76 Chapter 76
◎Don't come over here! ◎
All the gazes, whether full of resentment or dullness, were fixed on Ye Ping'an.
Ye Ping'an looked at them one by one with a bad expression.
Just for wanting to dirty the food, unless they are relatives or friends of the client, they can’t leave without paying a thousand or eight hundred yuan in compensation!
For the sake of the customers spending money... For the sake of the customers spending money... For the sake of the five million... For the sake of our store's reputation...
Ye Pingan took a deep breath and said angrily, "I'm the chef hired by the newlyweds. Get ready to work!"
Before he finished speaking, it was as if the play button was pressed on a paused video, and the stagnant monster suddenly moved.
A chill suddenly erupted, and the dim light of the candle trembled and was on the verge of going out.
The flashes in the shadows were difficult to catch with the naked eye. The strange creatures that were trapped in the kitchen and were being taught a lesson one by one turned around and ran away instinctively without hesitation.
The ghost mother dragged the umbilical cord to the wall, and the elusive baby cried, waving its hands and feet and almost disappearing into the wall.
The wet puddle on the ground shrank and seemed to be disappearing into the ground.
The paper standee and the man in a suit, who have physical bodies and are difficult to disappear through walls immediately, also show their magical powers.
The light stand flashed towards the door in the blink of an eye. The dazed man in the suit was still twitching all over, his muscles bulging fiercely and violently, and he rushed desperately towards the only exit in the kitchen.
They made no move to attack the prey that was so close to them, but instead scurried out through the nearest gap, as if their instinct to devour life had to give way to escape.
Before the investigators could react and realize what the strange reaction meant, a sudden change occurred.
Luo Le was standing behind Ye Ping'an, closest to the weird people in the kitchen, and he immediately gasped.
It's broken! They're running away!
If you can't catch them, you have to try to keep them. If you let them escape, who knows how many people they will harm!
Luo Le held up the candle and tried to lure out the ghost, but suddenly he heard a loud bang.
...No, not a single sound.
Bang bang crashes rang out one after another, and the sharp blasts were like firecrackers being lit in the spacious kitchen, and the entire wall and the ground were shaking slightly.
The concrete wall of the small villa had somehow become a boundary that no one could cross.
The ghost mother retreated quickly and bumped into the wall, causing her entire outline to be flattened in half. She slid down the wall with the baby and collapsed on the ground. Her resentful eyes were clear and dull.
The rushing water in the pool only rolled up small waves on the spot, and the bubbles burst, and the pale face that had sunk to the bottom of the water had to float back to its original place.
Unlike just now when they were unable to move, they were all a little dazed at this moment, as if they had never seen such a situation before and found it difficult to react.
Ye Ping'an caught the shovel that fell from the ceiling and slapped back the two "people" who were rushing towards the door.
"What are you doing? You're not willing to work even after I tell you guys off!"
The chef was so angry that he was terrifying.
The ordinary stainless steel shovel, held in Ye Ping'an's hand, suddenly seemed to possess the power of a strange creature. Not only could he touch the strange creatures, but he could also smack them to the ground.
What happened? What happened? How did it happen?
Question marks popped up one after another. Luo Le stood there in a daze, not knowing which one to attack.
Steel and concrete have always been a difficult barrier to the spooky, but sometimes, conversely, enclosed spaces can become part of the spooky pattern. The spooky murders were carried out invisibly, leaving the investigators unable to catch up.
But everything that happened in a flash...
But something seemed to have changed. Even though the strangeness was about to escape successfully, it was only almost there, almost there.
Huh? Is Boss Ye's control ability so strong?
"Turn on the light." Ye Ping'an said without turning his head.
Cheng Yi, ultimately not as quick as the trained investigators, fell behind the group and was approaching the door. She did whatever her boss told her to do. The light switch at the door was easy to find in the dim candlelight.
despair.
The switch was pressed, and a pale light flickered on. The light, which was not much brighter than a candlelight, illuminated distorted black shadows, and the coldness did not fade away in the slightest because of the light.
When the lights came on, the investigators were startled, "Little—eh?"
Before he could finish the word "be careful", a dim and strange light flickered and suddenly shone brightly.
The energy-saving lamp on the kitchen ceiling is the common warm white light, which is as bright as daylight in an instant.
The environments in strange events are different, but most of them will interfere with signals, and circuit short circuits are basic operations.
Sometimes, the lights themselves are also related to strange patterns. A light on during a strange effect is not necessarily a good thing. If you don't understand the pattern, you may pay a heavy price if you trigger it rashly.
For this reason, investigators often use the light sources they carry with them when exploring, and use clean candles as a precaution when the situation is extremely dangerous.
but……
Luo Le looked at the bright and steady light in the kitchen, then at the strange things lying everywhere, and was speechless for a moment.
Ye Ping'an was completely unaware of the investigators' complicated feelings.
She glared at the clients' relatives scattered on the floor and urged them angrily, "What are you standing there for? Get up and work!"
Ye Ping'an had just taken a step when the paper man standing on the ground began to tremble. His thin arms and legs swung in circles, and he immediately returned to the simplest way of movement: crawling.
The rustling sound of paper shaking could be heard incessantly in the signboard, along with sharp wails.
——Don’t come over here!
Ye Ping'an pretended not to hear it, held it in his hand, and forced an understanding smile.
"Now that you're here, don't be in such a hurry to leave. You look like a member of the same family as the groom, judging by your figure. It's okay, I know you can't do heavy work, so just do some odd jobs. I think cutting vegetables would be a good option..."
No matter how weird the relatives the customer invites or how confusing the process is, the dishes must be cooked well.
Even if the chef worked himself to death, it would be impossible for him to prepare the dishes for the entire banquet alone. The client only gave him so few people, so Ye Ping'an had to make the best use of them.
The bright white light above its head made the paper figure tremble. It tried to pull its hands back, but the iron-like grip tightened it. It could only curl up in Ye Ping'an's hand, too stiff to move.
It looks like all he needs to do is "raise your hands, hold your head and squat down" and then handcuff him to the radiator.
It was always the weird things that chased people, but this was the first time they saw people chasing the weird things, and the investigators were stunned for a moment.
This works, right? But it's weird. How can it possibly work?
Ye Pingan opened his mouth and arranged the paper figures and signs clearly. He kicked the man in a suit lying on the ground and said, "Go, move the vegetables to the warehouse."
The figure in the pond was pulled up by the dry land and pressed in front of the basin. "You like playing in the water, right? Hurry up and wash the vegetables."
When it was Ghost Mother's turn, Ye Pingan paused, "You guys..."
The ghost mother with flat features stretched out her umbilical cord and wrapped it around the pots and pans one by one. The baby lay in the stroller, as quiet as a chicken.
Ye Pingan nodded in satisfaction, "That's right. Is this a new type of robotic arm? It's just right, it won't make pregnant women too tired."
The investigators glanced at each other with twitching eyes, and saw the same trance in their colleagues' eyes.
If an outsider heard this, they'd probably think they'd witnessed a real-life bully. He's bullying people and making excuses, definitely worthy of being on the campaign trail.
But Boss Ye is dealing with a trick...
Well done, Boss Ye!
Ye Ping'an assigned tasks to the client's relatives one by one, and turned his unfriendly eyes towards the door, "You..."
Luo Le immediately said, "I, I can make buns and bake snacks!"
The two stunned investigators also reacted, "I can cut vegetables." "Me too!"
I never dreamed that Gui would actually be assigned to work one day. Guiyi was just restricted. Until the problem was solved, I had to stay in the kitchen and improvise.
Ye Ping'an twitched his lips.
Well, it's such a big banquet, but there's only one chef and the rest are just handymen. With so few people, the client still doesn't want her to hire other teams. Five million is really hard to come by.
It’s better to have someone to use it than to have nothing at all, Ye Ping’an nodded reluctantly.
"Then do what you know how to do. Xiao Cheng, do you remember the cold dishes I taught you? Prepare them."
After sorting out the work in the kitchen, Ye Ping'an immediately began to check the ingredients.
There are a lot of vegetables and fruits in summer, and customers spend a lot of money to buy ingredients from all over the world, which are piled up on the cooking table in a dazzling array of colors.
At a glance, the bell peppers are bright and wrinkle-free, the spinach is dark green with red and sweet roots, and the freshly ground tofu is juicy and white...
The most eye-catching thing is a basket of mushrooms, with clusters of chicken mushrooms and unremarkable porcini mushrooms side by side, and the mesh cap of the bamboo fungus looks crisp and fresh.
But the guys who came to steal the food obviously didn't pay attention to preserving it.
The vegetables were still fresh and tender. The pork belly, with its beautifully streaked fat, sat next to the beef ribs, looking dull and stale. Yellow croaker and unwashed abalone shells were piled haphazardly, leaving a lingering fishy smell in the kitchen.
"Waste of food! Waste of food!" Ye Ping'an was furious, his forehead throbbing.
The weird people who were assigned work one by one stood stiffly, shaking their limbs mechanically. The vegetable washing basin was empty, and the knife for cutting vegetables was also empty, but they looked very busy.
The investigators shrank their necks and walked towards the cooking table.
Luo Le was about to pick up the flour bag when Tu Shansui glanced at them calmly and said, "Don't move."
The strange smell of the outside land also appeared on the ingredients.
"Tushan, take someone to help me pick out some fresh meat from the warehouse. First, take the yellow croaker, sea cucumber, and beef. You guys go wash the vegetables... Okay?"
Ye Ping'an was arranging things quickly, picked up the vegetable basket on the cooking table, and suddenly stopped.
Ye Ping'an sniffed it carefully with suspicion, then pinched it.
The bright bell peppers had no wrinkles on their skin, and their stems were vibrant green, clearly fresh. But as soon as I touched them, something was wrong.
Fresh bell peppers should be smooth and thick. They will deform slightly when pressed, but will bounce back quickly.
This bell pepper, however, looked like it had been left for too long and had wilted. It sagged at the touch, more like a rotten eggplant. It still looked fresh, but its mushy, deformed shape was irreversible.
Invisible strands of white mycelium emerged from the deformed corners and indentations, and dust-like spores began to fly. However, they could no longer infect other organisms through every pore, and soon withered and dissipated without life.
Ye Pingan: ...
No... isn't it...?
Ye Pingan was surprised to learn that he touched several different ingredients. Whether it was the vegetables that looked perfect or the meat that had already gone bad, they all felt the same.
The shiny and bright appearance breaks at the slightest touch, like an empty shell that has long been eaten away.
White mycelium fragments fell from the squeezed fruits, vegetables and meat, and before falling back to the ground, they had turned into wisps of black mist and dissipated.
Ye Pingan rolled his eyes. "After spending so much money on hiring a chef, can't they just do the purchasing properly? They must have taken kickbacks, or they were scammed. The quality of the ingredients they bought is terrible, right?!"
"This... looks like [Tai Sui]?" Luo Le looked at Tu Shan Sui uncertainly.
The arrest operation in Jiang City was assisted by nearby cities, and we have also heard about it.
A B-rank Ghost Bender, especially one from the True Spirit Society, lurking nearby was a serious matter. All investigators qualified to conduct field operations were required to memorize this information repeatedly.
The influence of [Tai Sui] is naturally the most important one.
Tu Shansui nodded slightly to confirm his guess. Luo Le was instantly terrified. She quickly grabbed Ye Ping'an's sleeve and said, "The item is broken. Boss Ye, please don't move it for now???"
Ye Pingan gritted his teeth, "The ingredients are spoiled, so I definitely can't cook. But the banquet has to be prepared quickly... The reputation of Xile Restaurant and our ancestral craftsmanship can't be ruined by this banquet."
Luo Le: ???
Wait, wait, are you still planning to continue the banquet?
Even with a little thought, Luo Le could guess who this layout was prepared for.
As long as Ye Ping'an comes and stays for a while, he will be exposed to these affected things, weirdness and the entire environment... Maybe the next person to become a hollow shell of [Tai Sui] will be Boss Ye!
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