Chapter 441: Chapter 430 Direct Dismissal Chapter 441: Chapter 430 Direct Dismissal After hearing Yu Yangqi’s words, Manager Zhang felt like he had been struck by a bolt of lightning and became instantly petrified on the spot.
His eyes widened slightly, and cold sweat had already begun to slide down his forehead.
Could Qiao Mengtong really have gotten involved?
Could he have offended Miss Qiao??
This was a matter of life and death for him!
Manager Zhang slowly let out a breath of turbid air,
“Boss… I don’t understand what you’re saying.”
At this point, he had no choice but to staunchly deny everything.
Yu Yangqi’s gaze quickly turned cold, and he let out a disdainful snort.
“Go settle your own salary! Did you take the rules I established for a joke? An employee leading the line-jumping?”
Manager Zhang’s sweat poured profusely; it seemed there was no hiding the matter, so he hurriedly begged for mercy.
“Boss! Please give me another chance for the sake of my five years working at Zhouhuan Restaurant. I truly recognize my mistake. I only let her jump the queue because she is my cousin, just this once!”
If only he had known, he wouldn’t have let Qiao Mengtong jump the queue!
If not for the advantage Qiao Mengtong provided him, he wouldn’t have let her cut in line!
It was with great difficulty that he had worked his way up to his current position at Zhouhuan Restaurant, and now because of Qiao Mengtong, he was about to lose his livelihood?!
He had only helped her jump the queue this one time, and it just had to be the time they found out.
Yu Yangqi gave Manager Zhang a cold glance and discovered the man had not left after taking a sip of tea.
His voice became colder as well.
“Why haven’t you left yet? Get out immediately!”
Only then did Manager Zhang realize there was no room for redemption, and as he prepared to leave, he suddenly saw Qiao Jing.
He ran to Qiao Jing like he was grasping at a life-saving straw, and with a “plop,” he knelt down on the spot.
“Miss Qiao! I just heard that a woman was leading a charge against you outside; was it Qiao Mengtong?”
It must have been Qiao Mengtong’s doing!
Qiao Jing remained indifferent upon seeing Manager Zhang’s reaction and didn’t even glance at the person on the ground.
Orignally, the reason for the younger brother’s injury was the once orderly line suddenly erupting into chaos, causing him to fall during the pushing and shoving, unable to get back up.
Moreover, it turned out that the riot was caused by someone cutting in line, leading to everyone starting to shove each other.
The innocent younger brother was trampled into a critical state, nearly losing his life.
Therefore, the rule established by Zhouhuan Restaurant against line-jumping was extremely strict.
Zhan Nanqing let out a cold snort.
“Ha! You know about it? You must be the cousin Qiao Mengtong mentioned, right? Not only did she cut in line through you, but she also bragged to us about it. What good is apologizing now?”
Manager Zhang’s face grew even uglier, seeing that Qiao Jing had no reaction, he tried to grab her pant leg but caught nothing but air.
“Miss Qiao, I apologize on her behalf. Please speak with the boss on my behalf, give me another chance!”
Qiao Jing glanced at Manager Zhang and spoke indifferently.
She was not going to speak for Manager Zhang; this was a clear case of employee misconduct.
Even if the person challenging her today weren’t Qiao Mengtong, allowing someone to cut in line would have led to the same outcome.
Manager Zhang stood up with an ashen face, still not willing to give up, he inquired,
The words had barely left his mouth when Yu Yangqi interrupted him.
“Don’t make me say it again, get out!.”
At that moment, Manager Zhang didn’t dare to say anything more, he hung his head, dejectedly walking out of the private room.
Zhan Nanqing started to see Yu Yangqi in a new light.
Originally, from Yu Yangqi’s appearance, she felt he didn’t have the slightest bit of a businessman’s craftiness.
But she hadn’t expected Yu Yangqi to act with such decisiveness, indeed showing a hint of a businessman’s flavor.
Su Manhan nodded in satisfaction after seeing what Yu Yangqi had done.
It seemed that making friends with Qiao Jing was not a waste at all.
However, her daughter-in-law’s ability to judge character was definitely infallible, so why was she fretting unnecessary?
Even if Qiao Jing encountered someone unworthy, Su Manhan was there to back her up!
Zhan Nanqing suddenly remembered the topic Qiao Jing and the others had been discussing earlier and continued to ask.
“If you’re not giving up on me, then who are you giving up on?”
She couldn’t rest until she had a clear answer.
Qiao Jing saw Zhan Nanqing’s determination to get to the bottom of this and felt a headache coming on as she rubbed her forehead.
Just as she was about to explain, Yu Yangqi beside her spoke up instead.
“Giving up? I’m not giving up on Ni Yue, don’t talk nonsense!”
A blank expression appeared on Zhan Nanqing’s face, she blinked blankly and looked towards Yu Yangqi.
Yu Yangqi nodded, eyes once again lighting up.
“Yeah, do you also know Ni Yue? Do you want to help me too?”
He was currently in a period of tirelessly pursuing someone, so of course, the more helpers, the better.
Zhan Nanqing shook her head dazedly, then nodded again.
“Don’t know, no, no, I do know…”
Yu Yangqi’s smile, which had just appeared, faded again as he looked at Zhan Nanqing with a suspicious gaze.
“So do you know her or not?”
Su Manhan, seeing her daughter suddenly acting foolish, felt some embarrassment.
“She’s just having a short circuit in her brain, speaking a bit vaguely, don’t mind her,” she said as she covertly poked Zhan Nanqing’s thigh, trying to snap her back to reality.
Zhan Nanqing’s mouth was speaking while her mind was trailing behind; she regained her senses only after Su Manhan poked her several times.
“I do know her, but I’m not very close to her. I can’t help you.”
She had thought that Yu Yangqi was fond of Qiao Jing!
That had scared her to death…
Thank goodness, thank goodness…
Otherwise, if her brother found out there was yet another rival for his affections, she wouldn’t know where to turn to cry.
Yu Yangqi sighed and turned his gaze back to Qiao Jing, beginning to pester again.
“Boss! You still haven’t told me if you’ve managed to ask her out for me, you haven’t forgotten, have you? If you haven’t asked her yet… how about this, the meal you’re eating today is on the house, consider it my thank you. Please, just ask her out for me.”
Qiao Jing massaged her temples, speaking in utter exasperation.
“Have you forgotten the slap Ni Yue gave you last time? Why don’t you ever learn? Now whenever I try to ask her out, she has to confirm several times if it’s really me she’s meeting, so I can’t help you.”
She felt a little remorseful about doing this kind of thing, but she had only helped that one time for her Second Brother’s sake.
The Second Brother had learned his lesson after getting slapped too.
But the stubborn guy refused to give up, chasing after Ni Yue like a persistent pest.
Ni Yue, on the other hand, couldn’t muster any interest in romance at all and even considered all men to be pigs, not letting a single man get close to her.
Yu Yangqi put all his hopes on Qiao Jing, and hearing her words, instead of being discouraged, he became even more spirited.
“Boss, you must have a way, please help me. It’s just a slap, what does it matter? She could slap me a hundred times and I’d still be willing, as long as it lets me win Ni Yue over. Whatever you want, just ask.”
Qiao Jing pretended not to hear and sipped her tea, carrying on with her own things.
Meanwhile, downstairs.
Qiao Mengtong finally saw it was her turn and walked to the entrance with her queue number.
The assistant’s face was filled with excitement, clutching the strap of her bag in agitation.
“Sister Mengtong! We’re actually going to get into Zhouhuan Restaurant so fast!”