After the guest who settled the bill left, these people gathered together to continue their previous conversation.
"Sister Ting, you have that person's contact information. Then ask her to come to the shop on Saturday to talk."
Meng Huai said this, and Sister Ting nodded, saying, "Okay, then I'll ask her to come."
Then Sister Ting seemed to recall something and quietly asked, "You... you're not going to resort to violence, are you?"
Meng Huai looked at Sister Ting, "Sister Ting, where are you going with this! I'm not someone who resorts to violence at the drop of a hat!"
Sister Ting gave an embarrassed laugh and said, "Haha, I was just saying."
When Saturday arrived, Meng Huai was already waiting at the medicinal cuisine restaurant. Qi Yue, just as Sister Ting had described, looked like a lady of leisure in her attire and dress.
As soon as Qi Yue entered the shop, she casually placed the branded handbag she was carrying onto the counter. Looking at Sister Ting, who was seated behind the counter, she adopted an air of superiority and said, "How about it? A salary of twelve thousand star coins, tempted?"
Meng Huai was waiting for Qi Yue. She was sitting next to Sister Ting at the counter. Qi Yue, seeing her young appearance, assumed she was Sister Ting's sister or something similar, just helping out in the shop.
Therefore, Qi Yue made no effort to poach Meng Huai, who was sitting beside her. After all, Meng Huai was looking down at her optical computer, appearing like an idle student, drawing no attention.
Qi Yue thought that Sister Ting had finally seen reason and had invited her over. At most, she thought Sister Ting had invited her to negotiate a higher price.
She hadn't considered that being poached wasn't something to be proud of. Coming to the shop was rather inappropriate; such matters were usually discussed outside.
Sister Ting did not respond to Qi Yue's words. Instead, after Meng Huai finished browsing her messages, she looked up at Qi Yue.
Getting straight to the point, Meng Huai asked Qi Yue, "Are you the one who has been poaching my employees?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yue noticed the young girl in front of her. After a careful appraisal, she said, "Is this shop yours, little girl?"
Qi Nan had not told Qi Yue why she wanted this shop to fail, so Qi Yue was unaware of Meng Huai's identity.
"Yes. You came to poach my employees without knowing my identity. I presume someone instructed you to do this? Tell me, who is behind you?"
Hearing this, Qi Yue did not lose her composure.
Instead, she patted the table and pointed at Meng Huai, saying, "Little girl, don't you dare make groundless accusations! I can sue you for defamation."
Meng Huai stood up and directly said to Qi Yue, "Oh? Otherwise, shall I call out the employees you've poached for a confrontation? Or shall I call the police and let them see if I'm defaming you, or if you've been harboring malicious intentions behind the scenes?"
Qi Yue shouted in the shop, "I'm not afraid of you! Call the police if you want."
Qi Yue thought that in this imperial capital, everyone would give her some face. Her sister was Qi Nan, Marshal Meng's wife.
Saying this, Qi Yue first made a communication call: "Hello, is this Director Gao? It's Qi Yue. It's like this. In a small restaurant, I'm being verbally abused. These people are even threatening to hit me! Can you send someone over to take a look?"
Qi Yue pretended to be a weak and delicate person when speaking to the so-called director.
Director Gao on the other end of the communication saw that the sister of Madam Meng was being bullied and quickly asked, "Oh, Qi Yue, where are you now? I'll send someone over."
Qi Yue, naturally familiar with the area, said, "It's on the mech parts street, there's a medicinal cuisine restaurant, I'm here."
After hanging up the communication, Qi Yue looked at Meng Huai triumphantly, "Little girl, I've done as you wished and called the police."
Meng Huai raised an eyebrow, understanding Qi Yue's smug expression. So, she was someone with connections.
"There really are many people with status in this imperial capital!"
Meng Huai muttered this, and Qi Yue thought she was showing weakness. She continued smugly, "If you know what's good for you, I advise you to be sensible and close this broken shop! So I don't have to expend any more effort."
Her elder sister's purpose in asking her to do this was for the shop to close. If Meng Huai was scared, it would be easier.
Meng Huai directly took a photo of Qi Yue's face. Seeing Meng Huai's action, Qi Yue panicked slightly, "What are you doing?"
"Nothing, I just took a photo because you're pretty!"
Meng Huai sent the picture to the group chat with Zheng Yiran and the others: Meng Huai: [Image] Does anyone know who this person is?
If someone had a sufficiently noble status, then surely someone would know who this person was.
Meng Huai thought this, but considering that these people hadn't recognized Xie Youn as the Crown Prince despite meeting him, she didn't hold out much hope of identifying this person from this small group chat.
However, it wasn't long before Zheng Yiran sent a message: Zheng Yiran: This person seems to be Madam Meng's sister. Do you know Madam Meng? Marshal Meng's wife. She seems to have two younger sisters and a younger brother; this is her third sister.
Upon seeing this message, Meng Huai first replied: Okay, I know.
After reading the message, Meng Huai looked up at Qi Yue with understanding. So, she was Madam Meng's sister. It seemed this matter was instigated by Madam Meng.
"Your family is really troublesome!"
Meng Huai sighed. Marshal Meng's occasional appearances were one thing, but what was his wife doing? She was reporting to the boss's wife who sold her shop, and then coming to poach employees.
Always making her presence known. What? Did she think she couldn't survive without this medicinal cuisine restaurant?
Qi Yue didn't understand the meaning of Meng Huai's words, nor did she understand what it had to do with her family.
"Are you scared? You're talking nonsense! I'm telling you, when the director brings his people, they'll seal up your shop! I advise you to think carefully about what to say when you beg for mercy."
Qi Yue said this, her loud voice and demeanor had already attracted attention.
"I noticed you long ago. You're here to cause trouble, aren't you? You look so well-dressed, why are you doing such unseemly things! The shop owner was running her shop well, and you're telling her to close it! If such a good shop closes, where else will we find such delicious food!"
A customer who had been sitting near the shop entrance, eating breakfast, had noticed the woman's less-than-pleasant demeanor upon entering. They had paid extra attention, and it turned out she was indeed looking for trouble.
This customer stopped eating their meal properly and slowly moved closer to the counter to see what was happening.
As expected, this person had called some director to 'raid' the shop. The customer immediately became restless. They had been hoping the owner would expand the shop, and now someone was coming to cause trouble!
This wouldn't do at all!
Qi Yue would not pay attention to a customer stepping forward.
"This shop naturally has illegal and disciplinary matters, which is why it will be closed. But it has nothing to do with me!"
Qi Yue spoke righteously, waiting for Director Gao and his people to find any excuse to resolve the matter.
Qi Yue thought: My sister is also like this. Such a simple matter, yet she insisted on making me do troublesome things like poaching employees.
The customer had heard from beginning to end and naturally knew that what Qi Yue was saying was false. At the moment, his individual strength was small, so he called out, "Everyone, listen to what this woman is saying! She actually wants the shop owner to close, just because she bullies the owner, who is a young girl!"