Chi Qingyao spoke as she slowly walked toward Caixiangxiang.
“If you let others know that you’ll cling like a dog and bite the first person who goes after you, then the next time they want to cause you trouble, no one will dare to make the first move, to be the first bird.”
Chi Qingyao grabbed a glass from the table and smashed it on the floor with a crash. Shards scattered at Caixiangxiang’s feet.
Caixiangxiang stared at Chi Qingyao approaching her, filled with terror.
“No… don’t…”
Chi Qingyao grabbed her permed hair and slammed her face onto the table.
Caixiangxiang’s cheek smacked hard into the cold plate of Olive Duck, sauce dripping down her fake eyelashes.
“Does it taste good?”
“You like getting things for free, don’t you?”
Chi Qingyao backhanded her so hard that her earring flew off, the diamond stud bouncing twice on the tiles.
“This meal’s on me—a face full of slaps!”
“And there’s plenty to go around!”
Wei Yanxi huddled in the corner, trembling, her freshly done nails scratching crooked lines into the wallpaper.
Chen Tangguan tried to pull out her phone to call the police. Wei Yanxi tried to stop her with a look, but it was too late.
Chi Qingyao stomped on her hand, tears of pain welling up in Chen Tangguan’s eyes.
“You people are something else. Spending someone else’s money without a guilty conscience.”
“Relationships are a two-way street. Even a high schooler like me understands that. Why don’t you get it?”
“Or do you just like playing dumb on purpose?”
“Every single one of you is an expert at playing dumb.”
“And now you want to call the cops?”
“Before they get here, do you want to bet whether I dare make you pay a price?”
Chi Qingyao threatened in a vicious tone.
“When you do something wrong, you have to accept punishment.”
She stomped hard on Chen Tangguan’s hand, grabbed Caixiangxiang by the collar, and lifted her up, slapping her across the face left and right.
The slaps crackled like firecrackers. Lipstick smeared all over Caixiangxiang’s face made her look like a torn doll.
The screams of Chen Tangguan and Caixiangxiang rang in her ears.
Wei Yanxi suddenly gagged, her new hair extensions tangling around her pearl necklace.
She watched Chi Qingyao grab a fork and shove it toward Caixiangxiang’s mouth, finally breaking down and screaming, clutching her head.
“We were wrong! We’re really sorry!”
“We shouldn’t have kept spending Chi Qingya’s money and letting her treat us to meals.”
“We shouldn’t have treated Chi Qingya like an ATM machine.”
Wei Yanxi’s body trembled. She couldn’t take it anymore.
Why did she come to eat at Cloud Restaurant?
Why did she even meet Chi Qingya?
She clearly didn’t deserve a place like this. Why did she force herself to come?
Wei Yanxi’s heart was filled with regret.
If only she had known Chi Qingya’s younger sister would show up today, she would have just pretended to be sick.
Even when she arrived, she felt uncomfortable having an outsider there.
She should have followed her own instincts.
It was all Caixiangxiang’s fault!
If Caixiangxiang hadn’t thought Chi Qingya’s sister was just another country bumpkin, she would never have been humiliated like this.
“Sister, you’re really generous, huh.”
Chi Qingyao continued scrolling through Chi Qingya’s phone bills.
One payment after another, each over a thousand yuan—she was shocked.
When she herself had spent tens of thousands on a game account, it had made her nervous.
But her sister, who seemed quiet, obedient, and well-behaved, actually threw money around like this.
Chi Qingyao suddenly remembered how, every time she topped up her game, she’d think of her parents working hard and feel guilty…
Now, compared to her sister, she realized hers was nothing.
Chi Qingya heard her sister’s words and lowered her head, embarrassed.
Her face felt like it was burning.
“A single meal costing thousands— Mom and Dad have never eaten anything that extravagant. But you have it every so often.”
Chi Qingyao felt a thick, tragic barrier between her and her sister.
After arriving in S City, she didn’t really feel like a country girl.
But compared to her sister’s spending habits, she was no different from one.
“Thousands of yuan.”
“For one meal.”
Chi Qingyao muttered under her breath. Thousands of yuan—she could only imagine how great it would feel to spend that on a game.
“You people deserve to die!”
She pressed her foot down even harder on Chen Tangguan’s hand.
“No wonder my sister hasn’t been transferring me money lately.”
“So you’ve been taking it all.”
Chi Qingyao said resentfully. Even when her sister was short on cash, she used to care about her and send her money.
Recently, the transfers had become much less frequent, and now she knew—it was because those other women had tricked her.
Chi Qingyao was furious.
“Sorry, sorry.”
Chi Qingyao’s gaze shifted to Chi Qingya. Chi Qingya hadn’t expected her sister to be staring at her, and she felt inexplicably nervous.
“Chi Qingya, you’re amazing!”
“Spending Mom and Dad’s money like this, and not even buying them a single thing.”
“And they think you’re the most successful one in the family!”
“They spent so much money on you, and you’re just out here enjoying yourself alone.”
Hearing her sister’s words, Chi Qingya lowered her head in guilt.
She had always thought her parents were rich enough and didn’t need her to send money.
But she had neglected her most important family.
“And you people— shameless. Spending someone else’s parents’ hard-earned money on food and drink.”
“What’s the difference between what you do and fraud?”
Chi Qingyao said angrily. The others just kept apologizing.
“What good is an apology? Pay back the money!”
“None of you ever treated my sister to a meal. You’re all just bloodsuckers, sucking our family dry.”
“What’s the point of talking? Return the money you took.”
“If you can’t pay it back, call your parents and borrow it.”
“If they won’t lend it, hand me your phone. I’ll think of a way.”
“Don’t think you can cry to your mom and dad. Even if you ask them for help, they can’t get here in time to save you.”
Chi Qingyao said menacingly, then lifted her foot off Chen Tangguan’s hand.
Chen Tangguan cradled her hand in pain, blowing on it.
“Don’t… don’t tell our parents.”
Wei Yanxi said fearfully. She didn’t want her family to find out about this.
“I’ll figure something out myself.”
She pulled out her phone in pain, staring at the unpaid Huabei bill, and could only opt for an installment plan.
“In total, all of you let my sister treat you over twenty times. Each time, four or five thousand yuan—eating out like it’s nothing.”
“Altogether, you made her spent a hundred thousand yuan!”
“A hundred thousand! You people are ruthless!”
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