For the past week, the Midnight Snack Restaurant's employees had veered between pain
and happiness. Pain because they had almost no time to rest, besieged by customers all
day long, and happiness due to the increased income. Aiden had felt this more than
anyone.
Today, he announced that he was going to give everyone a bonus. Hence, after closing
the restaurant, all the employees quietly stood in the middle of the hall, looking at him
with anticipation. The atmosphere was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
Under their eager gaze, Aiden took out a few envelopes from behind his back. You guys
have worked so hard these days, so I wanted to give you a little extra, just so you can go
and buy some clothes or have a meal out. Buy some clothes? Eat? Was that all? Upon
hearing Aiden's words and looking at the thin envelopes in his hand, the employees
couldn't help but feel disappointed.
There couldn't be more than a couple of notes in those envelopes. Aiden smiled and
handed an envelope to each of them, thanking them one by one. Lily had been waiting
tables for several years.
Aiden had heard that her parents had built a new house in the countryside and needed
money and knew she was keen to work any extra hours she could for the overtime. Lily
pinched the envelope and pouted. She wondered if she had followed the wrong boss
after all.
She casually opened it and stopped, stunned. There was a bank card inside. The others
had similar expressions because their envelopes also contained bank cards.
They looked at Aiden in confusion. Aiden put his hands behind his back and smiled
calmly. The pin for the bank card is 1250.
I've put $12,500 on each card. The room was suddenly silent. No one seemed to be able
to react.
Lily said in shock, how much money did you just say there was on the card? After
confirming again and again that there was no mistake, Lily screamed, startling everyone
present. I can't believe it, 12 and a half thousand? Enough to finish the work on the
house? In her excitement, Lily rushed up to Aiden and kissed him on the cheek. Boss,
this is pocket money for you? Poverty has really limited my imagination.
Lily couldn't believe it. The restaurants she had worked in before would occasionally give
bonuses to employees, but never more than a couple of hundred dollars. Now that Aiden
had given her $12,500, how could she stay calm? Looking at Lily dancing around the
hall, Aiden smiled inwardly.
She actually dares to take advantage of me. I'll kiss her back one day. But he maintained
a nonchalant expression on his face.
The way he seemed indifferent to money made Olivia's eyes shine. It looks like I really
did choose the right person. Midnight Snack Restaurant is quite a magical place, and this
manager is very interesting, Olivia thought.
She took out her small notebook and secretly wrote in it, give the employees low
expectations, then they'll be doubly pleased. She had learned another move from the
manager. Ding, obtain the beauty worship, flirting skill, plus one.
Ding, reward employee, leadership, plus one. Business management ability, plus one
Ross, who had experienced so much, trembled as he picked up the bank card. His
experience told him that no boss had ever been so generous to a security guard. At that moment, loyalty showed in his eyes.
Of the four of them, the young kitchen assistant, Matt, was the most embarrassed. He
held the bank card and asked anxiously, manager, you've given us so much money,
won't you go bankrupt? The others were stunned, but looked at Aiden at the same time.
Aiden smiled generously.
Don't worry, Matt, take this money. The Midnight Snack Restaurant will not go bankrupt.
Aiden had been shocked when he saw the account books.
In just a week, the restaurant had taken $500,000. After deducting the insignificant cost
of ingredients, the profits were still astonishingly high. Aiden knew that while some of
the credit was due to him, some was undoubtedly due to the hard work of these
employees.
Therefore, he decided to be generous and let them enjoy themselves for once. That day,
before the staff left work, they all gratefully made plans for the evening. Morris and
Clara, this tireless old couple, also went to have a candlelit dinner.
As a result, Aiden was left alone in the hall. He stood in front of Midnight Snack
Restaurant, about to go out to explore the bustling street market, when a pleasant voice
came from behind him. Manager, why are you here alone? Aiden turned his head and
saw Olivia standing behind him.
She seemed to have dressed carefully this evening. She wore her hair down and had put
on some makeup. In her white dress, she looked like an otherworldly fairy.
Aiden's heart skipped a beat. He shifted his gaze slightly and pretended not to care.
Olivia, hi, are you going on a date? Olivia smiled.
I don't even have a boyfriend. How would I be going on a date? I've arranged to meet my
best friends. We are going to visit East Street together.
Oh, Aiden nodded. For some reason, he suddenly felt a lot happier. I have been
abandoned by my parents.
I am wondering where to go. Olivia stepped forward in elegant high heels and walked a
few steps past him. Suddenly, she turned her head and smiled sweetly.
Manager, if you have nothing else to do, why don't I invite you to a movie? Invite me to a
movie? Aiden was surprised. What about your girlfriends? I can meet my friends at any
time, but it's hard to get time with the manager. He's always so busy.
Olivia smiled mischievously and came over to hold Aiden's arm. She half pulled and half
pushed him onto the street. You just gave me a generous bonus.
I'd like to thank you. I'll treat you to a movie. You won't reject a poor little employee like
me, will you? Seeing Olivia's big laughing eyes, Aiden smiled.
He could not reject her. It may have been that Olivia simply forgot to let go of Aiden's
arm. At any rate, she kept hold of it as they walked along the busy street.
Aiden's face had been strengthened by the facial appearance system over a period of
time. Although he could not be considered handsome, he looked clean and elegant with
regular facial features. Olivia was simply stunning.
She would have been the school bell in any school. The two of them walked slowly along
the street like a couple, attracting the attention of many passersby.
They did not speak. They felt no need to, and each enjoyed the rare peace and
companionship. This tacit understanding only ended when they reached the front of the
movie theater, halfway down East Street.
It was the most luxurious in Bayside. Aiden did not go to many movies. To be exact, this
was his first time visiting a movie theater.
He was more used to watching pirated movies on his computer. He thought Olivia would
have far more experience than him, so was surprised to see her confusion as they went
inside. He could not help laughing when he saw her clumsiness at the ticket machine.
"'What are you laughing at?' Olivia pouted and glared at Aiden. She had been so focused
on her studies at university that she had no time to think about romance, let alone watch
movies. She was struggling with the ticket machine.
Her face was bewildered as she asked, "'What movie shall we watch?' Aiden suddenly
remembered Jacob Clements' advice. "'If you're going to a movie with a girl, it's best to
choose a horror movie.'" Of the three of them, Jacob had got along best with girls. He
had had several girlfriends back then.
Although Aiden did not really understand why, he decided to trust Jacob this once. He
stretched out his hand and pointed to a horror movie that had just been released today.
Soon, Aiden knew what Jacob had meant.
Not long after the movie started, the entire cinema was filled with screams. Aiden looked
at the terrifying zombies on the screen and received a system notification. Ding,
watching horror movies.
Courage, plus one. Ding, activating beginner level courage. Automatically eliminating
effects of horror movie.
He looked at the screen again and saw that the hideous zombie now just looked rather