Flames of Ambition

18: VIP Card

Chapter 18: VIP Card

As the customers began to fill the place, a gentle and magical music began to play. Nobody even knew where the music came from.

They just sat at their tables and occupied the private rooms on the second floor, while every waitress and waiter moved using roller skates. As usual, it was made by Zexel, and she trained the four servers to use them. One of the waitresses gave them the list of foods, another one served the finger food while waiting, the other gave them water, or if the customer wanted wine, they gave them fruit wine that Zexel taught them to brew.

After just a minute, the other server began to ask for their orders. Everyone was stunned by the serving abilities of each waiter and waitress, and this was the first restaurant to have this kind of service, making them feel like they were really important people.

In just a minute, the four servers began to serve the food.

The females were wearing a black and white long-sleeved turtleneck gown that was fitted to their bodies, but none of their flesh was exposed. Even the guards had unique uniforms, and everyone was asking where the dresses came from.

The dress of the girls might be fitted to them, but it was still approved by the Chinese traditional rules, which is to hide flesh.

Zexel intentionally let them use this kind of design since she was confident that everyone would be curious about who made that dress. Then after just a month, she'll cultivate another batch of servants for her next shop, which is the clothing line.

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Zexel went to the private room of the Fan Family. She smiled and bowed slightly to them.

“Lihua greets Father, Grandma, Su Yiniang, and Mother,” she said politely.

“Oh! My obedient daughter, Mother is proud of you for being a friend of this restaurant’s owner. The place is really luxurious, the food is all new to my taste, but it’s really delicious. The servants’ serving ability is really fast. Your Mother cannot even say anything bad about this restaurant. This Mother of yours will probably come back here,” she said happily while mocking Su Wei An using her eyes.

“Your Mother is right. Even your Father was stunned by how beautiful this restaurant is. Your Father is also happy because, as the one who gave out the invitations, everyone is now currying favor with me. They think that this Father has a connection with the owner,” her father smiled sweetly at Zexel.

Su Wei An, on the other hand, was filled with jealousy. She thought that if Fan Xuan Yan hadn’t confined her yōu’er[1], perhaps she and her daughter would be the ones receiving this kind of doting.

Just a month ago, Zexel demoted one of her trusted aides, which was Chef Shen Junhwa. Now she doesn’t have control over the food for Fan Yaoli.

“Your Grandmother agrees with both of them. Just like how delicious the first five delicacies you presented to me last week, this old one finds more dishes that are approved by my tastebuds,” her grandmother said.

“Lihua is glad to make you all happy. By the way, Father, my friend gave me this card as a gift for you,” Zexel gave him a plastic card that would serve as a VIP card.

“She said that this is called a VIP Card. Every time Father goes here, you’ll be a VIP guest. She said that every week the dishes will change, and they will only serve 200 people per day. Just as how the restaurant became famous, they wanted to limit the quantity so that the price will be that high. If you have this card, other than being a priority guest, you can also order any dishes you want, regardless if the dish is on the menu that day. Other than that, you also have a lot of access to private rooms like this, and you’ll have a 5% discount on every dish you purchase,” Zexel explained, making Fan Xuan Yan stunned.

“She also said that to own this card, you need to drop blood on the card, and you can now hide it and summon it anytime you want.” Fan Xuan Yan did not hesitate to drop blood on the card.

As he thought of the card disappearing, the card really vanished, and when he thought of bringing it out, the card appeared in his hand. The other three were amazed as they stared at the card.

“My friend said it was a thank-you gift for helping her promote her restaurant.” Fan Xuan Yan was satisfied with the card. He was amazed by how the card would be secured to the owner and how intelligent the owner of this restaurant must be to come up with this kind of unique idea.

“Father, Lihua needs to go. Lihua still wants to roam around.” Her father let her go, so she naturally went inside the kitchen where Dao Lu and Fan Yaoli were.

“Hua Mei-Mei, I’m happy for your success. Congratulations on your new restaurant.” Fan Yaoli was really happy for her sister since she had become really, really famous instantly. Zexel smiled and hugged Fan Yaoli.

“Thank you, Li-Jie Jie,” she softly said.

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It was already noontime as all the people inside the restaurant began to go home. They were all satisfied with the food and with how everyone served them. They only gave out 50 invitations, and each invitation allowed 4 people, making the total number of customers 200.

They also held a competition, and the card was the prize, which made everyone want to grab it. However, the condition to win the card was to eat 5 super spicy buffalo wings without vomiting the food.

Many officials tried their luck, but only one out of 100 participants got the card.

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1: -Er - an affectionate address by the others

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