Chapter 290: Chapter 290: Feeling Disrespected is Really Awful
Altogether thirty books, originally meant to be sold at a high price with Xia Yuge’s signature, were instead marked by the employees at twenty yuan each, even lower than the bookstore’s intended price of thirty yuan.
Once the news spread online, many people inquired on Taobao, suspecting the books and signatures might be fake. The employees didn’t bother to explain, leaving it up to the buyers.
In the end, all the books were sold out in ten minutes, and the employees were pondering how to spend the unexpected earnings of six hundred yuan.
Of course, their blatant act of selling the books on Taobao before their official release was undoubtedly a slap in Xia Yuge’s face.
They dared to act so brazenly because they had Munni’s backing.
Thus, Xia Yuge posted a Weibo complaining about her grievances... [Not being respected feels really awful.]
Clearly and simply pointing out Qin Muni and the store employees’ lack of discernment.
Xu Yisen had a busy day dealing with various issues at the company, and when he finally had some free time, Tang Haoliang reported the whole situation to him about Xia Yuge going to Qin Muni’s restaurant to accept a magazine interview, giving the new books to the restaurant employees as gifts, only to have them sold online.
Having been busy all day and finally able to relax, Xu Yisen rubbed his throbbing temples and said with a slight annoyance, "What a hassle."
Xia Yuge really is a big headache; it seems it’s time to drop her.
Xu Yisen glanced at his watch, noting that they had already worked overtime until ten o’clock.
He picked up his phone from the desk, standing up as he instructed, "Let’s call it a day. If Xia Weifu makes any moves, notify me immediately."
"Yes, Chairman."
After the restaurant closed, Qin Muni, feeling bored, asked Fujino Doxu to stay and have a couple of drinks with her.
Fujino Doxu indeed had two drinks, then put down his glass, told Qin Muni he had another engagement, and left, leaving Qin Muni sitting alone at the bar, drinking by herself.
Xu Yisen rang the doorbell at Qin Muni’s home for a while but got no response. When calls to her phone went unanswered as well, he guessed that Qin Muni might still be at the restaurant, so he drove there.
It was already after work hours, but the restaurant was still brightly lit. Xu Yisen parked his car in the lot and quickly headed toward the restaurant.
Sitting at the bar drinking, Qin Muni heard the sudden faint footsteps in the otherwise quiet restaurant and thought that Fujino Doxu must have had a change of heart and come back to accompany her.
However, when she turned to see Xu Yisen instead, the teasing smile on her face froze, replaced by a look of confusion.
"Yisen, what brings you here?"
Xu Yisen walked around the bar, grabbed a wine glass, and explained, "You weren’t at home, and you weren’t picking up your phone, so I guessed you were still here."
Qin Muni nodded, slightly raising her head to take a sip of her wine, and explained, "My phone’s in the office."
Xu Yisen sat down beside her, poured some wine into his glass from the bottle, and asked, "I heard Xia Yuge came here for an interview this afternoon?"
"Yeah. She generously gave each employee a copy of her new book."
Xu Yisen couldn’t help but chuckle, glanced sideways at Qin Muni, and asked gently, "Didn’t they auction off all those books?"
"Yeah, they plan to use the money they made to go to a karaoke bar."
"Can I join too?" He paused, seemingly worried Qin Muni might refuse, and added, "I’m part of the restaurant, your partner. What do you say?"