1057 Should I Praise You?
The black cat used its sharp claws and finally peeled Camilla down from the wall. As it was untying the spirit binding rope, it asked, “Madam…! Are you alright?!”
“Who was that woman! How dare she use a chair to smash me in the face… Shhh… It hurts…” Camilla said grudgingly as she covered her face.
“I was knocked out even before I could see anything…” the black cat said, still feeling a little scared. Its power wasn’t stronger, but its senses and speed were equivalent to a 7th-tier magic beast. Yet, it was knocked out before it saw anything.
“Although her face was covered, that woman gave me a familiar feeling. I seemed to have met her somewhere before. Who could she be? Furthermore, what did she mean with her last sentence?” Camilla gave her head two pats. But, as if it was an edited film, her memory before she fainted only consisted of that woman wearing the white gauze hat and a rapidly approaching chair.
“Madam, did that woman come to save Boss Mag? Maybe he will know something,” the black cat said cautiously.
“That chap…” Camilla’s gaze landed on the red spirit binding rope on the ground. She was instantly reminded of that humiliating bondage and the whipping earlier.
Why did I have such a big reaction! I am obviously a n.o.ble… s.a.d.i.s.t. How could I have reacted to the whipping? Moreover… he is a man, a dirty man!
Camilla’s heart was entangled into a mess. Whatever happened today had changed her consistent style and understanding. The bondage that resembled a tortoise sh.e.l.l, the slapping sounds of the whip landing on her body, the bright red candle… All these seemed to have opened the door to a whole new world for her.
“Madam, should we go and look for him now?” the black cat asked cautiously.
“No.” Camilla shook her head decisively. “I am a little tired today. I will go and sort things out with him tomorrow.”
She felt her legs were aching and sore after being bound for a long time. She just wanted to go back and lie down.
She wondered if that woman was still with Mag. She wasn’t afraid of her, but if she went in her current condition, she would most likely be smacked unconscious by a chair again. That would be too embarra.s.sing.
“Alright.” The black cat heaved a sigh of relief.
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A long line began to form in front of Mamy Restaurant again. The furor of the domination of the rankings incident had died down quite a bit by then. However, people were still talking about it.
But as compared to the doubts in the beginning, many people had become fans instantly after trying the delicious food at Mamy Restaurant. They started to defend and speak out for Mamy Restaurant on their own accord. This made Mamy Restaurant’s reviews go up vertically.
Moreover, many customers went to try the food based on the rankings, and had in fact found the delicacies that were hidden amongst the many restaurants. This made the trustworthiness of the Delicious Cuisine Rankings, which was highly doubted initially, increase greatly. It began to become an important guide for many people to find good food.
The high pricing of Mamy Restaurant had stopped many customers, but there were still many affordable and delicious good foods on the rankings that were highly sought after by the food lovers.
On the second floor of the Sith Restaurant, the restaurant manager looked at the long line forming outside, and agitatedly said to a thin middle-aged man wearing a chef’s uniform, “Boss, we haven’t even started operations, and there are already so many customers lining up out there. And they all specify that they want to order our freshwater seafood soup. Finally, more people know about our restaurant. This is worth your persistence in making the best freshwater seafood soup all these years.”
“The river’s surface has frozen over for the past few days, and it is getting increasingly difficult to catch the freshwater seafood. We have to go and negotiate with the fishermen tomorrow. Even if they hike up the price, we have to ask them to catch the fish by chiseling through the ice. Otherwise, our customers will be disappointed if they fail to get the freshwater seafood soup,” the thin man said smilingly.
“Boss, may I suggest that we go and buy some farmed freshwater seafood secretly? Anyway, there is not too much difference taste-wise,” the manager continued in a hushed voice. “Fis.h.i.+ng by chiseling ice, those fishermen are definitely going to demand an exorbitant price. If we don’t increase the price of the freshwater seafood soup, I’m afraid we might even incur a loss.”
“No way. Using freshly caught freshwater seafood is our tradition as well as signature. Wouldn’t we be smas.h.i.+ng our own signature by using farmed freshwater seafood? We cannot do such a thing.” The boss shook his head decisively and determinedly. There wasn’t any room for negotiation.
The manager tried to speak, but soon gave up. After a while, feeling unconvinced, he said, “We have been consistently improving and persisting for 10-odd years, how could that Mamy Restaurant have won over us? I heard that dish isn’t even a soup dish, it is a dish with some soup in it. Isn’t it obvious that they deliberately pushed it up to the first spot?!”
“Since the rankings placed our freshwater seafood soup at the spot number two, it already indicates that the current judgements were rather fair. That Mamy Restaurant must have its unique points that make it able to dominate all the six rankings.”
“If he is truly capable, I have nothing to say. I simply cannot stand those people who used unscrupulous means to get to the top spot. We are just one step away from the peak.” The manager was still not convinced. He said, “Boss, let’s go and challenge Mamy Restaurant! We will s.n.a.t.c.h back the top spot of the Soup Rankings open and aboveboard!”
“This matter…” That boss was a little hesitant. Of course, he cared about the rankings. He had spent so many years improving and guarding his heirloom freshwater seafood soup’s recipe, and they were finally noticed due to the Delicious Cuisine Rankings.
Although there was only one rank’s difference between the first and the second, they held totally different meanings.
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“Father, where have you been this afternoon? Little Amy is very worried about you. Furthermore, we didn’t have lunch to eat. Although we ate the beef kebabs made by Big Sister Bean Sprout, we are still so hungry!” Amy, who ran into Mag’s arms the moment she came in, asked softly with a judging look in her eyes.
“I was running some errands, but I couldn’t get back in time. I will make delicious food for Amy tonight.” Mag said with a smile.
“Okay, okay.” Amy nodded. Her eyes lit up instantly when she heard about good food.
Mag looked at the long line outside, but he didn’t see Irina. Anyway, she should be still full after eating so much in the afternoon.
After the busy dinner service ended, Mag waved goodbye to the ladies at the door. Then, he scanned the surroundings at the doorway, but Irina wasn’t there. He was a little disappointed.
“Father, whom are you waiting for?” Amy asked Mag curiously, hugging Ugly Duckling.
“Yup. I am waiting for a person. She should be coming.” Mag nodded. He decided to wait inside since he couldn’t see her out there.
“Besides Firis and Gina, there are still quite a few other women. A 8th-tier Frost Dragon, a 7th-tier elf, a 7th-tier spatial magic caster, a half-dragon, and a little elf. They are all your service staff. Should I praise you?” a slightly jealous voice spoke out behind him.