"Yangzi, are you talking about Wang Yibo, the one who works as a deputy manager with Ziqi?" Guo Xuhui asked.
"Yes. What's up?"
"I heard he's been researching stock futures recently and seems to have made a fortune."
"Oh. That shows he hasn't abandoned his profession. It means my judgment of people is still good, I didn't misjudge him."
"He's here today, in the main hall outside."
"Alright. Let them have their fun today, I'll talk to him another day."
"Manager Guo, is the rice noodle shop you mentioned on the old street the one near the moat?" Xia Li asked.
"Yes. Have you eaten there too? The taste there is even more authentic than Crossing the Bridge noodles."
"What's the owner's surname?"
"I don't know. I never asked for his surname. The owner isn't old, maybe in his fifties.
He has two children, a son and a daughter.
His son just had a big chubby grandson for him this year, so his wife went to help look after the grandson.
He's alone in Mai City. Why are you asking about this?"
After Guo Xuyang finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Xia Li and the owner looked a bit alike. He thought, "Could it be that coincidental?"
"Are you the boss's daughter?" Guo Xuyang asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, the owner of the rice noodle shop you mentioned is my father.
My brother had a boy in the first half of this year, and my mother has been helping my brother look after the child.
For the past two years, my brother and I have been asking our father to live in the provincial capital.
He always found it inconvenient to live in the provincial capital, so he never came."
"Really? Your father is a very good person, not only skilled but also kind-hearted.
You said your father wasn't coming to the provincial capital?
Call your father when you get back and ask him if it's convenient to come to this Jun Yue Lai Hotel.
He'll be exclusively responsible for making rice noodles, his rice noodles taste great.
I think they will sell well in this hotel too. If he comes, we'll pay him according to the standard of a master chef.
Manager Xiao, please follow up on this. If the old man comes, you arrange for him."
"Okay." Xiao Yun replied.
"Really? Manager Guo. If so, I'll call my father right now." Xia Li asked excitedly.
"Of course, it's true. Go ask him."
After receiving Guo Xuyang's affirmative answer, Xia Li hurried outside to make a call.
"Yangzi, I didn't expect you to be such a big hero!" Li Minxi said.
"You can't say that. I think anyone present who saw it would have lent a hand.
What's that saying? Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.
Yes. That's it, this is accumulating merit and virtue.
Otherwise, why would my life be so good? I always meet noble people when I encounter difficulties.
If it weren't for the help of Manager Wu and Manager Cheng, I'd still be a penniless kid."
"Brother Guo is right, accumulating merit and virtue is indeed beneficial for doing business..."
Before Wu Youzhi could finish speaking, they heard a commotion outside.
"Let go of me, let me go." Xia Li's voice came in.
Guo Xuyang heard the sound and stood up.
"Yangzi, you sit. I'll go see what's going on?" Lü Liang said, standing up.
Guo Xuhui followed closely and walked out.
They saw a man with his back to them, pulling Xia Li's arm, trying to pull her into his embrace.
"Girl, as long as you follow me, you'll have the best of everything, and whatever you want, I'll buy it for you?"
"Let go of me, if you don't let go, I'll call for help."
"Go ahead and call. Everyone here is our people, you can shout your lungs out, it's useless."
Lü Liang walked over, directly grabbed the man by the collar, and threw him aside.
"What are you? How dare you harass my girl?"
"Who are you? Why did you hit me?" the man shouted.
"Having a couple of drinks has made you lose yourself. You dare to provoke my girl, are you tired of living?"
"Li Yang, what are you doing?" Guo Xuhui rushed over.
"Manager Guo, I was just chatting with this beauty, and this man pushed me down."
"That's enough. You better go back. This young lady is a guest of my brother."
"Your brother, you mean that kid Guo Xuyang, he's back?
If it wasn't for him back then, how would I have ended up like this?
No, I have to go find him."
"Li Yang, you're drunk. Go back and sober up. Don't cause trouble. Do you hear me?"
"Who do you think you are? Aren't they just two women helping you?
Otherwise, how could you have achieved such good results? I, Li Yang, am the first to disagree."
"You're drunk. I won't argue with you. Let's talk after you've sobered up.
By the way, I'm planning to transfer Xiaoli to headquarters and want you to take her place.
With you acting like this, it's hard for me to hand this position over to you."
Li Yang was stunned when he heard this. He had intended to cause trouble today.
For the past few months, he had been running errands and trying to impress Xiaoli, but Xiaoli always ignored him, believing only in performance.
As a car salesman, men are naturally at a disadvantage, not performing as well as those young and pretty girls.
Today, he was also drunk and saw that Xia Li was pretty, so he wanted to tease her a bit.
In the dealership, no one paid him any attention.
With poor performance, he would follow the manager around trying to impress them, which was very annoying.
Therefore, the female sales representatives in the dealership disliked him intensely.
He didn't expect to hit a snag, and this snag was extremely sharp, capable of deciding his future.
"Manager Guo, I'm sorry, I was drunk just now and talking nonsense. Please spare me this time."
Li Yang said, slapping himself in the face.
"Li Yang, you're drunk. You should go back first. We'll talk about this later."
"Go back? Apologize first," Lü Liang said.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Beautiful lady. It was my lustful heart and desire that got the better of me. You are a magnanimous person, please forgive me this once."
"Disgusting," Xia Li said and returned to her room.
Seeing that Xia Li wasn't pursuing it, Lü Liang didn't say much and followed her back to the room.
"You go back. Drink less, look at yourself," Guo Xuhui said before also returning.
Only Li Yang was left standing there blankly, motionless.
All his efforts over a long period were ruined by this one action.
He slapped himself hard and went downstairs to leave.
"Xia Li, what happened?" Guo Xuyang asked as the three of them entered.
"Someone was drunk and tried to assault me."
"Why didn't you call the police?" Guo Xuyang asked Lü Liang.
"He's someone from Xuhui's dealership." Lü Liang replied.
"Oh? Brother Hui, who is it?"
"Li Yang. He had a few too many drinks."
"Brother Hui, you need to be careful when judging people. We absolutely cannot promote someone like that.
He hasn't even been promoted yet, and he's already causing trouble outside.
If we promote him, he'll disgrace our own people."
"Yangzi, I know what to do."
"Fire him directly. I've given him chances before. I didn't expect him to have no moral bottom line at all. I was too soft last time," Guo Xuyang said.
"Okay. I'll handle it when I get back," Guo Xuhui said.