Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Let’s Have Some Fun
"Sales manager for Hongsheng Foreign Trade Company in C City. Am I right?"
Yun Zijin opened an encyclopedia app on her phone and showed the page to Li Wenhai.
"So he’s from Hongsheng Company. Our hotel actually has a partnership with them."
"Perfect. You can tell their boss his employees need to clean up their act."
"Understood. I’ll get right on it."
Manager Liu gave a slight bow. He understood the hidden meaning in Lu Yunque’s words: if Hongsheng Company couldn’t clean up its act, their partnership was over.
Li Wenhai was starting to realize something was off. Manager Liu was the manager of the Jinsheng Hotel, after all. Why was he being so respectful to Lu Yunque?
"Manager Liu, what’s the meaning of this?"
Li Wenhai took a step forward, but Zero One blocked his path.
"Apologize!"
They didn’t care what company Li Wenhai belonged to. If he didn’t apologize today, he wouldn’t be walking out of this restaurant.
Li Wenhai was still reeling from the implications of Lu Yunque’s identity. Hearing Zero One, he instinctively wanted to argue back.
But the moment he met Zero One’s dark, profound gaze, the words died in his throat.
To save his own skin, Li Wenhai finally decided to apologize.
"S-Sorry..." His voice was as faint as a mosquito’s buzz. If it weren’t for Yun Zijin’s exceptional hearing, she wouldn’t have heard him at all.
"Hm? What was that? I can’t hear you."
Yun Zijin cupped a hand to her ear as if she were genuinely trying to listen, but her words made Li Wenhai’s face turn pale and then livid.
"I said, I’m sorry! Can you hear me now?!"
"Hmm, nice and loud. But I don’t accept your apology."
"You! You stinking..."
Li Wenhai, who was used to insulting women, was about to call her a "stinking bitch," but one look at the dark glares from Zero One and the others made him swallow the words.
"Don’t disturb the young lady’s meal."
Before leading Zero Two and the others back to their seats, Zero One issued a curt warning to Li Wenhai.
Li Wenhai and his two friends didn’t dare to make a peep.
"If you gentlemen have no further business, please leave Jinsheng on your own. Your behavior has disrupted the normal operation of the restaurant."
Manager Liu’s order to leave was politely phrased, but everyone who heard it understood the underlying message.
Only then did Li Wenhai’s expression truly change. "Manager Liu, I’m a VIP at the Jinsheng Hotel! Is this how you treat your guests?"
He was trying to take the moral high ground to make Manager Liu retract his statement.
"Well, Mr. Lu is my boss. And as you know, Manager Li, I’m just an employee."
"One working stiff shouldn’t make things hard for another, right?"
When Manager Liu said this, the expression on everyone present changed.
Mr. Lu!
His surname is Lu!
The Lu Group!
"You... Lu Yunque... Mr. Lu?"
Li Wenhai was overcome with a terrible premonition.
"There’s no need to call me Mr. Lu while I’m on vacation."
Although Lu Yunque didn’t answer directly, his lack of denial was a tacit admission.
"Uh... that was all a misunderstanding. We..."
"You’re noisy."
’This Li Wenhai is as persistent as a cockroach,’ Yun Zijin thought. ’We’ve made our disgust perfectly clear, but he still refuses to leave.’
"Miss Yun, please wait a moment. I’ll take care of this immediately!"
Manager Liu had been keeping a close eye on Lu Yunque. The moment he saw Lu Yunque’s brow furrow at Yun Zijin’s single complaint, he knew instantly how to get into his boss’s good graces.
After reassuring Yun Zijin, Manager Liu grabbed his walkie-talkie. "Team to the 8th-floor restaurant!"
’Since they’re shamelessly refusing to leave, I have no choice but to call security.’
However, before the hotel security could arrive, Zero One, along with Zero Two and Zero Three, grabbed one man each by the back of the collar and simply hauled them out of the restaurant.
No matter how much Li Wenhai and his two friends struggled and pleaded, the bodyguards remained unmoved.
The moment Li Wenhai’s group of three was gone, all eyes in the restaurant snapped toward Yun Zijin and Lu Yunque.
Just a moment ago, they had all heard Manager Liu say that Lu Yunque was his boss.
By extension, that made him the president of the Lu Group.
The Lu Group wasn’t just a big name in Dijing; it was one of the top conglomerates in all of Hua Country.
The Jinsheng Hotel was still the most luxurious hotel in C City, a fact that spoke volumes about the Lu Group’s immense power.
But after what had just happened, everyone assumed Lu Yunque was in a bad mood, so no one dared to approach and greet him.
Lu Yunque paid no mind to the curious stares from the other diners. He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yun Zijin’s appetite had returned now that Li Wenhai was gone.
By the time they finished their meal, the sky outside was almost completely dark. But the streetlights on both sides had flickered on, so it wouldn’t be a problem for them to go out.
Outside the Jinsheng Hotel, Yun Zijin took out her phone and searched for the nearest flower shop.
Her eyes lit up when she saw one just 500 meters away from the Jinsheng Hotel.
"Lu Yunque, how about we do something fun tonight?"
’Since we’re traveling together, I can’t just ditch Lu Yunque to go deliver roses by myself,’ she thought. ’Guess I’ll have to drag him along.’
"Hm? What did you have in mind?"
Seeing the sly look on Yun Zijin’s face, Lu Yunque knew the little minx was plotting something.
’But he was happy to play along,’ he thought. ’It’s better than her being so formal with me.’
"Follow me."
Yun Zijin pulled Lu Yunque along, following the GPS directions to the flower shop she had just found near the Jinsheng Hotel.
Any flower shop that could afford to be located near the Jinsheng Hotel was bound to be high-quality. As their group entered, an employee immediately came forward to greet them.
"Hello, what kind of flowers are you looking for?"
"Roses."
When he heard Yun Zijin say "roses," Lu Yunque’s gaze immediately locked onto her.
’She’s buying roses... What for?’
’Wait, isn’t giving flowers supposed to be my job?’
"Of course. Do you have a favorite variety? We have red roses, blue roses, all sorts."
"I’ll take a mix. I need 120 stems total, all individually wrapped, and then placed in a flower basket for me."
To account for any that might get damaged, Yun Zijin ordered an extra 20 stems.
"And how many stems of each variety would you like?"
"Let’s do 20 red roses, 20 champagne roses, 20 Pink Lady roses, 20 Zixia fairies, 20 Golden Branch and Jade Leaf roses, and 20 Coffee Latte roses. How long will it take to wrap them all?"
’If it takes too long, I’ll have to stay up all night.’
’Otherwise, they won’t be fresh by tomorrow.’
"It will only take 30 minutes. Would you like to wait here or come back to pick them up?"
"We’ll come back for them."
"Alright, the total is 1,020 yuan. If you could please pay over here."
Lu Yunque was about to take out his card, but Yun Zijin stopped him.
"I’m the one buying these. I’ll pay for them."
Yun Zijin was also worried that if she didn’t pay for them herself, it might cause a problem when it came time to complete her mission.
Lu Yunque couldn’t win the argument with Yun Zijin, so he had to concede.
The clerk didn’t care who paid, as long as the bill was settled.
Yun Zijin paid directly by scanning the code with her phone.
"There you go. Here’s your receipt. You can just show this when you come to pick them up."
The clerk tore off the customer’s copy of the receipt and handed it to Yun Zijin with both hands.
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