Chapter 112 Embarrassing

Unexpectedly, Song Yushu's decision struck a nerve with Liu Yue.

Liu Yue went to the Liu family three times to look for Old Master Liu, but she couldn't find him. She learned that his shop had opened, so she decided to come to the shop to look for him.

"Go back. I will not cooperate with Xu Mingchuan," Old Master Liu said without hesitation, rejecting her request.

"Why? Father, Mingchuan and I will not harm you! This is clearly a win-win situation. You're just running your little shop, and you don't even earn a fraction of what Mingchuan makes," Liu Yue couldn't understand why her father was unwilling to cooperate when what she was doing was clearly beneficial to the Liu family.

"Master, Madam Wei has sent over some soup," Shunzi said as he entered with a food box, noticing that Liu Yue and Old Master Liu looked unwell.

"What's going on?" Shunzi was a little confused.

"Fine! You're still seeing that woman! You'd rather split the money with her than hand over the Rubik's Cube business to your son-in-law. I'd like to see what this woman has that's got you so infatuated!"

As Liu Yue spoke, she angrily went to confront Song Yushu.

"Smack!"

"You bastard! I'm your father! Am I really that worthless in your eyes? Don't you know why I refused to cooperate with Xu Mingchuan? I told you long ago that he was wicked, but you wouldn't listen. Now that he's reaping the consequences, you still insist on dragging the Liu family down with you!"

"If you try to drag other people into this again, I'll pretend I don't have a daughter like you..."

Seeing that he was pale, Shunzi quickly took out a pill from his pocket and gave it to him.

Liu Yue was embarrassed that Old Master Liu would hit her in front of others. She covered her face and didn't say anything, but she held a grudge against Song Yushu in her heart.

"Shunzi, I don't think she'll let this go. Take these two prescriptions and go find Madam Wei. Tell her..." After recovering, Old Master Liu instructed Shunzi.

"Master, do you really want to do this?" Shunzi hesitated, but seeing that Grandpa Liu was determined to do it, he had no choice but to listen to him.

After leaving the shop, Liu Yue did not give up and led her people directly to Song Yushu's restaurant.

"What would you like to eat, Madam?" Zhou Chengzhu greeted as someone entered.

"You're that woman's daughter, aren't you? What, don't you remember me? You were so eager to go to the Liu family's birthday celebration a few days ago, but now you're putting on airs when you see me," Liu Yue recognized Zhou Chengzhu as the daughter Song Yushu had brought to the birthday banquet, but she raised her chin and didn't even give Zhou Chengzhu a proper look.

"So you're the one who made Grandpa Liu faint? You're his daughter, right? I recognize you now. What brings you here?"

Having followed Song Yushu in running the restaurant for so long, Zhou Chengzhu has seen a lot. After her last experience in prison, Song Yushu taught her many ways to deal with difficult people. Among them, when dealing with unreasonable people, Song Yushu told her that there was no need to spoil them too much. She should say the right thing to the right person. After all, they run a restaurant, not to be someone else's servant.

"You're so young, yet you're so sharp-tongued. What business is it of yours, outsiders, with the affairs of the Liu family? Your mother can coax the old man into willingly handing over money, so it's no wonder she's raised you to be so ill-mannered!"

Liu Yue was surprised that Zhou Chengzhu dared to say such a thing to her. Although she had no say in the Xu family, she was still known as the second wife of the Xu family outside, and many people fawned over her. How dare a young girl like her laugh at her? Then she should not be ashamed of her.

To everyone's surprise, Zhou Chengzhu remained calm upon hearing this, and immediately turned to Song Yushu, who was cooking in the kitchen, and shouted, "Mother! Someone is trying to smear us again!"

Hearing this from the kitchen, Song Yushu responded and then told Xiong Erni to go out and keep an eye on Zhou Chengzhu to make sure no one hurt her. When he heard no other noises outside, he continued to stir-fry the vegetables in the pot.

Liu Yue stared at Xiong Erni as she protected Zhou Chengzhu behind her. Zhou Chengzhu kept muttering, "Filial piety is the most important virtue. Madam, you should apologize to Grandpa Liu first. Grandpa Liu was quite happy to know that you were hosting his birthday banquet, but you made a mess of it. Fortunately, Grandpa Liu was alright in the end."

Before Liu Yue could speak, she called out again, "Madam, please step aside, let me settle his bill first!"

"Five hundred and sixty coins in total! Take care!" Zhou Chengzhu didn't even need to look at the abacus; he just glanced at the menu and calculated the scholar's bill.

"Miss Zhou, how did you calculate this so quickly?" The scholar had thought Zhou Chengzhu was in trouble, so he hurriedly finished his meal to come and help her out. However, he was surprised by Zhou Chengzhu's speed in calculating the bill, even though the four of them had ordered quite a few dishes.

"That's all for now, take care, sir!" Zhou Chengzhu said after taking the money.

“Miss Zhou…are you in trouble? Do you need our help?” Another scholar asked kindly, seeing that Liu Yue, who was standing to the side with several servants, looked rather intimidating.

"No need, it would be bad if you got hurt. You should go back to the academy quickly! We can handle this situation," Zhou Chengzhu hurriedly told them to leave. If they got hurt, these scholars were too precious to risk their health, and they couldn't afford to pay for it.

"Hmph! At such a young age, you've already managed to seduce these scholars who want to stand up for you. You really are a little vixen!" Liu Yue looked down on Zhou Chengzhu from the bottom of her heart after hearing what the scholars said.

"Madam, please watch your words. We are just guests here for a meal. We kindly asked you something when we saw you gathered here. How did it become Miss Zhou's problem?"

"It's clearly your own heart that sees everything as dirty!"

"That's right, we just can't stand seeing you bullying others, that's why we came out to ask you something!"

The scholars were quite skilled at arguing; at least there were many of them, and even if each of them said just one sentence, they could still make Liu Yue very angry.

"How dare you insult me! You all have your eyes glued to that vixen, what are you pretending for! You've probably been seeing each other countless times in private!"

"Protecting this vixen like this, and still saying it's nothing! Who would believe that?" Liu Yue was already furious from being left out here, and she couldn't stand being talked about by these scholars. She deliberately made Zhou Chengzhu's relationship with them sound terrible.

"It's so lively! Don't you all have classes? Hurry up and go back to the academy," Song Yushu finally came out of the kitchen and said to the scholars.

Seeing this, the scholars knew that Song Yushu didn't want to involve them, so they had no choice but to leave.

"What brings Madam Xu to my restaurant?" Song Yushu finally gave Liu Yue a proper look.

"Hmph! Since you know my identity, you still dare to treat me like this. Do you really think you can afford to offend the Xu family? Kneel down and apologize to me now, and I'll consider letting you go," Liu Yue said, certain that Song Yushu wouldn't dare to go against the Xu family, so she wanted to embarrass Song Yushu.