Chapter 1367: Came to Apologize/ A Useful PersonTranslator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1489: Came to Apologize
The waitress quickly sent the dishes ordered into the private room. Most likely, Li Jixing spoke to the kitchen to first prepare the meals ordered by Jing Xiaolu’s private room. Otherwise, it was impossible for the crowded restaurant to prepare so many dishes in such a short amount of time.
Seeing the waitress come in, Zhou Jiajia and Jing Xiaolu also stopped conversing about the previous topic. This kind of topic could only be privately discussed between them. It would be inappropriate if outsiders heard it, so they both tacitly chose to close their mouths at the same time.
The fl.u.s.tered Jing Xiaolu hoped that the waitress would finish serving the dishes sooner so that she could discuss matters about Yang Ming. However, the waitress didn’t seem to leave. After delivering the few dishes that they had ordered, she still kept serving dishes into the private room. Jing Xiaolu was baffled. She quickly stopped the waitress, “Wait a minute!”
“Hi, is there an issue?” The waitress asked politely. Although she didn’t know what kind of great characters the people in the private room were, Li Jixing had already instructed that she must serve them well, so the waitress did not dare to neglect. It didn’t take long for the restaurant owner to call and inform her to satisfy the customers.
The waitress was surprised. Why would the restaurant owner call an unimportant waitress like me? She didn’t think the restaurant owner would save her mobile phone number. It must have been found through the front desk!
However, although the waitress was surprised, she did not dare to doubt. She quickly a.s.sured the boss that she would not neglect the guests. The boss then said that he had requested the chef to add a few special dishes that she should serve first. The boss himself was rus.h.i.+ng back immediately to the restaurant.
“We didn’t order so many dishes? We only ordered four or five special dishes. How come there are seven dishes?” Jing Xiaolu couldn’t remember what she had asked for, but she recalled ordering only four or five dishes according to the waitress’s recommendations. She could still clearly remember how many dishes she had ordered. It was impossible for the number to differ this much.
“Hi madam, our boss informed us to serve you with some special dishes for free.” The waitress answered politely.
“Free?” Jing Xiaolu was baffled. “Even if it’s free, we can’t eat so much. Alright, you go and tell them to stop serving.”
“This- okay.” The waitress hesitated, but she still nodded. Although the boss had told her to let the chef add a few more special dishes, he had also explained that she must serve the customers in the private room well. Hence, she decided to give priority to the request of the guest. Even after her boss knew it, he would not blame her since they had a common goal to make the customer happy.
In fact, her decision was correct and laid a good foundation for her future. A person who could understand the boss’s intention promptly while being adaptable at the same time would be successful no matter where they worked. There was no exception here.
After the waitress left, she hurriedly informed the chef to stop cooking the dishes. The chef thought that it was the boss’s instruction, so he listened to Xiao Bai’s words and stopped cooking.
When Jing Xiaolu saw that no more food was served, she heaved a sigh of relief. She then looked at the table with a bitter smile. “Jiajia, are you hungry? Let’s try our best to finish this …”
Zhou Jiajia was dumbfounded after seeing so many dishes. “Even if I’m hungry, I can’t eat so much!”
“Xiaolu, have you encountered any trouble recently?” Zhou Jiajia saw that the waitress had left, so she continued the discussion with Jing Xiaolu.
Previously when Jing Xiaolu had come to school to find her, she had a worried look on her face as if she had encountered some trouble. Moreover, the things she had requested of Zhou Jiajia were somewhat strange, so it was inevitable that Zhou Jiajia would be suspicious. Therefore, it was reasonable for Zhou Jiajia to have these thoughts.
Jing Xiaolu heard Zhou Jiajia’s words and sighed. “I did run into trouble, and it was big trouble-”
“Big trouble? What’s going on?” Zhou Jiajia was startled and she looked up at Jing Xiaolu. “You tell me. I’ll see if I can help. If I didn’t guess wrong, your previous request of me to recover the phone recording should be related to this, right?”
Zhou Jiajia was a little confused looking at Jing Xiaolu’s expression. What kind of trouble could be considered as big trouble? In Zhou Jiajia’s view, many troubles were nothing in Yang Ming’s eyes! Even when her father was in trouble, Yang Ming showed no weakness against the Charles Family, and he could easily resolve it. What could Jing Xiaolu not be able to solve?
“You guessed it?” Jing Xiaolu looked at Zhou Jiajia in surprise, then she nodded. “Yes, the recording is related to this matter… It is a key piece of evidence, but … I don’t know if it is useful or not…”
“Xiaolu, what the h.e.l.l is going on?” Zhou Jiajia listened to Jing Xiaolu’s unclear words and felt anxious about not knowing what was the matter. This kind of anxious feeling was very uncomfortable.
“I was deceived… I got into trouble …” Jing Xiaolu had headaches when she thought about what she had encountered. The fraud method she had encountered was unprecedented; there was no similar case that could be found on the Internet.
“Xiaolu, although I don’t understand what you are talking about, I think you should talk to Yang Ming first when you are troubled. He will help you solve it. It is useless if you keep it in your heart.” Since the last time Yang Ming rescued Zhou Jiajia’s father from the Charles Family, Zhou Jiajia blindly trusted in Yang Ming. She felt that as long as Yang Ming made a move, there was nothing that couldn’t be solved.
When Jing Xiaolu opened her mouth to try to say something, there was a knock on the door. Jing Xiaolu frowned. She even wanted to curse. Can you stop bothering us for a moment and let us talk?
However, she took a deep breath and didn’t vent her anger. She said blandly, “Who is it? Come in.”
The private room’s door was pushed open. A fat man with a smile on his face came in. He was followed by Xiao Bai, the waitress who had served in the private room, and Sister Zhang, the front desk receptionist from downstairs.
“Vice President Jing and this beautiful lady, I’m sorry for bothering you…” The fat man smiled charmingly at Jing Xiaolu and Zhou Jiajia, dissipating most of their anger from being interrupted.
As the saying goes, never be rude to someone who is nice to you. Jing Xiaolu naturally couldn’t scold him. Moreover, he didn’t have any ill intention to come in at this moment. If she didn’t guess it wrong, he must be here to apologize with the front desk receptionist.
Previously, Sister Zhang had some disputes with her because of the private room. Although Jing Xiaolu did not take it seriously, the restaurant owner did not think of it as a trivial matter. He brought Sister Zhang to apologize. They were debasing themselves after all, so Jing Xiaolu had no way to be angry with them.
“I’m the restaurant owner. My name is Zhou Huojian,” The fat man with a smile on his face came over. “Vice President Jing, my sister-in-law’s distant relative had offended you. Please don’t keep it in mind. I’m here to apologize with her! ”
What the h.e.l.l? Sister-in-law’s distant relative? What is this messy relations.h.i.+p? Jing Xiaolu was directly stunned by Zhou Huojian’s words, but she didn’t need to understand this complicated relations.h.i.+p. She looked at Zhou Huojian and Sister Zhang, then she smiled slightly. “It’s fine; I didn’t take it seriously.”
“Xiao Bai, serve the wine.” Zhou Huojian glanced at the waitress named Xiao Bai, and then he ordered her.
“Yes, boss.” Xiao Bai respectfully poured three gla.s.ses of liquor that had been prepared beforehand and brought it to Sister Zhang.
Sister Zhang took the wine gla.s.s and lifted it in front of Jing Xiaolu without saying anything. “Vice President Jing, here’s my toast for you. Please forgive me.”
“Wait-” Jing Xiaolu waved her hand and said to Zhou Huojian and Sister Zhang. “I’m sorry; I don’t drink alcohol.”
“Vice President Jing, you don’t need to drink. This is Little Zhang’s apology to you!” Zhou Huojian quickly explained.
Jing Xiaolu only nodded. Sister Zhang drank the white wine when she saw Jing Xiaolu nod, and then she drank two more gla.s.ses. Her face remained unchanged; she was still sober. “Vice President Jing, don’t keep this matter in your heart. If you are displeased with me, I will resign tomorrow. Please don’t make it difficult for President Zhou.”
“I said it earlier that it’s fine; I didn’t take it to heart.” Jing Xiaolu waved her hand. “Alright, you all can go out. I still need to deal with other things.”
“Okay!” Zhou Huojian was relieved only after he saw Jing Xiaolu’s expression really did not seem to hold him accountable. He hurriedly brought Sister Zhang and Xiao Bai out of the private room.
Chapter 1490: A Useful Person
Zhou Huojian closed the door gently. His previous beaming smile had turned sour, and he glared at his relative – Sister Zhang. “You! What did I say to you? Fine, you don’t have to work at the front desk tomorrow. Go to the procurement department; with your att.i.tude, you can deal with those suppliers who urge to be paid!”
“Okay!” Sister Zhang originally thought she was destined to be fired this time, but she did not expect to be transferred to the procurement department. Zhou Huojian had demoted her from a lobby manager to an ordinary staff worker in the procurement department. Even then, Sister Zhang was very happy. As long as she kept her job, she wouldn’t starve to death.
Actually, Zhou Huojian also felt that it couldn’t be helped. His relative was already more than forty years old. She was laid off from the factory and she could not get her compensation fee. Her husband also took away her deposit, and she was left alone to raise a child who was still in high school. She couldn’t live without a job!
No matter how much he hated Sister Zhang, she was still his relative. He couldn’t just watch her die, right? He simply a.s.signed her to the procurement depart. She wasn’t suitable to be a leader. If she was a normal employee, the supplier could only endure her grumpy face.
As for the lobby manager position, Zhou Huojian turned his gaze and stopped on Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai had previously told Zhou Huojian what happened here. Zhou Huojian was initially annoyed by Xiao Bai’s behavior of stopping the chef from serving, but then he came back and saw that Jing Xiaolu was really unwilling to be disturbed. Also, when he went in to apologize, Jing Xiaolu didn’t seem to be impatient. However, her expression was not welcoming, especially after she said that she still had things to discuss and asked them to leave!
If he insisted on serving more dishes, he would not please Jing Xiaolu, he would annoy her instead. So, Zhou Huojian’s impression of Xiao Bai improved immediately. He noticed that she was very clever, so he turned his head and asked, “Xiao Bai? Are you used to working in a restaurant?”
“Manager Zhou, I’m used to it.” Xiaobai didn’t understand why Zhou Huojian suddenly asked such a sentence, but she didn’t dare to neglect, and she quickly answered, “This place is nice.”
“En, that’s good.” Zhou Huojian nodded, “You will take over Little Zhang’s position tomorrow. You will be the lobby manager.”
“Ah? Me?” Xiao Bai widened her mouth in surprise. She looked at Zhou Huojian in disbelief. “Manager Zhou, I am just a waitress…”
Xiao Bai thought that as long as she worked hard, she would be valued by the boss and be promoted into an important position. However, she never expected to directly become the lobby manager!
Xiao Bai initially thought that if she did well as a waitress, she would at best be promoted to a vice foreman. If she was good, she could be a foreman, but she did not expect to be promoted to a lobby manager immediately. This position was higher than a foreman!
“Why!?” Zhou Huojian seemed to disagree with her. “I think you are very clever and flexible. If you take this position, I can rest a.s.sured. Do your best. I will ask someone to prepare the uniform for you in a moment.”
“Yes, Manager Zhou!” Xiao Bai was very excited, and she nodded happily.
Jing Xiaolu closed the door after she saw that Zhou Huojian had left. Only then she breathed a sigh of relief. “These people really came at the worst time. Aren’t they giving me troubles!?”
“Hehe, Xiaolu, don’t be discontent! If you were a usual customer, the manager would not apologize to you personally.” Zhou Jiajia laughed. “This also shows your ident.i.ty and status. If it were me, I could only dine at the dining hall. How could I get a private room?”
The more Zhou Jiajia said, the more uncomfortable Jing Xiaolu’s heart was. She said with her face blushed, “Jiajia, don’t say that… All of this is actually because of Yang Ming. If it was not because of Yang Ming’s company, who would know about Jing Xiaolu!?”
Zhou Jiajia didn’t argue with Jing Xiaolu because what Jing Xiaolu said was indeed the truth. Zhou Jiajia smiled slightly. “So, you don’t have to bear the responsibility yourself when you encounter trouble. You must know how to borrow other people’s power.”
“Borrow other people’s power?” Jing Xiaolu repeated Zhou Jiajia’s words.
“Yes, it’s just borrowing.” Zhou Jiajia said. “Let’s continue the topic we just talked about. This matter may be a trouble and a disaster for you, but for Yang Ming, maybe it’s just a piece of cake.”
“Jiajia, I …” Jing Xiaolu smiled bitterly. “My situation is actually not the same as what you said. I can’t let Yang Ming help me, and I wouldn’t…”
“What’s the reason behind this?” Zhou Jiajia was baffled.
“Jiajia, let me tell you. A while ago, I was busy talking about a business cooperation. This was the first business cooperation I handled after I was promoted to vice president, so I was extremely careful about this. I even put all my energy into it,” said Jing Xiaolu.” Since I was the vice president, I had to make some achievements. I wanted to prove to Yang Ming that I, Jing Xiaolu, am not here to muddle along but be someone who will help his business! ”
Zhou Jiajia listened to Jing Xiaolu and nodded deeply. Indeed, even Zhou Jiajia herself had this idea! Initially, she wanted to help Yang Ming when she decided to stay in w.a.n.g Zhitao’s home to gather criminal evidence. She wanted to be a woman who was helpful to Yang Ming’s life and business. Therefore, she could understand Jing Xiaolu’s plight. Zhou Jiajia understood that Jing Xiaolu didn’t want to seek help from Yang Ming.
“You want to solve this trouble yourself so that he can see your capability, right?” Zhou Jiajia asked.
“You’re right…” Jing Xiaolu nodded, but she looked a little despondent. “Even though I was so careful, this cooperation still went wrong. I fell into the contract trap of the other party. If I asked for Yang Ming’s help at this moment, would Yang Ming find me useless? ”
Zhou Jiajia sighed slightly. She thought that Yang Ming would not think so much about it. However, if she was in Jing Xiaolu’s position, she would not want to bother Yang Ming; she would want to solve it by herself!
This was different from when her father was troubled by the Charles Family. She was helpless for her father’s trouble, so she needed Yang Ming’s help. However, Jing Xiaolu’s matter was because she fell into a contract trap due to her being careless.
Therefore, it was reasonable that Jing Xiaolu wanted to solve it by herself. Zhou Jiajia knew that it was useless trying to persuade her; she could only help her in other ways. “Xiaolu, you tell me the details of this matter. I’ll see if I can help you.”
“Okay.” Even if Zhou Jiajia didn’t ask, Jing Xiaolu was going to tell her everything. This matter was kept in her heart like a thorn piercing her nerves. Perhaps, she could feel better by telling it to others. She knew how smart Zhou Jiajia was, so it might be good to let her a.n.a.lyze it.
So, Jing Xiaolu hesitated a bit, organized her words, and began to recount her story.