Chapter 705 — We Are a Couple

"Sorry, the four of you can only book two private rooms — a single room for all of you is not allowed!" The lobby manager was growing impatient. Were these people here to make trouble? The couple's rooms and couple's booths were all billed by the hour. Four people to one room — the restaurant would be taking a real loss.

"Who says we're not a couple?" Shen Yushu would have none of it. "We are a couple!"

"Huh?! Four people? All couples?" The lobby manager did not believe a word of it. He had already made up his mind: these four had definitely come to cause trouble. Still, they must be blind, daring to pull this in Brother Lei's place. Tired of living, were they?

"That's right. I'm Arrow-Brand Bro's little wife, Sister Yaoyao is his first wife, and she's his girlfriend! So why can't we all go into one room?" Shen Yushu explained with great impatience. "Hey, baldy, what's with all the dithering? We're here to spend money at your place, so why are you making such a fuss?"

Hearing this, the lobby manager's lip curled in disdain. Wasn't this pure nonsense? A first wife, a little wife, and a girlfriend on top of that? Did they take him for a fool? And this little tart had actually dared call him baldy?

He was clean-shaven, for heaven's sake — that was fashionable in the underworld!

"Here to spend money, are you? I'd say you're here to make trouble." The lobby manager's manner turned cold and stern. "Let me give you a word of advice — if you know what's good for you, leave now. I don't care who sent you. Tell him this from me: this is Brother Lei's turf, and nobody else gets to throw their weight around here!"

"Are you sick in the head? What's all this Brother Lei, Brother Rain, Brother Lightning business? We came here to eat!" Shen Yushu was convinced there was something wrong with the baldy's brain, spouting all this nonsense.

The lobby manager gave a cold laugh and said flatly, "Only two people are allowed in one of our rooms. If you've come to eat, you're welcome — open two rooms."

"Xiaoshu!" Gu Mengyao frowned as well. She was a young lady from a grand household, used to being held on high, and when had anyone ever belittled her like this? Especially today, when they had come to treat Tang Zhi — to slink off in disgrace like this would leave them with no face at all.

The key point was this: if the restaurant's rules really were as stated, that would be one thing, but Gu Mengyao had seen with her own eyes three people go into one of the rooms. So she checked Xiaoshu and told her to keep quiet for now, then addressed the lobby manager herself: "Just now, I distinctly saw three people go into one of the rooms. Or was I seeing things? Right in that room!"

As she spoke, Gu Mengyao pointed at room "101" not far behind the lobby manager.

Hearing this, the lobby manager actually smiled. "So you're here to smash up the place after all! Brother Lei, there are people out here! These four insist on having one room together!"

The person in room 101 was none other than "Brother Lei," owner of this Super Stylish Couples' Western Restaurant, and he had indeed taken two girls into room 101 with him, because he was planning a threesome. He was the owner here — naturally he did whatever he pleased.

Brother Lei had just gotten into the room and was about to begin the battle when he heard the lobby manager's shout. He frowned at once, pushed open the door, and strode out. "What's going on? Damn it, who's making trouble at a time like this? Don't they want to live?"

Wei Zhao, standing to one side, had by now understood exactly what was going on. So this Brother Lei of room 101 was the restaurant's owner! Gu Mengyao's example had been wasted — the man was the boss, so naturally he could bring in as many people as he liked. But the restaurant's rule was that only couples could take a private room. It was one of the ways the place made its money; if a whole gang of people could crowd into one room, the restaurant would never turn such a profit.

The Super Stylish Couples' Western Restaurant was lavishly and exquisitely decorated, and it made its money precisely on the room fees. As a rule, a couple would go into a room, eat, drink their red wine, and in such a romantic setting would inevitably, once sated, think of other things — and do the things lovers do.

That way, unless the man was a quick shot, a good long while would pass — and the room fee would be well earned.

But if a whole crowd went into a room, what could possibly happen? They'd eat and leave, and what would the restaurant live on? The food here was basically priced at cost, with no profit margin; what the place sold was its alluring décor and atmosphere.

Wei Zhao could see all this at a glance from the price list by the door, so the lobby manager's reluctance was only reasonable, and Wei Zhao could not be bothered to argue the point. In the end, the restaurant's way of doing business was underhanded, but it was their business, and even the industrial and commercial bureau didn't trouble them over it — so naturally Wei Zhao wasn't about to meddle.

"Yaoyao, Xiaoshu, let's go. Since this place won't do, we'll find another." Wei Zhao was unwilling to waste his breath here, and he knew Gu Mengyao was afraid of losing face, so he took the initiative and spoke of leaving.

Hearing Wei Zhao, Gu Mengyao stopped insisting. After all, Wei Zhao had been the first to propose leaving, so there was no longer any question of her losing face. She nodded. "Fine. Let's go somewhere else."

"Honestly, refusing business like this — what a bunch of lunatics!" Shen Yushu had still wanted to see the inside of one of those rooms; she'd heard they sold novelty items for couples, and her curiosity had been thoroughly piqued. But it seemed today was not to be.

Brother Lei had been thoroughly annoyed at having his fun with the women interrupted, but when he caught sight of Gu Mengyao, Shen Yushu, and Tang Zhi, his eyeballs nearly popped out of his head! No way — top-tier, all of them, and three at once!

Brother Lei had been with no small number of women. Running this Western restaurant of his, he raked in money every day, and backed by a cousin who was doing rather well for himself, he was wealthy, overbearing, and arrogant. Pretty girls he simply threatened and cajoled his way into bed, and he'd bedded plenty of them.

But three like the ones before him now — Brother Lei had never had that. He'd seen women as pretty as these three, sure, but those were seasoned hands who'd been around the block long ago, without a trace of innocence about them, and Brother Lei had never much enjoyed himself with them.

These girls before him, though, all looked pure and untouched. For all he knew they might even be virgins — how could Brother Lei just let them slip through his fingers?

"What's their background?" Brother Lei asked Ma Bilin under his breath.

"Four of them, came in a Beetle. The man was driving," Ma Bilin answered quietly.

Brother Lei nodded, and already a scheme had taken shape in his mind. Four people in one Beetle? Generally speaking, a Beetle seated two best; four made it feel cramped, and a Beetle wasn't an expensive car to begin with. One man driving a Beetle with three girls in tow — plainly the man could have no background worth worrying about.