Bankrupted

The waitress kept her professional smile. "Young Master Song, the dishes you ordered are all our restaurant's signature dishes. Here's the bill. Please take a look."

Song Haoning took the bill from the waitress, and his face immediately went pale. The first dish alone cost 3,888. What was more, they had ordered five portions of these dishes that cost thousands each?!

What baffled Song Haoning even more was when had he ordered a bottle of red wine that cost thirty thousand?!

Adding in all the other miscellaneous charges, the total had actually reached over sixty thousand!

Song Haoning looked at the waitress and said in a low voice, "I didn't order this red wine."

The waitress maintained her smile. "Didn't you have your friend order it on your behalf?"

Song Haoning's expression stiffened at once. He remembered shouting something when Mu Changsheng left.

But Song Haoning had never imagined that this country bumpkin would actually order a bottle of red wine worth thirty thousand!!!

The crucial part was that he had barely had a few sips.

And as for this whole table of food, he had not even tasted any of it!

Xu Wen looked at Song Haoning in confusion and asked curiously, "Why aren't you paying?"

Song Haoning's face was pale. Pay? Where was he supposed to get seventy thousand yuan?

Song Haoning took out his phone and checked the balances on his two cards. Added together, they only had a little over thirty thousand.

That was still far short of sixty-seven thousand.

"Young Master Song, please settle the bill."

The waitress smiled.

Song Haoning's back was already drenched in sweat. He stood up awkwardly. "Wait while I make a call."

Xu Wen looked at Song Haoning in confusion, while Jiang Ruizhao's heart skipped a beat. Only then did he realize that although Song Haoning's family was wealthy, and his father had given him a BMW 5 Series when he got into university, a meal costing over seventy thousand was still no small amount.

But Jiang Ruizhao knew that Song Haoning's monthly allowance was only a little over five thousand.

Moreover, Song Haoning usually spent lavishly and could never hold on to much money.

They were screwed. If Song Haoning could not borrow the money and they had to split the bill, then with twelve people, each person would have to pay several thousand.

At that thought, Jiang Ruizhao's face turned pale.

Their monthly living expenses were only 1,500 yuan, and some of them had even less. They could not afford this kind of spending.

Fortunately, Song Haoning finished his call soon afterward and paid the bill with a hesitant expression.

The waitress smiled faintly. "All set."

Song Haoning's lips were white. Of the sixty-seven thousand, he had borrowed more than thirty thousand from a friend.

One meal had bankrupted him!!!

"Brother Song is so generous! Spending seventy thousand on one meal without even blinking!"

"Without Brother Song, we probably wouldn't have had the chance to eat here."

Jiang Ruizhao immediately began flattering him.

Wang Xing and Du Yaming exchanged glances. Seeing that Song Haoning did not look quite right, Wang Xing asked curiously, "Brother Song, what's wrong? Why are you so pale?"

Song Haoning's expression was strange as he clenched his fists tightly. He forced an awkward smile onto his face. "N-No... nothing!"

At that moment, Song Haoning wanted to cut Mu Changsheng into a thousand pieces!!!

That damned bastard actually dared to set me up?!

After the gathering ended, everyone took taxis and left. In Tianhongmen's parking lot—

Inside the black BMW 5 Series—

Xu Wen touched up her makeup and said casually, "You really are generous. You treated everyone to a seventy-thousand-yuan meal just like that, yet you keep putting off buying the things I like."

Song Haoning gripped the steering wheel tightly and said darkly, "Can't you tell I got ripped off?!"

Xu Wen frowned. "Ripped off?"

"Didn't you tell them to order whatever they wanted?"

Song Haoning choked, his face darkening. "That bastard Mu Changsheng ordered a bottle of red wine worth thirty thousand."

Xu Wen raised her brows. "Oh, that wine? It tasted pretty good. Didn't you tell him to order something expensive?"

Song Haoning's mouth twitched violently. I told him to order something good, but I never told him to order the most expensive thing!

A country bumpkin actually dared to order wine worth over thirty thousand!!!

"By the way, when are you buying me that Gucci bag?"

"I've been waiting for several weeks already!"

Xu Wen looked at Song Haoning with dissatisfaction.

Song Haoning's face turned icy. Overwhelmed by frustration, his emotions suddenly erupted. He turned to her and said coldly, "Buy, buy, buy! All you know is buying things! Do you absolutely have to have that bag?!"

Xu Wen was startled by Song Haoning's shout. Then she came to her senses, and her face turned frosty. "Heh. You were the one who said it before, and now it's somehow my fault."

"Looks like you're no different from other men. All you do is make empty promises."

Xu Wen unfastened her seatbelt, gathered her things, and got out of the BMW with a bang.

The loud slam of the door jolted Song Haoning back to his senses. He punched the steering wheel miserably. "Fuck!"

After a while, Song Haoning hurriedly picked up his phone and sent Xu Wen messages.

Meanwhile, Mu Changsheng was leisurely making deliveries. Although he could not imagine how ugly Song Haoning's expression must have been, it had definitely been entertaining.

Mu Changsheng suddenly spotted a woman in high heels ahead of him. Seeing her familiar outfit, he frowned. "Isn't that Xu Wen?"

"Heh... what a small world."

Xu Wen stood by the roadside, her pretty face frosty. As she watched Song Haoning's messages arrive one after another, she could not be bothered to respond.

What annoyed her even more was that she had been unable to get a taxi for so long.

Seriously.

"Isn't this our great beauty?"

Mu Changsheng stopped in front of Xu Wen and smiled faintly.

Xu Wen was startled when she saw Mu Changsheng. Then she noticed the white electric scooter he was riding. It looked quite nice.

Xu Wen asked curiously, "Did you get a new electric bike?"

Mu Changsheng nodded. "I made a little money, so I got a new one."

"By the way, why are you still here? Shouldn't you have gone back to school long ago from this restaurant?"

Xu Wen looked slightly awkward. She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. "He had something to do, so I came back by myself."

"Oh..."

Mu Changsheng glanced down at his phone. It was almost eleven. "All right, then. I'm leaving. The school gates are about to close."

Xu Wen froze, looked at her phone, and only then realized that it was nearly eleven.

Naturally, Xu Wen could not bring herself to lower her head and ask Song Haoning for help.

But for some reason, she simply could not get a taxi now.

Xu Wen stepped forward awkwardly, her cheeks red. "Wait..."

Mu Changsheng looked confused. "What is it?"

Then he saw the phone in Xu Wen's hand, and the corners of his lips curled into a faint smile. "Something happened on that road. There's a serious traffic jam already, so it's normal that you can't get a taxi."

"What, do you want me to take you back?"

Hearing Mu Changsheng put it so bluntly, Xu Wen looked rather embarrassed.

"My bike isn't like a four-wheeler. It doesn't block the wind. Why don't you wait a little longer?"