"Isn't Black Pearl supposed to have no discounts? I heard that even if you spend hundreds of thousands a day, there are no discounts. How come Zhou Yi can get a platinum card and eat for free next time?"
"No way, why is there such a difference in treatment when we're just having a meal? Is it because Zhou Yi paid more today that he gets a platinum card? That's not fair!"
"How come Zhou Yi always gets to see all the good things? I should have had my parents come earlier."
His classmates watched with a mixture of envy and jealousy as Zhou Yi accepted the platinum card. How hateful!
This was the first time they had ever heard of the Black Pearl Restaurant offering membership cards.
And it's free next time too! It feels like I missed out on a fortune!!
Zhou Yi looked at the platinum card and found it increasingly familiar. This card... uh, he had one. It was given to him by his grandmother before she fell into a coma, and it was kept in the cabinet in the study.
What use is it for him to take two?
He glanced at Xu Yan, squinted and thought for a few seconds, then said meaningfully, "I already have this card, I don't need two."
"You just said you'd treat me next time, right? Use this card to treat me next time!"
The restaurant manager's calm and composed expression, as if he had everything under control, changed drastically the moment he saw Zhou Yi casually hand over the platinum card to someone else.
If Zhou Yi hadn't said he had two of these cards, he would have been so shocked he almost blurted out what he was thinking.
My goodness! This is a platinum card!
A platinum card that allows you to eat for free for life.
Only three people in the entire city of Luzhou have obtained a Platinum Card; it's a symbol of status! A symbol of power!
You're actually going to give it away?!
Wait... he's pregnant? He already has one? Then why did the young lady ask him to deliver it? Wait a minute! He actually has one?! What kind of person is he to have one?!
Xu Yan looked at the platinum card in his hand with suspicion, then at the manager's dismayed expression, and then at Zhou Yi's meaningful words.
It's easy to guess that this platinum card was a gift from Black Pearl specifically to Zhou Yi.
He had never heard of Black Pearl having any membership cards, so this platinum card should only be given to people designated by Black Pearl, and Zhou Yi had actually had one before.
This means...
"This card—" Xu Yan hadn't finished speaking.
Xu Ping interrupted him, "My God, you really want to give it to me? Good brother! Hahahaha!"
"Don't worry, Gou Fugui, I will never forget you."
Xu Ping stared intently at the platinum card, completely oblivious to the expressions on everyone's faces around him, before interrupting his brother.
Seeing Zhou Yi nod again, Xu Ping happily took the platinum card from Xu Yan's hand, gently breathed on it to warm it, and carefully put it into his pocket.
You can eat for free at the Black Pearl Restaurant. If you were to sell this card, you could probably get tens of thousands of yuan for it.
If you find a generous buyer, you might be able to sell it for 100,000 or 200,000.
Give half of it to Zhou Yi, so that even if he doesn't find an internship, he can have a few months to tide him over.
With the money from selling the cards, the older brother can pay off his credit card debt, and he won't have to worry about his younger siblings' tuition fees anymore. The older brother can also relax a bit!
Seeing Xu Ping's silly smile, completely oblivious to the meaning behind it, Xu Ting could only pat Xu Ping's shoulder helplessly. "Silly brother, you still haven't understood what he meant?"
This might be what they mean by "fools are lucky."
Seeing Zhou Yi lift his foot and walk outside, Xu Yan stared blankly at Zhou Yi's back for a moment, then turned to Xu Ping and said, "Let's go too."
"Remember, this card cannot be sold."
"Fine, give me the card."
Xu Yan knew exactly what Xu Ping was thinking when he got the platinum card. He reminded Xu Ping again, but he was still worried, so he simply asked Xu Ping to give him the platinum card for safekeeping.
Xu Ping completely trusted his brother, and as soon as he heard that his brother wanted it, he gave him the card without saying a word.
As the three men walked out of the private room one by one, the restaurant manager looked anxious, helpless, and wrung his hands. He had it! He had it, why didn't he say so earlier! Wasn't this all unnecessary?!
The young lady said that Zhou Yi must not know that she gave him this card.
He couldn't tell Zhou Yi just how valuable the card was.
This... should count as completing the task assigned by the young lady, right?
One or two, there really is no difference!
Seeing that the two poorest students in the class had left, but they couldn't even get out of the private room, someone muttered something under their breath.
"It's all Su Qingjiao's fault! If she hadn't offered to treat us, I wouldn't be stuck here today!"
One sentence resonated deeply with everyone, and then they all started blaming Su Qingjiao for skipping out on the bill.
Someone said with resentment in their eyes, "Su Qingjiao said the driver was waiting outside, she must have deliberately skipped the bill. She can't even afford this meal, she's a fake rich girl."
"I knew Su Qingjiao wasn't a real heiress, judging from her behavior."
"You don't know, I've seen her taking a taxi home after school several times. If she were really a rich girl, how could her family not have luxury cars to pick her up! And how could she suddenly disappear!"
"No way, everyone's seen Su Qingjiao's luxury cars over the past few years. Are they all rented?"
"Hao Min, we wouldn't have come today if it weren't for your birthday. This meal should have been your treat! What do you suggest we do?"
When Hao Min saw that the fire had spread to her, tears immediately fell down her cheeks.
She cried and said, "I'm so sorry, everyone. Someone as poor as me shouldn't be celebrating my birthday. I've only caused you all to be trapped here."
“I’ll go talk to the person in charge of the restaurant right away and tell them to let you all go. I’ll work here for the rest of my life. I’m not going to study anymore. I’m going to pay off this debt.”
Hao Min clenched her fist as she spoke and walked over to the waiter to discuss it.
Naturally, the waiter flatly refused.
Hao Min looked at everyone with pitiful guilt and apologized again.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't celebrate my birthday. I don't deserve to celebrate my birthday."
"Waaaaah, I'm so sorry! I didn't expect Su Qingjiao to disappear so suddenly. She skipped out on the bill! What are we going to do? Waaaaah..."
Seeing that Hao Min was crying so hard and apologizing so sincerely, the other classmates' anger towards her subsided.
But the anger will not go away.
It will only transfer.
And so, the focus shifted to Su Qingjiao.
"It's not your fault. It's mainly because Su Qingjiao is unwilling to pay. So don't play games with us."
"That's right, we won't forgive Su Qingjiao. Tomorrow when we get to school, we'll definitely ask Su Qingjiao what she means and make her pay back the money! She should treat us to this meal."
"She's really gone too far! She's got us locked up here, how could she do this..."
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