Chapter 48 - The Empress Treats

“What do you all want to eat? Order whatever you like. Tonight, This Empress is treating~”

On the commercial street, Long Yue had a small hand on her chest, her snow-white, jade-like neck held high, her pretty face filled with extravagance and confidence.

Ever since receiving her salary, the smile had not left her face. She felt as if she were floating as she walked, and her speech had even become a bit more arrogant.

You have to understand, before getting paid last month, just to order a twenty-yuan takeout, she would first have to go to a public account to claim a special coupon, bite her finger and hesitate for half a day, and meticulously compare prices…

“Yanzi, is there anything you want to eat?”

Lin Fan turned his head and asked Zhou Yan, who was beside him.

Tonight was originally supposed to be a small splurge for just him and Long Yue. But thinking of how Zhou Yan had been busy helping them out during this time and had given them tremendous support, they felt they had to treat him to a meal as thanks, so they invited him along as well.

“I'm easy. Since sister-in-law is treating, I'll eat whatever.”

Zhou Yan smiled casually, then quietly leaned in close to Lin Fan's ear and asked with an exasperated tone:

“Lin Fan, you kid, really. It's a dinner for you and sister-in-law, why did you have to call me along?”

As he spoke, Zhou Yan couldn't help but shoot Lin Fan a sideways glance.

For a rare date night out alone for a couple like this, normally no one would invite someone else along, yet he had specifically called him out!

Initially, when he heard he was being treated to a meal, he had come running. But upon arrival, he discovered it wasn't just the two of them; sister-in-law was also here.

Such a great opportunity for a date for two, and they just had to call him over to be a third wheel…

Could it be that I'm also a part of their 'play'...?

“She's happy she got paid today, so of course we have to treat you to a meal to thank you.”

“We owe you a lot of thanks for your help during this time, so don't worry about it.”

Lin Fan waved his hand dismissively.

During this period, Zhou Yan had first lent him forty thousand yuan, then paid for Long Yue's forty-thousand-plus computer without a second thought, and had also helped him look for work and contact friends for help. Treating him to a meal was naturally what they should do.

“Sigh, alright then…”

Zhou Yan sighed helplessly and didn't say any more.

After all, he was already here, and it would be awkward to suggest leaving now.

Besides, Lin Fan and his sister-in-law had specifically invited him out for a meal. If he made an excuse and left, he would seem like a bit of a spoilsport.

“Mmm-hmm…”

While Lin Fan and Zhou Yan were whispering, on the other side, Long Yue was looking down, swiping on her phone screen, continuously filtering through potential final destinations for the night.

Since she had arrived in this world, she had spent most of her time at home ordering takeout or eating Lin Fan's cooking, and had very rarely eaten out.

Looking at the dazzling array of restaurants on her phone screen and the pictures of all kinds of delicious food, for a moment she found it somewhat difficult to choose.

Every single one looked so delicious…

“De… Lin Fan, what do you want to eat? Barbecue? Hotpot? Or order from a restaurant?”

After hesitating for a long time, unable to decide, Long Yue simply turned her head and asked Lin Fan.

“Then how about we go for a buffet? It's all-you-can-eat for two or three hundred per person at most.”

Lin Fan thought for a moment and offered the suggestion.

“Only two or three hundred per person?”

Long Yue frowned slightly, her face showing her displeasure.

“I said it, today is my treat. There's no need to be so frugal! This Empress has money!”

Lin Fan's words made her feel as if he were embarrassed to go somewhere too expensive out of consideration for her, which was simply an act of contempt for her status as the Empress!

What was her status now?

She was a woman with a huge sum of over forty thousand! She was no longer the person she used to be!

Looking at Long Yue, who was so puffed up with pride she was getting carried away, Lin Fan and Zhou Yan exchanged a smile, and an idea instantly formed in their minds.

“Alright, since Empress has said so, we won't be polite then.”

“Perfect timing. I know a restaurant that's really good. I haven't been in a long time, so let's take sister-in-law to try it.”

With that, Zhou Yan went back to get the car and drove Lin Fan and Long Yue straight to the restaurant's address.

A short while later, after getting out of the car, the three of them arrived at an extremely magnificent, high-end restaurant.

Inside the restaurant, the lights were dazzling and the wine flowed freely. The patrons wore gold and silver, all dressed to the nines. A resplendent, ornate chandelier hung high from the ceiling, the floor tiles were spotlessly clean, and the air was filled with an aura of luxury.

“Hello sir, how many in your party?”

A waiter walked up to them with a smile to greet Lin Fan and the others.

“Three.”

“Okay, would you like a private room for your meal?”

“No need, right here is fine.”

“Okay, please follow me.”

After the brief exchange, the waiter led Lin Fan's group to a table and handed them the restaurant's leather-bound menus.

As the Empress of the Immortal Realm, Long Yue had already seen countless banquets in magnificent palaces, so she was not fazed in the slightest upon seeing the splendid restaurant.

However, when she opened the menu in her hands, full of excitement and ready to start ordering, her eyes instantly flew wide open, and she pressed her face to the menu in disbelief.

“Tomahawk steak… 1988?!”

“Poached Greens… 188?!”

“Paradise Ice Cream… 600?!”

“Even a bowl of plain congee is 100?!”

With every menu item she read out, Long Yue couldn't help but let out a cry of shock.

She had helped Lin Fan with grocery shopping and cooking quite a bit during this time, so she had some understanding of prices.

You could clearly buy half a jin of lettuce for less than five yuan, but here they were actually selling it for 188!

Isn't 'poached greens' just throwing them in boiling water for a bit, taking them out, and then drizzling some garlic and oyster sauce on top!

She knows how to make that dish herself now!

And that plain congee, it's just adding water and rice to cook a bowl of porridge. She's had plenty of it. For a few dozen yuan, she could buy ten jin of rice, which would last her for several months!

They actually sell it here for one hundred a bowl!!

Could it be that this plain congee was boiled with the Immortal Spring Water from her Immortal Realm?

A rip-off joint!

This must be a rip-off joint!

Just by briefly glancing at the menu, Long Yue had already made a judgment in her heart.

For this kind of blatant price gouging, aside from it being a rip-off joint, she really couldn't think of any other explanation.

“The Empress is treating, so I won't be polite then.”

“I've wanted to try the Tomahawk steak for a long time. Let's start with three orders.”

“The Australian lobster isn't bad either, let's have three orders of that too.”

“Oh, right, let's get some salmon too.”

“Yanzi, what do you want to eat?”

“I'll just casually have two King Crabs.”

“We're still missing a staple. Let's add an order of black truffle fried rice.”

Lin Fan and Zhou Yan held the menus, ordering one dish after another, back and forth.

With every dish the two of them ordered, Long Yue would look down at her own menu. As soon as she saw the price, her little heart would tremble violently, and her pretty face would turn deathly pale.

With just their casual ordering, several tens of thousands would be gone…

The forty-thousand-plus in her pocket hadn't even had a chance to warm up before it was all about to be handed over…

No, wait. It might not even be enough to cover tonight's meal. I might have to stay behind to wash dishes to pay off the debt…

SLAM!

Long Yue abruptly slammed the menu in her hands shut. With an almost pleading tone, she tried to negotiate with the two of them:

“How about… we just go for the buffet instead…?”

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