Otherwise, just looking at Chen Huibo—short and fat, with features crammed together on his face, upturned nose, thick lips, and a face full of acne scars—would make her want to vomit. (56shuku new website:)
Chen Huibo's words were so hilarious that she couldn't help but laugh. This was clearly shark fin, yet Chen Huibo called it longevity noodles. It was simply unbelievable.
After saying it was nothing, Shen Rongrong still felt it was inappropriate, so she added, "I just thought of a joke, so I couldn't help but laugh."
"What joke? Tell us so we can all have a laugh." Chen Huibo wanted to hear his sweetheart's voice more.
Shen Rongrong complained repeatedly. She had only said it casually, and now she was left wondering what kind of jokes to come up with.
"Hey, speaking of jokes, I do have one. Let me tell you. The other day it was my birthday, and my mom said she'd make me longevity noodles. But when she brought it out, I looked at it and thought, 'Isn't this just dried noodles?' So I casually asked my mom why she made dried noodles, and she gave me a good scolding, saying that children shouldn't talk nonsense. Haha, Brother Chen, your longevity noodles are really high-class..."
One of the classmates, quite oblivious to the situation, spoke up first. Shen Rongrong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, covered her mouth, and laughed. Everyone burst into laughter as well.
"You little rascal..." Chen Huibo was interrupted and stopped asking Shen Rongrong questions, instead calling for everyone to eat noodles together.
Chen Huibo picked up a bite and put it in his mouth. He felt that it tasted very good. It was smooth and the soup was delicious. After he finished eating it in one go, he felt that he could not get enough and called to the waiter who was serving the dishes.
"Waiter, give me another bowl of longevity noodles." Chen Huibo wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Uh, sir, this is shark fin soup. Is it your birthday today? I can ask the kitchen to send you a bowl of longevity noodles." The waiter's lips twitched as he said this.
"Nonsense! Do you think I've never eaten shark fin before? Let me tell you, I eat shark fin every day at home. This shark fin has no fish meat at all; it tastes just like chicken soup. Are you taking advantage of my young age?" Chen Huibo was somewhat embarrassed and angry. He felt that the hotel staff must have deliberately lied to him.
What a joke! How could there be no fish in shark fin soup?
"Sir, we are a well-known hotel, and we guarantee honesty and integrity. This is indeed shark fin," the waiter said helplessly.
Of the people present, apart from Shen Rongrong, none of them had ever eaten shark fin soup. They all agreed with Chen Huibo, thinking that shark fin soup couldn't possibly be made without fish, and so they all sided with Chen Huibo and chimed in.
The commotion attracted a crowd. Shen Rongrong felt she had never been so humiliated in her life. She stood silently in the corner, wishing someone would come to her rescue as soon as possible.
“Young man, this really is shark fin,” one of the onlookers remarked.
“Yeah, shark fins are shark fins. Do you even know what shark fins are?” someone else said sarcastically.
Chen Huibo's face turned red. He realized that he might have really misunderstood, but in front of his classmates and friends, especially the girl he liked, he didn't want to lose face.
So, Chen Huibo quickly came up with a new explanation.
"Oh, I see. It's no wonder I mistook it for something else. There are so many kinds of shark fin. The kind my family eats is probably higher-end, so it has fish meat attached and a very strong fish flavor. I didn't taste the shark fin here at first. That's understandable, hotels are all about making money, they always use inferior ingredients, otherwise how would they make money?"
After saying that, he displayed a magnanimous attitude, saying, "That's fine then, I won't hold it against you. Let's continue with the food."
The waitress was quite helpless. Her professional training didn't allow her to argue with the customer at this point. As long as the customer acknowledged that the shark fin was being paid for, that was enough. So she stopped talking, said "Please enjoy your meal," and left the private room.
The surrounding guests laughed and shook their heads as they left, secretly wondering, "Whose child is this? How could he be such a fool?"
After everyone had finished eating, Chen Huibo called the waiter to pay the bill, and the waiter handed the bill to Chen Huibo.
"Hello, sir. The total bill is 3,245 yuan. Since it's your birthday today, we'll round it down to 3,200 yuan. Happy birthday!"
Chen Huibo was stunned when he heard the number. "What? Say it again, how much?"
"Sir, your bill is 3,245 yuan. Here is the bill." The waiter repeated gently again, then took out the bill.
Chen Huibo snatched the bill from the waiter's hand in a flash, sweat beading on his nose as he began to check each item one by one.
When he saw the price of shark fin, he was immediately stunned. Although he knew that shark fin might not be cheap, he did not expect it to be so expensive, much more expensive than he had ever imagined.
It was already December, and the weather was getting cool, but Chen Huibo's back was covered in sweat. "Um, you go out first, we haven't finished eating yet, we'll pay the bill later."
Chen Huibo pretended to be calm and said that the waiter nodded and left the room. Then she called the security guard to stand guard at the door with her to prevent the people inside from skipping out on their bill.
"Um, does anyone have any money on them? Could you lend me some? I didn't bring enough. I'll pay you back when I go to school," Chen Huibo said hurriedly.
What a joke! He dared not let Chen Bangrui know that he had spent so much money on a meal, so he wanted to scrape together the money first and pay the bill without Chen Bangrui's knowledge. Otherwise, if Chen Bangrui found out, he would definitely get scolded.
"Hey Huibo, I didn't bring any money with me. I'm full, I'm leaving now." After saying that, a classmate left immediately.
"Chen Huibo, this is all the money I have for a taxi back. Here, I'll keep a few cents for the bus." A classmate handed Chen Huibo a few dollars and then left the private room.
"I have some money here, I'll lend it to you first." Another classmate put a dollar in front of Chen Huibo, and then called out to the classmate in front of him, "Hey, wait for me, let's walk together."
Before long, everyone left for one reason or another, leaving Chen Huibo staring blankly at the ten-odd yuan in front of him.
Chen Huibo now harbors resentment towards Wang Xuemei and his two uncles. They have come to him several times recently, always demanding money, and have completely drained his savings. Now, faced with this situation, he doesn't know what to do.
It turns out that ever since the eldest uncle had tasted the benefits from Chen Huibo, the younger uncle felt that he had been taken advantage of, so he came to Beijing several times to borrow money from Chen Huibo.
Chen Huibo was always reluctant to give them money, but his two uncles would always threaten him, both openly and subtly, saying that if he didn't give them the money, they would be ruthless and expose his imposter identity.
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