From the moment Yan Yincheng appeared in the restaurant, A Mei, a female waitress in the Japanese restaurant, took a fancy to this overly handsome but blind man.
More importantly, he was rich! The daily turnover of their restaurant could reach hundreds of thousands of yuan! To her surprise, he didn't hesitate to reserve the whole restaurant to treat everyone, which was so generous!
A Mei deeply felt that this man was tailor - made for her. She even planned to have some intimate contact with him while taking orders. For this purpose, she sprayed perfume. But who would have thought that he mercilessly told her that she smelled bad and drove her away!
A Mei didn't believe it. So she came up with another idea. She pretended not to watch her step and deliberately bumped into him, hoping to strengthen their bond. It would be even better if she could get his contact information!
Wasn't this how it was always shown on TV? A clumsy girl accidentally knocked over something and soiled the hero's clothes. While wiping his body, they sparked love. If she could touch this man, she wouldn't have to worry about the rest of her life!
A Mei closed her eyes dreamily and threw herself into the man's arms, thinking that he would act like a gentleman and catch her. But reality gave her a hard slap in the face.
When being bumped into, Yan Yincheng was only thinking about Xu Zixi in front of him and didn't notice someone approaching. But when he came to his senses, his body reacted very quickly. When the woman was about to touch him, he easily dodged to the side. A Mei "plop" fell to the ground again, and her waist hit the corner of a table beside her. She howled in pain.
"Ah, it hurts so much!"
Xu Zixi, whose face had changed because of this scene, was stunned for a moment. She... suddenly couldn't be angry anymore!
The commotion here attracted the attention of all the customers in the hall and caused a murmur.
"What's going on?"
"It seems that the girl stepped on her skirt and accidentally spilled the soup on that man."
"Wow, that must be very hot. The soup was just made..."
"But it was an accident. And he didn't even help the girl up. He just watched her fall to the ground. He's so cold - blooded."
"I didn't expect him to be so handsome but have no gentlemanly manners at all."
Pei Mingyuan rolled his eyes and added fuel to the fire, "Third Master Yan is a bit too much. I remember he said just now in the private room that the girl smelled bad. Now he doesn't even help her. I think the girl seems to have fallen quite hard. Her face has turned pale."
Xu Zixi glanced at him indifferently and said, "Then why don't you go and help her?"
Pei Mingyuan thought this was a great opportunity to show his gentlemanly manners. So he went up as told and bent down to help A Mei, who was inhaling in pain, up from the ground.
"Miss, are you okay?"
A Mei looked up and saw Pei Mingyuan's face. She was stunned for a moment. Her face, which had been pale with pain, instantly turned red. She lowered her head and said weakly, "Thank you, Young Master Pei, for your concern. I... I'm okay."
The on - lookers around were discussing:
"That person looks so familiar. Where have I seen him?"
"He seems to be the young master of the Pei family!"
"Sure enough, only Young Master Pei knows how to cherish a beauty. There aren't many good men like Young Master Pei. Mom, I really want to marry him!"
Pei Mingyuan felt a little proud. Look, everyone was praising him. This meant that compared with Third Master Yan, he was more like a good man who could be relied on for life. He looked at Xu Zixi, thinking he would see an admiring look on her face. But instead, he saw her stuffing a pack of tissues into Wei Shu's hand. Then she walked to Yan Yincheng's side, looked at the woman being supported beside him, and said indifferently:
"I thought the service in this Japanese restaurant was really good. I didn't expect such a thing to happen, where freshly made hot soup is spilled on a customer. Call your manager over. You must give an explanation for this."
Yan Yincheng was feeling a bit dizzy from the smell of miso soup on his body when he heard the voice that haunted his dreams ringing beside him.
"Zixi?" Ecstasy welled up from the bottom of his heart uncontrollably, and the corners of his mouth completely lost control. Why did she come back? And she was even willing to stand up for him? Was she concerned about him? He knew it. He knew she couldn't be completely indifferent to him!
On the other hand, Pei Mingyuan's face turned extremely ugly.
From her reaction, he knew he had made the wrong choice. So, his hand supporting the waitress loosened involuntarily. A Mei lost her balance and fell to the ground again.
A Mei was furious after being knocked down twice. She gave up standing up and glared at Xu Zixi, who suddenly appeared, and said:
"Who are you? This is a matter between me and this customer. What does it have to do with you? This customer hasn't said a word yet. Why are you butting in?"
After secretly sizing up Xu Zixi, A Mei was filled with jealousy.
This woman was so beautiful! Her moist cherry - like lips, skin as smooth as a peeled egg, and round and beautiful almond eyes. The picture of her standing with that blind man was extremely pleasing to the eye!
It was really annoying!
Yan Yincheng frowned, and his cold and murderous aura suddenly soared. He grabbed Xu Zixi's arm and pulled her behind him to protect her. Then he coldly said to A Mei, who was lying on the ground and refusing to get up:
"Since you want my attitude, I'll be straight. Because of your stupid behavior just now, you not only scalded me but also ruined my overcoat worth 500,000 yuan. The cheap perfume and makeup on you make me sick. I demand that your restaurant compensate me for my losses!"
Learning that the overcoat was worth 500,000 yuan, A Mei's dream of marrying into a wealthy family was instantly shattered. She stopped pretending to be in pain and lay on the ground, apologizing repeatedly:
"Sir, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to spill the soup on you, and I didn't mean to offend you. Please forgive me!"
"Not on purpose?"
Yan Yincheng snorted, "From the moment I sat down, you tried to get close to me under the pretext of showing me the menu. As for your claim that you didn't watch your step just now? I think the surveillance camera should have captured it clearly. Whether it was on purpose or not can be known by checking the surveillance!"
Xu Zixi couldn't help but look at him. Oh? So he had noticed that the girl had deliberately gotten close to him while taking orders? Was he that attentive to others?
Of course, A Mei didn't want to admit that she had an inappropriate thought about him. It would be too embarrassing to be exposed in public.
She cried and said, "Sir, you've really wronged me..."
The on - looking customers beside also said, "He's so narcissistic. Just because he's good - looking, he thinks the girl did it on purpose?"
"I've never seen such a shameless person."
"Exactly. He looks decent, but he's so shameless!"
"The girl is really just working. Look at how long the hem of the kimono is. It must not be on purpose. Don't make things difficult for her."
"Who is he kidding with that 500,000 - yuan coat? I have a similar one. It only costs about a thousand yuan in the mall!"
"He must be pretending to be a rich man to extort money!"
Hearing these irresponsible and somewhat malicious remarks, Xu Zixi couldn't help but say:
"About a thousand yuan? This is a handmade woolen overcoat custom - made in Italy. It's the only one in the world! Since you don't believe the value of this coat, then call the police and let the police appraise whether it's worth the price."
"Intentionally damaging other people's property worth more than 5,000 yuan can be defined as the crime of deliberately destroying property. If convicted of the crime of deliberately destroying property, one is generally sentenced to fixed - term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; if the circumstances are serious, one is sentenced to fixed - term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years."
"You should think it over for yourselves."