Chapter 189
"You like drinking?"
A middle-aged man sat directly in front of Rong Yuan, sniffed, and showed an unbearable expression.
"My God, the quality of the wine here is so poor. The air is filled with a cheap smell. Jialiai, bring me the bottle of wine I brought with me."
"Yes, sir."
A man in a dark blue uniform who looked like a butler turned and went out. He came back a short while later with a white handkerchief in his hand and a bottle of wine whose expensiveness could be felt just by looking at the packaging.
"Hello, sir. How can I help you?" Ah Heruo came over and asked respectfully.
"No, I don't want you." The middle-aged man waved his hand, glanced around the restaurant, pointed at a waitress and said, "I want her to come."
Nowadays, most restaurant service work is done by robots. There are generally only two types of restaurants that have intelligent creatures as waiters:
One type is when business is so bad that the owner cannot even afford to buy service robots, and the owner can only do it himself with his family;
Another type is that high-end restaurants like this one will spend a lot of money to hire good-looking humans or other intelligent creatures as waiters to improve the restaurant's grade. Many people think that robot service is soulless, and being served by the same kind of people makes them feel more honorable.
Therefore, Ahero was not surprised by such a request. He smiled and said, "Okay, please wait a moment. Qianmei will be here to serve you soon."
Not long after Ahero left, the waitress named Qianmei came trotting over. She looked ordinary, but had a proud figure, especially the soft furry tail that swayed involuntarily behind her. There were some natural red lines around her big watery eyes, which made her ordinary appearance become uniquely charming.
Qianmei bowed, with a thin layer of sweat on the tip of her nose. She said in a gentle voice: "Hello, I am Qianmei, the waitress. How can I help you?"
The middle-aged man's eyes wandered over Qianmei's body, and his smile deepened a little. He took the bottle of wine from the butler without even looking at it, handed it over and said, "Help me open this bottle of wine."
"Oh well."
Qianmei quickly stretched out her hands to receive it, and the middle-aged man's fingers rubbed over her fingers intentionally or unintentionally. The girl trembled, quickly retracted her hands, took out the tools she carried with her, opened the bottle, and then handed it over respectfully.
A rich and mellow aroma of wine immediately wafted out.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." The middle-aged man shook his head and did not reach out to take it. Instead , he sighed in dissatisfaction, "Do you know? This is Graman wine from the best manor on the original planet Kaputaomu, brewed with the seven best fruits of the year. It has a history of 355 years and is worth 100,000 star coins. Such wine must be refrigerated at a low temperature of minus 15 degrees Celsius for 15 minutes, and then a towel soaked in ice water is placed on the bottle before opening it, so that the original flavor can be preserved. You just held it with your hand and opened it with a click! It's over, this bottle of wine has been ruined by you."
"This... this... what should I do?" Qianmei didn't know whether it was true or not, and she panicked immediately. Her hands holding the bottle of wine were shaking as if she was holding a bunch of bombs. She didn't dare to say that the other party had never told her the procedure for opening the wine, so she could only apologize: "I'm sorry, I don't know... I... I..."
The middle-aged man asked seriously: "Although I don't hold out much hope, I still want to ask one thing - can you compensate me 100,000 star coins?"
Qianmei shook her head with tears in her eyes and stammered, "I'm sorry... I... I don't have any money..."
"Oh, then we can only try another way..." The middle-aged man reached out for the bottle and held the girl's hand. He moved closer to her with a confident smile on his face and said in a low voice, "Maybe you are willing..."
“Ahem, ahem!”
At this moment, the butler Jialiai standing behind the man coughed twice. The middle-aged man, whose interest was interrupted, looked at him with displeasure, but saw that he looked straight ahead with a serious face, not looking at him, and quietly pointed a finger forward.
Following the direction of the finger, the middle-aged man saw Rong Yuan sitting opposite him. He had already withdrawn his gaze from the window, frowned slightly, and watched his every move. Although he hadn't spoken yet, it was obvious that he was very dissatisfied.
The man blinked his eyes, and his memory slowly came back. After a few seconds, he seemed to remember what he was doing here. He laughed dryly twice, let go of the girl's hand, and took the bottle back, saying with a smile: "Silly girl, I'm just teasing you! This is just a bottle of ordinary wine worth only 5,000 star coins. Although the way to open the bottle is a bit wrong, it has little effect on the taste, it doesn't matter at all!"
"Five... five thousand star coins..."
The waitress Qian Mei, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, repeated it dully. Five thousand star coins, she couldn't make that much money in a year.
"Alright, alright, it's alright, go and get busy."
The middle-aged man waved his hand and stopped looking at the girl. He held up the bottle and said to Rong Yuan, "Just now I saw that you like to drink a lot? But that kind of wine has no taste at all, it's almost like... pot washing water. Although the one I have in my hand is not the best, it's still pretty good."
As he spoke, he reached out to take Rong Yuan's wine glass and said in a condescending tone, "Come, let me show you what real good wine tastes like."
Rong Yuan was in a bad mood at the moment. He glanced coldly at the man who was talking to himself and said, "Get lost!"
The middle-aged man had obviously been in a high position for a long time and could not tolerate the slightest disobedience. Upon hearing this, his face instantly turned very ugly and he was about to get angry. However, he suddenly thought of something and forcibly suppressed his anger. He put down the bottle heavily but still forced an ugly smile on his face and said:
"How can you be so ? How did your mother teach you? But it doesn't matter. I know you used to live in the slums, so it's understandable that you're a little rude. I can forgive you this time. But you can't be like this when you enter the upper class in the future. You have to pay attention to etiquette..."
Rong Yuan looked at the hypocritical enthusiasm and concern on the handsome face of the man opposite him, and did not say any more bad words. He interrupted him and said, "So? You came to me for no reason, what do you want to say?"
The man was stunned for a moment and blinked: "Huh? Didn't I say that?"
He looked at Rong Yuan in confusion, then looked at Gary behind him for advice.
The butler shook his head with a stern face, trying not to look like he was being fooled.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Okay."
The middle-aged man lifted his collar, raised his eyebrows, looked at Rong Yuan, and asked suggestively: "Do you know who I am?"
"Who are you?" Rong Yuan asked back.
The middle-aged man smiled confidently, raised his chin slightly, and said in a low voice: "I am the general manager of the maintenance department, Baili Yun."
He was a little disappointed that he didn't see any expression of shock, excitement, or flattery on the face of the young man opposite him. After brewing his emotions for a while, he said affectionately: "At the same time, I am also your biological father, Azhe."
Unfortunately, he is not good at acting, and his so-called "affection" seems extremely hypocritical and absurd to others.
Gary closed his eyes silently, feeling horrible.
"Heh." Rong Yuan chuckled, feeling a bit absurd.
A similar thing happened on Earth. The man who gave birth to him but did not raise him stood in front of him and said to him, "I am your father blablabla", which is very similar to what happened today.
The difference is, that one is real and this one is fake.
But the irresponsibility, arrogance, conceit, self-righteousness, etc. seem to be cast in the same mold.
"roll."
He said lazily.
"You!" Baili Yun stood up angrily, but he held back his anger and said, "Do you think I'm lying to you? Just search on Starnet, my identity is officially certified, and there are photos of me. You should know that I am indeed the general manager of the maintenance department. You can contact your mother and ask her if she followed me back then. If someone of my status is not sure that you are my son, how could I come to you to tell you such a thing? Do you think I will lack children? I just want to make it up to you because I see that you and your mother have suffered so much these years."
Rong Yuan did not verify his identity as he had thought, but sat motionless in his seat, raised his eyes and said indifferently: "I am not your son. Compensation 27 years late is meaningless. Please go back!"
Looking into his eyes, Baili Yun's anger suddenly subsided. He took a deep breath and said calmly, "I know what you want, but it is impossible to return to your ancestral home. With my identity and status, if I publicly acknowledge the identity of an illegitimate child and bring him home, it will seriously damage my reputation and may even endanger my status. What's more, my wife has a prominent family background... To be honest, she is also very jealous. She will never tolerate you and your mother appearing in our lives. If I take you back, it will really harm you. But I can guarantee that I can give you everything my other sons have, and I guarantee that I will not get less than anyone else. I can also use my connections to pave the way for you and help you reach a higher position. How about it?"
"What are the conditions?" Rong Yuan said, "You can't say that you want to give me a share of the family property because you suddenly feel a surge of fatherly love after so many years, right?"
"Of course there are conditions." Baili Yun thought Rong Yuan would agree, and smiled confidently, "I just want you to do a little bit of work. Aren't you working in the Supervision Department now? All you need to do is tell some people what you see and hear in the Supervision Department, and pass on some information secretly."
"Don't you know that the Supervisory Department has always been ruthless in killing people? What will happen if they find out I did this?" Rong Yuan said.
"Then why don't you just do it covertly and not get discovered?" Baili Yun said impatiently, then softened his tone and began to coax: "You should know that there is no free lunch in this world, but as long as you take a little risk, you can get wealth that you can't spend in several lifetimes. Isn't this a good deal? How many people would give up their lives for a few thousand star coins? Now you have mountains of gold and silver and a bright future. You can get them as long as you stretch out your hand. What are you still hesitating about? What's more, didn't you owe that Todd a life-saving favor? Even if you are really exposed, he may not do anything to you!"
Rong Yuan looked at his mouth opening and closing, and couldn't help but think, if the real Mu Zhe was sitting here and hearing these words, how sad he would feel!
The deal that Baili Yun mentioned is indeed a good deal for most people - as long as they sell some information, they can get astronomical wealth. Few people can stick to themselves under such temptation.
But, the prerequisite is that the person proposing the deal is an unrelated stranger, not his biological father.
As a father, he neither raised nor taught his son, and used money and property as temptation to push his son into the abyss with his own hands, asking him to betray his friends, to repay a favor, to risk his life, and to let an ordinary person deal with a group of killers, not caring at all whether he would suffer terrible revenge as a result.
Rong Yuan smiled and said, "Go away, don't wait for me to say something worse. And I have already recorded everything you said and sent it to General Manager Todd."
He turned his light screen so that Baili Yun could clearly see the words "Sent" on it.
"You, you, you are crazy!" Baili Yun was shocked and almost jumped up from the ground. His face turned pale with fear. "You...you are not afraid that Todd will suspect you if you do this?"
There is no doubt that if the evil Todd knew that he had instigated his subordinates to betray the Supervisory Department, he would definitely find ways to retaliate against him!
Rong Yuan said calmly: "I probably trust him a little more than you do!"
"It's unreasonable! It's unreasonable!"
Baili Yun was so angry that he jumped up and down. He didn't even want to look at Rong Yuan anymore. He turned around and walked away angrily.
Rong Yuan sighed softly. Of course, he didn't send the video to Todd, but he used this method to get rid of Baili Yun as quickly as possible. After all, Todd knew that he was not the real Muzhe, and the alliance between the two of them was not a relationship between superiors and subordinates.
but……
Sometimes when Muter talked about the past, it was obvious that she still had some attachment to the man and a hint of love for him. Although she herself was disfigured and had a rough life, she never hated Baili Yun and even never told others that her son was Baili Yun's biological son, so as not to damage his reputation.
If she explained after giving birth to her son that Muzhe was the illegitimate son of the general manager of the maintenance department, even if his identity was not recognized, their lives would be much better.
Rong Yuan had known Mu Te'er's thoughts for a long time, so he never tried to seek justice for her. But he didn't expect that Bai Liyun himself was so unbearable.
It can be seen that women in love are probably blind.
I guess today's meeting with Baili Yun is what Davalo mentioned before - to let him see her power?
Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Just as Rong Yuan thought of this, he sensed that a familiar person had appeared again.
The woman who covered her face with a colorful mask and wrapped herself in a black cloak sat in the seat where Baili Yun had just sat. She smiled confidently and said, "That old guy Baili Yun was also fooled by you. You didn't send the video to Todd, right?"
