No, no...
Zhang Tong shook his head frantically.
Don't jinx it.
He couldn't be that unlucky.
He'd only just started to feel that his luck was slowly getting better...
Things had all been going the way he'd hoped.
And now...
He felt as if he'd been punched straight back to square one.
He was dizzy and disoriented.
He was frustrated and agitated.
He didn't know what to do.
So, when he thought he'd found his last lifeline, he'd thrown caution to the wind.
He hadn't thought about anything.
All he'd wanted was to grab hold of that lifeline.
He hadn't even checked in advance whether the lifeline he thought he'd found really was one.
"You..."
Zhang Tong's voice was hoarse.
There was a hint of apprehension in it.
"You can afford it, right?"
Xu Qizhen couldn't help speaking up.
"Shouldn't you have asked that question right from the start?"
"You didn't warn me either!"
As if he'd found an outlet for his anger, Zhang Tong yelled at Xu Qizhen.
"Sir..."
After Zhang Tong had yelled several times, the server finally came over.
"Please don't shout and disturb—"
The server's voice abruptly cut off.
Zhang Tong glared at the server viciously.
His eyes were bloodshot, with red veins covering the whites.
He looked like a ferocious beast.
Stop nagging me!
Zhang Tong roared inwardly.
The server took a step back.
Her face showed how frightened she was.
"Sorry."
Xiao Xiao stood up, blocking Zhang Tong's fierce glare from reaching the server.
His calm, gentle gaze and voice eased the tense atmosphere.
The server let out a breath of relief.
Her hands were still nervously clutching her clothes.
She opened her mouth to speak.
But no sound came out.
Xiao Xiao's brows