Jiang Yi emerged from the restroom.
Seeing Liu Yuan had vanished, Jiang Yi let out a cold laugh.
Jiang Yi had long suspected something was amiss.
From the moment Liu Yuan suggested dining, Jiang Yi had predicted Liu Yuan was plotting against him.
"Sir, please settle the bill. It's a total of 1.2 million!" the hotel manager said to Jiang Yi.
"I didn't bring any money!"
Jiang Yi replied.
"Kid, are you trying to dine and dash?" the hotel manager exclaimed angrily.
"Find out who ordered the food! Don't bother me!" Jiang Yi said calmly.
The hotel manager's acting was too poor; Jiang Yi saw through the issue at a glance.
"Since you refuse to pay, don't blame me!"
The hotel manager finished speaking and shouted.
As soon as the shout ended, over a dozen security guards rushed in from outside. Without a word, they lunged at Jiang Yi, intending to beat him severely.
Jiang Yi chuckled coldly.
They had picked the wrong person to mess with!
This was courting death!
Half a minute later, all the security guards were taken down by Jiang Yi, letting out pig-like screams. The lobby was in disarray.
The restaurant manager stood frozen, utterly stunned!
"Kid, are you looking for death!"
The hotel manager roared at Jiang Yi, "You dined and dashed at our restaurant and injured our security guards. Our restaurant will not let this go."
"What? Do you want to have a go at me too?"
Jiang Yi walked step by step towards the restaurant manager.
The restaurant manager retreated in panic, his face full of fear.
"Slap..."
Jiang Yi did not hold back, delivering a direct slap to the restaurant manager.
The restaurant manager's face immediately swelled.
Jiang Yi grinned.
The bigger this incident became, the better; he certainly wouldn't be the one to suffer.
Liu Yuan dared to scheme against him; he was in for bad luck this time.
"You dare to hit me?" the restaurant manager raged.
"So what if I hit you?"
Jiang Yi sneered, "I need an explanation for today's events, or I'm not leaving. You want to play? Fine, I'll play along. Let's see who can outplay whom."
"You..."
The restaurant manager's lips trembled with anger.
Jiang Yi scanned the lobby, then picked up a stool from the ground and began smashing things indiscriminately.
The guests in the restaurant fled in panic.
Jiang Yi didn't stop, smashing everything he could reach.
The restaurant was now in chaos, utterly devastated.
The restaurant manager's face was filled with heartache and helplessness.
He never imagined things would escalate to this extent. He was merely playing along with Liu Yuan, but it had blown up into a major incident.
Moreover, he himself had not been spared, having received a slap from Jiang Yi.
"I'm leaving!"
Jiang Yi waved goodbye to the restaurant manager with a smile, preparing to depart.
"You can't leave! You've ruined my restaurant like this! If you don't give me an explanation, you won't be leaving this restaurant today!" the restaurant manager said angrily.
"Do you want me to smash your restaurant again?"
Jiang Yi looked at the restaurant manager and smiled faintly, "If this matter escalates, tell me, who will be in more trouble, me or you? Do you think your restaurant can continue to operate? Will any customers dare to eat at your restaurant again? Your establishment is nothing but a black market den!"
The restaurant manager's face was etched with helplessness.
Jiang Yi grinned and swaggered out of the restaurant.
The restaurant manager dared not obstruct him further.
He knew in his heart that this was his own fault. He had been greedy for money and colluded with Liu Yuan to scheme against Jiang Yi. If this incident were to become widely known, his restaurant would be unable to continue operating.
In the end, the restaurant manager had to accept his loss, watching Jiang Yi leave.
Liu Yuan, who had been hiding on the second floor, felt his plan had succeeded and descended from upstairs.
Upon seeing the devastated lobby, he was instantly dumbfounded!
"What's going on? Where is that kid? Did you beat him?" Liu Yuan asked.
"He left unharmed!"
The restaurant manager took a deep breath, speaking with suppressed fury, "That kid is like a living Yama. You told me to provoke him, and he almost killed me!"
Hearing this, Liu Yuan realized his scheme had failed!
"Sir, this entire situation was caused by you. I no longer want your one million. In addition to the one million bill, you must compensate me two million for renovation. Furthermore, due to the incident just now, all the customers have left, so you must compensate another one million. Oh, and one million for medical expenses, as our security guards need to be sent to the hospital for treatment!"
Liu Yuan was flabbergasted!
He had intended to scheme against Jiang Yi but had instead caused a massive problem, resulting in more loss than gain.
"Can I pay by card?"
Liu Yuan asked the restaurant manager.
Liu Yuan had no choice but to accept his fate this time!
The restaurant manager brought over the card machine.
However, no money could be drawn.
The restaurant manager quickly found the reason and said to Liu Yuan with great anger, "Your card is an overseas card and cannot be used in China."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan felt a pang of helplessness.
He had many cards on him, but they were all foreign.
"I just returned from abroad. How about this! I'll write an IOU, and I'll bring the money to you tomorrow morning!" Liu Yuan said.
"No!"
The restaurant manager refused outright, "Nothing you say is true. You must be a con artist deliberately causing trouble in my restaurant. Your card is surely fake, trying to trick me? No way!"
"I really did come back from abroad. My nationality is British, and I own a large farm and a cosmetics company in Britain. I have plenty of money!" Liu Yuan stated.
This was the first time Liu Yuan had encountered such a humiliating situation.
"Oh, and I'm from Mars!"
The restaurant owner said angrily, "I don't care if you're British or Martian. If you're short by even a penny on the five million, you're not leaving this restaurant!"
"You are so rude! I am British, do you know Britain? Britain is a first-class country. You should respect us British people. We British people are superior wherever we go and deserve special respect!" Liu Yuan declared.
The restaurant manager, already infuriated, became even more incensed upon hearing Liu Yuan boast about his British nationality!
"Ptooey!"
The restaurant manager spat at Liu Yuan, "I hate traitors like you the most! You're a good Chinese citizen and yet you run off to be a dog for Britain, and you dare to flaunt it in front of me!"
Liu Yuan's face turned red with embarrassment.
"Beat him up!"
The restaurant manager shouted.
The security guards heard the command and swarmed Liu Yuan, giving him a thorough beating.
The restaurant manager, having nowhere to vent his anger, unleashed it all upon Liu Yuan.
Liu Yuan had lifted a rock only to drop it on his own foot. Not only did he fail to scheme against Jiang Yi, but he also ended up getting beaten himself.