Chapter 226

Chapter 226: They’re Just Scared

This big hat pressed down on him almost scared Du Wei Shuai’s soul right out of his body.

He did not know whether the Fu family’s child being alive was really Heaven’s favor to the Fu family. He only knew that if this “hat” really settled on their heads, it would be a disaster that could drown their whole family.

“No, no, no, we definitely didn’t mean that!” Du Wei Shuai’s face was pale. There was no trace left of the arrogant man from a few minutes ago who had wished he could skin Du An Rao and the others. The sight made Du An Rao feel a bit bored.

[That’s it, you’ve already chickened out? I actually liked you and your son better when you acted like the whole world revolved around you, daring to offend people without even finding out who they were. This family really doesn’t have enough brains. No wonder the president got used as a target for others.]

Hearing his words, Xi Jing Yue and Du Bi Xiao quietly glanced at the Du Wei Shuai who was still busily apologizing to Fu Rui Xiang and Fu Si Li. They both nodded in agreement.

Even now, he still hadn’t figured out who he had really offended. He didn’t fall into this pit for nothing.

After wandering outside for more than twenty years and tasting how cold and warm human hearts could be, Fu Si Li could easily see that these people were not truly sorry at all. They were just scared, scared that they would be punished for offending people who were richer and more powerful than they were.

If today’s matter had only involved himself, he could have let it go. He had just returned to the Fu family and did not want his newly found family to think he was greedy for quick success and ruthless toward others.

But this matter involved Miss Du, the one who had saved him and his foster father and even helped him find his blood relatives.

Fu Si Li’s face grew a little darker. For once, he showed a strong side as he said: “The person you should apologize to is not me but Miss Du. The one you slandered and made trouble for out of nowhere is Miss Du. The one you blocked here, keeping her from entering the private room and forcing her to listen to all your wild threats and talk is also Miss Du.”

“She is the one breaking the rules. Everyone else has to line up to get in here. Why doesn’t she? You even prepared a private room just for her. I say you clearly have some shady relationship with her, that’s why you’re protecting her like this. I refuse to accept it!”

Hearing his younger son’s crazy words that didn’t suit the time or place, Du Wei Shuai panicked. He turned his head and slapped him, saying: “Shut up. This is not a place for you to talk!”

But it was useless. After hearing the boy’s words, Fu Rui Xiang’s face turned completely dark. He let out a cold laugh and said: “Miss Du is our whole family’s benefactor. If she needs it, we can even go to her house ourselves and cook for her. Let alone just preparing a private room here for her convenience.”

“Since this gentleman hates Miss Du so much and has such a big problem with the way we treat guests at Gourmet Pavilion, it sounds like he doesn’t really like our little restaurant. In that case, go tell the kitchen to cancel their order. Refund all their meal money and politely send them out. We don’t want to wrong them.”

This meant he was going to pack them up and throw them all out.

No matter how he thought about it, Du Wei Shuai just could not understand why Fu Rui Xiang was so biased toward Du An Rao. Even Du De Sheng himself had never received this kind of treatment.

Thinking it over, he felt the problem still had to be with Fu Si Li. Everything was being done just to vent for Fu Si Li. That little girl was only a cover.

“Boss Fu, my son really knows he was wrong. He has never heard of Young Master Fu and has never seen him. Those words just now were said without thinking. I’ll have him apologize to Young Master Fu. Young Master Fu can hit him or scold him as he likes. Can you, for the sake of ‘those who don’t know shouldn’t be blamed’, give us one more chance?”

“Dad!”

“If you still see me as your dad, then go apologize to Young Master Fu!”

“…” Xi Jing Yue and Du Bi Xiao were speechless. He had already said this much and was still calling “Young Master Fu, Young Master Fu,” without even figuring out who he should be pleading with. There was really no saving him.

But Du An Rao could see clearly. Were these people really stupid? Not exactly. They just refused to believe.

They refused to believe that a stray girl from somewhere else could rely on her own ability to win the favor of the boss and easily get things they had racked their brains for and still failed to gain.

Faced with Du Wei Shuai’s crying pleas, Fu Rui Xiang neither agreed nor refused. He only turned his head and asked Du An Rao: “What does Miss Du think?”

“This happened in your restaurant. You should be the ones to decide. I have no opinion. I’m just a little curious…”

“Curious about what?”

Instead of answering him, Du An Rao looked at Du Tian Ci and said: “You keep biting onto me. Is it really because your sense of justice is overflowing and you can’t stand me not following the restaurant rules, or is it because you can’t accept that a stray girl from somewhere else suddenly climbed over your head, got things you couldn’t get, and is enjoying treatment you can’t enjoy?”

Du Tian Ci’s whole body shook. Having his thin veil torn off made him a little angry and ashamed as he said: “Don’t hang labels on me. This is clearly your problem. What did I say that’s wrong?”

“Then with all this trouble you’re making now, is your goal to drag me down and make me look bad? Or do you want to make the restaurant feel guilty and then raise your treatment up to my level? If you can only choose one of the two, which one would you pick?”

Du Tian Ci froze. His eyes spun wildly, as if he really was considering the question.

Seeing that he stayed silent for a long time, Du An Rao already had an answer in her heart.

“Uncle Fu, I don’t have anything else I want to ask. This started because of me, but since it happened here, I’ll trouble you to handle it.”

“Of course. It was our oversight that caused you and your friend to have a bad experience. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of this.”

As he spoke, Fu Rui Xiang was about to order someone to pack up the Du family and take them away, but before he could say the words, another uninvited guest appeared.

“Why is it so lively here? Did something happen?”

Du An Rao and the others, who had already been planning to go into the private room, paused and turned their heads toward the voice. At the corner of the hallway, they saw a young man in a suit, thin and a bit tanned, standing there with a half-smile as he looked at them.

“Yao… Mr. Yao, you…” When he saw who had come, joy flashed across Du Wei Shuai’s face. But then he remembered they were about to be kicked out of the restaurant and that his own invitation had gone wrong. He didn’t know if Mr. Yao would be angry.

Seeing the newcomer, Fu Rui Xiang’s expression shifted slightly. In a polite but distant tone, he said: “There was a bit of trouble, but it’s almost solved.”

“Since it’s just a bit of trouble, why not, for my sake, let them off this once?”

Fu Rui Xiang showed surprise and then looked at the Du family members with a delayed reaction as he said: “You’re… with them?”

This unexpected person dropping in halfway was truly beyond everyone’s expectations. Curious, Du An Rao leaned closer to her own cousin and asked: “Sis, who is he? Uncle Fu seems pretty wary of him.”

“He’s the young master of the Yao family in the north of the city. His name is Yao Fang Jin. His family has some power, and he’s a ruthless one himself. When you have nothing to do, don’t get close to him. Even if you run into him, avoid him if you can. If you can’t avoid him, find someone else. Don’t stay alone with him.”

Du Bi Xiao spoke earnestly, just like a worried elder reminding her own precious cabbage to stay far away from some blond delinquent.

Sadly, Du An Rao’s focus was a bit off.

“Yao Fang Jin?”

[Well then, so it’s actually him!]