Chapter 425: Liu Lan was fired
Banggeng temporarily behaved himself. Shazhu was hard to say about this matter. Although Lee Seungri was wrong, Banggeng was indeed wrong here. The only thing Shazhu said was not that Banggeng made an anonymous phone call to report the matter, but that Banggeng did not notice it and was caught by Lee Seungri instead.

Sha Zhu planned to wait and see. He couldn't let those two people keep eyeing Bang Geng on the business here. He couldn't continue doing something that would harm others and benefit himself.

The next day, Sha Zhu went to work as usual. When he arrived at the restaurant kitchen, the other apprentices and handymen had already arrived.

Sha Zhu looked around but didn't see Liu Lan. He felt a little strange. It was almost time for the bustling activity to start, so why hadn't she, the waiter, come yet?

"Hey, where's Liu Lan? Did you take a day off today?"

Sha Zhu looked around but still didn't see Liu Lan, so he asked his apprentice with a little surprise.

"Master, Sister Lan, she..." Sha Zhu's apprentice looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What's wrong?" Sha Zhu was a little surprised at his apprentice's reaction. He was just surprised that Liu Lan didn't come. It was pure nonsense to say that their relationship was very good.

"Sister Lan was fired." Another apprentice interjected.

"Fired? Why?"

Sha Zhu was actually already used to Liu Lan serving dishes, and the two of them were quite familiar with each other, having been partners for more than ten years.

But Shazhu was a little confused as to what had happened to Liu Lan and why she was fired so easily.

"This..." Sha Zhu's apprentice began to hesitate again.

"Tell me, who did you learn this from?"

Sha Zhu is an impatient person, and what he hates most is people who procrastinate.

Several apprentices looked at each other and finally chose a little leader.

"Master, it's like this. It's because she was bringing vegetables home. I don't know what happened to Sister Lan. She was caught by the manager when she was bringing vegetables home."

"No, didn't I warn you not to bring anything home? Why is Liu Lan still bringing things home? We are not at the steel mill now."

Even when working at the steel mill, not everyone could take things home. First of all, you had to have a background. For example, Sha Zhu, thanks to his relationship with Director Yang, could sometimes intercept some of the special gifts and take them home. And Liu Lan, thanks to her relationship with Deputy Director Li, could also take some things home.

This is no longer possible now. The restaurant’s kitchen now records every transaction and the rules are clearly stated.

"Forget it, forget it. This is all Liu Lan's fault."

Sha Zhu didn't have any good solution for this. He himself was punished for bringing vegetables home, and he had no right to say anything about Liu Lan.

"Look carefully, this is different from the past. Before, I didn't care when you brought things home, but now it's not allowed. If you are caught, you will be fired. Even if I bring things home once, I will deduct one month's salary."

Fearing that these people would not take this matter seriously, Sha Zhu emphasized the importance of this matter to everyone.

Liu Lan is a good example.

"There's no one else in our kitchen who can bring food home."

"That's true. This job is not easy. Look at how people are only making tens or hundreds of dollars now, while ours are making hundreds or thousands of dollars. With such a good job, who would want to take the food from the kitchen?"

"Hush, are you trying to kill yourself? The one who has the most things in the kitchen is standing right there."

"Yeah, insignificant people like us wouldn't dare to do such a thing." After hearing Sha Zhu's words, everyone else started muttering in a low voice, but Sha Zhu didn't hear what they said.

No one in the entire kitchen dared to take anything home, except the chefs. These people would not allow others to take anything home even if they wanted to.

If there are not many people, no one will notice if they take some things. But if the entire kitchen takes things home, it would be strange if the manager doesn't notice.

Ma Hua had brought things home before, but he brought very little and only occasionally brought some extra things downstairs, so the kitchen's strict adherence to the rules did not have much impact on him.

"Okay, all of you go back to work. You all need to remember this. If anyone steals things again and gets fired by the manager, don't blame me."

Sha Zhu doesn't want to lose face over such a small matter.

Just as everyone was getting ready to continue preparing the food, someone walked in from outside. It was none other than Liu Lan, who everyone had been talking about just now.

"Sha Zhu? Sha Zhu." Liu Lan called out Sha Zhu's name while looking around vigilantly to see if anyone else noticed her entering the kitchen.

"Who is it? What are you shouting for?"

Sha Zhu still has a lot of prestige in the kitchen. Most of the chefs in the kitchen are his apprentices, and they usually call him Master. Other handymen also call him Master He. The only people who call him Sha Zhu are Liu Lan and Lou Xiao'e.

Lou Xiao'e is a big boss and now she can't enter the kitchen, so the only one left is Liu Lan who was fired.

"Liu Lan, it's really you. Why are you back again?"

"Silly Zhu, I'm here to ask you for help. Can you please talk to the manager? Isn't it a bit too strict to fire me just for bringing food home once?"

Liu Lan has long been accustomed to bringing things home. How will she find a job in the future if she is fired because of this incident?

Although my children have grown up now, getting married and having children does require money.

"Liu Lan, I can't do anything about this. I told you before not to bring things from home, but you didn't listen. Now you've been fired because of this and you come to me."

Sha Zhu glanced at Liu Lan unhappily, now he had something to worry about.

"Shazhu, I'm used to it. You also know our habits in the steel mill." Liu Lan didn't expect that the manager would really hold on to such a small matter.

Sha Zhu also understood this logic, and there was nothing wrong with what Liu Lan said.

"Silly Zhu, please help me. I promise I won't take you there again." Liu Lan had no choice. She needed this job, and no one would want her other jobs at her age.

Sha Zhu was speechless after hearing what Liu Lan said. How could he help in this matter? The manager had already said that anyone who brought things home would be fired, and Liu Lan just happened to be caught in the crossfire.

Liu Lan had no choice but to continue saying nice things to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu had no choice but to agree to talk to the manager to see if Liu Lan could be allowed to return to the kitchen.

How could the manager agree to such a thing? She was the one who fired Liu Lan herself. If she allowed Liu Lan to come back to work, it would be a slap in her face.

However, Sha Zhu was called here by the boss, so the manager decided to ask Lou Xiao'e. However, she was a little jealous and planned to wait until Lou Xiao'e returned to Sijiu City before asking. So she asked Sha Zhu to go back and wait for news.

There was no other way but to tell Liu Lan the outcome of the matter and asked Liu Lan to go back and wait for news.
Sha Zhu had an inexplicable self-confidence at this time. He thought that Lou Xiao'e should give this face. When they were in the compound, Sha Zhu felt that Lou Xiao'e was not a stingy person.

(End of this chapter)