"Then it's settled. I'll wait here for you. Add another two hundred later, yeah?"
The driver looked delighted. Not only would he earn money for the return trip, he would also make an extra two hundred.
More importantly, this job gave him a perfectly legitimate reason not to go home on time. For a middle-aged man, that was simply too tempting.
"It's about mealtime now, though..."
The driver glanced at the resplendent Ruyue Restaurant and shook his head.
"Forget it. A big restaurant out in the middle of nowhere like this probably has a minimum spend of at least four figures even if it isn't members-only. I'll skip a meal and go back downtown for some skewers. I can bring some home for my wife and kid on the way."
Meanwhile, Yang Jian arrived at the entrance of Ruyue Restaurant and suddenly realized that there were no greeters, nor were there any bellboys to park cars.
Perhaps because he had already formed a preconceived impression, Yang Jian felt that this restaurant looked even less like a place meant for the living.
"Hello, do you have a reservation?"
A woman's voice came from the side. Yang Jian swiftly turned his head and saw a beautiful woman in professional attire standing behind a service counter some distance away.
Yang Jian watched her warily. After seeing a trace of confusion in her eyes, he decided she did not seem like a ghost and pulled out the business card from his pocket.
"I do. It's from your boss..."
Yang Jian's words stopped short as his gaze fixed rigidly on the thing before him.
After seeing the business card, the perfectly normal-looking attendant's expression suddenly became somewhat awkward, revealing a subtle inhuman quality. Others might not have noticed it, but Yang Jian was different.
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