Chapter 140 - You Are My Woman! (Part Two)

My Rebirth Legend

I swaggered into the lavish VIP dining area, which resembled a magnificent palace, following the waiter as though I belonged there. The diners at the tables were busy chatting among themselves or savoring their food, and none of them paid the slightest attention to a young man like me. The faint fragrance of red wine intoxicated the women in the room, while the sexy beauties appearing everywhere drove the men wild.

So this was the so-called upper class. The men were fat and lecherous, while the women were all seductive and alluring. Anyone with eyes could see that women relied on their beauty and men on their money. The diners in this VIP area were the perfect embodiment of that saying. Unfortunately, Chu Qitong’s beauty had completely overshadowed all the other women, so several tables of men kept glancing at her with lustful, foolish expressions.

I took everything in. The anger I had felt upon entering had already vanished. Today, I had finally understood something: Damn it, I had to be more domineering, more shameless. That was what it took to fit into this so-called upper society. Remaining low-key and pretending to be harmless would only make me angrier and angrier.

With a trace of roguish contempt on my lips, I strode after the waiter and brazenly pulled out a chair beside the Crown Table, then settled into it without the slightest hesitation.

Only then did all the guests in the VIP area seem to discover a new continent. Every one of them turned to look at me. An ordinary young man might not have been particularly interesting, but an ordinary young man seated at the Crown Table immediately attracted everyone’s attention.

My gaze fell upon Chu Qitong at Table Three. Her bright, pearl-like eyes were fixed firmly on me. Beneath her light makeup, her beautiful face revealed a hint of surprise mixed with confusion and unease.

Hmph. If you do not want people to know, do not do it. It was already too late for her to feel uneasy now that she had seen me.

“Sir, what kind of Western cuisine would you like? Here is the menu. You may take a look.”

How could the waiter possibly neglect a distinguished customer who had casually spent thirty thousand yuan? He promptly placed the menu before me. He was probably already thinking about how to persuade me to order the most expensive dishes.

Sure enough, as I flipped through the menu, the waiter said with an ingratiating smile, “If you are having difficulty deciding, sir, I can recommend some of our restaurant’s most famous Western dishes: golden pan-seared foie gras, beef tenderloin, exquisite French steak with rose wine sauce, and…”

“That’s enough. You can stop recommending things for now. Tell me, what did the guests at Table Three order?”

I cut him off and pointed toward Chu Qitong at the table diagonally opposite us. Then I deliberately raised my voice and asked with a smile, “What kind of wine is that lady drinking?”

“It is a bottle of French red wine from 1995, sir. They ordered our exquisite French Romantic Set.”

“I heard that the owner of this restaurant is an overseas Chinese who returned home, and that he is good friends with the owner of a French vineyard. I also heard that the restaurant keeps a large collection of expensive French wines. Is that true?”

I continued staring provocatively at Chu Qitong while speaking to the waiter, raising my voice word by word.

“Tell me what fine wines you have.”

“Of course, sir. The most expensive red wine in our restaurant is an excellent bottle of 1982 Château Lafite. It is considered one of the finest wines of the eighties. Our owner received this bottle as one of thirty gifts when he became acquainted with the owner of the Lafite estate. It is the pride of our establishment. If you are interested, sir, you may purchase it. However, the price…”

The waiter had already recognized me as a wealthy customer, so he immediately brought out the restaurant’s prized possession.

“Lafite from 1982… Hmm, not bad. Tell me the price.”

I thought about it briefly. The wines of the eighties were indeed considered best in quality in 1982, and Lafite was rare to begin with. I remembered that in my previous life, I had once been fortunate enough to drink a bottle of Lafite from 1995, and even then it had cost more than ten thousand yuan. This bottle from 1982 must be outrageously expensive.

“Because you are the first distinguished guest to reserve the Crown Table this year, our proprietor instructed us to offer you a twenty percent discount. The final price of this bottle is exactly thirty thousand yuan, sir.”

The waiter struggled to suppress his excitement. The commission he would receive from this bottle was probably quite substantial.

The entire VIP area erupted in an uproar before I had even said whether I intended to buy it. Reserving the Crown Table at such a young age was already astonishing enough. Now they had heard that I planned to buy such an expensive bottle of wine—and drink it alone. The guests could not help but marvel.

By then, I had noticed several beautiful women blatantly flirting with me without the slightest concern for how their companions felt. Indeed, in 1997, who had the nerve to spend tens of thousands of yuan on a single meal? Even Huang Qi, the man who had once competed with me in wealth, probably would not have been willing to do something like this.

Clothes were different from food. At least clothes could be worn and displayed afterward. Once food entered your stomach, it served no purpose beyond satisfying your appetite. And I had come alone.

Chu Qitong still wore a calm expression, as though she no longer wished to pay attention to what was happening on my side. She had even begun smiling and chatting with that fellow named Wang Liang.

I gave a muffled snort and slowly tapped my fingers against the Crown Table.

“Bring the wine over. And send up two portions of your most expensive and finest set meal as well.”

“Certainly, sir. It will be my pleasure to serve you.”

The waiter was delighted by my words. He snatched up the menu and hurried downstairs. Perhaps, after working as a waiter for so many years, he had never encountered a customer as generous as me.

Money? For me, Xiao Qiang, there was no end to it.

With a creak, I rose from my chair beneath everyone’s watchful eyes. After sweeping my gaze across the entire room, I descended the steps beside the Crown Table with the slow dignity of a European palace emperor. I came before the sixteen tables below.

After giving everyone a faint smile, I tilted my body with exaggerated elegance, turned toward the left, and walked straight to the table where Chu Qitong was seated.

“Qitong, I have already ordered dinner for you.”

I glanced coldly at Wang Liang, whose face was full of astonishment, then slowly extended my right hand toward Chu Qitong.

“Please accept my invitation and have dinner with me.”

“I’m sorry. I’m dining with my boyfriend.”

Chu Qitong swept her eyes over me and deliberately sneered.

“I’m not related to you in any way, so why should I have dinner with you?”

“Qitong, isn’t he Su Xin’s boyfriend? How is it that the two of you… know each other?”

The moment Wang Liang saw me, he recognized me as the boyfriend of Su Xin—the woman from the lawn last time. Even a fool could tell that everything I was doing now was for the sake of Chu Qitong. He turned to her in surprise.

“He… he came here looking for you?”

“Wang Liang, ignore him. He’s no one to me, and we aren’t related at all. How would I know what he wants?”

Chu Qitong deliberately rolled her eyes at me, then smiled at Wang Liang.

“You’re my boyfriend now. You’ll protect me, won’t you?”

“Of course!”

After hearing this, Wang Liang suddenly seemed filled with confidence. He sprang to his feet and gave me a cold snort.

“Sir, please do not disturb my date with my girlfriend. I do not know what happened between you and her, but you are not welcome here. Please leave.”

“Qitong, stop acting childish. Do you know what you’re doing?”

I knew she was merely throwing a tantrum and deliberately trying to provoke me, so I could not help speaking helplessly.

“Whatever the problem is, it can be resolved slowly. What you’re doing is extremely irrational. Come with me and taste the 1982 Lafite, all right?”

“Hmph. Rational? I am being perfectly rational. I have never been more rational.”

Chu Qitong turned her delicate body slightly toward me, and her beautiful face came to face with mine.

“Xiao Qiang, you can see that I have a boyfriend now. We never had any relationship to begin with, and from now on, we certainly will not.”

“Qitong… do you really intend to continue like this? Haven’t you considered my feelings even once?”

Faced with her completely indifferent attitude, my heart began to waver. Had this girl truly forgotten me entirely? How could that be? It had not been long at all.

“Yes, I intend to continue exactly like this!”

At my words, Chu Qitong’s delicate body trembled slightly, and her eyes filled with icy coldness.

“What? Are you jealous? You can be jealous over me too? Heh… I thought your eyes held room only for your precious girlfriend.”

“Yes, I’m jealous. I’m jealous as hell!”

I grabbed her tender, fair arm and spoke excitedly.

“Qitong, stop deliberately provoking me. Don’t you know that I nearly lost my soul today?”

Everyone present was watching us. Under their gazes, Chu Qitong’s face flushed slightly. She cried out softly and hurriedly shook off the hand I had placed around her arm.

“What are you doing? There are so many people watching. How can you behave like this?”

She glared at me, then muttered so quietly that hardly anyone could hear:

“What are you doing, you awful Xiao Qiang? The moment you get excited, you only know how to bully me. Hmph. If I don’t make you suffer a little, how will you ever learn not to ignore me again?”

Her voice was extremely soft. An ordinary person would never have heard it. But who was I? The astonishing power of the Purple Sun Divine Art allowed me to hear every word clearly.

I was immediately stunned.

So this little minx had only been deliberately provoking me. After all that, she and Wang Liang had gotten together simply to make me jealous!

My confidence instantly returned. Looking at Chu Qitong, who was still deliberately wearing a stern expression, I quickly devised a countermeasure.

Heh. You want to mess with me? Little witch, it looks like you’re asking for a lesson!

“Oh? So many people are watching, is that it? Fine, I’ll make them all leave.”

I deliberately pretended not to have heard her muttered words and hurriedly clapped my hands toward the crowd.

“Everyone, I’m terribly sorry. My girlfriend and I are having a quarrel, and she doesn’t like being watched by so many people. I hope you will all leave. Of course, I will cover everyone’s expenses today. In addition, I will give each of you ten thousand yuan as compensation. I hope you can help me out.”

As I spoke, I waved to the waiter nearby and took out another gold card, handing it to him.