Chapter 19: The Conflict at the Hot Pot Restaurant (This chapter is free)

Ye Huang, who was engrossed in eating hot pot, naturally did not see what was happening. At that moment, he was quickly finishing the various dishes on the table.

A minute later, the young couple was led by a waiter towards Ye Huang.

"Is there something wrong?" Seeing the waiter approach, Ye Huang put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and glanced at the two fashionably dressed urban white-collar workers behind the waiter before asking.

"It's like this, sir. The lady is celebrating her birthday today, but the restaurant is already full. They saw that you are dining alone and would like to ask if you could give up this seat for them."

The waiter stood beside Ye Huang, smiling as he explained. In fact, no one was celebrating a birthday; he had just received a fifty-yuan tip and was making an excuse to help them.

"What does that have to do with me? Besides, I've never heard of anyone celebrating a birthday by eating hot pot." Hearing the waiter's words, Ye Huang glanced at the two people behind him again. They looked up arrogantly when they saw Ye Huang looking at them. Ye Huang sneered inwardly and continued.

"Let's forget it. I'll be done in half an hour. They can wait on the side."

Since they were so unreasonable, there was no need for him to be polite to them.

"Ah? Half an hour... But sir..."

"There's no 'but'! Everything has a first come, first served basis. I got here first and have already started eating. For you to suddenly come up with this, I've already been lenient by not calling the manager. Wait until I'm done in half an hour."

As he spoke, Ye Huang ignored the waiter who had taken the tip and continued eating.

The waiter, hearing Ye Huang's firm response, became nervous and turned to the young couple standing nearby, explaining something to them and returning the fifty yuan he had received.

Perhaps feeling that his dignity had been compromised in front of his girlfriend, the young man's face turned ugly as he began to berate the waiter. The waiter, however, dared not say anything and could only apologize repeatedly.

However, the man did not seem to appreciate this and pulled his girlfriend over to Ye Huang angrily. The waiter, seeing that things were about to get out of hand, hurriedly followed.

"Hey, kid, speak! What do you want to let us have this seat?" Mu Tianzhi was in a bad mood. He had finally managed to get away from his family and planned to enjoy a dinner with his mistress, but now there was no seat available.

When he saw Ye Huang eating alone, he asked the waiter to mediate and see if Ye Huang would give up the seat, but was told to wait for half an hour.

As a department manager of a company, he had never been treated like this. Hearing the waiter's words, he became furious and rushed to Ye Huang, shouting.

This shout was quite loud, and many people eating hot pot nearby turned to look. Mu Tianzhi, seeing so many people paying attention, felt a sense of satisfaction and straightened his back.

"Are you the one who wants me to give up my seat? I told the waiter that if you want to sit here, you should wait for half an hour. I'll be done by then. Didn't the waiter tell you?"

"Half an hour? Who do you think you are? Even the chairman of our company doesn't make me wait for half an hour!" Mu Tianzhi, seeing that Ye Huang didn't take him seriously, became even angrier and raised his voice.

"I don't know if you've ever waited for half an hour at your company, but if you want to eat hot pot here, you'll have to wait. Of course, you can choose to go elsewhere."

Hearing the man's shout, Ye Huang frowned slightly, ate a piece of meat, wiped his mouth, and replied politely, showing no signs of anger despite the man's rude attitude.

At this point, the people around them understood what was happening and began to point and comment on Mu Tianzhi.

"Honey, let's go have Western food instead. We shouldn't argue with such an uncultured person, okay? Be a good boy?" The petite woman, seeing the strange looks from the crowd, pulled the fuming Mu Tianzhi and said in a sweet voice.

"No! I'm determined to eat hot pot today. Call your manager. I want to see if your hot pot restaurant still wants to stay in business, treating such an uncultured customer!"

Mu Tianzhi, feeling even more embarrassed after being pulled by his mistress, realized that this was not just about eating hot pot. As a department manager of Jingcheng Network Company, he couldn't lose to a young man from the streets; his reputation would be ruined.

"I am the manager here. May I ask who you are?" A fashionable woman in her thirties walked up, glanced at Ye Huang and the incessant Mu Tianzhi, and asked.

In fact, Jiang Yan had seen everything from the beginning but had not spoken. Now, seeing the troublemaker being so unreasonable, she stepped forward with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Are you the manager? Do you know what just happened? This kid has ruined my mood today. You decide how to handle this."

Saying this, he turned his head, waiting for a response.

"I understand what happened. The waiter who took your tip will be punished according to our internal rules. However, this gentleman was here first, and we have no right to ask him to leave. If you really want to eat hot pot, you can wait for half an hour until a seat becomes available, as this gentleman suggested."

"Of course! You can also choose to leave. We won't force any guest to do something they don't like." The entire incident was caused by the unreasonable Mu Tianzhi, and Jiang Yan saw this clearly. She was not foolish and would not offend the reasonable party.