"Jiayan, is this... a silver card from the Splendid Hotel? To get a membership card of this level, you need to spend a million at the Splendid Hotel, right?"

Li Feng took one look at the membership card in Chen Jiayan's hand, showing amazement and envy.

"You have to spend a million to get it?"

"Holy smokes, is Chen Jiayan's boyfriend that rich? Just dining at the hotel cost a million?"

"She really is a goddess, everywhere she goes she's a goddess. Why can't I have that kind of luck."

The classmates all sighed, their eyes practically watering as they looked at the membership card in Chen Jiayan's hand.

"It's just a million after all." Chen Jiayan spoke with a faint smile, her tone casual, her vanity immensely satisfied. Thinking about Li Liyun who had married Jiang Chen, she instantly felt she was leagues above this former golden flower that used to be compared with her.

Li Feng remarked, "Jiayan, if you strike it rich in the future, you can't forget about us old classmates."

"Yeah, Jiayan, you mustn't forget us."

"Exactly, we all get along really well!"

"Right, but that Jiang Chen, you don't need to bother with him. He's just a live-in son-in-law, not much help."

"You're right, helping him is just a waste."

The classmates kept on egging each other on, with some noticing Chen Jiayan's comparative attitude towards Li Liyun, and kicking Jiang Chen while he was down.

Zhou Chunjian's face looked a bit troubled. He considered himself Jiang Chen's best friend, but since he wasn't doing particularly well himself, he couldn't offer much help to Jiang Chen. Seeing everyone mocking Jiang Chen, he still felt angry.

Chen Jiayan called out, "Alright, let's not waste more time here, let's go."

Zhou Chunjian frowned, "But, Li Feng has already made reservations here, isn't it a waste if we don't use it?"

Li Feng waved generously, "It's fine, the owner here is a friend of my dad's. I'll just talk to him, let's go."

Without any more objections, the classmates gathered their things and followed Chen Jiayan out of the banquet hall.

Zhou Chunjian didn't really want to go, but a few of his fairly good school friends were pulling him along, calling him 'class leader' this and 'class leader' that, making it hard for him to refuse. He could only follow everyone out of the banquet hall.

The group made their way to the Splendid Hotel.

...

When Jiang Chen arrived at the Splendid Hotel, he saw a small car exhibition at the hotel entrance, which must have been an event organized by a car dealership using the square in front of the hotel.

He glanced over it casually and stepped into the hotel, where he already saw Ye Jingyi in the lobby on the first floor.

"Why did you choose such a high-end place?" Ye Jingyi furrowed her brow as soon as she saw Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen sat across from Ye Jingyi, grinning, "Well, I am rich now, aren't I? I might not be able to use it for anything else, but eating out should be fine, right?"

Ye Jingyi glared at Jiang Chen and warned, "Don't use Zhang Long's money, it could cause trouble."

Jiang Chen nodded repeatedly, "I know."

After ordering the food, Jiang Chen happily started eating with Ye Jingyi.

But what he didn't notice was that, as soon as he had walked in, a diner in a corner of the lobby, who had been eating, was now staring coldly at him.

It was Xu Gang.

Xu Gang had not expected to run into Ye Jingyi here at first, and he was even more surprised to see Jiang Chen afterwards.

Sworn enemies meeting, their jealousy evident!

Xu Gang wanted to rise to his feet right then and go trouble Jiang Chen. But, recalling Zhang Long's warning to him from that day, he held himself back.

Yet, after enduring for quite a while, he couldn't suppress the fiery rage in his heart. His eyes darted around, and a cold smirk formed on his lips, "Poor boy, don't you want to seduce Ye Jingyi? Today, I'll make you lose face in front of her."

"Waiter!" Xu Gang waved his hand at a nearby server.

"Good evening, sir, how may I assist you?" The waiter approached with a smile.

While pointing at Ye Jingyi and Jiang Chen's table, Xu Gang whispered some instructions.

The waiter glanced over at Ye Jingyi and Jiang Chen's table, showing a hint of difficulty on his face.

"I know your establishment can do it." Xu Gang glared at the waiter, pulling out a stack of cash from his wallet and handing it over.

The waiter looked around, slipped the cash into his pocket without a word, and walked away.

After a while, the waiter returned with a bunch of flowers and a bottle of red wine, delivering them to Jiang Chen's table, "Beautiful miss, a gentleman over there sent these to you, hoping you would like them."

Jiang Chen and his companion turned to look and saw Xu Gang smiling slyly at them.

Their faces changed instantly, and without any hesitation, Ye Jingyi rejected them immediately, "I don't know him, take these things back."

The waiter frowned, having taken the money to resolve difficulties, so he smiled again, "Miss, such enthusiasm from General Manager Xu is rare. Even if you don't know him, you should accept it."

Ye Jingyi: "I told you to take it away, didn't you hear me?"

The waiter, disgruntled, "Miss, that's where you're wrong. So many women are tripping over themselves to get close to General Manager Xu. Now that he's willing to humble himself to pursue you, that's a great honor. You should feel flattered and happy to accept."

That was clearly a remark meant to say Ye Jingyi didn't know what was good for her.

Ye Jingyi was both angry and annoyed. Turning to look at Jiang Chen, she found him still engrossed in his meal, and couldn't help but let her voice turn cold, "Jiang Chen, why are you still eating? Didn't you see this?"

As she spoke, a hint of disappointment rose in Ye Jingyi's eyes.

So Jiang Chen was just a show-off when no one was around. In a situation like this, he couldn't even utter a word?

Too useless!

She couldn't help but regret her hasty decision to register their marriage with Jiang Chen that day.

But the waiter just laughed, "Miss, asking him to speak? Would that be of any use? Look at him, if it weren't for you, he probably wouldn't even be able to enter the doors of Glorious Hotel."

"You..." Ye Jingyi's face flushed with anger.

"Jingyi, when the dog barks, just let it bark. There's no need to pay attention to him," Jiang Chen finally said, and after that, he pointed to the dish in front of him, "Here, try this shrimp. It's expensive, so eat it while it's hot."

"Pfft." With that, Ye Jingyi's anger turned to laughter; she rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat.

Savoring the delicious food, Ye Jingyi stole glances at the greedily eating Jiang Chen and felt a sudden sweetness in her heart:

So it turned out he wasn't trying to be a coward.

"Who are you calling a dog?" the waiter snapped.

But Jiang Chen didn't even look at him, just continued to eat and even helped Ye Jingyi to some dishes.

There was nothing the waiter could do. Red-faced and angry, yet not daring to start a fight, he turned his head like an idiot to look at Xu Gang.

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