Daddy's Gourmet Shop-Chapter 336 - 326: The Old Man Can’t Bear to Go Home

Chapter 336: Chapter 326: The Old Man Can’t Bear to Go Home

A deep black business car drove to the entrance of a residential area on the West City Old Street.

In the car, a middle-aged man and woman sat in the back seat, both busy tapping on their phone screens without a moment’s rest.

The former was busy giving work instructions in a group chat, while the latter was simply scrolling through screens.

As the car suddenly passed over a speed bump, Chen Hongxia felt a slight jolt and instinctively lifted her head, turning to look out the window.

"Mingtao."

She put away her phone and lightly patted Jiang Mingtao’s arm, reminding him, "We’re here."

"Huh?"

Jiang Mingtao immediately stopped what he was doing, raised his hand to check his watch, while the assistant in the front passenger seat helpfully remarked, "Chairman Jiang, it’s now 9:30 in the morning."

"It’s already nine-thirty!"

Jiang Mingtao glanced out the car window and said plainly, "So this is the neighborhood where Chao lives! Not bad! The old man should be at home watching TV at this time, right? As for Chao, he should be at the restaurant working by now!"

Originally, before setting off, they thought about calling the old man or Jiang Chao to let them know.

But Chen Hongxia suggested that they give the grandfather and grandson a surprise.

So, the idea of calling them was shelved!

"Probably, I guess they’re busy and won’t be able to attend to us,"

Chen Hongxia thought for a moment and said, "After we meet with Dad, we can go to Chao’s restaurant together to have a look."

If possible, she also wanted to taste the food at the restaurant.

To completely captivate her son and father-in-law, making them willingly stay here and not want to return home, the food must be incredibly tempting, right?

She wasn’t the only one with this thought; even Jiang Mingtao had the same intention.

He wanted to try the food at this restaurant for himself to see just how delicious it was that it could enchant both his son and father...

The couple got out of the car, bringing their assistant along as they entered the building and took the elevator upstairs.

They arrived at their son’s door.

Chen Hongxia entered the passcode.

Upon entering, the first thing Jiang Mingtao and Chen Hongxia said was, "Dad, we’ve come to take you home..."

However...

There was no response!

The living room was empty and eerily silent.

"You check that room, and I’ll check this one..."

The three of them split up immediately, checking other rooms and calling out, "Dad..."

"Huh? Where’s Dad? Could he have gone out?" Chen Hongxia murmured.

Jiang Mingtao looked at his wife with a hint of blame, "I said we should call before coming, but you insisted on giving them a surprise, and now the surprise is on us."

"How was I supposed to know Dad would go out at this time..."

After saying this, Chen Hongxia gave Jiang Mingtao a defiant look.

Jiang Mingtao went silent and didn’t dare to complain about his wife.

Their assistant, who rarely saw his typically decisive and ruthless boss in the business world show such a timid side towards his wife, couldn’t help but let out a chuckle.

This chuckle caused Jiang Mingtao to cast a stern gaze at his assistant.

Is it that funny?

Are you trying to get yourself fired?

The assistant caught sight of his boss’s usual authoritative face and immediately shut up, instinctively drawing his chin down.

He stood there quietly, like a mouse that had seen a cat, afraid to breathe loudly.

Jiang Mingtao was satisfied with the assistant’s behavior; after all, he couldn’t just fire a capable assistant over such a small matter!

Then he remembered his actual task at hand and quickly picked up his phone to call his father.

In a moment, the call was connected.

He hurriedly asked, "Dad, where are you?"

"Where am I?"

Jiang Shouyi was baffled by his son’s seemingly senseless question and replied, perplexed, "I’m right here at Chao’s place! You know that! Why are you asking where I went? Are you confused from too many meetings?"

The unprepared Jiang Mingtao was momentarily speechless due to his father’s retort...

If it were someone else, he would have shot back a reply, but when it came to his father... well, he had to hold it in and respond in a polite manner.

Jiang Mingtao adjusted his mood and said with a smile, "Dad, Hongxia and I are in Wenling City on West City Old Street. We’ve already arrived at the apartment Chao bought, but I didn’t see you, so I called to ask where you went."

"Oh, so that’s how it is!"

Jiang Shouyi finally understood, then replied, "I’m right in front of Chao’s restaurant, waiting in line! Why don’t you come over to the restaurant, and we can have a meal together later."

"Ah..."

Jiang Mingtao thought he had misheard, and couldn’t help but ask again, "Waiting in line?"

Jiang Shouyi nonchalantly replied, "Yes! Waiting in line!"

"Dad, it’s still so early, and you’re already waiting in line?" 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Jiang Mingtao was still a bit surprised.

At this time in his family hotel, there wouldn’t even be customers, yet this small restaurant already had a queue?

Could it be that this small restaurant’s business was doing better than his family’s hotel?

Of course, the answer in his heart was no.

Now, he was angry thinking about how his son had his grandfather wait in line instead of arranging a VIP table, "Chao’s supposed to take care of you, and he lets you wait in line?"

"I wanted to wait in line; it has nothing to do with Chao."

Jiang Shouyi replied reasonably, "Besides, Chao just started working here, and we can’t inconvenience him just for our convenience, right?"

His reasoning left Jiang Mingtao at a loss for words.

"Alright, I got it. We’ll come over to find you now."

After hanging up, Jiang Mingtao explained the situation to Chen Hongxia.

Everyone headed back the way they came, got in the car, and arrived at the entrance of the Delicious Restaurant.

Facing the queue in front of the restaurant, even Jiang Mingtao, who was prepared, was a bit surprised.

This small restaurant was really popular!

So many people were here in line.

And looking at those lined up...

Wow!

They came with folding chairs, card tables, thermos flasks, windshields, and other queue gear...

Are they here to wait in line or on vacation?

For the first time seeing such a scene, the couple felt their understanding was refreshed.

They followed the queue, searching, and finally found their old man at a spot where people were playing chess.

The old man was playing chess energetically with another old man, and many older men were watching the game.

"Dad, here you are! You had us searching all over." Jiang Mingtao called out as he approached.

Jiang Shouyi looked up at the sound of his son’s voice, saw that both his son and daughter-in-law were there, and smiled, "Why didn’t you guys let me know you were coming over? Was this a side trip?"

"No, Dad, we specifically came to see you and take you home," Jiang Mingtao smiled.

Jiang Shouyi waved his hand repeatedly, "It’s enough that you came to see me; you don’t need to take me home. Let me tell you, I’m doing just fine here with Chao, getting along well with the neighbors. Don’t worry about me, just head back after lunch. As I’ve said before, I’ll return home with Chao whenever he gets a holiday."

Jiang Mingtao: "..."

Chen Hongxia: "..."

Dizzy~

We couldn’t even take him back!

This small restaurant’s charm is too strong, isn’t it?! So strong that the old man doesn’t want to leave...