Chapter 2 Su Wen, settle the bill?

  Su Wen left in shock.

  Needless to say, as a high-end consumption venue in Beijing and Shanghai, a completely free purple gold card from Jiu Feng Restaurant is invaluable.

  On the way back, he conjured up five steel rings again. A bowl of instant noodles for 3.5 yuan, and he kindly added a sausage to Yin Zeping's portion.

  The phone suddenly rang.

  "What's wrong, Xiaoshi?" Su Wen asked with some surprise.

  Xiao Shi, full name Liu Xiao Shi.

  His girlfriend.

  They met in their freshman year and officially became a couple in their sophomore year; now they are both graduating seniors.

  "Brother Wen, my parents want to meet you at Jiufeng Restaurant tomorrow for dinner, it's about our matter." Liu Xiaoshi told Su Wen over the phone.

  "What time is it? I have to go."

  "Eleven thirty."

  He took a look at the purple gold card in his hand and had an inexplicable bad premonition.

  The next day, 10:30.

  Su Wen wore formal attire and tied a tie before going out.

  Jiufeng Restaurant

  "Wife, how can we make that kid know his limits?" Liu Mingyuan scratched his head.

  "Hmph, I've already thought of a way. The reason I chose to eat here today is to let him know how incompetent he is, he can't give Xiaoshi happiness, and when the time comes, he'll be ashamed and break up with Xiaoshi." Cai Yuemei said, deliberately pointing at the menu in front of her.

  "Wife, I understand." Liu Mingyuan was overjoyed.

  At 11:10, Su Wen arrived at the entrance of Jiufeng Restaurant.

  Liu Xiaoshi saw Su Wen walking over and excitedly ran past: "You've finally arrived, my parents have been waiting anxiously."

  Su Wen subconsciously glanced at his watch, now it's clearly not yet 11:30, but he naturally wouldn't say that he wasn't late, instead saying "Let's hurry in, hopefully your parents aren't angry."

  Jiufeng Restaurant, an exquisite private room.

  Su Wen looked at the couple in front of her, they were Liu Xiaoshi's parents.

  During university days in Suzhou, I had met Liu Xiaoshi's parents before, but as for having dinner together, this was the first time.

  "Uncle, Auntie." Su Wen bowed slightly.

  "Sit down!" Cai Yue Mei said indifferently.

  "Mom, it's Wen Ge's first time having dinner with you guys, he might be a bit nervous." Liu Xiaoshi started to make excuses for Su Wen.

  "He's not nervous about having dinner with us for the first time, he's nervous because it's his first time in such a high-end place. With his living conditions, I don't know how many times he can come to such a high-end place in his lifetime." Cai Yue Mei said bluntly.

  Su Wen's heart felt slightly cold, and his face didn't look good anymore.

  He felt a bit nervous when he saw Liu Xiaoshi's parents, but it wasn't obvious.

  Cai Yuemei spoke like this, basically didn't take him as her daughter's boyfriend, it seemed that in front of her, he was simply worthless.

  Su Wen also had his dignity, he immediately wanted to argue back, but Liu Xiaoshi secretly held his hand, feeling the warmth in his palm, and he didn't say a word.

  Endure!

  For Liu Xiaoshi, he endured it.

  "Alright, here's your food." Liu Mingyuan watched as the waiter walked over from the doorway.

  A faint cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and the real show was about to begin.

  Eight dishes, very exquisite.

  Liu Xiaoshi took a look at her parents. Her sharp eyes still worked well, and these eight dishes were obviously not cheap. If her parents ordered such expensive dishes, who would pay the bill later?

  "Su Wen, you're from the countryside, maybe you haven't had anything this good before, let me introduce it to you." Cai Yue Mei's words sounded pleasant, but were full of sarcasm. "Look at that dish in the middle, its name is Steamed Chicken with Grass Rhizome, made with high-quality young hen meat and grass rhizome after multiple cooking processes. This dish is one of Jiu Feng Restaurant's signature dishes, 1888 yuan per serving, not a single discount."

  "On this side, there's a dish called abalone sauce with fish maw, soft and smooth, delicious soup... 1999 yuan per plate... Braised fish fin, 2188 yuan per serving... Stir-fried silver ear fungus, 1288 yuan per serving... Buddha jumping shrimp, 1999 yuan per serving..."

  The eight dishes were finished, and the room was silent as a crow's call.

  "Mom, why did you order such expensive dishes?" Liu Xiaoshi broke the silence in the house, and she began to complain a bit.

  "Is it expensive?" Cai Yue Mei sneered, "Su Wen, tell me, which of these eight dishes can you afford to eat?"

  Su Wen fell silent, he had already guessed what Cai Yue Mei meant.

  "You're just a poor kid, Kyoto isn't the place for you. Our usual meal expenses are enough to cover your work for several months. Sorry, I'm not even saying it right, you don't even have a job now, so you can't even get into such places." Cai Yumei's words became more and more vicious.

  "Mom!"

  "Little poem, mom is also for your own good." Cai Yue Mei pointed to Su Wen, "This man can't give you happiness, he has no house, no car, and not even a job in Kyoto. What do you think he will use to support you in the future? Are you planning on following him to beg?"

  "Add a sentence, Dad." Liu Mingyuan said, "Now, let's not say Su Wen has no job. Even if he does have a job, how much can he earn in a month? Let's assume it's 10,000 yuan per month. Look at the current housing prices in Kyoto, outside the Fifth Ring Road, it's still 30,000 yuan per square meter. If you want to buy a small apartment of 100 square meters, you'll need 3 million yuan. This means he needs to work for 300 months, which is almost 30 years. By then, you'll be old and faded."

  Liu Xiaoshi's face didn't look good after hearing this.

  "Little poem, if you two are together, there will be two paths laid out before you." Cai Yue Mei continued, "One path is that you'll live a hard life in Kyoto, you won't have money to buy makeup, you can't eat what you want every day, you must cook every day, and rush around for oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar. In less than ten years, your skin will become coarse, your face will turn waxen yellow, and at thirty, you'll look like a fifty-year-old old lady. At that time, will your child call you mom or grandma? You can think about it yourself."

  "No... I don't want it to be like this." Liu Xiaoshi thought of a terrible scene.

  "The second road is for you and Su Wen to return to your hometown. You should know what Su Wen's hometown looks like, it's a place where a group of uncivilized people live, they are still living in the 1970s, if you live there for a few years, you won't be much different from the vegetable vendors on the side of the road, do you want to see that scene?"

  "I... I don't want to go there either." Liu Xiaoshi grasped Cai Yuemei's hand.

  "Little poem, that's right." Cai Yue Mei showed a complacent expression. "Mom knows many acquaintances in Kyoto, and when the time comes, I'll introduce you to a family with good conditions, so you won't have to live such a hard life. As for Su Wen, forget it! He's not suitable for you."

  Liu Xiaoshi still had tears in her eyes, she was scared by Cai Yuemei's words.

  "Brother Wen, I..." Liu Xiaoshi looked at Su Wen with a hint of embarrassment.

  A few words from her mother had already made her betray their love.

  "Give me three years, can you?" Su Wen didn't argue with Cai Yue Mei about anything, he looked into Liu Xiaoshi's eyes and asked this sentence, which was his last attempt to persuade her.

  "Three years, thirty years would not be enough for you." Liu Mingyuan scolded, "Xiao Shi doesn't like you now, so don't linger here anymore, get out!"

  Su Wen looked at Liu Xiaoshi again and found that Liu Xiaoshi was intentionally avoiding his gaze.

  "Alright, I understand." Su Wen stood up, he took another look at Liu Xiaoshi, and in his heart, he put a period to this feeling, but that heart was bleeding, "Sorry, I disturbed you!"

  Liu Xiaoshi looked at Su Wen's back, as if she had lost the most important thing in her life.

  "Alright, let's settle the bill and head home." Cai Yue Mei stood up. "A table of dishes that costs over 10,000 yuan is really a waste. If I had known this kid was so easy to deal with, I wouldn't have ordered such expensive dishes. But for my daughter, it's all worth it."

  "Waiter, pack it up for me." Liu Mingyuan chuckled and said, "Can't waste it, right?"

  "Sir, I can pack for you, but there's no need to pay the bill. The young man who was just here has already paid." The waitress said with a smile, though she had been intimidated by the purple gold card in the young man's hand, which was said to be issued by the old master, and there were less than thirty of them in the entire Kyoto.

  "Su Wen, pay the bill?" Cai Yue Mei burst out laughing, "Where does that poor kid have money to pay the bill? Are you guys mistaken?"

  The waiter, displeased with what he had just heard, said: "Ma'am, please do not insult our most honored guest. He indeed does not need to pay the bill, thanks to the Imperial Gold Card of Jiu Feng Restaurant, all his expenses are completely waived. As for what you called him, a poor little boy, I'm afraid I really can't understand, sorry!"

  Cai Yuemei's mouth opened wide when she heard this.

  A free meal card for Jiu Feng Restaurant, is that something Su Wen can have?

  "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Liu Mingyuan blurted out, as if he had just heard the biggest joke in the world.

  "Even if you had millions, you couldn't buy a single purple gold card. Are we going to mistake it?" The waitress looked at the couple in front of her with disdain, thinking she had met a real country bumpkin. "The meals are all packed for you, if there's nothing else, I'll go serve other people."

  Liu Mingyuan and his family looked at each other, all of them bewildered.

  Liu Xiaoshi hastily chased after him towards the outside of the door, but there was no sign of Su Wen anywhere.

  Back in the dormitory, Su Wen felt extremely disheartened. They had been dating for three years and had made promises to each other, but it was all undone by someone else's few words.

  "What's wrong?" Yin Zeping asked.

  "Leave me alone, I want to sleep." Su Wen climbed onto the bed, and in his mind, a small figure sighed like an adult.

  P.S: New book is opening