Chapter 208: Chapter 195: Who Is This Woman?
The car stopped under a five-star hotel, Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu got out of the car and walked hand in hand into the hotel.
After the staff checked the reservation information, the hotel manager personally took them to the rooftop glass restaurant.
The restaurant on the top floor was decorated very uniquely, with transparent glass all around making it feel like an open-air space.
Because there is glass covering, they can turn on the heating, preventing the cold from attacking them from outside.
Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng both took off their coats and walked to a relatively secluded spot near the corner.
The menu arrived. Su Xiaomeng looked at the menu but hadn’t spoken yet when Yin Shixiu said, "Try ordering in English."
Su Xiaomeng blinked, looking at the half-English, half-Chinese menu in her hand...
Softly said to Yin Shixiu, "Next time?"
"If you can’t open your mouth once, you’ll never open it; that’s how learning English works."
Yin Shixiu didn’t make it mandatory, but his words were enough to make Su Xiaomeng struggle internally...
She took a deep breath and waved her hand...
The waiter came over, speaking softly and clearly, "Miss, would you like to order?"
"Yep."
Su Xiaomeng responded casually, then stared closely at the menu, stuttering over the English dish names while murmuring criticisms of herself.
"OK, Please wait for a moment."
When the waitress naturally responded in English,
Su Xiaomeng couldn’t help but blink again. She looked at the waitress, who smiled at her slightly.
She looked again at Yin Shixiu...
Yin Shixiu also had a faint smile on his face and then said, "The service quality here is pretty good."
"...Yeah."
Su Xiaomeng had thought the waitress would secretly despise her for showing off...
"If you want to become a translator, at the very least, you have to be able to open your mouth to speak English."
Yin Shixiu said, "The domestic language environment isn’t ideal, but that’s not a reason not to open your mouth. If you must wait until you go abroad to practice, you’ll be far behind others."
Su Xiaomeng rested her chin, "Uncle, when did you start learning English well?"
"When you first began using English to communicate with others, did you also feel awkward?"
Su Xiaomeng tried to find some common feelings from Yin Shixiu.
Yin Shixiu picked up the lemonade in front of him, took a sip, then looked outside the glass wall and vaguely said, "I grew up in the United Kingdom."
Su Xiaomeng’s expression froze, then she slumped over the table in some frustration.
Soon, the waitress began serving the dishes, one by one.
Yin Shixiu had eaten airplane food on the plane and wasn’t hungry at the moment, but Su Xiaomeng hadn’t eaten since lunch.
At this time, she was eating heartily.
Yin Shixiu drank some red wine, while Su Xiaomeng wanted to try it, but Yin Shixiu didn’t allow it.
Although Shuangshuang and Huang Huang were drinking less breast milk now, Su Xiaomeng got drunk easily. Given that they were out,
Yin Shixiu wasn’t sure this woman wouldn’t encounter some trouble.
The two chatted about trivial matters, with Su Xiaomeng and Yin Shixiu discussing what mischief their son and daughter had been up to recently or what funny things they had done.
Yin Shixiu responded a few times and would briefly mention his recent work situation.
Su Xiaomeng sometimes understood but did her best to grasp it, and for parts she didn’t understand, she would ask Yin Shixiu to explain.
The meal lasted almost two hours.
After Yin Shixiu paid the bill, Su Xiaomeng went to the restroom.
After coming out of the restroom, she saw a beautiful young woman touching up her makeup at the washstand.
She looked about the same age as Su Xiaomeng, but her features were very defined, with long eyelashes, resembling a doll, very striking.
Rong Qiao noticed Su Xiaomeng staring at her and also sized up Su Xiaomeng before indifferently turning her gaze away.
Putting the lipstick into her clutch, she was about to leave, as Su Xiaomeng finished washing her hands, taking two hand towels to dry them, then followed Rong Qiao.
Who knew as the restroom door was pulled open, a cleaner was about to come in carrying a bucket of dirty water, and as the door suddenly opened from the inside, the cleaner was taken by surprise, and the bucket wobbled unstably!
Dirty water spilled out!
It splashed directly on Su Xiaomeng and Rong Qiao’s shoes.
"What is wrong with you?!"
Seeing her brand-new Armani boots stained with dirty water, Rong Qiao exploded on the spot!
"I-I’m sorry!"
The cleaner was a forty-year-old aunt, wearing a hotel staff uniform, and when she realized the trouble she had caused, she promptly apologized repeatedly.
Knowing she had caused trouble.
"Sorry? Is sorry enough? Is this how your hotel staff clean? Pouring dirty water on guests’ shoes?!"
Rong Qiao looked at her new shoes, just worn on her feet, then at the old aunt in front of her, with a face of disgust.
"I’m sorry, Miss, I’m really sorry, let me clean it for you."
Saying this, the cleaning lady squatted down to wipe Rong Qiao’s shoes.
As soon as Rong Qiao saw that the lady was holding a dirty rag to touch her shoes, she was even more furious and jumped back!
Pulling her foot away, she immediately said, "Get away! Call your manager over!"
"Ah? Miss... I’m really sorry, I didn’t mean to..."
Upon hearing that Rong Qiao wanted to call the manager, the cleaning lady knew she would be complained about and immediately turned pale with anxiety.
Standing nearby, Su Xiaomeng saw this pretty girl being somewhat aggressive and couldn’t help but frown. She stepped forward and advised softly, "Miss, the lady has already apologized, why not let it go?"
Hearing someone else chiming in, Rong Qiao became even angrier. She turned to Su Xiaomeng, "She apologizes, so I should let it go? Why?"
"No, what I mean is the lady didn’t do it on purpose. Look, you want to call the manager to complain, and that scares her. Can’t you be magnanimous and settle this privately without complaining to her manager?"
Su Xiaomeng said.
Looking at this forty-something lady in front of her, about the same age as her own mother, how could she bear to see a middle-aged woman of this age endure too much blame and hardship?
Besides...
This pretty woman obviously comes from a wealthy family.
No matter how expensive the shoes are, they are just a pair of shoes, is it really necessary to fuss over it?
That’s what Su Xiaomeng thought.
But Rong Qiao didn’t think that way; she had been spoiled into arrogance.
Even if her family was rich, it was her family’s money. If someone broke her stuff, there was only one word: compensate!
Originally, if the lady compensated her for the shoes, she would have let it go.
But this girl who appeared out of nowhere with a lecture-like attitude was really getting on Rong Qiao’s nerves.
After giving Su Xiaomeng another up-and-down look, she curled her lips and sneered, "What are you pretending to be a goody-two-shoes for? It’s not your shoes that got dirty, is it?"
As soon as Rong Qiao said this, Su Xiaomeng quickly pointed at her own shoes, "My shoes got wet too."
Rong Qiao let out a cold snort, her voice even louder.
"Do your few hundred yuan shoes compare to my five-figure shoes?!"
Originally, Su Xiaomeng thought her few hundred yuan shoes couldn’t compare to the thousands of others, but listening to Rong Qiao’s tone.
The stubbornness in her surged as well, "If my few hundred yuan shoes got wet, it’s no big deal. Can something possibly happen to your shoes over ten thousand yuan?"
"If these shoes are so delicate that a little dirty water makes them unwearable, then these shoes are too delicate... Oh no, how can shoes be delicate? It’s the person who’s delicate."
"Who are you calling delicate?"
"Whoever acknowledges it."
Su Xiaomeng shrugged, not backing down. Actually, she knew that the more expensive the shoes, the less they could withstand being ruined, but she couldn’t bear the arrogant air of this young miss in front of her, especially against a cleaning lady.
The two were about the same height, but with Su Xiaomeng’s chin held high, she appeared slightly taller than Rong Qiao.
"Fine, delicate is delicate, so what if I am? Are you going to call your manager or not?"
Rong Qiao turned her head and glared fiercely at the frightened cleaning lady.
"Why call a manager? It’s just a bit of dirty water, right?"
Su Xiaomeng bent down, dipped her hand into the bucket of dirty water, and sprinkled some on Rong Qiao’s shoes.
"What are you doing?!"
Rong Qiao’s voice suddenly became sharp.
Su Xiaomeng blinked, looking at her, "Now that I’ve dirtied your shoes, it has nothing to do with the lady anymore, does it?"
Rong Qiao frowned tightly, glaring at Su Xiaomeng, not understanding where she came from! How could she dare to oppose her like this!
"Miss, this bucket of dirty water was mopped up by the cleaning lady, and this floor is dirty because you stepped on it with your expensive shoes."
"...What do you mean?"
"I mean, don’t be too aggressive, bullying a cleaning lady, making a fuss here. In the end, who’s the one losing face?"
Su Xiaomeng spoke with assurance, which made Rong Qiao’s heart burn with anger.
"I am definitely going to find the manager!"
Su Xiaomeng frowned, not understanding why this sweet-looking girl in front of her insisted on being so confrontational.
At this moment, the three of them were at the entrance of the women’s restroom, arguing over such a trivial matter.
Su Xiaomeng thought the situation looked bad, her eyes shifted, and she thought carefully, then said to Rong Qiao, "Alright, since you insist on finding the manager to complain, I’ll go with you and serve as a witness for this lady."
"...Witness?"
Rong Qiao was even more puzzled.
Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows, "I’ll just tell the manager that you bumped into the cleaning lady first, then unreasonably demanded she compensate for your shoes. You are extorting her!"
Rong Qiao stared at Su Xiaomeng in shock, and the cleaning lady beside her was also panic-stricken upon hearing this.
Suddenly wide-eyed, Su Xiaomeng’s presence in her vision filled the cleaning lady with both gratitude and...apprehension.
Seeing the cleaning lady was honest and, upon hearing Su Xiaomeng’s bluffing of Rong Qiao while pinning such a big label on her, her expression changed immediately.
She quickly blinked at the cleaning lady, signaling her not to speak.
The cleaning lady’s mouth moved slightly, caught in a moment of hesitance and struggle, but fortunately, she finally didn’t speak up.