Chapter Fifteen: The Young Master of the Ling Family

  "Hurry up then! I've already told the others about the location!" Lü Dahai scolded over the phone: "I'm really not in a rush, but you're like an eunuch serving an emperor!"

  "Alright then, I'll book a seat first!"

  He hung up the phone and Ma Tong took out the business card of Manager Sun from Lingyun Hotel, dialed the number on it: "Hello, are you Manager Sun?"

  "Who am I? And who are you?"

  "I'm Ma Tong, we just met at noon, do you still remember me?"

  "Ah, Mr. Ma! Hello! On the other end of the phone, Manager Sun's tone became much more respectful: "I don't know what matters Mr. Ma needs me to take care of?"

  "It's like this, I and a group of friends plan to go to your restaurant for dinner later, want to book a seat in advance! Trouble you!" Ma Tong was a bit embarrassed, at noon when Manager Sun gave him the VIP card, he didn't even want it, saying he wouldn't go eat, but now, just a few hours later, he's going to use it!

  "Oh, Mr. Ma, you're being too polite! But actually, I don't need your help with this matter at all!" Manager Sun said on the other end of the phone, sounding mysterious.

  "What? Booked up?" Ma Tong said with some disappointment. This is good, now he's going to lose face in front of his brother!

  "No, no, no!" Manager Sun hastily said: "You've misunderstood, Mr. Ma! You are our top VIP guest, you don't need to make a reservation in advance to dine at our restaurant!"

  "So that's how it is!" Ma Tong suddenly realized, thinking to himself that he was indeed a country bumpkin.

  "Mr. Ma, would you like a private room or in the main hall?"

  Ma thought to himself that he had a lot of brothers, so he said: "Book a private room, the one from this noon is fine. We'll arrive at 6 o'clock, won't it be too much trouble?"

  Manager Sun thought to himself that this person was indeed a big shot. The Tianfeng Pavilion was the number one VIP room in the Lingyun Hotel, and only high-ranking officials and nobles were allowed to stay there. Yet this person had simply said "it's okay". Nevertheless, Manager Sun still spoke very politely: "No trouble at all, I'll have someone tidy up the Tianfeng Pavilion right away and await your arrival!"

  He tidied himself up, then greeted Zheng Lirong and left the house. After taking the bus for seven stops, Ma Tong arrived near Lingyun Building in the center of Xihua City's most prosperous commercial district. As soon as he got off the bus, Lv Dahai came up with a group of brothers.

  Ma Tong said strangely: "Why did you run here to pick me up? Didn't we agree that you would wait for me at the restaurant?"

  Lv Dahai pulled Yu Bu Sheng over and said irritably, "Ask this kid!"

  Yu couldn't help but scratch his head and laugh foolishly, saying: "Our group of brothers haven't been to such high-end places before, I heard that Tong Ge has been there, so we came over to wait for you to go together, lest we brothers lose face!"

  "Great!" Ma Tong laughed and scolded, "What's the big deal? It's just a place to eat! Who cares? Let's go, let's set off!" With that, Ma Tong led the crowd on horseback towards the Lingyun International Building.

  Took the elevator to the third floor, arrived at the entrance of Lingyun Restaurant, and saw Manager Sun standing with four beautiful hostesses waiting at the door. As soon as he saw Ma Tong's face, he immediately bowed 90 degrees, and the hostesses said in unison: "Welcome Mr. Ma to Lingyun!"

  Such a big show made Ma Tong feel very proud, and he smiled at Sun Manager: "Manager Sun, you're too polite, I'm not some kind of big shot!"

  Manager Sun smiled and said: "Mr. Ma is joking, Mr. Ma and all of Mr. Ma's friends, please come this way!" He was actually going to personally show them the way.

  Ma Tong led the crowd behind Manager Sun into the restaurant, Lv Dahai stretched out his thumb beside Ma Tong and whispered: "Tongzi, you're still awesome! Those who don't know would think you're the young master of the Ling family!"

  "Get out of here!" Ma Tong cursed with a laugh and gave Lv Dahai a punch, this time it was Lv Dahai who was left speechless, what could he do? Who made Ma Tong's current strength not ordinary!

  Led a group of leopard cubs into the Tianfeng Pavilion, Ma Tong handed over the thick menu to Lyu Dahai: "Dahai, it's up to you and your brothers now, eat whatever you want! Don't be polite with me!"

  "Really? Aren't you afraid your brothers will bankrupt you?" Lü Dahai joked.

  "It's nothing! Rarely today is happy, brothers let go of eating and drinking!" Ma Tong was born with a personality that would rather die than lose face, especially when it comes to his own brothers and friends.

  Everyone heard Ma Tong's words and immediately shouted in unison: "Tong Ge is indeed a hero!"

  Lü Dahai smiled and picked up the menu, but after flipping through only a couple of pages, he threw it back to Ma Tong: "You do it yourself!"

  Ma Tong took over the menu with a puzzled expression and asked: "What's wrong?"

  "Look, the dishes here are too expensive, a plate of green vegetables costs 70 or 80 yuan. I think we should change places, this place is simply a rip-off!"

  All brothers look at me, I look at you, and say: "Yes, Tong Ge, why don't we change places? Eating barbecue and drinking beer is pretty good!"

  "That's not okay! Since we're here, we have to eat!" Ma Tong refused bluntly: "Waiter!"

  "Hello!" The waiter who had been waiting outside the door of the package pushed in and said very respectfully: "Mr. Ma, would you like to order?"

  Ma Tong didn't know what to say, so he just said: "Trouble you to tell Manager Sun that the dishes here are the same as this afternoon's, but don't bring red wine, give us two cases of Hans 9 degrees!"

  The waiter said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Ma, we don't have Hans beer here, would you like to change it? We have Carlsberg, Budweiser, and Wurzburger..."

  "Let's go, to Carlsberg, first three dozen!" Ma Tong's face was slightly red, knowing he had shown some weakness.

  "Alright, wait a moment!"

  When the waiter went out, Lü Dahai imitated Ma Tong's tone and said: "Waiter, bring us two Hans No. 9!" After finishing, he burst into laughter: "Tongzi, you're too funny, and your face turned red in front of the little girl!"

  Ma Tong was both embarrassed and amused, arguing: "Who's blushing, who's blushing? If it's a man, his face should be red!"

  "Hahaha!" The room was filled with laughter, and the laughter was all good-natured, full of brotherly affection...

  The efficiency of Lingyun Restaurant is still as high as ever, and the wine and dishes came up soon. The full table of delicacies made everyone drool, and Ma Tong said: "Everyone, don't be stunned, hurry up and eat and drink, eat well and drink well!"

  The crowd cheered and began to toast each other, eating and drinking with gusto. Meanwhile, Manager Sun came in and offered a cup of wine, giving Ma Tong enough face.

  Just as Matong and the others were having a great time eating and drinking, Sun's voice came from outside the private room: "Young Master, this isn't good, Mr. Ma is a friend of President Ling's, I won't be able to explain this to President Ling if you keep going like this!"

  Actually, the Tianfeng Pavilion was very lively at this time, and the soundproofing effect of the private room was also very good. Under normal circumstances, Ma Tong would not have been able to hear these things, but he just happened to hear them, and he heard them very clearly. As soon as he heard that it was related to himself, Ma Tong became concerned.

  "Are you trying to bully my sister, young master? Please remember your own identity!" Another voice was very calm, even a bit weak, but Ma Tong heard the pride and arrogance hidden in that calmness.

  Sister? Is the owner of this voice Ling Wanqing's brother? If so, then he is really far from her sister. Ling Wanqing is very polite even to a service staff, unlike this guy? Ma Tong thought, shaking his head.

  "Master, I, I didn't mean it that way!" Manager Sun's voice sounded extremely helpless.

  "You don't dare! Young Master Ben has very important guests today and must use the Tianfeng Pavilion. Go and tell them to vacate it for me immediately! If you don't dare, then Young Master Ben will send someone to replace you!" The voice became even more arrogant.