Chapter 155: The God of War General

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The outburst startled every customer on the first floor. Lin Sangqian frowned and glanced upward.

The cursing from the second floor continued without pause. The waiter looked uneasily at Lin Sangqian. “Manager…”

“I’ll go take a look.”

With that, Lin Sangqian rose and went upstairs.

By then, the area around one of the tables was a complete mess, with broken plates scattered across the floor.

The customers on the second floor had hurriedly moved away from the scene.

The one throwing the tantrum was a young man. When Lin Sangqian arrived, he was still hurling filthy abuse, while a waiter beside him kept apologizing.

“I’m sorry, sir. I truly didn’t mean it that way…”

“Then what did you mean? You think I’m poor and can’t afford your Set Meal Number One, is that it?”

The waiter was practically on the verge of tears. Catching sight of Lin Sangqian from the corner of his eye, he suddenly felt as though salvation had arrived.

“Manager! You’re here!”

The young man was startled by this. He turned around, saw Lin Sangqian, and his expression changed at once.

He had thought Lin Sangqian would not be here today!

“Oh, isn’t this Young Master Li?” Lin Sangqian said with a smile. “What happened? Has my establishment failed to serve you properly?”

Young Master Li inwardly groaned, but could only feign composure.

“Ahem! Your waiter was certainly infuriating! Still, I’m a magnanimous man, so I won’t hold it against you. I’ll be leaving now.”

He had just lifted his foot to go when Lin Sangqian spoke coolly.

“Wait.”

He shuddered, but had no choice except to stop.

Lin Sangqian cast him a glance before asking the waiter, “What happened just now? Tell me.”

The waiter said aggrievedly, “Young Master Li came in for a meal and asked me to recommend a set. I told him that Set Meal Number Three had been selling very well lately and asked if he would like to try it. Then he suddenly flew into a rage and demanded to know why I hadn’t recommended the most expensive Set Meal Number One. He asked whether I was looking down on him.”

Cold sweat had already appeared on Young Master Li’s brow. He immediately shouted furiously, “You’re making malicious accusations!”

“When have I done that? That’s exactly what happened! The customers nearby can all testify to it!”

Young Master Li was about to say more when Lin Sangqian swept him with a cold look. He was so frightened that he could not even open his mouth.

He had truly thought Lin Sangqian would not come today!

He had been in a foul mood. A courtesan who had always favored him had suddenly gone off with someone else, leaving him seething with resentment. He had come here looking for somewhere to vent his anger.

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When he arrived, he had deliberately checked and confirmed that Lin Sangqian was nowhere to be seen.

He had intended to vent his temper and leave. Even if Lin Sangqian learned of it later, surely she would not go all the way to him just to settle the score?

He had never expected Lin Sangqian to arrive at some point. This time, he had truly kicked an iron plate!

Who in the whole town would still dare offend Lin Sangqian?

Everyone knew that she wore a smile every day, but once she turned against someone, she showed no mercy.

The only family in town that could probably afford to provoke her was the Yu family. Yet, as fate would have it, the Lin and Yu families were on excellent terms.

“Young Master Li, have I offended you in some way?” Lin Sangqian asked, a smile playing at the corners of her lips. “If you have any dissatisfaction with me, say it.”

“I…I haven’t!” Young Master Li was close to tears. “Who—who would dare be dissatisfied with Manager Lin? This is truly just a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding.”

“A misunderstanding?” Lin Sangqian glanced over the wreckage on the floor. “You’ve turned my establishment into this, prevented my customers from enjoying their meals, and now you’re telling me it was a misunderstanding? That is quite a misunderstanding indeed.”

“Manager Lin, I…I was wrong…” Young Master Li’s legs went weak, and he nearly dropped to his knees before her.

“Very well. Since that is the case, Young Master Li can take responsibility for cleaning up this area.” Lin Sangqian gave a cold laugh, then said to the waiter, “Take stock of the damage on the floor and make Young Master Li pay for it.”

“Yes, Manager.”

Young Master Li could only lower his head and prepare to clean.

Lin Sangqian then addressed the other customers. “Everyone, I apologize for disturbing you. All purchases made here today will be charged at only eighty percent.”

The other customers had not suffered much inconvenience to begin with, and now they could pay less as well. Naturally, they were delighted, praising Manager Lin for her generosity.

Lin Sangqian was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something. Turning back, she said to one of the waiters, “Oh, and remember to inform every establishment under McChicken that, from now on, they need not serve Young Master Li. After all, it would be unfortunate if another ‘misunderstanding’ arose.”

The waiter happily replied, “Yes!”

Relying on the fact that his family was distantly related to the wife of the Governor of Pingci Commandery, Young Master Li had thrown his weight around in town every day. Many people had long since grown sick of him.

It was only thanks to Lin Sangqian that he was finally brought to heel.

“What? Manager Lin, you can’t do this to me!”

Young Master Li started in alarm and tried to chase after her, but several waiters had already blocked his path. With firm attitudes, they ordered him to clean up everything on the floor first.

With the manager backing them, they had nothing to fear now!

Young Master Li was so anxious he could have cried.

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If every establishment under McChicken refused to serve him from then on, he would no longer be able to eat any of those delicacies!

He would not be able to eat anything at all!

He could only ask other people to buy food for him. But once or twice was manageable—who would be willing to keep doing it for him over the long term?

As Young Master Li swept up the broken pieces of crockery, resentment simmered in his heart.

He was, after all, a relative of the Governor’s wife, yet Lin Sangqian had never shown him the slightest respect!

Was she truly forcing him to go to Pingci Commandery and complain to the Governor’s wife?

His mother had warned him not to disturb the Governor’s wife…

But he simply could not swallow this humiliation!

…

Lin Sangqian visited several other shops afterward. There was nothing unusual anywhere, and business was thriving.

She overheard two customers talking.

“Have you heard? The God of War General has defeated another fifty thousand enemy soldiers and reclaimed Baozhou City, which had fallen before!”

“Yes, yes, I heard that too. The God of War is truly formidable. If not for him these past few years, who knows how many of our Great Yao’s cities would have fallen?”

Lin Sangqian had heard a little about the legendary God of War over the past few years.

They said he was an exceptionally young general, yet extraordinarily capable.

In recent years, the Yidian people had joined forces with Qing, Gan, and various other powers to invade Great Yao.

Without that God of War General, Great Yao’s situation would have been extremely difficult.

“That may not necessarily be true. Isn’t General Xiao formidable as well? He has guarded the border with Yidian all these years, and the Yidian people haven’t been able to advance even half a step. In the end, they had no choice but to get Gan to find another route of attack.”

“I know about that! I heard it’s because General Xiao has a deputy general by his side who is immensely tall and imposing, as well as exceptionally brave in battle!”

At that, Lin Sangqian could not help laughing.

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