As she spoke, Bai Xinxin shook her head in disgust, as if saying one more word to Yue Xiaofei would drag her down to his level.
Here we go again.
Yue Xiaofei sneered inwardly.
He had heard this worship-the-West spiel so many times his ears had practically grown calluses.
"This is the Dragon Kingdom, not some foreign country."
Yue Xiaofei's voice remained calm, but the edge in his words made Bai Xinxin's expression grow darker.
"To me, being on time is the most basic form of respect for others. It doesn't matter whether you're a man or a woman, or what country you're from."
"If you can't even manage that, then your so-called 'gentlemanly manners' are nothing but a fig leaf for your lack of upbringing."
"You!"
Bai Xinxin was too choked up to say another word. Beneath her heavy makeup, her face flushed red, then turned pale.
All her life, she had been surrounded by men eager to please and flatter her. When had anyone ever contradicted her to her face like this?
Especially some penniless nobody, as far as she was concerned!
It was an unbearable humiliation!
She took several deep breaths before she barely managed to suppress her anger.
That country bumpkin isn't worth getting angry over!
Bai Xinxin consoled herself with that thought and put her fake, haughty smile back on.
"Forget it. I can't be bothered arguing with someone like you."
Putting on an air of generosity, she beckoned a waiter over.
"Let's order."
She picked up the hefty wine list, which barely showed any prices, without so much as glancing at Yue Xiaofei. To her, he might as well have been air.
Her manner seemed to say, Let's see whether a country bumpkin like you can afford this meal!
She intended to use her