Liao Qichang then called the foreigners outside and discussed the matter for a while. Afterward, one of the foreigners made a phone call and told them to wait for news.

Fortunately, I got a reply not long afterward; the guy would be coming over in the afternoon.

They didn't specify a time, just tell him to wait. It was almost noon when Liao Qichang returned to Xing Baohua's place and told him to wait, as Brother Yi would be coming over in the afternoon.

Xing Baohua ignored them, glanced at the time, and told the kitchen to prepare the meal.

Forty minutes later, Xing Baohua started the meal, but when Liao Qichang saw the food on the plate, his eyes widened. He had never seen such large seafood in his life.

I was really impressed by the lives of the rich, who eat things that ordinary people can't afford.

At this moment, Xing Baohua saw Xiao Tian putting sea cucumber into his bowl, and he said, "Eat less, eating too much will make you feel hot, and you won't be able to put out the fire for several hours."

After talking for several hours, Xiao Tian suddenly smiled sheepishly. Then, he felt a sharp pain in his foot and looked at Geng Rui's blushing face, as if he understood something.

He immediately lowered his head to eat, and casually picked some sea cucumber from his bowl and gave some to Geng Rui.

Xing Baohua was secretly delighted when Jin Xin kept putting food on her plate and even peeled an oyster for her, putting it in her bowl without giving her any dipping sauce.

Jin Xin said, "Eat more. Don't envy others for having several hours. Half an hour is enough for you."

Xing Baohua's face darkened, and he wanted to angrily rebuke the other party: How do you know I can't last half an hour?

I'm afraid Jin Xin might act recklessly; he might actually try dragging Xing Baohua into it.

If I'm panting like an ox after just ten minutes, I'll be incredibly embarrassed. How will I be able to live with myself then?

Like Xiao Tian, ​​he ate his meal in silence with his head down.

The three men eating at this table were mostly silent, except for Xing Baohua's lawyer, who hadn't opened his mouth since sitting down.

Xing Baohua inadvertently saw Liao Qichang looking at the table, then slightly turn his head to look at his lawyer. Their eyes met, as if they had received a signal.

This fellow gave a slight smile as he looked at Liao Qichang, then flicked his neck at him.

That means, come and eat with us.

If Liao Qichang had come to handle the case himself, he might have ended up at the table.

So many brothers followed him here, and there's no restaurant nearby. Everyone's hungry, so it's inappropriate for him to eat at other people's tables.

The brother who went down the mountain to buy food hadn't returned yet, so Liao Qichang came over just to broaden his horizons.

Seeing Xing Baohua give him a pair of chopsticks, Liao Qichang didn't sit down. He picked up the chopsticks and took out a piece of sea cucumber and a shrimp chip.

He only took a couple of bites to taste it, but as soon as he put down his chopsticks, the lawyer said, "Inspector Liao, how much is your monthly salary?"

"More than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars, what's wrong with that?"

The lawyer sneered, "Such a low salary! How pathetic. That sea cucumber you just ate was worth around HK$130,000, and that shrimp was worth around HK$30,000. Cash or check?"

Liao Qichang finally realized what was going on. He was being charged for just one bite to taste the saltiness? He didn't believe that two bites of food could cost him a month's salary.

But what the lawyer said next left him speechless.

"Inspector Liao, the director didn't invite you to dinner, but you came to eat on your own, which has already contaminated the food. So we can't eat these dishes. Don't tell me you're healthy! Please show us your health certificate. Since you didn't prove your health status before eating, we can only treat it as a source of contamination. Therefore, you need to compensate for the dishes on the table."

"See that camera over there? It's equipped with audio recording; it can record our conversation. Okay, this meal will cost a total of HK$340,000. Just round it down to HK$300,000."

"You've tricked me!" Liao Qichang said angrily.

"Hey! Don't say that. You're a police officer, and I'm a lawyer. We both value evidence and rules. You should have thought about whether you could afford it and even be able to eat it before you started." The lawyer's tone remained serious.

This indirectly points out that Liao Qichang should consider whether he could actually make a move against Xing Baohua before he came to deal with him.

When those forces behind him wanted to devour Xing Baohua, did they have the teeth to do it? What if they couldn't?

"I'll give you one day to prepare the fundraising. If I don't see any checks or cash by tomorrow, I'll send a lawyer's letter to the Department of Justice."

After listening to the lawyer's words, Liao Qichang almost ground his back teeth to powder. A few bites of food cost him a year's salary, even without eating or drinking.

Who would have thought a single meal cost over 300,000? Now I've truly witnessed it. Asia's richest man, with a net worth of hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, can afford a meal costing millions. Not only can he afford it, but he could never finish eating it all in his lifetime.

What was said without malice may have been taken to heart by the listener.

Xiao Tian's hand holding the chopsticks trembled; he was shocked by the price of the vegetables.

He felt even more strongly that Xing Baohua had set him up, putting a tight rein on him. How many meals of such extravagant seafood he'd eaten, costing over 300,000 Hong Kong dollars each! How many years would it take him to work for Xing Baohua to pay that back?!

Before he came to Hong Kong, he earned just over a hundred dollars as a lecturer. That was after his salary increased; a few years earlier, it was only a little over fifty dollars.

He spent more money on a single meal than he could earn in a lifetime. How could he not have some reservations?

Of everyone at the table, only Geng Rui was paying attention to Xiao Tianna; everyone else was focused on Liao Qichang's expression. Seeing Xiao Tianna's hand trembling, Geng Rui reached out and took his hand.

Although he didn't say anything, his eyes told him firmly that they would face anything together.

Xing Baohua glanced at them out of the corner of her eye, seemingly unintentionally, and saw that the two were holding hands. In such a serious occasion, they were showing affection. Couldn't they at least avoid upsetting Jin Xin, that single dog?

After giving the couple a fierce look, Xing Baohua looked at Liao Qichang. Through his anger and subsequent calm, he stopped talking and turned to leave.

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