"Heehee, Ruby.Lee, I haven't had much of an appetite these days. But strangely enough, having dinner with you tonight, I'm suddenly feeling ravenously hungry. You surely won't mind if we order a sumptuous meal, right?"
Su Mengyao's cheeks flushed, and she lowered her head coyly. The light traced an alluring silhouette on her face, making her look extraordinarily charming.
Such a move would undoubtedly be a surefire weapon when dealing with men who were easily smitten.
However, in Ruby.Lee's eyes, which had been baptized by the "sage mode," all of this seemed so contrived and fake.
"Haha, of course not! It's a blessing for a girl to have a good appetite. What's more, it's you, Mengyao. In my eyes, you're the most beautiful scenery no matter what."
Ugh~
Ugh~
Suddenly, those humble words he had spoken in his previous life flashed through Ruby.Lee's mind, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea, ripples of disgust welling up in his heart.
"Ruby.Lee, you're so nice! I'm already looking forward to my birthday. You'll surely give me a huge surprise then, right?"
Su Mengyao lowered her head slightly again, setting a gentle trap for Ruby.Lee.
If it had been the old Ruby.Lee, upon hearing this, he would have wished he had countless kidneys just to win the goddess's smile, giving everything he had.
But now, Ruby.Lee only wanted to sneer.
Su Mengyao's birthday was still a month away. By then, the apocalyptic world might have arrived, and perhaps it would even coincide with her death day. What was the point of celebrating her birthday? It was utterly ridiculous.
"Haha, that's right. I've already prepared a huge surprise for you two. Jiajia will get a share too."
"You'll definitely be astonished when the time comes."
Ruby.Lee said with a smile, a mysterious glint in his eyes.
Surprise? To hell with your surprise!
But then again, the apocalyptic world and the global freeze would indeed be a "big surprise" for you two...
Soon, the table was filled with dishes.
Su Mengyao and Qin Jiajia were busy touching up their makeup and posing. It took them a full hour before they finally began to enjoy the delicious food contentedly.
"Ruby.Lee, you should eat too. Why are you just watching us eat?"
Qin Jiajia noticed that Ruby.Lee wasn't touching his chopsticks despite the table full of delicacies and asked hurriedly.
"Oh, I had a self-heating hot pot before I left home, and I'm still quite full. You two enjoy yourselves. Eat as much as you like."
Ruby.Lee smiled and waved his hand, patting his bulging stomach as he spoke.
"Ah, Ruby.Lee, don't be so polite! We'll feel embarrassed if you don't eat. Besides, you came here specifically to have dinner with us. It won't be fun if you don't eat."
Su Mengyao looked up and said. Before she even finished her sentence, she stuffed another piece of meat into her mouth.
You loser! If you don't eat, who's going to pay the bill later?
"Alright then, I'll eat a little."
Ruby.Lee smiled and picked up his chopsticks to taste the food.
If it's free, why not eat it? It's more interesting to hurt them where it really counts.
Two hours and thirty minutes later, the two women still didn't feel full and ordered another thirty-plus dishes.
Now that they'd finally caught a sucker, how could they not order more?
If they couldn't finish later, they'd just ask Ruby.Lee to pack them up and bring them back, and then he could give them to the women again.
They didn't want to lose face by packing food themselves. Anyway, there was a ready-made "sucker" here, so let him do this embarrassing thing.
Ruby.Lee just smiled and didn't say much. Anyway, he had a good appetite and could eat as much as they ordered.
He wasn't afraid they'd order too much; he was afraid they'd order too little. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fun later.
"Hey, Mengyao, I'll go get another bottle of red wine. We've finished the one we had. A sumptuous meal goes well with high-end red wine. That's the only way to have an elegant atmosphere."
Ruby.Lee wiped his mouth and stood up as he said this.
The two women nodded without looking up.
Ruby.Lee walked to the front desk and secretly glanced at the two women. They were eating while scrolling through their phones, checking the comments on Jimeishu to see if there were any "suckers" who were envious of them and attracted by their beauty.
They didn't notice at all that Ruby.Lee had quietly walked out of the restaurant door.
Once outside, Ruby.Lee quickly found a concealed spot, took out a telescope he'd bought from the supermarket from his space, and began to observe secretly.
Through the telescope, Su Mengyao and Qin Jiajia were still chatting and laughing.
Ruby.Lee quickly muted his phone and waited patiently for the drama to unfold.
Half an hour later, the two women began to get anxious.
"Alas, Mengyao, why hasn't Ruby.Lee come back yet? Why is he taking so long to get the wine?"
"Yeah, I didn't even notice if you hadn't mentioned it! Where has that loser gone?"
They looked around for Ruby.Lee's figure.
"Mengyao, quickly send Ruby.Lee a message and ask him to come back right away! We're full, and it's time for him to come back and pay the bill! He doesn't have any gentlemanly manners at all, making us two beautiful ladies wait for him for so long!"
Qin Jiajia rolled her eyes as she said this.
Su Mengyao quickly took out her phone and started operating it.
Before long, Ruby.Lee's Huawei Mate 120 vibrated, showing several new messages.
"Ruby.Lee, where have you gone? Come back and eat quickly. The food's getting cold!"
Ruby.Lee silently turned off the phone screen and continued observing.
Another half an hour passed, and the two women became even more flustered.
"Ruby.Lee, come back quickly! We want to go home. We're scared because it's getting dark! You should send Jiajia and me back!"
Ruby.Lee still didn't reply to the messages.
At this point, the two women finally realized what was going on.
"Ruby.Lee, come back and pay the bill! The restaurant staff has already come to urge us!"
When Ruby.Lee saw this, he thought, Oh? Are you getting anxious? Have you dropped the act?
"Mengyao, do you think Ruby.Lee has run away? I've read online about men who say they're treating girls to dinner and then run away halfway through!"
"Quick! Call Ruby.Lee! He's not going to be like those men on the internet, is he?!"
Qin Jiajia was the first to react, anxiously grabbing Su Mengyao's arm as she said this.
Su Mengyao panicked upon hearing this and quickly dialed the number in her contacts, which was noted as "Simp — Idiot Security Guard Lin."
"Beep — Beep — Beep —"
A series of busy tones came from the phone. After two minutes and thirty seconds, the call was automatically disconnected.
Ruby.Lee felt a sense of exhilaration as he watched Su Mengyao's call come in.
As long as he stopped licking the ground like a dog, these calculating bitches would no longer be able to control him!
Through the telescope, the restaurant manager had walked up to the two women and seemed to be saying something. The two women looked a bit flustered.
Inside the restaurant, the manager said politely, "Hello, ladies. I'm the restaurant manager. You've been dining here for nearly five hours, and I've noticed that you've finished eating a long time ago. Could you please pay the bill? We're about to close. Your total consumption this time is 630,000 yuan. Here's the consumption details. Please take a look. Thank you."
"What?! 630,000 yuan?! We know your dishes are expensive, but it surely doesn't add up to 630,000 yuan, does it?"
Su Mengyao and Qin Jiajia exclaimed in shock, clearly startled by the staggering figure.
They quickly took the details to check.
"Ah? What kind of wine is this? Why does a bottle cost 150,000 yuan? And we ordered two bottles!"
The two women turned pale with fright when they saw the details.
When they were ordering just now, they were only focused on ordering and didn't look at the prices at all. Anyway, Ruby.Lee was the big sucker who would pay the bill, so of course they had to fleece him good.