Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 432: Four hundred thirty-two Order freely_1

Chapter 432: Four hundred thirty-two Order freely_1

Time was relatively tight.

After leaving Qiwei Vegetarian, Gu Chen began searching nonstop for a suitable shop space.

In his heart, there were only two ideal locations; one was near a shopping mall, and the other was near offices.

It wouldn’t make sense for the cafe to be located on a snack street; that would be a positioning problem.

There were many stores for rent, to the point where Gu Chen even felt the impulse to buy a shop outright.

Fortunately, his rationality stopped him from making such an impulsive decision.

After comparing many shops, Gu Chen made his choice.

He decided it would be better to open close to a shopping mall.

For now, the spending power of office workers was still relatively weak.

If it were later, opening near where office workers congregate wouldn’t be too bad.

The rental prices in a mall weren’t cheap.

Of course, these prices aren’t cheap for ordinary people, but for Gu Chen, they were practically a bargain.

Gu Chen rented a 300 square meter space with no interior design.

After renting it, he signed the contract on the same day.

He then immediately searched for a decorator.

He produced the interior design blueprint on the same day.

In his mind, there were too many design schemes to consider.

He still preferred a modern look, but it also had to be comfortable.

The seating at the coffee shop couldn’t be like at a restaurant, where square tables are lined up in rows.

What’s the most attractive thing in a future coffee shop? It’s the dwell time of customers.

Many people would order a single cup of coffee and then spend the whole day sitting there.

Gu Chen found this culture quite interesting, though it contained many details worth researching, that wasn’t what he needed to focus on.

He paid the entire cost for the rent and decoration on the same day.

After the decorating team took on the job at a higher price than the market standard, they made a promise to Gu Chen.

They promised to complete the entire decoration of the store within half a month.

Gu Chen was quite confident in this area, as shoddy construction projects hadn’t become popular at the time.

The decorating team took their work seriously, so spending a little extra money was not an issue.

After handling these two matters, only one last task remained unresolved.

That was dealing with the messy things like qualification certificates.

Gu Chen, who had studied them for quite a while, contemplated calling the guy on the business card to see if he could facilitate the process and expedite it.

However, he didn’t like asking for favors, and asking for help haphazardly would mean owing favors that would lead to troubles later.

With half a month left for the decoration, there should be enough time no matter what.

So he decided to handle it personally.

Once everything was in place, he would then post job advertisements to hire some waitstaff and cleaners, and then he could start operating normally.

Gu Chen was busy with this matter until very late in the afternoon.

When he arrived at the kindergarten, Tangtang was the last child who had not yet been picked up.

After getting in the car, Tangtang pouted, looking very unhappy.

"Daddy, you were late today," Tangtang said.

Gu Chen looked at her helplessly and then apologized formally.

"I am sorry, Tangtang. Daddy won’t be late again," he said.

Apologizing isn’t inherently difficult to do.

Gu Chen felt that he should also set a good example for Tangtang.

If parents never understand what it means to apologize, how can they raise good children?

Tangtang’s mood improved a lot after hearing Gu Chen’s apology.

"Then Daddy will take Tangtang to eat grilled fish, and after eating grilled fish, Tangtang will forgive Daddy."

It was unclear why the little girl suddenly wanted to eat grilled fish.

Gu Chen looked at her with a bit of confusion.

But he didn’t say anything else.

If that was the case, he wouldn’t need to cook tonight.

He messaged Ji Pianran and let her know as well.

Then he went straight to find a decent grilled fish restaurant.

The number of customers in the restaurant was just right, neither too many nor too few.

If you compared it to Qiwei Vegetarian, one was heaven and the other was earth.

There were very few restaurants in Chuan City with customer traffic that could compare to Qiwei Vegetarian.

Upon entering, Tangtang’s little eyes started wandering around the other tables, drooling over the fish dishes ordered by other patrons.

After sitting down, Gu Chen handed the menu to Tangtang, letting her get used to ordering on her own.

"Auntie, I want this, and this, and add this too."

"I want this one too! This one looks so pretty, let’s get one of these!"

Tangtang held the menu and pretended to act like an adult.

The way she ordered was as if she was shopping at a vegetable market.

No! Even at a vegetable market, she wouldn’t have been this casual.

The grilled fish restaurant wasn’t cheap, already featuring three-digit priced fish at this time!

You can imagine why there were so few customers in this grilled fish restaurant even during the peak hours of the afternoon.

The waitress looked at Tangtang’s random ordering without being sure whether to actually write it all down.

Many patrons in the vicinity looked over when they heard Tangtang’s ordering, intrigued.

Just by the speed at which Tangtang was ordering, the meal cost feared to be over six hundred yuan.

The waitress looked at Gu Chen uncertainly.

"Daddy, is it okay if Tangtang orders all this?" Tangtang asked Gu Chen after she finished ordering.

Gu Chen actually wanted to say that they should be mindful of wasting food, but on second thought, seeing Tangtang order without even looking at the prices filled him with a sense of accomplishment as a father.

It was okay even if they had leftovers; they could simply take them home.

"Let’s go with these then," Gu Chen said to the waitress.

Upon hearing Gu Chen’s words, the waitress glanced at Tangtang with envy.

Many of the other patrons nodded to themselves, recognizing Gu Chen as a man who didn’t care about the cost.

Tangtang had no idea that her casual ordering could draw so much attention and envy.

Gu Chen was quite content with Tangtang’s carefree lifestyle.

All his hard work, researching so many things, he didn’t really have other thoughts.

His only wish was to hope that Tangtang’s future life could be a little better.

The smile on Tangtang’s face right now was actually the driving force behind Gu Chen’s hard work.

When the food was served, Ji Pianran arrived as well.

After getting here, Ji Pianran, looking at the vast array of dishes on the table, didn’t have much appetite.

Gu Chen noticed her demeanor and felt like she had something on her mind, wondering if there was some issue at the company.