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Chapter 312: Chapter 312: Rights Protection

As the saying goes, everyone pushes against a falling wall.

“Yujian Restaurant has always had poor hygiene, and I don’t really like it. I prefer Hanmen Restaurant.”

“Yes, we also like Hanmen Restaurant. The staff at Yujian Restaurant are not polite at all, nor are they friendly. Most importantly, their dishes are very expensive and unaffordable for average students, while Hanmen Restaurant is much cheaper.”

As for Yujian Restaurant, public opinion was overwhelmingly one-sided. Among the more than ten students interviewed, not a single one had a positive comment about Yujian Restaurant; criticism was common. Some said it was unhygienic, others said their wait staff were aloof, and that the prices were high, not fitting the consumption level of the general public.

Once the interview was published, the entire provincial city knew about it.

Fang Hao was very anxious. The most troublesome thing for him was that his schoolmates, who were good friends with him, sent him WeChats and also shared a link to the Shuimu University forum. On the forum, there was almost a uniform exposure about Yujian Restaurant.

A few posts were also pinned to the top, the top one being about food poisoning at the restaurant. Following were some gossip and exposés. Some even sneaked into the restaurant’s kitchen under the cover of night and took some photos.

These days, the restaurant didn’t do any business, and added to that, the chef had been taken away. Thus, the kitchen was a complete mess, and some leafy vegetables had also withered. These scenes were captured and posted online.

“Oh my God, I had no idea the kitchen in Yujian Restaurant was like this?”

“That’s horrifying, disgusting.”

“Oh my God, look… there are even rats!”

In the comments, many students were indignant. What made Fang Hao even more distressed was that someone had started forming a group called ‘Consumer Rights Protection’ on the forum. They claimed they would go to Yujian Restaurant to seek compensation by three o’clock the next afternoon. They claimed to have receipts from Yujian Restaurant and demanded the restaurant compensate them tenfold according to the law.

Fang Hao panicked.

“No, I have to suppress this matter quickly!” Fang Hao swallowed hard, and he hurriedly started calling the teacher in charge of network management at the school.

“Fang Hao, I can’t help you with this!” the teacher told Fang Hao unequivocally.

“Why?” Fang Hao asked in a hurry, “I can contribute a hundred thousand to help the school with network maintenance.”

“I really can’t help you!” Fang Hao sighed and then said, “You know, with public opinion so one-sided right now, if I step in to suppress public opinion at the school, I’m afraid it will only backfire, and not only will it not help you, but I will get dragged down as well!”

“That won’t happen!” Fang Hao hurriedly shook his head and said, “Teacher, you have to help me. Yujian Restaurant is in big trouble right now.”

“I’m sorry, I really can’t help you!” the teacher said helplessly.

After saying that, he immediately hung up the phone. Fang Hao held the phone, which was emitting a busy tone, with a dumbfounded expression on his face. The teacher, who usually couldn’t wait to be near him, had just hung up on him.

Bang!

Fang Hao grabbed his phone and violently threw it out. The entire phone was instantly smashed to pieces.

Furious!

At this moment, Fang Hao was filled with nothing but rage, seething with anger.

The next afternoon at three o’clock, the ‘Consumer Rights Protection’ group from Shuimu University’s forum actually gathered more than a hundred students to head to Yujian Restaurant to assert their rights. Along the way, it turned into a group of two to three hundred people. Among them, many were troublemakers mainly there to spectate. If they could take advantage of the situation to claim compensation, they would join in. Although they didn’t have receipts, they had also dined at the restaurant and hoped to recover their money.

It was not just Shuimu University; even the Business and Trade School and the Institute of Technology organized students to head to Yujian Restaurant to assert their rights. Students from several schools browsed each other’s forums, although they usually just casually visited others’ forums, chatted, or occasionally peeked at the beautiful girls from other schools. But at this time, they showed unprecedented unity.

Several hundred students from various schools surrounded Yujian Restaurant.

Seeing this, the service staff inside dared not stay and simply took off their uniforms and quietly left the restaurant from the back.

“Since they won’t give us an explanation, let’s just take things to offset our debts!”

“Yes, let’s take things ourselves!”

The lead individuals shouted loudly.

Afterward, a group of people started to ram the restaurant’s front door.

Clang!

The locked glass door was immediately pushed down, shattering into pieces on the ground.

Xiao Han and Yang Lu stood on the third floor of Hanmen Restaurant, with Xiao Han watching the scene with a grave expression, this was exactly what Xiao Han had expected. Meanwhile, Yang Lu looked a bit uneasy. Across the street, hundreds of students seemed to go mad as they charged at the door of Yujian Restaurant. Among these people, Li Dapang and more than ten of his brothers were at the forefront, inciting the several hundred students at the scene to ravage the inside.

Computers, cash inside the cash registers, drinks in the restaurant, and even the tables and chairs were all plundered.

The strength of hundreds of students was unprecedentedly powerful. Although most inside were just there to watch the spectacle, once they went mad, no one could stop them. Just like now, no one could withstand their assault. The scene was horrendous.

In the restaurant, chopsticks, spoons, and overturned refrigerators and wine cabinets scattered around…

After the ‘robbery’ was completed, the students scattered. The service staff, who had been hiding nearby, returned to the restaurant and immediately screamed.

“It’s over, it’s over, the restaurant is finished!”

“What about our salaries?”

“All the money was robbed.”

Seven or eight waiters looked despondent as they stared at the scene of the robbery, utterly dumbfounded. At this very moment, they hadn’t even thought of calling the police.

“Hurry… call Manager Li quick!” someone suddenly realized.

“Yes, yes, call now!” the leading man hurriedly began to dial.

Manager Li had gone straight home after leaving the police station, and several chefs remained detained there facing charges. When Manager Li received the call, he immediately drove to Yujian Restaurant. When he saw the disordered restaurant, he sat down on the ground.

“It’s really over this time!” Manager Li looked utterly panic-stricken.

Reputation could be recovered, financial losses could be remedied. But now, the entire restaurant had been stormed and emptied by the students. It was as if everything was gone. The students were his bread and butter, and now his bread and butter had cleaned him out. Even if the restaurant reopened, its fate would likely be very sad.

Manager Li was silent for over ten minutes, smoking several cigarettes before finally slowly dialing Fang Hao.

“Old Li, how did it go at the police station?” Fang Hao quickly asked,

“Boss Fang, I’m resigning!” Manager Li sighed, “Thank you for all your care over this time. I don’t need this month’s salary. In the future… you… take care!”

“Wait!” Fang Hao quickly called out.

Before he could speak further, Manager Li had already hung up.

Fang Hao sensed something was amiss and hastily drove to Yujian Restaurant. Seeing the chaotic scene, Fang Hao, instead, composed himself considerably, walking around the restaurant where all the valuable things had been taken.

“Who did this!” Fang Hao calmly asked.

“It was students from nearby schools!” the waiter helplessly looked at Fang Hao.

“Did you see who was leading them?” Fang Hao asked again.

“That… no!” the waiter shook his head.

“What about the surveillance?” Fang Hao was determined not to let the perpetrators off easily. He would find the leaders and bring them to justice.@@novelbin@@

The waiter grimaced, “The computers were also taken, all the surveillance footage is on the hard drives.”

Fang Hao took a deep breath, turning his head to look outside. The surveillance at Hanmen Restaurant was intact at the door, as the camera could also capture the entrance to his own restaurant. Thus, if he could retrieve today’s surveillance footage from inside Hanmen Restaurant, then the leading students could still be caught and taught a lesson—at least to have them face prison time.

With that thought, Fang Hao immediately walked outside.

“Boss Fang, what should we do now?” the waiter hastily asked.

“Wait for me to return,” Fang Hao said through gritted teeth.

“Yes!” the waiter quickly nodded.

……

Hanmen Restaurant.

Yang Lu anxiously looked at Xiao Han, hurriedly saying, “Xiao Han, he’s here!”

“What’s there to be afraid of!” Xiao Han sneered disdainfully, “Let him come to my office.”

Upon hearing this, Yang Lu quickly nodded, “Okay!”

Soon after, Fang Hao came up and got straight to the point, “Xiao Han, no one visits without a reason. I came here today to obtain the surveillance footage from Hanmen Restaurant!”

“Fang Hao, it looks like you’ve had a wasted trip today,” Xiao Han helplessly shook his head.

“Why?” Fang Hao asked, puzzled.

“Today our surveillance is undergoing maintenance!” Xiao Han helplessly shook his head, “It’s been powered down all day, the wiring is being rearranged. Since the surveillance wiring conflicts with our original electrical system, we had no choice… Unfortunately, it just had to be today.”

“You!” Fang Hao didn’t believe a word Xiao Han said. In Fang Hao’s view, Xiao Han was purposely making things difficult. He took a deep breath and said, “So, what you mean is that you don’t want to show it to me?”

“It’s not that I don’t want to. It’s that I really don’t have it!” Xiao Han said helplessly.

“Fine, I’ll find a way!” Fang Hao snorted coldly.

Upon leaving Hanmen Restaurant, Fang Hao remained particularly furious. His anger stemmed from the desperation he felt inside. Up to this point, he had no idea what was really going on. At first glance, it all seemed to be spurred by the poisoning incident at the restaurant. However, upon reflection, Fang Hao felt like someone was stirring the pot behind the scenes. If it wasn’t for someone fanning the flames, how could things have escalated to this state?

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