Ms. Tan Is The Real Boss

Chapter 1521: 1520 cups of coffee

Monica had already gone inside for a while when Tan Rou and Zhuang Liu hurried into the café, which was quite spacious and luxuriously decorated inside. Flower prices in J country are expensive, but the café was filled with fresh flowers everywhere, clearly not lacking in funds.

“What would you like to order?” Seeing two foreign faces enter, the waiter immediately communicated with them in an international language.

Tan Rou didn’t want to reveal that she knew the J country language, so she also replied in the international language, “We’d like to find a place to sit down, we’ll order coffee after we’re seated.”

“Certainly,” the waiter’s service attitude was very good, “We have seats on both the first and second floors, the first floor is a bit more lively, the second floor is quieter, you can choose freely.”

Tan Rou asked, “Are the prices the same for the first and second floors?”

“No, they are not the same,” the waiter said, “The second floor has finer decorations and better privacy, with shelves separating the seats, so the price is a bit higher.”

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Tan Rou turned her head and spoke in their native language to Zhuang Liu, “According to Monica’s personality, she would definitely choose the more expensive place, let’s go check out the second floor first.”

Zhuang Liu said, “I’ll follow your lead.” Anyway, he didn’t like coffee, so it didn’t matter where they sat.

After discussing, Tan Rou said, “You take us to the second floor first to have a look, if the second floor doesn’t meet our expectations, we’ll come back downstairs.”

The waiter had never heard such a request before; most of the time, guests would choose seats on the first floor immediately upon arrival, and only if they were dissatisfied with the first floor would they go to the second floor.

These two foreign guests were a bit strange, why would they tour the second floor first and then come to the first floor if they were not satisfied? The environment on the second floor was definitely better than the first floor, if they weren’t satisfied with the second floor, then there would be no better place to choose from.

Perhaps in the home country of these two guests, it was customary to start picking from the better places first.

“All right, please follow me.” The waiter didn’t show a surprised expression; he smiled and said, “The stairs are this way, please be careful as you go up.”

After arriving on the second floor, the two realized that the environment was indeed better, and there were even bookshelves with many out-of-print books, which instantly caught Tan Rou’s eye.

Zhuang Liu knew that Tan Rou liked books, so he suggested, “Let’s stay here and read books.”

Tan Rou said, “Let’s see if Monica is here first, if she is, we’ll find seats closer to her, if not, we’ll stay here and read.”

Monica, like her outside persona, wasn’t low-key inside the café either; she chose a rather conspicuous place to sit, surrounded by three women who appeared to be older than her.

Tan Rou and Zhuang Liu each took a book, then hid their faces behind a bouquet as they slowly moved toward Monica.

Monica and her group were seated in a small booth, which had no door and one side was open, similar to bar booth seating but with a top added to the booth.

Tan Rou and Zhuang Liu sat down two seats away; they could have sat closer but Monica and her group were speaking loudly enough that Tan Rou and Zhuang Liu could hear them from a distance.

Tan Rou whispered, “Waiter, didn’t you say it was very quiet here? Why do I find it noisy?”

The waiter said very apologetically, “I’m sorry, madam, these ladies are VIP guests of our café, they speak as they wish and we ordinary waitstaff cannot stop them. If you are dissatisfied with this spot, we can help you find another place.”

“Do you have a quieter place here?” Tan Rou asked, “It’s supposed to be noisier downstairs, right?”

The waiter nodded, “It is indeed a bit noisy.”

“That’ll be fine,” Tan Rou flipped through the menu, “Even though this second floor isn’t as quiet as I imagined, there are quite a few books here that I like, so I’ll still order something.”

She ordered two cups of coffee and some cakes, “I’ll start with these, if I want to order something else, I’ll call you.”

The waiter was very pleased, “Then please remember my staff number, I am number 017.”

Tan Rou nodded, “Hmm, I got it.”