”Yes, yes, yes! I think the restaurant must be engaging in some special promotional activities!”
Victor also
chimed in as he was very unconvinced at this time.
When a waiter
walked into the room,
Victor asked
him directly, “By the way, can I
ask you a question?
Will we be given all the special signature dishes for free as
long as we
order a plate of stir
-
fry potato
shreds?”
The waiter
could not help but look at Victor in confusion. Then, the waiter
replied
in contempt,
“Are you crazy? Are you seriously asking me whether you will be
given all our
signature dishes for free if you order a plate of stir
-
fry potato
shreds?! There
must be something wrong with your brain!”
After saying that, the waiter shook his head before turning
around and leaving immediately.
Homeland
Kitchen was one of the most prestigious establishments on Mayberry Commercial
Street. Who gave an ordinary guest such as Victor the audacity to cause trouble
for a waiter?
Victor felt as
though he had been slapped right in the face.
To think that
he had actually dared to ask the waiter that question.
“Gerald, can
you even finish so much food all by yourself?!” Whitney could not help but ask
angrily.
She was very
annoyed and frustrated that Gerald was not offering them any of his delicious
food at all.
“Oh. If any of
you want to try some of these signature dishes, please do not hesitate to come
over here!”
“You!” Whitney
was utterly angry at this time. She felt as though the food she was eating was
completely tasteless at this time. She really wanted to try the signature
dishes on Gerald’s table.
“I know!”
Victor, who had been very flustered, suddenly exclaimed out loud. “Hahaha.
Gerald, you must have spent a lot of money the last time you were here, right?
I heard that you spent more than fifteen thousand dollars that night. I guess
that is the reason why the floor manager is giving you special treatment and
sending you so many signature dishes for free! Am I right?”
Victor did not
dare to think of any other possibilities at all. This was the only possibility
and explanation that he could accept.
“Perhaps…”
Gerald replied as he smiled. Then, he continued feasting on his food.
“Alright, then. You should continue eating! I will wait and
see how you are going to have the mood to keep eating later!” The expression on
Victor’s face suddenly changed at this time.
After that, he
stood up immediately.
Gerald had
really given everyone in this room a slap across their faces because of the
preferential treatment he was receiving.
Victor was
especially embarrassed because he could only afford to order two signature
dishes, but the restaurant had actually served Gerald twelve signature dishes
all at once.
Moreover,
Gerald obviously knew that Victor liked Mila, but he had actually invited Mila
to eat with him in front of everyone else!
Victor was
extremely annoyed!
“Victor, what
do you mean?” Whitney suddenly asked at this time.
“What do I
mean? Whitney, didn’t you say that Gerald won thirty thousand dollars from the
lottery? Yuri and the rest of the guys have already cheated him out of more
than twenty-two thousand dollars for the dinner the last time. Moreover, Gerald
even spent seven thousand dollars to rent the Ferrari and the driver to drive
him around for the day. That could only mean that he is left with nothing at
all now!”
“The
restaurant is only giving him so much face because they think that he is rich
and has a high consumption and spending ability. If we tell the floor manager
that this guy here is just a pauper who has nothing at all, how do you think
they are going to react, then?” Victor replied coldly as he glared at Gerald.
“Hahaha. The only
reason the restaurant is giving him so much face is just because they are
hoping that they will be able to attract the customer to come back and
patronize the shop again in the future! If they find out that Gerald will not
be able to afford to come back here, they will definitely not let him off so
easily!” Nathaniel could not help but sneer.
“This guy is really unbelievable. He only won thirty thousand
dollars in the lottery and he actually spent everything in one go! He’s pretty
remarkable!” Lenny was also laughing when he heard these words.
At the same
time, the beautiful girls who were all sitting at the side shook their heads
slightly as they stared at Gerald.
“Oh, no!
Brother Victor, if we only tell them about this later, do you think the people
at Homeland Kitchen will think that we are in cahoots with him? Do you think
they will try to settle the score with us then? After all, we are all in the
same room as him!” Nathaniel patted his forehead as he asked Victor anxiously.
“That’s right!
I think we should go down and tell the manager about this matter immediately,
lest people misunderstand us!”
“Yes, I
agree!”
Victor glared
at Gerald before he headed out of the room and went downstairs immediately.
Mila was also
feeling a little nervous at this time. “Gerald, is what they said true? Did the
floor manager really give you so many signature dishes just because you spent
more than twenty-two thousand dollars here?”
Gerald smiled
before he replied, “Mila, it’s okay. Everything is fine. Have you eaten enough?
Are you full yet? If you’re full, let’s go to the counter and settle the bill
now. You don’t have to worry about me at all!”
Mila nodded as
she listened to Gerald’s words. Then, she followed Gerald down the stairs.
At this time,
Whitney and Victor were already talking to the floor manager.
“Just listen
to me, manager. Gerald is just a pauper. He is not the wealthy or powerful man
you think he is at all! He is so poor that he cannot even afford to buy a pair
of new pants!” Victor said as he pointed his finger at Gerald.
“That’s right! You gave this person so many free signature
dishes for nothing at all! If we did not bring him here today, he would never
have had enough money to come in at all!” Nathaniel chimed in immediately.
“Why don’t you
ask him to work here to pay off his debts? After all, it would be a complete
waste to let him eat those signature dishes that are worth three to four
thousand dollars for free! Do you know that he won thirty thousand dollars in
the lottery and spent twenty-two thousand dollars here straightaway?! After
spending the rest of his winnings, he has no more money left!” Quinn added
coldly.
The floor
manager simply stood quietly without saying anything at all.
By now, many
people had already gathered around the ground floor because of the huge
commotion.
“What is
happening here?”
“It seems as
though there is a pathetic trash who is pretending to be a wealthy and powerful
man. However, it seems as though his cover has been blown!”
“D*mn! There
are so many weird people in this world!”
Gerald simply
turned a deaf ear to the conversation and discussions going on around him.
He walked down
the stairs calmly and headed toward the floor manager.
Then, Gerald
smiled as he asked, “Sister Jenny, how much money do I have left in my
account?”
This so-called
account Gerald was talking about was the money that Zack had already remitted
into Gerald’s account after that night.
This was
because they had to calculate the money and return it to Gerald yearly anyway.
“The money that was returned to Mr. Crawford… there is still
thirty thousand dollars in your account!”
“Ahh!” As soon
as Sister Jenny spoke, everyone in the room could not help but gasp in shock.
“Alright,
then. I will top up another forty-five thousand dollars into my account today.”
As he spoke, Gerald took out his bank card before swiping it on the POS system.
Within a few seconds, the system displayed that the forty-five thousand dollars
had already been received!
“What?”
“Godd*mn it!”
“Forty-five
thousand dollars?!”
Victor’s eyes
widened in shock. He felt that the scene before him was simply too unreal.
Everyone
else’s mouths were also wide open at this time.
How could this
be possible? They had initially thought that Gerald would not have any money
left because he would have already spent all of the thirty thousand dollars.
Unexpectedly,
Gerald had thirty thousand dollars in his account at Homeland Kitchen, and he
was actually adding another forty-five thousand dollars to his account!
That was
seventy-five thousand dollars!
“Gerald! How
much money did you actually win in the lottery?!” Whitney could not help but
exclaim out loud at this time.
She had an
intuition that Gerald might have won several millions of dollars…