Chapter 176: Chapter 169: Buy It and Give It to You
Ironically, that person only saw Xiao Lin and Secretary Luo, but he didn’t think Xiao Lin was with Secretary Luo, and he certainly didn’t expect that Xiao Lin was brought by Secretary Luo and was an important guest of his.
No wonder he thought that way, because the attire of Secretary Luo and Xiao Lin were worlds apart. Besides, he knew Secretary Luo’s status and Xiao Lin’s status. Anyone would find it hard to imagine any connection between the top secretary of the city committee and a new doctor at the school hospital.
Even more unfortunately, the waiter only knew that his boss instructed him to ask the gentleman who just came in to leave. He happened to only see Secretary Luo, and naturally, with his status, he wouldn’t recognize who Secretary Luo was. Although Secretary Luo’s attire suggested he was also someone of wealth, the background of the gentleman who instructed him was even more significant. He was Qu Haobo, the son of Vice Secretary Qu, the third most powerful person in Yanjing.
Xiao Lin saw Qu Haobo, and Qu Haobo also saw Xiao Lin. Compared to Fatty Wang, Qu Haobo knew the least about Xiao Lin, yet suffered the greatest humiliation from him. Being kicked out by Xiao Lin in such a setting was a massive insult to Qu Haobo.
Qu Haobo wanted to take revenge, to repay this humiliation, but that night, although he arranged for the people of the thirteen halls of the Liger Gang, they all ended up in the police station and haven’t been released yet. All he knew was Xiao Lin could fight, and in the end, he called the police, and everyone was taken away.
Meeting Xiao Lin again now, it was like all old and new resentments were stirred together. Qu Haobo hadn’t expected to find Xiao Lin here. Considering Xiao Lin’s status, he naturally wouldn’t think he was there with Secretary Luo, let alone that Xiao Lin was Secretary Luo’s most important guest.
Qu Haobo was watching from inside as Xiao Lin was being thrown out, which was supposed to be an amusing scene for him. However, what he didn’t expect was that the waiter was talking to Secretary Luo, and Qu Haobo was stunned on the spot.
Even if his father was the third most powerful in Yanjing, and even if the Qu Family was a great family in Huaxia, this was Yanjing, the territory of the Hua Family. Secretary Luo was Hua Muyun’s personal secretary, not just for work but also for life. Whatever Secretary Luo did outside represented Hua Muyun’s intentions.
Secretary Luo frowned, glancing at this waiter. He naturally knew it couldn’t be the waiter asking him to leave; someone must have been instructing him from behind. However, even if someone was instructing him, angering Secretary Luo was not a simple matter of losing face. More importantly, it was losing face for the Hua Family. Who among the high society of Yanjing didn’t know he was Hua Muyun’s secretary?
"Who told you to do this?" Secretary Luo coldly looked at the waiter, not paying him any mind, and then said, "Call your manager out!"
At this point, even Qu Haobo felt stuck, though he was annoyed with the waiter. Now, he had to step forward to meet Secretary Luo. If Secretary Luo thought he had a problem with him, his father’s work in Yanjing would become even more challenging.
Meanwhile, the waiter seemed oblivious to the gravity of the situation, emboldened by Qu Haobo behind him. He didn’t take Secretary Luo seriously and said, "I’m sorry, sir, but someone here doesn’t welcome you. For our guest’s sake, please understand!"
In this waiter’s perception, Qu Haobo’s name was far more significant than this young man in front of him. He was a top figure in Yanjing’s upper society, someone who could make Yanjing tremble with a stomp of his foot. Naturally, he didn’t care about someone he didn’t recognize.
"Oh? Someone doesn’t welcome me? I would like to see who!" Secretary Luo was genuinely angry. Whoever it was must be blind to dare treat him this way.
"You won’t leave? I’ll call security!" The waiter assumed he had powerful backing and spoke to Secretary Luo with a hint of a commanding tone.
At this time, Qu Haobo and Young Master Zhang had already come over, flanked by two bodyguard-like hulks. Hearing the waiter speak to Secretary Luo this way, they started smiling apologetically from five or six meters away, saying to Secretary Luo, "Secretary Luo, this is a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
The waiter stood dumbfounded, turning to look at Qu Haobo, who was walking past him with a smiling face towards the man he had scolded earlier, completely ignoring him.
Secretary Luo saw Qu Haobo approaching with a smile, just smiled faintly, and said, "Oh, it’s Young Master Qu here. Should I leave now to give Young Master Qu some space?" Although Secretary Luo didn’t fall out with Qu Haobo, his words were undoubtedly a slap in Qu Haobo’s face.
Qu Haobo’s mouth twitched slightly, knowing he was in the wrong first, he said, "Don’t take it to heart, Secretary Luo. I wouldn’t dare ask you to leave!" His heart, however, was filled with resentment, thinking it was because the Hua Family was backing him. Without the Hua Family, crushing him would be as easy as squashing an ant.
"Young Master Qu..." The waiter was dumbfounded, finally calling out, but Qu Haobo turned and angrily scolded him, "Useless thing, can’t even handle a small matter. This is Secretary Luo!" Then he looked at Xiao Lin behind Secretary Luo, and said coldly, "I wanted you to escort out this gentleman. Don’t you think his attire doesn’t fit your company’s standards?"
Xiao Lin had been watching coldly. From the moment that waiter spoke to Secretary Luo, he knew this was Qu Haobo’s doing. He just didn’t expect the waiter to be so oblivious, directly running into Secretary Luo. Qu Haobo couldn’t tell that he was with Secretary Luo, probably because the distance between him and Secretary Luo was a bit far. Secretary Luo wanted Xiao Lin to take a look around first, and he went directly to find the person in charge here to tailor something for Xiao Lin. But unexpectedly, such a blunder happened as soon as they entered.
Of course, Xiao Lin knew Qu Haobo was targeting him. He thought to himself, people really shouldn’t act superior; acting superior invites misfortune.
Secretary Luo was clearly aware of the grudges between Qu Haobo and Xiao Lin, very well aware. When he saw Qu Haobo, he already understood the situation. At this moment, as he heard Qu Haobo pointing behind him, he originally wanted to step in directly. However, Wei Lingling tugged at Qu Haobo’s sleeve, and Qu Haobo looked at Wei Lingling, who gave him a meaningful glance.
Qu Haobo looked at Xiao Lin, who had a faint smile on his face, threw a glance at Qu Haobo as if telling him not to speak first, and then looked at Qu Haobo, smiling faintly: "What’s wrong with my outfit?"
Upon hearing Qu Haobo’s words, the waiter seemed to grasp a lifeline. As long as Qu Haobo was still willing to let him work, even if he had offended this young man called Secretary Luo just now, any punishment wouldn’t be too severe. The waiter came over to Xiao Lin with a stern face, not even making a gesture of courtesy, and directly said: "Sorry, you’re not welcome here. Please leave, otherwise, I’ll call security to drag you out!"
This attitude was much worse than what Qu Haobo had encountered earlier. And just by looking at Xiao Lin’s outfit, it was obvious it was from a street stall, clothes costing just a few dozen bucks a piece. Even the least expensive clothes here would cost tens of thousands per piece, and the expensive ones might go up to hundreds of thousands or even millions. How could someone dressed in street stall attire possibly afford to shop here?
Moreover, the waiter’s attitude was so poor because he wanted to impress Qu Haobo and make up for his earlier slip-up.
"Are you sure you want to kick me out?" Xiao Lin still maintained a faint expression.
"Not just anyone can come to a place like this!" Qu Haobo interjected at the right time, lending support to the waiter’s stance.
Indeed, as soon as Qu Haobo said this, seeing Xiao Lin’s posture of not leaving, the waiter hurriedly called to the two security guards at the entrance: "Security, security, come over here and escort this gentleman out!"
Seeing Qu Haobo and the security guards acting this way, Secretary Luo wanted to laugh but couldn’t, so he had to hold it in. This guy, if you’re going to act superior, you have to be observant. But looking at Xiao Lin’s outfit, it truly wasn’t anything special. No wonder this waiter was so oblivious, he must be new and didn’t even recognize him, even though he hadn’t been to this place for just three or four months.
Xiao Lin paid no attention to the waiter, nor was he angry at him, because the waiter simply wasn’t worth Xiao Lin’s anger, not even qualified to evoke it. Xiao Lin looked at Qu Haobo and said blandly: "Some people are not for you to mess with!"
Qu Haobo nodded and said nonchalantly: "You’re right, some people indeed aren’t for me to mess with, but you’re definitely not in that league. And that’s exactly what I wanted to say to you!" Qu Haobo clearly didn’t take Xiao Lin seriously. No matter how good you are at fighting, how many people can you beat? Can you dodge a sniper? Can you go against the state apparatus?
By this time, quite a few people had already turned to watch the scene here. The person in charge had received the news and rushed over. Seeing a waiter trying to expel a customer, even though the customer didn’t appear to be very wealthy, and his attire was very ordinary, like just an average office worker’s outfit.
"What’s going on?" The person in charge was a woman in her late twenties, who didn’t give off an overbearing aura, nor did she have any discriminatory look towards Xiao Lin, even if Xiao Lin’s clothes were quite average.
"Manager, this guest’s attire doesn’t match our company’s vision, and Young Master Qu doesn’t like this guest!" The waiter whispered.
The woman slightly frowned, ignoring the waiter’s words, and instead greeted Secretary Luo and Qu Haobo first, then said to Qu Haobo: "Young Master Qu, aren’t you being a bit too demanding? If word gets out about us chasing away customers, how are we supposed to continue doing business?"
This woman’s remark hit straight at the critical point. A company that does business openly will have its reputation affected if it chases away a customer in front of everyone.
"If there’s any loss, I’ll take responsibility!" Qu Haobo naturally ignored all that, leering at the woman and saying: "If Xiao Hui agrees, buying this place and giving it to you wouldn’t be a problem at all!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian () to cast your recommendation and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation.)