Chapter 293
Li Zhiwei and Cheng Qingli arrived at East Street and stopped in front of a restaurant with its doors tightly closed.
Looking at the restaurant, Li Zhiwei asked with some confusion, "This restaurant looks like it's been around for quite a few years, why did it suddenly stop operating?"
"Speaking of which, the owner of this restaurant was originally the owner of this restaurant as well." Cheng Qingli felt a pang of regret when she thought of Qin Dong, the owner of the restaurant.
"It seems there's a story behind it," Li Zhi said with a smile.
"They say every family has its own troubles. Uncle Qin, the owner of this restaurant, is an excellent cook. Later, he opened Qin Lou, which used to be one of the top restaurants in the capital." Cheng Qingli still remembered that when she was little, she had dined at Qin Lou with her parents.
At that time, Qinlou was always packed.
Later, on another occasion, when she passed by Qinlou again, she saw that there were no customers at all.
She was very curious at the time: why did the chefs at Qinlou have such good skills but no customers?
At that time, Uncle Qin, the manager of Qin Lou, was sitting in the hall, sighing.
"Manager, are you not taking customers today?" Cheng Qingli asked curiously.
"Young lady, why don't you go to another house?" Qin Dong kindly advised when he saw the well-dressed young girl.
"Isn't your restaurant here to welcome guests? I'm here today, so why don't you bring me some of your signature dishes?" Cheng Qingli found a table, sat down, and waited for Qin Dong to serve her some dishes.
"Young lady, we're not open for business today. Please leave." Qin Dong carefully advised Cheng Qingli while nervously glancing outside the door.
It seems they are waiting for someone.
"Is the innkeeper worried that I can't afford the meal?" Cheng Qingli took out ten taels of silver, placed it on the table, and gestured for the innkeeper to hurry up and cook some dishes for her.
At that time, she didn't think about why the manager and the chef of Qinlou were the same person. However, in her memory, Qin Dong was the head chef of Qinlou, but she didn't remember the manager.
"Hey, Lao Qin, didn't you say you were out of money?"
Before Qin Dong could persuade Cheng Qingli to take the silver back, he saw someone pick up the silver on the table with both hands.
He then stuffed it back into his pocket.
"Wang Er, this isn't my money!" Qin Dong said anxiously.
"Whose things are in this Qin Tower if not yours? Qin Dong, I advise you to hand over the money quickly, otherwise it's uncertain whether Qin Minghao will be able to come back." The man called Wang Er said in a sly tone.
Although Cheng Qingli didn't know Wang Er, her intuition told her that Wang Er was definitely not a good person.
Moreover, he also took his own money.
Thinking of this, Cheng Qingli stood up and stretched out her hand to Wang Er: "Give me back my money!"
Cheng Qingli looked at Wang Er with a cold gaze.
Wang Er was taken aback at first, and then he noticed that there was such a fair-skinned and delicate young girl sitting in this brothel.
"Qin Dong, where did this pretty young girl come from? If you don't have any money, you can use her as payment, it's not impossible." Wang Er looked Cheng Qingli up and down with a lewd gaze, while gesturing for Qin Dong to use her as payment.
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