Sarah replied and then smiled apologetically at Jacob: “Brother Jacob, I just returned after the New Year. Let’s have a meal together sometime; I’ll contact you on WhatsApp.”
“Sure, go ahead and be busy!”
Jacob nodded slightly. Given Sarah’s experience and ability in the restaurant industry, it was somewhat beneath her to be a manager at such a small barbecue restaurant.
When Jacob had five restaurants, she had helped him manage three of them. “Uber 018 is ready.”
At that moment, a server called out to him.
Pulling his thoughts back from drifting away, Jacob took the packed takeaway and quickly left.
Inside the restaurant.
After dealing with a difficult customer, Sarah turned to look at the waiting area, but the familiar figure was already gone.
She stared blankly at the spot where the man had just been.
Last year, when all of Jacob’s Best Diet restaurants closed, she was probably the saddest person after Jacob himself.
Initially, she had just wanted to work to earn money, but by chance, she became Jacob’s employee. Over time, she gradually fell for this sunny, capable boss.
She worked even harder, hoping to earn his appreciation and recognition.
Eventually, Jacob indeed trusted her and recognized her workability, promoting her to manager. However, she lacked the courage to confess her feelings, fearing that if she failed, they wouldn’t even be able to maintain their current relationship.
Later, when Lara came to work part-time at the restaurant, she watched as the boss she admired got together with her and eventually married and had children.
Sarah could only bury her feelings deep inside, working diligently, accompanying Jacob in another way.
But last year, everything ended. She no longer had a reason to be by his side. Disheartened, she returned to her hometown, accepting her mother’s matchmaking arrangements. She met several suitors, but they just didn’t click.
In fact, she knew it wasn’t that she couldn’t connect with them; it was mainly because she still had lingering feelings.
So when the New Year came, she returned to Coastville.
“Sarah Jasper, do you know that delivery guy from earlier?”
While Sarah was lost in thought, a young female server gently tapped her arm and asked with a smile.
“He’s my boss.”
Sarah replied casually.
“Ah?”
“Boss?”
The female server looked skeptical, as if she wanted to ask why the boss was delivering food.
“Oh, he used to be,” Sarah added.
“I see.”
The female server laughed: “Sarah Jasper, are you secretly pleased? He used to be so arrogant, and now he’s delivering food!”
“What are you thinking!”
Sarah lightly tapped her on the head: “Not all bosses are like our current one.”
“He’s very good to me and to the other employees too!”
“Uh?”
“So, he’s a good boss?” The female server was a bit surprised. She had worked as a waitress for two years, moving between three restaurants, and had yet to encounter the legendary good boss.
Sarah smiled: “If he opens a restaurant again, I would still be willing to work for him!”
After saying that, Sarah took out her phone, opened WhatsApp, and found the chat with Jacob. The last message was sent during the New Year.
She hesitated for a moment, then edited a message and sent it: The environment is slowly getting better; I’m always ready for the boss’s call!
“Sarah Jasper, he’s delivering food now!”
“Are you planning to go deliver food with him?” The female server teased from the side.
“If he needs it, I wouldn’t mind,” Sarah shrugged lightly.
“Uh?”
The female server was slightly taken aback, then a look of realization crossed her face: “Sarah Jasper, do you like him??”
Sarah did not respond directly but tapped the other person’s head again: “Get back to work; all you do is gossip!”
After delivering the order from the barbecue restaurant, Jacob finished work and headed home.
Today, he completed a total of 42 deliveries, earning around 160 dollars. Including the money from Vienna, he made over 200 dollars.
Recently, Jacob’s daily income has been around 200 to 300 dollars, a stark contrast to when he was running a Best Diet restaurant.
At first, the psychological gap was quite significant, but he has now gotten used to it, and his mindset has become much more peaceful. Take the incident with Sarah earlier, for example; if it had happened when he first started delivering food, he would have likely felt embarrassed and even avoided contact with her.
But now it’s different. After experiencing the ups and downs of his career and the twists and turns of life, he feels that his inner strength has grown.
The so-called face is actually the most illusory thing, like a mental demon, a chasm that lies across people’s hearts.
