Chapter 1657 - We Still Have To Obey The Rules In Chaos City After All
A Stay-at-home Dad’s Restaurant In An Alternate World
Cyril gathered a group of friends at the teahouse. When almost everyone had arrived, he gravely asked, âDo any of you know the boss of Mamy Restaurant?â
A young master in opulent golden clothes chuckled. âThe boss of Mamy Restaurant? Is he the guy who keeps thwarting your plans? Why? Are you finally going to teach him a lesson?â
âIâve heard this restaurantâs boss earns quite a lot. The dishes are exorbitant, and yet the restaurantâs full of customers every day. He can earn hundreds of thousands daily,â someone chimed in enviously.
âIsnât it still a small restaurant? How dare he antagonize our Young Master Cyril. Do you want us to go to his restaurant? Weâre not good at anything, but weâre great at looking for trouble. We can thrash a shop no matter how good its business is.â A ruffian-looking man chuckled as he tried to suck up to Cyril.
Everyone knew a little about Cyril and Gloriaâs competition, and the boss of Mamy Restaurant seemed to be on Gloriaâs side. They had heard his name from Cyril a few times.
Cyril asked them about the boss of Mamy Restaurant after he gathered them today. Perhaps he had decided to strike against him?
âIâm not going to make trouble for him. Instead, I need to ask him for help,â Cyril said with furrowed brows.
âAsk him for help?â Everyone was shocked to hear that. Cyril actually wanted to ask a restaurantâs owner for help. Moreover, it was someone who had always been against him?
Cyril nodded. âI need to ask him for help. Do any of you know him well?â
âEver since I heard that you didnât like him, I havenât gone to his restaurant. Hence, I donât even know what the boss looks like.â
âI have never been there, either.â
All of them shook their heads.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âNone of you knows him?â Cyril furrowed his brows tightly. It seemed like he couldnât depend on this bunch of good-for-nothing friends at all.
âDoesnât your niece have a great relationship with him?â someone reminded him.
All of them glared at him. This chap got to rub his nose in it. Cyril had been very frustrated lately because of Gloria, and this chap still asked him to go and look for her.
Cyril descended deep in thought after hearing that. Although it was humiliating to ask Gloria for help, and she might even not help him, she was the only person that he could look for now. His pride was nothing when it was compared to his life.
âYou guys drink on your own. I need to go now as I have something on.â Cyril turned and strode to the door, leaving the rest of them looking at one another in befuddlement.
Someone softly asked, âDid Cyril really go to ask Gloria for help?â
***
âMars, is what you said for real?â Gloria asked Mars, who had just returned, with a frown in the lounge of the Blue Suedeâs new factory.
âI met someone I knew on my way back, and he witnessed that incident personally. Iâm afraid Cyril has caused huge trouble this time.â Mars nodded, and continued, âHowever, this is actually a good thing for Young Mistress. Master will lean more toward you even if this matter is resolved eventually.â
âWe shouldnât care about personal gains when facing such huge troubles. If what you said is true, then Master Româs followers may take their anger out on the Moreton Family because of Cyril. This is no longer just Cyrilâs matter alone, it concerns the safety of the hundreds of people in the Moreton Family.â Gloria shook her head with a worried expression.
âYoung Mistress is still thinking about the familyâs welfare at this time. You have put me to shame.â Mars looked at Gloria with admiration before he chuckled. âHowever, the Moreton Family has been sinking our roots down in Chaos City for decades, and the reputation of the four major families is not just for show. The city lordâs castle and the Gray Temple will not sit back and watch them harm the Moreton Family. Therefore, you donât have to worry too much.â
Gloria nodded thoughtfully after hearing that. She still didnât have the full grasp of the Moreton Familyâs influence. She continued, âBut the Marquis Familyâ¦â
âThat was Bowen and his son asking for it. They decided to run into the city lordâs castleâs and the Gray Templeâs swords. Bennettâs incident was enough to make the Marquis Family suffer.â Mars shook his head. âHowever, the father and sonâs crimes were not serious enough to get them killed, so they will be released sooner or later. But the Marquis Family will never return to their full glory again.â
Gloria nodded. âWe still have to obey the rules in Chaos City after all.â
Right then, a door guard strode in, and respectfully said to Gloria, âBoss, someone who said that he was your uncle requests to see you.â
âUncle?â Gloria frowned, and then doubtfully said, âCould it be Cyril?â
After a moment of pondering, Gloria said to the guard, âBring him to the lounge.â
âYes.â The guard acknowledged and left.
After the guard left, Gloria perplexedly asked, âPerhaps itâs because of Master Româs incident? But I donât know that master, either?â
âHe most likely comes to ask you for a favor. Listen to him first, and donât agree to his request directly no matter what he says.â Mars was also surprised about Cyrilâs visit.
âAlright.â Gloria nodded. She also wasnât sure about the motive of Cyrilâs visit.
***
Cyril followed the guards through the factoryâs gates. He felt rather upset seeing all the neatly lined up factory buildings.
He had gone to Blue Suedeâs previous factory earlier, but most of them had shifted to the new factory. Gloria had come to the new factory, so he came here as well.
He didnât expect Gloria to have upgraded to the second factory in a few short months. She had invested a great deal of money, and bought a big piece of land in the north of the city to build this big factory. It was at least 10 times bigger than his blacksmith shops.
He wasnât sure about Blue Suedeâs sales volume now, but judging from his subordinatesâ information, Blue Suede was already famous in Chaos City. The exorbitant prices didnât douse the ladiesâ love for it. It was even out of stock often. It was known as the Mamy Restaurant of the fashion world.
Many haute couture orders that belonged to the famous tailors were now transferred to Blue Suede. The factory operated continuously day and night, and yet they still couldnât meet the demand.
However, Gloria had taken over the Moreton Familyâs entire textile industry now. From the cotton farms to the textile shops that were spread throughout the Norland Continent, the years of accumulated bad practices, the long chain of sales, and the products that had gradually lost their competitiveness had made this industry that was once the Moreton Familyâs main industry became the leech that was hanging onto the family.
Jeffree had tried to transform it before, but it ended in a failure. There were too many Moretons and old staff who had followed him since he started the business. Furthermore, the problems were very complicated, and there was almost no way for him to start.
Gloria was merely a little girl who had just turned 18 years old. What abilities did she have that could revive the industry that Jeffree had already given up?
Itâs impossible. That doesnât exist, Cyril thought. He tried to make himself less jealous by taking deep breaths. Then, he began to think about how to ask Gloria for help after he met her.