Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle

Chapter 1335: Xia Mubing Special Episode (2)_3

At that time, Xia Mubing’s reasoning persuaded Qin Huai. Just as Xia Mubing said, Taifeng Building was once the number one restaurant in Beiping, and Xia Mubing’s obsession with Taifeng Building was an obsession with the past. For many years, he had been trying to buy back Taifeng Building from the descendants of the Li Family, specifically the son of Li Mingyi, but had always been refused. The Li Family descendants insisted on following Jiang Hui Qin’s will, handing Taifeng Building down to the Jiang Family for inheritance.

Now, Qin Huai had already found Jiang Weiguo, so theoretically, he had found the heir to Taifeng Building, and it could reopen.

But reopening a restaurant is no small matter.

The management team and the like are relatively easy to handle; chefs are the most difficult issue to resolve.

In recent years, Xia Mubing was extremely eager to buy back Taifeng. Over these years, his urgency gradually lessened because Xia Mubing was acutely aware that he had aged. He didn’t even have the capacity to keep Fen Garden operating normally every day and could only host 3 to 4 tables a day, let alone manage a whole restaurant.

He couldn’t continue as the head chef anymore.

Jiang Weiguo’s cooking skills were considered good among ordinary chefs, but his son’s skills were mediocre, with no successors in sight.

The most important aspect of a restaurant is its legacy.

Given Jiang Weiguo’s age, even if Taifeng Building reopened, he wouldn’t be able to work for many years. What would happen to Taifeng Building once Jiang Weiguo and Xia Mubing could no longer manage? Would it close down? Or be handed over to other chefs—or perhaps let Zhang Guanghang manage it?

The Li Family descendants insisted on leaving Taifeng Building to the Jiang Family descendants, but if it were to be run by Zhang Guanghang, would it still be the Jiang Family’s Taifeng Building?

A restaurant without new blood is destined to decay.

At first, Qin Huai thought that Xia Mubing was hesitant to simply open and close Taifeng Building so quickly, hence his hesitation to find Jiang Weiguo. But now...

Qin Huai felt that Xia Mubing was simply afraid it would affect his crossing tribulation.

Listening to Qin Huai, Xia Mubing showed a slightly hesitant expression for the first time: "I... don’t know."

"Initially, I feared it would delay your crossing tribulation, so I discussed it with Chen Sheng and concocted that reason to delay the matter."

"Now that you’ve woken up, I truly don’t know what to do."

"I’m a bit unable to carry on."

"The Seventh Young Master isn’t young either. Even if he could be the head chef, he wouldn’t be able to do it for many years, not to mention he hasn’t studied under Master Jiang for very long."

"I can let Xiao Hang go to Taifeng Building to help them, but the condition is that Taifeng Building must be a promising restaurant. I don’t want to trap Xiao Hang in a place he doesn’t want to be."

"I do want to meet the Seventh Young Master, but I’m afraid things will..."

It’s extremely rare to see Xia Mubing being so indecisive.

Zhao Cheng’an murmured indistinctly while eating abalone, "What’s there to worry about? If Jiang Weiguo and his family can’t hold up Taifeng Building, and Zhang Guanghang also can’t, then let Qin Huai help out. With his current snack skills and output volume, he can definitely make Taifeng Building the number one pastry restaurant in the country, knocking Zhiwei Restaurant down."

Qin Huai: ...

If Boss Su hears what you said, you’ll be the first he knocks down.

Ignoring Zhao Cheng’an, Qin Huai said, "Xia Sheng, sometimes you really need to learn from Zhao Cheng’an’s carefree nature. At your age, neither of us even counts as human anymore, so what is there to fear? If you’re concerned and don’t dare to meet directly, we know where Jiang Weiguo is now, so why not see him secretly?"

"After the new year, let’s set a time for the three of us to meet secretly. If Zhao Cheng’an can’t get leave, then you and I will go secretly, and bring An Youyou along. You can take a distant look first, and then decide if you want to acknowledge each other."

"If you don’t meet, it’d be such a regret."