Song Tianyao glanced at the address, which was a music bar and restaurant called Hard Rock in Causeway Bay. He smiled at Lu Peiying and Chu Xiaoxin: "Why all the secrecy? It's like a secret rendezvous between spies?"
"Idiot, what kind of spy rendezvous is this? This is called Six-Person Dinner, a new matchmaking method from abroad. Three men and three women, six strangers who don't know each other, eat at the same table. Everyone doesn't need to reveal their real names or occupations, and they can chat casually with the others. This avoids the awkwardness of a single man and woman sitting there on a blind date like in China." Chu Xiaoxin said to Song Tianyao with dissatisfaction, "For example, if you think a woman at the table is nice, you can call the matchmaking agency after dinner to ask for her contact information. The agency will contact the woman who interests you first. If she also thinks you're nice and is willing to contact you again, the agency will give you her contact information. If she doesn't agree, the agency won't provide her contact information. This also avoids the situation of 'the one I love doesn't love me, and the one I don't love is clinging to me.'"
Upon hearing Chu Xiaoxin call him an idiot, Song Tianyao immediately retorted, "Big Brother, you seem to know this place quite well, so you must have a lot of experience. Speaking of which, the two beautiful girls we brought back to the hotel from the dance floor last night, the one who accompanied you was quite good, fair-skinned, beautiful, and naturally alluring..."
Hearing Song Tianyao's words, Lu Peiying couldn't help but laugh out loud. Chu Xiaoxin glared at Song Tianyao and cursed, "You bastard, don't talk nonsense like that. If I hadn't happened to stay at the Lu Family last night, wouldn't you have tarnished my reputation?"
"Wow, you have a good reputation? Haven't you always touted yourself as my guiding light in the world of pleasure, my mentor in seeking happiness? I owe everything I am today to your teachings!" Song Tianyao put away the phone number and said with a smile.
Lu Peiying, arm in arm with Chu Xiaoxin, smiled at Song Tianyao, "Remember to go to the Western restaurant at seven o'clock tonight, otherwise my two hundred yuan will be wasted."
"Two hundred Hong Kong dollars for a Western meal? Even Peak Restaurant wouldn't cost that much," Song Tianyao said in surprise.
Booking the entire three floors of the Taibai Seafood Restaurant, plus a table for a top-tier banquet, would only cost Hong Kong dollars 500. Why would six strangers spend HK$200 on a Western meal in Sheung Wan?
If Luo Zhuankun knew that he himself fills his stomach with street food like cart noodles, shark's fin soup, and egg waffles every day, spending no more than five Hong Kong dollars a day, while Song Tianyao spends two hundred Hong Kong dollars on a single meal, wouldn't he go crazy?
"I'll definitely go. Even if I don't meet any girls, I'll definitely eat my Hong Kong dollars's worth. Can I bring a friend? If so, I know a scoundrel named Nine-Tattooed Dragon. I don't know if he can eat his Hong Kong dollars's worth, but if even he can't, then probably no one in Hong Kong can do it." Song Tianyao said, forcing a pained expression as he tried to get his money's worth back.
Lu Peiying looked at Song Tianyao with clear eyes. "Actually, it's a friend of mine. She's heard about you from me and knows about you. She has a crush on you and wants to get to know you, but she's shy and afraid of awkwardness. So she asked me to introduce you two this way. Even if neither of you wants to date, you can go your separate ways after the meal, so there's no need to worry about embarrassment."
"Miss Lu, does your friend know that I have three women with me right now?" Song Tianyao hesitated for a moment before asking Lu Peiying.
As soon as he asked the question, Song Tianyao felt it was unnecessary and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
Lu Peiying didn't find Song Tianyao's question strange at all, and smiled as she said, "I know, I also know that you have a Britain woman by your side, but she said that if you have feelings for each other, your hearts will only have room for each other in the future."
"What this young lady wants is difficult for me," Song Tianyao said softly.
After hearing Lu Peiying's words, Song Tianyao immediately abandoned any intention to get to know this woman he had never met. Lu Peiying's words implied that the woman didn't care about having other women before marriage, as long as the two of them could support each other and live in harmony after marriage.
What if he only has eyes for her after marriage? What about the Foreign Girl who stood by him through thick and thin? What about Lou Fengyun who manages the factory for him? What about Meng Wanqing, who learns to cook new dishes and only smiles at him?
It's quite possible that some wealthy Chinese businessman thinks he's a rising star, but lacks a stable foundation, and is trying to cultivate Song Tianyao so that he might rise to prominence. He wants to make a move to marry one of his daughters off to him – a classic tactic used by local Hong Kong Chinese businessmen.
When you have no money or status, no one wants to know you. Now that you've achieved some success, you want to extend an olive branch and show goodwill?
If it weren't for Second Young Master Chu, Song Tianyao would have sold himself without hesitation for a chance to rise quickly. But now that his own strategy is becoming clearer, he has opportunities even without the favor of local Chinese businessmen. Why should he lower himself to sell himself to a stranger?
Even if he were to get married, it would be more advantageous to marry a Britain woman like Foreign Girl, who had been with him all along and knew him inside and out. Even if Foreign Girl wasn't a prominent figure in Britain high society at the moment, as long as she was Britain, Song Tianyao could use money to create opportunities to elevate her into Britain high society.
However, Lu Peiying's face still had to be given.
So at 6:50 p. m., Song Tianyao arrived at the Hard Rock Music Restaurant in Causeway Bay, driven by Huang Liu. Although Hard Rock Causeway Bay was not as bustling as it would become in later years, Song Tianyao still wondered if he had come to the wrong place.
From the outside, it looks like just a log cabin. If it weren't for the English sign, Song Tianyao, who has seen Squatter Area in Hong Kong, would have almost thought it was a poor man's house.
Leaving Huang Liu waiting in the car, Song Tianyao stepped into the so-called music bar and restaurant. Once inside, he discovered that it was indeed a hidden gem. In the living room, there were two long wooden tables, seemingly made from a huge log at least one meter in diameter cut in half. Around the tables were wooden stakes serving as stools, all retaining the rough bark of the original logs. Saddles were attached to each end of the long tables. The wooden walls around the room were decorated with various items, including old-fashioned hunting rifles with the triggers removed, Native American headdresses, and posters of popular United States movies. A white woman dressed in cowboy clothes and wearing a cowboy hat was playing the guitar and singing United States folk songs on a small stage in the corner of the room.