Fighting with bones to prove innocence!

After ordering, the boss scurried back to the kitchen to give instructions.

The group sat at their seats, drinking wheat tea.

Chen Lin smiled a little awkwardly, saying, "I'm sorry, we talked several times before, but it fell through."

Lin Yuan shook his head dismissively. "It's fine, I understand. This kind of Client is typically someone with a hang-up."

"He actually knows better than anyone what price his house has dropped to; he just doesn't want to admit it or face reality."

"Looking at his restaurant's business, he probably isn't short on money, which is why he has that attitude. The best way to deal with someone like him is to get him to lower his guard."

After hearing Lin Yuan's analysis, the two nodded thoughtfully, seeming to understand yet not quite.

Soon, a large pot of bullfrog hotpot was brought out.

Lin Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue, looking at the abundance of ingredients inside.

Indeed, as the boss had said, three people couldn't possibly finish it.

Although they had eaten a little beforehand, it didn't stop the two of them from picking up their chopsticks and digging in.

But they hadn't been eating for long.

A shout came from the next private room: "Boss? Boss? Come here!"

"Coming, coming!" The boss scurried over, pushed open the private room door, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong, ladies?"

Then, a high-pitched voice slowly spoke: "Boss, how many frogs did you put in your bullfrog hotpot? This pot is so expensive, but it feels like we finished it before we even started eating."

The boss's face stiffened upon hearing this. He replied with a forced smile, "Ladies, all our frog pots have six frogs."

"Bullfrogs in the market are already 20 to 30 yuan per jin. Each of my frogs weighs one jin, so the cost alone is over 100 yuan. Plus all those side dishes, charging you 220 isn't expensive, is it?"

Hearing the reply, another Girl in the private room raised a question: "Six? That's not right. It feels like there are fewer."

She then asked her best friend next to her, "Honey, how many did you eat?"

"I ate two."

"I ate two too!"

"Then that's not right! I only ate one. That's only five in total! Boss, you're not honest!"

As soon as she said this, the boss was instantly dumbfounded. He had been in business for so many years; how could he get the number of bullfrogs wrong?

He quickly explained with a forced smile, "Ladies, that's impossible. Our restaurant is an old establishment; we operate with integrity. If we say six, it's six. We wouldn't cheat you."

However, his words inadvertently angered the Girls.

The high-pitched voice Girl was the first to retort unpleasantly, "So you're saying we're deliberately trying to extort you?"

"No, no~~" The boss's face instantly changed drastically. Realizing he had said the wrong thing, he quickly explained, "I didn't mean that, ladies. Believe me, I really didn't cheat you. If it's really not enough, I'll give you another one, is that okay?"

At this moment, he had fallen into a vicious circle; the more he explained, the more confused things became.

The Girls immediately bristled: "What do you mean, boss? It's like we're short of that one bullfrog from you. You put one less yourself, and now you're acting aggrieved? Sisters, this is clearly an unscrupulous business. Expose him!"

The words had just fallen.

The high-pitched voice Girl immediately pulled out her phone and opened the video recording function.

She recorded and spoke at the same time.

"Family, Baby is eating at this restaurant today and ordered a bullfrog hotpot. They said there would be six inside, but my sisters and I only found five."

"The boss not only won't admit it but also says we're extorting him. Everyone, come and judge, expose this black-hearted business."

If it was just a small conflict before, the moment she pulled out her phone, the boss completely panicked.

Although he firmly believed he had given six bullfrogs, the problem was that these women simply wouldn't listen to his explanation and even wanted to expose him.

What could he do? Hit them? The consequences would be even more severe.

Trying to explain felt like yellow mud falling into his crotch; even if it wasn't poop, it looked like it.

Sweat beads uncontrollably poured down his forehead, making him anxious.

He quickly reached out, trying to stop them from recording the video: "Ladies, ladies, don't record. I won't charge you, okay? This meal is on me."

Unbeknownst to him, this action only further escalated the conflict.

The high-pitched voice Girl dodged while crying and shouting, "The boss is hitting me! The boss is trying to snatch my phone! Today, to expose unscrupulous businesses, even if I get hit, I'll accept it!!"

Looking at her self-sacrificing demeanor, the boss's eyes were bloodshot, wishing he could rush up and pin her to the ground for a beating.

The commotion quickly attracted other diners in the restaurant, who all came over to watch the show.

After understanding the situation, quite a few people actually spoke up for the boss.

"I say, miss, are you mistaken? I've eaten at his place for several years, and he's never shortchanged me."

"That's right, the boss is still good. The side dishes are so generous, it's very affordable."

But the more they said this, the more fiercely the Girl recording the video cried.

She wished she could display all her grievances in the phone video.

Finally, the boss couldn't take it anymore and said in an almost pleading tone, "Lady, what exactly do you want to happen?"

"I've explained to you, but you won't listen. I've apologized, but you won't listen. A free meal isn't enough. Do you really want me to kneel and beg you?"

Hearing this, the high-pitched voice Girl turned her phone video towards herself, putting on a pitiful expression.

"Family, the boss should know his mistake now. I've decided to forgive him."

Who would have thought that her tone would change, and she would speak again: "But you have to agree to two conditions."

The boss immediately breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, let alone two conditions, he would nod without hesitation even if it were ten.

"Alright, tell me!"

The high-pitched voice Girl turned her phone towards the boss: "First, you have to sincerely apologize to my phone."

"Okay! And the second?"

"Second, post a letter of apology at your restaurant entrance and promise not to shortchange bullfrogs in the future."

Whoosh~~

As soon as this was said.

The scene erupted in an uproar.

As bystanders, they knew that if the boss really agreed to such conditions, what would be the difference from going out of business?

Posting a letter of apology? Who would dare to eat here again?

This bullfrog restaurant must have had an investment of several hundred thousand yuan. Just for an apology, they wanted to ruin someone's business.

Many people looked at the Girl with furrowed brows, all thinking she was going too far.

Although Lin Yuan hadn't gone over to watch the entire time, he heard everything clearly. The netizens in the live stream were arguing fiercely about this matter.

[Popularity] +1+1+1+1

—[Serves him right. Let him shortchange people. These people should teach him a lesson, lest he always thinks about swindling money instead of being a good person.]

—[Don't jump to conclusions before clarifying the situation. How do you know the boss shortchanged the bullfrogs? I don't think so. Otherwise, why would so many people speak up for him? It shows he's probably a good person usually.]

—[I also think that Girl went a bit too far, and haven't you noticed? She's not just simply exposing him. I feel like she's a video blogger who plans to post this online later? If that's the case, I suspect it might be a show.]

—[If this is a show, then it's too much. To gain popularity, she's harming someone's restaurant. Hundreds of thousands invested might go down the drain. This is not much different from murder.]

Chen Lin looked at the situation in the private room and then at Lin Yuan, quietly saying, "Now it's over. The boss is probably going to be furious, and the house deal is completely off."

Who would have thought Lin Yuan would shake his head with a smile. "That's not necessarily true. I didn't know how to handle the boss before, but now I have a plan!"

"Ah?" Chen Lin was stunned. "You still have a plan even like this? Aren't you afraid of being scolded?"

"No, just wait and see!"

After speaking, he stood up and walked towards the private room.

The boss at this moment looked at the Girl, the murderous intent in his eyes completely undisguised.

He could apologize; it was just losing face. In business, what's face worth?

But to make him post a letter of apology, he absolutely could not do that.

He already had a premonition that he was going to fall today because of this incident.

No matter what the outcome, that woman would expose the video.

At that time, no one would listen to his explanation, no matter how right he was.

But just as he was in a dilemma, struggling to decide.

An untimely voice suddenly sounded: "Excuse me, let me in."

Everyone stepped aside, puzzled, watching Lin Yuan suddenly enter the private room. Everyone was confused, not knowing what he was going to do.

After Lin Yuan entered the private room, he immediately saw the pile of leftover bones on the glass table and said with a smile, "I've been hearing you argue outside about whether there were too many or too few bullfrogs."

"Coincidentally, I see that the bones you spat out are all on the table. If you don't mind, I'll put them back together, and we'll know if there were any missing."

As soon as this was said.

Everyone was completely bewildered.

Putting bones back together?

Goodness, that works too?

Who would normally think of putting bullfrog bones back together? Even if they did, they wouldn't know how.

The boss's expression instantly changed, his eyes filled with hope. He quickly said, "Handsome, can you put them back together for me? They're all broken."

"If I really did shortchange one, I'll admit it. But I still firmly believe I didn't."

Lin Yuan nodded with a smile, "Alright, I'll put them together then!"

As a result, the high-pitched voice Girl on the opposite side wasn't having it. She rolled her eyes irritably, "You two are in cahoots, aren't you? Bullying me because I don't understand the structure of a bullfrog. Are you going to just randomly put six together then?"

But what she didn't expect was that her two best friends next to her turned against her.

They immediately advised, "Let him put them together. I only ate one, so there must be fewer!"

"That's right, a clear conscience fears no accusation. Put them together."

Hearing this, the high-pitched voice Girl was instantly dumbfounded, her mouth slightly agape as if she wanted to say something, but she ultimately swallowed it back.

She could only force herself to say, "Fine! Then let you put them together. Don't try any tricks, I'm recording this on video."

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and ignored her. Instead, he walked to the dining table on his own, glancing at the three piles of remnants on the table.

Then he asked the boss for a pair of disposable gloves, explaining as he put them on.

"First, before slaughtering a bullfrog, you must remove its head and then its internal organs."

"Therefore, there can be no bullfrog skulls on the dining table."

"The edible parts are the spine, ribs, pectoral girdle and sternum, as well as the limb bones."

"Among these, the spine, ribs, pectoral girdle, and sternum are all concentrated in the abdomen. This part has less meat, and the bone shapes are all different."

"Relatively speaking, the limb bones are much easier to distinguish."

"The limb bones consist of forelimbs and hindlimbs. Each forelimb has two segments, and each hindlimb has three segments."

"That is to say, there are a total of ten long joints and four claws."

"We can first piece together an approximation using the limb bones, and then piece together its other bones."