CHAPTER 543: CHAPTER 326: BANQUET INVITATION (PART 2)

"Waiter, the check please!" Xu Jixiang called out confidently.

"Yes, sir, please hold on a moment!" the waiter respectfully responded and stepped out.

Five minutes later, the waiter returned, followed by a woman in a black uniform. She first smiled at everyone and politely bowed, "Hello everyone, I am Li Xiaoting, the manager of this restaurant." As she spoke, she handed back 1800 yuan to Yu Wenze, "Sir, this is the money you previously paid for the drinks."

Without waiting for Yu Wenze to ask, she continued, "This meal is on the house, courtesy of our hotel. This is our boss’s intent. He also asked me to tell you all that any large dinner events for GF University can get a 50% discount, as long as you have a letter from the school."

"Who is your boss?" Yu Wenze and Han Leming almost simultaneously asked.

Li Xiaoting smiled sweetly, "Our boss’s surname is Qu. He is a fellow villager of some students from GF University. He says that this is his way of supporting his fellow villagers and hopes the leaders will give him this opportunity!"

Han Leming refused, "This wouldn’t be right to accept, where is he now?"

"Our boss is a graduate student at S University, he’s not here today. He instructed before that if leadership from GF University comes to dine, the first time is free, and thereafter a 50% discount applies. The front desk was not clear earlier and mistakenly took this gentleman’s money, I apologize." Li Xiaoting said, smiling apologetically at Yu Wenze.

Xu Jixiang waved his hands, "We can’t accept such generosity. By your implications, are you suggesting that if those few students cause any trouble in the future, you’ll use this as leverage?"

"You’ve misunderstood..."

"What’s this veterans’ home all about?" Han Leming interrupted Li Xiaoting’s explanation, pointing to a promotional poster.

"This veterans’ home is managed by our Liangyou, and now has branches in seven cities nationwide, housing nearly a thousand lonely veterans free of charge.

Our boss hopes to expand this project nationwide and wants to run it long-term. Therefore, using advantageous conditions, he has posted these soft advertisements in various private dining rooms, hoping capable guests can contribute a little to ensure these veterans live out their old age in happiness."

"Interesting young man, we should reciprocate then..." Han Leming looked at the others, "I just had an idea, if the veterans’ home truly operates on a charitable basis, then we should organize a certain number of students every day to volunteer at the veterans’ home.

The benefit is, the students could learn valuable lessons from the veterans, and the veterans could feel the youthful energy from the students. What do you think?"

"Great idea!" everyone responded unanimously.

Han Leming wrote down his phone number and handed it to the waiter, "Young lady, this is my telephone number, please pass this to your boss, and we’ll arrange a meeting to discuss collaboration methods."

Li Xiaoting eagerly said thanks, "Thank you, he will be very happy to hear this."

"This is my phone number." Yu Wenze also wrote down his number and handed it to Li Xiaoting, "I’ll develop a practical catering system for free for you, tell your boss to call me."

"Thank you!" Li Xiaoting thanked again.

Han Leming smiled as he introduced, "Manager Li, this Professor Yu Wen is one of the world’s leading computer experts, priceless."

"Thank you so much." Li Xiaoting was thrilled and asked, "Can this be considered what goes around comes around?"

"Absolutely!" Han Leming’s expression also grew a little excited, "If all businessmen had this kind of conscience, it would be a fortunate thing for both the country and the people!"

Xu Jixiang couldn’t help but throw cold water on it, "Just hope it doesn’t turn into something that only exploits fame and profit."

"Old Xu, you always like to assume the worst about the wealthy, forget it, let’s wait and see," Han Leming bid goodbye to Li Xiaoting and led the way out, speeding up his pace upon exiting.

Following behind him, Liu Ping said with a blank expression, "Principal Han, you’re racing off just after eating, aren’t you worried about a prolapsed stomach?"

"Nonsense!" Han Leming sped up even more.

As Xu Jixiang was about to quicken his pace, he suddenly heard a voice from a private room next door that sounded very familiar, so he stopped.

"Old Xu, what are you doing? Let’s go," Han Leming called back to him.

But Xu Jixiang’s face suddenly darkened, and he fiercely pushed open the door of the private room. As expected, inside was his pudgy son, Xu Bin.

Besides him, there was a beautiful girl. Even though he wasn’t familiar with the prices of clothes, he could guess that her outfit was expensive.

Looking at the table, abalone—he recognized, big lobsters—he recognized, the rest were either vermicelli or shark fin, he wasn’t sure, among several other dishes, he couldn’t name.

"Xu Bin, who is he?" the pretty girl asked.

Normally, Old Xu and his son argued, but now, he was too shocked to speak.

"How much does this table cost?" Xu Jixiang asked Li Xiaoting, who was hesitating by the door.

Li Xiaoting quickly made a calculation and handed the notebook to Xu Jixiang. Comrade Old Xu rubbed his eyes again and again, but the number on the notebook remained clear and surprised him: ten thousand one hundred and twelve yuan!

He knew his family’s situation better than anyone. His wife didn’t work, and with over two thousand yuan a month, he supported the whole family. Xu Bin’s salary was never spent completely in any month, so he naturally had no savings. Could it be that the girl paid for this meal? Somehow, he didn’t think so.

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