"Welcome to the Ecological Restaurant. Is there anything we can help you with?"
As Chen Zhiyu pushed open the restaurant door, two waiters sitting in front came over from their high chairs, smiling warmly and politely asking the customers.
"They're all my friends. You can show them Lin Uncle's collection and scheduled offerings!" Chen Zhiyu addressed the waiters, then smiled at Yu Xueqing and said, "I'll stay outside with the little fox and wander around."
"Whimper?"
Ansheng, who was being called upon, was stunned and shook its head like a rattle drum right away.
What fun is there to stroll around the park? I want to see the treasures in the wealthy collection room until my eyes turn red with envy, and then come back at night to pull their house's power switch.
"Sorry, Xiaolan... you can't bring the fox inside, so you'll have to bear with it for a bit. Zhiyu..."
Yu Xueqing looked at the little fox, whose cheeks were unmistakably disgruntled, nearly voicing out, "I'll come at night to cut your power and pee on your fish bladder."
"Whimper whimper..."
Being held by Chen Zhiyu, Ansheng watched Yu Xueqing and Mo Yiqing enter the room, watching eagerly like a longing stone on a cliff.
Yu Xueqing turned to look at the little fox stretching its paw out from Chen Zhiyu's embrace, and asked the waiter through clenched teeth:
"Isn't your Ecological Park restaurant at all accommodating to pets inside?"
"From a hygiene perspective, we don't allow them, but like other restaurants, as long as pet owners are okay with the minimum spending in a private booth, we can accommodate them."
"However, we're heading to the collection room now, which houses dry goods and teas that could easily acquire odours, hence the no-pet rule..."
The leading waiter slowed down, turned slightly, and with a smile explained to Yu Xueqing.
"Our restaurant is reservation-based, and we can accommodate only two or three tables a day, so our tolerance for certain activities is quite high."
"How high?" Mo Yiqing asked with interest.
"Some outrageous things happen here; if you report them to the police, the other customer would have to go to jail."
Because these guests were brought in by Chen Zhiyu, the leading and explaining waiter jokingly teased as if among friends.
But he wasn't totally exaggerating.
Some young regulars actually treat the Ecological Restaurant as a cannon room.
Once, a guest got drunk, got overly excited and had multiple rounds with several models, and then lured a waiter with a tip to assist in filming.
Inside, the models held up their phones, filming a heroic scene of a king.
Within less than a month, that waiter left here with a Rolex and driving a BMW 5.
Being a waiter here, sometimes, a slight distraction can lead you straight to sunflower.
The clientele goes big... the waiter slightly lamented inwardly.
"This way, please. The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall you mentioned requires at least three days to prepare, typically served to four to six people...."
"You can choose the ingredients, and for abalone options, we have Tropical Continent Abalone, Island Country Abalone, and Domestic Abalone..."
"The dried Tropical Continent Abalone is cheaper, but they're relatively larger, suitable for hosting, whereas for personal use..."
......
Yu Xueqing and Mo Yiqing were in the collection room, selecting and pricing the ingredients.
Meanwhile, Chen Zhiyu was already holding Master Fox and heading to the riverside area of the Ecological Park, at the front of a reservoir that stretches across rivers, where man-made waterfalls powered a hydroelectric station.
Chen Zhiyu placed the little fox on a bench, clasped her hands, and made a bow to Master Fox.
A brand-new wish popped up in Ansheng's mind wish list.
[Master Fox, please bless this little girl, Chen Zhiyu, twenty-eight years old, to find a good match this year!—Feeling slightly guilty, Chen Zhiyu looked around to make sure no one was there before making her wish to Master Fox.]
[Wish achieved: Another old event (For their Changping Chen family, a wedding costs 800,000 from engagement to the wedding night, excluding the car and house. Yet, how could the daughter of a village chief who started her business in college and graduated from graduate school charge like other village girls? It would be laughed at.)]
"......"
Ansheng's eye twitched slightly, looking at Chen Zhiyu with exasperation.
No way you're causing such a scene, you're actually the owner of the Changping Mountain Pet Paradise.
A few pairs of lizards bought for breeding cost tens of thousands, with other scattered pets amounting to over a million in total.
You wealthy women plopped into the marriage market could turn blue ocean into a bloody sea, even being willing to stick your butts up for you....
And yet you wish for a marriage? Come on, be more normal!
Ansheng whimpered, criticizing Chen Zhiyu.
But nothing's clear in a family unless you're part of the family.
Chen Zhiyu's father used to be the King of the Wild, also raising pigs in the village, and later made a fortune, all because of Chen Zhiyu's whimsical idea during college to breed domestic pigs with wild pigs in a controlled environment to raise and improve their hybrid breed.
In the Changping Mountain Chen family, Chen Zhiyu was always regarded as the child of others, excelling from a young age.
After achieving entrepreneurial success, it was even more remarkable, leading villagers to earn money together.
The people around Changping Mountain are far more pretentious than those in Changxi Town.
A village girl gets a dowry of 400,000, and the whole wedding process, including banquet, wedding gown, and gifts, costs 800,000.
With her daughter worth over a million, excluding the value of several mountains, that condition could easily demand 1.2 million as a dowry and two pieces of gold jewelry.
Then, for a grander occasion, a five-day banquet, and a 300-square-foot house for my daughter, wouldn't be excessive, right?
"Master Fox...."
After making a wish to the little fox, Chen Zhiyu looked seriously at the little fox, took out her phone, and put it in front of Ansheng, saying, "After you left that day, we all went to the city bureau... she didn't betray you."
"But I always feel she has some ulterior motives."
"She purchased a large number of albino North American Red Foxes, all boarded at my place, asking me to groom them all like Master Fox, and even asked if I'm willing to sell the Changping Mountain Pet Paradise..."
"If that's all... of course, I wouldn't run to report it to Master Fox."
"I heard her say personally that she wants to recruit biologists and veterinarians and then arrange for so-and-so to race with lions, elephants, and leopards on the Tropical Continent."
Chen Zhiyu spoke rigorously, informing Master Fox of some recent events he was unaware of.
Lin Ying and Chen Zhiyu became acquainted through the little fox, and neither of them reported Ansheng's existence to the authorities afterward at the city bureau.
They met due to Master Fox, and because of Master Fox, shared many stories.
They might not be very close, but due to their shared experiences with Master Fox, Lin Ying evidently trusted Chen Zhiyu.
In dealing with certain matters, Lin Ying didn't use Lin Group personnel, but whenever it involved the little fox, Lin Ying would choose to ask Chen Zhiyu for help.
"You scheduled a personal doctor for me?" Ansheng tilted its head and whimpered a comment.
"Although I don't know what kind of relationship Master Fox has with the wealthy girl, I do ask you to be cautious." Chen Zhiyu looked at Master Fox and said:
"Well..... that wealthy girl also said that Master Fox understands reading and writing, is it true?"
Ansheng raised a paw and tapped on the phone.
[Yes, I used to have a diploma, especially in advanced mathematics like the Nine Out of Thirteen Calculations. (Funny)]
Ansheng's words carried a playful tone, attaching a funny image from the emoji database.
Chen Zhiyu's eyes widened in surprise.
The Spirit Beast... There were experts explaining it, debunking superstitious beliefs of capturing female wildlife or buying life insurance.
But!
The experts only described Spirit Beasts as intelligent, never mentioning they understand loan sharking!