Chapter 157: Being Slapped in the Face

But Du Haotian's phone still went unanswered.

"It looks like your boyfriend is out of touch," Yuan Hongli said from the next table, her tone teasing.

Zhou Xinyi: "……"

At this moment, Zhou Xinyi's face was extremely unsightly.

This matter is utterly embarrassing!

Originally she had come in to humiliate Lin Yuan.

As it turned out, she herself ended up being humiliated instead.

"Um, we suddenly changed our minds; we don't want to eat French cuisine today, sorry." Zhou Xinyi said, her pretty face flushed with embarrassment, to the waiter.

Her boyfriend is out of touch; she absolutely can't afford this meal!

She could only grit her teeth and say that.

Although it's extremely embarrassing, there's nothing she can do.

The waiter was also taken aback upon hearing that; he had never seen such a situation before??

"Well... miss, but you just had fruit tea and dessert, which also incur charges. Our cold-plate desserts start at 588 RMB per person." the waiter reminded.

Zhou Xinyi's pretty face changed.

Just a few sips of fruit tea, and it's 588?

This Michelin three-star place is practically extortion!

For the eight of them, just a few sips of tea would cost 4,000 yuan.

At this moment, Zhou Xinyi's bank card had only a few thousand yuan; she couldn't even pay for the fruit tea.

At that moment, Yuan Hongli suddenly said, "It seems Miss Zhou's boyfriend can't afford this meal; could your boyfriend be a fake rich second-generation?"

"Oh right, your boyfriend's Porsche is probably on installment too, no wonder." Yuan Hongli said in a light tone.

Her tone wasn't heavy, but the mockery was extremely strong.

Zhou Xinyi's pretty face turned deathly pale; she was utterly humiliated.

She could only grit her teeth.

"How about this, I, a true rich beautiful lady, will treat you to a meal." Yuan Hongli suddenly said, being very generous.

Lin Yuan was taken aback upon hearing that??

She wants to treat me to a meal??

This?

Lin Yuan directly shook his head at her, signaling her not to be such a sucker.

Yuan Hongli, however, gave Lin Yuan a teasing smile and hinted with her eyes… "Watch her perform."

Zhou Xinyi, upon hearing that, was also taken aback??

"You want to treat me to a meal??"

Yuan Hongli said politely, "Sure, but it's just a Michelin meal; I can afford it."

Saying that, Yuan Hongli gestured, "Waiter, let her order dishes."

Zhou Xinyi's pretty face turned deathly pale; at this moment she felt extremely humiliated.

Her boyfriend unwilling to treat, and yet… it ends up letting Lin Yuan's jerk of a girlfriend treat??

How stifled this must be!

Zhou Xinyi took out her phone and used translation software to photograph the menu.

"Alright! Then thank you, Miss Yuan!" Zhou Xinyi gritted her teeth, "Since you want to show off, right?!"

"Fine! Then I'll order the most expensive dishes, just to see if you can actually pay!"

Zhou Xinyi, with the help of translation software, in one go ordered the most expensive seafood on the menu.

The bank colleagues sitting nearby were also astonished.

Zhou Xinyi really dared to order that.

But the waiter shook his head and said, "Sorry, these precious seafood items need to be reserved three days in advance; otherwise we don't have stock."

Yuan Hongli mocked from the side, "Miss Zhou, have you never eaten at a Michelin restaurant? In Michelin restaurants, precious seafood ingredients must be booked three days ahead; otherwise you can't get them. These ingredients are extremely precious; without reservation, they won't be served."

Zhou Xinyi's face looked even worse.

The humiliation is extremely strong.

Yuan Hongli completely outclasses Zhou Xinyi in every aspect.

In the end, Zhou Xinyi could only bear the frustration and ordered a few ordinary dishes.

There's no way; the other expensive seafood requires advance reservation, so she had no chance to get revenge on Yuan Hongli.

Thus she ordered a large pile of ordinary dishes; altogether it was enough for eight people.

But this meal's cost starts at at least 80,000 yuan!

Michelin three-star, with a per-person consumption of ten thousand, is simply extravagant to the extreme.

The service speed at the Michelin three-star is fast; soon plate after plate of exquisite dishes were brought to the table.

"Don't be polite, everyone; today Miss Yuan is treating, so let's eat without worry!" Zhou Xinyi, enduring the humiliation, forced a smile and urged her colleagues to eat.

One has to admit, when a person is utterly base, they become invincible.

Zhou Xinyi's baseness is so extreme it could cultivate immortality.

In this situation, she can still endure the humiliation and eat; it's absolutely amazing.

The other female colleagues also nodded, only able to suppress the humiliation as they began to eat.

Lin Yuan and Yuan Hongli sat aside, continuing to eat.

Even Lin Yuan was somewhat surprised; Zhou Xinyi actually sat down to eat?

And they eat so openly.

How can a woman be so nauseating?

Zhou Xinyi felt utterly stifled through this dinner.

She and her colleagues ate for an hour before finally finishing the meal.

Zhou Xinyi and her colleagues prepared to leave.

Anyway, Yuan Hongli is footing the bill.

But just as they were about to leave, the waiter called out to stop them.

"Miss, your bill hasn't been paid yet," the waiter reminded.

Huh??

Zhou Xinyi's beautiful eyes furrowed as she pointed to Yuan Hongli at another table.

"She already paid for me just now, didn't she? She said she'd cover the bill." Zhou Xinyi said confidently.

The waiter, however, reminded, "Miss, Ms. Yuan only paid for your own meal; as for the other seven friends' meals, she didn't pay. So please settle the bill here."

Swish!

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xinyi's pretty face instantly changed.

She looked toward Yuan Hongli.

"Ms. Yuan, you, you didn't say you'd treat me?" Zhou Xinyi said with a soft tone.

There's no way; she simply doesn't have the money to pay the bill.

All she can do is soften her stance and look toward Yuan Hongli.

Yuan Hongli lightly sipped her red wine and said calmly, "Yes, I said I'd treat you. But I only said I'd treat one person—you. I never said I'd treat your colleagues. You'll have to treat those friends of yourself."

Swish! Zhou Xinyi's pretty face instantly turned pale.

That woman Yuan Hongli is clearly setting her up!

"You clearly said you'd treat me! You even said you'd treat all my colleagues together!" Zhou Xinyi gritted her teeth.

Yuan Hongli gave a cold laugh, "I never said I'd treat those colleagues of yours from start to finish. I said I'd treat just you. Please recall exactly what I said."

Only then did Zhou Xinyi suddenly realize.

Indeed.

That woman Yuan Hongli has always been saying "I'll treat you" but never "I'll treat you all."

So this woman is deliberately setting a trap for her?!

"Ms. Yuan… could you possibly cover my colleagues' bills too? You're so rich, surely you won't miss this bit of money." Zhou Xinyi's pretty face fell, leaving only humiliation and pleading.

Yuan Hongli retorted coldly, "What do her colleagues have to do with me? Treating you is already giving you face. Pay for your colleagues' bills yourself."

At that moment, Zhou Xinyi's pretty face instantly turned pale.

Her colleagues also had grim expressions.

"How much is left unpaid?" Zhou Xinyi asked, trembling.

The waiter handed her the bill, "Miss Zhou, aside from your own meal, your seven colleagues still owe a total of 79,000, which you need to pay."

Upon hearing that figure, Zhou Xinyi's heart shuddered.

79,000!

That's half a year's salary for her!!

One meal consuming half a year's salary—who could bear that!

Zhou Xinyi's pretty face turned pale as she called her boyfriend again.

But her boyfriend's phone still went unanswered.

Du Haotian at this point was feigning ignorance, pretending to have disappeared.

Zhou Xinyi looked pleadingly at Lin Yuan.

"Lin Yuan, help me pay the bill. Over these years I've given you so much; consider it you repaying me." Zhou Xinyi said softly.

Lin Yuan stared coldly at her, "You've given me so much? What have you given? Zhou Xinyi, won't you be ashamed saying that?"

This Zhou Xinyi is truly disgusting to the extreme.

During the three years together with Lin Yuan, she has been relentlessly exploiting him.

As soon as Lin Yuan's salary arrived, she spent it all.

Over the past three years, everything she spent was Lin Yuan's money.

Now she actually has the nerve to say such things.

"Lin Yuan, we at least were together." Zhou Xinyi bit her lip, looking pitiful.

She is indeed pretty, but also a green tea.

"Being with you makes me feel embarrassed." Lin Yuan said, then rose with Yuan Hongli, preparing to leave.

They had already finished their meal.

"Oh right, Zhou Xinyi, you didn't take my 80,000 dowry money? You could use that 80,000 dowry to pay the bill." Lin Yuan sneered.

He has never been a nitpicky person.

But Zhou Xinyi at this moment makes Lin Yuan feel disgusted.

Lin Yuan finished speaking and left arm-in-arm with Yuan Hongli…

"Lin Yuan… don't go… Ms. Yuan…" Zhou Xinyi panicked and rushed forward to chase after them.

But the restaurant waiter stopped her, "Miss, sorry, you haven't paid the bill yet; please settle it before leaving."

The waiter feared this woman would dine and dash.

This is an 80,000 bill—there's no escaping it.

Zhou Xinyi's pretty face turned deathly pale, and she called her boyfriend Du Haotian again.

Du Haotian was still out of contact.

Zhou Xinyi had run out of options; she could only call home.

Several minutes later.

Zhou Xinyi's younger brother, Zhou Kai, finally rushed over with the money, in a hurry.

This money was taken from home by Zhou Kai.

After Zhou Kai paid the money, Zhou Xinyi and the others could leave.

At this moment, Zhou Xinyi's pretty face was already full of humiliation, ugly to behold.

"Sis, what on earth is going on?! You're eating at such a high-end place? This is too wasteful!" Zhou Kai asked in astonishment.

Zhou Xinyi bit her silver teeth, coldly said, "It's all because of that Lin Yuan... he deliberately harmed me..."

Zhou Xinyi told her brother everything that had happened in the restaurant.

Hearing this, her brother Zhou Kai gritted his teeth in anger!

"What?! Sis, it's that loser guy again?! That loser was dumped by you, yet he still dares to bully you?! He's relying on having hooked up with a rich woman, acting so arrogant!!" Zhou Kai shouted angrily.

"Sis, don't worry! I'll go get revenge for you right now! I'll definitely make him kneel before you and beg for forgiveness!!" Zhou Kai said through gritted teeth.

Zhou Kai is Zhou Xinyi's biological younger brother; he just graduated from college a few months ago and returned to Hangcheng.

These past few months, Zhou Kai has been idling around outside every day, meeting many societal thugs at the pool hall.

Zhou Kai immediately pulled out his phone and summoned a gang of people over.

He intended to go straight to Lin Yuan's residence, that bastard, to give him a good lesson tonight!