"What's wrong?" Ye Ziyan asked with concern.
"It's nothing! I bumped my foot," Gao Qingmei quickly tried to cover it up.
Li Yang chuckled to himself, thinking, "Little girl, you're still too green to play with me!"
Ye Ziyan was unaware of their actions below, so she nodded in belief, thinking that Gao Qingmei had genuinely kicked her foot in her haste!
Watching Li Yang calmly scoop up some chicken and eat it made Gao Qingmei so angry that her stomach ached. She wanted to kick Li Yang again, but her toes still hurt, and she was afraid that Li Yang would do something naughty again and kick her toes again.
After she kicked his toe, she remembered that Li Yang was a master and that she would always be at a disadvantage if she fought with him.
Ye Ziyan wasn't oblivious to the unusual situation, but her magnanimity and composure were always astonishing; she could always accomplish many amazing things without making a sound.
For example, she has long sensed the unusual situation between the two of them.
Actually, she sensed it from the day Gao Qingmei asked her about Maria and Xiao Ze.
However, growing up in a powerful, influential family, the struggles and sordid dealings within the upper echelons of society are always far more despicable and unscrupulous than those among ordinary people.
Therefore, she was already immune to such ambiguity and flirting.
"Damn! This chicken is really just so-so! I'm not eating it!" Li Yang threw down his chopsticks and stopped eating. Now his palate is really something else; he won't put ordinary delicacies in his mouth.
Gao Qingmei was also born with a silver spoon in her mouth, and she's very picky about food; she'll pout and refuse to eat.
Ye Ziyan, on the other hand, is exceptionally resilient. Growing up in that kind of family environment, one would not be able to do without tremendous resilience.
She had little desire for material things like gourmet food. When two delicious dishes were no longer being eaten, she followed suit, indifferently putting down her chopsticks.
"Hmph, we can't let our money go to waste! We're not paying for this meal!" Gao Qingmei wasn't one to suffer a loss, and she was very unhappy, so she wanted to get some interest.
It wasn't that she cared about the money; she was just upset, especially after being bullied by Li Yang.
“Yeah, we can’t just give money away for nothing, especially when the food is awful!” Li Yang chimed in.
"Exactly! It's awful! Call the owner over here!" Gao Qingmei, emboldened by Li Yang's agreement, shouted at the table.
"Yeah, shit really does taste awful. Bringing some shit over for us to eat, isn't that just deliberately disgusting?" Li Yang said with a wicked smile.
"How disgusting!" Gao Qingmei was stunned for a moment, understood Li Yang's words, and frowned and pouted.
Ye Ziyan, on the other hand, adopted a detached, indifferent attitude. As long as it didn't interfere with the evening's auction, everything was fine. The location had already been arranged, and she had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she was happy to watch the show.
Snap snap snap...
Gao Qingmei slammed her hand on the table and shouted, "Boss..."
The waiter at the door who had just received a 100-yuan tip from Li Yang was very loyal. Although this hot pot chicken restaurant was quite popular, it wasn't common for people to generously tip 100 yuan, especially since it wasn't a five-star hotel.
Therefore, Li Yang's actions immediately won over the waiter.
The saying "black eyes can't stand seeing shiny white silver" means exactly this.
"What is it?" The waiter immediately pushed open the door and came in, very respectfully.
"Call me your boss!" Gao Qingmei said with a stern face.
"Ah? Okay!" The waiter glanced at Li Yang, then turned and walked out.
A moment later, a bald man walked in. He was chubby, his belly jiggling under his clothes, almost bursting out of control. He was covered in sweat, clearly having been extremely busy. It was quite an achievement that he got here so quickly.
Upon seeing that it was Ye Ziyan and Gao Qingmei, he, who had some connections in the city, immediately broke out in a cold sweat. How had he offended these people?
"Miss Ye, Miss Gao, what can I do for you?" The boss was quite perceptive; he had attended a gathering with his connections in the municipal government and had seen Ye Ziyan and Gao Qingmei from afar, recognizing their identities.
"It's nothing, I just wanted you to try this chicken!" Li Yang said before Gao Qingmei could speak.
The boss glanced at Li Yang, and now he understood. Anyone who came with these two must be someone important, someone he couldn't afford to offend.
“Yes, try this soup!” Gao Qingmei glared at Li Yang, her words were truly vulgar.
Li Yang nudged her with his foot from below. "Holy crap, did I say something wrong? What is this if not a prostitute?"
Gao Qingmei glared back, withdrew her leg, and dared not stick it under the table again.
The bald boss immediately realized the problem: recently, because of his growing reputation, more and more people were coming to eat, and the kitchen was being expanded. There weren't enough earthen pots, so some of the stewed chickens weren't cooked long enough and didn't taste good.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. I'll have them bring me another one right away. Okay, that's good enough!" The bald boss didn't dare to taste it anymore and immediately apologized.
"And tonight's bill is on me!" the bald boss said nervously, afraid that these gods would get angry.
In his heart, he was cursing the people in the kitchen, especially the waitresses who served the food. Were they just looking at him with disdain? Didn't they see how well he treated them when they came in? How dare they serve chicken like this?
"That's right! We came here specifically for the chickens, and the last one you gave us was so bad. Are you looking down on us?" Li Yang's words were quite harsh.
The bald boss immediately slapped himself in the face, sweating profusely, and said, "No, no, I wouldn't dare do such a thing for you, even if I smashed up the shop!"
"Not bad, you didn't shirk responsibility! Get back to work!" Li Yang waved his hand, taking the initiative.
"Yes, yes, yes..." The bald boss breathed a sigh of relief and turned to leave.
Gao Qingmei was annoyed. "I called them here, and you, Li Yang, just scolded them and sent them away. Do you think we're invisible?"
"Come back! Did I say you could leave?" Gao Qingmei shouted.
The boss shrugged and immediately returned, bowing low, and said with a wry smile, "My dear lady, is there anything else you need?"
He secretly glanced at Ye Ziyan's expression and found her calm and indifferent, unable to read her expression. His heart pounded with anxiety, and the more he couldn't understand her, the more nervous he became!