The person who was talking to Zhang Ying on the phone was called Zhang Hantao. He was the number two figure in Lin Zhengdao's company and had been Lin Zhengdao's partner for more than a decade. Lin Zhengdao was not born into a wealthy family and his family was only slightly wealthy, but he was very ambitious when he was young. When he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he secretly married Wu Haimei, a typical "rich girl", and then he started his own company and worked hard to get to where he is today.
Zhang Hantao is Lin Zhengdao's good friend who has worked hard together. After Wu Haimei decided to move to Xizhou City because of her anorexia, Lin Zhengdao was relieved to hand over the company to Zhang Hantao. He originally trusted Zhang Hantao very much, but recently he gradually discovered that Zhang Hantao seemed to have ulterior motives and wanted to take over the entire company at this opportunity.
At the banquet where Ye Chui made the Royal Flavor Eggplant Dried Fish and cured Wu Haimei's anorexia, Old Han reminded Lin Zhengdao to be careful of Zhang Hantao, but Lin Zhengdao followed the principle of employing people if he doubts them and did not take it seriously. But now he has tasted the bitter fruit.
He should have gone back to Yanjing to take charge of the overall situation at this time, but Zhang Hantao knew Lin Zhengdao very well and knew how much Lin Zhengdao valued his family, so he deliberately asked Zhang Ying to influence the old Buddha and tricked the old Buddha to Xizhou so that Lin Zhengdao could not get away. It should be said that Zhang Ying was a chess piece that Zhang Hantao had planted next to Lin Zhengdao. He probably had a plan to take over the company a long time ago...
At this moment, the plan of using Zhang Ying to influence the old Buddha to contain Lin Zhengdao was about to be destroyed by Ye Chui, so Zhang Ying had to contact Zhang Hantao hurriedly to report the situation here to him.
Zhang Ying explained what happened on the phone. After listening, Zhang Hantao said angrily, "A little chef has completely thrown you off balance. Didn't you promise to eat the old lady of the Lin family to death? What's going on now?"
"Mr. Zhang, there was no problem originally, but... but Ye Chui's cooking skills are really amazing." Zhang Ying hurriedly explained, "During this period, the old Buddha has been liking his dishes more and more. Today, he came to the Lin family to cook. I originally deliberately made it difficult for him to prepare vegetables that the old Buddha didn't like to eat. As a result, after Ye Chui used these vegetables to make dishes, he actually made the old Buddha like those dishes that he didn't like... He is really amazing. Even now, the old Buddha has to listen to his advice and no longer insist on being a vegetarian... This can't be blamed on me, it's really beyond my ability."
Zhang Hantao was silent for a while after hearing what Zhang Ying said: "Lin Zhengdao also mentioned this young chef named Ye Chui to me. He rarely praises someone, but he praised Ye Chui generously and even wanted to hand over his daughter to him..."
Hearing Zhang Hantao admit that Ye Chui was amazing, Zhang Ying felt a little relieved, and then couldn't wait to continue, "So what should we do next?"
"This Ye Chui might be someone Lin Zhengdao has sent to deal with you. He wants to affect your influence on the old lady of the Lin family... But is that so easy?" Zhang Hantao sneered, "As long as we find a vegetarian master who can cook better than Ye Chui, we can stop Lin Zhengdao!"
"But..." Zhang Ying was still a little hesitant, "I introduced my friend to cook for Lao Foye, but he was completely defeated by Ye Chui's vegetarian dishes. It's not that easy to find a master of ingredients like that."
"Don't worry about this. I will introduce a vegetarian master." Zhang Hantao said with some pride, "Recently, a vegetarian master is visiting Yanjing. He is also a master of Buddhism. I will persuade him to come forward. He will fight against Ye Chui. There is no way Ye Chui, a young man, can be his opponent!"
"That's good!" Zhang Ying suddenly became happy.
"Think of a way to stabilize the situation in the next two days. The master will rush to Xizhou City as soon as possible!" Zhang Hantao said finally.
"I see!"
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The old lady of the Lin family is gradually reducing Zhang Ying's influence step by step according to Ye Chui's idea. It seems that it won't be long before she will no longer care about Lin Zhengdao's business. For this, Lin Zhengdao is naturally inexpressibly grateful to Ye Chui. This can be heard from some of Lin Wei's words.
At this time, Ye Cui also had to start busying himself with the dark banquet.
It was past nine o'clock in the evening. Ye Chui was blindfolded in a fast-moving car. He could feel the car moving fast, but he had no idea where the car was going or where it was going. Half an hour ago, Ye Chui met with Qian Xin, the person in charge of the dark banquet, and then he was blindfolded and got in the car.
The dark banquet was held in a wealthy man's mansion, but because the nature of the dark banquet was a food crime, a certain degree of precaution was required in order to get to the banquet venue.
"Mr. Ye, please understand us. The nature of the Dark Banquet is very special. We must ensure the safety of our guests, and the venue of the banquet must be secretive enough." Qian Xin said to Ye Chui before getting in the car. "Of course, if you participate in the Dark Banquet more than three times, these measures will be lifted."
"I understand that." Ye Chui said calmly, but he was secretly a little anxious in his heart. Naturally, he had agreed with Xing Sen about attending the dark banquet. In fact, Ye Chui still had a communication and positioning device from Xing Sen in his pocket, which could accurately locate Ye Chui's whereabouts.
But in order to avoid being discovered, there is a certain distance restriction. However, Qian Xin was too cautious. He should have driven Ye Chui around various locations and finally arrived at the banquet venue. It was unknown whether Xing Sen could arrive in time to arrest all those people.
After another half an hour, Qian Xin's car stopped cautiously.
"Mr. Ye, we're here." Qian Xin said with a smile.
"Where is this place?" Ye Cui couldn't help but ask.
"Of course it is a very private place. Haha, Mr. Ye, you can take off the black cloth covering your eyes." Qian Xin said with a smile.
Ye Chui reached out and took off the black cloth, pushed open the car door and walked out. It was pitch black all around, with shadows of trees. There was a villa in front. He was not sure where it was, but he should have left the urban area of Xizhou City.
"I wonder if Xing Sen can get here in time." Ye Chui thought secretly in his heart.
"Mr. Ye, please follow me." Qian Sen said in front.
Ye Chui nodded, picked up the box he was carrying, and followed Qian Xin. From time to time, there were some struggling sounds coming from the box. It was as if something was struggling inside - it was very easy to judge that the thing inside was the little monkey.
In fact, it was not like that. What was inside was actually Wang Shiyu's toy monkey, which had an electric function and would move non-stop when the switch was turned on. If you didn't look inside the box and only listened to the sound, it looked like a monkey struggling.
Qian Xin didn't check it in detail because he heard the sound.
Following Qian Xin, Ye Chui walked into the somewhat eerie villa. This villa seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, and there was a sense of decay everywhere, which made people feel creepy. Even though Ye Chui was a 30-year-old soul, he still felt a sense of horror.
"Does the Dark Banquet have to be held here every time?" Ye Cui couldn't help but ask.
"Of course not." Qian Xin, who was walking in front and leading the way, said in a somewhat sinister voice, "The location of each banquet is different. This time it is held in this place, and next time it will not be held here."
"So that's how it is." Ye Chui agreed. After all, the nature of this kind of banquet meant that the venue couldn't be fixed.
As he spoke, Qian Xin brought Ye Chui to a hall in the villa. The hall was decorated to a certain extent, which was completely different from the shabby outside. It had a rather magnificent feeling. However, what made Ye Chu more concerned were the several diners who were waiting here.
Participating in the dark banquet is a serious crime, and Ye Chui will never allow such people to exist. So no matter whether this mission can be successful or not, Ye Chui must remember the appearance of several people participating in the banquet. Let them get the punishment they deserve. However, what surprised Ye Chui was that several people waiting in the hall were all dressed in black robes. They also wore masks on their faces. From the appearance, it was impossible to tell who they were. It could only be vaguely seen that they were three men and one woman.
"For the privacy of the guests, their appearance must not be seen by the chef." Qian Xin explained to Ye Chui, "Of course, if you, Mr. Ye, have attended the Dark Banquet more than three times, you won't have to go through so much trouble."
"Well, I understand." Ye Chui said lightly, his eyes sweeping over the four diners.
The four diners were all wearing masks that covered their noses and above, so their specific features could not be seen clearly. However, Ye Chui was sure that they were all looking at him. What surprised Ye Chui was that the woman among them only had her mouth slightly open, as if she was very surprised by his arrival - she knew Ye Chui!
"Who is this woman?" Ye Chui couldn't help but wonder in his heart.
This woman should not be very old. Although she was wearing a thick black robe, it could be seen that she was a very slim woman with a very beautiful appearance. Ye Chui stared at her, trying to find any clues, but unfortunately he could not see anything.
"The chef this time is Mr. Ye." The man who was deliberately speaking in a hoarse voice said, "The royal-flavored eggplant dish that Mr. Ye made at Lin Zhengdao's banquet was delicious. I feel really relieved to have him prepare this monkey brain feast."
-It is obvious that he had witnessed the Lin family banquet before, and was very likely the guest of honor at that time. It is also reasonable to think that the participants of the dark banquet are all wealthy people, so it is very likely that he was invited by Lin Zhengdao.
The other few people didn't say much. Perhaps they all knew Ye Chui, but for the sake of their status, they didn't want to say anything extra.
"Can we start?" one of them said in a hoarse voice, somewhat impatiently.
"Of course." Qian Xin said immediately. He said to Ye Chui, "Mr. Ye, there is a stove here. Can you start?"
"Okay."
Ye Chui nodded, placed the box from which the sound of struggling continued to come from on the stove beside him, and prepared to start cooking.
However, at this moment, he glanced at the four people again, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he discovered something - the woman among the four guests had a pair of earrings on her ears, and the style of the earrings was very similar to the one Wang Shiyu saw on Taofeng Mountain... (~^~)
PS: Continue to ask for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets~~~