Ruan Zheng stood in front of his brother and sister-in-law, cracking his knuckles.
He was about to speak when his older brother pressed down on his wrist, so he gritted his teeth and held back.
Seeing this, Manager Yu expressed his apology to Ruan Meng's family and shook his head slightly.
He remained smiling and asked with a forced smile, "Second Master, why are you so angry this morning? Calm down. If I've done anything wrong, you can tell Master on me when he comes back!"
"Just give me a good scolding in front of the master, and let him deduct my monthly salary, okay?"
Upon hearing this, the man's expression changed instantly. "What? Big Brother is coming back?"
Almost blurting it out, "Isn't my older brother still a few days away from returning?"
Manager Yu smiled and pointed at the Ruan family, "It's all because of these distinguished guests!"
"They are the children of an old friend of the master, and they asked me to take good care of them. I heard they went to the South Island, so I rushed back. I boarded the ship this morning and should be back by daytime at the earliest!"
That person's arrogance indeed diminished considerably.
Looking the Ruan family up and down, I found that their demeanor was indeed different from that of the islanders.
The disgust and anger I felt just now were because I felt a little guilty.
Still outwardly fierce but inwardly weak, he questioned Manager Yu, "You're not lying to me?"
Shopkeeper Yu's smile deepened into a few wrinkles. "How dare I? If you don't believe me, wait until the master returns and ask him yourself."
Looking at the mess on the ground, the man cleared his throat. "Although they are the children of my elder brother's old friends, our He Family Restaurant is a business, and we value appearances..."
He glanced disdainfully at the clothes on the Ruan family members' bodies and said arrogantly, "What if we scare the guests when they come in? That would be beneath us!"
He snorted and prepared to leave, but seeing Manager Yu following behind, he pretended not to care and said, "Um, I'm a little short on cash lately, could you give me five hundred taels of silver?"
Manager Yu waved behind him and said with a fawning smile, "Second Master, unfortunately, the eldest young master is currently settling accounts. The shop just received its new stock, and the money in the account is less than three hundred taels. How about I give you two hundred taels?"
The man glared at Manager Yu and muttered, "Useless trash!"
He said impatiently, "Give me as many as you have!"
Manager Yu beckoned to Xiao Kai to go to the counter, where he brought out a small box filled with loose silver and copper coins. The man didn't mind the weight, put it all into his sleeve, and strode away.
After seeing off the "plague god," Manager Yu returned to his normal expression.
Xiao Kai followed behind and asked, "Shopkeeper, is the master really going back today? Isn't there still a few days?"
Manager Yu casually replied, "I'm just bluffing! Otherwise, who knows how long this gentleman would have made a scene!"
Manager Yu turned around, quickly ran to the Ruan family, and bowed deeply to apologize.
No matter how angry the Ruan family was, they couldn't bring themselves to criticize Manager Yu and the shop assistants for the difficulties they were being treated.
Shopkeeper Yu was worried that Ruan Meng didn't want to continue the business, so he took the initiative to explain that the one who caused trouble earlier was the second master of the He family.
Before the great-grandfather passed away, the family divided the property. The eldest master received 90% of the property, while the second master received only 10%.
He harbored resentment, so he often went to the shop to cause trouble, but he was also very afraid of his elder brother, so he could only take his anger out on the shopkeeper and the shop assistants.
Ruan Meng asked, "He was like this before the family split up, so why did the He family patriarch give him 10% of the family property?"
Since it was, after all, a family scandal, Manager Yu didn't reveal much, only shaking his head and saying, "His heart is not upright. When the patriarch divided the inheritance, he said that no matter how much he received, he would only squander it all and bring more trouble..."
"All the farmland and shops in the family are under the head of the household's name, and this 10% is a percentage taken from various businesses."
"If Second Master wants to receive dividends every year, he cannot cause trouble, otherwise, it will harm his own interests."
Manager Yu instructed Xiao Kai to tidy up the main hall, then visited the waiter who had just been bullied by Master He, and said to the Ruan family:
"I apologize for the injustice you all suffered just now! I am genuinely committed to cooperating with Miss Ruan, and I hope that everything that just happened will not affect your reputation with He Family Restaurant."
"I'll have Xiao Kai buy another copy of the things that were damaged by Second Master earlier. All the items purchased on our behalf will be funded by He Family Restaurant as a token of our sincerity."
"I wonder if Miss Ruan would be willing to give He Family Restaurant another chance, for my sake?"
The Ruan family all looked at Ruan Meng.
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