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Qin Feng's face turned ashen as he listened to the busy tone on his phone.

Qin Feng started the car and drove along the roadside. When he encountered an open restaurant, he would stop and go inside without eating. He would simply take a look around.

Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year. Small restaurants are closed, while large restaurants are open for business. It is lunchtime, and all the restaurants are packed with people.

Qin Feng didn't get any information from Hong Yue about where she was, but he did hear a lot of background noise on his phone, which was almost certainly coming from the restaurant.

What was Hong Yue doing at the restaurant at this time? Moreover, Qin Feng heard someone call Hong Yue for a waitress, and Hong Yue immediately hung up the phone after being called for a waitress. From this, Qin Feng made a guess.

Since Hong Yue's home is here, if she really went to work at the restaurant as Qin Feng guessed, the first place she would choose would definitely be the one closest to her home.

Although small restaurants were closed during the Spring Festival, which saved Qin Feng a lot of people to investigate, he still spent a long time driving around looking for open restaurants one by one.

Qin Feng searched until almost 8 p.m. before finally meeting Hong Yue at a restaurant.

Hong Yue was dressed in a professional suit with a white shirt underneath, looking clean and neat. She was standing in the middle of the restaurant, holding a walkie-talkie in one hand and shouting something into it.

Just as Qin Feng was about to call Hong Yue, someone called out from the side. Hong Yue went over and started communicating with the customer. After finishing, she picked up the walkie-talkie again and made arrangements. At this moment, a waiter passed by, and Hong Yue stopped him directly, pointing at him while giving instructions.

The shop was bustling with activity, so Qin Feng had no chance to get close to Hong Yue, and Hong Yue wasn't in the mood to pay him any attention.

Qin Feng stood in the corner and watched Hong Yue for a while before confirming that Hong Yue was the lobby manager of this restaurant.

Just then, the customers in the next private room finished their meal and left. Qin Feng finally took his eyes off the busy Hong Yue, walked into the private room, and called out to a waiter, "I'll take this private room. Could you arrange a meal for me according to the standards of a New Year's Eve dinner?"

The waiter seemed a little dazed and asked, "Isn't it a bit too late at this hour?"

"It's ok."

"How many people are dining with you?" the waiter asked.

"You don't need to worry about how many people there are. Just arrange it like a family's New Year's Eve dinner. I'll pay whatever it costs. Don't rush to serve the dishes now. Serve them when your restaurant is less busy..." Qin Feng instructed.

"Close the door and don't let anyone come and disturb me. I like peace and quiet," Qin Feng instructed the waiter.

The waiter had never seen such a strange customer, let alone encountered such a strange request. However, as a service industry, it was natural to prioritize the customer's request.

The waiter obediently left the private room and closed the door behind him.

The door to the private room had a transparent glass panel, similar to the door of a hospital ward, allowing Qin Feng to see the scene in the lobby from the doorway.

Qin Feng stood by the door, smoking, watching Hong Yue bustling about in the lobby, greeting customers, resolving issues, and making arrangements...

Qin Feng didn't call in the waitress who had been there earlier until there were hardly any customers left in the restaurant, so they could start serving the dishes.

The food was served quickly, with about ten dishes filling the entire table.

After everything was served, Qin Feng asked the waiter, "Is that girl standing in the lobby with the walkie-talkie your lobby manager?"

"Yes, she is our supervisor." The waiter nodded; the title was different, but the meaning was the same.

"Go out and have her come over here," Qin Feng said.

"Is...is there a problem?" the waiter asked nervously.

"Don't worry, I'm not complaining about you." Qin Feng guessed what the waitress was thinking and continued, "I need to talk to her about something."

The waiter left with some unease.

Qin Feng sat there, facing a table full of steaming dishes, but didn't touch his chopsticks.

At that moment, the door opened, and the waitress walked in again, along with Hong Yue.

Hong Yue walked in with a professional smile on her face, still holding a walkie-talkie in her hand.

However, the smile on her face froze immediately when she saw Qin Feng sitting inside, staring incredulously at him who was calmly looking at her.

"Hello sir, this is our supervisor." The waiter noticed that Hong Yue was not speaking and took the initiative to introduce Hong Yue to Qin Feng.

Qin Feng nodded and said, "Thank you. You can go out first. I want to talk to your supervisor alone."

The waiter glanced at Hong Yue again, and seeing that Hong Yue was still standing there without saying a word, he felt even more strange, but he still obediently went out and closed the door.

"When did you arrive?" Hong Yue looked at Qin Feng with a complicated expression before asking.

"It's been a while. I saw you were busy, so I didn't want to disturb you." Qin Feng said, standing up and walking to the seat next to him, pulling out a chair.

"The restaurant's New Year's Eve dinner business must be booming, right?" Qin Feng asked.

"Yes, that's great. The New Year's Eve dinner reservations were fully booked a month ago." Hong Yue didn't know why Qin Feng asked that.

"Business has been pretty good these past few days, you must be very busy, right?" Qin Feng asked again.

Hong Yue nodded: "Yes, the restaurant's business is best at times like these."

“I haven’t had a proper meal since the Lunar New Year, let alone New Year’s Eve dinner, right?” After Qin Feng finished speaking, he pointed to the chair he had moved away and said to Hong Yue, “There aren’t many people in the shop anymore, and I guess there’s nothing to do. Sit down and have a meal with me, consider it a belated New Year’s Eve dinner.”

Hong Yue stared at Qin Feng for almost two minutes before finally nodding and saying to him, "Okay, I'll go make the arrangements."

"I'm waiting for you."

Before Qin Feng had finished his cigarette, Hong Yue came in again and sat down next to him.

"Is everything arranged?" Qin Feng asked.

"It's all arranged. They can go home after they've finished cleaning up. Don't worry about this private room." Hong Yue said as she helped Qin Feng unpack the disposable bowls and chopsticks in front of him. Then she carefully rinsed and disinfected the bowls and chopsticks with boiling water, a unique custom in Jiangnan Province.

"How did you find this place?" Hong Yue poured hot tea into Qin Feng's and her own cups.

"Let's eat first. We can talk about these things later. The food is getting cold."

“Okay.” Hong Yue nodded, then picked up a piece of fish for Qin Feng: “Try this. It’s the restaurant’s signature dish. Many people come here because of its reputation, and it suits your taste quite well.”

Hong Yue still remembers what dishes Qin Feng likes to eat, and she also remembers Qin Feng's taste.

Qin Feng took a bite and nodded: "It's delicious. I haven't had this flavor in many years."

This flavor is unique to Dongyang; it's not found in Zhongjiang.

"Eat more, these are all the restaurant's signature dishes, and they taste pretty good." Hong Yue continued to serve food to Qin Feng.

"How many years ago was the last time we had a meal together?" Qin Feng suddenly asked.