Chapter 1301: Chapter 1300: Xia Tiantian Disappears
When Ye Qiu drove to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant again, he found that there were still quite a few customers. After parking the car, he went directly to the kitchen where a dozen chefs were busy.
Seeing Ye Qiu coming over, they could only greet him.
Ye Qiu asked some chefs to finish cooking their dishes first, and then those chefs started learning new dishes from him.
“I’ll teach you new dishes these days. Watch carefully, and if you can’t remember, make sure to take pictures with your phones.”
Ye Qiu was usually very busy, so naturally, he couldn’t find time every day to teach them.
Now Ye Qiu started teaching from the first step of selecting ingredients, then cutting, and finally cooking. The cutting and cooking parts were very important.
This dish normally takes half an hour at normal speed, but Ye Qiu slowed down, spending about an hour to make it perfectly.
“You guys try it.”
“Master Ye, this dish is delicious!”
…
Ye Qiu taught a total of five dishes, all of which were commonly used meat dishes here, though they were a bit complicated to make.
“That’s all for today, I’ll come back tomorrow to see how well you’ve learned!”
Ye Qiu came out of the kitchen first, having already sweated a lot. Even though there was air conditioning in the kitchen and it was now winter, the high temperatures in the kitchen were unbearable for most people.
He went upstairs to Ye Xue’s office, where Ye Xue and Xiao Yun were currently.
“Xiao Yun, print out these materials and give them to those chefs to read.”
“Yes, Master Ye.”
After Ye Xue took the memory card, it would be directly printed out later.
Ye Qiu looked at the time; it was already past nine in the evening. Having been cooking and occasionally tasting dishes, he didn’t feel very hungry.
He planned to wait until his sister and parents got off work, then take them out for a late-night snack.
Not until after eleven at night when Ye Weidong, his wife, and Ye Xue were about to go back did Ye Qiu drive the three of them to a roadside food stall.
Though the food stall didn’t look very clean, many delicious foods originated from such stalls.
It had been a long time since Ye Weidong had come to such a place for a meal.
When the four of them got out of the car, the stall owner was quite surprised— a Range Rover and a BMW indicated wealthy people— and hurriedly invited Ye Qiu and the others inside.
Once inside, Ye Qiu asked the waitress for the menu, then let his parents and sister order.
They ordered about eight dishes, two soups, and asked for two bottles of beer.
Ye Weidong was driving, so he certainly didn’t dare drink. But Ye Qiu was fine.
“Dad, I taught those chefs five new dishes in the evening.”
“That’s good. Recently, some customers have said the old dishes are a bit too greasy, so new dishes are just right. But at the branch, those migrant workers will soon have a holiday and go home.”
The foundation had just been set at the branch, but the construction upstairs should be easier than the foundation, and it should be completed in the first half of next year.
“Dad, you just need to discuss these things with Boss Tang.”
When the waitress brought the dishes they had just ordered, Ye Qiu and the three of them began eating and continued until after midnight, returning home afterward, and Ye Qiu continued his cultivation.
When he woke up early the next morning, it was just the right time before lunch to continue teaching those chefs new dishes.
Last night was just one round of teaching, but to cook delicious flavors requires repeated practice over a long time. Now Ye Qiu came over, watching these chefs do as he instructed, and he helped taste the dishes.
It was almost lunchtime, and as customers began to arrive, he let these chefs continue cooking.
When Ye Qiu came out of the kitchen, his clothes were soaked, and since he really couldn’t bear it, he drove directly back to the Peach Blossom Source Villa Community.
After taking a shower at the villa, he called Liu Lingxiu.
Liu Lingxiu was at the supermarket, and when she heard that he wanted to eat her cooking, she prepared to go to the market with him to buy groceries.
When Ye Qiu arrived, he looked at Liu Lingxiu and said, “I taught those chefs new dishes yesterday afternoon; I still have to go over in the afternoon.”
The two went to a nearby market to buy groceries. After buying them, they went upstairs to Liu Lingxiu’s apartment, and as Liu Lingxiu started preparing lunch, Ye Qiu watched TV on the sofa outside.
After Liu Lingxiu finished cooking and called Zhang Yuehong back, the three of them ate their fill, and Ye Qiu and Liu Lingxiu prepared to go to the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant.
Mainly, Liu Lingxiu wanted to chat with Sister Ye Xue.
Upon arriving at the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant, Ye Qiu went straight to the back to the kitchen.
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Xia Tiantian lay quietly on the bed. She hadn’t eaten during lunch; the meal the housekeeper auntie brought was still there.
A meal or two is okay, but if she doesn’t eat for a long time, it’s definitely not good.
Seeing Xia Tiantian’s state, Xia Lan felt distressed and worried, but she didn’t know what her daughter was thinking.
“Tiantian, if you’re feeling unwell, just tell me directly.”
But Xia Tiantian still remained silent.
As it approached dinner time, and seeing that Xia Tiantian still hadn’t eaten anything, Xia Lan felt this couldn’t go on.
Xia Lan could only call Ye Qiu.
“Doctor Ye, Tiantian isn’t eating anything, what should we do?” Ye Qiu, who was teaching those chefs in the kitchen, answered Xia Lan’s call.
“I’ll send some dishes from the Imperial Cuisine Restaurant over in a while.”
Ye Qiu was quite busy, but thinking about Xia Tiantian’s situation, he decided to go over first and take a look.
After hanging up the phone with Xia Lan, he went in, personally cooked a few dishes, packed them, and without telling Ye Xue upstairs, drove directly to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Xia Tiantian at the hospital received a text from a classmate. The classmates were celebrating a birthday at a bar and invited her to join them.
Xia Tiantian had long wanted to visit a bar, but Xia Lan never allowed her to go. Some time ago, she even tried to get Ye Qiu to take her, but Ye Qiu naturally refused.
Now Xia Tiantian felt that her father had already left, and with Ye Qiu treating her that way, no one really understood what she wanted, so she wouldn’t listen to her mother.
Noticing her mother was not in the ward, Xia Tiantian left the room, took a taxi from outside the hospital, and headed directly for the bar.
Xia Lan had just gone to the bathroom, and upon returning to the ward, she found no trace of her daughter.
Where had Xia Tiantian gone?
This worried Xia Lan, and she hurriedly called her daughter’s phone. Though it initially connected, the call was soon disconnected from the other side.
When she tried again, the phone was already turned off.
Now, with Xia Tiantian acting suddenly like this, Xia Lan feared the most that her daughter might do something foolish. She rushed to ask the hospital’s nurses and security, but no one had noticed when Xia Tiantian had left, given the many patients and family members coming and going in the hospital.
“Doctor Ye, Tiantian left the hospital and is missing!”