Reborn in Japan as a Chef God-Chapter 53 - The Daily Routine of the Little Shop (Part 2)

Reservations seemed like a good idea.

In the new era, one must adapt to the trend of queuing online and dining offline.

The problem was, what good dining software was there in Neon?

In his previous life in his homeland, Xia Yu knew many such apps, like Meituan or Ele.me, becoming a merchant where customers paid online for meal vouchers, saving the hassle of finding change in reality.

“Start a website myself?” Xia Yu shook his head.

He didn’t have the time.

He knew nothing about building or maintaining a website, and hiring someone seemed unnecessary.

Xia Yu planned to research Neon’s mobile dining apps after tonight to quickly create a reservation system.

In the old shopping street, the queue in front of Xia’s shop highlighted the desolation of other stores.

Passing by an old ramen shop, a shout came from inside.

Xia Yu was very familiar with that voice, and he chuckled to himself, “Uncle Nishio is drunk again.

The daily routine of a drunkard entertainer.”

The ramen shop owner, a middle-aged man with a drinking addiction, was divorced, lonely for many years, and had always been in a bad temper.

Xia Yu understood this.

He planned to visit the new shopping street ahead to feel the air of the modern city, but unexpectedly, a few people ran out of the ramen shop.

Bang!

A young man in a suit, looking like a business person, bumped into Xia Yu.

After enhancing his physique to level 20, Xia Yu could cook for six consecutive hours without much fatigue.

So when this person bumped into him, he stood firm without moving.

“Be careful—” Xia Yu supported the young man who was about to fall and was speechless.

“Thank you!”

Before he could stand steadily, seeing a burly man chasing from the ramen shop, the young man’s face turned black, and he turned to run.

Passersby avoided the ramen shop.

“You bastards!” The ramen shop owner, with hands on his hips, spat in contempt at the fleeing group, then turned to Xia Yu with a smile, “You’re quite something, kid!”

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He placed a big hand on Xia Yu’s shoulder.

“Weren’t you drunk?” Xia Yu noticed Uncle Nishio’s clear eyes and was surprised.

Hearing this, the ramen shop owner’s face darkened, and he waved his hand, saying, “I’ve been annoyed by those bastards these days, full of anger, where’s the mood for sake!”

“Oh?” Xia Yu was curious, “Who are they?”

This time, it was the ramen shop owner who looked puzzled.

“Didn’t they go to your place?”

“No…” Xia Yu vaguely realized something.

With a slap on his thigh, the ramen shop owner’s face grew darker, “They definitely didn’t dare to bother you because you’ve recently gotten the shop running well.

They started with us, the soft targets.”

“Developers?” Xia Yu tentatively asked.

“You know the City Life Planning Company, right?

Their chairman is touted as some real estate queen, and quite cute.

I’ve seen her on TV; Tokyo TV Station interviewed her…”

Wait a minute.

City Life Planning Company.

Why did that name sound familiar?

Xia Yu couldn’t remember for a moment, rubbed his temples, and asked, “Uncle Nishio, are you saying many shops in our old shopping street have been harassed by this real estate company?”

“It’s not harassment; they offer reasonable prices.

If my wife hadn’t run off with the kids, I’d rather sell this shop and go back to live in the countryside.”

The ramen shop owner stroked his chin and pointed deeper into the old shopping street.

“Across from your restaurant, there used to be a grocery store, remember?

An old lady died alone in her home some time ago; her body was discovered just a couple of days ago.

The police called her son back, and after handling the funeral yesterday, he left and sold the shop to the City Life Planning Company…”

Xia Yu nodded.

The police sirens were so loud a few days ago that he couldn’t have missed them.

However, he was engrossed in studying dishes in the Chef God Space at the time.

An Ya and Mu Xiaoyue probably went to watch; they even discussed it at dinner that night.

Dying alone had become a social phenomenon in Neon; Xia Yu had seen and heard it many times and had become accustomed to it.

What concerned him was that the grocery store opposite Xia’s cuisine shop had been acquired by the City Life Planning Company?

That wasn’t good.

When it was a grocery store, he hadn’t thought much about it.

But if it’s renovated into a new restaurant, wouldn’t that be frustrating?

Xia Yu scratched his cheek.

“I heard the Japanese-style bathhouse next to your place, which had been closed for years, is also in talks with the urban development company.” The ramen shop owner patted Xia Yu’s shoulder, laughing, “Word is that the urban development company seems to want to open a modern food and shopping street here, with skyscraper malls and Western restaurants.

With the Ueno Station crowd, it sounds like a goldmine of a project.”

After saying that, the man hummed a tune, turned around, and leisurely returned to the ramen shop.

A stark reality faced the old shopping street.

Over the past couple of years, Xia Yu had noticed the new shopping street expanding rapidly, compressing the wind-style ancient district inch by inch.

It probably occupied less than a third of the entire district.

Emotionally, Xia Yu didn’t want this culturally rich old shopping street to be submerged by the urban steel jungle, but rationally, it seemed he couldn’t stop this progress.

Putting these troubling trivial matters aside, Xia Yu came out to get some air.

When he reached the boundary between the old and new districts, Xia Yu planned to head back, but unexpectedly glimpsed a boy and girl arguing in a nearby alley.

“It’s all your fault, we’re late, and now we won’t get in line!”

“The time we came was just a few minutes apart.

It seemed about the same, right?”

“I’m not listening!”

The girl was cute, with the signature bright blonde hair of an anime character and twin tails.

She was quite annoyed, constantly swinging her twin tails and hitting the boy in black-framed glasses, apparently using her hair as a weapon.

Uh.

Seeing this, Xia Yu was dumbfounded.

Familiar characters, why did this sense of déjà vu feel so strong?