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He didn’t bother denying it.Anything he said would be used against him by his sister.
Dad looked at him and nodded.He’d take pity on Adrian and change the conversation—that was the way his family worked.
“Your mother and I started watchingChu’s Restaurant.You said the girl who plays Waverly went to your school, right?”
Adrian started hacking on his har gow.Of all the topics that Dad could have brought up—the weather, work, how his geraniums were doing this year—he’d gone withChu’s Restaurant.A show that reminded Adrian of his family more than any other TV family he’d ever seen, which was part of the reason he liked it.
He’d just prefer to talk about something else, anything else, at this very moment.
“She did,” he croaked at last.
“She’s very pretty,” Mom said.
Adrian kept coughing.He wasn’t sure how he was going to survive this conversation.
“Have you seen her since then?”Dad asked.
“No.”This time, he was actually lying, but nobody called him on it…whereas they’d been suspicious when he’d been telling the truth.
Funny how that worked.
The rest of the meal was less eventful—aside from Ryder spilling his tea on Colleen’s half-eaten turnip cake—and Adrian managed not to think about Maddie.Not until he was driving home and considering his plans for tomorrow.
Crap.Maddie wouldn’t think they were too date-like, would she?
Because he knew this wasnota date.
From Wikipedia
Chu’sRestaurantis a Canadian television sitcom about the Chu family.It’s set in the fictional town of Frankfurt, Ontario.The series was created by Jen Fu and Maddie Ng, who also stars as Waverly, the youngest of the Chu siblings.
Chu’s Restaurantdebuted in 2021, and it received critical acclaim and won numerous Canadian Screen Awards for its first season.
It has been renewed for a third season, which will air in 2023.
Synopsis
The life of Waverly Yu (Maddie Ng), wife of a wealthy Toronto hedge fund manager, is upended when her husband is arrested for fraud.With nowhere else to go and all her assets seized, she heads to her hometown of Frankfurt.
Her family runs Frankfurt’s Chinese restaurant, and her parents, Wincent and Lindy Chu (Roger Fung and Lori Lam), have recently retired, leaving the management of the restaurant to her brother, Mike (Cameron Ong).In desperate need of cash, Waverly starts working at the restaurant, something she swore she’d never do, and struggles with readjusting to small-town life.
Cast and Characters
Main
Maddie Ng as Waverly Yu (née Chu), 28 at the start of the series.Toronto socialite.Likes city life, parties, fine dining, and fashion.Hasn’t been back to Frankfurt in ten years.
Cameron Ong as Mike Chu, Waverly’s brother.30 at the start of the series.New manager of Chu’s Restaurant.Has many ideas for reinventing the restaurant, ranging from goofy to sensible, and also acts as family peacemaker.
