"Is it really that good?" Chen Lie was shocked. "Then I have to try it!"
Ma Qiqi looked at Chen Lie in amusement and said, "Everyone has different tastes. What Nianzhi thinks is good, we might not think it's good. Chen Lie, are you sure you want to eat this kind of woman's food? "
Chen Lie asked the waiter in the red vest for the same dessert and said with a smile, "I don't discriminate against women. How is this for women?"
"Also …" He smiled and winked at Ma Qiqi. "You don't know how picky Major General Huo has raised Nianzhi's taste. If she says it's delicious, then it must be delicious! "
"Really?" Ma Qiqi didn't know about this and blinked at Gu Nianzhi. "Nianzhi, is that so?"
Gu Nianzhi smiled. "I'll go back and ask Major General Huo and President Lu if they know how to make this rose milk bird's nest."
"I want to use this dessert as a midnight snack. I'll eat it before going to bed every night. It's both calming and nourishing. It's fine as long as I don't add rock sugar."
The waiter in the red vest took the opportunity to sell their hotel's custom-made midnight snacks. They could deliver them on time every day.
Gu Nianzhi said she would consider it, so the waiter was satisfied and stood diagonally behind to take care of them.
The three of them were so happy that they didn't even have time to chat.
Not long after, another waitress in a blue vest walked over.
She looked at the table awkwardly and whispered to the waiter in the red vest who had brought Gu Nianzhi and the others in, "… Isn't this table reserved and often empty?"
"… That's right, but Young Master Hong just said that he's going to give this table to him …" the red vest waiter said in a very soft voice.
"Childhood friend?" The waitress in the blue vest glanced at Gu Nianzhi and the others. "Which one is Major General Hong's childhood friend?"
"… He's not here. Major General Hong and that gentleman went to the private room upstairs. Major General Xue is also here … "The waitress in the red vest said with a smile with her hands behind her back.
She only squeezed out the words from between her teeth. Her voice was very low and she mainly communicated with her colleagues through a Bluetooth headset.
Therefore, Gu Nianzhi and the others didn't hear her.
"So Major General Hong's childhood friend isn't here …" The waitress in the blue vest breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, then ask them to move aside …"
"Let what?" The waiter in the red vest thought he had heard wrongly. "They've already sat down, and it was Young Master Hong who instructed them to do so. How shameless are you to ask Young Master Hong's guest to vacate his seat?"
The blue vest waiter's face darkened. "Watch your mouth! I'll be honest with you. Miss Guo is here. She's having lunch with a few friends from the investment industry. There were four of them, and Miss Guo's friend said that the scenery here was good. Miss Guo remembered that there was a reserved seat here, so she asked me to clean up. They'll be here soon. "
The red vest waiter shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "Then I'm sorry. Go tell them that they're late. The reserved seats for today have already been reserved."
"Are you stupid?" The waiter in the blue vest nudged the waiter in the red vest. "Miss Guo is Young Master Hong's fiancée. Don't you know that?"
"Also, don't you know why Miss Guo invited her friends from the investment industry to dinner?"
The red vest waiter rolled his eyes. "Save it. You're just a waiter in the hotel. Don't think too highly of yourself. Miss Guo is Young Master Hong's fiancée, but what does that have to do with low-level employees like you and me? "
"What does it have to do with us if she wants to invite her friends from the investment industry? Don't tell me that if you get her this table today, you'll get some shares when the company goes public?! "
The blue vest waiter's face turned red from the red vest waiter's mockery. Feeling embarrassed, he straightened his neck and said, "I'm a low-level employee, but I've never been willing to be a low-level employee for the rest of my life! You don't know how to seize the opportunity when it's right in front of you. I hope you'll be a low-level employee for the rest of your life! "
Her temper flared up, and she couldn't care less about it.
She quickly went to Gu Nianzhi's table and put on a professional smile. She said in a crisp voice, "You guys are almost done eating, right? Can you move to a seat next to us in advance? We have a very important guest who will be here soon … "
Gu Nianzhi had just praised the hotel's rose milk bird's nest for being delicious, but now she realized that the slippery bird's nest in her mouth had suddenly turned sour.
She slowly put down the spoon and wiped her hands with a napkin on the table. She waved her hand and said, "Where's the menu? I haven't ordered yet. "
The smile on the blue vest waiter's face froze. The corners of her mouth twitched. "Miss, you're almost done eating …"
The rose milk bird's nest wasn't a large portion, and the taste was especially to Gu Nianzhi's liking. She only had a little left.
Gu Nianzhi raised her eyelids and glanced at the blue vest waiter. She said dryly, "Can't you see that I'm only eating dessert? I haven't ordered my main meal yet. Who are you? You weren't the one who ordered for us just now. "
The smile on the blue vest waiter's face could no longer be maintained. She said with a straight face, "I'm sorry, Miss. This seat is reserved. Someone has already booked it, but they didn't come. That's why I let you sit here for a while. Now that you're almost done eating, can you go to the seat next to us to continue? "
"Someone booked this seat? Who booked it? " Gu Nianzhi crossed her arms and leaned back in her seat. "Let your boss speak, and I'll let it go. Otherwise, there's no need to talk."
She didn't believe that she didn't know what kind of person Hong Ziqi was.
The reserved seats in the hotel usually weren't reserved for others. They were always reserved for the hotel's internal staff, especially for the big boss in emergencies.
Ma Qiqi and Chen Lie completely ignored the waiter in the blue vest.
They weren't newbies who had just entered society, so how could they not understand what was going on here?
Anyway, Huo Shaoheng was here today. Even if the sky fell, he would be there to hold it up. Therefore, the two of them continued eating lunch in peace.
Gu Nianzhi was purely bored, and she didn't like being chased away by the blue vest waiter.
Since Hong Ziqi was willing to give this table to them, it meant that no one had booked it. How could they be chased away without finishing their meal? That would be too disrespectful to Master Hong.
The blue vest waiter saw that Gu Nianzhi wouldn't budge, so she was also frightened. In the end, she didn't dare to pull her away.
She glared at her for a while and gritted her teeth. "Fine, I'll call our boss's wife over!"
Gu Nianzhi was speechless.
Oh, so the boss and the boss's wife didn't communicate this beforehand?
The boss had "arranged" the table reserved by the boss's wife?
She became even more interested. She smiled brightly as she scooped up the last mouthful of rose milk and bird's nest and ate it slowly.
Not long after, the waiter in the blue vest walked over valiantly and energetically with another capable and nimble woman.
The woman was wearing a clean and well-tailored white Issey Miyake business suit and had a decent smile on her face.
She looked to be in her thirties and was mature and elegant. Her hair was permed very fluffy, but it was still obvious that it was a bit thin.
Gu Nianzhi recognized at a glance that this woman was Hong Ziqi's fiancée, Guo Huining.
She had met her once before and had even eaten together once.
However, she was his fiancée two years ago, so she should be Hong Ziqi's wife now, right?
Didn't the blue vest waiter say that this was a table reserved by the "boss's wife?"
Was he talking about this Guo Huining?
The corners of Gu Nianzhi's lips curled up slightly to reveal a smile.
However, Guo Huining actually didn't recognize Gu Nianzhi.
She had also only met Gu Nianzhi once two years ago. At that time, Gu Nianzhi was still a bit shy and didn't have a strong sense of presence under Huo Shaoheng's strong protection.
Guo Huining herself was very busy and didn't have time to frequently browse Weibo or watch television. Therefore, after two years, she still wasn't as familiar with Gu Nianzhi as Hong Ziqi was with her.
At that moment, she politely took out her business card and placed it in front of Gu Nianzhi. "Hello, I'm the director of Hong Corporation's legal department. My name is Guo Huining. Today, I'm meeting three friends from the investment bank for a working lunch and specially booked this table. I'm sorry, but could you please make way? "
Without waiting for Gu Nianzhi to respond, she continued, "There are only three of you and four of us. This is a table for four, so you shouldn't be sitting here. I'm late today, so it's my fault. Your meal is on me, so put it on my tab. "
She first apologized and then offered compensation. Her attitude wasn't considered unnatural.
Ma Qiqi and Chen Lie looked at each other and wanted to give up their seats.
Gu Nianzhi saw that Guo Huining was very polite, and she didn't want to hit someone who was smiling at her, so she decided to leave as well.
However, in order to make his presence felt in front of Guo Huining, the waiter in the blue vest forcefully squeezed his way up and said, "Director Guo, you're too polite. People like them who dominate seats should be filmed and exposed online!"
"Our Hong Corporation will refuse to serve them in the future!"
Gu Nianzhi was furious when she heard that. What?
As a staff member in the hotel service industry, how could it be reasonable to kick people out?!
"What do you mean by 'hog seats'? Explain it to me clearly. " Gu Nianzhi stood up. Her eyes were cold, and she had an indifferent smile on her face. She continued, "I want to ask Miss Guo, did you actually reserve this table?"
Guo Huining hesitated and said, "This reserved table doesn't accept reservations in the first place."
"Really?" Gu Nianzhi raised her chin at the waiter in the blue vest. "But she said Miss Guo reserved it for you. You didn't come, so she let us sit. "
Guo Huining glanced at the waiter in the blue vest and said noncommittally, "… We came a little late."
"Miss Guo, don't be so vague. Did you make a reservation and come late, or did you not make a reservation and suddenly ask for a seat, only to realize you were late? "
Gu Nianzhi asked very seriously.
Guo Huining was embarrassed by her question and laughed dryly. "Actually, what's the difference? Anyway, we're here now, and you're almost done eating. Can you move aside? "
Gu Nianzhi also laughed. "That's a big difference. If you didn't make a reservation, then you can't say we're hogging seats. Can't you see that your waiter wants to ban us? "
"We didn't choose these seats ourselves. Your hotel arranged them for us. If you don't believe me, you can ask that waiter."
She pointed at the waiter in the red vest who was standing in the corner and wanted to curl up into a ball.
Guo Huining looked back and said dryly, "What's going on? Isn't this a reserved table? "
"… Yes …" The waiter in the red vest braced himself and walked over. He lowered his head and whispered, "Young Master Hong arranged for them to sit here …"
Guo Huining sized up Gu Nianzhi and the others coldly. The two women looked quite pretty, but they were dressed very plainly. One look and she could tell they were just for show and not famous.
The fat man was even more annoying.
Where did these three people come from?
She asked the waiter in the red vest sternly, "… Why did Young Master Hong arrange for them to sit here? This is a four-person table, and there are only three of them. Are you sure Young Master Hong was talking about this place? "
"Yes, that's right. There were originally four of them, but Young Master Hong went to the private room on the second floor with his childhood friend, so there are only three of them left."
Guo Huining became even angrier when she heard this.
Hong Ziqi's childhood friends were all hedonistic sons of rich parents. His only good friend was Xue Jingjiang, but he wasn't Hong Ziqi's childhood friend …
The Xue family was of a higher status than the Hong family, so Xue Jingjiang's "childhood friend" was also of a higher status than Hong Ziqi's.
Guo Huining's first impression was that they were Hong Ziqi's real childhood friends, so she immediately said rudely, "Tell Young Master Hong that I'm hosting an investment bank friend for a working meal and that his childhood friend has been wronged. Put the bill for this table on my tab. "
The waiter in the red vest thought that Young Master Hong was hosting "Mr. Huo" this time. Even ten of Miss Guo's investment bank friends couldn't compare to one of his fingers …
However, she didn't dare say this in front of so many people, so she could only smile sheepishly and say, "Then I'll go down and ask Young Master Hong later."
The waiter in the blue vest saw this and actually took out his phone to threaten, "… Looks like someone has gone crazy from wanting to be famous …"
She actually wanted to film this scene.
"You're not allowed to film it. Filming me without my permission is an invasion of my privacy."
Gu Nianzhi expressionlessly put down her napkin and said to the anxious waiter in the red vest, "Come here, I want to order two more dishes. I haven't even ordered my main course yet, how can I leave now? "
She spread her hands at the solemn Guo Huining. "Sorry, Director Guo, I'm not full yet. Can you let me eat first before giving up my seat? "
"Don't refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!" The waiter in the blue vest really did take out his phone to film. "Do you believe I won't post your seat hogging behavior online …" Ma Qiqi was also angry now.
Ma Qiqi was annoyed too. She put down her chopsticks and said coldly, "Do you think this is a high-speed train? Hogging seats … Are you stupid from all the Weibo? Your colleague made it very clear just now that your boss gave this seat to us first. You didn't reserve it. If you don't like it, then hang yourself. Why are you eating? What a waste of food! "
The waiter in the blue vest saw that the lady boss was about to lose face and immediately raised his phone to speak. Just as he was about to speak, two more women walked over.
One was wearing a purple eggplant business suit, and the other was wearing a very ethereal white dress.
Gu Nianzhi was slightly taken aback.
She recognized the woman in the purple eggplant business suit right away.
She was Yi Xinyan, also the chief analyst of Carlyle Investment Limited's Pacific Rim region. She had just bumped into Ma Qiqi at the hotel entrance and even gave her a business card.
The woman in the white dress was an old acquaintance she hadn't seen in a long time, Dou Aiyan.
Gu Nianzhi glanced at Ma Qiqi. Ma Qiqi also recognized her but didn't say anything.
The two of them exchanged glances to see what they were going to do.
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This was today's big chapter update: Chapter 1944, "It's Already Been Arranged."
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