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Our Boss Loves Making Empty Promises

In Our Boss Loves Making Empty Promises, a restaurant owner manipulates her staff with false incentives. When a naive prep cook is denied his promised shares due to a lack of legal documentation, he blames the protagonist for suggesting the paperwork in the first place. This fatal resentment leads to a brutal murder. However, the victim wakes up on the very day the cycle began. Now, he must use his knowledge of the future to survive this high-stakes mystery and horror.
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Chapter 3

Kaden worked overtime every day and stayed up late to prepare the ingredients.

I did not care how hard he worked. I just made sure to leave when my shift ended.

The rest of the staff worked a bit harder too, but they could not keep up with the high demands for 30 days. This worked out just as Jennifer had planned.

Jennifer believed that as long as she encouraged the staff in monthly meetings, they would work a little harder for about a week. This would improve the restaurant’s performance.

At the end of the month, it showed that everyone had been conscious of saving costs.

For example, they saved on utilities, napkins, disposable forks and spoons, and even free drinks. They even managed to save on ingredients, which was a big part of the restaurant’s expenses. Jennifer thought her strategy of making empty promises to the staff was a smart move.

Since the employees had something to look forward to, their attitude improved too. The restaurant got many positive reviews online, and some influencers noticed.

One influencer, “Lindsey Loves Food,” was passing by after finishing a live stream at a restaurant at 2 a.m. She saw that our kitchen staff was still working, so she decided to feature our restaurant in her live stream.

“Wow, guys! This popular restaurant that’s been trending online still has people working in the kitchen at 2 a.m.! Their hours are crazy!

“How about we go inside and interview them? Leave your suggestions in the comments! What do you want to see?”

The viewers were excited and left their comments. When they heard Lindsey was checking out our place, over 3,000 more people joined her livestream in just ten minutes.

[Hahaha, is Lindsey about to stir things up again?]

[Let’s see if the service is really that good and if they’ll serve extra food in the middle of the night!]

[If you ask me, she should check their hygiene. No kitchen can leave Lindsey’s livestream unscathed!]

Lindsey was excited to see her livestream getting so much attention.

She had heard that our steakhouse had amazing flavors. Recently, our restaurant had great reviews online, and people said the service was as good as at a Michelin-star restaurant.

She thought that if she couldn’t find any problems with our restaurant, she could still use the opportunity to promote it and later ask for advertising money.

But if she did find a flaw, she could use it to boost her own reputation.

Hard-working people would always succeed.

“Hehehe, I’m heading to the kitchen now!”

The cameraman followed Lindsey into our restaurant.

There were no customers at night, and the lights in the main hall were off.

The camera showed the overall view of the restaurant.

“Guys, the head chef’s already off work. Not just anyone can cook at a steakhouse. Looks like it’ll be hard to get a meal tonight.”

The camera caught someone climbing a ladder in a dark corner.

The comments started flooding in.

[Someone’s there! Could it be a thief?]

[Are you serious? Why would a thief climb a ladder?]

[What’s that person doing in the dark?]

The cameraman shouted, “Hey, what are you doing?!”

Hearing the noise, Kaden looked over. When he saw customers, he was a bit confused. Holding a cloth in his hand, he climbed down and looked at the two people who had come in the middle of the night.

To earn shares by the end of the year, he always wore a smile.

The comments were full of praise.

[Still smiling at 2 a.m. This restaurant is really living up to its reputation.]

[If I were the owner of this restaurant, I’d wake up laughing in my sleep.]

[This restaurant is going places.]

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