Chapter 1310 Don’t lend them money

The 'little girls' Kasim mentioned weren't looking for trouble; they were all her roommates and friends, inviting her to a 'party'. Xiao Peng then remembered that today was Thursday! In Europe, most university student parties were held on Thursdays.

For example, the Netherlands is a relatively small country, so many college students don't have to travel thousands of miles to go to college. Going home on Fridays has become a routine, so if they want to have a party, they can only choose a date on the other five days except Friday and Saturday.

Many European countries are closed on Sunday, the day back to school is held. The Netherlands is somewhat better, with only conservative religious areas prohibiting business on Sundays and holidays. Other areas are still open, but it's still inconvenient to buy party supplies, making it a less-than-ideal day. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are also packed with schoolwork, so they can't afford to go too wild. So, they chose Thursday as their party day.

"Shop, why do I feel like you don't like my friends?" Lotte-Mes asked Xiao Peng a little puzzled after her friend left.

Xiao Peng smiled bitterly and said, "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known they were students. How can I put it this way? They look like students in every way except that they don't."

Lot-Metz was stunned, then laughed at Xiao Peng's words and said, "You're quite mean. Just now, your compatriots were among my friends, how come you didn't even say hello?"

Xiao Peng said angrily, "If you hadn't told me this, I wouldn't be angry. I greeted her and she rolled her eyes... Besides, if you hadn't told me, I really wouldn't have known she was from Daxia. Seeing her heavy Western-style makeup, I initially thought she was an actress in a romantic action movie!"

"A romantic action movie?" Lot-Metz came back to his senses and said, "Gosh, I didn't realize you had such a sharp tongue!"

Xiao Peng snorted coldly, "How can I respect her when she doesn't respect me at all? Besides, I was just betrayed by my compatriots recently."

"Betrayed by our compatriots?" Lot-Metz was confused.

Xiao Peng shook his head: "Forget it, I still explained it to you."

How could he say such a shameful thing? It was a disgrace to Daxia. But Xiao Peng felt helpless. As the saying goes, "Oranges grow south of the Yangtze River, tangerines grow north of the Yangtze River." It seemed that once people were in an unfamiliar environment, their other side would be revealed. Just like the girl who ignored him earlier, could she be so rude in Daxia?

Perhaps fearing Xiao Peng might misunderstand her friends, Lotte-Metz introduced them, "They're both very nice girls. Today is Thursday, after all. The girl who just came to see me is called Sylvia. She's very famous in our college. She's now a contracted model and actress for the French entertainment company 'Ulmer' and has appeared in several TV series. Your compatriot, Huang Jing, is also very capable. She specializes in posting videos about her study abroad life in the Netherlands and is very well-known on your country's internet..."

Xiao Peng asked curiously, "Since you are so familiar with them, why don't you go to the party with them?"

Lot-Mes said: "Sylvia has a boyfriend. Today is his party, in Wassenaar, The Hague... Do you know where it is?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "The wealthy area of The Hague!"

How could he not know? That was the outskirts of Villa Eikenhorst! Surrounding it was a dense forest—in the Netherlands, wealthy areas were usually surrounded by forests.

Lotte-Metz said, "His boyfriend's friends are all pretty nice too. They're all from wealthy families, like the second generation. They don't like places like nightclubs, they just like to get together with friends and have parties."

After hearing this, Xiao Peng laughed and said, "Then you should remind your friends not to lend them money."

"Hmm?" Lot-Metz was confused. "What do you mean?"

Xiao Peng thought for a moment and said, "I've been playing games for the past few days and met a few young people who play the same game. We usually play games together and chat. Those young people are more willing to spend money on games than I am."

Lot-Metz laughed and said, "You speak as if you are very old. And if you speak like that, people will think you spend a lot of money on games and misunderstand that you are a spendthrift."

Xiao Peng spread his hands and didn't dwell on this topic.

Xiao Peng is the most experienced person on the subject of whether or not to spend money on gaming. Back when he was broke, he'd occasionally play games, but never spent a cent. And now? So what if he spent a little money to make himself happy?

Of course, as Xiao Peng said, he'd lived through hard times, so even though he had plenty of money now, he was still very stingy with his gaming spending, only buying the items he wanted. Meanwhile, the young people he knew didn't treat money as money in any way.

Lot-Mes felt that there was something wrong with what he said, and hurriedly said: "I'm not saying that playing games is wrong, please continue."

Xiao Peng said, "I was curious about where these young people got their money. I thought they were some kind of IT upstarts or second-generation rich kids. But one day, they told me the truth. They were just ordinary people who rented a luxury villa in Amsterdam."

After hearing this, Lot-Metz said, "Wait a minute, the rent for villas in Amstelveen isn't cheap, right? A small villa would cost at least 50,000 euros a month, right? Bigger ones start at 100,000 euros. Only ordinary people can afford to rent a house there, right?"

Amstelveen is a satellite city in the south of Amsterdam, which is also the wealthy area of Amsterdam.

Xiao Peng explained, "There are eight of them in total, so if they share the rent, they can afford it. Of course, it's still not cheap. How do they do it? They post updates on various social networking sites every day to show that they come from wealthy families, and then use the excuse of throwing parties to trick girls into going to their place. Of course, they won't tell the girls that they rented the house. One of them will say that the house is his own, and the rest of his friends who come to play are also rich second-generations. They don't like going to nightclubs or hanging out, so they throw parties at home and then trick girls into having sex and cheating them out of money. That's how they make their money."

"No way?" Lot-Metz's face was filled with disbelief. "How can there be such disgusting men? We should call the police and arrest them!"

Xiao Peng said, "If anyone wants to call the police, it should be the victim, not me! Why should I? Scammers are certainly despicable, but let me ask you, if those girls didn't have the villa in Amsterdam, would they go to the party? Would they sleep with them? Would they let them cheat them out of their money? They even think it's an 'investment'. All scammers succeed almost entirely because of the 'greed' of their victims. So I don't like scammers, but I don't sympathize with the victims either. However, I still have a piece of advice for you: don't try to persuade your friends."

"Why?"