"Alas, how embarrassing."
"After all, he's a grown man, how can he have the face to ask a woman to return the money she spent?"
"..."
Chen Baokun and Jiang Peiyu both started to mock him, their words all belittling Li Se.
"What business is it of yours?" To be honest, Li Se really didn't want to encounter these old classmates. Their relationship wasn't good when they were in school, and now that they were out in society, it was inevitable to face their taunts. He'd rather never see such classmates again, to save himself the annoyance.
"It's none of our business." Yu Hongwei sneered, "But as old classmates, seeing you in such a state truly embarrasses us. If outsiders didn't know better, they'd think everyone from our university graduates to deliver food."
Yuan Jiating certainly wouldn't miss the chance to mock Li Se. She said, "Hongwei, he might not be here to be a security guard, but to deliver food. Although Qing Shui Wan Villa is very strict, if the owner permits, they can still deliver takeout inside."
"It's only when delivering food that he can truly experience the luxury of the villa. Look at him, he's not even wearing his delivery uniform. I guess he wants to pretend he's one of the villa owners," Chen Baokun analyzed.
"I am the owner here," Li Se said calmly.
"Pfft..." Yu Hongwei and the others couldn't help but burst into laughter, clearly not believing Li Se. What a joke! These villas cost tens of millions each. How could a delivery person afford one?
Besides, Li Se had gone to ask Zhang Yunyun for thirty thousand yuan back not long ago. That wasn't a secret anymore. Someone who was short of even thirty thousand yuan could still buy a villa? It seemed impossible.
"Li Se, you a pauper like you, can afford a villa here?" Yu Hongwei laughed, a laugh full of disdain.
"Li Se, is this fun?" Yuan Jia looked at him as if disappointed he wasn't living up to his potential. "We know your situation. Don't deceive yourself. With your delivery job, your lifetime savings wouldn't even buy a toilet in this villa."
"I think you're doing pretty miserably. How about this." Yu Hongwei took out a cigarette, placed it in his mouth, then took out a hundred-yuan bill and threw it at Li Se's feet. "I don't have a lighter. Go buy me one at the entrance. This hundred yuan is your errand fee. You only earn a few yuan for a delivery. Buy a lighter at the entrance and get a hundred yuan, enough for you to skip quite a few deliveries."
Li Se remained unmoved.
"Not enough?" Yu Hongwei took out another five hundred yuan and threw it towards Li Se. "Six hundred, is that enough? You don't even earn this much in a full day of deliveries. I'm only looking out for you as an old classmate. You don't need to thank me, we're classmates after all. Hurry up and pick up the money to buy a lighter."
"Li Se, what are you standing there for? Why don't you thank Brother Yu?" Yuan Jiating snapped.
Chen Baokun and Jiang Peiyu watched the spectacle, even taking out their phones. In their eyes, Li Se would definitely stoop to pick up the six hundred yuan.
"Six hundred yuan?" Honestly, let alone the current Li Se, even when he was poorer, he wouldn't pick up this six hundred yuan. Especially now, when he was already a millionaire. He kicked the six hundred yuan at his feet and said, "If you kneel down and apologize now, I might consider treating your illness."
"What do you mean?" Yu Hongwei's expression changed slightly.
"Don't you know what's wrong with your body?" Li Se said with a cold smile.
Yu Hongwei's face flickered with uncertainty, as if Li Se had hit the nail on the head. His body did have issues. However, he didn't continue on this topic and said coldly, "You think the money isn't enough? One thousand, is that enough?"
He took out another thousand yuan and flicked it away. This thousand yuan all fell at Li Se's feet.
"Li Se, don't be ungrateful. Buying a lighter for over a thousand yuan, that's almost ten days of your delivery salary!" Yuan Jiating shouted.
Chen Baokun nodded. "There's no need to be contrary to money. You're short on cash, aren't you? How about this, for the sake of our classmate friendship, I'll add a bit."
With that, he also took out five hundred yuan and threw it over. "Sorry, I don't have much cash on me, only five hundred yuan, but for you, that's a lot."
Jiang Peiyu also became interested. She took out five hundred yuan from her wallet and flicked it towards Li Se. "Here, I have five hundred too."
Yuan Jiating was not to be outdone, tossing out five hundred yuan. She taunted, "Almost three thousand. That should be more than half a month's wages for you, right? This is how old classmates look out for you. Aren't you going to thank us?"
In their eyes, earning nearly three thousand yuan by buying a lighter was something Li Se would definitely be tempted by. After all, dignity couldn't be eaten, and money in hand was the most practical thing.
Li Se looked down at the cash on the ground, smiled, and walked past the money to Yu Hongwei. He grabbed his hand and felt his pulse.
"What are you doing?" Yu Hongwei suddenly pulled his hand back, annoyed. "Li Se, we're treating you well out of consideration for our classmate friendship. If you weren't our classmate, I wouldn't give a single cent even to a beggar. Don't push your luck!"
Li Se smiled and said, "The complexion between your brows is dim, your tear troughs are purplish-blue, your palms sweat, and your pulse is weak yet continuous, subtle yet unbroken. This is due to long-term deficiency of yang and excessive internal fire, resulting from excessive indulgence in lust."
"What's that got to do with you?" Yu Hongwei fumed.
"To put it bluntly, your kidneys are weak," Li Se said with a chuckle. "Instead of having money to 'take care' of your old classmate, you should take that money to the hospital. Oh, right, modern Western medicine probably can't do anything for your condition, otherwise, you wouldn't need to use aphrodisiacs every time."
"You... How do you know?" Yu Hongwei's face changed drastically, but as soon as he said it, he regretted it.
Yuan Jiating, standing by, knew the situation. Inwardly, she looked down on Yu Hongwei a bit, as he wasn't very capable in that department. But he had money, so she put up with it.
Chen Baokun and Jiang Peiyu's eyes widened. Yu Hongwei, barely in his twenties, already had kidney deficiency?
Li Se looked at him and said, "Because I'm a doctor. I can treat you, but it will cost thirty million yuan. This is about your sexual happiness for half your life. Consider it yourself."
Yu Hongwei's face turned green and white as if his sensitive spot had been stepped on. He did have kidney deficiency, but how did Li Se know so suddenly? He roared at Li Se, "I don't have kidney deficiency at all! Li Se, how dare you slander me!"
As he spoke, he raised his hand to hit Li Se.
*Slap!*
Instead, Li Se backhanded Yu Hongwei, sending him to the ground. He said with disdain, "A kidney-deficient person like you, what kind of strength do you have? Don't you have any idea?"