Manager Su yawned, his surprised eyes fixed on the servant, who pointed towards the door!

Zheng Dapeng, the owner of the Fuhao Grand Restaurant, heard that his son was working as a jailer in the provincial capital, and no one in the entire Qingfeng Town dared to offend him.

Liang Shuyan didn't believe in this superstition, so she led a group of people to the lobby of the Rich Man's Restaurant!

At this time, there were few customers in the hall, only two waiters with towels draped over their shoulders, wiping the tables with their heads down.

"Sirs, what would you like to eat?"

I understand that these waiters have it tough working, and she didn't want to make things difficult for them.

"Where is your manager? I'm looking for your manager."

Just as the waiter was about to speak, Steward Su rushed over.

"May I ask what business you have with our manager? If you have any issues, please feel free to speak to Manager Su. There is nothing that Manager Su cannot handle at our Rich Man Restaurant."

This Manager Su is really exaggerating. Liang Shuyan looked up and sized up Manager Su in front of her.

"So you're saying you ordered people to parade through the streets, claiming that our Jinzhou Restaurant assaulted someone?"

Manager Su threw his head back and laughed loudly: "I thought it was someone else, but it turns out to be people from Jinzhou Restaurant. Your manager hit me, and I haven't even come to ask for medical expenses yet, and you've already come to my door."

"Manager Su, can you tell me why our Manager Xiao hit you?"

Liang Shuyan's eyes were swirling with anger as she leaned against the window in the hall.

"Do I need to say it? I originally wanted to go to your restaurant to eat cold noodles. Everyone else was eating them, so why couldn't I? I didn't expect that before I even got to eat the cold noodles, I was beaten up by Manager Xiao from your restaurant. Look at my face, it's all swollen up like this!"

Manager Xiao stood to one side, listening intently!

"You're talking nonsense. There are so many customers who come to our restaurant to eat, why did I not hit you, but only you? You just asked me directly if I could get our jelly recipe, and you said things like we should make money together. Do you dare to admit that you didn't say those things?"

Manager Su angrily flung his sleeves open: "Don't even mention your Jinzhou Grand Restaurant, even if the government comes, I'm not afraid. Whatever I said at your restaurant, I still haven't gotten my hands on your recipe."

Liang Shuyan then clapped her hands: "Did you all hear that? Manager Su was just trying to cheat us out of our restaurant's recipe. If that's the case, then no matter how much Manager Xiao beats you, he deserves it. But if he dares to spread rumors in the market that our restaurant beat people, then I have no choice but to report him to the authorities."

After Liang Shuyan finished speaking, she turned to leave, but then a man's voice rang out: "What on earth are you shouting about?"

Manager Su hurriedly stepped forward and told Liang Shuyan about the incident, but Liang Shuyan sneered: "I really didn't expect that a prestigious restaurant like Fuhao would do such a despicable thing. We're all in business, yet you sent your Manager Su to our restaurant to try and steal our recipe. When you failed, you were beaten by our Manager Xiao. Now you're spreading rumors about our restaurant in the market, affecting our business. Who will compensate us for this loss?"

Zheng Dapeng, the manager of the Rich Man's Restaurant, glanced at Liang Shuyan and asked, "Are you the manager of the Jinzhou Grand Restaurant?"

"You could say that. During this time, I was building a house and temporarily handed everything over to Manager Xiao. I didn't expect this to happen. Now that Manager Zheng is here, what do you think we should do?"

Zheng Dapeng had heard about Liang Shuyan before. Jin's Tea House and Jinzhou Restaurant were both hers. But what was important was not these things, but that she had a very close relationship with the county magistrate. He had heard that the county magistrate's son was being taken care of by her.

"You insolent brat! I told you to go to Jinzhou Restaurant to steal their recipe. Our Fuhao Restaurant has been in Qingfeng Town for so many years, when have we ever coveted anyone else's things? Apologize to Madam right now!"

Manager Su was slapped and spun around on the ground before touching his face, looking extremely pained.

"Manager, we didn't steal their recipe! It was Steward Xiao who hit me!"

It was clear that Zheng Dapeng held Liang Shuyan in great awe. He then kicked Manager Su hard, yelling, "You bastard! You've ruined the reputation of our Fuhao Grand Restaurant, and you still dare to argue here? Get out! Settle the bill!"

Manager Su knelt on the ground and wailed, "Manager, please don't! I have an elderly mother at home who needs my care, I can't lose this job!"

Liang Shuyan, however, said with a serious expression: "Alright, Manager Zheng, stop putting on an act for me. How you punish your people is your business, but how should you compensate for the impact and losses your people have caused to our restaurant? I would appreciate a clear judgment from Lord Zheng."

After some thought, Zheng Dapeng wondered if offending the county magistrate because of this woman would mean the end of his restaurant business. After much deliberation, Zheng Dapeng decided to settle the matter by paying compensation.

"Here's what we'll do! You see, you're in the restaurant business too, and so am I. It's because I misjudged people that I made this mistake. I failed to steal your recipe, and your manager, Xiao, even hit him. We'll let the matter of stealing the recipe go for now. As for what you just said about defaming your restaurant's reputation in the market, I'll give you appropriate compensation and apologize to you in front of everyone."

Forgive others when you can.

Liang Shuyan wasn't an unreasonable person. After hearing what Manager Zheng said, she nodded and said, "Alright, since that's the case, then we'll compensate you with 500 taels of silver. This is a loss for our restaurant, and more importantly, it delayed the work of several of our staff. I think Manager Zheng can accept this compensation."

Zheng Dapeng knew what was going on. Even if he couldn't accept it, what could he do? If this matter reached the county magistrate's ears, then the tax exemption and all kinds of business dealings between the government and the people would be cut off. He wasn't that stupid!

"Alright! Since you said 500 taels, then it's 500 taels! I hope our two families can do business together in the future."

Seeing Manager Su lying on the ground howling, Liang Shuyan spoke again: "Since we have reached an agreement, please give me face, Lord Zheng, and don't fire your Manager Su. You can tell he is very loyal to your Rich Man's Restaurant."

Upon hearing this, Steward Su hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, wiping away tears as he did so: "Thank you, Madam! You are so kind-hearted. It was all my fault for being so narrow-minded! Please forgive me!"

"Get up. You just said you have an elderly mother at home. I see you are a filial person, so I will let it go for now. But if you dare to do such a thing in our restaurant again, don't blame me for being ruthless."