"Ding~ You have received a new order."
This night, all the delivery drivers near Roland Community were going crazy.
They were all rushing into the community one after another.
A few drivers met each other, "Yo, it's you again."
"Yeah, got another order from this place."
After a while.
"We meet again."
"What a coincidence, hahaha..."
They made awkward small talk in the elevator before heading out to various restaurants again.
However, there were people even busier than the delivery drivers.
They were the chefs in various restaurants.
Jiang Lin had ordered over a dozen portions of each dish.
The quantity was definitely a large order.
Generally, restaurants that accepted orders at night were also open offline.
However, depending on the liveliness of their establishments,
Some had two or three chefs, while others had only one.
Therefore, suddenly receiving such a large order while also attending to in-house customers,
Many establishments were swamped.
Busy as bees.
Some even called their sleeping family members to help.
"Boss, is the Meigou order number three ready?"
An electric scooter stopped at the entrance of the Spicy Crayfish restaurant.
As soon as the driver got off, he hurried in and asked.
The boss, a middle-aged man, was on the phone while assisting the chef.
"Hey wife, hurry up and get up, it's incredibly busy!"
Hearing the delivery driver, he said without looking up, "Just wait! And haha!"
"Such a big order, it's not going to be ready that quickly! The chef is dizzy from being so busy."
At this moment, a customer inside urged, "Boss, how much longer for ours?"
The boss quickly looked up, showing his face, "Soon, soon, don't worry!"
"I'll give you two extra bottles of wine later."
While appeasing the customers, his hands didn't stop moving.
This restaurant usually only had a few regular tables.
Who would have thought there would suddenly be so many more orders?
Although they usually stocked up, they only processed ingredients that would be used that day.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be fresh.
Coupled with only one chef, this was why they were so busy.
However, despite being busy, such large orders meant money.
There was no reason not to take the money that was being delivered to their doorstep.
"Boss, is the Bao Ma order number five ready?"
At this moment, another delivery lady arrived.
Her voice reached before she did.
The boss replied, "Not ready, not ready, we're busy."
"So busy..."
The delivery driver and the delivery lady exchanged glances, and a spark seemed to appear between them. Da Feng Novel Network
Who would get the order first?
The intense atmosphere lasted only a second before they both looked away.
The delivery lady walked towards the kitchen, "Boss, you don't mind if I help, do you?"
Seeing this, the delivery driver followed closely, "Me too!"
"...Huh?"
The boss was overwhelmed with busyness. After he finished handling the dishes in his hands,
He looked up and saw that both delivery personnel were gone.
Only then did he realize what they had just said.
He looked towards the kitchen, "Hey, you guys..."
Before he could finish speaking, he saw them diligently tying on aprons.
The delivery driver washed his hands, the wok, and picked crayfish.
The delivery lady had already started the fire and was heating the wok.
Her demeanor looked extremely skilled.
Even the chef beside them was stunned for a moment.
In the kitchen, when it wasn't busy,
The boss and chef would also prepare other food, so there were enough stoves and woks...
The boss stared blankly for a while before murmuring:
"You guys, you guys go for it..."
...
"Ding, your order has been delivered."
"Ding, your order has been delivered."
...
"Hello, your takeout..."
A delivery driver in a yellow vest hurried out of the elevator, holding a large pile of takeout bags.
With his phone tucked under his shoulder, he was about to contact the order recipient.
Because it was late at night, knocking or speaking loudly could lead to complaints.
Generally, when delivering, they would call or message in advance.
As soon as the call connected, before he could finish speaking, he turned a corner.
He saw the wide-open door of unit 1503.
And the mountain of takeout piled up at the entrance.
The words in his mouth immediately stopped: "..."
What, what is this situation?
Celebrating? Moving?
At this moment, a young man with fair skin, wearing white clothes and white pants, came out from inside.
His gaze fell on the delivery driver, empty.
He said expressionlessly, "Just leave it here, I'll move it in myself."
The delivery driver was stunned, "Ah, oh, okay."
"I'll leave it here for you."
With so many things piled at the door, even if he wanted to help put the takeout in his arms inside, he couldn't.
The delivery driver placed the items on the ground.
Before leaving, he glanced inside.
The young man didn't respond, just silently moved the items in batches.
His face, from beginning to end, showed no extra expression.
As if he had facial paralysis.
Or like a soulless mover.
...
Of course, there wouldn't be any extra expressions.
Because it was a paper effigy that Jiang Lin had temporarily made after sending the thief to the police car.
Specifically designed to deal with these delivery personnel.
And it certainly didn't need so many expressions.
It could move things and say a few words to the delivery personnel.
That was enough.
At the door, after the delivery driver left.
The paper effigy didn't rush to move everything in.
Little by little, it dawdled.
Coordinating with the delivery speed of the drivers, a small mountain of items was always piled at the door.
This prevented the enthusiastic but busy delivery drivers from even thinking about helping to move them in.
Besides the paper effigy at the door,
On the sofa in the living room, there was a palm-sized paper figure.
The appearance and instructions of the paper figure were even simpler.
As long as it could answer and hang up the phone, and say 'uh-huh' when necessary.
And Jiang Lin?
From the moment the first takeout order arrived, he had begun his actions.
Unpacking, taking out the oven, seasonings, ducks, and various other raw materials.
Then, using his ghostly energy, he staged a scene of a flying duck and self-washing vegetables in the kitchen.
This scene, even if seen by the delivery drivers, who were known as omnipotent,
They would probably start questioning life.
...
"What's that noise?"
Next door, Shen Jie was playing on his phone on the sofa.
Because the Yin world live stream tonight had revealed too much, he and his group chat friends were still actively chatting.
Without paying attention, they had chatted until now.
Even though the delivery drivers and the paper effigy had lowered their voices and movements,
Living next door, the frequent footsteps and the sounds of various takeout bags still reached Shen Jie's ears.
"Did something happen?"
Shen Jie hadn't paid attention at first, but the sound continued for quite a while without stopping.
He couldn't help but get up and look through the peephole.
Upon looking, he saw three or four delivery drivers running over from the elevator.
Each of them was carrying a large pile of takeout.
"Holy crap! Ordering so much takeout in the middle of the night, who forced them to watch food broadcasts?"
Shen Jie was surprised, and his nose already caught a whiff of fragrance.
Spicy, sweet and sour, sweet...
Slurp~
Even though he had already eaten dinner, his mouth involuntarily secreted saliva.
"Good heavens, poisoning the neighborhood in the middle of the night."
Shen Jie watched as several delivery drivers looked around the hallway and then headed straight for his neighbor's place.
Wait,
Next door?
Isn't that Brother Jiang's place?!
Because Brother Jiang hadn't returned for a long time, he didn't react immediately.
"Brother Jiang is back?"
...