207: There's going to be an earthquake, why are you still eating?

Facing Lu Chuan’s confusion, Ding Xinyang, A Zhen, and the other new customers were slightly more restrained.

They just said that even if they evacuated tomorrow, it would still be early enough, so they wanted to eat one last meal tonight.

“Otherwise, who knows when we’ll get to eat it again,” Ding Xinyang scratched his head, smiling somewhat sheepishly.

Lu Chuan nodded, then looked at Baba Le and the other Regular Customers who had traveled thousands of miles from Yinhua City specifically to the Demon City.

“Little Boss, wherever you are, we’ll be there!”

With that simple statement from Baba Le, all the Regular Customers nodded in unison, affirming his words.

Lu Chuan looked at them speechlessly.

Sometimes he even suspected that the system was secretly giving them drugs in the food, making these Regular Customers completely infatuated.

“Stop messing around, there’s going to be an earthquake, and you’re still eating?”

Baba Le licked his lips, as if still savoring the delicious food he had eaten yesterday, then chuckled, “Then all the more reason to have a good meal before the earthquake comes, otherwise I wouldn’t die in peace!”

Lu Chuan quickly waved his hand, saying exasperatedly, “Bah, bah, bah, don’t say such unlucky things! If you want to eat, then line up properly, we’ll try to be quick!”

His last sentence was much louder, almost shouted, so that even the customers at the end of the line could hear it clearly.

“Alright!”

“The Little Boss still cares about us!”

“Didn’t you hear what the Little Boss said? Line up properly, don’t cause trouble for the Little Boss, everyone eat quickly and then evacuate!”

“That’s right, if anyone is still being senseless at this time, as an administrator, I’ll directly vote to kick him out of the group chat.”

“Everyone remember! Be obedient, line up properly, eat quickly, and evacuate!”

“Received!”

“Received!”

“Received!”

A nearly continuous string of “Received” replies demonstrated the customers’ collective determination and resolve to eat delicious food.

Although Lu Chuan felt that the phrase “collective determination” seemed a bit odd when used here.

But the customers’ pure foodie spirit of “disregarding life and death, only for delicious food” still moved him greatly.

Although he didn't understand it, Lu Chuan, who was still inspired, laughed heartily, “In that case, Midnight Diner, opening for business!”

...At this moment, the grocery store owner had just finished loading the more valuable items in his store onto the Truck Driver’s vehicle, preparing to transport them away.

But as he was about to get into the car, he suddenly, as if by a strange impulse, glanced at the alley leading to the Midnight Diner.

“…”

The grocery store owner’s face showed hesitation.

Seeing him dragging his feet, the Truck Driver asked with some impatience, “Young man, are you leaving or not? If you don’t leave soon, the highway will be jammed!”

Hearing this, the grocery store owner’s face immediately showed anxiety, and he grabbed the car door handle, about to climb into the car.

But the next moment, his ears twitched, and then he looked incredulously in the direction of the alley.

“Master, did you hear that? It sounds like a lot of people are gathered there, cheering?”

He pointed in the direction of the alley.

The Truck Driver heard this and gave him a strange look.

“Young man, what’s wrong with you? Don’t talk nonsense! At a critical time like this, everyone is evacuating; only a fool would gather to party!”

However, after hearing this, the grocery store owner seemed to realize something.

His face immediately showed a conflicted expression, and he repeatedly looked back at the alley.

This made the Truck Driver extremely curious.

“What’s wrong? Is there something over there you can’t let go of?”

Hearing this, the grocery store owner found it a bit difficult to speak.

But under the Truck Driver’s repeated questioning, he finally began to explain.

“There’s a very good restaurant over there, and I want to eat there one last time.”

Even the well-traveled (meaning he had seen many odd types) Truck Driver was utterly speechless at this point.

“…”

Seeing this, the grocery store owner’s old face immediately flushed.

He also knew how strange his idea was, but recalling the dishes he had eaten at the “Midnight Diner” over the past two days, the craving in his heart was frantically surging.

Then he would think, after this earthquake disaster, who knows where the young man, affectionately called the Little Boss by the customers, would go, and he probably wouldn’t have many opportunities to taste his delicious food again.

Immediately, a pessimistic emotion mixed with regret, unwillingness, and sadness began to spread deep in his heart.

He knew that if he missed this chance, he would probably be kicking himself when he thought about it in the quiet of the night.

The Truck Driver, seeing the grocery store owner’s conflicted expression, finally asked in confusion.

“Young man, is that restaurant you mentioned really that delicious? Is it worth risking this much to eat one last meal?”

The grocery store owner immediately nodded repeatedly, his face once again showing an intoxicated expression of savoring the taste.

“Yes, it’s really, really, really delicious, it’s top-tier gourmet food that an ordinary person like me would never have the chance to taste in this lifetime!”

Perhaps the grocery store owner’s expression was too infectious, or perhaps the Truck Driver himself was a seasoned foodie.

“Gulp.”

He couldn’t help but swallow.

Then he jumped out of the car, locked the door, and pulled the grocery store owner, rushing towards the alley.

To the grocery store owner’s surprised expression, the Truck Driver eagerly shouted, “Then what are we waiting for! Let’s go eat quickly, the sooner we eat, the sooner we evacuate!”

Hearing this, the grocery store owner’s conflicted expression immediately disappeared, and he laughed heartily.

“You’re just running blindly if you don’t know the way, come on, follow me!”

Saying that, he quickened his pace, rushing ahead in an instant.

Even though it was completely dark ahead, he still familiarized himself with the alley, turning left and right with the faint light of his phone, and soon took a shortcut to the Midnight Diner.

Looking at the orderly long queue ahead, the smile on the grocery store owner’s face deepened a few points.

However, the Truck Driver was startled by the sight of so many people lining up.

He had never expected it!

Even at this time, there were still so many people willing to take such a big risk for a bite to eat.

But then, the Truck Driver’s face showed a burst of excitement.

What did this mean?

It meant that the chef of this restaurant, just as the grocery store owner said, possessed top-notch, unparalleled skill!

“Quick, quick, line up!”

At this moment, the grocery store owner suddenly pulled him somewhat nervously, rushing to the end of the line.

It wasn’t until he had inserted himself into the end of the line that the grocery store owner finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The Truck Driver was still a bit puzzled.

Suddenly, a disgruntled complaint came from behind him.

“Damn it, I rushed and rushed, but I was still one step too late.”

The Truck Driver immediately understood, looking back to see that the queue was still continuously extending.

In just one or two minutes, there were already more than a dozen more people behind them.

And this number continued to grow with each passing minute.

“This…”

The Truck Driver was so surprised that his eyebrows tied themselves in knots.

It turned out that the long queue just now was still in its “young dragon” state, far from its full form!

The grocery store owner looked at his shocked expression, shook his head, and chuckled, “Actually, today is pretty good! If you had come the day before yesterday and yesterday, you would know what it’s like to circle the urban village two and a half times!”

The Truck Driver had seen it with his own eyes and no longer doubted it.

He sincerely gave a thumbs up.

“One word, amazing!”

The grocery store owner immediately smiled even more happily, with a sense of joy that his shared good thing was recognized by others.

Once his mood improved, his desire to share immediately burned brightly.

For the next hour, he only did one thing: educate the Truck Driver about the Little Boss’s deeds!

He talked for over an hour, until his mouth was dry, but his heart was incredibly joyful.

Especially when he saw the Truck Driver’s dumbfounded expression, it was even more refreshing than eating the legendary ginseng fruit.

Of course, just relying on the stories he had heard from other customers about the Little Boss wouldn’t be enough to talk for an hour.

But it didn’t matter; he could rely on his imagination, or rather, deduction, to infer the origin of the Little Boss’s culinary skills.

With that thought, ideas immediately flowed.

With such strong cooking skills, he must have been taught by various culinary masters, right?

The various grievances and entanglements that arose during the apprenticeship, referencing various film, television, and novel plots, naturally came easily to him!

And then, after talking about the origin of his cooking skills, he could also talk about the Little Boss’s dreams!

That was also a good starting point!

In short, under the grocery store owner’s Pinduoduo-style “education,” the image of the Little Boss in the Truck Driver’s mind had become unattainable!