Chapter 1668: Chapter 1667: Do Those Poor Students Even Deserve It?
Chapter 1667: That Group of Poor Students Doesn’t Deserve It
"What, you expect our Boss to host a meal in the lobby?" Fatty felt incredulous, "Clearly, I was the one who made the reservation first!"
Cheng Jiuyi also looked at Xie Hongjun, "You’re Shop Owner Xie, right? You said it’s first come, first served. Although we hadn’t arrived yet, we reserved the private room first. It was your counter’s mistake to give our reserved room to someone else. Now, you tell me, how are you going to handle this?"
Xie Hongjun took a deep breath to calm himself before asking, "What time did you call to reserve the room?"
Fatty immediately said, "We called at five-thirty, no, four-thirty."
Xie Hongjun gestured to the main desk manager, "Call records."
The main desk manager handed him the call log, and after flipping through it, he said, "You called in at five twenty-nine in the afternoon." Then he asked the front desk manager, "What time did those students arrive?"
The front desk manager said, "They arrived at five-ten and started their meal at five twenty." She looked at Cheng Jiuyi, "So, when you called to reserve room eight, they had already been eating for ten minutes.
Our front desk explained over the phone at that moment that room eight was already occupied. However, under ten minutes later, this Mr. Fatty here came in, demanding that we make those students leave and vacate the room. He even offered to cover their expenses.
At that time, seeing he was sincere about footing the bill for the students, we had a server accompany him to negotiate with those students. Unexpectedly, negotiations failed, and then the Old Madam intervened—and here we are."
Xie Hongjun handed the call log book to Cheng Jiuyi, "The call records were logged continuously and can’t be altered, so you indeed reserved the private room after they’d already started their meal. If you don’t believe it, you can check with the telecom office’s records."
Cheng Jiuyi’s face was also very unpleasant as he stared at Fatty, "Why did you lie to me? Saying you booked it first?"
It turned out, the reason he angrily demanded those students vacate was because Fatty repeatedly assured him he booked the room first and it was taken by a group of students.
Also, the front desk service admitted it was their mistake, so he believed it to be true. As Young Master Cheng, he couldn’t be bullied and naturally wanted the room back.
Fatty felt guilty, "I was just afraid you’d blame me for not handling things well."
Cheng Jiuyi, feeling quite embarrassed, said to Xie Hongjun, "I’m sorry, my people were being outrageous."
If it were someone else, Xie Hongjun definitely wouldn’t let this go so easily, but because it was the Cheng Family, he couldn’t overstep, so he just said, "Let’s knock on the door and apologize to the people in room eight."
Fatty was dissatisfied, "Make our Boss apologize? That group of poor students doesn’t deserve it."
Cheng Jiuzhang shot a glance at Fatty, who then shrunk back, "Uh, I misspoke. I meant, their door is shut tight, even if we wanted to apologize, we couldn’t."
Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, the private room door swung open, and Le Yin stood at the entrance, "Are you here to apologize? Go ahead, we’re all listening."
Fatty, upon seeing Le Yin who had thrown him out twice before, quickly retreated behind Cheng Jiuyi, "Who needs to apologize to you? You’re just a bodyguard."
Le Yin laughed dismissively, "Even if you want to apologize, I wouldn’t accept it. You’re just a lackey."
"You—" Fatty felt insulted, "What gives you the right to call me a lackey?"