Chapter 468 - 367: Business Worsens, Yang Yixue Is Full of Regret

Chapter 468: Chapter 367: Business Worsens, Yang Yixue Is Full of Regret

Sister Xu also quickly borrowed an electric scooter.

Soon.

Word spread through the original restaurant’s customer group chat.

Customers with electric scooters hopped on and zipped over to the new location.

The unfortunate ones without scooters had to scan a QR code for a shared bike...

*

At the entrance of Yang’s.

A few customers, just about to enter the store, happened to see the vibrant sign across the street—Tongtong Restaurant.

"Holy shit!! Am I still dreaming?"

"Huh?"

"Look across the street!"

The group of workers turned their heads in unison, completely dumbfounded.

"Is that a mirage?"

"What’s going on? How did a Tongtong Restaurant suddenly appear?"

"It’s gotta be a new branch, holy shit!!"

"Let’s go, let’s go! Hurry and check it out! This place is fucking delicious and affordable!"

They were frequent customers of Tongtong Restaurant, too.

But it was too far and always crowded; their one-hour lunch break was never enough time.

Ordering delivery was expensive, and the food just wasn’t the same.

So they just settled for Yang’s.

The food at Yang’s wasn’t great and the prices were high, but it was bearable.

Without a second thought, they abandoned Yang’s and eagerly headed for Tongtong Restaurant.

"Who gives a shit about Yang’s? When you’ve got a BMW like Tongtong’s, who’s going to ride her bicycle? That thing’s murder on your butt!"

"Haha, that’s the perfect description!"

Broad smiles spread across their faces.

Yang Yixue, who was sitting inside her restaurant, saw this entire scene play out clearly.

She could even see the disdainful and mocking looks they gave her restaurant.

Yang Yixue’s expression grew incredibly grim.

She wouldn’t have felt so bad if customers had gone to any other restaurant. But seeing them go to Jiang Liu’s felt worse than being stabbed.

’It’s fine. It’s just a coincidence. Maybe they’re just curious about something new...’

’It’s no big deal. I have more than a dozen other restaurants. Besides, it’s not clear who’s won and who’s lost yet. The customers just haven’t tried my new-and-improved buns.’

Yang Yixue silently comforted herself.

「Another twenty minutes passed.」

Watching the empty dining hall, where only a single table was occupied, Yang Yixue started to lose her composure.

Her expression was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Because Tongtong Restaurant across the street already had over twenty tables seated!

At least forty customers.

What disgusted and infuriated her the most was...

That half of them used to be *her* customers!

Yang Yixue bit her lipstick-coated lips, her fingers clenching uncontrollably as her gold-foil nails dug deep into her flesh.

She was seething inside.

’Why?!’

’Why was her luck never as good as Jiang Liu’s?!’

After getting the news, Li Xiaoyan rushed back from Aiyu.

"What the hell do I pay you for?!"

"Where are my customers?!"

"If business is bad this month, you can all expect a pay cut!"

She furiously vented her anger on the staff.

She sat back down by the window.

"Yixue! How did all our customers end up over there? You said there wasn’t a problem!"

Li Xiaoyan was frantic, her tone accusatory.

"You’re asking me? How should I know?!"

Yang Yixue was already in a foul mood. Her mother’s blunt questioning was the last straw, and she could no longer hold back her anger.

Li Xiaoyan was startled.

"Yixue, I’m sorry about my tone. I’m just so worried about our restaurant. Please don’t be angry."

"Mm."

Yang Yixue’s expression softened.

She thought for a moment, then said, "Don’t worry. This is just an anomaly. It’s probably customers from his old restaurant. I see a lot of them coming from the direction of the old alley."

"Then what about our customers...?" Li Xiaoyan voiced the question on her mind.

Yang Yixue paused, then said, "It’s normal. If you often ate at the noodle place by our apartment complex, and a new one suddenly opened, wouldn’t you go try it?"

"I would! Of course I would!"

Li Xiaoyan replied immediately.

They exchanged a glance, and each saw the panic in the other’s eyes begin to subside.

Li Xiaoyan said in a sour tone, "What’s so great about his place, anyway? I don’t know what those customers are thinking, they just love running over to his restaurant. Isn’t our food good, too?"

She blamed the entire problem on the customers.

She was convinced there was something wrong with their heads.

Their buns were so big, and they used high-gluten flour. Why the hell would anyone look down on their restaurant!

Neither of them felt like doing anything. They just sat by the window, counting the customers at Tongtong Restaurant.

「Another twenty minutes passed.」

The restaurant across the street was now full.

Half were employees from nearby businesses and regulars from the old location.

The other half were customers from Yang’s.

Yang Yixue and Li Xiaoyan fell silent.

Neither wanted to speak.

Yang Yixue was so angry that a dull ache began to spread through her body.

Her forehead felt hot, and she gagged.

"What’s wrong?"

Li Xiaoyan asked casually when she saw Yang Yixue’s flushed face.

"It’s nothing. I just don’t feel well."

Yang Yixue stood up and staggered over to get a cup of hot water.

She felt a little better after drinking the water.

Carrying her own exquisite water cup, she walked to the cash register.

The waitress, Xu Xiaomei, was startled, her face turning pale. "P-President Yang, is there something you need?"

She could see her boss’s terrible expression, and considering the state of business, her heart was pounding with anxiety.

"How many delivery orders do we have today?"

"Oh, let me see."

Yang Yixue frowned, forcefully suppressing the urge to lose her temper.

’How can my own employee be so dense? No wonder we’re not doing as well as them.’

"Hurry up!"

She snapped.

"Oh, okay, okay."

After checking, Xu Xiaomei swallowed and said, "President Yang... it’s down seventy percent from yesterday. Only thirteen orders."

"Mm, I see."

Yang Yixue turned and left. Xu Xiaomei let out a breath of relief. She looked at her happy, bustling counterparts across the street with envy.

"How are you?"

"It’s nothing. I feel a bit better after some water."

"No, I was asking about the delivery orders," Li Xiaoyan said.

Yang Yixue didn’t know why, but her heart ached at that moment.

She remembered a time when she was sick, how Jiang Liu had carefully placed a towel on her forehead, fed her medicine, and cooked for her.

She suppressed her painful emotions and said flatly, "Down seventy percent from yesterday."

"What?!"

Li Xiaoyan shot up as if someone had stepped on her tail.

"How could it drop so much?!"

"Did all the customers who ordered yesterday die or something?"

"This is disgusting! We just improved the quality today, and now they stop buying! Damn them all to hell!"

"And that Jiang Liu, I hope he gets hit by a car and dies! He just got a lucky break, what’s he so smug about? It won’t be long before he goes bankrupt!"

A torrent of vicious words poured from her mouth like a machine gun.

Yang Yixue rubbed her temples. "Stop it!"

The anger and jealousy in Li Xiaoyan’s heart had reached their peak; she had to get it all out.

"Hmph! I see it clearly now. Jiang Liu is nothing but a thankless bastard. He definitely opened his restaurant on our doorstep just to spite us. That man is so petty!"

"For a grown man to be so petty... just because he used to be poor and I said a few things to him, does he really have to go this far?"

"A man like that will never amount to anything. You just watch, Yixue. Don’t mind that he’s thriving now. I don’t think he has the skills to manage it. He’ll definitely go bankrupt before long!"

Yang Yixue ignored Li Xiaoyan.

Her gaze was lost as she stared at the character "Tong".