"Is that so!" Feng Xiaoxiao said admiringly. "Then I'll order?"

"Yes, go ahead and order!" Wu Chengtian thought to himself: so girls really do like men who put on airs! His strategy in pursuing Sun Jingyan must have had something wrong with it. Before, he had always minded his manners, pretending to be a refined gentleman in front of Sun Jingyan.

But seeing Feng Xiaoxiao's reaction today, Wu Chengtian felt it was better to put on a bit of swagger! With just this little display, Feng Xiaoxiao, a girl who already had a boyfriend, was looking at him with new eyes!

It was as if a bucket of enlightenment had been poured over Wu Chengtian's head. He felt all the more that today's meal had not been paid for in vain: not only had he achieved his aim, he had also picked up a few tricks for wooing women, and that was worth a fortune.

"Oh, then bring me one of each of these signature dishes!" Feng Xiaoxiao pointed at the signature dishes on the first page of the menu and said to the waiter.

"Certainly... but are you sure you want one of each?" the waiter asked cautiously, confirming again. The signature dishes on the first page were none of them cheap; each started at five hundred thousand, and the ingredients were flown in from abroad that very day.

"Well... Brother Chengtian, which of the signature dishes here is good? Haven't you tried them all? Why don't we just pick a few?" Feng Xiaoxiao looked up at Wu Chengtian and asked tentatively. "If we order too many, I think it'll be a waste..."

"The signature dishes here? They're all good, I've tried every one, and none is better than another, so let's just order one of each!" When had Wu Chengtian ever tasted any signature dish? Now that he was asked, he naturally could not name a single one. To save face, he could only pretend he had tried them all and have Feng Xiaoxiao order the lot. How could he admit that he had never eaten here and had no idea which was good?

Seeing that Wu Chengtian had confirmed it, the waiter naturally asked no more. It was obvious that the host today was Wu Chengtian, and Wu Chengtian was an arrogant, domineering sort, carrying more or less the airs of a spoiled young master, so the waiter was not worried that he would be unable to pay the bill.

"Very good, please continue," the waiter said, noting down the signature dishes and smiling politely.

"Well... actually, I'm not very good at ordering either. Why don't you recommend a few good dishes for me? I like seafood!" Feng Xiaoxiao said.

Hearing this, Wu Chengtian breathed a sigh of relief. Seafood was expensive, but not that expensive! To ordinary people it was the finest of delicacies, but to the children of great families like them, such things were already commonplace.

What is the most expensive thing? Naturally, the rare treasures seldom seen in this world. He had truly feared that Feng Xiaoxiao would open her mouth and ask for some rare animal or other; that would have been genuinely costly!

"As for seafood, we have Hokkaido pufferfish, Australian lobster, and Devon crab; these are all our house's signature seafood. May I ask which grade the lady would like? Our Hokkaido pufferfish comes in..." The waiter was about to explain when Feng Xiaoxiao cut him off.

"Brother Chengtian, why don't we eat something cheaper, something about the same as the street food stalls?" Feng Xiaoxiao said a little sheepishly. "We've already ordered so many signature dishes; let's just order some cheap seafood now, all right?"

"Cheap? Order the best of everything!" Wu Chengtian waved his hand. In his heart he thought: how expensive can seafood be? It wasn't as if he had never eaten seafood in those five-star hotels; a meal there cost ten or twenty thousand at most.

"Very good. The finest Hokkaido pufferfish is..." The waiter nodded and was about to make a recommendation.

"I already said I want the best. What do you mean by this? Do you think I've never eaten it before?" Wu Chengtian was suddenly a little annoyed. This waiter kept going on with his introductions; wasn't he looking down on him? It made him feel he had lost face, and he snapped impatiently.

"I'm sorry, sir..." The waiter apologized hurriedly. He had meant to run through the grades of seafood in the restaurant, for instance that a whole Hokkaido pufferfish was the very finest, hoping to show off the establishment's strength, but the host of this table clearly did not care for it.

"Then bring one of each of these seafood dishes; I'll just have a taste myself... Mm, I've never eaten anything so delicious in my life. This life of mine hasn't been lived in vain; I could die happy now!" Feng Xiaoxiao cast Wu Chengtian a grateful look.

"One each? One each per person! Good things are for everyone to share!" Wu Chengtian said to the waiter. "Besides the signature dishes and the seafood, just add a few side dishes for us, whatever you like. Don't make them too cheap; they should at least match the rest."

Though Wu Chengtian said this, in his heart he was thinking: how expensive can ordinary side dishes be? Even if they were a bit upscale, a few vegetable dishes would cost a few hundred or a thousand at most.

"Very good." The waiter did not dare say more, and nodded to show he had noted it down.

She had already seen clearly that the guest at this table was generous and must be very rich, and did not like her to talk too much. "Is there anything else you need? Shall we start serving now?"

"Brother Chengtian, we need to order drinks too," Xiao Wangba reminded Wu Chengtian.

"Then... let's have some red wine," Wu Chengtian said to the waiter. "An '82 Lafite."

"Very good..." The waiter found it a little odd. An '82 Lafite was a fine wine, to be sure, but compared with the dishes ordered earlier it was a trifle, and those dishes seemed rather ill-matched with an '82 Lafite.

Still, the waiter could tell that Wu Chengtian had a bad temper and did not dare ask questions. Perhaps the man simply liked drinking '82 Lafite, who could say.

Only after the waiter had left did Wu Chengtian speak. "Meeting today is a matter of fate. Let me introduce everyone. This is Wei Zhao. Brother Wei Zhao and I had a small grievance before, but the fact that Brother Wei Zhao could come to this dinner shows his attitude! And this is his girlfriend, Feng Xiaoxiao..."

"Kang Zhaolong!" Kang Zhaolong rose to his feet and extended a hand to Wei Zhao. "Brother Wei Zhao, we've met before!"

"Heh..." Wei Zhao smiled faintly, but did not extend his hand. "Do you think there's any need for us to shake hands?"

Kang Zhaolong was somewhat angered by Wei Zhao's words, but he was a man who knew how to bide his time. For one thing, he had not yet sounded out Wei Zhao's background; for another, he had to work with Wu Chengtian and could not afford to fall out with Wei Zhao. So he smiled and said, "Brother Wei Zhao, it seems there's some misunderstanding between you and my younger brother. On Zhaoming's behalf, I apologize to you. Zhaoming has always been like that, spoiled by the family since he was small. I hope Brother Wei Zhao won't take offense..."

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