Chapter 381: Atonement
The person in charge really didn't try to coax Xixi and the others. Zuixianlou is the most famous restaurant in Da Zhou, and this one in the capital is even more famous as the main store.
Even dignitaries who wanted to dine at Zuixianlou had to send servants to make reservations in advance, not to mention them who arrived halfway.
When the manager took Xixi and Ansheng to Zuixianlou, he thought that he had to teach these two ignorant brats a lesson and let them know that not everyone is as easy to bully as them!
Zuixianlou is always crowded with people.
Xixi pulled Ansheng to lift the car curtain, and stepped on the car seat to jump down step by step.
As Xixi happily held Ansheng's hand and ran towards Zuixianlou, the manager and the guards followed them reluctantly.
"Let's eat!" Xixi brought Ansheng to the counter and shouted.
"Excuse me." The waiter at Zuixianlou looked at Xixi and the other two, then glanced at the steward behind them and said, "We are currently fully booked. I wonder what time the young lady and young master have reserved?"
The waiter was neither humble nor arrogant, and showed no fear even when he saw the guards behind Xixi and the others.
Even dignitaries have to wait for their seats when they come. This is an unwritten rule.
Who can blame the master behind Zuixianlou for being so powerful?
The manager who had been following Xixi and Ansheng showed a hint of gloating in his eyes. If they couldn't eat, they could leave with them now.
But Xixi didn't leave at all because of Xiaoer's rejection. She felt uncomfortable looking up at Xiaoer, so she turned around and said to the guard behind her, "Come here."
The guard looked at Xixi in confusion. Although he didn't know what this little ancestor wanted to do with him, his experience on the ship told him that it would be best not to refuse this little ancestor's request, otherwise he would be the one who suffered in the end.
The guard came to Xixi with an embarrassed look on his face, and Xixi stretched out her arms to him.
The guard looked at the little ancestor in front of him, held her in his arms swiftly and followed her instructions, and put her on the counter of Zuixianlou.
The manager looked at the guards who were submissive and didn't want to complain, because he was one of them, but Xixi didn't call him this time.
Xixi, wearing a pink little dress, stood at the counter and instantly attracted the attention of all the guests in the lobby.
The waiter looked at Xixi's action and frowned, "Miss, here..."
"Erniu!" Xixi shouted in one direction.
The manager and the waiter also looked over following Xixi's voice.
But when they looked over, they saw only confused and puzzled faces, nothing else.
Not only did they not see anything, they also stayed at the door of Zuixianlou for too long, which attracted the owner of Zuixianlou.
"What happened?"
The owner of Zuixianlou is about forty years old. He smiles at everyone he sees and looks very amiable.
But if you think he is easy to get along with, you are totally wrong. After all, he is a ruthless person who was sent to the Dali Temple three times but was released safely.
The waiter bent down and said, "These guests don't have reservations..."
The shopkeeper broke off a priceless orchid next to him, handed it to Xixi with a smile, and said, "Although there is no reservation, you came at the right time, and there happened to be a vacant private room."
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, the waiter glanced at Xixi and instantly changed his mind. "Yes, that's right. I'll take you there right away..."
"Mingyue Pavilion."
When the shopkeeper said these three words, the waiter's shoulders lowered even more, "Yes."
As the protagonist, Xixi doesn't care about the change in the waiter's attitude at all, as long as she can have a meal.
"I want to eat angelfish, sweet and sour pork, and candied haws!"
Xixi stood at the counter holding an orchid and ordered food.
She was in a good mood because she didn't have to look up at others when talking.
"Okay, is there anything else you need?"
The shopkeeper stood by Xixi's side from beginning to end and only spoke to her.
"I want delicious food, the best!" Xixi ordered without hesitation. This was the first time she brought Ansheng to Zuixianlou for dinner, so of course she wanted to take him to eat the best food here.
"Then let me serve you?"
"Okay." Xixi pointed at the stunned steward standing behind Ansheng and said, "He'll pay."
The shopkeeper smiled and looked at the manager, his eyes looking at a fat sheep, "Okay."
From the moment the shopkeeper appeared to the moment Xixi and Ansheng followed the waiter upstairs hand in hand, the manager never closed his mouth.
Until the shopkeeper came to the manager and said, "Thank you for your patronage, ninety-eight taels..."
The steward gasped when he heard that a meal would cost ninety-eight taels of silver, but he was still prepared to pay for it.
As a result, the shopkeeper didn't even finish his words.
"gold."
The manager paused as he fumbled with his money bag, then turned stiffly to the shopkeeper, who had been smiling the entire time: "...???"
Is he kidding?
Ninety-eight taels of gold for a meal, why doesn’t he just go and rob it!
"For the sake of King Qi, I will give the Yong'an Marquis's box to your master. The difference is one hundred taels of gold."
The shopkeeper held out his hand to the steward and said, "One hundred and ninety-eight taels of gold, thank you."
The manager swallowed and said, "You just said no one has ordered it."
The shopkeeper was not at all flustered, "We can't let the King of Qi lose face."
“…” The manager’s fingers were stiff. Did he still have a chance to pull those two little ancestors down?
"I remember the prices of dishes at Zuixianlou..."
The steward was unable to finish his next words because the shopkeeper's eyes were already filled with sarcasm. "Are you really from Prince Qi's Mansion?"
The shopkeeper looked at the sign unique to Prince Qi's Mansion, and then looked at the steward, as if he couldn't imagine that the steward of Prince Qi's Mansion could be so stingy.
"I'll give it to you." The steward looked at the shopkeeper. "The masters have just started eating. I'll give it to you when they're done."
The shopkeeper showed a look of distrust towards the manager, but finally nodded and said, "I also believe that the people in Prince Qi's Mansion will not default on their debts."
After hearing this, the manager swallowed hard and when the shopkeeper turned around, he hurried out to ask someone to get the money.
The shopkeeper's eyes darkened slightly when he turned around, especially when he saw Lei Yi walk in in disguise.
When Lei Yi came in and saw the shopkeeper, he subconsciously wanted to lower his head and hide, but when he caught a glimpse of the shopkeeper's familiar smile, he tried hard to pull the corners of his mouth.
He's finished.
It’s okay that I didn’t protect the young master well.
The young master himself found the nest.
His chance to atone for his sins was completely gone.
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