“All right. Please wait for a moment.” Hardy collected the menu and went to the kitchen.
Not long after, a cart was pushed out from the kitchen.
Placed on the cart was a live octopus. A chef wearing a hat, followed by two assistant chefs with knives in their hands, came to a halt in front of Jennifer and Donald.
“What's all this?” Jennifer asked with a puzzled expression.
Hardy explained with a smile, “This is the signature dish of our seafood Set A menu, live-cut octopus.”
Jennifer uttered disdainfully, “Why is this dish so disgusting? Can we not have it?”
As a lady, although Jennifer usually enjoyed eating octopus, she didn't fancy watching someone cut open a live octopus in front of her, let alone eat it afterward.
On the other hand, Donald's interest was piqued. He said to Hardy, “Where did you hire this chef? He looks so serious as if he has a deep grudge against octopuses.”
Hardy chuckled in response, revealing an awkward yet not impolite smile. Brat, enjoy your moment for now. You'll be in tears later.
Hardy shot the chef a look, signaling the latter to get started.
The chef placed the live octopus on the chopping board, then raised the cleaver in his hand and efficiently chopped off all eight legs of the octopus.
Although there wasn't any splattering of blood, the squirming octopus still frightened Jennifer, prompting her to shriek repeatedly.
When the chef thought the couple was focused on the octopus, he abruptly thrust the cleaver in his hand toward Donald's chest.
“Be careful, Darling!” Jennifer cried out in shock, but it was too late for her to stop the incoming attack.
The two were in too close proximity. The chef could even feel his blade touching the towel on Donald's body.
Right when the chef thought he had succeeded, an eerie smile spread across Donald's face the next second.
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