Chapter 334 - 310: Brother Ling Gets Shot While Lying Down?
Chapter 334: Chapter 310: Brother Ling Gets Shot While Lying Down?
"Hehe, Yaya, long time no see!" Ning Ruoxi was delighted to see her roommate, whom she hadn’t seen in over a month.
Just like in Ye Ling’s dorm, the atmosphere in Ning Ruoxi’s was also, to be honest, wonderful. They all got along exceptionally well, and it never devolved into the legendary "bestie battlefield."
"Alright, alright, that’s enough hugging. Otherwise, our Ling God here will get jealous," Zhou Ya said with a mischievous smile, taking a step back.
"You silly Yaya, stop teasing me!" Ning Ruoxi pouted and shot Zhou Ya a playful glare.
"Alright, now that everyone’s here, let’s get some food started. It’s about dinnertime," Ye Ling said with a small smile.
He’d heard a lot about Zhou Ya’s personality from Ning Ruoxi; apparently, she was basically the same type as that little rascal, Luo Yue.
"Brother Ling is amazing!"
"Ling God is amazing!"
Everyone erupted in cheers.
The average cost per person at Kongchan Kaiseki Restaurant was around two to three thousand. For both Zhou Ya’s group and He Jian’s, it was a place they normally wouldn’t dream of eating at.
"Is there anything you girls particularly want to eat?" Ye Ling asked, passing the tablet in front of him over to them.
Most high-end restaurants nowadays have done away with paper menus, using tablets for ordering instead.
"Hmm..."
Zhou Ya and the other girls took one look and couldn’t help but gasp internally.
A simple sashimi platter cost over eight hundred.
A portion of salmon was over six hundred.
Even a serving of wagashi was just over four hundred!
Now, Zhou Ya and the others finally understood why the average cost at Kongchan Kaiseki was so staggeringly high.
These were truly prices that no ordinary person could afford.
"Brother Ling, why don’t you go ahead and order..." Zhou Ya said hesitantly, handing the tablet back.
Even though Ye Ling was footing the bill, the prices were so high they didn’t really dare to choose anything.
Seeing this, Ye Ling didn’t press the issue. He passed the tablet to He Jian and his friends, but they had pretty much the same reaction as Zhou Ya and handed it right back.
"You’re treating, Brother Ling, so you should be the one to order. We’ll eat whatever you pick."
The bond between these brothers was genuine; they had no intention of using this as an opportunity to fleece Ye Ling.
"Fine, I’ll order then."
Ye Ling had a good idea of what they were all thinking as he began ordering on the tablet.
Since there were eight people at the table, Ye Ling wasn’t worried about ordering too much food. Besides, he needed to hit a spending cap of one hundred thousand, so he went ahead and ordered most of the restaurant’s signature dishes.
However, Ye Ling deliberately skipped one thing—sake.
Ye Ling really wasn’t a fan of liquor from the Neon Country. He found the taste so unpleasant that he’d rather just have a few beers.
"Alright, that should do it." Ye Ling did a quick mental calculation. The total had to be over one hundred thousand. He handed the tablet back to the server.
"Right away, sir!"
The server’s attitude was extremely respectful.
Anyone who could secure a private room like this wasn’t just wealthy; they had to have status.
A person like that was an absolute big shot out in the real world. How could he dare to be anything but respectful?
"Wow, this is the first time I’ve ever seen a server at Kongchan be this polite," Zhou Ya couldn’t help but remark.
"You’ve been to Kongchan before?" Ye Ling asked curiously.
"Once," Zhou Ya confirmed with a nod.
Ye Ling gave a slight nod. He’d actually suspected that Zhou Ya’s family background was anything but ordinary from the moment he first met her.
For one, she had a certain air about her that an ordinary family could never cultivate.
"Brothers, I’ve created the opportunity for you. Whether you can seize it is all on you now," Ye Ling whispered to He Jian and the others while Ning Ruoxi was busy chatting with Zhou Ya and her friends.
"No problem, Brother Ling. Just leave it to us!" He Jian and the others replied, breaking into sly grins.
If nothing else, Ning Ruoxi’s roommates were all genuinely attractive. While they might not be able to compete with Ning Ruoxi, in any given class, they’d all easily qualify as the campus belle.
He Jian and the other self-proclaimed degenerates were interested!
Just then, the servers began bringing out the dishes, filling the entire table with a magnificent spread that was a feast for the senses.
"Let’s all thank Brother Ling for treating us to dinner today! To Brother Ling!"
Zhou Ya and the others all raised their glasses to toast Ye Ling.
"You’re all too kind." Ye Ling smiled, standing and raising his own glass. He then joked, "But my little treasure here can’t drink, so I’ll take hers. I’ll drink two."
"Ling God, can you stop with the PDA?"
"Brother Ling, you’re going too far!"
He Jian and the others couldn’t help but roast him.
With that one little joke, Ye Ling immediately lightened the mood at the table, making the atmosphere convivial once more.
For Ye Ling, a meal like this was perhaps nothing. That cash-back card he used last time alone had netted him a return of forty million.
But...
...for He Jian and the others, it was something they truly couldn’t afford, at least not at this stage in their lives. After all, no matter how you looked at it, they were just college students.
With no source of income, all they had was the allowance their parents gave them.
Even Zhou Ya’s monthly allowance was only about three or four thousand at most.
Yet this one meal cost over one hundred thousand!
A gap like that could easily create a sense of distance between them...
That’s right.
The human heart can be a strange thing.
It was supposed to be a nice treat, but if not handled properly, it could easily have the opposite effect.
Of course.
This wasn’t to say that there was anything wrong with Zhou Ya or the others’ characters. It was simply human nature, a subconscious reaction.
But Ye Ling’s one joke had shattered that sense of distance completely.
Honestly, the reason Ye Ling had gotten this far wasn’t just because of the System; it was also his way with people.
He always managed to handle everything perfectly, making everyone around him feel completely at ease.
Ye Ling drained the contents of his glass, then poured himself another and downed that one too, all in front of everyone.
"Brother Ling can really hold his liquor!" He Jian and the others immediately started whooping.
"Is this that legendary ’boyfriend power’ I’ve heard so much about?" Zhou Ya and the other girls said with a laugh.
"Yaya, what are you talking about?"
Ning Ruoxi shot Zhou Ya a mock-annoyed glare, but her eyes betrayed an undeniable look of sweet affection.
’This rascal...’
’He’s really smooth, isn’t he!’
’Hmph!
’I’ll have to ask him later if he’s been using these tricks to flirt with other girls.’
Well.
It seems our Brother Ling was about to get caught in the crossfire again, and for no good reason!