The three of them returned to the hotel in a lively manner, but for some reason, Manager Imaizumi was standing at the door, seemingly waiting for someone, and when she saw Shiraishi Rika, she walked straight over.
"Miss."
"What's wrong? Come specifically to wait for me outside the hotel."
"It's like this. There was something wrong with the supplier who originally promised to provide us with extra ingredients, so I haven't had time to prepare the ingredients you asked me to prepare, Miss. I'm really sorry." Manager Imaizumi Rika Asaashiraishi
Bent over deeply, three people including Shiraishi Rika were startled. Shiraishi Rika also quickly put her hand on Manager Imaizumi's shoulder and helped her up.
"Please raise your head, this is not a particularly important thing, and this should have been prepared by myself. No matter what happens, I cannot blame others. This is one of the family mottos of our Shiraishi family. Sister Imaizumi
You didn’t do anything wrong, so you don’t need to apologize to me like this.”
"I'm really sorry." Although Manager Imaizumi raised his head, he was still apologizing.
"More than this, I want to know how the situation is going. Will it affect the operation of the hotel? Or do you need my help?"
"It won't affect the normal operation of the hotel too much, because there are still relatively few guests eating in the hotel cafeteria, and there are still ingredients left in the food delivered yesterday, which is enough for the hotel to cope with tonight. But... please, Miss.
Many of the ingredients we prepared cannot be prepared in time. Although we have asked the supplier to speed up the time to solve the problem, the earliest the ingredients can be delivered is after 7pm, which is a little too late."
Shiraishi Rika breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought it was something particularly important, but it turned out to be like this."
"This is a very important issue!" Tachibana Aya emphasized the seriousness of the issue: "My luxurious dinner..."
Natsuki covered the mouth of Tachibana Aya who had something to say to prevent her from continuing to perform, but it was still too late. Manager Imaizumi's face showed embarrassment and apology. Natsuki rarely saw Manager Imaizumi bite his tongue.
He touched his lower lip: "This is indeed my mistake. As the person in charge, I should bear the main responsibility. I'd better take the blame and resign."
"No, no, no, that's not necessary! That's too exaggerated! If my mother knew that Imaizumi-san had to resign because of such a trivial matter, I would definitely be scolded!" Tachibana Aya quickly interrupted her.
"It won't hurt if you skip a meal." Natsuki whispered in her ear while glaring at Tachibana Aya.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuah!" She seemed to want to speak, but Xia Zhi couldn't hear what she wanted to express at all.
Shiraishi Rika turned around and looked at Tachibana Aya: "Tachibana-san's luxurious dinner will be fine. I'll go check the remaining ingredients and the missing ingredients first. At most, I'll just postpone the luxurious dinner until tomorrow.
, I won’t default on you.”
"This is different..." Tachibana Aya whispered: "If you can have a luxurious dinner today, maybe you can also have it tomorrow."
"But no matter what day, no matter what time, no matter what the situation, the dinner I cook is a luxurious dinner." Shiraishi Rika blinked, and Tachibana Aya thought about it: "It seems to make sense."
Xia Zhi rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, I'm going to check the status of the ingredients first and see if there's anything missing from the original plan. If there are ingredients that are easily available, I'll go to a nearby store to buy them."
"There is a small department store a little far away from the hotel. You can buy a lot of things there. But it's a little far on foot. I'll call the driver." Manager Imaizumi turned around and prepared to walk back to the hotel. Xia Zhi
Stopped her.
"Wait a moment. As for the driver, there is a ready-made one here." Xia Zhi withdrew the Tachibana Ayai. She blinked, then looked at Xia Zhi with some doubts, and pointed at herself: "Me?"
"Who else besides you?" Xia Zhi looked at Shiraishi Rika again: "Just let this guy who talks without thinking think through his words help you get something and apologize to Manager Imaizumi properly."
"I just said something very rude, I'm sorry." Tachibana Aya bowed her head and apologized very obediently. Although Xia Zhi could see that there was still confusion on her face, at least she had done enough to save her face.
"No, this is all the result of my mistake, Ms. Tachibana, please don't mind." Manager Imaizumi responded politely, accepting the apology.
"Okay, I'm going to check the ingredients first. Imaizumi-san, please come with me. Tachibana-san will just go and drive the car out of the parking lot first."
Then Rika Shiraishi and Manager Imaizumi quickly entered the hotel. Natsuki raised her hand and flicked Tachibana Aya's forehead. This is suitable for situations where Tachibana Aya has done something wrong but the circumstances are not particularly serious. For example,
A direct slap on the head should be gentler. The force is not very strong but it can teach Tachibana Aya a lesson. The only drawback is that if you play hard, your fingers will hurt, but Xia Zhi has not thought of buying a brain-destroying device. Use that thing.
If he were to play, even if Tachibana Aya's forehead was made of iron, he would still die instantly.
"You can still say it in front of Manager Imaizumi, I really underestimate you."
"I'm sorry. I've apologized too. I'll pay attention next time."
"I hope so. As a novelist, you should know better than others the power of language."
"You're so serious... But I was really a little too thoughtful just now. I'm usually too relaxed." Tachibana Aya sighed: "Maybe it's because you're always by my side, so I don't need to use my brain."
"At least take out your brain and use it. If you don't use it for too long, it will get rusty."
"I think about it every night when trying to find a way to conduct a night raid. Tachibana Aya snorted: "Then again, why do you have to ask me to go? Wouldn't it be better to find someone who is familiar with this place?"
"In order to give you a chance to apologize in action... By the way, I will let you go over so that you can pick out some of your favorite ingredients." Xia Zhi curled his lips.
"That's it! It's really you!" Tachibana Aya happily stood on tiptoes and kissed Xia Zhi on the face: "Then I'll drive first! Xia Zhi, do you have anything you like to eat?"
"I'm not picky about food...but Lihua should know better than me."
"That's right. I'll bring you some snacks when I come back. I'm leaving. See you later!"
Tachibana Aya ran away towards the parking lot. Natsuki looked at her for a while and then walked into the hotel.