"Dad, how can you speak for them?" Zhao Tiekai complained softly beside Zhao Sihai.

Zhao Sihai pursed his lips and frowned before replying: "Liu Haosheng came to speak to your Grandpa Kui, I can't refuse."

"Grandpa Kui?" Zhao Tiekai's face was suddenly startled, and then he nodded slowly, as if he understood why his father would do this.

Grandpa Kui was very kind to their family. He once led his father Zhao Sihai, who was beaten and killed on the road when he was young, on a straight path, and he escaped the fate of being severely beaten for eating peanuts. Today's Sihai Hotel is even more

It was started with the 50,000 yuan funded by Grandpa Kui as a principal more than 20 years ago.

Zhao Sihai glanced at Xue Chen, and then sighed to Zhao Tiekai in a low voice: "Tiekai, you are really lucky to have such a friend."

He didn't directly ask Xue Chen to agree to reconciliation. Before he even opened his mouth, Xue Chen anticipated what he was going to say and said that reconciliation could be negotiated. He didn't make it difficult for him to open his mouth. It could be said that it gave him enough face.

Zhao Tiekai nodded with deep feeling.

When Liu Haosheng saw that he was willing to reconcile, he breathed a sigh of relief and said after a while: "Mr. Xue, as long as you are willing to reconcile, I can compensate you for all your losses. You can set the conditions."

Xue Chen glanced at his watch. It was already midnight. He didn't want to waste any more time on this matter, so he said casually: "That's it. Since he wants to take away my emerald, then follow the instructions

Just compensate the price of this gem, and I won’t pursue it anymore.” After saying that, he took out the emerald and waved it in front of Liu Haosheng’s eyes.

This was the first time Liu Haosheng saw the emerald that had caused so much trouble. Although it was a quick glance, as someone who has been dealing with all kinds of jewelry for many years, he could still tell at a glance how precious and precious this gem was.

rare.

"Equivalent...compensation?"

Liu Haosheng's expression changed slightly, and Liu Yunfeng's expression became even more miserable. He had seen it up close and knew the market value of this emerald very well.

"I've given you the conditions. Do you agree or not? You two should make a decision quickly. It's getting late. I have to go back early to rest. I'm going to watch the chef competition that Uncle Wuhu is participating in tomorrow." Xue Chen said in a casual tone.

He looked out the window with a nonchalant expression.

"What does Mr. Xue think the value of this emerald is?" Liu Haosheng asked with a heavy face.

"I forgot to mention it. This morning, your master and a vice president of your company came to see me and wanted to buy this gem. They offered a price of six million. Well, I think this price is fair."

Xue Chen touched his chin and said.

Six million!

The blood vessels on Liu Haosheng's forehead collapsed, and the flesh on his cheeks swelled. After being silent for about half a minute, he nodded heavily, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, as long as you don't pursue it anymore, I can agree, six hundred

Ten thousand!"

Liu Yunfeng's face turned pale in an instant. Thinking that the action he made in a flash of heat actually cost him six million, his heart ached like a knife. He felt regret and hatred in his heart. He regretted his actions and also hated Xue Chen, the lion.

Open your mouth.

Although his family owns a jewelry company and owns three chain jewelry stores, six million in cash is not a small amount, it is equivalent to having a bite of flesh taken off his body.

Xue Chen stood up, looked at Liu Haosheng, and said: "Mr. Liu, to be honest, compared to six million, I hope that what happened tonight did not happen."

Liu Haosheng's expression froze and he sighed: "Mr. Xue left an account and I will definitely pay you the money tomorrow morning.

Normally, a criminal case would have to be prosecuted by the procuratorate even if the two parties reach a settlement, but fortunately this incident happened at night and did not cause a big fuss, and Liu Haosheng also has some powerful connections in Bao City.

After the two parties reconciled, Liu Haosheng quickly started making phone calls, asking for connections, and talking to Li Xuebin, trying to suppress the matter and reduce it to a major matter. He pretended that nothing had happened.

"Uncle Zhao, let's go too."

When Xue Chen and the others just walked to the door of the conference room, suddenly, Liu Yunfeng's girlfriend, Zhao Tiekai's ex-girlfriend Qiao Li, appeared in front of the door. She rushed in and stood in front of Liu Yunfeng, who was sitting slumped in a chair.

"Yunfeng, I just called your home and heard from my aunt that you were arrested and taken to the police station. What happened?"

Liu Yunfeng raised his head and looked at Qiao Li, who had a concerned look on his face. He was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger. He stood up and suddenly pushed Qiao Li to the ground: "Get out of here, it's all your fault.

If it weren't for you, would I be where I am now?"

If it weren't for Qiao Li, she wouldn't have had a grudge with Zhao Tiekai in high school. She wouldn't have taken the initiative to provoke trouble two days ago at Lu Zu Temple, and she wouldn't have seen the emerald in Xue Chen's hand.

Gemstone would not be what it is today. Therefore, the reason is that this woman caused the trouble, and her family had to pay six million in compensation!

Six million!

He was seeing the sapphire on Qiao Li's hand. It was worth half a million yuan and was very precious. It could be exchanged for a mid- to low-end luxury car, but the money lost was enough to buy twelve such sapphires!

How could he not hate in his heart?

Qiao Li was pushed to the ground and screamed in pain. She looked at Liu Yunfeng with her hair disheveled and red eyes. She bit her lip and said, "Are you crazy? Why did you push me? I came to see you in the middle of the night. Why are you still there?"

Do this to me?"

"Because it's all your fault!" Liu Yunfeng roared with a ferocious expression.

The three of them, Xue Chen, stood at the door, looking at Liu Yunfeng venting his anger on his fiancée like crazy. Xue Chen had no expression on his face, Zhao Sihai shook his head and walked out, and Zhao Tiekai frowned.

"Are you feeling distressed?" Xue Chen said with a chuckle.

Zhao Tiekai withdrew his gaze and sighed: "I just feel that I have lost to such a man, which is a little depressed."

Although he said this, Xue Chen could still feel that he still had some old feelings for Qiao Li, but because of the injury and disappointment, he might not have anything to do with Qiao Li anymore. But at this time, seeing Qiao Li being bullied by Liu Yunfeng,

There will definitely be some discomfort in my heart.

After thinking for a moment, Xue Chen walked back to the conference room, walked to Qiao Li who was lying on the ground with red eyes and was sobbing softly. He stretched out his hand to help her up, and then said to Liu Yunfeng: "What you do by yourself, you should do it by yourself."

Responsibility, getting angry with a woman is nothing."

Liu Yunfeng had a sullen face, snorted and said nothing.

"Thank you." Qiao Li stood up and saw that Xue Chen, whom she had only met once and had a lot of conflicts, helped her up. Her face looked complicated and she hurriedly stretched out her hand to wipe the corners of her eyes.

"The choice you make will mean you have to swallow all the bitter consequences." Xue Chen said these words and turned to leave without looking at Qiao Li's gloomy expression.

Before leaving, Xue Chen and Li Xuebin said hello and left each other's contact information.

"Captain Li, if you have time to go to Yunzhou Province, you must say hello to me."

"Okay." Li Xuebin smiled and nodded.

After returning to the hotel by car and entering the guest room, Xue Chen raised his hand and glanced at the time. It was almost one o'clock in the morning. He washed briefly and then went to the balcony. When he saw the tomato plant he had planted in front of him, his eyes lit up, revealing

Satisfied and happy smile.

…

Early the next morning, Xue Chen came to Sihai Hotel early because today was the date of the eight-to-four contest in the chef competition that Zhao Wuhu participated in.

Xue Chen always appeared at Sihai Hotel these past two days. The waiters in the restaurant already knew him and knew that he was Zhao Tiekai's friend. As soon as he walked in, a waiter told him that Zhao Tiekai was in the kitchen.

Xue Chen said thank you and went straight to the kitchen. When he arrived at the door of the kitchen, he saw Zhao Sihai and Zhao Tiekai standing at the door of the kitchen with very bad expressions, talking quietly.

"Xue Chen, you're here." Zhao Sihai greeted.

"Where's Uncle Wuhu, how are you preparing for today's game?" Xue Chen walked over and asked.

Zhao Tiekai frowned, with a bit of anger on his face and no words.

At this time, Zhao Wuhu came out of the kitchen, his expression also not very good. When he saw Xue Chen, he sighed: "Xue Chen, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you. I may not be able to participate in today's game."

"Why?" Xue Chen was startled and asked in confusion.

"Because the abalone prepared was destroyed." Zhao Wuhu shook his head.

After Xue Chen's repeated questioning, he finally figured out the reason why the three people were so sad and angry.

Today is the eight-to-four competition, and Zhao Wuhu naturally takes it very seriously, so he prepared a special dish called abalone and duck.

In order to ensure the best taste, the abalone is imported dried abalone purchased from other places half a month ago. It was soaked in clean water last night and placed in the kitchen in preparation for today's competition.

But this morning, Zhao Wuhu discovered that a lot of rice vinegar had been poured into the soaked abalone basin, which made all the good abalone sour and smelly, making it useless.

When looking through the surveillance video, it was found that a waitress who had worked in the hotel for two months secretly did it when there was no one in the kitchen when she was about to get off work. However, the waitress did not come to work this morning.

I can't get through the phone either.

"This...why would she do this?" Xue Chen asked in surprise.

"Needless to say, it must have been instigated by Long Ziyang!" Zhao Tiekai's face was dark and he was breathing heavily.

"Who is Long Ziyang?"

"The owner of the Mingxuan Restaurant opposite." Zhao Sihai said in a low voice, and then added, "The chef of their restaurant has also entered the top eight."

"Oh, then how do you know it must be him?" Xue Chen asked thoughtfully.

"After what happened this morning, a waiter reported that Zhang Mei, the jealous waiter, had secretly answered the phone two days ago, and someone heard her say 'game', 'Mr. Long', 'what's the matter?'"

"Ten thousand yuan," that's why Tie Kai said that Long Ziyang secretly caused the evil." Zhao Sihai said.
Chapter completed!