Chapter 20: I'll Play You to Death (This Chapter is Free)

"Good! Very good! So this is how your hot pot restaurant treats its customers. I will report this to the relevant authorities and see if you still talk like this then!"

Mu Tianzhi's face had turned extremely grim. He felt that he was losing face. Originally, he thought that by finding the manager of the hot pot restaurant and intimidating him, the situation might turn in his favor. However, he did not expect that this female manager would make him look unreasonable.

"That is your freedom and right. You can report it however you like. However, I must say this clearly: while our hot pot restaurant respects customer opinions, it does not mean we will tolerate baseless defamation. If your report is true, we will accept the punishment. But if your report is defamatory, we will also pursue the corresponding legal responsibilities."

Jiang Yan was not at all intimidated by Mu Tianzhi's words and was not worried that other customers would be influenced by this incident.

She believed that any reasonable person who saw the entire process would understand what happened.

"You... You won't help me, I'll handle it myself!" Mu Tianzhi was so angry that his whole body was trembling. Seeing that the hot pot city was so strong, he had no way to back down and directly targeted Ye Huang, who was watching the commotion.

Mu Tianzhi walked up to Ye Huang, who was sitting there, and took out ten hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, throwing them on the table and speaking with a look of disdain.

"Kid, I know you want money. I've seen people like you before. Now you've got what you wanted. Here's a thousand yuan, take it and get lost!"

Mu Tianzhi felt that his words were extremely domineering, and his anger from earlier had dissipated somewhat. However, he did not see that Ye Huang, who was still sitting, had a playful look on his face.

After so many years, this was the first time Ye Huang had encountered someone who dared to look down on him. The corners of his lips curled into a devilishly charming smile as he stood up from his seat.

Everyone around thought that this young man was getting up to leave after seeing the thousand yuan, so they all moved aside to make way for Ye Huang.

Mu Tianzhi also had a sneer on his face. This world was all about money, and no one would refuse it. At this moment, he was somewhat regretful about his earlier impulsive actions. He could have just thrown a thousand yuan and avoided all this trouble.

However, to the disappointment of Mu Tianzhi and the others, Ye Huang did not intend to leave. Instead, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and slowly took out a lighter.

Just as everyone thought he was about to light the cigarette, Ye Huang picked up the ten bills on the table and used the lighter to light them, then used the burning bills to light his cigarette, taking a deep, satisfying puff.

The entire process was so elegant and gentlemanly that it seemed like he was just lighting a cigarette, not burning money.

Jiang Yan, who was standing nearby, saw the young man's actions and her eyes took on a look of admiration. This admiration was not the so-called love at first sight, but the look a woman gives a real man.

Ye Huang's actions undoubtedly had the power to captivate any woman.

Jiang Yan was already thirty years old and was no longer a young girl who liked sweet talk. Her standards for men were no longer based on creating romantic atmospheres or giving birthday gifts.

At her age, a truly worthy man had a reserved and dignified aura, acted modestly, but could take responsibility when faced with important matters.

The young man in front of her, who looked to be in his early twenties, gave Jiang Yan a sense of calm and composure, as if he had already reached a state where nothing could rattle him.

"What a strange man..." Jiang Yan thought to herself as she watched Ye Huang slowly smoking, completely unconcerned about the others' gazes.

"You... You... How could you burn the money!" Mu Tianzhi was almost driven mad. He had thought the kid would take the money and leave, but instead, he burned it.

He was not stupid and knew what this meant. This action was like a slap in the face.

"Oh... I'm really sorry. I was afraid the lighter wouldn't work, so I used a few pieces of paper to light it. I didn't see that it was the money you put on the table. I'll pay you back."

Ye Huang said this with a sneer, looking at Mu Tianzhi, whose face had turned pale.

"You didn't see it! You're lying with your eyes open! That was a thousand yuan, a tenth of my monthly salary!" Hearing Ye Huang's blatant lie, Mu Tianzhi was almost driven mad. What kind of person had he encountered today, using money to light a cigarette?

You could at least use a good cigarette! But you used a two-fifty cent cigarette!

The thought of a thousand yuan being used to light a two-fifty cent cigarette made Mu Tianzhi lose his composure.

At this moment, the others could see that this young man was not someone to be trifled with. They all looked at Mu Tianzhi with a mix of schadenfreude.

"Fine! You pay, a thousand yuan, not a cent less!" Since the situation was out of control, Mu Tianzhi decided to go all in. To be honest, this action really scared him.

But the kid was dressed simply and was smoking a five-yuan pack of Zhonghua cigarettes. He really didn't believe the kid could pay.

"Hmph! Kid, I want to see if you can come up with a thousand yuan. If you can't, just watch me mock you!"

Ye Huang gave Mu Tianzhi a contemptuous glance and then brought over his suitcase, opening it boldly in front of everyone.

For a moment, everyone in the hot pot restaurant sucked in a breath. They saw that the suitcase was neatly filled with hundred-dollar U.S. bills.

"This kid must be a rich second generation..."

"This kid must have just robbed a bank!"

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The people around Ye Huang, seeing him suddenly take out so much money, felt a mix of jealousy and envy.

"A thousand yuan, right? The current exchange rate of USD to CNY is around 6.5, but let's say it's 5. A thousand yuan is equivalent to 200 USD. Here, this is your thousand yuan, and I even gave you extra. You're not losing out this time, right?"

Ye Huang took out two hundred-dollar bills from a stack and placed them on the table, his face full of mockery.

"Hmph! You're being defiant with me. I'll play you to death!"