By this time, the cooking competition had been successfully concluded, and the business at the Star Gazing Tower was booming. Manager Yu and Wei Shengjin were extremely busy.
The restaurant was full, but there were still quite a few people who had to wait, so Manager Yu had a few tables added outside, making it quite lively.
Other restaurants in Wan'an County were almost in tears when they saw how popular Guanxinglou was. They had already lost a lot of customers because of herbal jelly and roast duck, and now they have added spicy hot pot chicken, and then rice noodles. How are they supposed to survive?
Su Murong's background was too powerful. They didn't dare to snatch the formula or make a move on Yang Cui. They could only watch helplessly, which was a very unpleasant feeling!
"Young Master Su, Miss Yang, are you trying to leave us no way to survive?" Manager Song said with a mournful face.
"If you keep doing this, we'll have to close down," said the manager of Tianxianglou.
"Our Jiu Jiu Xiang has long been operating at a loss."
Su Murong chuckled and said, "Business will improve eventually, so don't be discouraged, don't be discouraged."
Seeing Su Murong's smug look, the other restaurant owners really wanted to beat him up, but they didn't dare!
When Liang Xinrong saw Yang Cui and Su Murong standing side by side in the teahouse, looking radiant, she was furious!
Wan Simin was startled when she saw her mother's angry face, and asked cautiously, "Mother, are you alright?"
Before Liang Xinrong could answer her daughter's question, the maid she had sent out rushed over: "Young Madam, something terrible has happened!"
"What happened?"
The maid whispered, "Liang Hua is gone!"
Who is Liang Hua? He is the son of the Liang family's head steward, and works specifically for Liang Xinrong's elder brother.
Liang Xinrong had a bad feeling.
She felt that Liang Hua's disappearance must be related to Yang Cui! Liang Hua had told her before that Yang Cui had been kidnapped and sold to a remote mountain village, but now Yang Cui was safe and sound, while Liang Hua had disappeared!
"This Yang is really unlucky to have such an ex-husband. A woman's reputation is so important, yet he actually conspired with his confidante to frame her. Tsk tsk."
"Lin Tanhua is really quite the ladies' man. He had a widow named Ji before who was his confidante, and now another one has appeared. Hehe, he's really quite lucky with women!"
"Everyone says that Lin Shikang's confidante is surnamed Liang. I remember that the household in our Wan'an County is surnamed Liang. Do you think she might be from the Liang household?"
“Liang Hufang’s sister is Lin Shikang’s teacher’s wife. I think that’s possible.”
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Inside the teahouse, a group of people were discussing animatedly. Those who could afford to come to the teahouse were not from ordinary families, and they did not hold back at all when gossiping about Lin Shikang and the Liang family.
Liang Xinrong was Liang Hufang's daughter. Hearing these comments, Liang Xinrong felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar!
A confidante surnamed Liang? Isn't this a veiled reference to himself?
Yang Cui, it must be that bitch Yang Cui!
But how did she know about her relationship with Lin Shikang?
If this matter is investigated further, will the things that happened between me and Lin Shih-kang back then be exposed?
The exposure of the incident has had a significant impact on her and her family.
Liang Xinrong felt a little scared.
"Mother, what's wrong?" Wan Simin noticed that her mother's mood was a bit off.
"It's okay, let's go back first."
"But I want to go to the Star Gazing Tower to eat spicy hot pot chicken." Wan Simin had been craving it for a long time.
"Eat, eat, all you ever do is eat! Why are you so greedy? Go home!" Liang Xinrong was already annoyed and couldn't help but lash out at Wan Simin.
Having been scolded for no reason, Wan Simin cried in grievance, "I'm never talking to you again!"
Wan Simin ran away, and the maid immediately chased after her.
After scolding Wan Simin, Liang Xinrong felt a little regretful, wondering why she couldn't hold back!
She sighed and told her maid to secretly inform Lin Shikang so that he could find a way to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
Now, Lin Shikang did not join in the commotion at the Star Gazing Tower today. Instead, he stayed at his own Tanhua Study and discussed scholarship with a group of students from Nanshan.
Now, he is followed by a group of students from Nanshan University.
When Zhong Ming arrived, he embellished his account of what he had seen and heard, and the man immediately sensed something was wrong!
He came out of the study, intending to find Yang Cui, but found that there were rumors everywhere. They said that he and his confidante surnamed Liang conspired to frame Yang, that he couldn't stand seeing Yang doing well, that Yang was pitiful to have such an ex-husband, and that if Yang was really kidnapped, it must have been done by Lin Shikang and his confidante, and so on.
Hearing this, Lin Shikang felt like dying!
He rushed to the Star Gazing Tower, which was full, with a bunch of customers waiting at the entrance. Lin Shikang tried to go in, but was stopped outside by Manager Yu.
"Lin Tanhua, I'm sorry, our shop is full right now. You can take a number and wait in line."
"Manager Yu, I've come to see Xiao Cui. I know she's here."
Manager Yu knew exactly why Lin Shikang had come to see Yang Cui. He said, "Miss Yang is currently discussing matters with our young master. If you wish to see her, I can inform him on your behalf."
To think that a dignified third-place scholar like him would be stopped at the door by a mere restaurant owner—isn't that infuriating?
Zhong Ming, now Lin Shikang's number one lackey, was furious and shouted, "Manager Yu, who do you think you are? Brother Lin is a third-ranked scholar!"
Compared to the social classes of scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants, restaurant owners were indeed considered much "lower."
"Even when beating a dog, you have to consider its owner. What are you? How dare you act so arrogantly in front of my restaurant?" Su Murong arrived, looking down at them.
Upon seeing Su Murong, Zhong Ming instinctively shrank back, then said, "Young Master Su, we want to see Yang Cui!"
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