Chapter 37: A Grand Display for Qin Feng
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Watching Qin Feng drive away, Li Ao was left choking on exhaust fumes and flew into a rage.
Damn it!
Had some little nobody just looked down on him?
“You little punk, who do you think you are? I’m staying right here today!”
Roaring with jealousy burning in his chest, Li Ao started his Ferrari and chased after him.
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Phoenix Pavilion.
It was a traditional Chinese hotel steeped in ancient elegance. Its décor and style were infused with classical charm, and its luxury was taken to the extreme.
It had always been favored by the rich and powerful.
Even the minimum spending requirement for the cheapest private room was six figures.
The reason for its astronomical prices was simple: its backer was the world-famous Wolong Bank.
Qin Feng had driven here after arranging everything with Qing Luan in advance.
He had not expected Li Ao to follow them.
“Li Ao, why did you come along?” Jiang Yalan asked unhappily after getting out of the car.
Li Ao smiled faintly. “Yalan, Yunhai is my territory. Since you’ve come all this way, naturally I should host your welcome dinner!”
“No need. Qin Feng said he would pay,” Jiang Yalan replied indifferently.
“Him?”
Li Ao looked as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world. “Yalan, you’re giving him far too much credit. That kid is nothing but a penniless loser. Does he really think he can afford to spend money at Phoenix Pavilion?”
“Even the cheapest meal here would cost him a year’s wages!”
Looking at the restaurant’s lavish décor, Jiang Yalan also felt that Qin Feng could not possibly afford it.
“It’s not as though we have to eat here. It’s only one meal; we can go anywhere.”
“Wouldn’t that be beneath you?” Li Ao said.
He pulled a gold card from his pocket and flaunted it. “As it happens, I’m a gold member here at Phoenix Pavilion. Let me pay for this meal!”
“Miss Jiang, shall we go in?”
Qin Feng had been ignored from beginning to end.
Jiang Yalan glanced at him, feeling that Li Ao’s words had gone too far.
After all, Qin Feng was her best friend’s fiancé.
She was just about to say something in his defense when—
“I don’t need to pay for my meals here,” Qin Feng said before striding inside.
“Don’t need to pay? What kind of nonsense are you spouting, kid?”
Li Ao thought Qin Feng was an idiot. He actually dared to dine and dash at Phoenix Pavilion.
He reminded Jiang Yalan, “Miss Jiang, aren’t you embarrassed to be seen with him?”
Jiang Yalan neither agreed nor disagreed. She simply followed Qin Feng inside.
Furious, Li Ao’s face alternated between pale and livid as he cursed under his breath and followed them.
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The lobby.
The head attendant, Wu Yuan, spotted Li Ao at once, and his eyes lit up.
He hurried over to report to the manager, Shen Yong.
“Manager Shen!”
“Young Master Li is here again!”
“The last time he entertained his friends, he spent hundreds of thousands on a single table. He’s practically our money tree!”
Shen Yong followed the direction of his finger and looked over. His expression gradually filled with astonishment.
But he was not surprised to see Li Ao.
He was surprised by the young man standing beside him—
Qin Feng!
Shen Yong had attended the Wolong Bank investment conference that day and had personally witnessed President Qing treating this young man with the utmost respect.
Later, President Qing had personally ordered him to make absolutely certain that Qin Feng was received properly today.
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“Listen carefully!”
Shen Yong’s eyes burned with excitement as he issued his orders in a tone reserved for matters of the utmost importance.
“A distinguished guest has arrived. Make sure he is entertained with the greatest care and treated with absolute respect!”
“Serve every one of the most expensive and finest dishes. Then bring out the bottle kept as the house treasure!”
“Tell them the entire meal is on the house. I’ll personally go over and toast him!”
“Yes, sir!”
Although Wu Yuan was shocked by the extraordinary level of service the manager had ordered, he did not dare ask a single question.
Inside the private room, Qin Feng tried calling Xu Banxia, but she did not answer. It seemed her consultation had not yet ended.
She probably would not be able to make it.
Jiang Yalan suddenly asked, “Banxia told me you’re an intern working under her?”
“Yes.”
Qin Feng nodded. “We’re in the same department.”
Jiang Yalan could not help asking, “Don’t you want to improve yourself? If you can’t earn a medical doctorate or master’s degree like Banxia, you should at least do something to save face, shouldn’t you?”
“You’re an intern doctor. Even if you become permanent staff, your salary won’t amount to much.”
“Have you ever considered Banxia?”
“There’s no need. I think I already know enough.”
Qin Feng answered with a smile.
Jiang Yalan was speechless.
This man had no ability whatsoever, yet he was obsessed with saving face. He was truly impossible to reason with.
Looking at the private room, Jiang Yalan knew that the meal would certainly cost a fortune. Most likely, Qin Feng planned to pay with Banxia’s money.
No.
She could not stand by and watch her best friend fall into a pit of fire. Banxia was so outstanding, yet she had chosen such an unambitious man.
“Heh.”
Seeing this, Li Ao sneered. “Yalan, as the saying goes, a dragon is a dragon, and a mouse will always be a mouse.”
“A poor, spineless loser like him wouldn’t understand even if you explained it to him!”
“By the way, I’ve spent the past few years studying overseas. Now that I’m back, my father has given me five billion. I intend to open a nationwide chain of hotels. One day, I’ll build something even better than Phoenix Pavilion!”
He spoke smugly, deliberately casting a glance at Qin Feng.
His contempt was unmistakable.
Qin Feng merely chuckled.
“The capital behind Phoenix Pavilion is Wolong Bank. You want to surpass it? You’ll probably have to wait until your next life.”
Li Ao’s face flushed crimson. He was speechless for a long while, but in the end he stubbornly retorted, “So what if it’s Wolong Bank? One day, I can create a second Wolong Bank myself!”
As he said this, he grew increasingly furious.
This bastard was truly asking to die. How dare he make Li Ao lose face again and again?
The next moment, the servers entered and began bringing out the dishes.
The finest mountain delicacies, rare seafood, and a thirty-year-old bottle of Romanée-Conti worth a million.
“Huh?”
Li Ao was puzzled. “We haven’t even ordered yet. Why are the dishes already being served?”
Wu Yuan came hurrying over, bowing and scraping. “Young Master Li, you’re an honored guest. The manager specifically instructed us to waive the bill for every dish tonight.”
“He’ll also come personally later to offer you a toast!”
Li Ao was extremely surprised.
Although he was the young master of the Li family, the foremost of Yunhai’s four great families, the Li family was nothing compared with Wolong Bank.
He had dined here many times before and had never once been exempted from paying.
He knew the head attendant, Wu Yuan.
But he had never even met the manager, Shen Yong.
What was going on this time?
“Li Ao, you’re even this well received on Wolong Bank’s own turf?” Jiang Yalan asked, equally surprised.
Li Ao himself had not expected to receive such special treatment.
Could it be…
That his reputation as Young Master Li had grown so great that even Manager Shen Yong knew of him?
“Hahaha, no need to make a fuss!” Li Ao burst out laughing, wearing an arrogant expression despite his words. “Given my reputation in Yunhai, Wolong Bank naturally has to show me some respect!”
Then he turned to Wu Yuan. “Your manager is far too kind. This is really quite embarrassing.”
Although he said this, the smug glow on his face was unmistakable.
Even Wolong Bank’s people had to come and toast him. That alone showed how powerful he was. Jiang Yalan would certainly see him in a new light tonight.
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“However…”
Li Ao cleared his throat and put on an air of authority.
“There is one thing I must criticize you for!”
Wu Yuan immediately flattered him. “Young Master Li, what advice do you have for us?”
Li Ao sneered. “Phoenix Pavilion is supposedly the finest restaurant in all of Yunhai. How can you let every Tom, Dick, and Harry wander in?”
“Every Tom, Dick, and Harry… Young Master Li, who are you referring to?” Wu Yuan quickly asked.
“Him!”
Li Ao raised his hand and pointed at Qin Feng, sneering. “That kid is a penniless loser. He can’t afford to spend a single cent here. What if you let him in and he dines and dashes?”
“Besides, having me eat with someone like him lowers my standing!”
“Understand?”
Wu Yuan understood immediately.
When he had seen Young Master Li enter with this kid earlier, he had assumed they were friends.
Apparently, that was not the case.
He immediately went over to Qin Feng and spoke in a commanding tone. “Hey, you! Didn’t you hear what Young Master Li said? A penniless loser like you dares to enter Phoenix Pavilion?”
“Don’t ruin Young Master Li’s mood. Get lost!”
Afterward, Wu Yuan turned to Li Ao with a flattering smile. “Young Master Li, rest assured. Next time, we absolutely won’t let just any stray cat or dog sneak in!”
“Hahaha!”
Li Ao laughed with satisfaction. “Good. As long as you understand.”
“Oh?”
Qin Feng raised an eyebrow and looked at Wu Yuan. “You dare tell me to get lost?”
“Why wouldn’t I?”
“One look at you tells me you’re a pauper. Is Phoenix Pavilion somewhere you belong? You don’t even have the right to squat outside the door and smell the food!”
Wu Yuan continued to heap scorn on him.
In truth, he was only trying to curry favor with Li Ao.
“Li Ao, why are you giving him a hard time for no reason?” Jiang Yalan could not stand it any longer.
She despised Qin Feng’s lack of ambition.
But by comparison, she hated Li Ao even more for bullying people with his status and power.
“Yalan, I’m doing this for your sake. If you stay with this loser, his poverty is going to rub off on you!”
Li Ao was not ashamed in the slightest. He was even more pleased with himself.
“You…”
Jiang Yalan found him even more repulsive and lost all desire to eat.
She turned to Qin Feng and said, “I suddenly don’t feel like eating anymore. Let’s go.”
“How can we?”
“The manager sent us all this fine food and wine. Wouldn’t it be wasteful not to eat? I still want to try this thirty-year-old Romanée-Conti.”
With a beaming smile, Qin Feng reached out and picked up the bottle.
He poured himself a glass and began savoring it leisurely.
“Are you insane?”
Jiang Yalan was stunned.
They had humiliated him to this extent, and he still intended to drink their wine?
She could not understand Qin Feng’s behavior at all.
“Put it down!”
Seeing this, Li Ao shouted furiously, “Kid, are you even worthy of drinking that wine?”
Wu Yuan immediately joined in, scolding him. “You brat, that’s a gift from our manager to an honored guest like Young Master Li. What right do you have to drink it?”
“Are you asking for a beating? Just wait!”
He immediately took out his radio.
“Security! Someone is causing trouble in the private rooms. Get over here and throw him out!”
Suddenly, a furious roar came from outside the door—
“You tell me—who exactly are you going to throw out?!”
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