523: Chapter 382 523: Chapter 382 Du Jiaolan didn’t feel that the money on the maid’s person was enough to cover the bill, even in the waiter’s eyes.
She took out enough money from her pocket, and then felt it was a shame to waste the food that remained uneaten on the table.
Especially such expensive items, this single meal had consumed all her savings.
However, she had gained something today, and spending such a high price was worth it; the food had settled in her own belly, and though it pained her heart, it didn’t pain her flesh.
She would make it back in the future.
Regardless of her status, Du Jiaolan said to the waiter,
“Waiter, pack up all the food here.”
The waiter, seeing the young lady had money to pay, let out a sigh of relief.
It wasn’t just him breathing easier; the maid by Du Jiaolan’s side also relaxed.
“Miss, do you want to pack up all the food on the table?
Including that which the young master ate?”
The waiter felt that the daughter of a rich family was also stingy; she should not need to pack up leftovers when dining out.
This lady did not appear as radiant as she seemed, no wonder she had tried to approach that young master earlier.
The maid became completely alert and said to the unmoving waiter, “What are you waiting for?
Don’t you know how precious our miss’s time is?
Useless!”
The waiter walked away, silently mocking to himself,
“You have the insight, always thinking of climbing up to wealthy young masters, heh, paying your own bill, and even taking away leftovers eaten by others.
This is just pretending to be rich when you’re not; no matter how beautifully you play-act, you’re just like a woman in a brothel, trying to seduce men.”
He felt relieved that their young master hadn’t been seduced by such a fox demon.
He truly believed that such a woman would never have the chance to see their young master.
Customer service being paramount, the waiter still quickly brought out the items to be packed, and swiftly packed everything up.
The maid took the bagged items.
At this moment, Du Jiaolan pulled a cloak and veil from her storage bag and put them on; her earlier disregard for wearing these items had been deliberate to reveal her beauty.
Now that she had met the person she wanted to see, there was no need to let any more commoners see her true face.
Leading the way, Du Jiaolan descended the stairs with the grace of a lofty Heavenly Immortal.
The people upstairs took only a glance, choosing not to stare.
At this point, the number of men in the dining hall had reduced significantly, and those who understood what had transpired did not dare to mess with the two women descending.
Just earlier, someone had been sent to the Medicine House, and people were curious about the sudden illness that befell him.
Why?
Was it pain upon seeing a beautiful woman, which seemed quite unnatural?
Upon inquiring, they found out that the man sent to the Medicine House, like the restaurant had explained, had fallen ill there and it had nothing to do with the establishment.
The fallen man was diagnosed not to have been poisoned, nor to have consumed laxatives, and it wasn’t an illness of his own doing.
It was completely due to a medicine the physician couldn’t identify, only knowing that if the man didn’t receive prompt medical attention, he would soon die, regardless of whether he had practiced Cultivation or not.
The Medicine House’s physician could only administer a Revitalizing Pill, a remedy effective against all sorts of poisons and maladies.
This medicine was extremely valuable.
Consuming the Pills, the man’s health improved.
With a friend’s help, he paid the hefty medical fee.
The payment was made with great reluctance; to think that teasing a woman had cost him a fortune.
The man could only accept his bad luck, fearful of being poisoned again by that woman.
He had almost died from writhing in pain and didn’t dare forget the pain with his scar still fresh.
The women were toxic, a sentiment he found undeniably true.
In just the span of a meal, some men had already found out that the stunning, thorny woman upstairs was the third young Miss of Duke Du Mansion from Capital City.
For some wealthy young lords who were not of the highest nobility, Miss of the Duke’s Mansion was someone out of their league.
Men who had only heard of Miss Du’s name but had never met her experienced her formidable presence firsthand.
The man who had fallen ill did not dare seek revenge and scurried away dejectedly.
By now, the people in the hall had heard the news.
Although they did not whistle or flirt as some men had done earlier, they couldn’t help but use their eyes to appreciate the beauty and figure of the women.
Those who had seen Miss Du’s beauty felt the memory etched into their minds, and even though they couldn’t clearly see her face now, they could recall it from what they had glimpsed before.
And for those men who hadn’t seen her, they admired the enchanting gazes of the voluptuous women moving behind the thin veils.
But they didn’t dare to make a noise, contenting themselves with admiration through gaze alone, some of them already drooling at the corners of their mouths.
As Du Jiaolan moved, descending the stairs, her eyes swept over the people in the hall, and she no longer saw some of those who had whistled at her before.
Nor did she see the person she had drugged; the leering gazes and drooling expressions of the lowly men disgusted her.
At that moment, in her heart, Du Jiaolan felt that Tang Feiyang had been cold and unapproachable for not being moved by her beauty, for letting her pay the bill after dinner.
He had seemed to be a very distant, callous man.
Yet now, she found herself admiring him a bit; he seemed safer than the men above.
A man not swayed by any other women, that was the direction of her efforts.
As long as she could make that man fall in love with her and keep him devoted to her alone.