"Forget it; it has nothing to do with her..."
Ye Chen thought, dismissing Du Xiaoya's minor role in the misunderstanding. Then, speaking to Du Xiaoya on the phone, he said,
"In the future, be more careful about taking calls from other men without thinking."
"I didn't just answer it blindly," Du Xiaoya explained.
"It was Kexin who told me that everyone from Magic City was going, and that even you were there. So I... I just came..."
"I see..." Ye Chen thought.
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Du Xiaoya's words came again.
"Husband, I'll head back now. It's not interesting to stay here alone."
"No, I'll be there shortly. Send me the address,"
Ye Chen refused her offer to leave.
"Okay... okay..." Du Xiaoya replied.
Not long after, Du Xiaoya sent Ye Chen a location pin, mentioning the address as well. After seeing it, Ye Chen left the hotel directly and headed to the Bugatti 4S store. With money paving the way, everything was unobstructed. Half an hour later, a system prompt suddenly sounded.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for consuming 10 million wealth points, upgrading his wealth level to LV2, now earning 2 yuan per second."
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving wealth gift package X1."
The system's prompt did not affect Ye Chen. At this moment, he was still fuming. Driving the Bugatti Veyron he had just purchased from the 4S store, Ye Chen sped straight towards the Jade Restaurant. As he drove, Ye Chen's anger surged. However, when he arrived downstairs at the Shangri-La Hotel, where the Jade Restaurant was located, his anger unexpectedly calmed.
"It's not necessary to get angry with a fool," he thought.
"He's not on the same level at all. Getting worked up would just diminish my own standing..."
Thinking of this, Ye Chen took a long breath, got out of the car, tossed the car keys to the doorman, and went up to the Jinxuan Restaurant on the 36th floor.
This restaurant primarily served French cuisine. Its decor was gorgeous yet low-key, and it offered easy views of the beautiful Bund scenery. It attracted many people celebrating confessions of love or marriage proposals, who came here to spend lavishly. This was also why Ye Chen had been so furious initially, suspecting Xu Qiang was using such a place to make a grand gesture towards Du Xiaoya. Walking along, it wasn't long before Ye Chen arrived at the Jade Restaurant. The restaurant manager had just personally seen off a table of guests and then spotted Ye Chen. To be precise, he noticed the Patek Philippe watch, worth 2.8 million, on Ye Chen's wrist. The restaurant manager, a Frenchman, adhered to the principle that "the customer is God" and thus treated Ye Chen with utmost respect.
"Sir, how may I help you?"
the manager inquired. Ye Chen had never been to the Jade Restaurant before. The space was quite large, so he hadn't spotted Du Xiaoya yet. After hearing the restaurant manager's question, Ye Chen said lightly,
"I'm here to attend someone else's banquet."
The restaurant manager was slightly stunned and asked,
"Are you here, perhaps, for Mr. Xu Qiang's proposal banquet?"
"A proposal banquet?" Ye Chen thought with a scoff.
"He hasn't even properly confessed his love yet, and he's jumping straight to a proposal?"
Thinking of this, Ye Chen smiled coldly. His sneer, without any concealment, was instantly noticed by the restaurant manager. At this moment, the restaurant manager's heart began to beat wildly. The Patek Philippe on Ye Chen's wrist signified his extraordinary wealth, marking him as a 100% top-tier customer. Originally, the manager had hoped to chat, get acquainted, and perhaps expand his own network. But Ye Chen's reaction was truly beyond his expectations.
"Sir,"
the manager said cautiously,
"although I don't know what happened, please believe me, I don't know your relationship with that lady."
Ye Chen waved his hand and said,
"It's okay. I'm just here to have a meal and try some French cuisine."
Speaking of this, Ye Chen saw Li Kexin, who had suddenly turned her head and was looking around. After that, Ye Chen recognized everyone at the table. Seeing them, Ye Chen walked straight over.
When Ye Chen approached their table, Xu Qiang, who was sitting in the main seat, was visibly stunned for a moment but quickly regained his composure.
"Ye Chen, hurry up and sit down! We've been waiting for you,"
Xu Qiang said with forced warmth. Listening to Xu Qiang's overly enthusiastic greeting, Ye Chen glanced at him coolly, then walked to sit between Du Xiaoya and Li Kexin. Li Kexin didn't react much, just pouted slightly. Du Xiaoya, however, hurriedly stood up, intending to give her chair to Ye Chen. But Ye Chen gestured for her not to, stopping her. At this moment, the restaurant manager, perhaps afraid a conflict might erupt, quickly brought over a chair and placed it for Ye Chen himself.