Chapter 417: Wait a second!

"How are you talking?"

Shi Jingming, with his short temper, glared, puffed out his chest, and took two steps forward.

Seeing this, the other party grinned and raised his hands, stepping back twice: "What for? You still want to throw hands?"

Shen Xing grabbed Shi Jingming and shook his head slightly. Setting aside the fact that the occasion was inappropriate, if what the other party said was true, regardless of how expensive the wine was, Jiang Ran would have to take responsibility.

However, six yuan was truly too much for Jiang Ran. Given her personality, she would absolutely never accept his help for such a sum.

"Classmate, we've met once before. Can you give me some face and lower the price a bit?" Shen Xing tried to bargain with him.

The boy looked at Shen Xing, blinked, and suddenly sneered: "Give you face? What face do you have? Are you talking about that car purchase thing?"

The other party's attitude was extremely irritating, with a punchable look on his face. Shen Xing could only restrain his emotions and nod slightly.

If he hadn't relented that day, the other party wouldn't have been able to pick up the car immediately.

Yet, the smile on the boy's face widened as he corrected Shen Xing: "Buddy, don't get it wrong. My dad transferred a sum of money to you at the time. We bought the eligibility to pick up that car with our money; it wasn't something you let us have."

"If I hadn't let you, you wouldn't have had anywhere to buy it even with money."

"But you did let us!"

Shen Xing was choked up for a moment, then silently nodded.

A few sentences were enough to see the other party's attitude; clearly, there was no point in saying more.

"Jiang Ran, I'll cover this money for you first. We can discuss the rest privately later."

Shen Xing gave up on communicating with the other party. Jiang Ran could also see that he didn't want to tangle with the guy any further, so she thought for a moment and nodded.

Regardless, discussing a follow-up solution with Shen Xing was much better than discussing it with this boy.

Shi Jingming felt a bit pained, his brows furrowed as he whispered: "Xing, are you really, really going to pay? It's six yuan!"

Shen Xing nodded. Good red wine is naturally expensive, and its value is right there; they had no choice but to pay.

Seeing this, the boy joked: "Are you using the money you got from my dad to play the hero saving the beauty here? Are we both just NPCs in your game?"

Shen Xing glanced at him and retorted, "Why, can't I spend the money your dad transferred to me?"

"You can!"

As the boy said this, he took out his phone and displayed his payment collection code, the expression on his face still grinning.

A bottle of red wine wasn't important to him, and a few yuan was even less important.

He just thought it was fun. He had originally just wanted to tease that girl, never expecting to run into this kid.

Even more fun!

However, just as he thought Shen Xing's next move would be to take out his phone to scan the code and transfer the money, he only heard Shen Xing say lightly: "Classmate, you showed the wrong code. You should be showing a 'payment code,' not a 'collection code'!"

The boy's smile stalled, and then he sneered: "Are you confused? You're compensating me for money, and you want me to bring out a 'payment code'?"

Shi Jingming and Jiang Ran were also stunned, thinking Shen Xing had made a mistake.

As a result, Shen Xing said with a serious face: "I'm not muddled. You bought this bottle of wine at 'Water Cloud Between', right?"

"Yeah!" The boy's face darkened, and he nodded, not knowing what Shen Xing was up to.

Shen Xing continued to ask: "Did you pay for it?"

"I... I haven't even eaten yet. Naturally, I'll pay the bill after I finish eating." "Your eating has nothing to do with us. Now, we're saying this bottle of wine belongs to Shui Yun Jian. Before you pay, this bottle of wine still belongs to Shui Yun Jian. Now that the wine is broken, you and my friend each bear half the responsibility. You pay Shui Yun Jian six yuan, and we'll cover the rest!"

Shen Xing's words made the other party laugh: "Not a chance, buddy. Isn't this like taking off your pants to fart? Is this extra step necessary? You transfer the money to me, and I'll naturally pay for this bottle of wine when I settle the bill."

But Shen Xing firmly shook his head and refused: "It was Shui Yun Jian's wine that was broken; we will only compensate Shui Yun Jian."

"Fuck..." The boy was rendered speechless by Shen Xing, but in the end, he still nodded: "Fine, it's the same whoever I pay. The money has to be paid out anyway."

Hearing this, Shen Xing looked at the manager on the side: "Print the bill, collect the money!"

The manager had originally come over with the attitude of handling a problem, but ended up becoming a spectator eating melon. It wasn't until Shen Xing spoke to him that he snapped out of it, hurriedly nodded, and turned to open a separate bill for this bottle of wine.

The boy's expression once again took on that annoying look, his gaze wandering between the few of them from time to time.

Seeming unsatisfied, he looked at Jiang Ran, raised an eyebrow, and asked: "Beauty, is he your boyfriend?"

This "he" clearly referred to Shen Xing.

Shen Xing frowned and warned: "Show some respect."

The other party grinned. He could tell the two weren't a couple, so he turned back to Jiang Ran and teased: "Then how about you and I add each other on WeChat? If you add me, I'll give you another half-off discount, how about that? I'll pay nine yuan!"

"You motherf..." Shi Jingming was so angry he immediately rolled up his sleeves, but was stopped by Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran looked at the other party, hesitated for a moment, and actually spoke up to confirm: "Really?"

She wasn't that kind of person, but this sum of money was truly too huge for her; she couldn't afford it.

If adding a WeChat could reduce the compensation by three yuan, she could add him; she wouldn't lose anything.

She was very clear-headed.

"Of course. Come on, I'll scan you!" The boy wasn't just talking. Adding this girl right in front of the other two people—the effect was maximized. Truly stimulating!

As a result, Shen Xing took a side step and blocked the space between the two, saying coldly and indifferently: "Just six yuan. The code is here, you scan it."

"Shen Xing..." Jiang Ran spoke softly, her expression pitiful.

How could Shen Xing not know what Jiang Ran was thinking? He understood it completely.

But if this had happened somewhere else today, he wouldn't have stopped her. However, since they were at Shui Yun Jian, he had to step out and help Jiang Ran handle this matter. He had his own methods.

"Don't worry, leave it to me. Don't pay attention to anything else." Shen Xing looked at Jiang Ran and comforted her softly.

Jiang Ran's lips moved, and in the end, she chose to trust Shen Xing.

The WeChat wasn't added, but the boy wasn't angry. He took the QR code from the restaurant manager and scanned it directly.

"There, six yuan. Your turn!" The boy showed the successful payment page to Shen Xing, then handed the collection code to him.

Shen Xing glanced at the collection code, then turned his head to look at the restaurant manager and said: "The remaining amount, waive it."

The boy was stunned. Before he could figure out the situation and speak, the restaurant manager on the side nodded respectfully and cooperatively: "Very well, Mr. Shen."

Saying this, he took the collection code and turned to leave.

"Wait... you wait a second!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 418 =====