"That's a good idea!"
"Shi Min, quickly call that good-for-nothing and tell him to come back for lunch. Say I'm treating him!" Li Xiumei roared at Tang Shimin.
"I won't!" Tang Shimin refused outright.
"You rebellious girl! If you don't make that call, I'll divorce you from this good-for-nothing this very second!" Li Xiumei raged again.
Tang Shimin felt guilty towards Lu Yang at the moment and didn't want to divorce so soon, as she felt she would be too unfair to him. Unable to resist Li Xiumei, she eventually dialed Lu Yang's number.
Upon hearing that Li Xiumei wanted to treat him to a meal, Lu Yang smiled slightly. He naturally saw through the trap, but he didn't take a mere Li Xiumei seriously, so he readily agreed.
The dining location was set at Guo Xing Grand Hotel. In order to swindle money out of Lu Yang, Li Xiumei was willing to go all out.
At twelve noon, Li Xiumei drove her Phaeton, taking Tang Shimin and Tang Mingde, and arrived at Guo Xing Grand Hotel. Just as they were about to book a private room, they were informed that all the regular private rooms at Guo Xing Grand Hotel were already booked.
"What?"
"Who do you think you are looking down on? I have plenty of money, hurry up and get a room for me!" Li Xiumei shouted at the waiter.
"Madam, we still have other VIP private rooms available. However, to enter a VIP room, you must obtain a membership card. The cheapest Bronze card at Guo Xing Grand Hotel costs one million yuan, the Silver card has an annual fee of three million yuan, the Gold card has an annual fee of five million yuan, the Platinum card has an annual fee of eight million yuan, and the Diamond card has an annual fee of ten million yuan. May I ask which type of card you would like to apply for?" the waiter said with a smile.
"If you apply for a card now, I will immediately arrange a VIP room for you!"
Hearing the waiter's words, Li Xiumei's expression changed instantly. She only had fifty thousand yuan on her at the moment, which was nowhere near enough to apply for a card.
"Mom, why don't we change to another hotel for lunch?" Tang Shimin said, seeing Li Xiumei in a difficult situation.
"No, we must eat here today! Tang Mingde, didn't the old man give you a million yuan last time, all of which you took?" Li Xiumei said furiously, looking at Tang Mingde. "Take out that million yuan immediately and apply for the card!"
"Ah?" Tang Mingde broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. Half of that million yuan had been spent by Tang Mingde on Xiao Li, with whom he had an affair, and the other half had been extorted by Lu Yang. Tang Mingde was now poorer than ever.
"The money... the money is lost!" Tang Mingde stammered, making an excuse.
"What? You lost the money? You damn scoundrel! You actually lost my million yuan! I'll beat you to death right now!" Upon hearing Tang Mingde's words, Li Xiumei could no longer restrain herself and lunged at Tang Mingde, scratching and hitting him. Tang Mingde dared not retaliate and could only dodge.
"Mom, stop hitting!" Tang Shimin tried to mediate and pull them apart.
"This is Guo Xing Grand Hotel. If you want to fight, go outside and don't disturb the normal operations of Guo Xing Grand Hotel!" The waiter, seeing Li Xiumei and Tang Mingde causing a scene, immediately shouted.
Hearing this, Li Xiumei stopped her attack, glared fiercely at Tang Mingde, and roared, "Tang, if you don't get my money back for me today, don't you ever think about coming home!"
"If I don't come home, I don't come home! Do you think I'm willing to be part of your family? If you hadn't taken a liking to me and shamelessly fawned over our Tang family back then, would I have married you?" Tang Mingde retorted, not to be outdone.
The two exchanged insults and started fighting again. The waiter, seeing this, immediately called security and had Li Xiumei and her family thrown out.
At this moment, Lu Yang had arrived at the entrance of Guo Xing Grand Hotel. Seeing the disheveled pair at the entrance, he walked over with a slight surprise.
"Shi Min, what happened to them?" Lu Yang asked Tang Shimin.
"Lu Yang, I'm sorry. We originally wanted to treat you to lunch, but there were no private rooms available!" Tang Shimin said guiltily.
"No private rooms?"
"Let's go. I have a card here that can book the best private room!" Lu Yang said with a slight smile.
"Oh, this good-for-nothing is putting on airs again? Last time here, you ruined my wedding banquet. Today, I absolutely won't let you continue to show off!" The person speaking was Lu Yang's classmate Liu Xiaoyuan and her husband Zhang Tao. Because of Lu Yang last time, Liu Xiaoyuan and Zhang Tao's wedding had been halted before it could be completed. Later, they heard from Zhang Kunhao that they had all been deceived by Lu Yang. Liu Xiaoyuan and Zhang Tao had always wanted to get revenge on Lu Yang but hadn't had the chance. Now that they had met, how could they let go of this perfect opportunity?
"Lu Yang, you really are shameless! With your status, how can you even afford to eat at Guo Xing Grand Hotel? Don't you know who you are?" Liu Xiaoyuan said, looking at Lu Yang with disdain. "Last time, you only had a chance to sneak in because my husband and I were holding our wedding here. Let's see how you get in this time!"
"It seems the lesson from last time wasn't enough, making you dare to come and make trouble in front of me again!" Lu Yang's expression turned cold upon hearing their words.
"Pfft, you good-for-nothing, you swindler! I was tricked by you last time, do you think I'll fall for it again? If you have the guts, call out Huang Hei Niu, and I want to see what your relationship with Huang Hei Niu really is!" Zhang Tao cursed at Lu Yang.
Lu Yang ignored Zhang Tao and said to Tang Shimin with a smile, "Let's go, we're going in!"
"Go in? Go in where? Today, while I'm here, you're not getting in!" Zhang Tao stepped forward, blocking Lu Yang, and said coldly.
"Get out of the way!" Lu Yang's eyes narrowed, and he roared sternly. A majestic aura instantly emanated from Lu Yang, scaring Zhang Tao into taking several steps back.
"Lu Yang, you good-for-nothing, how dare you shout at my husband? Do you know my husband's status?" Liu Xiaoyuan stepped forward and yelled at Lu Yang again. "He's just a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law, and you dare to stand in front of my husband and shout? You probably don't know, but my husband has already hitched himself to Bai Hao, the heir of Hesheng Group, and his status is completely different. Kneel down immediately and apologize to my husband, or I'll make your entire Tang family suffer!"
"Bai Hao?" Hearing this name, Lu Yang sneered. "Even if Bai Hao stood in front of me right now, he wouldn't dare speak to me like this!" Lu Yang said coldly.
"Haha, you good-for-nothing, you only know how to brag! What kind of status does Young Master Bai have, and what kind of status do you have? You are worlds apart, yet you dare to speak so presumptuously!" Liu Xiaoyuan said. "Fine, since you're saying this, I'll call Young Master Bai here. Let's see how you get out of this situation today!" Saying that, Liu Xiaoyuan took out her phone and dialed Bai Hao's number.