walked into the toilet, entered a stall, closed and locked the door, and opened up the game panel.

Side Quest:

3. [Taste of Memory 3]: Once the top salesperson at the Silk Factory, Gong Liang has been known for his silver tongue for many years, relying on it to traverse the world. Yet no one knows that his original intention to become a top salesperson was merely to one day earn enough bonus to achieve snack freedom, to indulge in Master Jing’s snacks at the State owned Restaurant. Unfortunately, after becoming a top salesperson, he only indulged in crab dumplings for a month before Master Jing retired. Since then, that month of crab dumplings became an unforgettable taste in his memories. Please make for Gong Liang a crab dumpling he would acknowledge, so he can relive the taste of memory.

Task Reward: [A Memory of Gong Liang], Popularity stream +2000 (Choice: Yes/No)

Qin Huai:!

So touched, dear family, he finally received a normal side quest clearly telling him what to do!

Heaven, this is the task a normal player should do!

Riddler tasks, get out of the game system!

Plus, the task rewards are generous, directly adding 2000 popularity stream, indicating that Gong Liang might indeed be quite popular and a good influencer.

Since the task was derived from Gong Liang, it’s highly likely that Gong Liang is a spirit. Qin Huai opened the guide again and found it was indeed so.

A new entry was unlocked in the guide.

Surname: Gong Liang

Species: Unknown

Status: Awakening

Memory: 0/?

Recipe: None

Gift: None

Qin Huai couldn’t quite understand what the awakening status meant, he sent a message to Luo Jun for clarification, but Luo Jun didn’t reply, probably watching TV and not checking his phone.

Currently, Qin Huai and Gong Liang are only WeChat acquaintances, not close, and since the task is not urgent, Qin Huai chose to return to work instead of calling.

When Qin Huai came out of the toilet back to the kitchen, Huang Jia and Gong Liang were no longer at the kitchen door, presumably the battle has ended.

Qin Huai walked into the kitchen and saw Huang Jia deboning a pig head, freshly taken from the pressure cooker, using gloved hands. Truly emotionless iron hands.

Qin Huai glanced at the pig head, it seemed indeed very tender and bouncy, completely dyed a braised brown, giving the impression that the sauce had permeated the meat.

Such a big pig head, deboned, what a bite it would be.

Slurp.

Mustn’t think about it, mustn’t think about it.

Qin Huai went to knead the dough that had finished fermenting and was ready for a second fermentation, and on the way, grabbed Dong Shi, who was passing by, to ask for some gossip.

Dong Shi is the chopping station chef, mainly responsible for cutting and preparing, but also helps out when busy, running errands, fetching things, plating, etc. He’s usually busy before official business starts, gets a bit free once operations begin.

Dong Shi has started running errands.

As a Closed-door Disciple, Dong Shi often does various errand-running tasks.

"Dong Shi, do you know who that Mr. Gong Liang outside is?" Qin Huai asked.

Being an extreme chatterbox who can’t keep his mouth shut, Dong Shi would usually share gossip with Qin Huai even if unwarranted, let alone now when Qin Huai actively asked.

Dong Shi directly took over the trivial task beside Qin Huai, "Of course I know, he’s the most famous guest at our store!"

"The one with multiple weddings I told you about last time, that’s him."

"I heard he was previously a salesperson at the Silk Factory," Qin Huai probed.

"That’s correct." Dong Shi nodded, "The chief of the sales department at the Silk Factory, among the first batch to jump the entrepreneurial ship, now in the silk business, very wealthy. Heard that the startup capital for Junior Master Zheng to jump ship back then was borrowed from him, and the money my master used to buy the State owned Restaurant was also borrowed from him, he’s childhood friends with my master and Junior Master Zheng, seems like neighbors too."

"Neighbors?" Qin Huai caught the keyword.

"Sort of." Dong Shi wasn’t very certain, "I heard about it too. When my master and Junior Master Zheng were learning their craft, they always stayed at my master’s home, and Mr. Gong was my master’s neighbor."

"When my master had an accident back in the day, a stove fell and crushed his leg, it was also Mr. Gong who helped send him to the hospital."

"Mr. Gong has always been very supportive of Huang Ji’s business. Whenever there is a business dinner, he always goes to Huang Ji, and has introduced many business partners to dine at Huang Ji."

"Even during holidays, Mr. Gong always gives us red envelopes. In recent years, as Master’s health hasn’t been great, Mr. Gong introduced some impressive doctors."

"He’s actually quite nice, very familiar with everyone. But Mr. Gong’s mouth is just too persuasive, he can argue white is black. Normally, having three weddings is such an absurd thing that it shouldn’t have been held, yet my master was persuaded by Mr. Gong to do it."