196: Found the trace of the little boss!

Lu Chuan was first delighted, but seeing He Jingrui's eyes slightly red, he couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What's wrong with you...?"

He Jingrui quickly raised his wrist to wipe his eyes, then scratched his head with a foolish smile and said, "I think I just saw Old Dean, and he even smiled at me, but I must have been mistaken. It's been so many years, he couldn't possibly not have changed at all."

Lu Chuan was surprised, not understanding why Hu Xuan didn't acknowledge He Jingrui, but then, considering He Jingrui's personality, he seemed to understand something.

After a moment of silence, he burst out laughing and said, "You definitely mistook him. The visibility isn't good at night, so it's normal to see things wrong. Oh, by the way, where's that ghostly thing?"

He Jingrui no longer pursued the matter, cherishing that trace of memory in his heart, and then said, "It got away. I was almost catching up to it, but then it suddenly disappeared."

Lu Chuan thought, 'Sure enough,' then waved his hand and said, "Let it go. It probably won't dare to come for the next three days, so we can relax a bit and not have to guard against it like a thief."

Hearing Lu Chuan say this, He Jingrui, though still a little uneasy, nodded obediently.

It was almost five o'clock; the darkest hour of the night had passed, and a faint, hazy white light was subtly appearing at the edge of the sky.

Lu Chuan looked at the sky, then stretched lazily and said with a smile, "I haven't slept well these past two days. Let's go, find a place to have a good meal, and then get some good sleep."

He Jingrui quickly nodded upon hearing this... The sun shone through the window, hitting the head of the bed.

A Zhen opened his eyes in a daze, and after staring blankly for a while, his vision finally focused.

The scenes from last night began to replay in his mind.

Then, as soon as he thought of the Wensi Tofu and other delicious dishes he had eaten last night, a craving surged within him.

"It was truly delicious! It completely surpassed many famous restaurants in the Demon Capital, and the best part is the price wasn't expensive. If I hadn't been truly full, wouldn't I have ordered two or three tables' worth?"

"Or if more people had gone last night, we could have ordered more dishes and tasted more flavors."

As soon as A Zhen thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh with regret.

But not long after, he thought of something else, turned over, picked up his phone from the bedside table, and muttered, "Speaking of which, I sent several messages to Xiao Hu last night, how come there's been no response at all?"

After facial recognition unlocked his phone, he opened his WeChat chat with Xiao Hu, then gave a wry smile.

He saw a small red dot next to each of the messages he had sent last night.

Apparently, the phone signal had been spotty last night, and the messages hadn't been sent successfully.

"I'm so stupid, I could cry. Sending them now won't have any prank effect. Never mind, never mind, I'll just consider it sharing good food."

A Zhen re-clicked send, then put down his phone and got up to wash.

Before long, his phone began to buzz with incoming calls.

The continuous ringing indicated the caller's anxious and urgent mood.

The phone kept ringing, as if it would continue until the owner answered.

It wasn't until more than ten minutes later, when A Zhen came out of the bathroom and heard the phone vibrating, that he was surprised. He looked at the caller and quickly answered.

Just as he was about to speak, the person on the other end was already rattling on non-stop.

"A Zhen! A Zhen! You dead A Zhen, you finally answered the phone! I..."

But Xiao Hu on the other end didn't finish speaking. At this moment, an unfamiliar male voice interjected, "Xiao Hu, stop talking nonsense, ask the important questions!"

"Ba Ge, don't worry, I'm asking now! A Zhen, quick, quick, send me the address of that restaurant! I've already bought a plane ticket and will be in the Demon Capital tonight!"

"Quick, quick! Hurry, hurry! Don't dawdle, quick, quick!"

The urgent words, like a machine gun, almost made A Zhen's ears buzz. He quickly moved his phone away a bit, then forcibly interrupted and asked, "You're coming to the Demon Capital tonight? No way, have you given up looking for your Little Boss? Or do you also think the chef I mentioned is indeed more impressive than your Little Boss? Hahaha!"

On the other end of the phone, Xiao Hu angrily shouted, "A Zhen, why don't you understand? The chef you're talking about is the Little Boss we've been looking for!"

Xiao Hu's words instantly struck A Zhen speechless.

He confirmed in disbelief, "How are you sure that chef is the Little Boss you're talking about, just based on a back view?"

"Isn't a back view enough? I'm telling you, even if the Little Boss turned to ash, us Regular Customers would still recognize him completely!"

A Zhen's mouth twitched.

The two continued to chat for a few more sentences. After A Zhen sent the address of Midnight Diner, Xiao Hu hurriedly said "See you tonight" and immediately hung up.

They say reality is more magical than movie plots, and A Zhen was certainly experiencing it now.

He truly never imagined that the Little Boss Xiao Hu always talked about would come to the Demon Capital to open a shop, and even in the deepest part of an old urban village.

A Zhen shook his head, then smiled.

But then, his expression suddenly changed.

"Wait, this is bad! Xiao Hu once said that the Little Boss changes locations every week. Doesn't that mean the shop he opened in the urban village will only be open for a week? And then next week, the Little Boss will change locations again?"

This time, A Zhen was no longer calm.

As soon as he thought that the table of incredibly delicious dishes he had eaten last night could only be enjoyed for three more days, his heart burned with anxiety, and he couldn't sit still anymore. He wished he could kick the sun down the mountain right now, then rush to Lu Chuan's shop to ask if Lu Chuan would only stay for three days... The Regular Customers group, now upgraded to an enterprise WeChat group, had expanded to over five thousand people, equivalent to the population size of a small community.

The group was a mixed bag, with countless people chatting idly every day.

In the days when they hadn't found the Little Boss, most people were listless, chatting aimlessly.

After Li Jingang's daily inquiries about the Little Boss's whereabouts yielded no results, he planned to close the group chat.

Suddenly, an "@ everyone" message popped up, immediately catching his attention.

Normally, group owners and administrators wouldn't send group messages.

Unless it was... Li Jingang quickly clicked on the group notification. The next moment, the group chat interface scrolled up at a dizzying speed.

Before long, he saw the message sent by Baba Le, who was an administrator:

"Major Alert! Major Alert! I know where the Little Boss is!!!"