But her heart was bleeding...

Zi Qing sighed. Since Lin Zinuo had already said so, she couldn't persuade her anymore.

"Then let's go."

"Great, Sister Zi Qing!"

Zhou Qian and the others cheered excitedly. They knew that even someone with their high salaries usually wouldn't dare to enter a place like this.

They wouldn't even think about it unless it was a very special occasion.

So, the group walked towards Jixianju, chatting and laughing.

A rather mature female manager with a mole on her lip, who was greeting guests at the door, saw such a large group of customers arrive, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Welcome, esteemed guests. Are you here to dine?"

"Duh, do you have a private room?"

Lin Zinuo said domineeringly.

"We do, but it might not be able to accommodate so many of you. However, if you don't mind, esteemed guests, I can clear the inner area of the restaurant on the first floor and put tables together in the entire area. Actually, it's very private, and no one will disturb you."

The female manager responded with finesse.

"Okay, let's do that."

Lin Zinuo nodded.

"Please come this way. My name is An Li, and I'm the manager of this restaurant. Your choice to come here is definitely the wisest! We have all kinds of delicacies here that are sure to satisfy you..."

Su Mo and the others entered the restaurant under An Li's enthusiastic welcome.

"Welcome!"

The handsome men and beautiful women in uniform in the restaurant bowed and greeted them.

Su Mo roughly observed the restaurant. The decoration was very distinctive, and the overall style was original wood.

Few people dare to decorate in this style now because it's extremely expensive! This also shows that the restaurant is very strong.

"This way, please!"

The female manager led Su Mo and the others to the inner restaurant.

Young female servers bowed and greeted them along the way.

"Hello."

Lan Xi was among them, and she instinctively bowed and greeted them. But when she straightened up, her body suddenly stiffened, and a hint of panic flashed in her eyes. She quickly lowered her head.

She saw Su Mo, who was being fawned over in the middle.

"The environment here is really nice."

"Su Mo, you really know how to pick a place. You must be a regular."

...

Zhou Qian and the others chatted and laughed with Su Mo.

"It's okay."

Su Mo was as indifferent as ever.

Soon, they passed by Lan Xi and the others and walked towards the interior.

Lan Xi watched Su Mo's departing figure and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Su Mo didn't see her, but for some reason, Lan Xi felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Lan Xi, what are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and go to the kitchen to help."

A middle-aged woman with a very pale face, prominent features, and a deputy manager's nameplate on her chest shouted at Lan Xi.

"Okay, Sister Xiong."

Lan Xi quickly responded.

"Hurry up and don't be lazy. Don't think you're special just because you look okay. Let me tell you, this is the imperial capital, and there's never a shortage of beautiful women. Letting you work here illegally is already a big favor to you."

Sister Xiong reprimanded her impolitely.

"Yes, yes."

Lan Xi hurried to the kitchen.

In the imperial capital, formal work hours are short, the salary is relatively okay, and the benefits are decent.

But if you want to earn more money, you need to work illegally.

The benefits of so-called "black work" are greatly reduced. For example, for the same waiter position, a person who is officially assigned to this job has a monthly salary of at least 500-600, and the working hours are short, only about four hours.

But the working hours of illegal workers are very long. For the same amount of time, they can only earn about 300, which is almost half less.

And they usually do the hardest and most tiring work.

The most important thing is that assigned service personnel basically do the easiest work. As long as they don't make any major mistakes, the manager generally won't criticize them.

After all, their existence is more of a matter of quotas.

But illegal workers don't have this good fortune. The essence of capital is to maximize profits.

They will squeeze the value of illegal workers as much as possible.

But even so, a spot for an illegal worker is extremely valuable, and countless people are vying for it.

At this time, Su Mo and his group were all seated.

An Li handed a menu to Lin Zinuo and the others, smiling and saying, "Our restaurant has a very complete menu. These are all our signature dishes. You can take a look. In addition, our restaurant supports customized dishes. Whatever flavor you want or what requirements you have for the dishes, we will all convey them to the chef and try our best to satisfy you."

Lin Zinuo looked at the menu and took a deep breath. The prices on it actually looked okay. But the large number of dishes they were going to order made it scary.

Su Mo also glanced at the menu.

The entire menu was divided into two parts. The left side had hundreds of dishes, and each dish was priced at several tens of yuan. The dishes were very rich, including everything that swims in the water, runs on the road, and flies in the sky.

The right side had relatively few dishes, only a dozen or so. But each dish was extremely expensive, starting at least several hundred yuan, and some even cost thousands.

But each dish clearly stated three words: "pollution-free!"

Su Mo glanced at the menu and didn't pay much attention to it. His attention was all on the busy servers.

He quickly noticed a problem: the appearance of the girls greeting guests at the door wasn't as outstanding as Lan Xi's.

Lan Xi seemed to be doing the most tiring work. It seemed like she was working illegally.

Just as Su Mo was pondering, Lin Zinuo called out.

"Su Mo."

"Hmm? What's up?"

Su Mo looked up at Lin Zinuo.

"What do you want to eat?"

Lin Zinuo asked diligently, joking that she was mainly treating this guy.

"Anything is fine."

"How can anything be fine? Don't be polite. What do you want to eat?"

"Really, it's okay. I'll eat whatever you guys eat."

Su Mo replied very modestly.

When Lin Zinuo saw Su Mo being so humble, she instinctively misunderstood. She thought, could this guy be looking down on her? Afraid that she couldn't afford to treat him?

Thinking of this, Lin Zinuo felt a little embarrassed. She was determined to save face.

When had she ever lost face when treating someone to a meal?

"Don't say that. You deserve the most credit this time. As the number one contributor, you have to eat well. I'll order for you. This Snowflake Reverie (pollution-free) is 500 yuan, Extremely Fresh Mussels (pollution-free) are 800 yuan, Emperor Snow Crab Soup (pollution-free) is 1000 yuan..."

"Ah?"

Su Mo was dumbfounded when he saw the dishes Lin Zinuo was ordering.

An Li, who was waiting on the side, looked at Lin Zinuo with increasingly bright eyes. She was rich!

Zi Qing coughed when she saw Lin Zinuo ordering so much and reminded her.

"Zinuo, that's enough."

Lin Zinuo then came to her senses. She seemed to have gotten a little carried away. She quickly adjusted her state and said with a smile.