Zhang Jiale- Glory Cafe

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You had no idea how you ended up here in this situation. It was a mystery to you. 

You were on your way to buy some groceries as a crowd dragged you along to a cafe. You were caught in the mass and had no other choice than to go along like a fish in a stream.

Then when they finally stopped, they all fought to get into the cafe and you left your fate to them and stumbled inside hoping not to get hurt by those crazy people.

Now, you sat at a table uncomfortably enduring the stare of a waiter. It was totally clear he didn't want to do this. You also didn't want to be served by him.

"Here," he slapped the menu on the table and folded his arms as he impatiently stared down at you. 

Your eyebrow twitched, at least try to deliver some customer service.

"I don't like any of it. Recommend me something," you briefly looked at the menu and threw it on the table. 

You had no idea you could be so petty but for some reason, you wanted to make his life harder.

"If you don't wanna, then leave," he turned away but you called out,

"Are you sure you should treat a customer like this? You had no idea what kind of hardships I had to go through to get here."

You feinted a dramatic pose as if you were really hurt by his attitude.

"Fine just take a coffee."

"But I don't want to."

"What do you want then?"

"I don't know, that's why I'm asking you."

You could see he was trying hard not to lose his patience, it was amusing.

"Tea?"

"No."

"Water?"

"No."

"Juice?"

"No."

"Latte?"

"No."

"Shake?"

"No."

"Smoothie?"

"No."

"Alcohol?"

"NO."

"FFS, I've no idea! Just order something!" he finally snapped and the whole cafe turned to him.

It was silent before loud murmur made its rounds.

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself first? I see the other waiters doing it."

"I don't wan-"

"Zhang Jiale!" another waiter with a nice smile came, "please treat our customers with respect. You're putting us in a bad light."

Zhang Jiale sighed and just nodded. The other waiter left.

"So, what do you wan-"

"You should apologise first."

Even though you were also at fault, you couldn't help but want to infuriate him more.

"Please forgive me, I'm sorry, okay?"

"This wasn't sincere at all."

"Then what do you want me to do?" he hissed and put his hands on your table. 

His face was inches away from yours and you could see the bulging veins on his forehead. You snickered. This was fun. His eye twitched.

"Hm, the flowers there are bothering me, if you could position them somewhere else, I might consider accepting your apology."

Zhang Jiale glared at the flowers as if he wished he could burn them to a crisp. Then he narrowed his eyes at you, turned around and actually pulled the bucket of flowers next to the entrance away.

"Good now?" he shouted.

You tilted your head then shook it.

"What?"

"More to the left. Ah, no that's too much, to the right now. Wait, a bit more to the front, now right, ah yes right stop. Now a little bit back, in front of the windo-"

"Heaven, stop!" he was now really fed up with you.

You giggled as the other customers joined your entertainment show. They all started to order Zhang Jiale to move the flowers and various other things. Every time he followed their instructions, a piercing death glare was sent your way. 

You waved at him and sipped on your drink you ordered from the waiter with the kind smile.

You were glad you ended up here. It proved to be a very successful day of bullying. 

After what seemed like a long time, the customers finally let Zhang Jiale off the hook as they got bored.

"What a shame," you sighed and took another sip.

"I see you had your fun!" Zhang Jiale approached you with a grim expression.

"C'mon, you need to exercise a bit. I heard you're pro player."

"I wish I could exercise by throwing you off the roof 100 times."

"I'm hungry, recommend me something to eat."

"Not again" he growled.

"I promise, I'll be good this time," you grinned.

"I think poison'd be to your liking," he rubbed his temples.

"You think so too?" you hummed and laughed at his priceless expression.

"You know what, surprise me!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I can't bear seeing you suffer like this," you wiped a fake tear away.

"You're so annoying."

"No need to be so shy," you winked and caught him off guard.

He stomped away and later came back with a perfectly normal dish.

"Wow, I'm surprised you didn't poison it?"

"What do you think I look like?"

"No comment!"

"You," Zhang Jiale pulled your chair to him and pressed your cheeks together.

You were taken aback.

"You better wait after my shift's over so I can properly deal with you, okay?"

He squeezed your cheeks relentlessly, "It's my turn to play with you to my heart's content."

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