âCure!â
Joel Edwards said with a smile, âYoung man, whatâs your surname?â
âMy name is Greg Jensen, you can just call me boss from now on.â
âSure thing, boss.â
Joel Edwards promptly changed his way of addressing him, and then asked with a grin, âBoss, how is the salary calculated?â
Greg Jensenâs face darkened as he said speechlessly, âWhatâs with you being so mercenary?â
âHeh, actually, I wanted to ask how big is that hotel of yours?â
âNot big, just a private kitchen, located in Dreamscape Garden.â
Upon hearing the words âDreamscape Garden,â Joel Edwardsâs face went pale as he hurriedly said, âWhy did you go there to open a restaurant? Donât you know thatâs a haunted house?â
Greg Jensen casually replied, âJust a small problem with Feng Shui, itâs already been taken care of.â
âHoly shit!â
Joel Edwards was completely shocked this time, and with a dumbfounded face, he said, âYou know Feng Shui too?â
âA little!â
âAnd about cooking?â
âA little!â
âMedical skills?â
âA little!â
Joel Edwards was at a loss for words, and it took him a good while before he said, âDamn, turns out youâre a Jack of all trades.â
âEnough, stop blabbering. You wait here for a bit; Iâm going to buy some stuff.â
Greg Jensen stood up, mentioned it to Spencer Burley, and then walked out of the club to a nearby pharmacy, where he bought two bottles of hydrogen peroxide.
On his way back, he casually picked up a few bottles of mineral water from the bar and a box of high-purity chocolate.
Seeing Greg Jensen return with a pile of stuff, Joel Edwards was dumbfounded.
He said in a daze, âYouâre going to treat me right here?â
âAre you the doctor, or am I the doctor?â
âYou are.â
Greg Jensen said with a stern face, âThen stop all the nonsense, rinse your mouth with this until your tongue isnât yellow anymore, and weâll call it done.â
After saying that, he handed over the hydrogen peroxide, diluted to the right concentration, to Joel Edwards, who directly grabbed a trash can and started rinsing his mouth.
Spencer Burley and Adrian Wright watched curiously; they stopped playing pool and came over with their cues in hand.
âGreg, whatâs going on here?â
âYou guys keep playing; Iâm just treating someone on the side.â
Spencer Burley was astonished and, pointing at Joel Edwards, said, âHoly cow, you can even find patients here?â
Greg Jensen said wryly, âStrictly speaking, heâs not my patient; heâs going to be the future head chef of Dreamscape Garden!â
âAwesome!â
Spencer Burley and Adrian Wright didnât know what else to say and could only give Greg Jensen a thumbs up.
Even Greg Jensen himself never expected to run into a down-and-out executive chef in a pool hall.
As for whether what Joel Edwards said was true, Greg Jensen had no reason to doubt it, as he could tell just by looking at a personâs demeanor whether they were lying or boasting.
What Joel Edwards said was obviously the truth.
After more than half an hour, Joel Edwardsâs tongue finally turned from yellow to a normal color.
Greg Jensen asked him to stick out his tongue and took out a silver needle to pierce it, rapidly pricking it several times until a strong-smelling black blood oozed out from the tip of the tongue.
He bled profusely for quite a while before it slowly began to turn red.
Seeing this, Greg Jensen took out the gauze heâd bought, stuffed it into Joel Edwardsâs mouth, and said, âBite on this for a while; when the bleeding stops, it should be mostly better.â
âOkayâ¦â
Joel Edwards didnât babble anymore, biting on the gauze in his mouth and starting to watch Spencer Burley and the others play.
More than ten minutes later, Greg Jensen had him spit out the gauze, saw that the tongue had stopped bleeding, and broke him off a piece of chocolate to eat.
Joel Edwards was taken aback and asked, âWhatâs the chocolate for?â
âYouâre asking what chocolate is for? Itâs for eating, of course.â
âOh, okay.â
Seeing that Greg Jensen was getting a bit impatient, Joel Edwards didnât say anything more, took the chocolate, and popped it into his mouth.
As he chewed the chocolate, he said, âWhat kind of chocolate did you buy? Why is it so bitter? Iâm telling you, you should have bought that kindâ¦â
Mid-sentence, Joel Edwards froze, chewed a couple more times, smacked his lips twice, then snatched the rest of the chocolate from Greg Jensenâs hand and stuffed it all into his mouth, before starting to chew frantically.
A moment later, tears started flowing uncontrollably.
Nearing fifty, Joel Edwards cried with his head in his hands like a child, making it look as though Greg Jensen had bullied him.
Familiar bosses and store employees all ran over, looking at Greg Jensen with unfriendly expressions.
Greg Jensen found it a bit comical but also unbearable and quickly explained, âI cured his tongue, heâs just overwhelmed with emotion.â
âYou cured his tongue?â
The pool hall owner, evidently aware of Joel Edwardsâs situation, gave Greg Jensen a skeptical look, then asked, âOld Joel, is your tongue really working now?â
âYes, itâs better, itâs completely better.â
Holding the chocolate in his hand, Joel Edwards, crying and laughing, said, âBitter, itâs so damn bitter.â
âReally better?â
âHoly shit, a Divine Doctor!â
After that, everyoneâs gaze towards Greg Jensen changed completely.
Immediately after, the club was thrown into chaos, with someone saying their mother had been bedridden for years, someone else asking if his wife couldnât get pregnant and whether Greg Jensen could cure her.
The most absurd was a woman who said she had had athleteâs foot for over twenty years, wondering if Greg Jensen had any special remedies.
Greg Jensen was overwhelmed and hurriedly made his escape with Spencer Burley and his group.
Once outside, Spencer Burley and Adrian Wright couldnât contain themselves and burst out laughing.
The next second, Joel Edwards knelt down right in front of Greg Jensen, knocking his head to the ground three times.
Greg Jensen was flabbergasted!
First, it was Theo Carter, and now Joel Edwards; were they trying to make him lose years off his life?
âBoss, from today on, Iâm your man. Where you point, I go, no turning back. If you tell me to chase dogs, I definitely wonât be chasing chickens,â Joel Edwards proclaimed.
âYouâre full of it, get up. A man over fifty should know better than to act like this,â Greg Jensen responded.
Joel Edwards hurriedly got up and stood there, grinning foolishly at Greg Jensen.
âAlright, Iâll take you to meet the general manager of Dreamscape Garden first; if you have any issues, you can go directly to him,â Greg Jensen said.
âOkay.â
Greg Jensen planned to take Joel Edwards to meet Kingsley Harrison. Spencer Burley and Adrian Wright also wanted to see, so the four men drove to Dreamscape Garden in one car.
âOld Kingsley, this is the administrative chef that Iâve found for you. Later on, you can arrange for him to be sent to Reverie Inn for some training,â Greg Jensen said.
âI need training?â
Upon hearing about training, Joel Edwards immediately objected.
Greg Jensen, with a stern face, said, âJust now you said that if I tell you to chase dogs, you wouldnât chase chickens. Are you going back on your word so soon?â
âNo, what I meant was, after working so many yearsâ¦â
âCan you make herbal cuisine?â
That question from Greg Jensen left Joel Edwards baffled. He paused for a moment and then cautiously nodded his head.
âAlright, then youâll go and exchange knowledge with the head chef at Reverie Inn, you learn from each other, see who makes the most effective and also the tastiest herbal dishes,â Greg Jensen instructed.
âOkay, Iâll go in a while,â Joel Edwards agreed.
Kingsley Harrison laughed and said, âNo rush, you go home first and get your things, bring a couple of changes of clothes, and Iâll take you over tomorrow.ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âIsnât Reverie Inn in Jamae City?â
âNo, itâs in Riverhaven County.â
Joel Edwards was dumbfounded, saying with a perplexed face, âA hotel in a county town? Youâre having me exchange culinary experiences with a chef from a county-level hotel?â