Ruining Your College Acceptance Banquet

Every relative's face turned crimson, and none of them had the nerve to pick up their chopsticks again. They all wished they could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it. Being humiliated by Lu Yuan like this was too embarrassing.

His youngest aunt coughed. "Nephew, we didn't mean any harm by what we said earlier. We were trying to encourage you to strive for more. How can you not recognize good intentions? Why are you so clueless?"

"Look, you ordered thirty tables' worth of food. Your family of four can't eat it all, can you?"

Lu Yuan rubbed his chin and thought for a moment. "You're right. It seems we can't!"

His youngest aunt put on a phony smile, as if she were offering to help him out. "Then it's perfect that we're here to help you eat it. I've lived half my life without ever having so much good food. Nephew, have the waiter get me a few extra takeaway bags later."

Lu Yuan sneered. "Heh, no need for you to help. I'd rather feed all thirty tables' worth of food to dogs than let you eat it!"

Lu Yuan turned to the waiter. "Call your boss and all your coworkers over. Whatever we can't finish, you can have."

"Also, throw the college acceptance banquet banner in the trash and replace it with one that says 'Happy birthday, Miss Lu Shishi.' Then get these people out of the private room. Don't let them spoil my family's meal." Lu Yuan's expression was icy.

The waiter quickly sent the news to the company group chat, and the entire staff threw themselves into the task. Knowing that Lu Yuan and his younger cousin Zhang Jiaojiao didn't get along, they not only took down the banquet banner but also cut it to shreds with scissors and stomped on it several times.

Only then did they finally toss the banner into the trash. Zhang Jiaojiao was so furious her lungs were about to burst, but there was nothing she could do to stop the Shangri-La Hotel staff.

Zhang Jiaojiao clenched her fists, her body trembling with rage. She glared at Lu Yuan. "From the moment you started ordering, you were planning to humiliate us, weren't you?"

Lu Yuan picked up a piece of foie gras with his chopsticks and met her gaze coldly. "That's right. I told you I was going to ruin your college acceptance banquet today."

All the anger pent up inside Zhang Jiaojiao finally erupted. "Who cares about your food? We'll just get another private room and make new arrangements!"

"What are you so smug about, just because you've got a little stinking money?"

The other relatives chimed in. "Right! We don't need your food! That Australian lobster looks so frightening. If your family isn't afraid of catching some infectious disease, go ahead and eat it. Hope it kills you!"

His older cousin Lin Wanting and her family also started to get up and leave with the others.

Lu Yuan glanced at Lin Wanting and invited her to stay. "Cousin, your family doesn't have to leave. Sit down and eat with us!"

Lin Wanting's family stayed behind. The people leaving were green with envy and jealousy; how they wished their own families had been the ones asked to stay!

Once they were gone, the private room became much quieter. Lu Yuan's younger cousin Lu Shishi gave him a thumbs-up. "Bro, you really know what you're doing. You waited until they were just about to get the food in their mouths before humiliating them and making them lose face. That was such a nasty trick. They must be furious with you."

Lu Yuan pinched the girl's cheek and pretended to be angry. "You little brat, watch your mouth. What do you mean, nasty? Your brother was giving them a taste of their own medicine."

Lu Yuan's parents looked at him curiously and asked with concern, "Yuan, you haven't done anything bad out there, have you? Where did you get so much money to throw around?"

"Mom, Dad! Don't worry, I got the money legally. Otherwise, could I have fired Li Xianhe with one phone call?"

With their worries put to rest, the family began to eat.

The restaurant owner and all the staff also got to enjoy a fine meal thanks to Lu Yuan.

Lu Shishi peeled a piece of lobster meat and held it up to Lu Yuan's mouth with her chopsticks. "Bro, open up. I'll feed you some lobster!"

Lu Yuan ate the Australian lobster in one bite. As he chewed, it was springy, refreshing, tender and delicious.

Lu Yuan also picked up some black truffle and put it in Lu Shishi's mouth. "Shishi, try this too!"

After tasting the black truffle, Lu Shishi's eyes lit up. "Wow, Bro! It's so delicious!"

Lu Yuan patted her head. "If you like it, I'll treat you to it every day from now on!"

"No way! I can't just squander your money!"

His parents were wolfing down their food too. They came from ordinary families; when had they ever eaten anything this good? His father drank a glass of Royal Salute and sighed. "It sure feels good to have money. You can eat anything you want!"

His older cousin Lin Wanting and her family's table manners weren't much better.

Seeing how contentedly his family was eating, Lu Yuan felt happy too. Wasn't treating his family to a little enjoyment just what he should do now that he had money?

Meanwhile, in the private room next door, Zhang Jiaojiao and the others had ordered another table of food.

But hearing the laughter next door and remembering the delicacies they had just seen, they found everything they ate tasteless. No one was in high spirits.

Zhang Jiaojiao was furious. Lu Yuan had ruined her entire college acceptance banquet!

Lu Yuan, aren't you just an executive at Pearl River Imperial View?

Sooner or later, I, Zhang Jiaojiao, will climb into the chairman of Pearl River Imperial View's bed and have him fire you. I'll pay you back a hundredfold for the humiliation I suffered today.

Zhang Jiaojiao's plan was doomed to fail.

For Lu Yuan himself was the chairman behind Pearl River Imperial View. Not only was he its chairman, he was also the true owner of five hundred school district homes across the country.

After Lu Yuan and his family had eaten and drunk their fill, he planned to head to the parking lot and take them somewhere else to relax.

When he reached the parking lot, Lu Yuan saw a cool blue heavy motorcycle. This had to be his tycoon critical-hit reward, the Harley-Davidson.

Quite a few onlookers had gathered around the Harley. No man could resist the motorcycle's allure, and they had stopped to take photos and videos, zooming in to admire it.

To his surprise, Lu Yuan spotted his ex-girlfriend Wang Yan in the crowd. She seemed to be livestreaming his bike.

Besides working in sales with him at Yida Shopping Mall, Wang Yan livestreamed in her spare time, checking in at upscale restaurants, talking about vehicles and making other such content.

Holding a microphone, Wang Yan enthusiastically introduced the bike to the fans in her livestream:

"Does everyone know what this vehicle behind me is? That's right, it's a Harley-Davidson, the dream motorcycle of every boy!"

"The entire bike was made by hand, with 360 diamonds set into its body. Some parts were even made of pure 24-karat gold."

"The fuel tank has two transparent circular storage compartments holding a designer watch and a designer ring. A few years ago, this motorcycle cost over twelve million, and now you can't get it for less than sixteen million!"

"Family in the livestream, do you want to ride it in a wild dash of speed and passion?"

The onlookers swallowed hard one after another, letting out astonished gasps. "What? This motorcycle costs over ten million?!"

"So this is a rich person's toy? It's so cool!"

"When will I get to ride a bike like that? I'd wake up laughing in my dreams!"

Lu Yuan couldn't wait to get on the motorcycle. He quickened his pace toward it.

When the people on Wang Yan's livestream team saw Lu Yuan approaching, they hurriedly stopped him. "What are you doing? If you want to look at the bike, do it from farther away. This motorcycle costs over ten million. If you scratch or bump it, can you afford to pay for it?"