"Do you know why restaurants have reservation services? It's for guests to make reservations! We booked it, so you should have kept the room for us! Unless we no longer need it, then you can give it to someone else," Fu Jing frowned, looking at the staff member.
"The reserved private room has already been taken by someone else. It's useless for you to argue with me. If it's not available, it's not available," the staff member said coldly.
"What's your attitude?" Fu Wenxuan said angrily.
"This is my attitude. What can you do about it?" the staff member sneered.
"Call your manager!" Fu Jing stopped his son from getting impulsive and instead coldly demanded to see the restaurant manager.
"Who do you think you are? Is our manager someone you can just meet whenever you want?" the staff member said disdainfully, giving Fu Jing a dismissive look.
"What's going on?" Old Master Lu and Lu Jingyao heard the commotion and slowly walked over.
Seeing Old Master Lu and Lu Jingyao approaching, Fu Jing sighed helplessly. "I'm really sorry, there's been a problem with the restaurant; our reserved room has been taken by someone else."
"Is this how you do business? Can a reserved room be casually reallocated?" Lu Jingyao's face immediately darkened as he spoke to the staff member.
"Who do you think you are? What right do you have to meddle in our restaurant's affairs? Even if the King of Heaven himself came, this room is still unavailable today!" Seeing Lu Jingyao dare to scold him, the staff member retorted without a second thought.
"Look at your attitude! Is this how your manager trains you?" Lu Jingyao was truly angered.
"Forget it, in-laws. Let's go somewhere else!" Fu Jing quickly stepped forward to mediate, seeing that Lu Jingyao was also getting upset.
"It's fine, Brother Fu, don't worry. I'll definitely give you an explanation for this," Lu Jingyao patted Fu Jing and then turned to the staff member, "Call your store manager out here."
"Old man, don't push your luck! Is our store manager someone you can just meet? Get lost, get lost, don't obstruct my business." The staff member glared at Lu Jingyao and reached out to push him.
"You dare push my father?" Lu Chengsen just walked in and saw Lu Jingyao being pushed by the man. He quickly walked over and lifted the staff member into the air.
Lu Jingyao, who was still angry, had all his anger dissipate when he saw Lu Chengsen defending him so fiercely.
"Help! Someone help! Someone is causing trouble in our restaurant!" The staff member, who was being held by Lu Chengsen, was terrified and quickly shouted for help.
Restaurant staff immediately rushed over. Seeing the person being held in the air by Lu Chengsen, they assumed he was causing trouble.
A man quickly approached.
"Stop everyone!"
"Second Uncle, Second Uncle, help!" Seeing his backer arrive, the staff member being held by Lu Chengsen immediately shouted.
"Sir, could you please let him go first? My name is Sun Lin, and I'm the manager of this restaurant. Is there anything you'd like to discuss with me?" Sun Lin saw that the group didn't seem like ordinary people and quickly softened his tone, smiling apologetically.
"Second Uncle, these people are troublemakers. Tell them to kick them out!"
"Shut up!" Sun Lin gnashed his teeth at his nephew.
"Are you the manager of this restaurant?" Lu Jingyao glanced at Sun Lin casually.
"Go and get your store manager for me!"
"You can tell me anything you need. Our store manager is busy..." Sun Lin looked at Lu Jingyao, feeling that he looked somewhat familiar.
"...Sir... you are Chairman Lu Jingyao." A spark of realization flashed in Sun Lin's mind, and he recognized Lu Jingyao's identity. His face instantly turned pale.
"Do you have the qualification to call him out now?" Lu Jingyao said lightly, adjusting his collar.
"Yes, yes, I'll go get the store manager right away." Sun Lin immediately turned and left.
Fu Jing looked at Lu Jingyao in surprise. "Chairman?"
"The Lu family's businesses are all overseas, and people outside like to call him that. In our terms, he's the old boss," Old Master Lu explained to Fu Jing.
"Back then, to find Chengsen, the best method we thought of was to open restaurants and taverns, places where information is readily available," Lu Jingyao explained.
At that time, in order to find his son, he had opened restaurants in many places, and over the years, he had accumulated considerable assets.
Fu Jing listened to their explanation and glanced at Lu Chengsen.
"Lu..." A man with a bulging belly ran over, panting. Seeing Lu Jingyao, he wanted to call out his name but was too out of breath to do so.
"Huang An, it's been a few years since we last met. It seems you've been living quite comfortably?" Lu Jingyao looked at the portly man and knew how much he had profited over the years.
Huang An's face changed drastically. "Old Master Lu."
"I trusted you to manage the restaurant, and this is how you manage it? A reserved room is simply unavailable or arbitrarily reallocated, and the attitude is so hostile?" Lu Jingyao glanced at the man and questioned Huang An.
Huang An immediately looked at Sun Lin, who stepped forward and kicked his nephew twice. "Who told you to give this room to someone else?"
"No one else, no, no." Sun Qi, seeing that even the store manager had to bow to the person in front of him, was already terrified.
"What happened?" Lu Jingyao asked coldly.
"It was Director Liu. He gave me fifty yuan and told me not to give the room to them..." Sun Qi lowered his head and said softly.
"Director Liu? Which Director Liu?" Fu Jing's eyes narrowed upon hearing the name.
"Liu Weizhi," Sun Qi replied.
"Hmph." The Fu family members' faces sank upon hearing this name.
Liu Weizhi was Liu Zihua's father.
He was actually causing trouble behind their backs?
"Do you know him?" Lu Jingyao looked at Fu Jing and asked.
"A petty man," Fu Jing said coldly.
Knowing what had happened, Lu Jingyao said to Huang An, "Go clean up the room and serve our signature dishes."
"Yes, yes, yes." Huang An immediately bowed and nodded.
"This way, this way..." Sun Lin quickly led the way, ushering them into the largest room.
After the two families sat down, they tacitly agreed not to mention the matter again. The most important thing now was the marriage of the two children.
The atmosphere became lively again, with Lu Chengyu and Fu Wenxuan occasionally cracking jokes, making everyone smile. As exquisite dishes were gradually served, everyone began to eat.
Only after everyone had eaten their fill did Old Master Lu speak.
"In-laws, regarding the marriage of Chengsen and Wenwen, I think this way: my family will offer eighteen thousand eight hundred as betrothal gifts, a four-bedroom apartment, and the 'three big items' will definitely not be missing..." Old Master Lu said slowly.
Fu Jing was first taken aback by Old Master Lu's eighteen thousand eight hundred, and then the gifts offered by the Lu family astonished the Fu family.
"Do you think it's a bit little? I also think it's quite little, how about..." Old Master Lu stopped speaking. Seeing that the Fu family hadn't said anything, he thought they weren't satisfied and intended to add more...