3: A gentleman judges by actions, not by intentions.

She knew this restaurant! The Sivir Luxury Hotel! Her best friend mentioned it all the time!

Her best friend once begged her Boyfriend to take her there, and supposedly, her jaw was sore for a month afterward. One could only imagine how expensive it was!

She never thought she would be able to score a meal here herself; it was just too classy, old chap.

Moreover, the environment in the private rooms here was incredibly photogenic! Any beautiful photo taken here and posted on TikTok could easily garner thousands of likes.

Jiang Mengyuan asked somewhat incredulously, "Brother Cao, are we really going to eat here?"

Cao Lang smiled slightly and said with great magnanimity, "If we aren't here to eat, are we here for the scenery? Why, do you think it's not good here?"

Jiang Mengyuan didn't make a sound; she still held firmly to her theory.

Don't look at what a man says, look at what a man does!

Until the moment Cao Lang paid the bill, she would remain skeptical.

Cao Lang gave Jiang Mengyuan a deep look, seemingly seeing through her thoughts, but said nothing more.

Never mind that this woman didn't believe it; even he himself was still in a dreamlike state.

Who could have imagined that just a moment ago, he was being called a loser to his face by a late-game super tank in Honor of Kings?

And now, he had asked out the company's recognized goddess to have lunch together in this heavenly palace of the wealthy?

Fate is always so wondrous, full of excitement and surprises.

Thinking that this would just be the norm of his life from now on, Cao Lang composed himself and was led into a private room by a hostess.

Although it was a small private room, the decor exuded elegance and refinement everywhere. Expensive agarwood was diffusing its fragrance; the service fee for this room alone was already as high as several thousand yuan.

He had once come across a video on TikTok by an influencer named 'The Imperial Master Who Has Seen Dragons.' He was always bragging about how amazing playing with incense was, saying a tiny scrap of agarwood shavings could cost tens of thousands.

He hadn't believed it at all before, but now, feeling the pure fragrance after inhaling it into his nasal cavity, he believed it!

Staying in such an environment, his entire mind and spirit relaxed.

Once the two were seated, the waitress thoughtfully handed them the menus. Jiang Mengyuan flipped through it casually and was startled.

Seeing dishes that cost several thousand yuan at every turn, she truly couldn't process it for a moment.

Even though she considered herself to have been to many high-end places, she didn't dare to make a sound now. She just silently closed the menu, swallowed hard, and stole a glance at Cao Lang.

"Why aren't you ordering? Are you not hungry?" Cao Lang asked.

What a joke. Jiang Mengyuan had seen plenty of 'low-tier' men who would let a girl order a table full of food, only for the man not to move his chopsticks once in the end and make the girl pay the bill.

If she ordered a few dishes and Cao Lang suddenly turned hostile and refused to recognize her, wouldn't she have to pay for it herself?

"Uh, actually I'm not very hungry. I'll just have a glass of lemonade."

Even a glass of lemonade cost several hundred!

Cao Lang smiled and shook his head. Since you won't order, I'll do it myself. Anyway, I'm ordering for you, and the system will give me cashback.

Opening the menu, Cao Lang became more satisfied the more he looked. The prices of these dishes truly matched the decor: caviar, white truffles, Kobe beef, French foie gras, and so on.

Kobe beef was sold by the gram, costing tens of thousands per pound. Caviar and French foie gras were also tens of thousands per plate.

The most exaggerated was the white truffle, priced at several hundred thousand per pound, making Cao Lang's eyes light up.

Bring it all, bring it all. These are all great opportunities for cashback.

Cao Lang ordered a lot. The waitress beside him had a sweet smile as she skillfully and professionally operated her tablet. Finally, the price came to sixty thousand two hundred yuan. After thoughtfully rounding down the change, she respectfully presented it to Cao Lang for confirmation.

Sixty thousand for a meal was just so-so. In the past, Cao Lang wouldn't have dared to even think about it, but now he wished he could order even more.

However, this was already plenty; the two of them might not be able to finish it. Cao Lang took out his phone and paid sixty thousand, which was exactly the salary he had saved up over the past few years.

[Congratulations to the Host for a successful transaction. Cashback: 120,000 yuan!]

After he paid the money for real, Jiang Mengyuan's beautiful eyes flickered, and her perception of Cao Lang underwent a massive change!

"Do you want to drink?" Cao Lang asked gently to the already somewhat dazed Jiang Mengyuan.

"Whatever is fine with me..."

Cao Lang was quite satisfied with this answer and looked at the beautiful waitress, giving her a signaling glance.

The waitress was very sharp and immediately opened the wine menu to introduce the options.

In the end, Cao Lang ordered a bottle of Lafite worth 120,000 yuan!

Jiang Mengyuan was instantly stunned, her delicate little mouth forming an 'O' shape. How could a single bottle of wine be more expensive than the food!!!

[Host transaction successful. Cashback: 240,000 yuan]

The beautiful waitress served the dishes for them and respectfully opened the red wine. The red liquid was like liquid gold, tumbling as it was poured into the decanter and finally into their wine glasses.

"Cheers!"

Cao Lang raised his glass slightly toward Jiang Mengyuan in a toast, then downed it in one go.

Jiang Mengyuan's mindset changed drastically!

The gaze in her eyes was like chewing gum—sticky! It was practically drawing threads. With a shy expression, she carefully finished the red wine in her glass.

That one gulp must have been worth at least five thousand yuan!

It's rare for a person to be so clear-headed in their life, and the current Jiang Mengyuan was terrifyingly sharp! Her brain was running at high speed, beginning to ponder the ins and outs of all this!

Don't be fooled by the fact that she only scored around 300 on the college entrance exam and went to a vocational college; that was just because she didn't like studying. Her brain wasn't stupid at all!

There were only two possibilities now. One was that Cao Lang was a hidden, wealthy young master.

The other possibility was that he was just putting on a front.

If it were the first case, then her chance to change her fate was right before her eyes. If it were the latter, just like that fake Second-generation rich guy before, he was simply lusting after her body.

Of course, it wasn't ruled out that Cao Lang had won a big prize and come into a windfall.

But how could she distinguish between the two?

Jiang Mengyuan took photos frantically and sent them to her best friend, partly to ask for help and partly to show off.

Cao Lang didn't care about Jiang Mengyuan playing with her phone; he focused on enjoying the delicious food. Every top-tier ingredient melting in his mouth was a form of enjoyment.

Being in this elegant and luxurious private room, everything his eyes landed on was the embodiment of money; even every breath could be measured in currency.

In this situation, Cao Lang really wanted to compose a poem.

Alas, having no literary culture in his gut, he could only say, "Holy crap, the system is awesome."

Jiang Mengyuan also never thought she would be eating here. The expensive red wine was having a chemical reaction in her body; she was both clear-headed and hazy.

Looking around, was this a corner of the heavenly palace?

Even if the other party was just putting on a front, he had taken actual action. Regarding this, Jiang Mengyuan was somewhat moved in her heart.

But she still constantly reminded herself that the person across from her might be faking it.

At this moment, her best friend sent a message.

"Ahhh, Yuanyuan, you've met true love! Someone actually took you to Sivir for a feast! You should know that men willing to bring a woman here to eat are those who aren't short on money!"

"Listen to me, spending tens of thousands on a meal might still be putting on a front, but if he can afford a presidential suite later, then you should just give in to him."

Jiang Mengyuan looked at the long message from her best friend on her phone, her heart wavering a bit.

If Cao Lang opened a presidential suite and she went up with him, wouldn't that make her seem very cheap?

"Yuanyuan, regardless of anything else, you should be a bit more polite to him. He's truly willing to spend money on you."

That was true. Jiang Mengyuan deeply agreed, because Cao Lang's actions had already proven her saying: a gentleman is judged by his deeds, not his intentions.

Looking at it now, since Cao Lang had brought her to such an expensive feast, if she continued to act aloof and difficult, it would seem like she didn't know how to appreciate kindness.

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