The Dragon Restaurant: Before the Shots, I Brought Everyone Home

The moment the gun barrel pressed against the back of Ma Junsheng's head, Xu Fu finally understood one thing.

Money could be earned again.

The restaurant could be reopened.

He could cook another meal.

But once someone was gone, they were gone for good.

The gunshot rang out.

Then Xu Fu opened his eyes again.

The oil was still sizzling on the stove.

Ma Junsheng was still in the dining room, bragging to someone.

Lina was still waiting for him.

Saif was still the same stubborn kid who snuck bites of food and secretly practiced cooking.

Tony Wang wasn't dead yet.

Zaid hadn't yet become someone nobody recognized.

And before Xu Fu's eyes, a menu appeared that only he could see.

It had no dishes on it.

Only names.

And the regrets they had left behind.

[Ma Junsheng: One wedding short.]

[Lina: One person who never came back.]

[Tony Wang: One plane ticket home short.]

[Saif: One childhood he should have had.]

[Zaid: One chance to turn back.]

Xu Fu stared at it for a long while, then folded the menu.

“To hell with regrets.”

“This time, I'm changing everything.”

From then on, while others fought over territory, Xu Fu fought to save people.

While others cleared the way with guns, he won people over with a hot meal.

While others sowed hatred, he made a point of stamping it out.

Someone asked him whose side he was on.

Holding a pot, Xu Fu replied with just one sentence:

“I'm on the side of eating.”

Later, a saying began to spread through the war zone:

If you run into the people from Dragon Restaurant, don't be in such a hurry to die.

Old Xu hasn't served you yet.

[P.S. To avoid copyright issues, and because my memory of the plot details may be a little off, I've made some appropriate changes to the original story to accommodate people who haven't seen the movie. Please understand.]