Before Manager Su could react, a slap landed directly on his face, causing him excruciating pain.

"I was just saying that, why did you hit me? Who do you think you are, trying to hit me in broad daylight in front of so many people? Do you believe I'll call the police?"

Upon hearing that Steward Xiao had hit someone, Chunhua rushed out and grabbed Zhang Shi, crying out, "Sister-in-law, I don't know why these two started fighting. What should we do now? We're all women, how can we stop Steward Xiao?"

Little Li, who was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, heard Zhang's shout and rushed out, saying in a panic, "Quick, hurry up and call my Erniu. Now, only Erniu can help."

Xiao Li, a newly hired kitchen helper, immediately responded to the request and went to the martial arts school to fetch Er Niu upon hearing about the matter.

"You still want to report this to the authorities, don't you? Taste my fist first. You're incompetent, yet you still covet our recipes. Do you think you can get away with not reporting us to the authorities?"

Manager Su trembled with fear when he saw Manager Xiao's fist: "No, no, I'll leave, I'll leave, okay?"

Manager Su was so frightened that he fled in panic!

Chunyan stepped forward and said angrily, "How could you hit someone? You hit someone for no reason. What will the other guests think of our restaurant?"

Suddenly, Zhang remembered: "That's right, we scared all the diners away today. Of course, they don't know what happened yet. Manager Su was about to hit someone. Now that they're out there, it's bound to spread. The Rich Man's Restaurant has achieved its goal. Outside, everyone will say that the manager of the Jinzhou Grand Restaurant hit someone!"

Just as she was worrying, Erniu rushed in with a few people, followed by Xiao Lizi. Xiao Lizi glanced at Zhang Shi and said, "Sister-in-law, do you know that everyone outside is saying that the manager of our Jinzhou Restaurant beat someone up? Look, this is just the beginning. What are we going to do now? It will definitely affect our restaurant's business."

Erniu breathed a sigh of relief and called Manager Xiao over, asking, "What exactly happened? How could you do such a thing? This restaurant isn't a martial arts school. If you're itching for a fight, you can come to a martial arts school and spar with me. How could you hit Manager Su?"

Manager Xiao looked nervous and didn't know how to explain. He then said, "Manager Su, he didn't come here to eat the cold noodles at all. He came to steal our cold noodle recipe. How could I not hit him?"

“That’s true, but as you can see right now, the people at this Rich Man’s Restaurant will definitely cause us trouble. They’ll take this opportunity to spread rumors that our restaurant beats up customers. That way, our business will be affected before we even open for business. Why don’t you think things through with that head of yours?”

Things have already come to this point, what else can be done?

Sure enough, a shout came from the street: "Something terrible has happened! The manager of Jinzhou Restaurant beat up a customer! Do you still dare to eat at Jinzhou Restaurant?"

"That's right, Manager Xiao hit someone, but no matter what, our Rich Man Restaurant would never hit someone."

Upon learning this news, Zhao Heng quickly informed Liang Shuyan. Liang Shuyan, disregarding everything else, hurriedly drove her carriage to the entrance of the restaurant.

As soon as Liang Shuyan entered the room, she saw Jin Erniu scolding Manager Xiao. She frowned and said, "What's wrong, Manager Xiao? I believe you wouldn't hit someone so easily. Did something happen?"

When Manager Xiao saw Liang Shuyan, his eyes reddened. This grown man felt a pang of regret as he realized he would have to pay the price for his impulsiveness.

“Auntie, that Manager Su came to our restaurant ostensibly to eat cold noodles, but actually he came to steal our cold noodle recipe. If I don’t teach him a lesson, he’ll try to steal our recipe again in the future. Right now, the colored cold noodles are selling very well. It’s obvious that the people from the Rich Man’s Restaurant are jealous of our profits. They even said they’d make money together. I got angry when I heard that and hit him.”

Liang Shuyan said coldly, "Don't worry, you've protected the interests of our restaurant, you did nothing wrong, and I'm on your side. How about this, I'll handle the rest, don't worry!"

Manager Xiao never expected that Liang Shuyan would stand by his side, and at the same time reprimand Jin Erniu: "Don't you think about it? Manager Xiao is doing this for the good of our restaurant. Therefore, no one in our restaurant can do anything to say anything wrong about Manager Xiao. If I hear it, you will be dismissed!"

Everyone was too frightened to utter a sound.

Zhang blushed and walked up to Liang Shuyan: "Mother, this whole thing started because of me. I blamed Steward Xiao without asking for the reason first. Please don't take offense!"

"Alright, let's leave it at that! Manager Xiao, come with me, and Jin Erniu too!"

Erniu said somewhat awkwardly, "Mother, what are you doing? Didn't we say this was the end of it?"

Forget it? Manager Su has ruined her restaurant like this, failing to sell the property and even smearing the restaurant's reputation. How can she just let it go like this? Liang Shuyan is no pushover either; she has to go and have a talk with this wealthy boss.

Several waiters from the Rich Man's Restaurant strolled around the street waving white flags, shouting, "Do you know what happened? Someone got into a fight at the Jinzhou Restaurant. Who would dare to eat there now?"

Jin Erniu glanced at it and said angrily, "Mother, look! These things were clearly done by people from the Rich Man's Restaurant. We must arrest these people and bring them to the manager of the Rich Man's Restaurant to demand compensation for our losses!"

Liang Shuyan nodded and said, "Yes, Erniu, you're right this time. Go now and catch them. Take them to see the manager of the Rich Man's Restaurant. I'll make them pay a good sum of compensation!"

Jin Erniu and Steward Xiao stepped forward, pounced on the two men, tackled them to the ground, grabbed their arms, and shouted, "Come on! Come with us!"

"Who are you? How dare you attack us? Do you know we are from the Rich Man's Restaurant!"

Jin Erniu kicked him, saying, "I knew you were from the Rich Man's Restaurant. You'll have your say later. What's the rush now?"

Liang Shuyan walked in front, followed by Jin Erniu and Manager Xiao, along with several waiters, and they arrived at the entrance of the Rich Man Restaurant in a grand procession.

A servant saw Liang Shuyan enter with two waiters and immediately rushed in, shouting, "Something terrible has happened! The manager of Jinzhou Restaurant has arrived!"