Chapter 2345 — The Wrong Door
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Still, it seemed Gu Pengzhan had no objection to that, and as for Gu Mengyao—if she could accept Tang Zhi and Feng Xiaoxiao, she might well accept Sun Jingyan too. That thought set Qing Bo's mind at ease.
The family was talking happily among themselves when the door of the private room was pushed open. They had assumed it was the waiter bringing the dishes, but the person who entered was no waiter—rather, a man who looked like a lobby manager.
"Sorry, everyone. Our chairman just telephoned to say that you are unwelcome guests at our Arctic Ocean Seafood Restaurant, and to ask you to leave on your own." The lobby manager spoke these words flatly the moment he entered, giving no one a chance to ask a question.
Gu Pengzhan had not expected Lei Daming to actually go through with it. Pressuring the chairman behind the restaurant to send a man over and show Gu Pengzhan the door—this was a slap in the face, and a thoroughly vicious one at that. Even business rivals, as a rule, did not do such things, for it would not only make Lei Daming seem treacherous, but would leave absolutely no room for compromise between him and Gu Pengzhan.
"How is your restaurant run? What rule says you can just ask guests to leave?" Gu Pengzhan had restaurants of his own among his holdings in Songshan City, but he had never pulled anything like this. Even when his competitors came, they were received with every courtesy.
"What our chairman says is the rule," the lobby manager said blandly. "If you will not leave, we will have to call in the security department. The chairman said courtesy comes before force, so I hope you will all make your choice as quickly as possible!"
A threat—a bare, undisguised threat! Gu Pengzhan truly felt that Lei Daming had gone too far. What kind of way was this to do business? It had a distinct whiff of gang boss about it.
The lobby manager's words were followed by a chill silence.
Gu Pengzhan felt rather like a scholar who had run into a soldier. Wei Zhao, meanwhile, frowned and was about to speak—but before he could open his mouth, someone did.
"Boss, I'm here!" Han Xiaohu burst into the private room at that moment. He seemed not to notice the awkward atmosphere, and instead rattled on to Wei Zhao: "Sorry about that. I rushed the whole way, but this restaurant is a bit far from my home... Heh heh, to make up for my lateness, it's my treat!"
"Your treat? No need for that. You came for nothing—you're all people our chairman doesn't welcome, so you can go!" The lobby manager found it rather amusing. This fellow clearly had no idea what had happened here, and still wanted to play host?
"?" Han Xiaohu was taken aback. Only then did he notice that the man before him was not dressed as a waiter but as a lobby manager, and a moment later he picked up on the strange atmosphere in the room—and on Wei Zhao's furrowed brow!
What the hell! Who was the chairman of this restaurant? Han Xiaohu was genuinely astonished. Was the man deranged? He would even drive Wei Zhao away, of all people? And call them unwelcome?
Of course, there was no need for the boss to lift a finger—he, the underling, could take care of this. The Han family had kept a low profile in the past, but that did not mean Han Xiaohu would keep his head down after what was done to Wei Zhao. This man actually had the nerve to tell him that they were all unwelcome guests?
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Han Xiaohu said furiously.
"Huh?" The lobby manager's eyes went wide. He had not expected this latecomer to be so hot-tempered, even more full of himself than he was.