bella's voice trembled with guilt, causing her friends to mistake that Sky had once again bullied her.
"What's wrong with you, coming here to make trouble? Who do you think bella is? Why would she take your ring?"
"Yeah, everyone knows you're so poor, Sky, that you have to resort to selling your body even in college. What valuable thing do you have that bella would want?"
"Exactly, even William didn't want you. Who do you think you are, still acting like the Lan family's young master?"
"Hey, manager, why haven't you kicked him out yet? This kind of low-class man shouldn't even be allowed in here. He's disgusting!"
Several so-called high-class ladies defended bella with their words.
Little did they know that just over a year ago, these same people were vrying to flatter Sky.
Now that Sky had fallen from grace, they had all turned against him.
However, Sky seemed to not even hear their insults.
His clear eyes were fixed on bella's face, his voice soft but firm: "bella, I'll say it again. Give me back my ring."
"When did I take your ring? I warn you, stop slandering me! Sky, get out of here, you dirty man..."
"Smack!"
Before bella could finish her sentence, she received a hard slap from Sky.
She stared at Sky in shock.
"How dare you hit me!" bella exclaimed.
Not only bella, but also the other wealthy young ladies who were with her, as well as the other customers in the restaurant, were all stunned.
Sky spoke firmly and slowly, "bella, I want you to return my ring. If you dare to lie to me again, I will give you another slap. You know me, Sky. I always keep my word."
"You...you little bitch!" bella was shocked for a few seconds before she reacted.
"What gives you the right to hit me! Sky, you shameless slut! You hit me, and I'll make sure you regret it!"
bella rushed towards Sky, and the two of them fell onto the sofa.
Anna rushed in to help her friend, and the other young ladies joined the fray, causing chaos.
"What's going on outside?"
At that moment, a deep and pleasant voice of a young man came from the depths of the restaurant.
"Assistant Dan!"
Seeing the man walking out of the VIP room, the manager was surprised and rushed over, ignoring the commotion.
"Why did assistant Dan come out? If you need anything, just ring the bell and don't bother him to come personally..."
The manager was in a panic.
The gentleman dining in the VIP room had a difficult personality. Even the slightest disturbance during his meal would cause a commotion in the entire restaurant.
The chaos outside just now had even alarmed the gentleman's assistant, assistant Dan.
Today, it seemed that everyone was going to be in trouble.
However, the young man called 'assistant Dan' who had just come out of the VIP room didn't show any signs of displeasure. He just lowered his voice and said something to the manager.
As he spoke, his gaze remained on Sky.
At this moment, Sky was being pinned down by bella, biting his lip in pain.
When he looked up, he happened to see a stranger, a young man, standing next to the manager.
Seeing that he seemed to be frowning and looking at him, Sky's heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling arose within him...
Was he going to kick him out?
After a while, the young man left, and the manager came back panting.
"Enough, stop it all! You guys, go up and pull them apart!" The manager hurriedly directed the waiters to intervene.
After much effort, they finally separated them. bella not only had a swollen left cheek, but her hair was also disheveled from the fight. Sky, on the other hand, had no visible injuries on his face, but his body was bruised from the secret pinches bella had given him.
Seeing the manager arrive, bella gave Sky a smug look, with her messy hair in her face.
"Sky, are we going to be kicked out?" Anna
nervously approached Sky, grabbing his hand.
She had also seen the man coming out of the VIP room, which was not open to ordinary customers. The people inside were probably not people she, a second-generation rich person, could afford to offend.
Sky pursed his lips and remained silent, but he held Anna's hand tightly, his palm sweating profusely.
Just then, the manager approached them with a serious expression.
"I'm sorry, but we cannot serve these customers. Someone, please escort them out!" he ordered.
To their surprise, the waiters didn't escort Sky out, but instead, they asked bella and her friends from the next table to leave.
"What? Are you mistaken? I am bella, the daughter of the Kin family. You told the manager to throw out Sky, so why are you dragging me out?" bella protested.
"I'm sorry, Miss Kin," the manager said, "but the restaurant will no longer welcome your presence. For the sake of both our reputations, please leave Miss kin ."
"No! I don't believe it. I want to talk to your manager in person!" Sky protested.
Unfortunately, the manager had already put on a humble expression and was standing beside Sky, rubbing his hands nervously.
"Mr. Sky, are you okay? Did you get hurt anywhere? It was all a misunderstanding on our part. Please don't take offense. You can come to our restaurant in the future without being a member, and today's meal will be on the house."
Sky was stunned, his eyes filled with disbelief.
He thought he would be the one kicked out.
Could it be that the person who was just kicked out was...
Anna snorted unhappily. "On the house? Do you think we care about your free meal? You lowly, narrow-minded person!"
"Yes, yes, I'm narrow-minded. Mr. Sky and Miss Anna, please give me a chance to make it up to you by dining in the VIP room. It's my chance to make amends for my mistakes," the manager said, wiping his sweat and trying to be as obsequious as possible.
He didn't expect Sky to have such a big face.
All it took was a dispute with someone to attract the attention of a VIP dining in the private room.
"Master Li, the dispute outside has been settled," Dan, the first assistant, reported respectfully to Dray in the VIP room of the restaurant.
Dray, who had ordered Dan to go out and resolve the situation for Sky, sat at the head of the table with an expressionless face. His cold eyebrows furrowed, and his enigmatic gaze fixed on the man sitting in the booth.
The glass walls of the VIP room were specially made, allowing those inside to see outside, but not the other way around. Through the glass, Dray had witnessed the meek and submissive man in front of him engage in a public fight.
"I inquired about Sky, Master Li. He's really not someone who can be taken seriously! He got into a fight outside, all over a ring!"
At that moment, Dray's second assistant, Lary, pushed the door open and walked in with a look of contempt.
Dan and Lary were two brothers, both sons of Uncle Mark.
However, compared to Dan, Lary clearly disliked Skyler more.
"A ring?" Dray's eyes grew darker.
"Yeah, just a ring. I don't know why someone would bother stealing a stupid ring."
Dray pondered for a moment, his gaze once again passing through the glass and settling on Sky's face.
At that moment, Sky, who had been whispering to his friend, seemed to feel his gaze and looked over at the private room.
The man, who had previously had a calm expression, suddenly smiled brilliantly, raising his eyebrows and curling his red lips.
Dray's black pupils hardened.
The next second, a gentle and refined man appeared in the hallway outside the private room.
"James, over here!"
Sky stood up and waved to the man with a charming smile.