Chapter 6 A Woman Like Her

Yun Kai leaned back against the wall, resting his palm on his chest to calm his racing heart, incessantly telling himself to stay calm.

He hadn't seen any gruesome or discordant scenes; surely they wouldn't persist in chasing him, right?!

His phone "ding-donged", signaling a text from Liu Xixi.

Liu Xixi: Yun Kai, I'm so sorry, I just realized the room number plate was broken, the 6 fell off and turned into a 9, we're actually in room 666.

What a coincidence! Yun Kai didn't believe it for a second.

He beckoned a waiter over, whispering instructions before heading to room 666 with a composed face.

The door was not fully closed. As Yun Kai reached the doorstep, he overheard Liu Xixi's voice, full of guilt, "Milan, Kexin, deliberately giving the wrong room number won't cause any problems, will it?"

An Kexin dismissed the concern, "What could possibly happen? It's just a wrong room number making her walk a bit further, that's all."

Milan nodded in agreement, "A woman like Yun Kai, able to freeload in places like this, would come running no matter how many times we give her the wrong room number, grinning and fawning over us with a subservient smile."

The rest of the people in the room laughed mockingly in chorus, "Exactly, exactly..."

Liu Xixi slowly lowered her eyelids, concealing the glee she couldn't quite keep from showing, yet the words she uttered were heavy with feigned distress, "But Yun Kai is my best friend."

An Kexin chuckled, "Best friend? Xixi, remember this – she's not one of us. A woman like her isn't even fit to carry our shoes."

Not fit to carry their shoes? What a joke! A flicker of fierceness passed through Yun Kai's indifferent eyes.

In his previous life at school, right up until graduation, everyone thought he was a poor kid.

All because of Liu Xixi's deliberate misdirection.

Furthermore, because of his seductive looks and obvious affection for the senior Xu Jianan, he was labeled a gold-digger aspiring to marry into wealth, while Liu Xixi, beside him, was assumed to be the rich second-generation.

Liu Xixi's background was quite ordinary. Being able to enter the "Elegant Room", using her membership card no less, was no small feat.

In this restaurant, he was the regular.

Yun Kai pushed the door open forcefully, and the room fell abruptly silent as everyone's expressions shifted, all eyes fixed on him.

Liu Xixi immediately stood up with a smile and warmly linked arms with Yun Kai, "Yun Kai, you finally made it."

She was dressed in a light yellow dress, with long, straight, black hair and bangs, creating an image of gentleness and harmlessness.

Yun Kai had once been deceived by such appearances, resulting in Liu Xixi orchestrating his downfall with a drug scandal, leaving his reputation in ruins.

Yun Kai smiled coolly, subtly shrugging off Liu Xixi's hand, "Given the rare occasion that you invite me for a meal, of course, I had to come."

An Kexin looked at Yun Kai with added scorn and disdain.

She said mockingly, "A poor person will always be a poor person, acting like a starving ghost who hasn't eaten for hundreds of years."

Milan also looked at Liu Xixi with feigned concern, "Some people rarely get to dine in such upscale places, so they'll obviously want to get their money's worth. Poor you, your wallet's going to bleed today."

Facing the duo's mocking chorus, Liu Xixi smiled, indicating she didn't mind at all.

And she truly didn't care.

She hadn't planned to pay for today's meal from the start; inviting Yun Kai was specifically to have him foot the bill.

After Yun Kai sat down, he glanced at them faintly, his lips curling into a slight mocking smile, "Being rich is not measured by how high one's nostrils are flared."

The haughty An Kexin suddenly found herself glaring, eyes bulging, "Are you mocking me?!"