"Fine," Mei Yinxue said, following Mu Jinyu as they walked towards the entrance of the banquet hall.
"What are you arguing about?" she asked quietly, her face expressionless.
Chen Jiahui, who had been clamoring for the lobby manager to explain themselves, stopped speaking when she saw Mei Yinxue and her aura, which was as intimidating as that of a queen.
"You...who are you?" stuttered Chen Jiahui.
Wang Chaoyong's eyes lit up, struck by Mei Yinxue's beauty. He hadn't expected to find such a beautiful woman in River City.
Given their status, they naturally wouldn't have the opportunity to meet someone like Mei Yinxue.
Mei Yinxue simply stated, "This hotel belongs to me."
"Ah? You're the owner!" exclaimed Chen Jiahui, her fear momentarily subsiding. "Then could you please explain this to me? We made our reservation a week in advance, and now you've given us a small banquet hall. We can't fit all our guests. What are we supposed to do?"
"Today is my grandmother's major 66th birthday. How will it look to our guests if they arrive to this mess? We'll be humiliated!"
"So, I expect you to provide me an explanation. Either free up the large banquet hall for us or compensate us. We'll need to find another hotel, and at this time, it won't be easy to find one with a vacant banquet hall."
Listening to Chen Jiahui's reasonable demands, Mei Yinxue smiled faintly and said, "First, when you reserved the banquet hall, you didn't pay a deposit, and you didn't specify whether you wanted a large or small one. Second, I need the large banquet hall tonight, so do you really think I would free it up for you?"
Anxious, Chen Jiahui replied, "Isn't it obvious we would need the large hall for such a significant occasion? You are intentionally making this difficult…"
Mei Yinxue cut her off, "You have two choices now: first, use the small banquet hall; second, leave, as our hotel will no longer serve you!"
At that moment, Mu Jinyu also spoke up to advise them, "I suggest you just take the small banquet hall for now. Finding another available banquet hall at this time will be very difficult."
As soon as Mu Jinyu spoke, Chen Jiahui and Wang Chaoyong, who had been focusing on Mei Yinxue, realized that this smartly dressed, handsome man was the same Mu Jinyu who had dined with Lin Qiaoxia the other day!
"It's you?!"
Their looks were filled with suspicion and anger.
They suspected that Mu Jinyu, knowing that they had also arranged their grandmother's 66th birthday at Kaiyan Hotel, was deliberately making things difficult for them.
Mu Jinyu, uninterested in further discussion, ordered, "Fine, just make your decision. If they don't want the small banquet hall and still want to cause a scene, just kick them out."
The first part was addressed to Chen Jiahui and the rest, to the lobby manager.
"Yes," replied the lobby manager respectfully.
Then, Mu Jinyu and Mei Yinxue pushed open the door to the large banquet hall and entered.
"He's just a small-time cosmetics company owner, and he dares to treat us this way! It's infuriating!" Chen Jiahui fumed over Mu Jinyu's attitude. But there was nothing she could do at this point—it was indeed difficult to find another hotel now, especially since the location had already been communicated to friends and family. Changing the venue last minute was also not suitable.
So, resentfully, she let the lobby manager lead them to the nearby small banquet hall.
Half an hour later.
Chen Jiahui's parents and grandparents had rushed from their home and office to the Kaiyan Hotel.
When they arrived at the small banquet hall and saw the setup, which included only about twenty tables, their expressions tightened with displeasure.
"Jiahui, what have you done here? Just over twenty tables, where will all the relatives and friends sit later?"
Jiahui's grandfather began to scold her.
Jiahui said with grievance, "I didn't want this, but the hotel gave us a hard time, and now there is no other place to switch to!"
As she spoke, she informed everyone about what had happened earlier.
After listening, her grandfather was also infuriated to the point of shaking all over. He cursed, "How dare they bully people like this? Do they really think the Chen Family is easy to provoke? I'm going to demand an explanation from them right now!"
Saying so, he prepared to go and argue with the lobby manager.
"Ding-ling-ling."
At that moment, his cell phone rang.
Jiahui's grandfather paused his anger, pulled out his cell phone, and upon seeing the caller ID, his expression instantly changed, his face breaking into a respectful and joyful smile, "Hello, is that Director Wang? Hahaha, you've arrived? I'll come to receive you right away."
"Grandpa, have the guests arrived?" Jiahui asked her grandfather after he hung up, unable to contain her anxiety, "Can we manage in time? Should we invite them here first?"
"It's too late for that, let's bring them here first, and after settling them in, I'll go settle the scores later!"
The elderly man declared angrily and then had his son accompany him outside to welcome the aforementioned Director Wang.
Upon reaching the hotel entrance, they walked towards a middle-aged man in a suit with a large belly.
After exchanging pleasantries, they invited him upstairs.
Just then, they heard the sound of a car stopping, thinking another friend had arrived. Turning around, they saw a man in his thirties stepping out of the car.
They focused their gaze, both shocked and pleased, "Hey, it's Secretary-General Lin! I called you a few days ago and you said you were busy, now you've made it amidst your busy schedule, haha, thank you so much for gracing us with your presence..."
It wasn't possible for just any secretary to be treated with such respect, and even someone of status like Director Wang was similarly humble and eager to please.
This was because Secretary-General Lin was the Secretary-General to the Governor of River City.
Secretary-General Lin, upon hearing their greetings, paused for a moment and then said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Old Chen, but you seem to be mistaken. I'm not here to attend your birthday celebration, I represent the Prefect attending Mr. Mu's friend's birthday."
"Ah? Is that so?"
On hearing this, Old Master Chen felt somewhat disappointed, thinking to himself, surely yes, he is the Governor of River's City Secretary, how could he possibly attend our family's birthday celebration!
Secretary-General Lin no longer paid attention to them, got out of the car, picked up a gift bag from the trunk, and walked towards the elevator.
"This... Secretary-General Lin representing the Prefect to attend someone's birthday is already a great honor, and he even brought a gift. What is the status of the other party?"
Old Master Chen watched the scene, full of curiosity.
"Dad, could it be... that Secretary Lin's birthday party is the one that took over our grand banquet hall?" Jiahui's father suddenly surmised, worriedly.
Meanwhile, Director Wang, watching Secretary Lin's departing figure, pondered his words, "Mr. Mu…"
He mumbled to himself, then seemed to realize something and apologetically said to the Chens, "Director Chen, Old Master Chen, I'll go have a look too, and then I'll come over to wish your mother a happy birthday."
Having said this, he didn't hand over the birthday gift he was carrying to the Chen men but hurriedly ran after Secretary-General Lin.
The somewhat dumbfounded Chen father and son were left standing there in shock!