Captured Hearts: The Substitute Bride's Gambit-Chapter 190 - She Bumped into Sheng Tingyuan Thrice

Chapter 190: Chapter 190: She Bumped into Sheng Tingyuan Thrice

Chapter 190 -190: She Bumped into Sheng Tingyuan Thrice

Unfortunately, even though Ye Chuyi had her scores lowered, Meng Li still couldn’t surpass her.

She didn’t know whether the idea to drug the food was Meng Li’s own or if it involved Wen Nianyou’s instigation, but either way, both individuals were nothing but trouble.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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Ye Chuyi couldn’t trust Meng Li’s character; her presence in this restaurant surely harbored some ulterior motive, so anything she served or poured could be problematic.

Of course, she didn’t warn Sheng Tingyuan that the food might be sabotaged. If she said, “Sheng Tingyuan, the food might be drugged,” he might think she was suffering from some sort of persecution complex.

If it turned out there was nothing wrong with the food, she would be seen as the villain making malicious conjectures, while Meng Li could play the innocent damsel.

Since Meng Li was clearly targeting Sheng Tingyuan and wouldn’t dare kill him outright, this time she’d let him be Meng Li’s guinea pig.

Dinner ended quickly, and Ye Chuyi followed Sheng Tingyuan out of the private room.

Halfway out, Meng Li suddenly appeared, carrying a tray. She slipped and crashed directly into Sheng Tingyuan.

A cry of alarm rose from the crowd, and the manager, taken aback, quickly came over to apologize: “President Sheng, I’m sorry! Meng Li, how could you be so careless? Hurry up and apologize to President Sheng!”

Meng Li, with her face pale and eyes reddened, frantically apologized: “President Sheng, I’m so sorry! I’ll compensate you for your clothes! I’m sorry, it’s all my fault!”

Ye Chuyi stood to the side, watching Meng Li’s act. So she had been waiting here for Sheng Tingyuan, quite the clichéd move.

Would this tactic work on Sheng Tingyuan?

At this moment, Sheng Tingyuan looked utterly cold. He never mistreated service staff under normal circumstances, but that didn’t mean he was willing to tolerate someone repeatedly causing him trouble.

Especially since he had gone to the trouble of bringing Ye Chuyi to dinner today.

He even suspected that Ye Chuyi might already know something, which would explain why she, who was not picky and usually had a good appetite, barely ate anything tonight.

He glanced at the manager: “I’ve dined here three times recently, and this waitress has bumped into me three times. What are you implying?”

The onlookers’ perception of Meng Li had changed.

“What? This waitress has already bumped into President Sheng three times?”

“Where is such coincidence in the world? President Sheng comes three times, she bumps into him three times, and doesn’t bump into anyone else but President Sheng.”

“Even a fool can see she’s got her sights set on President Sheng!”

“Shameless enough. What’s with girls these days, so ruthless in their pursuit of status?”

“President Sheng is already married, and yet he’s still the object of such attention, does his wife know about this?”

Ye Chuyi watched the drama unfold with raised eyebrows. So Meng Li had bumped into Sheng Tingyuan twice before? And Sheng Tingyuan hadn’t gotten angry?

It seemed that not all of what Qi Yunfan said was false.

The manager, upon hearing these murmurs, couldn’t help but glance at Ye Chuyi. He couldn’t read her emotions at the moment, but it was unlikely that she was in a good mood.

His face paled as he said, “I’m sorry, President Sheng. She’s new here, and our training hasn’t been adequate. We’ve inconvenienced you, and our restaurant will compensate all your losses. Your dinner tonight is on us.”

“Do you think I’m lacking your pennies?”

“I’m sorry, President Sheng, really sorry. We will fire this waitress immediately!”

Meng Li’s complexion changed, and she immediately knelt on the ground: “President Sheng, I didn’t mean it, please give me another chance, I really need this job, my mother is seriously ill and needs money for treatment, if I lose this job, she will die. Please, President Sheng.”

Sheng Tingyuan didn’t look at her, his gaze icy as he addressed the manager: “Is this why you haven’t fired her until now?”

Summoning his courage, the manager replied, “Yes, President Sheng, her situation is indeed quite difficult.”

“Her situation is difficult, so she sees me as an easy mark and thinks she can scam me?”

“No, no, that’s not it, President Sheng!”

“Since that’s the case, a shady restaurant like this shouldn’t stay open, it deserves to go bankrupt.”

The manager’s face went pale, and he wanted to say more, but Sheng Tingyuan had already left with a cold expression on his face.