Trouble

1 week had passed since Wang Ming opened the restaurant. The restaurant had done better and better for every single day. News about his restaurant had spread like wildfire as more and more reporters came to do an interview. There were also people coming every day with stacks of money or checks hoping to buy his recipe, but Wang Ming declined them politely and kept on working.

After only 1 week, Wang Ming had made over 700 thousand yuan, which had exceeded his expectations over 10 times. He had never had more than a few thousand yuan to his name before all of this happened. The number of pork belly he sold increased from 100 to 200 then 500pounds. He cooked only that, since he was only one person and frankly couldn't do more. So he increased the price, thinking that fewer people would come and eat, but they still kept coming.

Though he had gotten better with timing the meat. Which meant that Wang Ming could also sleep while waiting for the meat to tenderize. But he could at most only sleep for about an hour in the 8 hour span. Wang Ming would do roughly 5-10 minute power naps between every check.

Today everything should have gone the same way. Wang Ming had cooked the meat like he did every day. But then life came crashing down fast. It started off with his customers getting food poisoning.

Wang Ming didn't know how this was possible, since he had cooked the food like always. But seeing most of his customers puke up the food Wang Ming realized something bad had happened. Examining his food, the kitchen and all the ingredients he had used, Wang Ming couldn't see anything wrong. He even tasted everything and found nothing wrong, but that was when he remembered.

This time when Wang Ming got the meat from Weng Ping. He had seen that there were small needle holes in the fat on some pieces of meat. He didn't think so much about it at first, since it wasn't too unusual and the holes were tiny. If Wang Ming didn't have enhanced eyes, he wouldn't have spotted it. Taking one of the meat pieces that had needle holes in them, he took a little bite to taste. When the meat hit his tongue, Wang Ming could instantly taste an odd flavor.

It seemed like someone had injected something in to the meat. Wang Ming felt flabbergasted. How could he have not checked the food and the meat? He had become too complacent and thought that everything would be ok. Too confident in his food that he didn't bother to quality check anymore. This was a big wake-up call for him.

He didn't know specifically what it was, but it was definitely something harmful. As soon as the substance dissolved on his tongue, he could feel his body react to it. His body was getting hotter but he second, he could feel his body used more energy to fight the substance. But most likely it wasn't anything lethal, as those things were incredibly hard to get.

Calling the ambulance in a hurry, Wang Ming dispersed all the other customers that were there. Promising them, he would figure out what happened and would compensate all victims accordingly. Many of the customers were angry and curious, but seeing Wang Ming begging them so sincerely, they trusted him and agreed.

Telling Louzheng to escort them all out and disperse the people outside. Wang Ming then went to check on the customers. They didn't seem to be in a critical condition, but they all were nauseous and had stomach pain.

While waiting for the ambulance, Wang Ming tried to soothe the customers with stomach pains. There were in total 5 persons, the worst part is that one of them was a little kid, which had come with his parents. Talking with the little guy, Wang Ming found out that his name is Zhu Han. Since he was the only victim which was young, Wang Ming prioritized talking with him and soothing him.

Zhu Han's parents didn't want them to talk with each other since they blamed him for it. But seeing that Zhu Han seemed to be in less pain when talking with Wang Ming, they turned a blind eye. The other customers also wanted to say something, but seeing the pale face of Zhu Han, they just let it be.

Wang Ming also got to know about Zhu Han's parents while talking with him. Was called Zhu Hong and Zhu Meng. Though his parents still didn't want to talk with him, seeing this Wang Ming just kept talking with Zhu Han and entertaining him.

Finally, after 10 minutes the ambulance arrived. Seeing the ambulance arrive, Louzheng opened the restaurant door and screamed at the ambulance. Louzheng felt worried for Wang Ming and afraid of losing this job. After working here for a week, Louzheng found out that he really enjoyed working with food and service and he loved to work for Wang Ming.

Also, he liked to work with Wang Ming, since Wang Ming is the nicest boss he has ever had. Wang Ming had helped him so much, Louzheng had also seen how Wang Ming prepared food and how much work and effort he had put in making the food. Louzheng didn't believe that Wang Ming had anything to do with this, so he would help and stand by Wang Ming all the way.

Seeing the ambulance stop and the staff coming out, Louzheng instantly guided them inside the restaurant and to Wang Ming.

Seeing that the paramedics arrived, Wang Ming felt better. Seeing them act professionally and fast, Wang Ming felt even more at ease. Though one paramedic behaved oddly, he didn't help the other paramedics but were looking around and specifically at the decorative knives. Feeling suspicious of his behavior, Wang Ming took the knives and put it in his backpack and carried it with him. Seeing that the other paramedics had taken the people on the floor and carried them to the ambulance.

Wang Ming followed them also, since it was his fault that this happened. He would have to explain to their families what had transpired, he would also pay for hospital fees. Before going with the ambulance, Wang Ming told Louzheng to clean up the place and close it down for now.

Wang Ming waved at Louzheng to bid him goodbye when the ambulance drove away. But what Wang Ming didn't know is that this will be one of the biggest regrets in his life.

Seeing Wang Ming depart, Louzheng then walked back into the restaurant to clean up the restaurant and throw out the food. But when he came back into the restaurant, he saw one paramedic was still in the restaurant. He was talking on the phone, Louzheng couldn't hear what he said, so he walked closer not to eavesdrop but to tell him to get out of the restaurant. After he got close, he could finally hear what the paramedic said. But the few words he heard made him terrified, Louzheng tried to run as fast as he could.

But as he turned towards the door, Louzheng felt sweat was dripping from his face. At the door stood over 15 men, all of them wearing a black demon mask, so Louzheng couldn't see their faces. They were all holding a baseball bat they looked like they had all killed before, not only once but many times.

Seeing them, Louzheng realized he didn't have anywhere to run, other than to the backdoor. Turning around, he tried to run towards the paramedic to mow him down. But before Louzheng could mow him down, he felt himself flying in the air then crashing to the ground. The paramedic had caught Louzheng's arm and done a judo throw on him. Looking at the paramedic, Louzheng felt chills in his back.

"I'm sorry, man. I didn't want to do anything to you. The enemy this time is Wang Ming only. But since you heard my phone call, then you can't leave from here without a bit of pain. I will not kill you, but when I'm done with you, then you probably wish that you were."

Louzheng felt adrenaline pumping his body, the threat had worked. Louzheng's body was in survival mode now. Since the paramedic had thrown Louzheng behind him, he was now closer to the backdoor. Louzheng bolted as fast as he could to the door, but once again before he could escape he felt himself being thrown to the ground.

This time he felt the pain in his entire body. Looking up, he once again saw the paramedic smiling.

"Looks like you need to learn a lesson. Boys get him then destroy this fucking restaurant."

Louzheng was still conscious but only barely, he felt his body was so weak he couldn't even open his eyes. He couldn't see it, but heard that the man who had thrown him in the ground had called someone. The phone was just loud enough that he could hear the conversation.

"Boss, I'm done here. Wang Ming got away. I couldn't stop him since that person was on the ambulance. But I will thrash his restaurant and his assistant."

"Remember, don't kill anyone!"

"Don't worry, boss. I won't kill the assistant. I'm just sending Wang Ming a message. I know killing him will make too much heat."

"Ok, good job. I will promote you for this."

Hearing his boss's words, the paramedic answered excited.

"Thank you, boss! I will do everything for you, even die!"

Then waiting for his boss to disconnect the call, the paramedic said only two things then walked away with a cigarette in his hand.

"Boys beat the shit out of him but don't kill him, break both his kneecaps since he wanted to escape. I wanted to give this punishment to Wang Ming, but since he isn't here, his assistant has to take the punishment for him. Remember that he has to be unconscious before you walk away from here."

Louzheng wanted to run away again, but his body refused to. Luckily, before he could feel anymore pain he passed out.