Chapter 509: Defeated
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After the two of them finished their ice cream, they went to the cafeteria next door for dinner. As usual, Su Tang spent the money, and the man enjoyed the fruits of her labor.
During dinner, the man bragged about his work; his words and actions were filled with pride.
Su Tang sat at the side quietly eating her food. Occasionally, she would look up and smile in response.
The man completely viewed Su Tang’s reaction as being perfunctory. He frowned unhappily and said, “What about you, Miss Su? You haven’t graduated at your age, right?”
Su Tang nodded calmly and said, “Yes, why?”
A hint of joy flashed across the man’s eyes. He rubbed his hands excitedly under the table and said, “I especially miss my school days. I was always among the top in those years! 1 was firmly in the top 100 of the cohort!”
Su Tang couldn’t help but laugh and replied indifferently, “Oh.”
The man immediately pretended to be curious and asked, “How are Miss Su’s academic results? They shouldn’t be much different from mine, right?”
Most of the people who could come here to watch the design exhibition were employees of a serious design company. For a student like Su Tang, the man could almost conclude that she was just an outsider coming to watch the show. After watching, she could return to school to brag to her classmates.
He did not think that Su Tang really understood these things. After all, even someone as outstanding as him sometimes could not understand the concept of design in the exhibition hall.
When Su Tang heard him ask about her results, she pretended to be shy and blushed. Under the man’s presumptuous expression, she smiled humbly and said, “There’s nothing impressive about it. I’m just fourth in the cohort!”
The man held his forehead speechlessly.
He had seen countless women over the years, but he had never seen anyone praise themselves so much. His expression immediately darkened unhappily. “Miss Su, it can be considered fate that we met. Can’t we be more sincere when we make friends?”
Su Tang nodded in confusion. “I think I’m quite sincere. You helped me, so 1’11 treat you to something. Isn’t that enough?”
The man had nothing to say.
He couldn’t tell for a moment if Su Tang was pretending to be confused or if she was really born to anger people. After thinking carefully, he simply changed the topic. “Miss Su, 1 actually don’t need your gratitude. 1 just feel that we hit it off at first sight. 1 think if the two of us continue to get along, we will definitely become very good friends.”
“Is that so?” Su Tang thought about it carefully and shook her head in disagreement. “That’s what you think, but I don’t think we can be friends.” “Why?” The man had never met a girl who didn’t know how to be nice when speaking.
After ordinary girls were greatly helped by him, most of them were grateful to him. He could attract their admiration with just a few words of bragging.
It was obvious that women were just ignorant creatures. He could fool them with just a few words and die for him.
However, he had been rejected by Su Tang today. He increasingly suspected that she was playing hard to get.
“No reason.” After eating, Su Tang took out a tissue to wipe her mouth. She glanced at the video that suddenly popped up on the screen and raised her hand to call the waiter to settle the bill.
The man watched silently as she took out her phone and tried his best to reduce his presence. He thought that after Su Tang paid, he would use the flirting strategy he had learned from his teacher and continue to pursue Su Tang.
Unexpectedly, she glanced at the bill that totaled more than a hundred dollars and only took out a few dozen dollars from her wallet and placed it on the waiter’s tray. “This is my portion. The gentleman opposite will pay for the remaining portion himself.”
This woman actually wanted to go Dutch with him?
The man had never seen such a thick-skinned woman!
In the past, even if girls were unwilling to pay the bill, at the critical moment, he would suddenly play with the missing person’s escape order. He had almost never paid for his meals with girls!
He was willing to spend time to please her, but she actually asked him to pay his own cent!
The man immediately put down his chopsticks angrily, and a blush unconsciously appeared on his face. “Didn’t you say that you wanted to treat me to a meal to thank me? Why are you suddenly going back on your word now? Don’t tell me you care about someone who only has a few dozen dollars!”
He deliberately provoked her, thinking that Su Tang would feel ashamed because of this. After all, there was an outsider watching.
However, Su Tang was not affected by him at all. She said calmly, “Oh, didn’t 1 treat you to ice cream?”
The man widened his eyes in disbelief. “But 1 waited for you outside the exhibition for three hours! Are you only spending a few dollars to treat me to an ice cream?”
Su Tang smiled brightly and tidied her satchel. She raised her eyebrows matter-of-factly. “That’s right. Didn’t you just say that you actually don’t need my gratitude? Then what’s wrong with me not treating?”
The man was speechless and almost couldn’t hold back the expression on his face. It took him a while to barely suppress the urge to curse. He gritted his teeth and stared at her. “Alright, I like Miss Su’s personality.. Let’s add each other’s contact details, okay?”
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