"You're crazy! Let go of me!" The man was held down face - first against the ground with his arms pinned behind his back.
The waiter exchanged a glance with the manager. The waiter then rushed inside and carried the person out.
"Call your boss over here. Are you guys kidnapping people now?" The man struggled desperately on the ground, but he couldn't move an inch.
"Don't worry! Our boss will be here soon." After the manager said this, he tied the man up with all sorts of long objects, like belts and the drawstrings of bathrobes.
Since the man had exposed his private parts, the two men took one look and felt nauseated. They rushed out in a hurry and locked the man inside.
"Open the door! Is this kidnapping? Help!"
The man's shouts grew fainter and fainter in their ears.
"Manager, isn't it a bit irresponsible for us to leave him like this? What if someone hears him..."
"Whatever. The bigger this mess gets, the more embarrassed he'll be."
The innocent young boy nodded, looking half - convinced.
Gu Sisi woke up and stared at the ceiling. After her headache subsided a bit, she suddenly remembered that there was a competition today. She tried to get up in a hurry but cried out in pain and fell back down.
"Here, take some medicine."
Someone walked over, gently helped Gu Sisi sit up, and fed her the medicine.
When Gu Sisi finally saw who it was, she was stunned.
"Huo Cheng? Why are you here?"
Gu Sisi ignored her discomfort and struggled to sit properly. Only then did she realize that this wasn't the room she used to stay in, and it seemed that she had forgotten something last night.
She passed out, and that was it...
Gu Sisi tried to recall, but her headache got even worse.
Huo Cheng gave Gu Sisi a sip of water and watched as the frown on her forehead eased a bit.
"Don't be in a hurry. You don't need to rush for the competition today."
"What's going on?" Gu Sisi asked in surprise.
"It's been temporarily cancelled. Don't talk for now. I'll tell you when you feel better." Huo Cheng gave Gu Sisi the medicine and water. After a while, she felt a bit better.
"Was it the organizer who proposed the cancellation?" Gu Sisi's voice was hoarse. She also remembered that almost everyone had gotten drunk last night.
"No." Huo Cheng didn't seem to want to talk about it further. He carried the breakfast to the window. "Eat something first."
"Huo Cheng," Gu Sisi pleaded. "Tell me about this!"
She really cared about this matter. Huo Cheng, who was holding the bowl, put it on the bedside table. His expression gradually turned solemn.
"It's not a temporary cancellation. It's been cancelled for good."
"What?" Gu Sisi was completely confused. She couldn't understand what he meant at all.
Just as she was about to ask further, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
"General Manager Gu," the visitor said calmly.
"Speak."
"General Manager Gu, everything has been taken care of."
Only then did Gu Sisi realize that the visitor was the staff member who had appeared at the restaurant last night.
"Good. Well done." Huo Cheng said "good" twice in a row. He took out a piece of paper and wrote something on it. The man looked extremely excited.
"Thank you, General Manager Huo."
"You deserve it," Huo Cheng said indifferently.
After the man left, there were only the two of them in the room again.
"Why was the competition cancelled?" Gu Sisi still didn't know the answer.
"Sisi," Huo Cheng called out softly, pulling Sisi's attention away from this question.
"What?" Gu Sisi looked at him like a well - behaved child.
Huo Cheng turned around. "Quit your job."
It was as if countless fireworks were going off in Gu Sisi's mind. The noise was so overwhelming that she couldn't find her own voice. After a long while, she finally heard herself asking, "Why?"
She tried to stay calm. She told herself to be calm.
"I can afford to support you."
"You know that's not the answer I want," Gu Sisi said absent - mindedly, with no focus in her eyes.
Huo Cheng sighed but didn't say a word. Then he left.
Gu Sisi slumped down. She didn't know why things had turned out like this. Why did he want to take away her favorite job after she woke up? What was the meaning of all her hard work over the years?
She couldn't figure it out.
"General Manager Huo, you should explain this to the young mistress. She hasn't eaten for several days," Chen Fang advised, looking at General Manager Huo who was buried in his work.
It took a great deal of courage for him to say this. Although it was difficult, he couldn't just watch the two of them being angry with each other.
"Get out," Huo Cheng said without even looking at him.
Chen Fang had no choice but to leave obediently.
Huo Cheng tapped his fingers on the table. He just couldn't calm down. He walked to Gu Sisi's room. Looking at the untouched food on the ground, Sister Hu shook her head, indicating that she was helpless, and then left.
He picked up the bowl of food that Sister Hu had just reheated and knocked on the door, but there was no response, just like throwing a stone into the sea.
The door clicked open. Huo Cheng used the key to unlock it. He walked up to the woman sitting on the bed with her head down.
"Is it because of me?" Huo Cheng's calm voice rang out.
Gu Sisi turned her head to the other side and shook it, but didn't say a word.
Seeing that Gu Sisi didn't even look at him, Huo Cheng grabbed her and turned her around, only to see a tear - streaked face.
His heart skipped a beat.
Gu Sisi covered her forehead and buried herself in her arms again.
This time, Huo Cheng didn't know where to put his hands.
He left a message: "Eat well."
Then he fled.
Gradually, Gu Sisi didn't see Huo Cheng for a long time. Then someone came to visit her. It was Yang Qian.
"Sister Sisi, I heard you were sick," Yang Qian said as she peeled an apple and handed it to Gu Sisi. Gu Sisi hesitated for a second and then took it and took a bite.
Gu Sisi didn't say a word. Yang Qian got lost in her own world and continued to complain, "Sister Sisi, you don't know. A lot of things have happened while you've been away. Peng Die, you know her, right?"
Seeing Gu Sisi looking at her, Yang Qian continued, "She's been fired."
"What?" Gu Sisi was really surprised this time.
Yang Qian got even more excited. She bit her lip and shook her head. "And there's more! General Manager Wang too."
Gu Sisi was stunned by these two pieces of news.
"Do you know why?" Yang Qian carefully looked around, her eyes full of gossip. She lowered her voice and continued, "General Manager Wang was accused of taking bribes. As for Peng Die..."
Yang Qian hesitated for a long time before saying, "I don't know about that. But after the two of them received the notice, they disappeared. Anyway, no one really knows. Firing two people at once! Everyone is scared and no one dares to ask."
Gu Sisi was originally curious, but then she thought that this decision must be related to Huo Cheng, so she didn't want to care anymore. She just sighed.
"Then you should work hard!"
"I will," Yang Qian said, making a fist with a determined look on her face.
Then she looked at Gu Sisi and suddenly changed the topic. "Sister Sisi, what about you? When are you going back to work?"
"Me?"
"Yeah. You've been on leave for a few days. These days, it seems that we're really short - handed," Yang Qian said as she tossed and caught an orange.
Gu Sisi was completely confused. Wasn't she fired?