Chapter 37: Words Like a Gentle Wind and Fine Rain, Yet Laced with a Frosty Chill

Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Words Like a Gentle Wind and Fine Rain, Yet Laced with a Frosty Chill

Lin Zhenxiang was like a spotless little white flower, her sweet voice enough to soften anyone’s heart.

"Sister Shu, I checked the restaurant’s records earlier and couldn’t find any payment record from you at all. The record you just showed isn’t yours either, it belongs to the gentleman who brought you to the restaurant that day, right?

If I remember correctly, that set menu cost 28,000 Star Coins. And you said your son’s medical fees that day were over 10,000..."

’How could someone who can’t even afford her son’s medical bills possibly afford a meal like that! These plebs from the Lower Star District are just stinking poor!’

Shu Yao caught the flaw in her statement:

"You just said you couldn’t find a payment record, but now you know the exact price of the set menu we ordered. Did you get amnesia, or did your payment terminal?

Miss Lin, I’d also like to ask, when people eat at your restaurant, does everyone except the person who pays count as dining and dashing?"

Lin Zhenxiang’s voice was tense. "I never said that. It’s normal social behavior for one person to treat their friends and pay the bill..."

Shu Yao didn’t give her a chance to explain further. "Then if you knew my friend made the reservation and paid the bill, why do you insist on claiming my son and I dined and dashed at your restaurant? What are your intentions?"

Lin Zhenxiang’s expression turned grim, and her voice grew cold and hard. "I just told you, I didn’t find your name in the records! I admit I was negligent in my verification process! And I never said you and your son dined and dashed!"

"If you never said it, then why are your fans, and even your own mother, using such nasty attitudes and filthy language to accuse and curse my son and me for dining and dashing at your restaurant?

Your silent approval of their actions implies that you think the same, doesn’t it? Besides, you just said yourself that you couldn’t find my name when you checked the bill, which you presented as ’evidence’ for this ’dine-and-dash’ incident, didn’t you?"

Shu Yao’s words were like a gentle breeze and a soft drizzle, yet they carried a biting, frosty chill, leaving Lin Zhenxiang speechless.

"Stop your nonsense!" Seeing her daughter losing the argument, Zhen Zhen shot her an encouraging glance before continuing her tirade against Shu Yao. "Are you saying we all wronged you?! Well, you’ve wronged me and Xiangxiang, too!

We weren’t even at the hospital that day!

You’re trying to crush the Lin Family and drive me and Xiangxiang out with your filthy tricks and clumsy lies! Let me tell you, as long as I’m still breathing, I won’t let you succeed!"

Shu Yao ignored her, instead turning to look at Lin Zhenxiang, who was biting her lip, clearly unwilling to concede.

"Miss Lin, you’re so fond of speaking with evidence, aren’t you? Please, show me proof that you and your mother were not at the Imperial Hospital that day." Shu Yao closed her eyes for a moment in thought, then they snapped open. "I remember seeing you and your mother at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital on April 6th, around 1:20 in the afternoon. May I ask where you and your mother were at that time?"

Lin Zhenxiang pressed her lips together tightly.

’To be honest, she was filled with unease at this moment, but she couldn’t pinpoint where the feeling was coming from.’

’Was it because of Shu Yao?’

’How could this trashy woman from the Lower Star District possibly be a threat to her!’

’But... this lowly creature wasn’t as easy to handle as she’d expected.’

Just then, Zhen Zhen spoke up:

"Isn’t that simple!" She crossed her arms as if victory was already in her grasp, a confident, smug smile gracing her lips. "You wouldn’t believe anything we say, would you? Since you’ve given such a specific time, why don’t we just check the Heavenly Eye surveillance at the entrance of the Imperial Hospital!

Let’s just see if Xiangxiang and I were really there at that day and time!"