Chapter 1052 — Five Million Down the Drain
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Damn it! Since he had already handed over five million, another five million hardly mattered. Little Feng, I have sunk a fortune into you today — you had better build up my image for me! Whether I can win Sun Jingyan depends on you!
Wu Chengtian gritted his teeth. "Fine — then get me a card!"
"Certainly, sir, this way please!" Hearing Wu Chengtian change his mind again, the waiter was overjoyed — and a little envious of Feng Xiaoxiao besides. This Wu Chengtian really was a landed tyrant, rich beyond reckoning! Five million spent on a whim!
In truth, a VIP card did not have to cost five million; the minimum was a million, though that came without any discount. But Wu Chengtian had flaunted his wealth the moment he walked in, and so the waiter had gone straight for the highest tier of membership card.
"Xiaoxiao, go along and get it done!" Wu Chengtian's heart was bleeding, but having put his hand to the plough, he might as well finish the furrow — he had already promised Feng Xiaoxiao, so now he had no choice but to let her go and do it. Wu Chengtian rather regretted it. Had he known how this would go, he would simply have nodded and agreed from the start; then the card would still have been his. As things stood, after a few wasted words, the card had become Feng Xiaoxiao's.
Five million gone for nothing! In the space of a few minutes' show, ten million had flown out the door. This Feng Xiaoxiao — did she really think he was that rich?
And yet... apparently, in her mind, he truly was that rich. Otherwise, would Feng Xiaoxiao worship him so? Would she keep putting in a good word for him before Sun Jingyan?
In fact, had Sun Jingyan not been present, and had Feng Xiaoxiao not been Wei Zhao's girlfriend, then given how thoroughly she worshipped him, Wu Chengtian would long ago have dragged her into a hotel room and onto a bed. But right now, he did not dare.
For one thing, Sun Jingyan was here, and he dared not do anything that might make her suspicious and disgusted; for another, if he slept with Feng Xiaoxiao, Wei Zhao would have all the more reason to get close to Sun Jingyan. Then the man would push Feng Xiaoxiao his way, tell Sun Jingyan about it, and the two of them would have paired off — and Wu Chengtian would be the one bleeding.
Sun Jingyan watched Wu Chengtian's idiocy and sneered inwardly. With that sort of ability, you want to court me? Dream on! At last she understood how formidable Feng Xiaoxiao was. How long had it been? Wu Chengtian had already sunk ten million.
Wei Zhao had long known Feng Xiaoxiao's nature. She belonged squarely to the sort who brought misfortune on whoever crossed her path; apart from never fleecing Wei Zhao, she fleeced anyone she took a disliking to, and never missed.
After the card was done, Feng Xiaoxiao came back with the waiter, beaming. Wu Chengtian transferred the money again, wounded to the depths of his soul.
Luckily, Feng Xiaoxiao flattered him a few more times, and Wu Chengtian's heart bloomed once more.
This five-million meal card had landed in Feng Xiaoxiao's hands, and she would not squander it. She meant to make it last. By her reckoning, even at her unluckiest she could live another month or two — and for those one or two months, lunch and dinner were taken care of. The thought filled Feng Xiaoxiao with boundless joy.
Naturally, it could not all be spent in a single day! So Feng Xiaoxiao waved a hand and said, "The private room at the Crystal Palace is rather too big for the four of us — far too empty. Let's switch to a smaller one."
Hearing this, Wu Chengtian nearly spat blood. A five-million card was in hand — and now, before they had even gone up to sample the Crystal Palace's VIP treatment, she wanted to switch to a smaller room?