The restaurant owner felt that it was better not to escalate the situation. It made sense to just accept his losses since the other party had the strength in numbers, and their intentions were clearly hostile. As a foreigner, it wasn't easy to open up restaurants here, and they were sometimes treated as outcasts. They might even be subjected to harassment if this incident were to be blown out of proportion.
After pondering a little while, he looked at the blonde-haired man and said: "On behalf of our restaurant, I'm really sorry for this incident. The dish will be on the house, come, everybody, let's go and smoke a cigarette and cool our heads a little."
He pulled out a pack of cigarettes as he spoke and passed it around.
Knowing that the other party had deliberately put the dead cockroach in the dish, yet still having to apologize and compensate them for it, made the restaurant owner feel victimized and helpless.
