Hearing Ruby.Lee's words, the two women were astonished. When had Ruby.Lee become so generous that he was willing to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a meal for them?
Coupled with what they had witnessed today—dozens of trucks loaded with luxurious dishes from a five-star hotel—had Ruby.Lee come into a fortune overnight? It seemed as if the money had fallen from the sky.
In fact, Su Mengyao's guess was right. Ruby.Lee's money did seem to have come out of nowhere...
Su Mengyao, who was following closely behind Ruby.Lee, quickly winked at Qin Jiajia.
These two best friends often cooperated with such tacit understanding and had successfully attracted the attention of many men.
Now Ruby.Lee seemed to have become a different person. He was unusually cold towards Su Mengyao, as if he had no interest in women at all, as if he had entered a detached state.
He must have money now and thought that he had more options, so he was now playing hard to get with Su Mengyao instead.
Yes! It must be like this. Pah! What a scumbag!
He's the kind of person who keeps looking for something better while already having something good. How shameless!
This strengthened their speculation even more. Since the temptation of beauty didn't work, they would change their strategy.
"Ah, Ruby.Lee, did you win the lottery recently? First, there's the Michelin three-star restaurant, and then the five-star hotel. I heard that those dishes cost at least tens of millions of yuan," Qin Jiajia said in a sweet voice.
Any other man would have been charmed by this voice and been head over heels.
"Don't talk nonsense, Jiajia. Why are you asking such a question? I'm with Ruby.Lee because I like his character, not because of his money. Don't ask such questions anymore!" Su Mengyao's face darkened. She took Ruby.Lee's arm and pretended to rub it casually, and the soft touch came immediately.
Su Mengyao also deliberately emphasized the word "dating" and then pretended to scold Qin Jiajia.
Qin Jiajia immediately put on an apologetic look, covered her mouth, and said aggrievedly, "Oh, I'm sorry. I just don't want Ruby.Lee to waste money. I won't say it again."
Then the two secretly observed Ruby.Lee's reaction.
It had to be said that these two women really deserved to be good friends. One played the good cop and the other played the bad cop, and their cooperation was seamless.
Ruby.Lee even suspected that they had read too many books teaching people how to scheme.
Humph, since you want to know, then I'll play along with you.
"Alas, I didn't win any lottery. I just sold a few houses in my hometown. Since it's Mengyao's birthday soon, I got about thirty million from selling them. I originally wanted to surprise Mengyao, but I didn't expect to run into you two today," Ruby.Lee stopped walking and made up the story casually.
"Wow! Tens of millions! I knew Ruby.Lee loved you very much, Mengyao. You're so lucky. I'm so envious. Ruby.Lee is actually spending thirty million on your birthday just to pursue you!" Qin Jiajia said exaggeratedly.
Haha, sure enough, this kind of man is like someone who hasn't seen a woman in several lifetimes. As soon as Su Mengyao showed a little more affection and mentioned dating Ruby.Lee, Ruby.Lee immediately changed his attitude and spilled the beans.
Qin Jiajia quickly blocked Ruby.Lee's retreat with her words. Men are all about saving face. Qin Jiajia thought that once she said this, Ruby.Lee would surely be unable to back down and would have to bite the bullet and spend money on Su Mengyao. Even if he didn't spend all of it, spending a few million would always be possible.
And as Su Mengyao's best friend, she would surely get her share of the benefits afterwards.
Su Mengyao secretly gave Qin Jiajia a thumbs-up in her heart. This assist came at just the right time.
Humph, you idiot. If it weren't for squeezing you dry, I wouldn't lower myself like this. When I've sucked you dry, you can just get lost.
Thinking about how Ruby.Lee used to follow her around like a lapdog made her feel sick.
Ruby.Lee was well aware of these two women's little tricks.
It seemed that he really deserved it in his previous life. Even without the apocalyptic world, he would have been played to death by these two calculating bitches sooner or later.
Maybe he would even stage a drama of being so lovesick that he jumped off a building.
Alas, a simp is a simp. One shouldn't be too proactive when pursuing a woman.
Money is meant to be shown off to women, not spent on them...
Now that he was just a little colder and showed a bit of his strength, it was as if their roles had been reversed. Instead, Su Mengyao and Qin Jiajia were chasing after him like female lapdogs.
"Hey, then how about this? Ruby.Lee, let's go to the largest Michelin three-star restaurant in Huahai for dinner. It's just about dinner time. Do you know that Mengyao hasn't had a good appetite these days and has lost weight from hunger," Qin Jiajia said with a twinkle in her eyes, giving another great assist.
Hearing this, Ruby.Lee came up with a plan in his mind to teach these two gold-digging and calculating bitches a lesson.
Ruby.Lee couldn't help but give himself a thumbs-up for his brilliant idea and was already laughing inside.
"Ha ha, okay then. Actually, I'm not hungry either, but since Ruby.Lee is accompanying us to dinner, I guess it's okay," Su Mengyao pretended to be shy and coy.
But her words were hinting all along: Hurry up and treat me to dinner, lady.
I've been planning to get you to pay for a long time, that's why I've been playing along with you for so long.
This was the cleverness of these two calculating bitches. Every sentence was about getting Ruby.Lee to pay without directly mentioning money.
In this society, as long as there are women at a dinner, it's the man's responsibility to pay the bill, and the women just need to eat.
By then, Ruby.Lee, as a man, would surely pay the bill. Otherwise, how embarrassing it would be for him in front of Su Mengyao.
After saying that, Ruby.Lee casually hailed a taxi.
Seeing that their plan had succeeded, Su Mengyao and Qin Jiajia exchanged a smile and looked down on Ruby.Lee even more.
A rich loser is still a loser after all, unable to change his inner nature and temperament.
...
The Michelin three-star restaurant.
The last time Ruby.Lee ate here was, well, last time.
After getting out of the taxi, the two women looked at the exquisite and luxurious restaurant and then at Ruby.Lee's clothes.
They automatically kept a little distance from him, lest others see that two beautiful women like them were having dinner with such a bumpkin.
It would be so degrading and would affect their social status.
Ruby.Lee didn't expose them either. Humph, you'll be crying soon.
After entering the door, Ruby.Lee and the others were led to a table.
As soon as they entered the door, the two women were looking around. Usually, they just took a look when passing by. There was only one time when a sucker treated them to a meal, but that time only five dishes were ordered.
It wasn't even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.
The two women picked up the menu and started ordering like crazy.
"This one! This one!"
"I want to eat this! Oh, and these ones too. Serve them!"
"Right, that one looks really good. And a few more of these, and this seafood too!"
"That one is so delicious. A few more of these!"
Seeing the dazzling array of dishes on the menu and those delicious and delicate feasts, their nature as gold diggers was immediately exposed.
After ordering sixty-seven dishes in a frenzy, the two women reluctantly closed the menu.
Only then did they notice that they had lost their composure in front of Ruby.Lee just now.
Immediately, they regained their usual innocent and cute appearance.
Ruby.Lee watched their performance and sneered in his heart.
Now, looking at Su Mengyao was like looking at Ru Hua during the post-orgasmic clarity period. He felt nothing at all, and even wanted to slap her a few times.
He was really blind in his previous life...