Xue Tao had already decided to keep his distance for now and avoid Su Bai's edge.
Su Bai's move of jumping the gun with an ultra-luxurious breakfast, coupled with the allure of a Mercedes-Benz, had completely blocked Xue Tao's "material approach."
He would wait until the sightseeing portion to see whether he had any chance to flirt with the girls.
...Although he thought that, Xue Tao had already developed a very bad feeling.
On this trip, he might end up as a complete and utter cannon fodder character.
Sigh!
How had Su Bai suddenly gotten rich?
It was ridiculous...
He had even overshadowed Xue Tao's glow as a well-off local!
After checking in, a prompt for indulgent spending popped up in Su Bai's mind.
Heh, just as expected.
He could stay here with the group at noon, then head to the lakeside villa once it was ready that afternoon. He could claim indulgence rewards for both accommodations.
It seemed System Brother's standards for indulgent spending during travel were pretty lenient.
That was how travel worked. If you wanted to have fun, you couldn't pinch pennies. You had to spend like crazy.
They said they had come out as a group with roommates, but Su Bai did not take that too seriously. Whenever he wanted to do something, he would just act on his own. They were all buddies anyway, so why be polite?
Su Bai was quite looking forward to the local specialty cuisine for lunch.
The food throughout the province was not all that different—heavily seasoned, salty, and spicy. River City cuisine had long been famous, and the farmhouse restaurant Xue Tao had found was indeed not bad.
After leaving their luggage in their rooms, everyone prepared to head to the restaurant.
What surprised Su Bai was that