As he spoke, he pulled out his phone and aimed it at He Shuting.
He’d seen it on TikTok before. No matter what happened, you pull out your phone and start recording. Whoever has the video has the moral high ground!
But He Shuting was no pushover. Seeing him pull out his phone, she whipped out a camera of her own. ’You’ve got one, and so do I,’ she thought. "If you have a problem, state it clearly. Don’t beat around the bush."
Holy cow!
Zhang Kai never imagined this woman would be so brazen!
She just whipped out professional equipment?
Truth be told, Zhang Kai was starting to panic. He planned on becoming a civil servant, and having some scandal pop up online would be bad for his future. But since things had come to this, he forced himself to act tough. "Your food made a child sick! My little brother has such a bad stomachache that he’s been taken to the hospital!"
’Now what do you have to say for yourselves?’
After all, food safety was a very sensitive issue, especially when it involved a child.
It was no exaggeration to say that Zhang Kai was confident if he posted this news in the parents’ group chat, this little after-school meal service would be out of business by tomorrow!
Normally, any other owner would have backed down, offered some compensation, and apologized. Smoothing things over was always their best option.
Zhang Kai was already running the calculations in his head.
If they offered money, he wouldn’t ask for much—eight or ten thousand would be enough. But an apology was non-negotiable. And not just any apology; they had to apologize to Zhang Qing’s parents!
Seeing Zhang Kai’s mature and confident approach, Zhang Qing felt a strange sense of security.
"He got sick from the food?" Hearing this, He Shuting’s heart sank. "Which child got sick?"
"There are over a hundred kids here, how would I know you’d remember who’s who? All I know is my brother has been sent to the hospital. You guys figure it out!" Zhang Kai felt he had the upper hand.
And indeed, He Shuting was panicking.
Zhang Li was panicking too.
The two of them wrung their hands, trying to figure out what to do. Just then, another voice came from behind them.
"Sick from the food?" Ling Shuyu appeared. "Is he at the hospital now?"
Zhang Kai turned and nodded. "That’s right. Our parents just took him to the hospital. So, tell me, how are you going to resolve this?"
With the world-weary expression of someone annoyed by everyone’s existence, Ling Shuyu asked calmly, "Have the hospital’s test results come out?"
"No... that’s not... is this the time to be discussing that? The problem right now is that your lunch made my brother sick!" Zhang Kai breathed a sigh of relief. He had almost fallen into the woman’s trap!
Ling Shuyu just said, "Oh. So the results aren’t out yet. Since the results aren’t out, and you’re already claiming the cause was a problem with our cafeteria’s lunch... Zhang Li, write that down. We can tell the police all about it later."
Zhang Kai: ???
’Wait, what’s this about the police? What does this have to do with the cops?’
’We haven’t even called them, and you’re threatening to?’
Then, Ling Shuyu continued, "Let’s be clear. If this is a food safety issue with Delicious, we will do what needs to be done. If we need to rectify things, we’ll rectify them. If we need to shut down, we’ll shut down. If we need to pay a fine, we’ll pay it. And if we need to pay compensation, we’ll pay it!"
"But if this isn’t because of a problem with our food, then you’re just here causing trouble for no reason. Fortunately, there are no other parents here right now. If they were to misunderstand the situation, would you be the one to take responsibility for that?"
Holy shit!
Zhang Kai felt like he’d met his match. This woman was ruthless! ’Aren’t you even afraid of being shut down?’
What kind of company isn’t afraid of going out of business?
Therefore, Zhang Kai quickly concluded that the woman in front of him was just saying all this to scare him!
Little did he know, that was exactly what Ling Shuyu was thinking.
For a single-minded person like President Ling, this was genuinely her thought process... ’If we broke the law, then let the law punish us. What’s the point of you coming here to run your mouth?’
’You’re not the law.’
This barrage of words left Zhang Kai red-faced. He stammered for a long time, unable to utter a single word.
Zhang Qing suddenly had an idea. She took out her phone and made a call.
"Hello? Bai Xiaobo! Get over here, quick! The people at your company are bullying me!"
He Shuting and Zhang Li tilted their heads, completely confused.
’What kind of move is this now?’
Ling Shuyu’s face, however, was frosty and expressionless. She’d suspected from the start that this girl was trouble.
Now, she was even more certain.
A moment later, Bai Xiaobo came running over from the 19th floor, out of breath. Seeing everyone gathered, he shot a look at He Shuting, trying to ask what was going on.
The moment Zhang Qing saw Bai Xiaobo arrive, she put on a great show of being terribly wronged.
"Bai Xiaobo! Your company’s lunch made my brother sick, and now he’s in the hospital! And they’re ganging up on me!"
Bai Xiaobo looked at Zhang Qing, then at Zhang Kai beside her. "Isn’t there some kind of misunderstanding?"
"A misunderstanding?" Emboldened by Zhang Kai’s presence, and now with Bai Xiaobo there too, Zhang Qing grew bolder. "What misunderstanding? My brother is in the hospital right now. Is that a misunderstanding too?"
Ling Shuyu took a step forward to stand directly in front of Zhang Qing, her fierce expression making it look like a fight was about to break out. Seeing this, He Shuting quickly intervened. "Everyone, stop! I’ll go get the boss!"
The situation was getting heated. If she didn’t go get the boss now, a real fight might actually break out!
As He Shuting walked toward the 19th floor, she tried to figure out how to explain the situation to her boss.
Before long, the several people facing off on the 2nd floor all turned to look toward the entrance. A man in a suit was striding toward them.
After hearing what He Shuting said, Su Chen didn’t know the full story, but he was certain of one thing: it was absolutely not a food safety issue.
The meat was premium quality, the seasonings were all newly purchased, and the vegetables were delivered fresh from the main market that very day.
’How could there possibly be a problem?’
’If there really was a problem, could there be another possibility?’
Su Chen arrived on the scene. Everyone looked at him, waiting for a resolution.
Boss Su asked in a calm, unhurried voice,
"Instead of just standing here arguing, has it occurred to any of you..."
"To check the surveillance footage?"