Food saved the world.
[Have you been watching some messy TV dramas lately?]
[Where?] Through the phone,
Issou could hear the disdain in his mother's tone,
She said self-righteously,
[I've been so busy recently that I'm almost as tired as a dog, okay?]
[Oh.] His mother said with certainty. [Then you must have watched it in the past.]
Issou: "..."
[Don't change the topic.] Issou cleared his throat,
[Just tell me if you despise me for being a burden.]
[Stop fooling around.] His mother chuckled,
[Can you find a second burden in the world who is cuter than my good girl?]
Hearing this,
Issou replied happily, [That's true.]
Hearing Issou's reply,
Her mother, who knew that she would only listen to "cute" and ignore the "burden": "..."
My big baby might be a fool, right?
For a moment, her mother did not know if it was a good thing for her to let Issou go to New York alone, because her silly look really made her feel uneasy.
Issou, who did not know that in her mother's heart, she had already equated herself with a fool. When she found out that she did not ask her to come to New York to kick her out of the house,
She heaved a sigh of relief.
Her mother, who noticed this, teased her with a smile: [Good girl,
Are you afraid that I'll leave you behind?]
[What a joke.] Issou blinked,
[I just don't want to take advantage of you. You raised me for a few years. When you reach the legal retirement age, I'll return you double.]
[Then I might not live that long.]
[I don't care.] Issou said,
[You raised me for twenty-one years,
After you retire,
I'll return you forty-two years,
Until I'm done, don't even think about going back on your word.]
Hearing Issou's words, a trace of gentleness flashed in her mother's eyes. However, Issou, who was on the other end of the phone, did not see it,
She only heard her say, [It's not cheap to raise me,
During the forty-two years you're sure you'll give me a pension,
Will there be forty-one years where I have nothing to eat?]
Issou: "…"
She was really his mother!
After ending the call, Issou was a little exhausted, but when he saw the various licenses that had been completed, he could not help but smile.
After she put everything away, she planned to go to the nearby Walmart before taking a taxi home.
But to Issou's surprise, when he was paying the bill, he ran into her landlord. "Old Stan?"
Old Stan was equally surprised. "Issou? Why are you here? "
"I wanted to ask you the same thing." Issou pushed the trolley and lined up behind him. "I'm here on business. The fridge at home is empty, so I thought I'd buy something before heading back."
"Oh." Old Stan knew that Issou was going to open a Chinese restaurant, so without asking, he knew what she was here for. "How is it? Did it go well? "
"Yes, very well." At this point, Issou could not help but smile. "Now we just need to wait for the opening."
Old Stan heard this and first congratulated him. Then he said, "I will definitely visit often when the time comes."
"Thank you." Issou said, "But I still have to say, if you come, I won't let you order as you please."
The old man was as tall as he was, so Issou did not dare ask him to do anything rash.
"What happened to the promise that the customer is God?"
"But my restaurant is called 'My Chinese Restaurant'." Issou emphasized the word 'my'. In fact, she originally wanted to call it 'Chinese Restaurant', but unfortunately, it was registered by someone else, so she decided to just call it 'My Chinese Restaurant'.
Issou continued, "Yes, the customer is God, but this is my territory, so I call the shots."
Old Stan: "…"
She had a point, and he was speechless.
"By the way, you still haven't told me why you're here." Issou did not want to dwell on this topic. Instead, she changed the topic. "Is the Walmart in our area not open today?"
"Nope." Old Stan did not expect Issou to return to this topic. He cleared his throat and said, "I'm here to meet an online friend."
"Online friend!?" Issou, who did not expect this answer, widened her eyes. She knew that her landlord was a very cute and trendy old man, but she did not expect him to be this trendy.
"Old man, you're so trendy. I haven't even met an online friend before."
Hearing this, Old Stan glanced at Issou. At his age, he would treat a young and cute child like Issou with the kindness and kindness that he would treat his grandchildren. Therefore, when he heard what she said, he could not help but remind her, "You're still young. Don't meet online friends, it's very dangerous."
"Furthermore, we're in a different situation."
As soon as he said that, he saw Yi Su's grape-like eyes twinkling with curiosity.
Therefore, Old Stan could not help but share his joy with Issou. He said, "At first, I thought I was just meeting a like-minded online friend, but as we chatted, I realized that she was very similar to an old friend of mine.
"I knew she lived in London, so I planned to fly there to find her, but coincidentally, she was coming to New York, so I asked her to meet me here today.
"Initially, I was not so sure. After all, we haven't seen each other for decades, but when I saw her today, I knew —"
"That's right!"
"It's her!"
"Her?" In English, he, she, and it were all different. Moreover, when she saw Old Stan's face beaming with joy, she suddenly felt like she smelled the scent of gossip.
"Looking at you, she's not your first love, is she?"
"And you're still single?"
Izu's questions popped out one after another, but there was no need for Old Stan to answer because Old Stan's beaming face had already explained everything.
The black-haired girl immediately responded with an "Oh ~", but then she thought it was strange that he was there. "Then why didn't you two go for dinner or something?"
Old Stan said, "I had already booked a restaurant, but she said that she hasn't tasted my cooking in years, so I decided to show off my skills tonight."
Hearing that, Issou glanced at Old Stan's cart and saw that other than some ingredients, there was a bottle of red wine and scented candles.
Noticing Issou's gaze, Old Stan coughed lightly. Seeing that it was his turn, he did not give her the chance to tease him and quickly went to pay the bill.
Seeing this, Issou almost died of laughter. After all, the old man's reaction was too cute.
When it was Issou's turn, she took out the things in the cart and asked Old Stan, who had been waiting for her after paying the bill, in a mocking tone, "I bought a lot of things. If you're in a hurry, why don't you leave first?"
Old Stan said, "Who said I'm in a hurry?"
Issou was speechless.
That was very different from what he said, okay?
Issou glanced at Old Stan. Although the old man said he was not in a hurry, it was obvious that he wanted to personally empty out the things in her cart.
Just as Issou was thinking, something unexpected happened. A man rushed in with a handgun in his hand. He pointed the gun at the cashier auntie and said, "This is a robbery!"
Issou was speechless.
Be reasonable.
Was she a bit unlucky recently?
But before Yi Su could react, she saw the cashier auntie who was scanning the goods with the scanner gun. She calmly raised her hand and pushed away the gun that was almost in front of her. "Wait, I'm paying the bill for the customer."
Issou was speechless.
The man with the gun was also confused. He probably did not expect the cashier auntie to react like this, but he did not forget the purpose of his visit. The gun that was pushed away quickly pointed at her again.
However, before the man could speak, he was hit in the back. He turned his head and saw the old man, who was waiting by the side, waving the cane in his hand and yelling at him, "You little brat, didn't you hear that she's paying the bill? We're in a hurry. Would it kill you to wait until we're done with the bill? "
Issou was speechless.
Logically speaking, if the cashier auntie's calm expression just now made her a little confused, then Old Stan's current action simply made her flabbergasted, okay?!
Everyone said that the auntie auntie was the scariest, but Issou felt that the New Yorkers were not to be trifled with either, because under their powerful aura, the robbers would be crushed into pieces.
Issou was speechless.
Oh.
His heart ached for some reason.
However, Yi Su's heartache did not last more than three seconds. She saw the men who were crushed by her domineering aura one after another raise their guns and fire at the ceiling. Then, the muzzle of the gun was aimed at the people closest to them other than the cashier auntie and Old Stan …
Issou.
Yi Su: "…!!???"
She had never seen such a person pick on the soft persimmons like this before!
In Dwight's eyes, his boss, Hannibal Lecter, was a young, promising, and handsome genius. When he worked beside Hannibal, Dwight was often amazed by Hannibal's erudition and resourcefulness.
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