Bai Suxiang deliberately asked the waiter if there were any private rooms, using it as an excuse to check.
"I'm sorry, all our private rooms are booked, and they are all full today. There are no available seats," the waiter said.
In fact, even if there were private rooms, in such situations, waiters usually wouldn't introduce them. This is because the private rooms in this restaurant incur service fees and commissions on drinks. If there are many people, the consumption is higher, and the commission naturally becomes higher.
It was dinnertime, and there were bound to be many guests. These two people wouldn't be able to eat much, so the waiter would earn less.
"Oh, you have a second floor here, can we sit up there?" Liu Sandao pointed to the stairs ahead.
"Of course, of course. Please follow me!" The waiter said, leading them upstairs.
Compared to the first floor, the second floor was much more spacious. There were twice as many tables as downstairs, and a row of transparent glass offering a direct view of the scenery outside.
However, from its orientation, these windows faced the opposite direction of the signage.
It turned out that this restaurant was not small in scale.
Besides tables, there were about five or six private rooms upstairs.
Since the waiter said there were no private rooms, Bai Suxiang had no choice but to drag Liu Sandao to a spot where they could see the private room corridor.
As soon as they sat down, the waiter handed them a menu.
Bai Suxiang took the menu and passed it directly to Liu Sandao. "You order, I want to go to the restroom!"
Liu Sandao didn't expect Bai Suxiang to become so bold, suddenly using the restroom as an excuse to investigate.
He had already looked around; the lobby was crowded, but he didn't see Wu Guozheng and Zhao Hui. They must be in some private room, but whether it was upstairs or downstairs was hard to say.
"The restroom is downstairs, turn left at the stairs!" the waiter casually said.
"Okay, thank you!" Bai Suxiang said, placing her backpack on the chair and heading downstairs alone. Liu Sandao was dumbfounded. Did she not really intend to go to the restroom? Women are indeed women, at critical moments...
Liu Sandao didn't need to put in much effort to check these private rooms. People like Wu Guozheng who came here for consumption would definitely not be without alcohol. Even if they sobered up, wouldn't they have tea? These could allow him to reach them instantly.
He casually ordered a few dishes and dismissed the waiter. "Let's start with this for now. We can order more later if it's not enough!" Su Dan Novel Network.
After the waiter left, while Bai Suxiang was not around, Liu Sandao closed his eyes slightly and in an instant, he could see almost all the private rooms. But strangely, there were two private rooms he couldn't get into. One was on the second floor, and the other was on the first floor. If he couldn't determine which floor they were on in time, today's matter might end in failure.
As he was thinking, the waiter suddenly came over with tea. Liu Sandao had a sudden idea and pointed to the innermost private room, asking, "Waiter, didn't you say there were no private rooms? How do I see that one over there with its door open and empty inside?"
"Ah? Is there? It should be booked, I'll go and check for you." The waiter got up and went to the private room on the second floor that Liu Sandao had pointed out, the one closest to the end of the corridor. Because she heard the private room door was open, she specifically went to close it, lest any other guests with fewer people would ask for a private room again.
After a few minutes, she returned and said, "I'm sorry, that room is booked. There's just no one there for now, but the guests will be arriving soon. Please wait, the food will be ready shortly!"
Liu Sandao knew there was no one inside, so he naturally deduced that Zhao Hui and Wu Guozheng were likely downstairs. "Okay!"
What could be confirmed now was that Zhao Hui and Wu Guozheng were in the second private room from the left downstairs. It was indeed strange that they arrived without ordering any food or drinks, not even water!
Bai Suxiang, after finishing in the restroom, had no intention of going upstairs immediately. She was no longer flustered like when she first entered. She was determined to photograph Wu Guozheng and Zhao Hui. She thought her phone was in her backpack, but when she felt her pants pocket, her phone was there. She casually took out her phone and pretended to be on a call. She walked while nodding, with sounds of "Mhm, ah, okay," as if she only needed to agree with whatever the person on the other end was saying.
There were only two rows of four private rooms downstairs, so the corridor was very short. A person standing at the entrance of the corridor was very conspicuous, especially someone in her prime. Just as she was saying "Okay" on the phone, a pair of hands landed on her shoulders.
"Hey, get off, take your hands off me, this is..." Bai Suxiang thought it was Liu Sandao's hands on her shoulders. It was a public place, and she was still a bit unaccustomed to it. After all, she had never truly been in a relationship, and such an action was indeed unexpected. Although she had imagined countless such scenarios, and sometimes even dreamt of a person's figure, she couldn't bring herself to be arm-in-arm in a public place for now.
"Good, very good!" Accompanying this voice was the approach of a person. Bai Suxiang quickly turned her head. "Ah! Shameless!" A middle-aged man she didn't recognize, with a full beard and smelling of alcohol, stood in front of Bai Suxiang.
"Slap!" Bai Suxiang's series of actions were a seamless flow, entirely due to her reflex. Women are like this: either they are too scared to resist, or they become extremely agitated and act impulsively, regardless of whether they can see the situation clearly, and just lash out!
The man was stunned by the slap and actually paused, half-sober. "Damn it, you! You dare hit me, but... hehe, I like it. Come on, do it again!" He pouted and prepared to kiss Bai Suxiang. Bai Suxiang was a little scared now and didn't dare to act anymore. The man opposite her was about 1.75 meters tall and somewhat overweight. She was no match for him. Seeing her timidity, the man, fueled by alcohol, adopted an attitude of not backing down without achieving his goal and leered at Bai Suxiang, saying, "Little girl, come on, give me a smooch!"
Bai Suxiang hastily dodged, but the corridor was not wide, and the man seemed to deliberately block her inside. Everyone in the bustling dining hall was busy eating, and no one paid attention to what the two were doing. From a distance, it looked like two people talking, and those who didn't know might think they were together. "You, don't come any closer, if you come any closer I'll call for help!" Bai Suxiang said, extending her right hand to prevent him from approaching her. "Hahaha, I didn't say kiss, you said it was good, right? You can't go back on your word!"