Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle-Chapter 1048 - 508: One Wave Has Yet to Settle Before Another Arises

After Huang An Yao’s attempt to squander money failed, Qin Huai continued making snacks, spreading the breakfast surprise he once brought to the customers at Zhiwei Restaurant to the customers at Yunzhong Restaurant.

How did the customers at Yunzhong Restaurant react?

Let’s put it this way, if you walked into Yunzhong Restaurant this morning, your hands wouldn’t be empty.

Even after eating their fill, people still bought extra breakfast to have for lunch. No one in the bulk-buying group or the elders would interfere with this behavior. Their sense of justice only targeted those who excessively bought rare snacks, leaving those in line behind without snacks and those who bought for others. Buying purely for oneself and finishing them without waste is allowed by everyone.

Qin Huai’s breakfast blitz continued until noon at 12 o’clock.

It wasn’t because Master Qin needed a temporary break for lunch at 12, but because Gong Liang brought a shocking news to Qin Huai.

Shi Dadan proactively invited Gong Liang to lunch in the morning. Although Gong Liang was surprised, he took it as a friendly gesture from Dang Kang and agreed.

Shi Dadan rushed the lunch invitation, and by 11, pulled Gong Liang to the restaurant.

Then, after some irrelevant normal eating and unimportant chit-chat, Shi Dadan revealed his purpose for the lunch.

He inquired if Mr. Xu was still alive, expressing his wish to visit Mr. Xu if he was.

Though Gong Liang was newly awakened and not familiar with everyone, lacking detailed knowledge of each spirit’s recent events, his instincts and common sense told him this inquiry was highly unreasonable.

Gong Liang didn’t tell Shi Dadan directly. Instead, he nonchalantly expressed he wasn’t sure, considering Mr. Xu had retired long ago, and as a sales manager at Silk Factory, his connection to the cotton mill director was unlikely. But Gong Liang knew Mr. Xu’s condition; he was indeed alive, residing in a high-end sanatorium in Gusu, reportedly in good health.

Realizing something was off, Gong Liang finished his meal and immediately called Qin Huai, also informing Luo Jun and Cheng Gong.

Upon receiving the call, Qin Huai also sensed trouble. On hearing the news, he turned the information into thinking Shi Dadan had a death wish after surviving tribulation too easily and wanted to fail again.

Before the call, Qin Huai was kneading the last batch of dough. After the call, he stopped and handed the dough to Zhao Cheng’an, asking him to finish it, eat lunch, and bring a packed meal to Luo Jun’s house.

Having rested for five minutes, ready for lunch, Zhao Cheng’an: ???

Due to Shi Dadan’s sudden situation, Qin Huai, Luo Jun, Cheng Gong, and Gong Liang held a small tea gathering at Luo Jun’s house. Chen Huihong wasn’t there because she was dining at her brother’s and couldn’t make it.

Qu Jing wasn’t informed because Qin Huai and the others felt her past similar actions might make her emotionally unfazed by Shi Dadan’s behavior.

"Is Dang Kang crazy?" Luo Jun’s opening line set the tone for today’s tea gathering.

Luo Jun wasn’t too keen on meddling in Shi Dadan’s affairs. Being a Bi Fang, he naturally found auspicious beasts like Dang Kang somewhat disagreeable. With Shi Dadan awakening in a second life, not willing to succeed in tribulation or quickly reincarnate, starkly contrasting his previous life’s unwillingness to do either, Luo Jun wouldn’t have hosted the gathering were it not for the severe circumstances.

Interfering with his TV time.

"Maybe something from yesterday’s conversation triggered him." Cheng Gong analyzed calmly, "Honestly, we don’t really know Old Shi well." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"We only know about his failures, not how he awoke. According to Old Shi, he doesn’t know how he awoke either. Dang Kang’s approach to overcoming tribulations is inherently muddled; he can’t figure out why he awoke after so many years."

"But if that’s the case, it complicates matters."

"First, Old Shi is certainly very concerned about Xu Nuo’s death. Otherwise, Qin Huai couldn’t have triggered the side quest to investigate Xu Nuo’s death’s truth, which seems to be the only side quest unrelated to cooking. If unresolved, the issue will linger in Old Shi’s heart, acting as a time bomb, eventually detonating even if not now."

Cheng Gong’s words prompted Luo Jun to glance at Qin Huai, eyes filled with the critique of inefficiency. If you’d awakened Wang Gen Sheng earlier, everything would’ve resolved easily, preventing this hassle and causing a large crowd at my place, disrupting my TV time.

Qin Huai: ...

Not knowing much about Shi Dadan, Gong Liang cautiously asked, "Old Shi asked me straightforwardly, do you think he’s just curious, or has knowledge Mr. Xu is alive and intends to visit him?"

Being more familiar with Shi Dadan, Qin Huai responded, "With Old Shi’s personality, if purely curious, he’d ask you over the phone first rather than taking the trouble to invite you for a meal to casually inquire without seeming overly interested."

Gong Liang was genuinely puzzled, "Is Dang Kang this aggressive?"