Bound to the Multiverse Restaurant, I'm now the darling of my staff.

Meanwhile, Chu Ze and his group stayed at the restaurant and continued operating as usual, and business was booming as always.

When the warm sword descended from mid-air, many of the customers waiting in line outside took it for granted and greeted it with smiles.

"Boss Wen, your sword flight technique looks incredibly skillful; your cultivation level must be quite high, right?"

Someone joked, but Wen Nuan just smiled and said, "It's alright, nothing special."

Some regular diners knew that the restaurant owner had a good level of cultivation, but they didn't know exactly what level it was.

Ludwig, who happened to be standing at the door greeting guests, saw her return and his eyes lit up as he went to greet her.

"Nuan Nuan, you are back."

Wen Nuan nodded, "I'll be back as soon as things are settled over there, in case you're too busy."

The two walked inside while talking.

"warmth?"

Suddenly someone called her name from behind, and Wen Nuan turned around in confusion.

A girl stood up from the queue not far away.

In the slightly chilly November wind, the girl was still wearing a long red dress with a thin trench coat over it. Even though her face was pale from the cold, her beauty was still evident in her eyes and brows.

Looking at the somewhat familiar face, Wen Nuan searched her memory for relevant information before hesitatingly speaking.

"Su...Xi?"

Seeing her name called out accurately, Su Xi scoffed and said with some disdain, "It really is you. I thought I had mistaken you for someone else."

The hostile tone made it clear to anyone with eyes that something was amiss, and the bored customers in the queue immediately brightened up, their eyes gleaming with gossip.

"Is this your shop?"

Su Xi, the owner of a small restaurant, looked Wen Nuan up and down with disdain, wanting to say a few sarcastic remarks.

But when she saw Wen Nuan's face, which had become even more beautiful and ethereal than before, jealousy grew wildly in her heart.

The sarcastic words that were on the tip of his tongue turned into a sarcastic tone: "It's been a few years, and you've learned to dress yourself up. Your makeup is pretty good. I just wonder if this shop's business is attracted by your face."

Wen Nuan frowned slightly. Although she was puzzled as to why Su Xi was so hostile, she still maintained her politeness. "Su Xi, we're not familiar with each other, are we? And we haven't seen each other for many years. Isn't it inappropriate for you to say these things?"

Su Xi persisted, sneering, "Not familiar? Hmph, back in school you always acted so aloof, what are you pretending to be now?"

Beside her, her companion tugged at her sleeve and whispered.

"Xixi, is there some misunderstanding between you and Boss Wen? You can talk it out."

Upon closer inspection, Wen Nuan realized that her companion was an acquaintance—Xu Anqing, a regular customer of the restaurant.

Xu Anqing nodded shyly to Wen Nuan first, then whispered words of advice to Su Xi.

She and Su Xi were friends for many years. After being abroad for several years, she finally came back and thought she would bring her friend to her most recommended restaurant for dinner, but she never expected this to happen.

As a regular customer, she knew that this restaurant was no ordinary place, and the owner, Wen Nuan, was certainly no ordinary person either.

From any perspective, she didn't want to see her friend and Wen Nuan have a conflict, because in the end, she, as her friend, would probably be the one to suffer.

To everyone's surprise, Su Xi didn't appreciate it at all, snorted coldly, and raised her voice.

"An'an, do you remember the girl I told you about before, the shameless girl who flirted with Zou Kai? That person is Wen Nuan!"

Xu Anqing frowned, looking at Su Xi with a look of astonishment, then turned to look at Wen Nuan, her eyes filled with disbelief.

“Xixi, are you mistaken? Boss Wen is not that kind of person. I’ve been eating here for so long, I know her character very well, she would never do such a thing.”

She knew that the Zou Kai her friend had mentioned was good-looking, the young master of the Zou family, whose family was indeed quite wealthy, and whose family had been friends with Su Xi's family for generations.

Su Xi and Zou Kai were childhood sweethearts and were even engaged.

The young couple had a good relationship, but a few years ago, her friend suddenly cried to her, saying that someone was trying to seduce her fiancé all the time.

This caused a rift in their relationship.

Ye Anqing wasn't entirely clear on the specifics, only knowing that the two had been entangled for a long time, and that Su Xi went abroad, Zou Kai followed her, and the two reconciled.

She didn't pay much attention afterward, only thinking that Zou Kai, who seemed like a playboy and frivolous person, was actually quite devoted.

But she never expected that the "vixen" her friend kept calling out would actually be Wen Nuan?

Su Xi's words were so impolite that the guests who were just there to watch the show couldn't help but react, especially the old guests who were familiar with Wen Nuan.

At this point, everyone started criticizing her.

"How can you speak so rudely? And you're supposed to be a girl!"

"That's right. Mr. Wen can't possibly be the kind of person you're describing. You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."

Some people even made warm suggestions out of righteous indignation.

"Mr. Wen, I suggest you sue her for defamation. I can introduce you to a good lawyer!"

The restaurant's food quality and taste have always been highly praised by these guests, and Wen Nuan is usually kind and gentle, so they naturally stand on Wen Nuan's side.

Su Xi, her face flushed red from the criticism, retorted angrily, "What do you know! Mind your own business!"

He added after he finished speaking.

“She’s shameless. Back then, she knew my fiancé was already taken, but she still flirted with him. My fiancé was so attracted to her that he fawned over her every day, and we almost broke off our engagement.”

Thinking of that experience, Su Xi's face became even uglier, and her eyes filled with hatred.

"If you ask me, she's shameless. Now she's even opened a restaurant. Who knows how clean the food is!"

Being inexplicably pointed at and insulted, Wen Nuan's expression didn't improve much either.

She reached out and stopped Ludwig, who was about to rush up and argue with Su Xi, took a deep breath, and tried to keep herself calm.

She looked directly into Su Xi's eyes and spoke slowly and deliberately.

“Su Xi, back then, Zou Kai took the initiative to show interest in me. From beginning to end, I clearly rejected him and deliberately kept my distance from him. Yet you spread rumors at school and ruined my reputation.”

Speaking of this, Wen Nuan gets really angry, remembering that time when she was harassed by a strange man.

Even though she explicitly refused, he still sent her flowers and breakfast every day, along with a constant stream of gifts.

Although she never accepted any of the gifts, rumors still circulated at school about a "love triangle," which bothered her greatly and made her extremely annoyed.

Thinking of this, Wen Nuan's tone grew even colder, and her eyes also turned icy.

"I didn't pursue the matter back then, but now you've come knocking on my door again, causing trouble in my restaurant, defaming my reputation, and affecting my business. Su Xi, do you really think I'm easy to bully?"

Su Xi was intimidated by the warm aura and shrank back slightly, but still stubbornly refused to admit it.

"Hmph, you think everyone will believe you just because you're pretending to be a victim? If it weren't for you back then, Zou Kai and I wouldn't have ended up like that!"

Even though they are about to get married now, that incident from back then still remains a thorn in her side.

So much so that she felt uncomfortable seeing Wen Nuan today, and couldn't stand seeing her doing well.

Xu Anqing, who was next to her, looked embarrassed and pulled her back.

"Alright, Xixi, stop fooling around. I've told you before that Zou Kai, he's never been one to stay put..."

She had even seen that man flirting with other women more than once before, some of whom were from their live-streaming circle.

She did try to persuade her friend to break up with him, but her friend was stubborn and preferred to stay with him forever.

Later, when she saw that Zou Kai had chased after his friend all the way abroad, she thought that the man was a prodigal son who had turned over a new leaf, so she didn't say anything more.

Now it seems like a leopard can't change its spots.

Before Xu Anqing could finish speaking, Su Xi seemed to have been hit where it hurt, and suddenly shook off her hand, shouting loudly.

“An’an, stop talking! Zou Kai has changed. He’s truly sincere towards me! It’s all thanks to Wen Nuan. If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t have had so many ups and downs back then.”

Wen Nuan was so angry at this person's unreasonable arguments that she laughed, and spoke up without any politeness.

"You really are birds of a feather flock together; humans and dogs are fundamentally different!"

"Your own man is a womanizer, yet you insist on deceiving yourself. If you ask me, you two are truly a match made in heaven!"