That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 648 They are all acquaintances
"Hic~, this hot pot seems to be more authentic than the ones in the mainland."

"Yeah, it's better than the Chinese food at Cao's Restaurant."

Li Ye, Wen Leyu and others came out of the hot pot restaurant, burping comfortably and feeling unsatisfied.

The Sichuan restaurant that Li Ye chose today is mostly occupied by middle-aged and elderly Chinese, so unlike Cao's Restaurant, they did not change the seasoning ratio to cater to Western tastes, but tried to preserve the original flavor of Sichuan cuisine as much as possible.

It's a little spicy, but in the humid winter in San Francisco, it feels super refreshing after eating it.

Fu Yiruo looked at Li Ye and suddenly asked, "Brother, are we still sending your female classmate back to school today?"

Li Ye shook his head: "No! Let's try not to disturb her life too much."

Fu Yiru nodded and said, "Yes, brother, you did the right thing."

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Li Ye turned his head and looked at Fu Yiru, feeling that what she said was a bit strange.

He didn't know that Wen Leyu had just talked to Fu Yiru about "your brother only speaks sweet words to me", so he didn't think in the direction of "your brother can only be nice to me".

But when Li Ye, Wen Leyu and Fu Yiru arrived at Cao's restaurant, they found that Zhen Rongrong, who should be busy in the restaurant at the moment, was arguing with a man outside the door.

"Boss Cao, I'm just here to replace Ruan Shujun these days. If you plan to replace her, can you tell her in person after I let her come tomorrow?"

"I don't have that much time to waste on you. Her frequent absences from work have seriously affected my business. She should compensate me for my losses. It's already merciful to just fire her now."

"But."

Zhen Rongrong swallowed her saliva and said anxiously: "But Boss Cao, if you ask me to tell Ruan Shujun now, she will misunderstand that I lost her job, so please wait another day, I will bring her here tomorrow."

"Does it have nothing to do with you? Do you think it has nothing to do with you?"

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Zhen Rongrong was stunned.

She looked at the short restaurant owner in front of her, and seemed to see full of mockery in his eyes.

Zhen Rongrong gritted her teeth and asked, "Boss Cao, please tell me, what does your dismissal of Ruan Shujun have to do with me?"

Boss Cao slowly raised the corners of his mouth and twitched his chin: "Let's go! Let's go to another place. I'll tell you the reason in detail."

Zhen Rongrong raised her eyebrows and said seriously, "Boss Cao, if you have anything to say, just say it here! We flower growers are upright and honest. It's my fault and I admit it.
It's not my fault. Please don't put the blame on me."

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The corners of Boss Cao's mouth stiffened and his whole face looked strange.

After a moment, he finally said angrily, "It's your fault because you don't know the current situation and you don't know how to appreciate it. Go away! I don't need to explain anything to you. This is the lighthouse, not the mainland. I don't need to serve you, the people."

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Zhen Rongrong opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something soft, but in the end she gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, then please pay me the salary for the past two weeks. You didn't pay me last week's salary."

"You still want a salary?" Boss Cao sneered, "I am taking care of you by letting you have enough food here. You are clumsy and silly. You have a good appearance but don't understand the ways of the world. I don't know how you were selected as a government-sponsored overseas student."

"you"

Zhen Rongrong was panting heavily, staring at Boss Cao with red eyes, her hands clenched into fists, wishing she could punch him in the face.

"Pfft, idiot!"

Boss Cao spat, turned around and was about to go back into the restaurant, but was suddenly blocked by three young men with frosty faces.

Li Ye, Wen Leyu and Fu Yiru were standing across the street just now and heard everything Boss Cao and Zhen Rongrong said clearly.
The three young men were so angry at this moment.

Everyone knows that it is not easy to be in a foreign place, but if it is the people of Lighthouse who bully you, it would be fine, but if the Chinese bully their own people, the hatred level should be at least several times higher, right?
Boss Cao was startled and took a step back. Then he shouted in a timid voice: "What are you doing? This is my shop, Lao Xiao, why don't you bring the people out?" There are many international students who come to Chinatown to work, and sometimes they show great unity. So Boss Cao felt that he had to call the workers out, otherwise he might be beaten up by these young men.

But before anyone in the restaurant came out, Li Ye asked coldly, "Are you Cao Yuanmao?"

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Cao Yuanmao was stunned, looked at Li Ye carefully, and asked unhappily, "Who are you?"

Li Ye said coldly: "I advise you not to know who I am, just pay the salary you deserve and we can go our separate ways."

"What if I say no?"

The waiters and chefs in the restaurant had already come out. Cao Yuanmao became bolder and glared at Li Ye.

"You don't want to? Then we have to get to know each other properly."

Li Ye smiled lightly and moved aside.

Cao Yuanmao looked at Li Ye who had given way, snorted coldly and returned to the restaurant. However, when he passed by Li Ye, his heart was pounding.

He turned around and glanced at Li Ye again, then said to the chefs and waiters who were watching the fun, "What are you all doing standing outside? Don't you need to entertain the guests in the store? Why don't you come in and work?"

The chefs and waiters returned to the restaurant. No one expressed dissatisfaction with Cao Yuanmao's inconsistency. This submissive attitude made Cao Yuanmao feel extremely satisfied and restored his confidence.

[How dare a kid who hasn't even grown all his hair threaten me? Who gave him the courage? But how did he know me? Why don't I remember? ]

"Brother, how do you know this Boss Cao?" Fu Yiruo outside the restaurant asked curiously.

Li Ye said: "I don't know if you still remember the news that was published in our Beijing Youth Daily in the summer of the previous year.
There was a young man named Cao who abandoned his adoptive mother and fiancée after going abroad. He was Cao Yuanmao. There was a photo of him in the newspaper, and I just remember it after seeing it."

"Oh, I remember now," Wen Leyu said in surprise, "His adoptive mother raised him for twenty years, but after he returned to the mainland, she didn't even send him a letter. What a beast."

"So it's him?"

Zhen Rongrong also remembered it. After all, there was so much news these days, and such infuriating news could easily spread across the country.

Li Ye asked again: "This Cao Yuanmao should have a wife, right? I remember that he abandoned his fiancée and married a foreign student named Chen."

Zhen Rongrong nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Cao. Cao Yuanmao's wife's surname is Chen. It is said that she bought this store, but she is pregnant recently, so she doesn't come here often."

Li Ye chuckled, shook his head and said nothing.

Fu Yiruo asked curiously, "Brother, you don't even know who his wife is, do you?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "I actually know her. She's Lin Qiuyan's cousin."

".,."

Wen Leyu and Fu Yiru were both stunned. They didn't expect that they were all acquaintances.

"Okay, don't worry about who he is. Xiao Ruo, go call Jeff and ask if there's any news about the lawyer I found?"

Li Ye did not hesitate any longer and asked Fu Yiru to make a phone call to ask if the lawyer he had asked Jeff to find had been found. If so, he would ask him to come to Chinatown for an interview.

Hearing that Li Ye was going to use a lawyer, Zhen Rongrong quickly said, "Li Ye, don't find a lawyer! The lawyers at Dengta are too expensive. And they are very proud."

Li Ye shook his head slightly, indicating that it was none of her business.

If he shows pride towards his employer, he is not a qualified lawyer.

As for whether it's expensive or not.
If he can't make back his legal fees, is he still a good lawyer?

(End of this chapter)