"Pack it up, pack it up."
"Book the whole place, book the whole place."
As the saying goes, onlookers never fear chaos.
Seeing Li Lisha's long silence, the crowd grew impatient. It's unclear who started it, but someone began shouting, pressuring Li Lisha.
One voice led to a chorus, which eventually became a unified chant.
"This show is more exciting than spending money," Lin Qingzhu said with a laugh from the sofa.
"Wife, having fun!" Ye Zixiao confidently lit a cigarette, crossed his legs, and said, "So in the future, treat me better. I'm handsome, I can fight, and most importantly, I'm rich. I'm basically every woman's dream!"
"You missed one point."
"What?"
"You're shameless!"
"You rascal!" Ye Zixiao reached for Lin Qingzhu's thigh, grinning mischievously. "You haven't mentioned my biggest advantage yet, which is that I'm a scoundrel. What kind of beautiful woman doesn't like a scoundrel!"
"What kind of theory is that?"
"Scoundrel theory!"
Just as the couple was exchanging playful banter, Li Lisha, who had been holding back, finally spoke. Her face flushed as she stamped her foot and shouted, "All of you, shut up! You're so noisy!"
The scene quickly fell silent.
"If you can't afford it, don't pretend to be rich!" Lin Qingzhu said contemptuously from the sofa. She wasn't usually like this, but after living with Ye Zixiao for so long, she had learned to retaliate. Especially against someone as shameless as Li Lisha, she wouldn't show any mercy.
"You say I can't afford it?" Li Lisha was completely cornered.
"If you can afford it, then buy it!"
"Manager!!!"
"Card or cash?" The manager was acting like a lunatic.
"Card, card!" Li Lisha took out her card, her voice trembling as she said, "This card has two billion yuan. Swipe it first, and I'll immediately call my father to transfer another one and a half billion to me."
"This... Okay, no problem." The manager hesitated for three seconds before quickly agreeing.
Before the onlookers could react, the card was swiped. Two billion yuan, announced by a sweet female voice, had been transferred to the public account of the luxury watch store.
"This is wrong?"
"Didn't she say three and a half billion?"
"Li Lisha doesn't have enough money!"
"Why pretend to be rich if you don't have enough?"
After confirming the situation, the crowd erupted in murmurs. Instead of envying Li Lisha for swiping her card for two billion yuan, they mocked her for pretending to be rich when she didn't have enough money to book the entire store.
"Hello, Dad!" Just then, Li Lisha made the call. The scene became extremely quiet!
"What's happening?" Li Yan's voice came from the phone. Because the scene was so quiet, even though the phone wasn't on speaker, the conversation could be heard by those nearby. Many people strained their ears to listen.
"Dad, I'm shopping at the mall, and I've... encountered a problem. I don't have enough money in my card. Can you... can you transfer me one and a half billion yuan?" Li Lisha asked for money with a flushed face.
"What did you say?" Li Yan suddenly raised his voice.
"You transfer me one and a half billion."
"Don't you have two billion?"
"I don't have enough!"
"Not enough? Li Lisha, are you out of your mind? Why are you spending three and a half billion? Damn it, I manage money, I don't print it. Where's your mother? Get your mother on the phone." Li Yan's voice was filled with extreme anger.
"Oh, Dad, what do you know? I'm spending so much money to restore face for the Li family. Anyway, I don't care, you transfer me one and a half billion immediately." Li Lisha stomped her feet.
"Nonsense! Li Lisha, are you crazy? Do you know the Li family's current situation? Come back immediately and bring back the two billion in your card." Before he finished speaking, Li Yan hung up the phone.
"Damn that old bastard!" Enraged, Li Lisha lost control. She cursed at the phone and, disregarding the astonished stares of the crowd, smashed the phone to pieces.
"I told you long ago, don't pretend to be rich if you don't have money!" Lin Qingzhu chimed in at the opportune moment to fuel the fire.
"Yeah, what's this supposed to be?"
"So, in the end, you couldn't afford it?"
"Is the Li family that short on money now?"
"I heard they're being investigated!"
"Damn it, it's all public money."
"Li Lisha, you're truly embarrassing!" The crowd, who had been waiting for a long time, started kicking Li Lisha while she was down once they realized she had failed. Especially those who were already resentful of the wealthy, they started to curse her directly.
Li Lisha's mother left.
Bodyguards surrounded Princess Li.
And other Li family members were negotiating with the manager, asking if they could get the money back.
"I'm sorry, but our products, once the transaction is successful, cannot be returned or exchanged unless there are quality issues. Of course, if there are quality issues, we will gladly exchange them." The male manager stated loudly. Clearly, he had no intention of returning the two billion yuan. It was a joke. After working so hard, serving them like dogs, and finally making such a large sale, how could he easily let it go? As for Li Lisha, no one cared about her anymore.
"Xiao Li, lend me some money." Li Lisha lunged at a close girlfriend.
"I, I don't have any money!" The friend, Xiao Li, showed a look of annoyance.
"Feifei, lend me two hundred million!"
"I only have two thousand!"
"Damn you bitches! You've been eating my food and drinking my drinks, calling me Princess all the time. Now that I need money, you're all tight-fisted. Damn it!" Li Lisha was completely driven to madness.
"Who are you calling names?"
"Li Lisha, why pretend to be rich if you have no money?"
"Exactly, you shameless wretch."
"Bitch, what makes you so arrogant?" Several girlfriends who had always sided with Li Lisha finally revealed their true, ugly faces. They stepped forward, pointing at Li Lisha's face, and cursed her like shrewish women. As they cursed, they started to pull at each other! The scene instantly descended into chaos... In less than a minute, videos of Li Lisha fighting with her friends because she couldn't afford a watch had spread throughout Beihai City's social media. The onlookers were thoroughly entertained.
After another five or six minutes, under the intervention of the Li family's bodyguards and mall security, the fighting girlfriends were finally separated. They were all dishevelled, some with their clothes torn. What was supposed to be a showy display of wealth had ultimately turned into a farce.
At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Ye, having finished their show, stood up hand in hand. In front of the media, they invited the manager over.
"Manager, do you still have anything for sale?" Ye Zixiao asked with a nouveau riche air.
"Mr. Ye, what are you saying? Of course, we have things for sale. The best ones are reserved for you and Mrs. Ye. The items worth two billion have been sold, the rest are still in the cabinets." The male manager was truly skilled at handling people. He publicly took out a few of the most expensive luxury watches from a vault-like cabinet. One of them, a limited edition Patek Philippe women's watch, was priced at two hundred million!
"Do you like it?" Ye Zixiao asked Lin Qingzhu gently.
"It's quite nice, just a bit too expensive!" Lin Qingzhu genuinely liked the watch.
"Mrs. Ye, you jest!" The male manager quickly flattered her, smiling and saying, "This women's watch is globally limited to only six pieces. In the entire Beihai City, perhaps only you are the most suitable for this watch. It's meant for you!" His words praised Lin Qingzhu without belittling anyone else. It was truly masterful!
"Wrap it up!" Ye Zixiao smiled slightly, holding his head high, and said, "If you have money, you should be willful. You must buy what's expensive and what you like. However, Manager, it's a pity I can't book the whole place. What's the point of booking half?"
"Understood, understood!" The manager smiled meaningfully. Logically speaking, Li Lisha had swiped for two billion, while Ye Zixiao only swiped for two hundred million, so Li Lisha should have been the one to receive more praise. But why did the manager choose to flatter Ye Zixiao instead of Li Lisha? Because the manager had realized that Li Lisha's two billion might have to be returned. The Li family's money wasn't clean!
"Let's go, next stop!" After buying the most expensive women's watch, Ye Zixiao, holding Lin Qingzhu's hand, walked out of the luxury watch store with extreme swagger. They didn't go far, heading straight for the jewelry store opposite. Whoosh... The crowd immediately followed.
"Miss Li, where are you going?"
"Princess Li, continue booking the place!"
"Bitch, we're waiting for you!"
"Bitch, you deserve to be embarrassed!" Li Lisha's girlfriends gloated. This kind of mockery from her own people was the most deadly!