However, these two people waited until three o’clock in the afternoon and nothing happened. They saw the latest customer left happily with a full stomach.
There’s still nobody who complained about food poisoning or such.
Seeing the waiter walking towards them, the two hurriedly planned to leave in desperation.
“Wait a minute.” Yu Antong came out from the back kitchen, stopped them, and said, “Go back and remind Shen Yunqing to watch today’s social news.”
“What do you mean?” The two panicked when they heard him mention Shen Yunqing. Were they recognized?!
The two looked at each other in a panic, and yelled loudly, “What nonsense are you talking about, we don’t understand!”
Yu Antong smiled mysteriously. He didn’t say anything, and instead turned sideways to get out of the way. The two were sweating buckets. They couldn’t hold it anymore – they ran with bowed heads, not turning back.
At six or seven o’clock in the evening, the Immortal’s Banquet ushered in the peak flow of customers – they all came for dinner.
“Half price for opening day? Let’s not hurry to try it.”
“I don’t want to go, I’d rather go to the Juying Tower instead. It’s not far from here.”
“Hey buddy, don’t say that. I can say with confidence that this restaurant’s dishes beat Juying Tower’s!”
“Is it really so amazing?”
“Let’s go, let me treat you this time. If you like it, treat me back next time!”
“Deal.”
People who had eaten here for lunch recommended this newly opened restaurant to their friends and colleagues after returning home, which made the restaurant several times busier than at noon. This caused many people to not be able to get a seat, they could only take a number first and queue up.
A young man who joined the queue for fun waited for a while. He became impatient, muttering, “There are too many people here, I’ll just eat at another restaurant…”
In front of him was a middle-aged man. He ate here at noon, so he decided to come back for dinner because of the half-price discount. Hearing this, he turned his head and said, “Young man, don’t deny the hot tofu because you can’t eat it in a hurry. I’ll say, this restaurant is definitely worth waiting for. If you don’t mind, my number will be called in a while, let’s share a table together.”
The young man was very curious about this offer, and besides, he’s really hungry. He was easily persuaded. “Is it really delicious? Then I’ll wait.”
As he waited, he decided to play with his mobile phone. As he swiped to see the news, he found an interesting breaking news.
[Some enthusiastic citizens reported that there was a problem with the vegetables sold by Maoyuan Vegetable Factory. After receiving the report, our TV station immediately contacted the staff of the Food Safety Administration and came to Maoyuan Vegetable Factory to inspect the vegetables that were about to be shipped.]
[The on-site sampling result shows that the pesticide residue index of some vegetables sold by the company exceeded the standard.]
[Currently, all these dangerous vegetables have been destroyed. Maoyuan Vegetable Factory has suspended its operations for further in-depth investigation.]
[People are very worried, as this company sold a lot of vegetables every day. Especially since Maoyuan Vegetable Factory is the main supplier for five branches of Juying Tower, a famous restaurant chain all over the country. It is not known whether these dangerous vegetables have flowed into the market. More information has yet to come. During the investigation…]
The young man’s mobile phone was turned on, and the uncle in front of him heard the news and sighed, “I can’t believe it’s not even safe to eat food in several well-known restaurants… How could a company of that size be that negligent? Pesticides are very dangerous!”
The young man sighed in relief. He thanked the uncle for persuading him, especially since he really considered eating at Juying Tower today. “Fortunately, you brought me here, otherwise I would have had food poisoning if I eat there.”
“No. 78.” The waiter shouted.
“Ah, it’s my turn. Young man, come with me.”
The two men were ushered into an empty seat by the waiter. The middle-aged man was a talkative person and couldn’t help but start chatting in a friendly manner with the waiter, “It was just reported that the vegetables from Maoyuan Vegetable Factory contained pesticides, so you shouldn’t use their vegetables in your store. “
The waiter was taken by this sudden reminder. He smiled politely and replied, “Sir, don’t worry, we use high-quality vegetables from the Rongding Corporation in our store. Every batch of dishes has passed strict quality inspections, so customers can definitely rest assured.”
“Ah, is that so? Good, good.”
Meanwhile, once this news hit, the supply manager was awed by Yu Antong. But at the same time, he had lingering fears, “Boss, if you didn’t see something wrong with them, our restaurant would be over today.”
Yu Antong actually wasn’t that calm. Once he went into digging about the matters of the company, he found out that those lunatics had actually tampered with vegetables. He couldn’t imagine how many innocent diners would suffer if they didn’t find out about this matter.
At that time, he felt that there was something wrong with Maoyuan’s too-generous profit sharing. So, he investigated their company, and the results showed that their company’s production and sales channels had not changed. Obviously, there was no such thing as expanding the sales channels to the high-grade vegetables market as they supposedly claimed.
This was obviously a trap.
However, there was absolutely no reason for a vegetable sales company to go out of its way to approach and entrap a newly opened small restaurant.
After reading the information he gained again, Yu Antong noticed that the boss of Maoyuan was named Bai, and he was also a supplier of several Juying Tower branches.
With these facts combined…
Bai Ying? It must be him.
Yu Antong suddenly remembered the person sitting and chatting with Shen Yunqing in the bar, that young man named Bai Ying. If he was someone connected to Maoyuan, then everything would make sense.
This was an attempt by Shen Yunqing to take revenge on him!
Once he found out about this, Yu Antong was immediately disgusted by such a person. He might have publicly humiliated him at some point, but to retaliate using a poisoned vegetable? Did Shen Yunqing, that bitch, realize how many innocent people would be dragged into this? Disgraceful!
Yu Antong felt that taking revenge in return was fair. He then resorted to trickery and asked the supply manager to sign a long-term order contract with Rongding Corp. At the same time, he pretended to be interested in Maoyuan’s offer, and bought a test batch.
After that, he asked Xing Lixuan to help him contact the reporters he knew and the people from the Food Safety Administration. He calculated the time and asked for a surprise inspection before Maoyuan delivered the vegetables to him.
To be honest, Yu Antong was not sure if there was any problem with this batch of vegetables. He was not an omniscient god, so how can he predict everything accurately? If Maoyuan was innocent, he would not lose; and if there was a problem, it could only be said that Maoyuan was just facing the consequences of their actions.
A gentleman will only dish out a fair revenge, after all.
He’ll show Shen Yunqing on how it should be done!
And hey, facts have proven him correct. Harming others is ultimately harming oneself.
The two suspicious people who came to his store were definitely sent by Shen Yunqing. His plan probably went like this: once these two saw a diner eating the food in the store, they would immediately take pictures and videos, and shout that the food was delicious. Then, they would fake having stomach pains, and yelling at the staff that the restaurant is insidious, trying to poison them, or something like that. Then, they would blew the matter up until Yu Antong was forced to close up the store.
However, this plan was bound to come to nothing. Those two people couldn’t make a fuss if everyone was happy with their food. If anything, they were tortured because the food looked amazing, and yet, they couldn’t eat it.
And as for them… they were currently reporting back to Shen Yunqing. Full of desperation, of course.
“How could there be no problem in Yu Antong’s restaurant!”
Shen Yunqing directly threw a set of ceramic cups on the ground to vent his anger. With a shrill sound, the sharp pieces of porcelain fell all over the ground.
The two men trembled in fright, “He must have noticed that something is wrong with us. H-he told us, t-to tell you to watch today’s social news.”
Shen Yunqing: “Social news, what do you mean?”
However, the two lackeys couldn’t answer. In anger, Shen Yunqing directly opened his Weibo and saw numerous posts flooding the social news.
[Maoyuan sells poisonous vegetables, who will guarantee food safety?]
[Shocking! Juying Tower restaurant suspected of using Maoyuan’s poisonous vegetables!]
Shen Yunqing’s bulged out. He slumped down on the chair weakly, “How could this happen…?”
Even if there was something wrong with Maoyuan, how could his restaurant be implicated?
The two men cautiously asked, “Boss Shen, can you settle our wages for today?”
Although they didn’t do anything, they tried honestly, right?
“Get out! Get out! Get out of here!” Shen Yunqing took out a handful of money from his wallet and threw it at him.
The two picked up the money and left quickly.
It took several minutes for Shen Yunqing to calm down. Then, he immediately rushed to the company to deal with this PR crisis.
“PR managers! Immediately post to say there’s no problem with our ingredients! Lawyers, draft a notice for these scourges! We will make them not post nonsense about us!”
“Mr. Shen, is our cooperation with Maoyuan also to be terminated?”
Shen Yunqing decisively said, “Yes, yes, terminate immediately.”
Although this incident has an impact on Juying Tower, they could weather it out with time. But this incident was a devastating blow to Maoyuan.
Once the news about poisonous vegetables came out, which restaurant would dare to cooperate with Maoyuan?
Bai Ying and his father were overwhelmed with work – they were trying to salvage their reputation and business partners. And at this time, they received a message from Juying Tower that they want to terminate the contract.
Bai Ying immediately called Shen Yunqing angrily, “Surname Shen, what the fuck do you mean by this? Do you want to cross the river and demolish the bridge?”
Shen Yunqing said in a cold tone, “It’s your own stupidity, what else? If it wasn’t for your own incompetence, my Juying Tower wouldn’t be forced to do this!”
“Okay, it’s true it’s my fault. I was too fucking blind and didn’t see your true face – a vile, mangy dog.” Bai Ying chuckled twice, “But… Boss Shen might as well listen to what I have.”
Without waiting for Shen Yunqing to reply, he immediately played the recording he had. From the small device, his and Shen Yunqing’s voices came clearly–
[My dad agreed, so is the condition you promised us true?]
[Of course. As long as you help me transport the batch of problematic vegetables to Yu Antong’s restaurant, all of Juying Tower’s supply will come from Maoyuan in the future.]
Shen Yunqing clenched the phone tightly as he heard this incriminating evidence. The veins in his hands bulged up. “You! You’re actually recording!”
Bai Ying turned off the recording. This was something that his father told him to do, and he was glad he obediently followed it.
However… it’s ridiculous at how impacted his family’s business was. At least, some of it could be salvaged thanks to that recording.
With a sarcastic chuckle, Bai Ying continued to speak, “It’s you who caused Maoyuan to fall into this situation. If you don’t care about Maoyuan’s life and death, then don’t blame me for dragging you down to hell with us. Do you think that after this recording is released, your position as the acting president of Shen Group can still be maintained?”
On the weekend, Xing Lixuan’s company had an important agenda, so he had to work overtime for a day. When he came home in the afternoon, he noticed green smoke billowing from the courtyard of the main house.
Taking a closer look, there were two large, black iron pots for burning firewood at a corner of the yard.
Yu Antong and Grandma Xing were guarding a pot and adding firewood to the stove.
Xing Lixuan was beyond confused by this scene. He began to doubt life. Was he teleported or something? “Yu Antong, what are you doing?”
“Lixuan, you are back, come here quickly.” The old lady raised her head when she heard his voice, and immediately greeted her grandson, “Look at Xiao Yu, he’s making beggar’s chicken for today, so he’s making the spice mixture first while making several side dishes.”
It was said that old people were like old children – as they grew older, their behavior also grew more childish. This was true for Grandma Xing.
Xing Lixuan: “Grandma, why are you messing around with him?”
“Hey, I don’t allow you to talk like that to Xiao Yu.” Grandma Xing even protected Yu Antong, “You don’t understand, this kind of dish is hard to make.”
“Grandma, forget about him and let’s just cook our portions. Let him sit on the corner while watching us eat.” Because Yu Antong was protected by someone, he became smug and fearless. Of course, he’ll use this opportunity to bully Xing Lixuan.
On the other hand, Xing Lixuan did not expect that he would become an outsider in his own family, “One pot is not enough for my portion too?”
Although the pot was a few sizes smaller than the large iron pots used in rural areas, it was still larger than ordinary pots. Plus, there were two large pots here – why wouldn’t he be able to eat?
Yu Antong said with a satisfied smirk, “No, my pot is for beggar’s chicken and its side dishes. While Grandma’s pot is for making stewed pork with vermicelli.”
Xing Lixuan: “…”
Mr. and Mrs. Wang, who lived next door to the Xing family’s house, was currently walking their dog around this area. Suddenly, their husky dog immediately refused to go into another direction. So, they followed it.
“Woof woof! Woof woof!”
The barking of the dog caught the attention of Yu Antong and the others. They saw a handsome-looking husky pawing at the carved iron gate, drooling all over the floor.
Mr. Wang also smelled the amazing aroma. He immediately became hungry, so he decided to say hello, “Lixuan, what good food do you cook at home? This smells divine!”
His family’s husky, which usually didn’t want to go home when it went out for a walk, suddenly made a fuss about immediately turning back near the home area. It turned out that it didn’t want to go home, but instead was attracted by the smell of meat next door.
As the food was almost ready, Yu Antong lifted the lid to do a taste-test. Thanks to that, the strong aroma wafted in the breeze. Just smelling the aroma would whet anyone’s appetite. It was like… the aroma was enough to make people eat three bowls of rice alone.
The husky barked even more fiercely while its tail was wagging like crazy, as if he would stay here until he was given food. Truly, it was the quintessential example of the famous “Three Fools for Sledging1as in, huskies are famous for being silly, and they are sled dogs.“.
Grandma Xing heard Mr. Wang’s greeting. She went to open the door, “Xiao Wang, it’s time for dinner, come in and have a taste.”
Boss Wang and his wife swallowed their saliva out of pure reflex, and said politely, “Sorry for the intrusion.”
“We are all neighbors, what’s so embarrassing about sharing a meal for once? Come, come, come, my granddaughter-in-law made beggar’s chicken and stewed pork today. I can tell you that it’s absolutely delicious!” he old lady showed off with a tone that couldn’t be concealed.
As soon as the door opened, the husky dragged its owner into the house, and Mr. Wang and his wife hurriedly grabbed their greedy dog, “Thank you, Old Lady Xing. We will be rude2not really rude, per se. It’s just a polite chat. and tasting your granddaughter-in-law’s crafts, then.”
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