Chapter 101: Video Evidence

The therapeutic restaurant was utterly silent.

The customers around them stared at Su Qingli in shock. They could never have imagined that a seemingly frail female proprietor could be so composed, and draw such a rigorous conclusion.

Four-Eyes was momentarily speechless as well.

After a long while, he finally shouted, spittle flying, "So what you're saying is, I put the cockroach in the bowl myself?"

"I never said that." Su Qingli shook her head.

"Then what exactly do you mean? After saying all that, aren't you just trying to dodge responsibility? This has to be settled somehow!" Four-Eyes pressed, step by step.

But by then, the customers around them were no longer speaking on his behalf.

Even so, Four-Eyes refused to give up, looking as though he would stop at nothing until he got his way.

Su Qingli, irritated, retorted, "Then what do you want? A free meal?"

"A free meal? Heh, you're thinking too simply. I want compensation! Listen to me: if you don't pay me ten times the price for my emotional distress and make a public apology, I'll call the consumer hotline and expose your restaurant!"

As he spoke, Four-Eyes pulled out his phone and threatened them viciously.

The two female waiters were livid, and Su Qingli was so angry her chest rose and fell sharply.

This Four-Eyes was clearly being shamelessly unreasonable.

But it had to be admitted: his final move was indeed effective.

Once a customer called the consumer hotline, reporters would surely rush over at once. As for how it was ultimately handled, that no longer mattered. So long as the media exposed it, the restaurant that was exposed would truly be finished.

It would not be long before there were no customers left, and it would have no choice but to shut down or transfer the business.

"Boss, forget it... let's just take the loss and buy some peace..." one of the waitresses said helplessly beside Su Qingli.

Su Qingli was furious, but there was nothing she could do.

She knew perfectly well that even if she was in the right, once the matter was exposed, there would be no way to keep the restaurant's reputation and signboard from being damaged.

Four-Eyes said smugly, "Now what else do you have to say? Madam boss, if you know what's good for you, hurry up and pay. Stop dawdling! Honestly, I'm doing this for your own good. I don't want to make this a big deal either!"

Su Qingli ground her teeth, the sound sharp and harsh.

After hesitating for a moment, she still nodded in resignation. "Fine. I'll compensate you now."

With that, she reached for her wallet.

Four-Eyes became even more triumphant, a victor's smile spreading across his face.

Then, suddenly, a man's voice came from nearby.

"Wait!"

The room fell silent once more.

Everyone in the restaurant, Four-Eyes, the two female waiters, and Su Qingli all turned toward the source of the voice.

There stood a young man in a gray coat and a gray baseball cap.

"Jiang Hao..." Su Qingli was stunned.

Although the man was dressed very low-key, and had even deliberately worn an inconspicuous cap to cover his face, she still recognized him at a glance—Jiang Hao.

It had to be Jiang Hao. It could not have been anyone else.

Su Qingli and Jiang Hao had been married for several years. Although they had never shared a bed, she could still recognize him instantly.

This man was definitely Jiang Hao.

"Why is it you? Why are you here at my restaurant?" Su Qingli asked at once, her tone edged with anger.

Jiang Hao gave her a wry smile and said, "Even if you're going to divorce me, surely I'm still allowed to come here for a meal? Your restaurant just opened. What's wrong with me coming to support you?"

Su Qingli was instantly at a loss for words.

Four-Eyes, on the other hand, impatiently urged, "Madam boss, can you stop dragging this out? Hurry up and give me the money! Otherwise I'll call the consumer hotline right now!"

"Wait a moment."

Su Qingli had just reached for her wallet when Jiang Hao suddenly seized her wrist.

"What are you doing..." Su Qingli looked at him, both confused and annoyed.

Jiang Hao did not look at her. At that moment, his eyes were fixed unblinkingly on Four-Eyes.

"You want to call the consumer hotline? Fine. Go ahead and call it. Call it now."

Hearing this, Su Qingli grew even angrier.

This man was clearly here to cause trouble on purpose!

Could it be that because she wanted a divorce, he was unhappy and had deliberately come to ruin the reputation of her restaurant?

At that thought, Su Qingli was about to speak out and refute him, but Four-Eyes was faster.

"What the hell are you? I advise you to mind your own business!"

"She's my wife, and I'm her husband. Wouldn't that make this my business?" Jiang Hao said with a smile.

This man was actually the husband of the proprietor of Qingli Wellness Restaurant?

The waitress who had just been speaking with Jiang Hao was stunned.

She had never imagined that the person she had been casually chatting with while slacking off was actually the boss lady's husband.

What a coincidence.

The most incredulous of all was Su Qingli.

She and Jiang Hao were already at the point of divorce, and yet now Jiang Hao was publicly claiming, in front of so many people, that he was her husband. What exactly was he trying to do?

Still, now was not the time to discuss any of that.

"Didn't you want to call the consumer hotline? Go ahead. I'll wait for you to make the call, and wait for the reporters to come."

Jiang Hao smiled as he spoke, even making an inviting gesture.

Four-Eyes' face turned livid. Gripping his phone, he snapped, "You think I wouldn't dare?"

"Of course you dare. Go on, then. I'm waiting."

Jiang Hao laughed softly.

Four-Eyes grew anxious, but he did not know what to do. And when Jiang Hao saw the panic on his face, he simply pulled out his own phone and said, "Everyone, just now I was sitting right beside this gentleman in glasses while eating. Coincidentally, I happened to record a video on my phone."

"A video?"

"What video?"

"Stop keeping us in suspense!"

The customers present urged him on one after another, all of them unable to wait.

Jiang Hao, however, said unhurriedly, "The main character in this video is the gentleman in glasses standing before us. Please watch with me what he did."

With that, he raised his phone and played the video.

Everyone there then saw Four-Eyes on the screen reach into his trouser pocket, take out a small box, and remove a dead cockroach, placing it into the bowl with his own hands.

After watching the video, everyone understood at once.

So the dead cockroach on the table had not come from the food at all. It had been deliberately planted there by this Four-Eyes.

"Are you still going to call the consumer hotline now?" Jiang Hao asked with a smile.