Honest Beta gets scammed

"Feed?"

"Brother! Are you free this weekend?" Li Hao's cheerful voice came through the receiver.

Li Qing paused for a moment, thought about her schedule, and replied, "Yes, why?"

"Great! My girlfriend said she wants to go to the amusement park this weekend. Dude, didn't you always say you wanted to see what an amusement park is like? Let's go together!"

Li Qing blinked. He didn't really want to go, and his voice lowered: "That's all from when we were kids. You and your partner go out, what would I do there? Be a third wheel?"

"Oh, it's nothing!" Li Hao persisted. "I told my girlfriend, and she said she doesn't mind. It's more lively with more people!"

Li Qing was still somewhat hesitant.

On the other end of the phone, Li Hao immediately switched to a coquettish tone: "Brother, please come. If you don't come, I'll have to carry all the snacks and drinks myself. My girlfriend can't carry them."

Upon hearing this, Li Qing twitched the corner of his mouth.

After all that fuss, it turns out they wanted him to do manual labor.

Thinking it over, Li Qing smiled and agreed, "Alright."

"Then it's settled!"

Having achieved his goal, Li Hao smiled again. "Come to my apartment building at 2 PM this weekend, let's go together!"

"Um."

The call ended, the phone screen went dark, and the smile that Li Qing had been making at the corners of his mouth gradually faded.

He glanced at the clock on the wall; it was past eight o'clock.

Suppressing the chaotic worries and fears in her heart for the time being, Li Qing tidied up the table and climbed into bed.

He needs to sleep.

He still had to go to work at Shengxin Club at 7 p.m.

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Li Qing arrived at the club at seven o'clock sharp, walking in with a long face.

He slowly walked to the locker room to change his clothes. The crisp black and white uniform now looked like a prison uniform, which made him feel uncomfortable. Finally, he walked out of the staff break room with a dejected face.

As soon as she appeared, the waiters who were chatting in twos and threes near the worktable all looked over.

Immediately afterwards, as if they had seen some kind of plague, they exchanged glances and then tacitly dispersed, each going off to do something else, keeping their distance from him.

After what happened yesterday, Li Qing realized that this group of people were ostracizing him.

On his way to work, he kept encouraging himself, thinking it was okay, he would only be working for another month or so before leaving, and he could just bear it.

But when he actually experienced being isolated like that, he still felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He lowered his head and silently walked to the empty worktable, where he began preparing the glasses and drinks for the evening.

"elder brother!"

Li Qing felt a tap on his shoulder and turned to look.

Liu Yu was standing behind him, grinning. He leaned closer and whispered, "You buttoned your shirt crooked!"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing looked down and realized that the top button of his vest was fastened into the second buttonhole, causing the whole garment to be crooked and looking quite comical.

"Oh, thank you."

Li Qing quickly unbuttoned the buttons and re-fastened them.

Looking at him like this, a hint of sorrow flashed in Liu Yu's eyes.

He wasn't there when Li Qing was attacked by the crowd yesterday. By the time he returned, things had escalated to the point where Li Qing had resigned, but the resignation ultimately failed, and he returned pale as a sheet.

Later, Liu Yu subtly inquired and found out what had happened. She was so angry that she almost cursed on the spot, but there was nothing she could do.

He came to Shengxin for the high salary, and he was prepared to be taken advantage of before he arrived. Here, as long as the waiters are clever, they can usually get away with being groped by customers. He needs money, so he can tolerate it.

But Li Qing is clearly different.

When he first met Li Qing, he thought Li Qing was pretending to be naive. After all, many people who came to work at Shengxin were there with the intention of making money. But after spending more time with him, he realized that Li Qing really wanted money, and he was also genuinely naive.

After what happened yesterday, money doesn't seem so appealing anymore, and I feel completely listless today.

After buttoning his shirt back up, Li Qing looked up at Liu Yu and gave an awkward twitch of his lips.

Seeing his expression, Liu Yu sighed inwardly, glanced at her colleagues who were occasionally glancing in their direction, gave a soft snort, and spoke.

"Brother, don't pay them any mind. If we can't beat them, we'll join them. When Boss He comes later, you can go and complain to him and get him to back you up. We need to teach some people a lesson so they'll know what's what. They've all lost their sense of who's boss."