135: Chapter 135 He’s Hypocritical 135: Chapter 135 He’s Hypocritical “Miss, Room 203, check out please!”
Chen Hai stopped in front of the cashier’s desk in the lobby.
He tapped lightly on the counter and greeted the young female cashier with a smile.
Although the divination had caused a small rift and a bit of unpleasantness between him, Liu Chang, and Ye Qingqing,
it was agreed that he would treat them, so naturally, the bill was his responsibility.
Didn’t you guys just settle the bill a moment ago?” the cashier blinked in surprise, then responded.
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It was the peak dining hour, and the cashier was almost too busy.
But she remembered distinctly the person from Room 203 who had paid the bill, a very pretty girl.
The change that was due, just a few yuan, the girl had left it behind saying it was a tip for her.
The cashier had a very clear memory of it.
No sooner had Chen Hai mentioned his room’s name than she had given her answer.
“Already settled the bill?” Chen Hai scratched the back of his head, a little lost.
But upon thinking it through for a moment, he figured it out!
“It must have been Chang who settled the bill when she came down to order more dishes earlier!”
“She was worried I didn’t have enough money and that I’d have to starve for a few days after treating them to this meal.”
“We agreed that I’d treat them for a meal, and now I’ve freeloaded again…”
He sighed, a look of helplessness on his face as he forced a bitter smile.
Ye Qingqing obviously had an extraordinary family background to be able to borrow a car in Capital City.
As for Liu Chang, her family background was unknown, but since she was friends with Ye Qingqing, her family must also have some substance!
Chen Hai had never thought of clinging to the rich and powerful.
He became friends with the two women mainly because he found both Liu Chang and Ye Qingqing to be very good people.
Just the act of them paying the bill was enough to show their emotional intelligence.
The meal probably cost around a hundred yuan or so.
While this amount of money wasn’t much for Chen Hai, their gesture warmed his heart.
No sooner had Chen Hai turned to leave than the note with his pager number which he’d left behind was snatched up by Ye Qingqing and torn to shreds.
“Qingqing, it was you who insisted that Chen Hai give you a divination!”
“He told you beforehand that no matter what he said after the results, you couldn’t get angry.”
“Just because he said a few unpleasant things after the divination, is it worth getting this upset?”
Liu Chang, sitting to the side, gave Ye Qingqing a displeased look and tried to console her with a wry smile.
She too was somewhat helpless in the current situation.
If she had known that Chen Hai’s divination would lead to this state of affairs, she would have outright stopped Ye Qingqing when she mentioned wanting a divination.
“Chang, you’re just great at making snide remarks!”
“If Chen Hai had told you during your divination that you would face a great calamity within half a month, possibly resulting in a violent death, would you be comfortable with that?”
“Anyway, his alarmist and nonsensical words at most just made me feel a bit uncomfortable!”
“The main reason I got so angry is that I think he’s hypocritical…”
Ye Qingqing pouted in complaint.
In that era, every city street had fortune-telling stalls.
Disasters involving blood?
Things not going smoothly?
If you went for a divination, those stall owners would basically spout the same lines.
Ye Qingqing had long been accustomed to this.
In her eyes, Chen Hai’s divination was probably the same routine, and if he had said she would lose money or that her career wouldn’t go well, she’d have just laughed it off with a chuckle.
But now, Chen Hai gave Liu Chang a divination and merely predicted a disaster involving blood, yet when it came to hers, he said she might not live past half a month.
This was outright double standards.
Ye Qingqing could not possibly feel thrilled about this—now that would be strange indeed.
“Chen Hai, I think he’s probably a decent person.
Where’s his hypocrisy?” Liu Chang said with a laugh, covering her mouth as she looked at the still visibly aggravated Ye Qingqing.
“That guy just looks honest on the surface, Chang, you mustn’t be fooled by him!”
“Before, he fooled us by saying that his family was so poor they were almost running out of food.”
“In the Capital City, how many people can afford to buy pagers?
You should know very well, Chang.”
“How can Chen Hai, a rural lad, afford such a thing?
Do you really think his family’s situation is as he describes it?”
“In my opinion, he’s just being hypocritical, deliberately saying those things to gain our sympathy and get closer to us!”
Ye Qingqing spoke up again.
Her words were quite reasonable, leaving Liu Chang momentarily at a loss for words.
“Didn’t he say afterward that his family’s situation has improved a lot recently…”
After a moment of silence, Liu Chang managed to squeeze out a few words.
Liu Chang did have some understanding of what the rural areas of small towns in small counties were like.
The general situation was the same; those who honestly worked the land in the countryside simply couldn’t get rich, and those who suddenly made a fortune were generally not on the right path.
Liu Chang didn’t know much about the situation at Chen Hai’s home.
Although she was verbally defending Chen Hai, deep down, she had already begun to believe that he might indeed be as Ye Qingqing described—hypocritical and untrustworthy.
“A few months ago he couldn’t afford food, and now suddenly he’s using a pager?”
You believe such nonsense, only you would, Chang!”
“Listen to my advice: Chen Hai is not a good person.
Since you are at the same school, if not necessary, try to have as little to do with him as possible!”
“Otherwise, he’ll sell you out, and you might even happily count the money for him!”
Ye Qingqing huffed a few times as she spoke.
“Qingqing, do I really seem that foolish to you?” Liu Chang covered her mouth with a chuckle.
After a brief pause, she continued, “You tore up his pager number into pieces; even if I wanted to, I couldn’t keep in touch with him!”
“So what if we’re in the same school?
As long as I don’t actively reach out, we probably won’t see each other much during the years at university.”
“You say Chen Hai is hypocritical, fine, I’ll heed your advice and won’t initiate contact with him from now on!”
Hearing her say this, Ye Qingqing’s stern face finally relaxed, and a smile once again appeared on her face.
The dish that Liu Chang had added to the order was now served by the waiter.
As they dined, the two women chatted and laughed, and quickly, the earlier displeasure was left behind.