In a teahouse, Robert looked at Derrick sitting across from him with some concern and said, "Mr. Derrick, the progress of your tasting review seems to have been stalled for three days. Are you feeling unwell?"
"Well..." Derrick, who was picking up the teacup to drink, froze suddenly. After hesitating for a while, he put down the teacup in his hand and said with some embarrassment: "It's not that I'm not feeling well, it's just because I met someone recently. A restaurant is so delicious that you can’t help but go to that restaurant every time it’s time to eat, and by the time you finish eating, you won’t be able to eat anything else.”
Robert looked at Derrick with some surprise. He was a famous food critic in the entire food industry, but he stopped because of a restaurant? He thought for a while, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "Is it Maimi's restaurant?"
"Exactly, it turns out that President Robert also knows about this restaurant." Derrick nodded.
"Boss Mai's cooking skills are the best in the City of Chaos. He was even appointed as the best chef by the King of the Los Empire at his birthday party. How could I not know this?" Robert said with a smile, but looked at Derrick He was about to speak but stopped.
Derrick obviously knew what Robert wanted to say, and said quite sincerely: "To be honest, there is indeed a big gap between the catering level in the City of Chaos and Luodu. There are even many restaurants that do not sell vegetarian dishes, and even more Lack of respect for vegetarian dishes makes it difficult to find restaurants that satisfy my appetite. So, if the president has any filtered list, please give me one. If I try to eat at all the restaurants on the plan, this The task seemed impossible to me."
"This..." Robert looked embarrassed. The Food Association went all out this time and introduced brand new rules, just to select truly outstanding dishes and restaurants. If they were screened first and then let Derrick judge, it would be different from the original intention. It's a little different.
But Derrick is right. Many restaurants in the City of Chaos have a very perfunctory attitude towards vegetarian dishes. For a gourmet like Derrick, it is unrealistic to keep trying these low-level and bad vegetarian dishes. And currently, See, there’s not enough time either.
After hesitating for a while, Robert looked at Derrick and nodded: "Okay, Mr. Derrick, someone will hand you a new list of stores tomorrow morning, you just need to taste the restaurants on the new list. "
Derrick's reputation and prestige are indeed No. 1 among the judges this time. If he can introduce more food in the City of Chaos in his food reviews, maybe some chefs will come here to serve the City of Chaos. Injecting new vitality into the city's catering industry will have a good effect on the development of food in the chaotic city.
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"Do you know what happiness is?"
In Aden Square, a white-haired old man holding a wooden stick looked at a child sitting on a chair and eating candy and asked with a smile.
"Grandpa, the last copper coin I have left has already been used to buy the explosive fireball technique from grandpa just now. I have no money to buy a new one." The child took out a magic book from behind and shook his head.
"Surface, happiness can't be bought with a copper coin." The old man shook his head, looking at the little boy with some hatred for iron, and walked towards the next child while shaking his head. In the package slung over his body, there was a book A corner of the same secret book is revealed.
The old man Angus walked around Aden Square all morning, and finally sold a secret book for one copper coin.
"Today is such a happy day." Angus was lying on the lounge chair in the corner, holding the copper coin in front of his eyes and looking at the sun. A bright smile appeared on his wrinkled face. When he opened his mouth, most of his teeth were rotten. .
"Old man, are you so happy after earning a copper coin?"
A young man stood beside the bench at some point and asked with a smile.
Angus heard the sound and put away the copper coins, leaned on the back of his chair and sat up. He looked at the well-dressed young man and said with a smile: "If you buy another copy, I should feel happier."
"I want two." Mag took out two copper coins from his arms and handed them to Angus with a smile. He was bored and went out for a walk to bask in the sun. Then he saw this man who was selling fake magic books to children. elder.
Although this kind of behavior is somewhat fraudulent, even if you buy a comic book for one copper coin, you can still earn it, so Mag doesn't have much objection to this. Instead, he feels pity for this old man wearing a shabby cotton-padded jacket and with a somewhat stooped figure. , if conditions permit, how can an old man of this age need to bend down constantly for a copper coin in the cold wind.
Angus reached out and took a copper coin, took out a magic book called Burning Sky Flame from his satchel and handed it to Mag. He said with a smile: "One person can only buy one, not too many. It's easy." Obsessed."
"One is fine." Mag looked at the thin, palm-sized booklet in his hand. It did look a bit like the comic strips of his childhood. He put away the other copper coin without any reluctance and prepared to leave.
"Young man, what do you think happiness is?" At this time, Angus looked at Mag and asked with a smile.
"Happiness?" Mag stopped, thought seriously for a while, and said with a smile: "I used to think I had endless things to spend, and lived a very happy life. Now my pursuits are higher, and I feel happy only when I am with my daughter. "
Angus looked at the smile on Mag's face, his eyes dimmed, and he nodded and said, "Yes, being with children is indeed the happiest thing."
"Old man, it's cold, please go home early." Mag said with a smile, picked it up with his fingertips, and quietly dropped a gold coin from the open mouth of the bag, then turned around and prepared to leave.
"Home is too far away to go back. Young man, are you willing to listen to my story?" Angus shook his head and looked at Mag's back.
Mag turned and looked at Angus.
"If my son hadn't been lost, he would be about the same age as you now." Angus looked at Mag and sighed, his eyes filled with regret.
Mag looked at Angus. The old man seemed to have lost everything at this moment. He felt his heart being tugged. He was silent for a while and said: "He may be living a good life somewhere now, with a lovely child." Kids and a nice family.”
Angus's eyes lit up again, and he said with some choking, "Thank you."
"Old man, where are you from?" Mag sat down next to Angus and looked at him and asked softly.
"I come from the Los Empire and am a native of Luodu. I originally owned several houses and shops. Twenty-five years ago, my three-year-old son disappeared while playing at the door. My wife cried every day after losing the child. , I left the next year. I have traveled all over the Los Empire from south to north in the past few years, but I have never found any trace of my son..."
