Chapter 634 - 664: Vomiting Blood from Anger
Chapter 634: Chapter 664: Vomiting Blood from Anger
After getting it all off her chest, Li Xiaomei felt much better.
But when it was time to pay the bill, she saw the total of over eighty yuan and felt a pang of heartache.
Li Xiaomei frowned and asked the waitress, "You must have calculated this bill wrong, right?"
The waitress was an eighteen-year-old girl with an apple-cheeked face that looked wonderfully cheerful whenever she smiled.
She said very patiently, "Ma’am, we didn’t make a mistake. You see, you ordered fifteen dishes in total, and eight of them were our more expensive signature dishes. You also ordered high-grade Longjing tea."
"It’s this expensive for just this much food? Do you think I’ve never been to the South or had afternoon tea before?!" Li Xiaomei was annoyed.
In truth, she had no idea if it was expensive or not, but having to suddenly pull over eighty yuan out of her pocket made her extremely unhappy!
Ji Yuehong, however, was starting to lose face.
To be fair, the restaurant’s prices weren’t that high. In fact, those few signature dishes were very expensive at tea houses in the South.
She had previously gone to the South for a conference with colleagues from her school. That trip was reimbursed, so everyone had picked the most expensive and delicious items.
But this time, with her cousin paying, of course she ordered the delicious, expensive dishes too.
Who would have thought her cousin would suddenly be so cheap, unwilling to even pay eighty yuan?
Ji Yuehong stood there, holding the take-out box of pastries, feeling so awkward she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in it, just to pretend she didn’t know Li Xiaomei!
Qin Jiao had trained all her employees that in the food service industry, you sometimes encounter all sorts of customers, including unreasonable ones, and you have to face them properly.
That was why the waitress maintained her smile the entire time, her demeanor poised and graceful.
The contrast made Li Xiaomei seem even more unreasonable, a stark difference from her own fashionable clothes.
Besides, the restaurant was having its grand opening today. Causing a scene like this was clearly just looking for trouble.
Many people turned to look. A small number of them whispered in agreement that the food was a bit pricey, but the majority felt the price was perfectly reasonable. It was a little more expensive than an ordinary meal, but it was also much more delicious.
Moreover, it was a flavor that most people had never tasted before, and not everyone had been to the South.
Qin Jiao quickly heard about the situation. When she arrived, Li Xiaomei was pointing at the waitress’s face and yelling, "I don’t care! Get your boss out here!"
The moment Qin Jiao saw Li Xiaomei, she smiled.
She said, "Well, if it isn’t Mrs. Shen. What’s the matter? Is the food at my restaurant not to your liking?"
The moment Li Xiaomei saw Qin Jiao, all her arrogance got stuck in her throat. Her eyes went wide. "What did you say? You’re the one who opened this restaurant?"
"I am. Our prices were submitted to the relevant departments for strict review. We also researched the prices of similar establishments, and ours are not significantly different. Besides, what did you think of the food’s flavor?"
Seeing the smile on Qin Jiao’s face, Li Xiaomei felt awful and irritated, but there was nothing more she could say.
Her face burned with humiliation, feeling like she had made a complete fool of herself.
Li Xiaomei threw the money on the table, then turned and dragged Ji Yuehong out the door.
As it turned out, Ji Yuehong was walking even faster than she was.
"I just realized, isn’t that Mrs. Shen, Shen Zhengfeng’s wife? How embarrassing. She doesn’t even have eighty yuan, so why is she eating out?"
"Haha, am I the only one who noticed that those two women ordered so many dishes?"
"No, I noticed too. And the other woman took a ton of it to-go, haha."
The corner of Qin Jiao’s mouth lifted into a smirk.
’If someone as obsessed with face as Li Xiaomei heard that, she’d probably cough up blood from rage,’ Qin Jiao thought.