Chapter 42 Dilemma "Ms. Ye, I just heard you've arrived!"...
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Chapter 42 Dilemma "Ms. Ye, I just heard you've arrived!"...
Viewers in the live stream: [???]
What card?
Ye Hantao asked what kind of card her father had.
Ye Hantao must have misspoke and called the blue card a black card!
[Illness progression 80% (critical threshold), current character profile maintained at 3/10.]
Ye Hantao smiled slightly.
I don't know if it was just a feeling of being in a better mood, but it felt like my limbs were full of energy.
Although she couldn't match Cheng Zhao's level, she still felt that she could try pull-ups again when she got back.
[Holy crap?! Ye Hantao, you really dare to lie?!]
[Hilarious! You lied about your purple card, saying the staff missed turning a page? A black card? A black card with accumulated spending exceeding one million?!]
【What?! A million in accumulated spending on the black card? How did you know?】
[Ji Changtu mentioned this during dinner in the first episode: a black card worth 1 million.]
[If a black card really existed, would Ye Hantao have held back from mentioning it back then? Hahaha.]
[What color is the fifth card for the Jinwan Hotel? If Ye Hantao heard this, she'd probably lie and say it's a different card (doge.jpg).]
Ye Weizheng stared intently at Tao Tao on the screen, his cheeks glowing and his eyes bright.
He figured that Tao Tao hadn't been affected and was in good condition, so he quickly typed on his phone to explain to her.
[Tao Tao, Daddy's membership card was opened for the company. He uses it to treat important clients to meals, and the company reimburses all expenses; he doesn't spend any of his own money.]
Ye Hantao didn't notice the new message on her phone, focusing only on confirming her answer, "That's right, it's a black card."
Liao Jiayue noticed that Ye Hantao paused noticeably when she mentioned the card.
Just as she was hesitating about how to expose the lie about the black card without giving anyone cause for gossip in the live stream, she suddenly heard a slightly mocking male voice approaching.
"A black card? Aren't you afraid of biting your tongue?"
The next second, the man who spoke appeared in the frame.
He was wearing a three-piece sapphire blue vest, with a bright red rose in his side pocket.
How could anyone mix and match "elite" and "flashy" in their clothing?
[Is it okay to talk about someone like a petty thug who steals other people's clothes?]
Ye Hantao was astonished when she saw the large beads of sweat on his forehead.
Even though there is air conditioning in the lobby, it can only maintain a comfortable temperature. Isn't this person hot wearing so many clothes?
"Let me introduce myself, Cai Qiwei." He turned to face Liao Jiayue, a smile he considered gentlemanly playing on his lips. "My family has some business dealings with Miss Liao's company."
Liao Jiayue was delighted when she heard Cai Qiwei introduce himself.
This simp from the original work appeared just in time.
In the original novel, the female lead has many admirers, and Cai Qiwei is considered to come from a relatively well-off family.
He started to take a liking to the female lead after watching "Frost Flower Romance," and the two met for the first time in real life at the company party next month.
Cai Qiwei quickly fell in love with the female lead, and later even chose to turn over a new leaf for her sake.
She also briefly shipped two characters while reading the story.
Now--
Liao Jiayue glanced at Cai Qiwei's thin eyebrows and eyes, and finally understood why the female lead in the original novel rejected him so decisively.
[Following Yueyue really broadens my horizons! The people I meet are all extraordinary!]
【That's normal. Your social status is different, and the people you interact with are not from the same social class.】
Why does Ye Hantao's vanity seem so fake? Because her mind is still stuck on the emperor's golden hoe!
[Hilarious! Liao Jiayue's fans really love to romanticize money?]
This guy named Cai Qiwei is such a show-off. He's wearing a three-piece suit in the sweltering heat; doesn't he worry about getting heat rash?!
[666 You guys aren't enchanted? You're only speaking up for Ye Hantao because of the gold lottery?]
[And those Aubin bags you won, right? I figured helping Ye Hantao charge ahead would also get Shanfeng to give you guys a sneak peek without any further questions.]
Some fans immediately objected.
That's nonsense! They were already speaking up for Tao Tao before the lottery even started!
Some fans even became fans of Ye Hantao after she kicked XBL's corpse and felt a great sense of relief.
They wouldn't be considered die-hard fans.
While they might be able to say a few words in support, expecting them to actually charge into battle? That's highly unlikely.
Now they're being looked down upon by haters.
In an instant, their fighting spirit was ignited; they had to make these haters realize their strength!
To everyone's dismay, the agent discovered that in Liao Jiayue's personal live stream, Ye Hantao, an ordinary fan, was able to hold her own against Jiayue's fans, with neither side gaining the upper hand.
broker:"……"
She said that Ye Hantao's tumultuous and tumultuous nature meant she was born to be a star!
Liao Jiayue disliked Cai Qiwei's appearance and even thought he was ugly, but she still had a pure and beautiful smile on her face.
When the light shone on him, Cai Qiwei was so captivated that his heart raced.
“Mr. Cai, I’ve heard my father mention you before.” Liao Jiayue walked to Ye Hantao’s side and introduced her gently, “Is there some misunderstanding between you and Tao Tao? This is Ye Hantao, my junior high school classmate.”
Upon hearing Liao Jiayue address him as Mr. Cai, Cai Qiwei raised his chin.
He straightened his tie, thinking smugly that once he defeated his brother and entered the company, Jia Yue would call him "Little CEO Cai" when she saw him again.
Then he looked at Ye Hantao again, intending to give her a condescending and disdainful look.
However, Ye Hantao is 170 cm tall, and today she specially wore a pair of 5 cm chunky heeled sandals to match her little dress, making her a full 175 cm tall.
Cai Qiwei, with his leather shoes on, was just level with Ye Hantao.
"..."
Cai Qiwei patted the roses in his side pocket and said sarcastically in a condescending tone, "I only came to remind you because you're Miss Liao's classmate, so you won't embarrass yourself in public later."
"A black card, please." He scoffed. "You don't actually think the Golden Bay Hotel's cards are just different colors, do you?"
The tasting event was about to begin, and the surrounding guests gradually stopped talking.
As soon as they heard someone speaking, they all looked over.
Chef Xing frowned slightly.
He had met Cai Qiwei, who was the grandson of a gourmand among the guests.
I've heard that she has had a keen sense of taste since childhood and is extremely picky about food, which makes her a favorite among gourmets.
Why is this person attacking Han Tao for no reason?
Cai Qiwei pulled a purple card with silver trim from his pocket, spread it out in his palm, and brazenly displayed the vast difference in social class between himself and Ye Hantao.
"See that? The invitation cards for the Golden Bay Hotel. The designs on each card are different."
Slightly behind, several elderly people I knew were gathered on the soft chairs talking.
Watching Cai Qiwei publicly humiliate a young girl, the old lady with a full head of white hair touched the jade bracelet on her wrist and said leisurely, "Old Cai, your second grandson is almost thirty, isn't he? He doesn't seem very mature."
If there are any grudges between you, you should settle them in the right place and not make things too outrageous.
Another old man exclaimed, "I heard that this grandson has a golden tongue. He can accurately taste all the ingredients in anything he eats. It's understandable that he's a bit mischievous because Old Cai spoils him."
"Almost thirty years old and still described as mischievous?" The old friends who hadn't said anything next to him laughed.
Mr. Cai blushed deeply.
That's why he never brings his grandson to his old friends to show off his grandson's silver tongue!
Today, his grandson begged and pleaded to come along, and he only reluctantly brought him over.
Cai Qiwei was completely immersed in the smugness of helping the person he liked expose his scheming classmate.
“My purple card has a knife and fork design, and my blue card has a bowl and chopsticks design.” Cai Qiwei glanced at Ye Hantao’s expression of sudden realization and sneered, “Then tell me what the design on the black card is.”
Ye Hantao didn't speak immediately.
She was marveling at how lucky she was.
I just saw Cheng Zhao's black card not long ago!
Cheng Zhao, who had already come out of the private room, stood in the crowd and chuckled softly.
However, Ye Hantao's silence was interpreted by the fans in the live broadcast room as her being unable to express herself.
[Illness progression 80% (critical threshold), current character profile maintained at 4/10.]
Ye Hantao has become mute!!!
[He already had the purple card, but he insisted on surpassing Liao Jiayue by lying about having a black card. He's going to get himself into trouble.]
[It's true that Ye Hantao lied, but this man is also quite unsettling...]
This contemptuous attitude makes me resent the rich.
[Ye Hantao's fans, stop nitpicking! Ye Hantao is being publicly exposed for lying!!!]
I really admire Ye Hantao's composure; if it were me, I'd be digging my toes into the ground.
It's perfectly normal that Ye Hantao can keep her composure; after all, some fans have openly accused her of being a thief in broad daylight—she's gotten used to it (doge.jpg)
Cai Qiwei raised an eyebrow. "Why aren't you saying anything? Looks like you've never seen a black card before! Well, let me tell you, on the black card—"
Ye Hantao interrupted forcefully, "Did I tell you to answer first?"
Cai Qiwei: "???"
"The design on the black card is naturally—" Ye Hantao's gaze fell directly on Cai Qiwei's face, unyielding, "a teapot and a wine bottle."
Anyone can make things up.
[Haha, there are only a few things related to restaurants, just guessing.]
[...Didn't you guys notice that the show-off guy's expression was a bit off?]
[Holy crap, could Ye Hantao have guessed right?]
[You guessed right? Did you not want to guess before because you didn't want to?]
Cai Qiwei gripped the purple card tightly in his hand, his eyes widening. "How do you know what the black card's design is?!"
【？！！！】
Liao Jiayue had never seen a black card before, and upon hearing Cai Qiwei's words, she forgot to hide her astonishment.
Are you kidding me?!
How could Ye Hantao possibly have a black card?!
“My dad has a black card,” Ye Hantao said, crossing her arms and lying. “My family not only has black cards, but also silver cards.”
"Bang!"
Ye Weizheng stood up too quickly and knocked over a chair, falling to the ground.
He broke out in a cold sweat.
Has Tao Tao already seen the silver card in his phone?
A few years ago, seeing that Tao Tao really liked the steamed pork with rice flour made by Chef Jing of Jinwan Hotel, he simply bought some scattered shares of Jinwan Group and became a shareholder.
He doesn't usually need to attend the group's board meetings; his nominee can attend.
Back then, Jinwan Hotel didn't have all these random colored cards.
What surprised him even more was that when Tao Tao went to the tasting event today, she unexpectedly provided the phone numbers of her whole family.
Cai Qiwei then noticed the gazes directed at him from those around him.
In the blink of an eye, he saw the dissatisfaction and disappointment on his grandfather's face.
"...!!!"
"A silver card?! Do you even know who gets to have a silver card?!"
Cai Qiwei didn't believe Ye Hantao could actually have a black card. Even his grandfather, who often ate at the Jinwan Hotel, had only spent about 700,000 yuan over the past ten years.
Grandpa must have thought he had offended a young lady from a prominent family, which is why he was disappointed in him.
Then he would expose Ye Hantao's lies in front of his grandfather!
Cai Qiwei shouted, "You say you have a black card? Show me the proof!"
The proof, of course, is that there's no black card to prove it.
Ye Hantao looked at him like he was an idiot. "Are you a police officer? What proof do I have for you?"
Tsai Chi-wei: "?!!"
Ye Hantao could not see the discussions in the live stream.
If you try to get her to insist that she does have a black card, her expression might give it away.
But she is very good at kicking away the self-proving trap.
Even if she had the black card, Ye Hantao wouldn't obediently hand it over.
She didn't steal or rob, so what makes her claim to be able to prove it?
Therefore, Ye Hantao had no guilty conscience at all.
To an uninformed person, this calm and composed attitude clearly showed complete confidence!
[I bet Ye Hantao has this same aura when she's facing cotton candy!]
So handsome! So handsome! So handsome!
I've never really liked Ye Hantao, but I was just momentarily captivated by her.
Are you guys out of your minds? Ye Hantao obviously can't produce anything without a black card!
Ye Hantao was clearly putting on a brave face.
What does it mean to "hold on"? Ye Hantao is right, what proof do you have for him? People are afraid of falling into the trap of self-justification.
[Is this self-proof? From now on, if Ye Hantao says she has everything at home, don't question her anymore.]
[The problem is, Ye Hantao has already answered what the pattern on the black card is!]
[I can find information online that the black card features a teapot and a wine bottle. Couldn't Ye Hantao have prepared beforehand?]
"Ye Hantao!" Cai Qiwei wanted to lash out again.
Cheng Zhao's face turned cold.
Before choosing to stand by, he truly didn't expect that someone could be so mentally impaired as to not understand human speech.
Even if Ye Hantao publicly throws out the black card from the Jinwan Hotel, she'll probably still be accused of having received the card from someone else.
Cheng Zhao was about to step forward to stop them, but unexpectedly, Chef Xing had already stood between Ye Hantao and Cai Qiwei.
He said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Young Master Cai, the tasting event will start in two minutes. Let's not waste everyone's time here."
"You two know each other, right?" Cai Qiwei recognized Chef Xing's chef's uniform, which had the Jinwan Hotel logo on it, and said knowingly, "You were the one who told Ye Hantao beforehand—"
A slap came flying through the air and landed heavily on Cai Qiwei's back.
Enraged, he shouted, "Cai Qiwei! Did I bring you out here just to embarrass yourself?!"
Ye Hantao subconsciously took a half step back.
A sprightly old man was glaring at her, his beard bristling. "You got your membership card from me, how dare you make things difficult for a young girl?! Is there a rule that you have to bring your membership card to a tasting event?!"
Cai Qiwei protested, "Grandpa, she didn't do it at all!"
"Shut up!" Old Master Cai was so angry that he almost had a heart attack, especially after he discovered that there was a cameraman present.
The problem is that he can't stop it.
During registration, the Jinwan Hotel had already informed them that there would be a cameraman broadcasting live, and they all agreed.
Old Master Cai couldn't even imagine how his old friends in the industry would laugh at his incompetence once this farce spread.
Having taken a chance, Grandpa Cai looked at Ye Hantao with gentle eyes. Seeing that the young girl was probably not even twenty years old, he suddenly felt ashamed.
His grandson, who's almost thirty, can't even match the demeanor of a young student!
His son and daughter-in-law had no right to question his firm decision not to let Cai Qiwei join the company.
Just then, the person in charge of the food tasting event at Jinwan Hotel arrived.
"Mr. Cai, you're here." He greeted Mr. Cai first.
Cai Qiwei's eyes suddenly lit up.
He knows this person in charge!
When he accompanied his grandfather here, it was this person in charge who personally received him.
Grandpa Cai nodded. "Manager Bian."
[Is the manager here?]
[Ye Hantao can't hide it anymore now.]
[What can't be hidden? I'll emphasize again, Ye Hantao has no obligation to prove anything to everyone who questions her!]
I really feel sorry for Ye Hantao. She came to the tasting event all happy, only to be chased and bitten by a mad dog.
Don't insult dogs.
This person is clearly an idiot, a moron.
The agent outside the live stream frowned upon seeing the direction of the comments.
They orchestrated a smear campaign against Jia Yue, which was effective, but the results fell short of expectations.
On the contrary, how did Ye Hantao end up becoming a fan favorite by some unexpected twist of fate?
Even through the screen, Ye Weizheng wanted to punch Cai Qiwei in the face.
What the hell?
His deep gaze was fixed on Cai Qiwei's face.
Let him think carefully about how to teach this idiot a lesson without making others think of Tao Tao.
"Manager Bian, you've come at the perfect time." Ignoring Old Master Cai's anger, Cai Qiwei pointed the finger directly at Ye Hantao, "This person falsely claimed to have your restaurant's black card! He has accumulated over a million yuan in spending at your restaurant, you must remember that, right?"
Manager Bian looked at Ye Hantao.
Ye Hantao let him look at her.
At the same time, mentally prepare yourself for the feedback you may receive regarding the character's persona.
As for the incident of her lying in the live stream after her lies were exposed, Ye Hantao had already made peace with it. Lying in the live stream again is not as important as staying alive.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Manager Bian suddenly smiled apologetically.
When he was with Mr. Cai, he still had that polite smile he gave to a distinguished guest, but now when he was with Ye Hantao, he had a more respectful and apologetic smile on his face!
Manager Bian, embarrassed, said, "Ms. Ye! I just heard you've arrived."
Ye Hantao: "???"
ah?
Liao Jiayue was incredulous.
What did Manager Bian mean by that?
Cai Qiwei frowned. "Manager Bian! You're not suggesting that Ye Hantao really has a black card for your restaurant, are you?"
Manager Bian agreed, "That's true."
Ye Hantao: "???"
Audience: [???]
Ye Hantao, still a little dazed, was led by Manager Bian to a seat at the front of the long table, a seat that Chef Xing had instructed her to take long ago.
Perhaps it was too shocking.
Ye Hantao felt like she was about to have low blood sugar again.
Manager Bian noticed that Ye Hantao was unsteady, so he helped her up and said in a low voice, "Ms. Ye, if you say you have this black card, then you have it. I believe you. This farce should end now."
When they held the food tasting event, the chairman gave them specific instructions.
He said he would send subordinates to conduct an on-site inspection that day to determine whether he, as the person in charge, could be successfully promoted to the head office.
Chairman: "I hope the whole process will be smooth and peaceful, and I will not allow any humiliation or embarrassment to occur."
Although it's unclear why the chairman suddenly paid attention to the annual food tasting event, it was a rare opportunity for Manager Bian!
Cai Qiwei's actions just now were nothing short of bullying and making things difficult for him!
Manager Bian didn't check Ye Hantao's spending records in the back office; it was pointless.
Even if Ye Hantao really didn't have a black card, he would still help Ye Hantao cover up the lie.
If Cai Qiwei continues to make things difficult, he will offend the chairman, who is his future career path!
It turns out that Manager Bian wanted to end the event as soon as possible, worried that it would affect the tasting session.
Ye Hantao thought that perhaps the shock had disappeared, so the symptoms of low blood sugar had also disappeared.
Anyway, her dizziness has subsided and her vision has cleared up.
Ye Hantao sat down steadily. "Thank you, Manager Bian."
Seeing Ye Hantao being helped to a seat by the manager, Liao Jiayue was stunned. He said Ye Hantao had a black card? How could that be?! How could Ye Hantao possibly have a black card?! Would someone with a black card still live in an old neighborhood?!
Cai Qiwei looked even more flustered.
Did he really offend a rich heiress? He'd never even heard of such a person!
【Aaaaaaah! Ye Hantao?! She actually has a black card?!】
[Why did Ye Hantao check the average price per person when she had a black card?!]
[Did the manager lie for Ye Hantao because the stalemate had dragged on for too long?]
Are you haters trying to portray Ye Hantao as a universally adored beauty? Does the manager benefit from doing this?
[There are loopholes in what Ye Hantao said. Don't forget, she mentioned earlier that her family has a silver card.]
[That's right! If there really is a silver card, why did the manager only mention the black card and not the silver card?]
Are you now proving that Ye Hantao's lying has gone from a black card to a silver card...?
I looked it up online, and it says that silver cards represent shareholders of the parent group.
Even poor people have a few wealthy relatives, but Ye Hantao never revealed who owned the silver card.
Does using a black card make someone poor?
No matter how noisy the live stream was, the food tasting event started promptly at 6 PM.
Ye Hantao sat below the stage, looking up as she listened to Manager Bian's many polite words.
Manager Bian glanced around the room and said, "Today, we have two brilliant eloquent speakers here. They are—"
Looking at the list in his hand, Manager Bian could only say, "What a small world!"
"Recommended by Chef Lao of Zhiwei Pavilion, Mr. Cai Qiwei!" Manager Bian then looked at Ye Hantao, "Recommended by Chef Xing of Fengwei Hall, Ms. Ye Hantao!"
Instantly, everyone looked at the two people who had been called out by Manager Bian.
Despite being watched by a group of people, Ye Hantao was not intimidated.
Before she arrived, Chef Xing had mentioned this procedure in advance.
On stage, sparks flew as Chef Xing and Chef Lao locked eyes.
Manager Bian announced, "Now, let's sample the first round of delicacies! They are lemongrass roasted chicken, honey-glazed black cod, and red wine braised beef!"
As the waiters placed the dishes on the table.
Manager Bian: "After the tasting, Ms. Ye and Mr. Cai are requested to give their comments first."
Ye Hantao doesn't care about priority or anything, as long as it tastes good.
Just across the table, Cai Qiwei forked a piece of beef, glanced at Ye Hantao not far away, and became even more determined to regain face.
He was very confident.
After all, no one knows better than him what delicacies were being tasted today and what seasonings were used in them.
Ye Hantao took a bite of beef and chewed it.
"!!!"
This is the stewed beef that her family had just eaten at a local restaurant called Li Family Cuisine last month.
At the time, the chef was distributing questionnaires in the restaurant, asking the diners for suggestions for improvement.
She and her mom discussed it and wrote a whole page!
Ye Hantao couldn't resist eating a few more pieces; they were delicious.
This one tastes even better than the last one.
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Author's Note: Peach: Easily handled [Okay]
--Randomly dropped small red envelopes--