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"What happened to you? Are you alright?"

"I'm fine on my end. The reason I acted that way was because the tea here was too bitter. I don't understand why the tea here is so bitter. I remember it wasn't like this at first."

"The tea is bitter? That shouldn't be the case. If I remember correctly, the tea here has always tasted normal. It shouldn't have that kind of low-end problem."

After hearing what Gao Qilin said, Fifth Master looked confused and picked up the tea in front of him and drank it.

After taking a sip, he behaved exactly like Gao Qilin, spitting it out immediately and roaring in a questioning tone:

"Who's in charge of serving tea? Come out here right now!"

Because Fifth Master shouted very loudly, everyone's attention was focused on him after he finished speaking.

Upon seeing this, the waiter immediately ran over and asked:

"What's wrong, Fifth Master? Is there anything you need?"

"What do you need? Take a good look at this tea yourself. Why would you poison it for me?"

"Poisoning? How could this be? I never thought this restaurant would do something like this. Luckily, I didn't come here often before, otherwise I might be dead."

"This place is too dangerous. No, we can't eat here anymore. If we do, we might lose our lives."

After hearing what Fifth Master said, everyone present looked terrified and quickly left without lingering.

Seeing this, the waiter panicked and kept explaining to those people, but why would the others listen? No matter how the waiter explained, they still ran outside.

After seeing that most of the 947 people had left, Cai Zhongtai, who had been observing from the side, knew that if he continued to watch from there, he would definitely be discovered. For safety's sake, he decided to leave as well. After all, he had achieved what he wanted in terms of eyes, and now he needed to find an opportunity.

“Although you are Fifth Master, there are some things you can’t say carelessly. Look, because of one sentence, everyone here has run away. What are we supposed to do now?”

At this point, the waiter looked helpless and began to ask Fifth Master.

"I'm talking nonsense? Do you mean I'm the kind of person who talks nonsense? Try it yourself and see if there's anything wrong with your tea."

Fifth Master was already angry, and being spoken to like that only made him angrier. After saying that, he directly handed the tea to the other party.

Seeing this, the waiter did not hesitate and, to prove that nothing was wrong, picked it up and drank it directly.

However, just like Gao Qilin and the others, he vomited it up immediately after drinking it.

Chapter 579 Poison Discovered

"This tea has been poisoned! Who is so bold as to poison my Fifth Master's tea!"

At this moment, Fifth Master was so angry that he started shouting. Because his voice was so loud, it quickly attracted everyone's attention, and all eyes were on the two of them.

Who in Beiling hasn't heard of Fifth Master's name? Moreover, the people who come here to eat are all from the upper class, so they recognized him at a glance and started discussing him.

"Someone actually dared to poison Fifth Master? They must be courting death. They don't hold back when they use their poison."

"Yeah, I remember the last person who dared to lay a hand on him, they haven't even found his whole body yet. I really don't know what that person was thinking."

"But it's strange, Fifth Master is usually very nice to people, and no one has any grudges against him. Who would have poisoned him for no reason?"

At this point, those people looked very confused; they thought and thought, but still couldn't figure out who the murderer was.

Just as they were puzzled, the waiter immediately ran over. If he didn't come and calm things down, he might lose his job.

However, he was quite far away and hadn't clearly heard what Fifth Master had shouted, so upon arriving at the side, he immediately inquired:

"What is this, Fifth Master? Is the food not to your liking? Or...?"

"I ordered all the food I wanted, so how could it not suit my taste? I made such a loud noise just now because there was pesticide in the tea!"

"Pesticides in the tea? That shouldn't be the case. Our tea is strictly controlled, and this would never happen."

Upon hearing what Fifth Master said, the waiter immediately panicked, hurriedly explained, and picked up the tea on their table to check it.

But just as he took a bite, his brows suddenly furrowed, and he looked incredulous.

"This shouldn't be happening. Why does this tea taste like this? I remember..."

At this moment, he appeared at a loss, looking at the tea in front of him and then at Fifth Master beside him, unsure of how to handle the situation.

Fifth Master saw his predicament and knew that as a waiter, he naturally lacked the ability to handle the situation properly, so he said helplessly:

“If you can’t handle this, then don’t try to force it. Get your boss here right now. I need to get an explanation from him. Don’t worry, just say that I was the one who asked him to do it, and that way you won’t be made things difficult.”

Fifth Master knew that the waiter was afraid that the boss would make things difficult for him, so he came up with this reason for the waiter.

Upon hearing what Fifth Master said, the waiter immediately did as instructed and hurriedly ran to the back to explain what had happened.

"What? Someone tampered with Fifth Master's tea?"

After hearing what the waiter said, the owner looked very surprised and quickly stepped in to resolve the issue.

"Isn't this the famous Fifth Master? What brings you to our restaurant? Honestly, you didn't even tell me you were coming. That way, I could have prepared in advance and gotten you a private room to highlight your status, right?"

When the boss saw Fifth Master, he started to act friendly, as if the two were very familiar with each other.

"I've always been a low-key person. What you just said is not my style at all. Besides, do I, Fifth Master, need to tell you where I go?"

However, Fifth Master appeared very impatient with what he said and questioned him.

"No, no, I was just saying that casually. But I heard from my subordinates that you encountered some problems during your meal. What happened?"

"I don't think I need to explain what happened. Just look at this tea and you'll know."

At this point, Fifth Master didn't want to say another word to the other party, so he took the tea from the table and placed it in front of him.

After receiving the items from Fifth Master, the boss immediately began to examine them carefully.

Because the pesticide was colorless and had no pungent odor, it was impossible to tell anything from looking at it.

"There's nothing wrong with this tea. All the tea in our house is this color. If Fifth Master wants to drink better tea, that's fine too. I'll tell the servants to brew it right away."

"Someone, quickly brew Fifth Master a pot of the finest tea!"

After he finished speaking, he immediately ordered the waiter next to him to get up, not daring to delay at all.

"You misunderstood. I didn't mean there was anything wrong with the tea. I'm not picky about tea. If you want to know what the problem is, I think you can taste it yourself."

Seeing that the other party had not discovered the problem, Fifth Master looked helpless and said it directly.

Upon hearing what Fifth Master said, the boss immediately did as he was told. After taking a bite, he did the same as them and immediately spat it out.

Chapter 580 Gathering All the People

"What's wrong with this tea! Why is it so bitter, and it even smells like urine? Who brewed this tea? Come out here right now!"

At this moment, the boss became furious and summoned all the waiters, questioning them one by one.

“These teas all came from the same teapot. If there were a problem, then the other teas should also be problematic. But apart from this one, the other teas are perfectly fine. So I think the problem lies in this one particular teapot. I suspect someone poisoned it.”

When questioned by the boss, the people inside offered explanations, since no one wanted to take the blame.

"Someone poisoned it? Do you have any evidence? Let me tell you, it's best not to speak recklessly without evidence, or you'll get yourself into a lot of unnecessary trouble."

Seeing these people shifting the blame onto others, the boss looked quite helpless. He never expected that the people he had supported for so long would end up like this.

At that moment, he even considered firing all the waiters.

Just as the boss was at his wit's end, Gao Qilin suddenly said:

“They’re right. Someone poisoned the tea. And if my guess is correct, it was intentional. His purpose was to poison Fifth Master and achieve his goal.”

Seeing that the boss was not clear about the current situation, Gao Qilin immediately spoke up his point of view.

His viewpoint had just been agreed upon by Fifth Master, so his tone was very certain.

"Who do you think you are? Do you have any right to speak here? Get over here and stay put. Can you afford to take responsibility for delaying our business?"

Although Gao Qilin has some fame now, it is far less than that of Fifth Master, which makes the boss not recognize him at all. Faced with this situation, he showed a very impatient look and vented all his anger on him.

“This is my apprentice, and now my brother. Why can’t he speak up?”

"So you're Fifth Master's brother. Why do I sound so sophisticated?"

Upon learning that he was Fifth Master's brother, the boss's attitude immediately changed, and he appeared nervous, quickly apologizing to Gao Qilin, fearing that he would blame him.

However, Gao Qilin didn't care about any of that. He just wanted to find out who was behind it all as soon as possible, so he said to his boss:

"Alright, stop spouting that useless nonsense. The murderer shouldn't have gone all the way. I think if we investigate carefully, we should be able to find out who did it."

"You're right, we happen to have CCTV footage here. I'll go check the footage and see who did this."

Upon hearing Gao Qilin's words, the boss immediately agreed and then instructed a waiter to check the surveillance footage.

"If there's nothing else, please calm down. Here's what we'll do: your meal is on the house today. Just tell us if there's anything you'd like to eat, don't be shy."

"You think a full refund will make this all over? You're really showing me no respect at all. But the way you're doing this makes it seem like you're apologizing. What? Does that mean the poison really was planted by one of your men?"

"How could that be? My men are all professionally trained and would never do such a thing. Anyone with even the slightest bit of malice will be fired."

Seeing that Fifth Master suspected him, the boss immediately began to explain. In order to convince Fifth Master, he immediately took out the training report for him to review.

“The content above is very likely fake. Besides, I don’t understand these things, and I won’t be able to figure them out. I think my brother is right. The other party hasn’t gone far yet, and now is a good time to find him. How about this, you use your ability to gather everyone here and let me check them one by one. What do you think?”

"This……"

After hearing what Fifth Master said, the boss looked bewildered. He looked at the customers who were dining and then at the busy waiters, unsure of how to respond.

"You should know that we restaurant owners are usually only busy during mealtimes. If we miss this time, we will lose a lot of money. Also, the people here are all of higher status than me, and I have no right to order them around. So let's try a different approach."

After hesitating for a moment, the boss explained the current situation and then looked at Gao Qilin with pleading eyes, wanting him to agree.

"No, as things stand, this is the only effective method. If you don't follow this method, then I can only assume that someone in your store did this. I think if word gets out, it won't have a good impact on you, will it?"