The three shopkeepers talked for a long time and cursed for a long time, but in the end, no one admitted to the incident.

Wu Jiantong’s waiters were still waiting for the dishes, so they didn’t stay there for long and just went back in a hurry.

Before leaving, each of them was still muttering that if anyone had sent people out, they should be called back as soon as possible to avoid making life difficult for everyone.

After the three of them had dispersed, they returned to their respective restaurants.

Ming Yuxuan’s shopkeeper Song had a gloomy face. He went to the backyard and called a trusted young waiter over. “Go find a suitable person on the street and ask him to call back Liu Wuwan who is currently in Huibin Building.”

“Boss, are we just going to let this matter go?” The waiter curled his lips.

“What else could be done?” Manager Song’s face looked quite displeased. “The Zhao and Qian families have already said what they did, and the Wu family behaved in their usual manner. If we were to go to the Huibin building again and cause trouble, we really wouldn’t be able to do business anymore.”

Manager Song felt that it was not worth it to kill one thousand enemies but lose eight hundred of his own.

What’s more, it was never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

If Huibin Building continued to be open in the future, there would be plenty of opportunities to take them down, so there was no need to rush at this moment.

But now Jun came again and Fuyunlou stood on the same side with him to deal with Huibinlou. It would be bad if they angered those two families because of this incident and pushed them to Huibinlou.

Shopkeeper Song knew what was important and didn’t mind lowering his head at this moment.

When the waiter heard what Manager Song said, he agreed and walked towards the backyard door.

He took two steps and turned back, “Boss, do you want the money you gave to Liu Wuwan back?”

“Do you need me to teach you how to do this?” Shopkeeper Song glared at the waiter.

This matter was originally a shameful one. Just give the other party some money and have them do the job, and then the matter is settled. Both parties are satisfied and will not ask for further accounts from each other.

It was just a few taels of silver, so he didn’t take it seriously.

The waiter nodded repeatedly, then hurriedly slipped out through the small door in the backyard, found a reliable person on the street, gave him a small string of money, and asked him to call Liu Wuwan back.

The man got the money and ran to the reception hall with a happy smile on his face.

When he arrived at the Huibin Building, he found out that Liu Wuwan was in the box and whispered something to him.

When Liu Wuwan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Relieved!

“Are you sure, esteemed guest? Do we really not need to change the Mapo tofu to home-style tofu, shrimp tofu, century egg tofu, braised tofu, or something else?” Su Yujin still had a smile on her face as she tirelessly explained the various tofu dishes to Liu Wuwan.

“No need, no need.” Liu Wuwan waved his hands repeatedly, “I don’t want the 300 dishes of Mapo Tofu from before! Just count the silver for the appetizers we just had, and I’ll pay!”

This was a place of tigers and wolves, he couldn’t afford to offend them, he had to leave quickly!

“It’s two hundred coins in total.” Su Yujin said with a smile, “But you said you wanted three hundred dishes before, but now you don’t want them anymore, is it because you are not confident about the taste of this mapo tofu?”

“You didn’t eat much of these appetizers, so I guess the taste is not very good. Since you are here, there is no reason for you to only eat appetizers. I will ask the kitchen to make a dish of Mapo Tofu so that you can take it away and eat it.”

Liu Wuwan, “…”

He refused!

He didn’t want to hear the word tofu anymore!

Liu Wuwan quickly left the Huibin Building.

Looked like running for one’s life.

“Goodbye, welcome back next time, and have some more Mapo Tofu.” Su Yujin bowed slightly and said with a smile.

Liu Wuwan staggered while running.

Wu Jiantong came back soon.

“What’s the matter?” Su Yujin asked.

“I led people to watch for a long time, and only the shopkeeper of Mingyuxuan sent a waiter out. The waiter hired someone on the street, and the hired person came directly to our guest house.”

Wu Jiantong said, “Just now the waiter said that after Liu Wuwan left our Huibin Building, he went to look for Ming Yuxuan’s waiter. This matter is probably not a bad one, and it was done by Ming Yuxuan’s Manager Song.”

“This Manager Song is the oldest among the managers of the several restaurants. I thought he was the most stable and shrewd one, but I never expected that he was the dumbest one.”

Su Yujin was a little disdainful. “Go tell the waiter to make three servings of Mapo Tofu and send them to Mingyuexuan. Tell them that since Shopkeeper Song likes Mapo Tofu the most, then he should have a taste of it.”

“Yes, I’ll go right away.” Wu Jiantong responded.

“By the way.” Su Yujin added, “Remember to get back the money for the Mapo Tofu.”

Wu Jiantong, “…”

Our boss really couldn’t afford to suffer any loss.

However, bearing grudges could be beneficial. People fear the fierce tiger because it has sharp teeth and claws. Similarly, people praise the rabbit for being snow-white and cute, and they adore it, but when it comes to sprinkling cumin on it, they show no mercy at all.

Therefore, there was nothing wrong with the boss’s approach!

When Wu Jiantong first came to Huibinlou, one reason was that he could return home and reunite with his wife and children without being separated, and he could take care of any problems at home; the other reason was to do so for the sake of Madam Zhou and because Su Yujin had delegated a lot of power to him.

Now it seems that he really followed the right boss!

She was lenient and trustful to his subordinates and did not hesitate to reward them when they should, but she was also ruthless when it came to punishing them. Now, when dealing with competitors, she did not hesitate for a moment.

This was much better than Madam Zhou, who was friendly but lacked tough tactics.

Of course, Madam Zhou was also very good. After all, she was in the Zhou family. Under such circumstances, she had to consider many concerns. It was extremely difficult for her to achieve this…

After receiving Su Yujin’s instructions, Wu Jiantong hurriedly told his men to do this.

The two waiters quickly delivered the three servings of Mapo Tofu to Ming Yuxuan.

“The shopkeeper of our restaurant asked us to send three servings of Mapo Tofu to Shopkeeper Song, saying that since Shopkeeper Song likes it, we should let him have a good taste.”

The waiter had a very loud voice and it was noon when the shop was crowded, so naturally he attracted many people’s attention.

Sweat dripped down Manager Song’s forehead.

Embarrassed, regretful, and angry.

But his words were friendly, “Shopkeeper Wu is really polite. This Mapo Tofu is the signature dish of Huibinlou and it sells very well. In line with the principle of learning from the masters, I also want to try it, but I am in the same industry and it is inconvenient for me to go over. Shopkeeper Wu is thoughtful and has sent it over right away. Please go back and tell Shopkeeper Wu that I thank you and I will definitely invite Shopkeeper Wu out for a drink some other day.”

Shopkeeper Song said some polite words and quickly told the waiter next to him to take the dishes.

Seeing that the two waiters had not left after delivering the dishes, Shopkeeper Song was a little worried, “I wonder what else the young man wants?”

I hope he was not going to say things that shouldn’t be said…”

(End of this chapter)

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T/N This was one hilarious chapter to translate!!!