Chapter 18
This only drew sneers and ridicules from the crowd.
The store manager arrived. Seeing this, he laughed and said, "Our boots are right here. We welcome anyone to try them. If the Nile crocodile leather breaks, we'll have to close down long ago."
Ye Tianhui: "I dare not tear it. This thing looks like it's made of paper. If I tear it, you will definitely ask me to pay for it!"
After saying that, she lifted her leg and walked away.
However, having said that, the manager naturally wouldn't let him go. This store has to maintain its reputation, and who would feel good about being belittled by a mainland girl?
The manager stopped her and said, "If you damage it in front of so many people, not only will you not have to pay for it, I'll even give you a pair of riding boots."
Ye Tianhui: "Is it true?"
Manager: "Of course. Our store has been open for many years and is a well-established brand. I keep my word."
Seeing this, Ye Tianhui looked at Ye Wenyin again: "Really?"
Ye Wenyin pursed her lips and smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. "I can tell you, whether it's a gold hoe or a silver hoe, they're both hoes that can be used to plow the land. Since you don't understand, then you can give it a try. If you break it, it's my fault."
Ye Tianhui was not polite at the moment: "Okay, I don't want any of your riding boots. Anyway, let me pull them. If they are not broken, I will treat it as my fault and apologize. If they are broken, I will pat my butt and leave. Just don't blame me."
A group of people were watching around. Seeing this scene, they all whispered to each other, obviously waiting to watch the fun.
The manager's face was gloomy at this moment. After all, his high-end custom-made Nile crocodile riding boots were actually being treated in such a way. He also wanted to teach this mainland girl a lesson, so he said directly, "Miss, please."
Ye Tianhui walked forward, reached out her hand and touched the leather.
Everyone present, inside and outside the store, all looked at her with great interest, watching her do what she called "pulling a little bit".
As soon as Ye Tianhui touched it, she knew that this crocodile leather was indeed good. It felt firm and had a high-quality texture. The outer pattern and the inner texture were closely attached. It must have been carefully processed during the production process to remove the fat and moisture in the leather.
Ye Tianhui obviously didn't have the innate supernatural power to tear the crocodile skin in one breath.
But it just so happened that she had some ways to deal with this kind of thing. She didn't need any divine power or external force to tear apart the finest cowhide.
You should know that this kind of leather product is the fur of animals, which has tiny gaps, or in other words, the sweat pores of animals. Although these pores are very small, they do exist. To tear open the leather, you have to work hard on these tiny sweat pores, find the texture of the leather, and then use the clever strength of an ant to destroy a thousand-mile dam.
She held her breath and stroked the high-quality leather with her fingertips, carefully feeling the texture on it. The texture was arranged vertically, and there were indeed tiny cracks on it. These cracks were more irregular than those of cowhide and were not easy to deal with, but there was a way.
Everyone around watched as she gently scratched the leather with her nails.
The store manager looked at Ye Tianhui with amusement: "How is it?"
Ye Tianhui: "Let me feel it to see what material it is made of. Wait a minute."
A hint of contempt flashed in Ye Wenyin's eyes. She glanced at the waiter beside her, raised her chin slightly, and said casually, "Please help me clean these leather boots later."
When the waiter heard this, he hurriedly said, "Of course. Don't worry, we will take care of it."
Ye Tianhui naturally heard that he was dissatisfied with her for touching the boots.
She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Miss Ye. You can save the money for these boots and you don't have to clean them."
When she said this, everyone couldn't help but find it more and more funny, wondering if this mainland girl had a problem with her brain?
Who knew that just as she finished speaking, everyone saw that with a slight pull of her hand, the Nile crocodile skin was torn apart alive.
Everyone's eyes widened, and they could hardly believe what they were seeing.
Ye Tianhui raised her eyes, looked at the shocked expressions of the crowd, and said lightly: "This thing is like paper, too fragile."
After saying that, she withdrew her hand and took out a small pack of tissues from her pocket. She had taken them with her when she paid the bill for dinner with Gu Shizhang.
She took out a tissue and wiped her hands slowly before saying calmly, "We're from the mainland, so our experience is limited. I've never seen this kind of crocodile skin. But we have Yangtze alligators on the mainland, and their skin is always good. We've always had the elegance of making drums from alligator skin and flutes from crane bones. As for making leather boots, that's fine, but Yangtze alligator skin is incredibly strong and durable, far beyond the reach of this mere Nile crocodile skin. It's absolutely impossible to tear. Actually, I don't understand what's going on with this Nile crocodile skin. Either it's fake, the store isn't good, or the Nile crocodile itself isn't very good."
She shook her head and sighed, a little confused, "As for whether it's the foreign crocodiles or the people here who are bad, I'm not sure."
Crocodiles can't do that? People can't do that?
Everyone was stunned when they heard this and was speechless for a moment.
Some people came over to watch the fun out of curiosity, but the tears in the high-quality leather looked like tearing paper!
A crocodile skin as precious as gold was torn apart so easily? Like it was made of paper?!
The manager's jaw has been hanging open ever since the shock he experienced just now. He stared at everything in front of him in disbelief, his mind completely blank and his expression dull.
Ye Wenyin also couldn't believe it. She looked at the torn boots and then at the manager next to her. She found it hard to understand.
She spent a lot of money to customize the riding boots and waited for two months for the boots, and now it is like this, just torn apart by someone?
How come the precious and luxurious materials and exquisite workmanship look like paper?
All the expressions on his face before were frozen on his face.
Ye Tianhui didn't even bother looking at the dumbfounded faces of those people. She enthusiastically greeted everyone, "Everyone, if anyone is curious, come over and give it a try. It's true, this can be torn apart. It's very easy to tear apart! Everyone, give it a try!"
Easy to tear?
You have to know that everyone here is here to shop and can afford the various leather goods in this store, but not everyone has the capital to customize the Nile crocodile.
But now, they can actually walk in and tear apart those high-end riding boots that cost who knows how much money and took so much labor?
But it sounds a bit exciting. Since it has been torn anyway, can they tear it up too?
As everyone was looking around, a fat lady with permed hair finally reached out her hand curiously and tried to tear it apart.
She pinched the edge, but it didn't tear, so she used a little more force.
So everyone saw that although it seemed to be more difficult to tear, and not as easy as Ye Tianhui, she did tear it a little bit along the small gap!
The fat lady covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Are you kidding me? What's wrong with this? This isn't real leather at all. Is it fake?"
Everyone was immediately in an uproar, and this high-end leather goods store turned into a market. Everyone was talking and starting to get suspicious. One customer even said, "I bought a crocodile leather item here last time. Could it be fake too? No, I want a refund!"
Others also started shouting, directly questioning whether the store was selling fakes: "How could real crocodile leather fall apart just by being torn?"
Looking at this scene, the store manager's forehead was already covered in sweat. Facing the crowd of doubters, he had to try his best to explain, but it was of no avail. The seeds of doubt had been planted, and people came forward to tear it apart. When they found that the so-called crocodile leather could indeed be torn, everyone became angry, so no matter how much they explained, it was useless. Even if other things could not be torn, everyone didn't believe it. Some people even took their newly bought leather boots to Ye Tianhui to tear them apart.
In this chaos, Ye Tianhui walked to Ye Wenyin.
When Ye Wenyin's female companions saw Ye Tianhui suddenly coming over, they looked at her in surprise.
But Ye Wenyin stood there expressionlessly, her mouth slightly open, not knowing how to react.
She spent a huge amount of money to order it. It is a precious handmade product, a work of art that has been refined through thousands of trials and tribulations. It is a luxury that most people cannot even dream of.
Originally, the crocodile leather boots should have been worn on her feet, becoming a part of her heroic posture and an accessory to her elegant and graceful appearance as a young lady.
As a result, it has been torn apart now, torn and touched here and there, and has become an inferior product that can be trampled on by everyone.
It was as if her dignity was also belittled.
Several female companions all looked at Ye Wenyin. Seeing that Ye Wenyin didn't react, they didn't know what to say for a moment.
This matter was already embarrassing.
Amidst everyone's awkwardness, Ye Tianhui smiled at Ye Wenyin and said gracefully, "Ms. Ye, thank you for the snacks you gave me before, and thank you for planning to give me your riding boots. You are very beautiful and kind, so I am very happy that I helped you expose their conspiracy today and prevented you from being deceived."
She smiled very kindly. "Next time you buy something expensive like this, you can come to me. I'll help you check it out so you don't get cheated. You don't have to be so polite this time. Just consider it my way of repaying you for the snack you gave me earlier. I'm leaving now. Goodbye."
Ye Wenyin looked at Ye Tianhui in front of her, her lips moved, she wanted to speak, but she couldn't say a single word.
She just felt ashamed, extremely ashamed.
She was a pampered rich girl who had seen everything, but now she was being taught and taught by a girl from mainland China, as if she was the ignorant one!
But she couldn't argue.
She just watched Ye Tianhui smile at her friendlyly and then float away.
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The results of this bet came out, and Ye Tianhui still won, but after calculating the odds, since it was not an upset, she would only make about four times the profit. However, because she invested one thousand Hong Kong dollars this time, even if it was only four times, she still turned one thousand Hong Kong dollars into four thousand Hong Kong dollars.
Adding the more than 2,000 Hong Kong dollars she had saved for living expenses, she now has more than 6,000 Hong Kong dollars in savings.
Given her last experience, she was afraid of getting into trouble, so she didn't dare to act alone and went to find Jiang Lingfeng.
Jiang Lingfeng: "You're betting again?"
Ye Tianhui smiled and said, "Yeah, I won some money."
Jiang Lingfeng looked over. The warm autumn sunshine was shining down, and her smile was so bright that the sunshine was dancing on her eyebrows.
He remembered the girl who walked out of the hut alone that day. She looked lonely and cold at that time, completely different from how she looks now.
He nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you."
Ye Tianhui: "If you are busy at the casino, I can come later. There is no rush."
Jiang Lingfeng: "I'll just talk to them, otherwise I'm afraid you'll be worried."
Ye Tianhui: "Okay, I'll treat you to dinner today."
Jiang Lingfeng asked Ye Tianhui to wait here for a while, and he went to their store. From a distance, Ye Tianhui saw him talking to some young people wearing Hawaiian T-shirts, and those young people looked at him curiously.
Jiang Lingfeng moved slightly, blocking their view.
After a while, Jiang Lingfeng came back and the two went to the bus stop together. While waiting for the bus, Ye Tianhui noticed that there was a bulge on the arm of Jiang Lingfeng's shirt, and from the shape, it seemed that there was a bandage inside.
She asked, “Are you busy at work?”
Jiang Lingfeng: "It's okay, but I've been busy lately."
Ye Tianhui: "Oh, what are you busy with? Fighting?"
Jiang Lingfeng glanced at Ye Tianhui: "Someone came to challenge us."
Ye Tianhui didn't quite understand this and looked at him curiously.
Jiang Lingfeng looked at Ye Tianhui's confused eyes, which looked very clear and innocent, as if he wanted to find out the truth.
He then explained, "They are from the Big Circle Boys, also from mainland China. They are very strong and came to challenge us and demand protection money. We can't do anything about them for the time being."
Ye Tianhui was a little surprised, so Jiang Lingfeng gave her a brief explanation, and then Ye Tianhui understood.
This kind of thing is not surprising, it can only be attributed to the times.
At this time, the bus arrived and the two of them got on, and Jiang Lingfeng didn't mention it anymore.
Ye Tianhui's betting stations were all recorded in her notebook. Jiang Lingfeng accompanied her to exchange them everywhere. After a lot of trouble, they finally got all of them. They got about 4,000 Hong Kong dollars, mostly redwood fish. One redwood fish cost 100 yuan, which meant more than 40 redwood fish, which were bulging in the envelope.
Ye Tianhui was overjoyed.
She doesn't like living in poverty. She likes to enjoy delicious food. Clothes don't have to be fashionable or fancy, but they must be made of good material and be comfortable. The cheap clothes on the Hong Kong market are actually not of good quality. They are all industrial products, which she doesn't like very much.
Now that she has suddenly made a small fortune, her life has become more relaxed.
She smiled with great joy and took Jiang Lingfeng's hand: "Come on, come on, it's my treat today, let's eat delicious food!"
Jiang Lingfeng lowered his eyes, glanced at her wrist holding his, and said, "Okay, let's have cart noodles then?"
Ye Tianhui: "No way, we have to eat in a restaurant!"
She pulled Jiang Lingfeng and happily went to a restaurant next door. It was a restaurant that looked quite upscale with a good location. It was definitely not cheap, but who cares, let's enjoy it first!
The restaurant has a great environment, it's bright and spacious, and you can see the view of Victoria Harbour just by looking down.
The people who come here to eat are all rich people. The men are dressed in suits and the women are fashionable and beautiful. In comparison, Jiang Lingfeng and Ye Tianhui seem a little out of place. Even the waiters look at them with strange eyes.
However, Ye Tianhui remained calm and ordered her food with great interest, enjoying it with gusto.
She ordered a variety of dishes, including milk puff pastry, abalone and chicken puff pastry, Peking duck slices, and sweet and sour pork. Anyway, she ordered everything that looked good.
Jiang Lingfeng frowned slightly: "Can you finish it? Don't waste it."
Ye Tianhui smiled and said, "Normally, we wouldn't be willing to eat it. Now that we've finally made a fortune, let's order more and try a variety of things."
She explained, "If I eat alone, I won't be able to finish it. Now that you're here with me, it's a good opportunity for me to try a few more dishes."
Jiang Lingfeng: "Okay."
The food arrived soon, and the dishes were indeed delicious. It was different if you spent money on it. There were even small abalones on the abalone and chicken pastry!
Ye Tianhui naturally ate with relish, but Jiang Lingfeng had no expression and just kept eating in silence.
Ye Tianhui was curious: "Don't you like it?"
Jiang Lingfeng: "I like it."
Ye Tianhui snorted softly: "Looking at your gloomy face, I thought you were eating bitter melon!"
Jiang Lingfeng was stunned for a moment, then explained: "I think it's delicious. I'm just used to it. This is how I eat."
Ye Tianhui smiled and said, "I finally treated you to a big meal, you should at least act happy!"
Jiang Lingfeng: "How do you act happy?"
Ye Tianhui held her chin and looked at him with relish: "Now, smile for me."
Jiang Lingfeng: “…”
Ye Tianhui: "Come on, look at me and smile."
Jiang Lingfeng felt funny in his heart. She now looked like a rich young man teasing a little girl.
He actually wanted to laugh, but when she looked at him like that, he couldn't: "Stop it."
Ye Tianhui resolutely refused: "No, no, you must smile."
Jiang Lingfeng couldn't beat her, so he pursed his lips, curled them up, and smiled at her.
The smile was a little stiff.
After laughing, the two looked at each other and suddenly found it very funny, so they both laughed and laughed until tears came out.
After the meal, there were still many dishes left uneaten, so Ye Tianhui asked the waiter to help pack them up. She asked Jiang Lingfeng to carry the take-away boxes, and the two walked out of the restaurant and took the elevator downstairs.
There are several good restaurants in the building here. When passing a seafood restaurant, Ye Tianhui said, "This restaurant looks very expensive. It must be much more expensive than what we eat here."
Jiang Lingfeng looked over and saw that the decoration there was indeed gorgeous and elegant. Looking through the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, even the ceiling was covered with gold foil, and the waiters inside also looked very sophisticated.
Looking inside, it is a single curtain wall and you can't see inside.
He looked at the high-end and luxurious curtain wall and said, "When I have money in the future, I will invite you to eat here."
Ye Tianhui: "Okay, then you must remember the name of this store, don't forget it."
Jiang Lingfeng turned his head to look at Ye Tianhui. She had a pair of eyes that had been washed by ice water, clean and clear.
Sometimes she can be too cold and distant, as if she is out of tune with this world, but sometimes she seems very innocent and pure, with lively eyes and a full forehead brimming with vitality.
She looked at the restaurant, which was so luxurious that they didn't even dare to enter, with obvious desire written in her eyes.
He clenched his fists slightly, hidden under his sleeves, and said in a solemn and hoarse voice, "This restaurant is called Zhang Linji. I remember it."
He whispered a promise: "One day, I will treat you to a meal, and you can eat whatever you want."
Ye Tianhui was naturally happy when she heard this: "I'll write it down in my little notebook for you. Don't forget me when you become rich!"
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This restaurant has been around for a while. Hong Kong has developed rapidly in recent years, with many well-known restaurants emerging one after another. In fact, this place has become a bit outdated.
However, Gu Shizhang would occasionally come here with friends when he was in school, and this time he chose this place for dinner with friends.
During this time, he went to the bathroom, and when he came back, he saw the slender Ye Lixuan standing next to the green bamboo, looking out the window not far away.
Gu Shizhang followed his gaze and saw Ye Tianhui outside the floor-to-ceiling curtain wall.
And there is the young man next to Ye Tianhui.
No one knew what the two people were talking about, and it was impossible to hear through the curtain wall, but it could be seen that Ye Tianhui looked very happy and satisfied. She smiled at the man with a beaming smile.
That man—
Gu Shizhang looked at the man.
He looked to be in his early twenties, and was quite handsome for a man, but his clothes were not very fashionable. He thought they were trendy, but the clothes were actually of very low quality, like a gangster roaming the streets.
It was him, the one Ye Tianhui kept thinking about, the one Ye Tianhui treated him to for ten Hong Kong dollars worth of clay pot chicken feet?
So, now Gu Shizhang is still worth 60 Hong Kong dollars. How much has this man's worth increased to?
As he watched, Ye Tianhui and Jiang Lingfeng had already walked towards the elevator nearby.
They walked away, Ye Lixuan withdrew his gaze and looked at Gu Shizhang.
He asked in confusion: "Do you know him?"
When Gu Shizhang heard this, he slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at Ye Lixuan's face.
Ye Lixuan is thirty-nine years old, but time has not left many traces on his face. In fact, most of the time, outsiders who see Ye Lixuan would mistakenly think that he is just in his early thirties.
A university professor, he is gentle and elegant, with a calm temperament. He dislikes the mundane world and spends most of his time immersed in academic research, with the independent style of a Wei and Jin scholar.
Ye Lixuan is very popular on university campuses, and there are even female college students in their twenties who are attracted to him.
Gu Shizhang looked at Ye Lixuan and said calmly, "I don't know him."
Ye Lixuan raised his eyebrows slightly: "I saw you were looking at that girl."
Gu Shizhang: "Oh, you've been watching this the whole time, right?"
Ye Lixuan nodded in acknowledgment.
Gu Shizhang said expressionlessly, "It's rare to see you like this."
Ye Lixuan looked at the hall outside. Guests were walking by in groups of three or four, but the girl was no longer there.
He recalled the girl's appearance just now, and a hint of emotion appeared in his eyes.
He said in a low voice: "She——"
She felt oddly familiar to him.
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