"Hah? One door… and what's more 'contract'? Guarding the restaurant is not weird since the restaurant is a big one and has its own prestige, but why the contract?" An Rong asked him with a sceptical tone.
"Well, oy. I don't know whether it is an act of proof, promise or contract. But many called it 'nature'. This is what I can absolutely say, oy. To enter that restaurant, you must know its nature.
"First, when you enter the restaurant, your information is not safe. Second, anything being talked about or done in the restaurant is not safe. Third, if you enter the restaurant without the contract, you are not safe. Lastly, the fourth, if you ever dare to find the owner, your life is not safe."
"By 'not safe'… you mean they will die?"
"Huh? What do you mean by there will die, An Rong?" Buchang was shaking. His body became cold. He looked at An Rong with a terrified expression.
Hahaha. The boss, Tai, laughed in amusement while pulling out a chair and sitting near us.
I looked around. All of the customers had left except us. At the same time, I was wondering; why he was laughing. Is An Rong's assumption wrong?
"You're saying like ones will die once they enter the restaurant. Hahaha. That's funny, oy."
"Then?" I asked.
"That's not it oy, but people who have been there said, 'Not safe for nature number one and two means if they find anything about yourself; all the information or anything they get from you, they will treat as their own.' which mean, they will be no privacy but, of course, that only applies when you are in the restaurant, if you are outside of the restaurant, you are not bound to it."
After a short breath, Tai chuckled suddenly. "Isn't it amusing, oy?"
"Then, what about nature number three and four?" An Rong asked the same question that I had in my mind.
"Hoh…you really want to know, oy? Well, they said, if nature number 1 and 2 is hilarious, nature number 3 and 4 is outrageous!"
Tai stopped a moment. His eyes fixed on me. Perhaps because I was the one who asked him first or my dignified appearance than these two attracted him, giving it out that I am not a normal person.
"…nature number three, if you do, you are likely to die while nature number four, if you do, you will absolutely die."
"Heh…boss, what are you talking about? Why will they die just because of that? Isn't this only some rumour or…" An Rong glanced right into Tai's eyes then continued, "…did you make it up? so that we don't go eat there?" An Rong spoke frankly.
I was a bit startled, but my expression remained the same.
'His mouth, really…'He looked terrified when my sharp eyes stared at him furiously. I was a bit angry and annoyed. I was afraid the stall boss did not want to talk about that matter anymore after An Rong ran out his sloppy mouth.
However, fortunately, he replied, "You can go there yourself and ask the guards or the workers there oy, if you don't believe me. Besides, they will also explain the four nature to new customers before getting down the contract, oy.
"Don't worry, oy. If you go but suddenly have a change of heart, they will do nothing to you if you never step inside the restaurant…
"Ehem! But I will tell you this, the workers said that if you do nature number 3, it means you have hidden motives. That's why you are likely to die. If you really have hidden motives, then you are kutt!" he moved his hand near his neck showing the head is being slashed.
"Then, how about number four?" I was really curious about the 'nature' he mentioned. My inner self told me it was the most important clue to know more about the mysterious restaurant.
'Why will you die if you do nature number 4?' – I wondered.
"Lad, what else it means? It's exactly that."
"I do understand ones will die if they try to find the owner. But Why? Who is the owner?"
"Shhh!" Tai hurriedly covered my mouth.
Buchang and An Rong weird seeing the sudden reflect from the stall boss.
"Damn! I forgot to tell you beforehand, but…for nature number four, it is applied outside of the restaurant all well!" His pair of small eyes got bigger and wondered left and right panickily.
"That means it's also dangerous to talk about the owner of that restaurant everywhere?"
'It's good I bring him along. At least he has some use,' I felt relieved inside when An Rong once again asked what I had in my mind since Tai still covering my mouth firmly.
"Yes, oy! But luckily, you just ask that. If you ask any more than that, I'm afraid…" Tai shrugged his body and shook his head several times.
"Easier to say, nobody knows the owner, but there's one, a story about Three Star Restaurant that makes people never take their natures lightly."
"Once, there's a group of people trying to find the owner, they rushed to the restaurant, holding the swords in their hands.
"The rumour spread around the city, saying that those people were angry because their information was leaking everywhere. At that moment, they destroy everything in the restaurant, but, not even one of the guards moves. Instead, they just stand there, look at them, and let them do what they want.
"They then enraged and became violent, because even after they asked them where the owner is, the guard still silently watch. Later, they pass on their anger to the guards and leave after the guards were beaten up badly. Maybe they're tired of waiting for the owner, who never shows up. I've heard some of them even getting stabbed by the swords."
Tai stopped for a moment and snickered, "Hoo…did you wonder what happens next, oy?"