Chapter 58 (1/2)
Inside a private room, a big drinking party was in full swing. Everyone present there was eating and drinking while laughing with each other. Xu Boyuan was also giving the impression of somewhat refined and elegant degenerate because his way of handling social intercourse was very dreadful. Anyways, many of the people present inside that private box were his good friends.
After Su Nianci returned to the room after some time, she took advantage of the time when no one was paying attention to her and looked at Xu Taiping and gave him a little nodding.
Xu Taiping laughed and picked up a wine gla.s.s to walk toward a female teacher and started to chat and drink with her.
It was already eight in the night after they finished eating and all. Since tomorrow wasn't Sunday and there was still that military parade, everyone decided to call it a day and again planned to come here together on next weekend to play and enjoy oneself to the full.
One group of people went outside that private room and walked toward the reception to settle their account.
At the reception, another group was already settling their account. Xu Boyuan stood beside them. He hiccuped and said to Xu Taiping, ” Taiping, if you have any matter inside the university, just tell me, I will at once help you to settle it. If anyone dares to bully you, I will be the first one to retaliate against them.”
'Many thanks, Xu elder brother.” Xu Taiping with a face flushed with excitement said, ”have these words of Xu elder brother, I am really relieved.”
”Haha, should, should. Hey, who is settling the account? We are standing here for a long time!” Xu Boyuan shouted in a loud voice.
”Sir, requesting you to wait for some time, we are just settling the bill of this client who has come before you!” A receptionist said while calculating something on his calculator.
”What's going on here, how can your efficiency of work be so low. Do you all just eat plain rice or what?” Xu Boyuan asked in dissatisfaction.
That receptionist raised his head to look at Xu Boyuan and slightly wrinkled his brows and then again lowered his head and started to press on the calculator.
Either Xu Boyuan had drunk a lot or either his alcohol capacity was not significant. Tonight the whole group had only drunk one bottle of Baijiu and two bottles of red wine. Xu Boyuan had at the most, drunk only two-three cup of Baijiu and now looking at his att.i.tude, it appeared as if he was dead drunk.
After waiting for around one minute, Xu Boyuan suddenly raised his hand and vigorously patted his palm on the top of the counter and said, ”what's the matter with you all, can't you calculate something in such a long time? Don't you know that my time is very precious? Do you understand how much I would have earned if it was not wasted on you all? Hmm?”
”Sir, we must settle accounts according to the sequence in which guest are coming. Can you go there and wait for some time. When we have settled everyone's account here, then we will at once call you and settle your account.” That receptionist said with a slight frown.
”Do you especially want me to wait for such a long time, Screw you!” Xu Boyuan scolded.
”Can't you put your mouth a bit clean?” that receptionist also got angry. He also patted on the table to say, ”if you can't digest then don't drink or do you think that after being drunk on a bit of wine, everyone in this world will coax you?
Xu Taiping somewhat astonis.h.i.+ngly looked at this receptionist. He really had never before seen a receptionist with such violent temperament.
”You, what manner is this of yours?!” Xu Boyuan was also scared to jump because of this receptionist, but soon after remembering that he was a customer here, he also patted on top of the counter and angrily shouted, ”you dare to behave like such with a customer, do you think of yourself as an emperor? Who is your manager? Call your manager in front of me!”
”I am here's manager.” A man who was sitting beside them while playing with his cellphone, smiled to say, ” why are you looking for me?”
”You are here's manager? Did you hear or not what your staff was just saying to me? Is this how you treat your customers?” Xu Boyuan asked angrily.
'Mister, Although what our receptionist said is not pleasant to hear, it was you who have scolded him first. I think you wait for a while and after he settles everyone's account who have come before you, at once you can go back and settle your account. Isn't it okay if everyone behaves a bit polite and amiable?” That manager said.
”This world really doesn't have the law of heaven; unexpectedly even receptionist are scolding their customers? What broken shop is this of yours? I think that it is a big sham!” Xu Boyuan shouted in a big voice.
That manager laughed and looked toward that receptionist who was settling someone's account and said, ”Xiao Chen, first settle this mister's account.”
”As you say, manager.” that receptionist nodded and then lifted his hand to pick a bill from the side and again started to press keys on a calculator.
”Ha, wouldn't it have been good if you behaved like this in the beginning. Now you know Laozi fearfulness, Laozi has come here to drink, not to be abused by someone like you!” Xu Boyuan said while feeling proud.
”Altogether three thousand one hundred and twenty-five.” That receptionist pushed a bill in front of Xu Boyuan and said.
”What? How can it be so expensive?” Xu Boyuan picked a menu from the side and shouted, ”three thousand two hundred, we didn't even order anything expensive!”
”This is here's price. Excuse me, will you, sir pay in cash or will you pay by Wechat, Alipay? Manager asked.
”Did you make a mistake, how come the cost of an Abalone is one hundred eighty yuan?!” isn't it just one hundred and eight yuan?” Xu Boyuan pointed at the menu to say.
[T/N: Abalone: Type of fish, google it if interested.]
”That was a wild Abalone, and it's cost is one hundred and eighty yuan.” That manager smiled to say, ”even though it might look like that this type of dish has flat rate, but it isn't so, for example, when we wrote three hundred and sixty yuan for a lobster, that means three hundred sixty yuan for five hundred grams of lobster, not for however much you want to eat. You have consumed ten small Abalone, and its price is equal to one thousand and eight hundred, and if we were to add other dishes, it’s all come down to three thousand yuan. This is the market price!”
”You, you all are overcharging your customer!!” Xu Boyuan again patted on the table and shouted, ” last time, when last time Laozi has come to eat here then you all charged me just one hundred and eight yuan, but how come you are now charging me one hundred and eighty for the same thing!”