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Upon arriving at the bar, Lin Tingfeng parked his car and slowly walked into the bar.
As he stepped into the bar, the rousing music crashed over him like waves. He felt a little uneasy, wondering if the girl he met last night would be scared of him, or if he had given her a second chance and she would come to him to apologize, with only one goal: to get him to pay for her drinks.
He felt a mixture of anticipation and unease.
Inside the bar, customers were already dancing to the music, and the DJ was shouting loudly in front of them, creating a lively and crazy atmosphere.
Lin Tingfeng slowly walked into the bar, feeling somewhat ridiculous. He was like a pitiful man with nowhere to hide his loneliness, but since he was already there, he might as well make the best of it.
He composed himself and began searching for the girl from the previous night amidst the bright lights and bustling crowd. She was slender and had an ethereal air about her; she was the kind of girl who would stand out in a crowd and be easily recognizable. However, after searching through more than a dozen bar staff, Lin Tingfeng couldn't find her among them, and he was somewhat disappointed.
Did she not come today?
He was thinking about last night when the bar manager forced the girl to apologize to him. She refused and, like a mad cat, bit the manager and ran away. The bar manager then came to him in person to apologize for the drinks, but he refused. He left a message saying that if he wanted to pay, the girl had to apologize in person.
The reason he came here today is because he's curious about what effect the words he left behind last night will have.
The bar was like half of the underworld. The bar manager had worked there for many years, so Lin Tingfeng was pretty sure that the manager would force the girl to apologize to him. He thought to himself, this must be why he came here again tonight. He wanted to know if his guess was right. In this world, no one is immune to the power of money. The drinks weren't expensive, but for a young girl, it must have been a considerable sum. Otherwise, if she came from a wealthy family, she wouldn't have worked so hard to come to the bar to work.
Lin Tingfeng kept searching, thinking and thinking. When the energetic singing and dancing in the bar subsided and the customers got tired, they sat down in twos and threes to rest and drink. The lively bar seemed to have turned into a quiet bar. An unknown singer played guitar and sang soothing folk songs on the stage. Lin Tingfeng still did not see the waiter who broke the drinks last night.
His inner disappointment deepened, and his loneliness became even more palpable and unbearable.
Left with no other option, he went to find the bar manager. He found a seat, snapped his fingers, and a pretty waitress came over. Lin Tingfeng said, "Call your manager over." The waitress agreed and quickly went to get him. Five minutes later, the manager appeared before Lin Tingfeng, bowing and scraping obsequiously.
It was just a small bar with a bit of a reputation. When Lin Tingfeng and his friends came in yesterday, he heard that the bar manager was the president of the Lin Group. He was flattered and afraid that something might go wrong and affect his future. You know, if President Lin snaps his fingers, the business district of S City will tremble.
To everyone's surprise, a mishap still occurred: his newly hired waitress broke Mr. Lin's drink.
Oh dear, just what I feared most has come to pass.
Last night was a truly terrifying night; he didn't even dare to think about it. Unexpectedly, Mr. Lin came again tonight.
Is he here to cause trouble?
The bar manager was sweating profusely from nervousness; his steps were unsteady, and his legs were trembling.
Lin Tingfeng looked at him and slowly asked, "What about that waiter from yesterday?"
The bar manager wiped the sweat from his brow, his face pale, and stammered, "I...I resigned."
What? Lin Tingfeng raised an eyebrow in surprise. It was as if he thought he would get a pair of Aces when he flipped the cards, but instead he got a pair of 2s. He was very disappointed and his mood gradually became depressed.
Seeing Lin Tingfeng's suddenly gloomy face, the bar manager became even more frightened, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolling down his forehead. He added as if to emphasize, "Yes, yes, she doesn't want to work there anymore."
Lin Tingfeng was quite surprised. He hadn't expected that the accident last night would cause the young girl to lose her job. This job must have been very important to her.
His face darkened, and he glanced at the bar manager. Reacting quickly, he asked the manager, "Did you fire her? Because she wasn't careful in her work."
The bar manager was a bit confused, not knowing what the relationship was between the famous General Manager Lin and that ugly girl. He stammered, "No, no, she came to resign today on her own initiative."
Lin Tingfeng was somewhat surprised. Last night, the young girl refused to apologize to him no matter what. Today, she actually came to resign in broad daylight. Both of these things revealed one message to him: she was doing everything she could to avoid him!
Why?
Ironically, his friends all believed that she was trying to attract his attention in a novel way.
To confirm whether his speculation was reasonable, he looked at the bar manager and slowly asked, "When she came to resign today, did she ask me anything?" Such a question would give people the illusion of narcissism, and Lin Tingfeng's face burned. He was glad that the bar was very dimly lit.
He thought to himself, if it really was as his friend said, that it was to attract his attention, then the second step would be for the girl to try every means to find out about him.
The bar manager shook his head and said, "No, I even tried to persuade her. I told her that it's not easy for a poor student like her to earn money, and she shouldn't quit her job. Mr. Lin will definitely come tonight. She should apologize to him, and she won't have to pay back the eight thousand yuan."
Lin Tingfeng felt even more feverish; this little bar manager actually thought he would definitely come.
The bar manager continued, "But she absolutely refused, saying that my money didn't grow on trees and that no matter how rich I was, I couldn't let me bear the loss. Whoever broke the drink had to pay for it. She gave me two thousand yuan and wrote me an IOU for six thousand yuan. To get me to agree, she even left her student ID as collateral."
Student ID? So she's a student?
Lin Tingfeng raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. He ordered the manager, "Show me your student ID and the IOU."
The bar manager immediately realized this was an opportunity. He smiled cautiously and bowed obsequiously, saying, "Mr. Lin, in principle, you are in a high position and have great power, so I should give it to you. However, I should protect the young lady's privacy. Besides, this is proof that she owes me money, and I can't just give it to anyone."
Lin Tingfeng's face darkened, and an unnamed anger suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.
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