Chapter 568

: mayiwsk

When Li Ye sent off Seeing Zhen Rongrong, he gave her a sum of "confidence money" and urged her to focus on her studies after arriving at the Lighthouse, not to delay her learning opportunities because of economic embarrassment.

Work-study sounds very inspiring, but human energy is limited. If you are so tired after working all day that your underwear sticks to your butt, how high can your learning efficiency be?

The country sent high-IQ talents like Seeing Zhen Rongrong to schools like Berkeley, and how much knowledge she can absorb depends on her own ability. Only by investing all her energy into learning will the return rate be higher.

But Li Ye was looking through the window of "Cao's Restaurant" at this moment, watching Seeing Zhen Rongrong hurriedly wiping tables, serving dishes, and cleaning plates. He really didn't know what to say about her.

Could it be that she really thought about relying on working to save money to fulfill the promise of treating all her classmates to a big meal when she returned home?

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye's slightly furrowed brows and whispered: "Why don't we change to another restaurant! Let's go to the school to find her tomorrow."

"Hmm, let's pretend we didn't see her."

Li Ye, Wen Leyu, and Fu Yiruo turned and walked back, but after walking only two steps, a joyful shout from Seeing Zhen Rongrong sounded behind them.

"Li Ye? Wen Leyu? Is that you?"

Li Ye turned his head abruptly and found that Seeing Zhen Rongrong had already walked out of the restaurant and was running toward them quickly, and as she ran, the smile on her face bloomed like a flower.

Wen Leyu chuckled and whispered: "You pretended not to see her, but she saw you!"

Li Ye pinched Wen Leyu's palm, reminding her not to be so petty.

Because Seeing Zhen Rongrong was clearly extremely happy at this moment. Even when she was at Beijing University, Li Ye had never seen Seeing Zhen Rongrong smile so happily.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is indeed one of the great joys in life.

Seeing Zhen Rongrong ran to Li Ye and the others in a trot and said happily: "It really is you! Luckily I have sharp eyes and happened to glance out the window, otherwise I would have missed you. When did you arrive in San Francisco?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "We just arrived today, so we thought about coming over to stroll around, and then go to the school to find you tomorrow. I didn't expect to run into you first..."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong said happily: "Then are you planning to spend the Spring Festival here? I have been looking forward to it after receiving letters from classmates, and I thought you wouldn't come until after the Spring Festival!

It's really great. Our international students will hold a Spring Festival gala. It will definitely be very lively to spend the New Year together. By the way, you just arrived today, do you have a place to stay?"

Li Ye pointed to the tall buildings not far away and said: "We are staying over at Union Square, the St. Francis Hotel."

"You are actually staying at St. Francis? How can you be so greedy for enjoyment..."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong was stunned, and then asked suspiciously: "Is Mr. Pei so generous? He actually arranged for you to stay at St. Francis?"

Union Square in San Francisco is only about one hectare in size, but it is one of San Francisco's famous tourist attractions, surrounded by a large number of high-end boutiques, art galleries, and luxury hotels, and is a standard high-consumption shopping area.

And the St. Francis Hotel is one of the oldest and most luxurious hotels in San Francisco. It has appeared in Hollywood movies many times and has hosted celebrities such as the Queen of England, MacArthur, President Kennedy, etc., and is considered one of the landmarks of San Francisco.

So when Seeing Zhen Rongrong heard that Li Ye was staying at St. Francis, she was immediately surprised that Li Ye was so wasteful, and subconsciously wanted to say something.

Seeing Zhen Rongrong was Li Ye's former class monitor. In the past at school, she repeatedly reminded Li Ye to "pay attention to influence" and not let others use the excuse of "greed for enjoyment" to attack Li Ye, affecting his promotion and full membership as a party member.

However, Seeing Zhen Rongrong immediately thought that Li Ye was interning in Pei Wencong's company, so the hotel accommodation fee was of course borne by the Hong Kong side.

"Yes, yes, yes, the generosity of capitalists is as fascinating as delicious fish bait, especially for a fish like me who only eats the bait and doesn't swallow the hook, it is simply delicious..."

Li Ye joked with Seeing Zhen Rongrong, but Seeing Zhen Rongrong refuted very seriously: "Don't describe Mr. Pei like that. Only after you come out and see it will you know that Mr. Pei is truly sincere to us."

"Okay, okay, I'm joking. I left the letters from classmates at the hotel. I'll send them to you tomorrow..."

"Hmm, hmm, hmm, I have been looking forward to it! I don't know what Xiaoling and the others said to me..."

Hearing that the letters from classmates had arrived, Seeing Zhen Rongrong was very happy. However, she hadn't been happy for a few seconds before she heard someone calling her from behind.

"Xiao Zhen, what are you doing? Dishes are being served!!"

"Coming, Sister Zhen, give me one minute, coming right away!"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong turned back and answered, then said to Li Ye: "A classmate of mine is sick, and I have been helping her work here for the past few days, otherwise the restaurant owner would hire someone else..."

"Oh..."

Li Ye answered, suddenly realizing that this sentence was specifically explained by Seeing Zhen Rongrong to him.

So he immediately said: "Work-study is also quite good, and you can communicate and practice English with customers. Wen Leyu and I have been in the Lighthouse for a few days, and we feel our English level has risen a lot!"

"Yes, yes!" Seeing Zhen Rongrong smiled at Wen Leyu, and then said: "I have to go back first. If you eat someone's bowl, you have to be managed by someone. Capitalist money is hard to earn."

"Go, go, go, let's go together," Li Ye smiled: "We happen not to have eaten yet! Let's go over and taste the taste of hometown food."

"Good, good, good! I'll treat you today, I guarantee you will eat authentic Chinese food..."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong beamed with joy and led Li Ye and the others back to Cao's Restaurant where she worked.

After entering the restaurant, Seeing Zhen Rongrong first arranged for Li Ye and the others to sit down, and then hurriedly went to the kitchen to instruct that it was her own people coming to eat, and they must not follow the taste of Lighthouse people to make "Chinese food" that was neither fish nor fowl.

And Wen Leyu, who sat down, whispered to Li Ye: "She didn't expect that I would come too."

"What?"

Li Ye was habitually helping Wen Leyu scald the tableware and didn't understand what Wen Leyu meant.

Wen Leyu narrowed her eyes and smiled: "I mean she was very surprised when she saw us just now."

Li Ye's classmates knew that Li Ye was coming to the Lighthouse, but didn't know that Wen Leyu would also come, so Wen Leyu felt that Seeing Zhen Rongrong was more surprised to see her, and saw Li Ye with real joy.

Lighthouse restaurants are not generally efficient compared to the state-run restaurants in the mainland. Li Ye and the others sat down for only five or six minutes before dishes started to be served, and the taste was quite good.

The white-skinned bodyguard who came in with Li Ye saw that the dishes on Li Ye's table were different from his own and whispered a few words to his companion.

The companion smiled and said in Mandarin: "Girl, give us a serving of the same one."

"Wait a moment! I'll ask the back kitchen if there are any materials..."

It was the time for guests to come, and Seeing Zhen Rongrong was already busy to the point that her feet didn't touch the ground.

Li Ye only discovered at this moment that Seeing Zhen Rongrong was really not very skilled; it was clear that she was really helping a classmate cover a shift.

"Hey, little sister Zhen, come over and order!"

Li Ye was just about to help Wen Leyu serve soup! Suddenly he heard a familiar voice. He looked up and saw that the guy who sold the jade thumb ring had actually come in to eat.

Only to see that guy surnamed Ai sitting on the chair broadly, first scanning Li Ye, and then raising his chin and saying: "Give me a broccoli stir-fried shrimp, and a braised beef, and for soup, just give me a mushroom egg soup! You don't have any better dishes."

"Broccoli stir-fried shrimp, braised beef, mushroom egg drop soup, right? A total of 29 yuan and 40 cents."

"I know, hurry up and serve the dishes. I have an important contract to talk about later, don't delay my business."

Seeing Zhen Rongrong took a pen and wrote it down in a standard manner, but didn't return to the back kitchen immediately, but just stood in front of that guy surnamed Ai and didn't leave.

The guy surnamed Ai frowned, displeased: "Why don't you go to the back kitchen to urge the dishes, why are you standing here stupidly?"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong said calmly: "Mr. Ai, a total of 29 yuan and 40 cents, please pay first."

That Mr. Ai was stunned, and suddenly became furious, shouting loudly: "Are you working here for the first day? Don't you know who I am? Do you know whose restaurant this used to be? You actually want me to pay first?

Are you afraid I can't afford a few dozen dollars? Call your Boss Chen over, what kind of workers did she use..."

Li Ye frowned, but Seeing Zhen Rongrong had already said very calmly: "If you can afford a few dozen dollars, then please pay the meal fee for Monday first.

Our boss said, she is not familiar with you, that 31 US dollars is on my account."

Many people in the restaurant looked over. Everyone heard this Mr. Ai eating three dishes alone just now, and thought how rich he was! It turns out he is a deadbeat.

You know, the average monthly salary of Lighthouse people at this time is 1200—2000. This meal of his is going to eat up more than half a day's salary of ordinary people.

But this Mr. Ai asked Seeing Zhen Rongrong back: "What 31 US dollars? I gave you 40 US dollars at that time. Do you think that was all given to you as a tip?

Don't you know the difference between a tip and a meal fee? Do you know what the consequences are for privately taking a guest's money?"

Seeing Zhen Rongrong's face turned red immediately. Of course, she knew the difference between a tip and a meal fee, but how are you going to argue clearly with a rogue about this kind of thing? If the boss misunderstood in her heart, what should she do?

The key is that this job is her classmate's. If she lost this job because of her own mistake, Seeing Zhen Rongrong wouldn't know how to explain it to her classmate.

Mr. Ai saw Seeing Zhen Rongrong's face turning red and said proudly: "You are new and don't know the rules, I won't be general with you,

but you have to remember, there are some people you can't afford to provoke. I'll make a phone call to report you for working illegally, and I'll make you lose your job in minutes."

Rogues know the hearts of people at the bottom best. What Seeing Zhen Rongrong is afraid of, he just pokes at.

Li Ye stood up with a cold face and was about to go over to chat with this guy who bullied the soft and feared the hard, but Seeing Zhen Rongrong's colleague named "Sister Zhen" had already rushed over.

"Ai Ai Lao San, are you going to report us? You go, if you have the ability, go now. See if all the bosses on this street will pinch you to death after you report us."

"Chi, I'll just report your family, others are stupid if they care..."

"That's not necessarily true. Everyone knows you reported it. Even if others reported it, it's counted on your head. Do you believe that if you report today, the Immigration Bureau will come for a big inspection tomorrow..."

Li Ye looked at that spicy Sister Zhen and really wanted to applaud her.

Evil people need evil people to grind. She played this "fish die and net break" hand quite well.

In this area of Chinatown, I don't know how many illegal workers there are. Students like Seeing Zhen Rongrong are still considered good; they are just not allowed to work outside the school. Those who walked over don't even have an identity. They really don't fear shoes when they are barefoot. If you smash their rice bowl, they will really play with your life.

Ai Ai Lao San looked at the two waitresses angrily, and after a stalemate for a long time, he took out a few small-denomination US dollars from his wallet and threw them on the table.

"Broccoli stir-fried shrimp, don't want the rest, this time it's cash."

(End of chapter)

: mayiwsk