We agreed not to date, so why are you crying now that I've become the richest man?

Ye Chen leaned back in his chair.

With his hands crossed over his abdomen, he exudes a strong sense of psychological superiority and a superior posture.

There's nothing shameful about having a crush.

"What's shameful is that you don't dare to speak up, and you have to step on others to highlight your pathetic sense of superiority."

Li Hao abruptly pulled his hand back from the table.

Ye Chen looked at him with an extremely cold expression.

"You chose the seats and you started the conversation today."

"You want to see me embarrassed."

"But you have to consider whether you're worthy of it."

The boys who were just arguing with Li Hao are now all looking down at their phones.

No one dared to provoke Ye Chen.

Squad leader Zhang Qiang reluctantly stepped forward to smooth things over.

"Alright, alright, we're all classmates, and we'll all be going our separate ways soon. Let's keep the peace and make money together."

Li Hao felt like he had grasped at a straw.

His face darkened, and he slumped onto the chair.

The chair legs scraped against the tiles with an extremely piercing noise.

Lin Wanqing lowered her head and silently drank a sip of plain water.

She secretly glanced at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen didn't even glance in her direction.

Just then, Zhao Peng's stomach growled. He rubbed his hands together, picked up his chopsticks, and prepared to pick up the ribs in front of him.

Under the table, Ye Chen suddenly stuck out his foot and gently kicked Zhao Peng's shoe.

Zhao Peng was taken aback and turned his head.

Ye Chen leaned slightly towards him, lowered his voice, and said in a calm but unquestionable tone: "Put down your chopsticks and don't eat."

Zhao Peng looked puzzled and whispered, "What's wrong, Chenzi? I came here on an empty stomach to eat at your house, I'm starving."

"If you trust me, don't touch a single bite, not even the tea here." Ye Chen pushed the tableware in front of him forward, chuckled, and said, "Bear with it. I'll treat you to a good meal when we get out. You'll regret eating the food on this table."

Although Zhao Peng was full of doubts, he had always trusted Ye Chen implicitly. Looking at the delicious-looking dishes in front of him, he swallowed hard and obediently put down his chopsticks.

The atmosphere at the following dinner was extremely strange.

There was complete silence at the head table.

Li Hao kept his head down, eating his rice the whole time, his eyes fixed on the table, not daring to glance at Ye Chen at all.

The other students, however, were eating with great enthusiasm.

Zhao Peng watched as a boy next to him devoured ribs with grease dripping from his mouth, and he was so tempted that he could only whisper in Ye Chen's ear.

"Chenzi, everyone else seems to be enjoying those ribs. Are you just overthinking it?"

Ye Chen crossed his arms, not even taking apart his chopsticks, watching the people at the table enjoying their meal like an outsider.

"Does it smell good? Smell it carefully, doesn't the pork ribs smell a little sour?" Ye Chen smiled without saying a word.

Lin Wanqing sat in the middle, looking at the table full of dishes, but had no appetite at all.

She was used to Ye Chen's gaze always following her.

She was used to Ye Chen appearing the moment she needed him.

But tonight, Ye Chen didn't even glance at her out of the corner of his eye.

This feeling of being completely ignored is even more unbearable than being scolded to her face.

An hour later, the food on the table was almost gone.

Li Hao finally found a chance to regain his dignity.

He suddenly stood up and shouted towards the door.

"Waiter, the bill, please!"

He deliberately turned his voice up very loud, as if afraid that others wouldn't hear his boast about paying the bill, after all, he had sworn in the group last night that he would cover the whole bill.

The waiter came in with the bill.

"Hello, the total is two thousand four hundred and fifty yuan."

Squad leader Zhang Qiang was stunned.

"How many?"

"Two thousand four hundred and fifty."

Li Hao took the bill, and his face instantly turned extremely ugly.

To make a good impression, he deliberately chose this relatively expensive restaurant and added two bottles of high-end liquor. He thought two thousand yuan would be enough, but it ended up costing much more.

He touched his wallet, and there was only two thousand three hundred inside.

The scene was very embarrassing.

Li Hao braced himself and stammered as he spoke.

"Um... could everyone chip in a little? Just ten yuan each would be fine, ten yuan isn't much."

A short-haired girl immediately lost her temper.

"Li Hao, what do you mean? Last night in the group chat, you were the one who insisted on acting like a big spender, saying you'd cover everything tonight!"

"None of us girls touched those two bottles of liquor, you chose the place, and you ordered the expensive dishes!"

"Now that it's leaked, do you want us to fix the hole for you?"

The other students also joined in the quiet complaints.

"Exactly, why pretend to be rich when you don't have money?"

"If I had known I would have to pay extra, I wouldn't have come. What a disappointment."

Li Hao was so ashamed and indignant that he wished he could dig a hole and bury himself on the spot.

Squad leader Zhang Qiang sighed.

"Alright, everyone, let's chip in."

No one ignored him.

Lin Wanqing took out money from her bag.

She gently placed it on the table.

"Stop arguing, I'll pay for the extra."

Looking at the money, Li Hao felt even worse than if he had been slapped in the face in public.

He originally wanted to show off in front of Lin Wanqing.

Now he's become a laughingstock in front of the whole class for being a kept man.

Just then, Ye Chen stood up.

He put his hands in his pockets, looked down at Li Hao, and a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

"Brother Hao, you said it yourself in the group chat, you'll cover all the orders tonight, consider it a donation to help me out."

"I'm the kind of person who listens to advice; I really didn't bring a single penny with me when I went out today."

Ye Chen patted his empty pockets and smiled innocently.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Brother Hao. We won't contribute."

After saying that, Ye Chen completely ignored Li Hao's face, which was almost bleeding, and turned to walk towards the door of the private room.

Hungry, Zhao Peng quickly grabbed his coat and followed closely behind.

The moment Ye Chen's hand touched the doorknob.

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Several uniformed law enforcement officers walked in.

The middle-aged man leading the group held a seal in his hand. Although his face was serious, he immediately softened his tone and became very polite when he saw that the people in the private room were all young and inexperienced students.

"Classmates, I'm sorry to disturb your dinner party."

"The Health Bureau, in conjunction with the Industry and Commerce Bureau, is conducting a surprise inspection. Please stop eating."

The previously noisy atmosphere in the private room instantly fell silent, and everyone was somewhat bewildered.

Li Hao was so frightened that his legs went weak, and he slumped into his chair, stammering, "W-what happened? We were just having a graduation dinner..."

The leading law enforcement officer glanced around at the leftover food on the table, his eyes filled with sympathy and helplessness.

"Students, you are both consumers and victims. Let us explain the situation to you."

He pointed to the braised pork intestines and boiled fish on the table and sighed.

"The owner of this restaurant got into debt through gambling on soccer matches and ran off with the money last night!"

"The current head of the kitchen is using only pork from diseased or dead pigs in an attempt to make a last-ditch effort to cut costs!"

"Even the cooking oil is refined from swill retrieved from the sewers!"

"We were in the kitchen just now, and there were flies everywhere, and the meat smelled terrible. Anyone who ate there should go to the hospital immediately if they feel any stomach discomfort. Your health is the most important thing!"

boom!

These polite yet blunt words were like a bombshell, exploding right there in the private room.

Dead pig meat?

Oil extracted from swill?

Zhao Peng's eyes widened, and he was so frightened that a layer of white sweat broke out on his back.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Chen.

No wonder Chenzi wouldn't let him touch his chopsticks or even drink a drop of water!

If Chenzi hadn't stopped him, he would have definitely made half a plate of pork ribs from a diseased pig!

"Holy crap... Chenzi, you're my own brother!" Zhao Peng muttered in a low voice, his face showing relief after surviving the ordeal.

"vomit--"

The short-haired girl who had eaten quite a bit of food was the first to lose it.

She covered her mouth, her face pale, and vomited directly into the trash can in the corner.