Li Chuan: "This should be our first official meal together, it definitely can't be casual. Besides, with our vast business in Jiangzhou City, how could we not afford a meal?"
With that said, Li Chuan began ordering dishes: king crab, bluefin tuna, Australian lobster, New Zealand king salmon, Canadian geoduck, black abalone...
Basically, whatever is expensive, good, and delicious, that's what gets ordered.
In the end, he even ordered a bottle of '82 Lafite.
Soon, the dishes were served.
Ni Yongruo playfully remarked: "Thinking back to when you were just a big boy arriving at university, it feels like a lifetime ago now."
"I heard the Eastern Group plans to spend 200 billion here to build an international shipping terminal."
"Even the Jin Family from Yun Province wants to invest?"
Li Chuan: "As expected of Miss Ni, nothing that happens around here escapes your keen eyes."
Ni Yongruo: "They're all here because of you, aren't they?"
"And Master Hua Yunfeng is currently breaking the Feng Shui Array in Wulin County, you taught him that, didn't you?"
Ni Yongruo knows Li Chuan all too well. Every place Li Chuan visits undergoes significant change.
Jiangzhou City, Taohua Village is the best example.
Li Chuan smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this, let's enjoy the food first."
With that, Li Chuan reached out and served Ni Yongruo a piece of black abalone.
Ni Yongruo did not continue asking, enjoying the seafood and red wine, the atmosphere was quite pleasant.
Just like family.
After eating, Ni Yongruo, rubbing her small belly, planned to take a walk outside.
Li Chuan went out to settle the bill.
"Hello, sir, your total bill is 188,888."
Li Chuan was momentarily stunned: "How much?"
"Sir, your total is 188,888," the server said with a characteristic fake smile.
"We ordered a total of seven dishes and a bottle of '82 Lafite, and you're telling me I spent 188,888? Did you miscalculate or do I have a hearing problem?"
Prior to ordering, Li Chuan had roughly calculated that the cost of this meal should be around fifty thousand or so.
The most expensive item would be the bottle of '82 Lafite, which was real Lafite, not some counterfeit product from the internet.
"Sir, we didn't make a mistake, you can verify the bill," the server handed over the bill.
Upon seeing it, Li Chuan couldn't help but laugh.
When one is so angry they are speechless, they indeed laugh.
"What? Are the fish in the aquarium sold by the gram? Isn't that ridiculous?"
Li Chuan had spent some time in Wulin County, compared to other cities, seafood was relatively affordable here as it was a coastal area.
So the cost of seafood isn't particularly high.
Typical seafood restaurants sell by the pound or at a flat rate.
Yet now, this newly opened place was selling by the gram!
This was practically daylight robbery.
Completely shady.
The server, still with a smile: "Sir, our prices are very transparent and public. Additionally, you just broke a ladle, which was handcrafted by a master and is a unique piece, requiring compensation, priced at 6,666 yuan."
Ni Yongruo: "This is extortion!"
"Hold on! Isn't it just over a hundred thousand? It's pocket change, I'll pay it!" Li Chuan stopped Ni Yongruo, knowing she was in a bad mood and didn't want this to ruin the atmosphere between them.
Then he took out his phone and paid the bill.
"Please give me an invoice." Even though he paid, Li Chuan isn't one to be easily taken advantage of; he planned to reclaim this loss.
Just not now.
The server apologetically smiled: "Sir, as our store is newly opened, we don't yet have an invoice machine, but I can provide you with a handwritten receipt, and when the machine arrives, you can come back to pick it up, okay?"
"Sure, fine, I'll get it next time I'm here." Li Chuan didn't want to argue with the young girl, so he took the list of dishes and the handwritten invoice and left.
"Li Chuan, did you really pay that money? That doesn't seem like you," Ni Yongruo said, clearly displeased.
This feeling of being ripped off was indeed quite unpleasant.
For someone usually intolerant of injustices like Li Chuan, paying up like this was hard for her to accept.
Li Chuan reached out, grasping Ni Yongruo's slightly cool hand, and reassured her, "This little money is nothing. More importantly, I don't want it to affect the mood between us."
Ni Yongruo blushed slightly: "So, is this how you charm my aunt? No wonder she's infatuated with you!"
"Your aunt's infatuation isn't because of this," Li Chuan shook his head.
"So where to next? Where shall we go for a stroll?" Ni Yongruo looked expectantly.
Li Chuan's lips curled into a smile: "I think we could go to Jinjiang Star and book a room."
"Certainly!" Ni Yongruo beamed, "Speaking of which, since you just spent a lot, allow me to cover the room this time."
"Alright, as expected of Miss Ni."
Li Chuan chuckled.
Jinjiang Star wasn't far, so the two strolled and chatted as they walked, and soon arrived.
On their way, they could see the construction of People's Square from afar, with nine skilled stonemasons crafting the Dragon Suppression Pillar, the clinking sounds echoing from afar.
Amidst these stone-chiseling sounds, the ocean waves and wind, the comfortable temperature was indeed refreshing.
Ni Yongruo booked a presidential suite at the hotel.
The two of them entered one after the other, and once inside the suite, Ni Yongruo's face turned red again, looking extremely alluring, especially with the shyness in her expression, it made the flame inside Li Chuan burn even more fiercely.
"I'll... take a shower first." Ni Yongruo, unable to meet Li Chuan's gaze, hid in the bathroom to shower.
Li Chuan sat on the sofa, took out his phone, and texted Mu Weishuang, urging her to speed up the investigation into the Zhao Family.
A woman as exceptional as Ni Yongruo, he was determined to win her over.
Not only Ni Yongruo, but he also intended to have Huo Xiuxiu and Ni Yongruo practice Dual Cultivation together!
Thus, he wouldn't allow the Zhao Family to lay a finger on Ni Yongruo.
Li Chuan considered himself not just a scoundrel, but a major villain.
As for Ni Yongruo's uncle, Ni Hao, Li Chuan hadn't yet figured out a way to deal with him because once some people reach a certain level, handling them becomes quite tricky.
Families like the Zhao Family in the business world were much easier to deal with.
The soft patter of water in the bathroom gradually ceased.
Ni Yongruo stepped out wearing a white bathrobe.
Having just taken a hot shower, her face was even redder, and the robe's neckline revealed a tantalizing curve...