The NO.1 Food Stall in the Wasteland novel Chapter 159

Chapter 159: Chapter 159: He Was Heartless, So Don’t Blame Him For Being Ruthless

After storming out of Little Deer Cuisine, Master Luo and Master Zhu parted ways at the second alley.

Master Luo hailed a rickshaw and went to a small Western-style house. After ringing the doorbell and identifying himself, a small door opened, and he folded his umbrella and went inside.

As soon as he entered the living room, Master Luo started to complain.

"I can’t do this job! That little wench gets a bit of success and now she’s so arrogant she doesn’t respect anyone. She even said my cooking was terrible! If it weren’t for her age, I’d have slapped her silly!"

In truth, he didn’t dare. Standing right next to Shen Lu was Wang Daguo, a man built like a brick shithouse. He looked like his punches would hurt, so Master Luo had to suppress any thought of getting physical.

Boss Jin, a cigar clamped between his teeth, twitched his handlebar mustache. "So, you’re saying you didn’t get the job?"

"...No." Master Luo’s bluster suddenly deflated. He added, trying to save face, "The guy named Zhu didn’t get hired either."

Boss Jin took a puff of his cigar and exhaled a large cloud of smoke. "Fine, I get it. You can go home for now."

"Boss Jin, what about my gambling debt?" Master Luo’s posture became deferential. "Even though the job wasn’t a success, it wasn’t my fault. It should at least count for something, right?"

"Haha." Boss Jin laughed twice, completely devoid of emotion and full of mockery. "Old Luo, do you really want to pay off your gambling debt?"

"Of course I do."

With all the compounding interest, the debt had already snowballed into a massive sum.

Master Luo dreamed of paying it off. Otherwise, with such a heavy burden on his shoulders, he didn’t even dare to make big bets, afraid it would only make things worse.

"I told you before, your daughter is quite something. Send her to me, and not only will your debt be cleared, but I’ll also give you 50,000 Star Coins. Think it over."

Master Luo’s face instantly turned deathly pale.

He had married young. His daughter had just come of age this year, still in the bloom of her youth.

It wasn’t the first time Boss Jin had shown interest in his daughter. He had mentioned it back when the gambling debt hit six figures.

At the time, he hadn’t taken it seriously. Using one’s wife or daughter to pay off debts was a common tactic in casinos, but Master Luo considered himself to have some principles; he couldn’t do something like that.

But now Boss Jin had brought it up again, which meant he wasn’t just talking—he was serious.

’There’s no way I’m giving my daughter to Boss Jin to pay off my debt.’

Anyone could guess what a young girl would face in Boss Jin’s hands. He loved to gamble, but he still considered his family very important.

"My daughter is still young... Boss Jin, I’ll find a way to get the money. Just give me a little more time."

Boss Jin’s smile slowly faded. "Find a way? What way is that?"

"I-I can get a job. You know, I used to be the head chef at the Upper City Hotel. I could easily find a job anywhere and command a salary of over ten thousand Star Coins."

"Are you really trying to fool me like I’m an idiot? You think I don’t know how you got fired?" Boss Jin sneered with contempt. "Old Luo, it’s one thing to lie to yourself, but you want to lie to me, too?"

Master Luo’s knees gave out, and he fell to his knees before Boss Jin.

Back when he became the head chef in the kitchens of the Ruixing Hotel, he got arrogant. That was also when he developed his gambling addiction and started down a path of no return.

First, he gambled away his entire salary, then the family’s savings, and finally, even their house was gone.

To scrape together gambling money, he abused his authority, substituting cheap ingredients for good ones and taking kickbacks. The scheme was quickly exposed. Not only was he thrown out of the Ruixing Hotel, but he also got a brutal beating.

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