Chapter 22 - Life As A ‘Fuerdai’
Translator: Lav
Editor: Levs
The three others who shared the same dorm as Shi Lei had believed in his identity as a ‘fuerdai’, otherwise there was no other way of explaining how he got so much money all of a sudden without breaking the law.
The three of theM felt rather good about having a nouveau riche(1) as a friend. After Zhang Mo returned to the dorm, they decided to make Shi Lei treat them after a discussion.
Of course, that was nothing big. The laptop cost 71.000 yuan, taking away the small consumptions of taxis, he still had about 9,000 yuan left for this week’s quota. He did not want to eat pickled vegetables with Australian lobsters or dumplings with lobster fillings. Even if Zhang Mo and the others did not ask, he planned to treat them anyways as they’ll share the blessing together, but if there was any trouble with the Scepter, Shi Lei would never let Zhang Mo and the others take any responsibility.
It did not cost much to eat near the school. Zhang Mo suggested to go to the bar, of course with Shi Lei paying for them, and he agreed without hesitation.
Shi Lei called for a luxurious car online reservation. Zhang Mo and the others were excited as the car that came was a BMW X3. Shi Lei could only twitch his lips as he swore ‘country bumpkin’ and sat on the front passenger seat.
Shi Lei discovered that he was really getting accustomed to the wealthy life. Although next week’s quota might be 160,000 yuan and he was clueless to how he was going to spend it all, but it did not hinder him to get used to the the lifestyle of a wealthy person.
Wu Dong city has a splendid river that surrounds the entire city. A particular section of it was a historically renowned red light district. Of course, it could not be continued from the history, but it was still rather bustling and was created into a famous street for bars.
They randomly walked into a well-known bar and asked for a room, the waiter told Shi Lei that the lowest consumption for a room was 1,688 yuan. Zhang Mo, whose weight was over 100kg, without waiting for Shi Lei to speak, he arrogantly said: “Don’t you know who he is? You sure have the nerve to mention the low consumption of merely a thousand yuan? Give us a bottle of vsop, a big fruit plate, four snacks, all meat, we’ll order more if that’s not enough!”
That was really heroic spirited. Except, was it really ok to show off his zhuangbility before Shi Lei?
The waiter looked at the lump of flesh demeaningly and thought, “what’s a bottle of Vsop to you? If you had a bottle of XO you might think you’re invincible.”
It was not long before the bar was full of people. Loud and irascible music constantly pounded against everyone’s minds. Men and women of all kinds walked down onto the dance floor, following the rhythm of the drum beats from the speakers.
Shi Lei did not really like this sort of occasion. It was too noisy and chaotic. Zhang Mo and the others had already gone crazy. As they looked at those girls who wished they could wear nothing but a bra and threw flirtatious looks from the dance floor, they could not hold back and scuttled onto the dance floor, trying to hit up on different girls.
After sipping some alcohol and having a migraine, he squinted his eyes slightly and experienced the excitement money brought to him.
Merely a month ago, this sort of place had nothing to do with Shi Lei. He was in university for more than three years yet he had never been to this kind of occasion before. Zhang Mo and the others might occasionally go to bars and play, but Shi Lei was restricted by his family’s background and even if someone treated him, he would not go. He did not want to owe them the favour as he knew that at least during the period when he was in university, it was impossible for him to return the favour.
Who would have thought of the appearance of such a black card? Who would had thought that Shi Lei was never really a fuerdai, even him spending so much money was forced?
Shi Lei frowned slightly as he saw a familiar figure flashed past him. The figure followed the staircase and disappeared into the second floor. Shi Lei took out his phone and sent a WeChat message.
As the other side did not reply for a long time, Shi Lei stood up and walked towards the second floor.
The second floor of the bar have separate rooms that were closed off with good soundproofing. With the doors closed, the noises outside had no way of reaching into the rooms and vice versa. These rooms also had Karaoke sets. Those people who wanted to sing could sing in the rooms, if they got tired of it, they could go downstairs, or just stand outside on the corridor to look down to the people dancing on the dance floor.
Although it could be compared to normal Karaokes, there were at least seven or eight rooms on the second floor. After Shi Lei walked up, he could no longer see the familiar figure and it was impossible for him to knock on every door to check. When Shi Lei was about to give up as it was really none of his business, a flustered person bumped into him.
As he supported the girl who clashed against him, he was shocked to see that he knew her.
“Yiyi?” Shi Lei called. As they had not seen each other for over a year, there were changes. Plus the girl in front of him dressed differently to the the one before, he needed assurance.
“Shitou ge(2)?”
As he heard the astonished exclaim, Shi Lei was entirely sure that the girl wearing a beer promotional suit was the girl from his childhood…… Hmm, considered to be his fiance and his neighbour, Sun Yiyi.
“Why are you here?”
Both of them asked at the same time, but Shi Lei smiled whilst Sun Yiyi’s expressions were filled with worry and anxiety.
“Yiyi, are you doing a part-time job? Why are you in such a hurry?” Shi Lei asked again.
Sun Yiyi pulled Shi Lei nervously, and said: “Shitou ge, hurry and go!” As she said that, she dragged Shi Lei and ran towards the staircases.
At that time, Shi Lei saw a room opened on the side and two young men came out with a bantering smile on their faces, looking at Sun Yiyi. One of them even spoke up: “Little sister, don’t rush to leave, we haven’t even done anything to you. Didn’t you want us to buy your alcohol? If you drink a bottle with us, I’ll buy a dozen, we’ll buy the amount in dozens depending on how many bottles you drink……”
Shi Lei understood that these guys must have seen that Sun Yiyi was a beauty, hence wanted to flirt with her.
Although Shi Lei had never seen this sort of occasion before, but thanks to the advancement of technologies, with his friends telling him past experiences at the bar, this kind of thing was actually not that rare. Customers flirting with waitresses seemed to be a natural thing to do, mainly because the girls were not too innocent themselves either. Don’t mention about drinking some alcohol, if they were asked to go away with the customers, they would do it if the price was fitting and it was a publicated secret in the bars.
Shi Lei turned around and patted Sun Yiyi’s shoulder, said whilst smiling: “It’s ok.” Then spoke to the two men: “Friends, not all girls are willing to promote and sell their beers like this. You are to have fun here, there’s no point in getting angry over a small fuss like this. What do you think?”
One of them probably thought that Shi Lei’s words was reasonable. This sort of thing ought to have both sides willing to do it, flirting with the beer girls was the unspoken rule in the end, hence meeting someone who did not wish to be taken advantage of was perfectly normal.
But without him talking, the other one on the side glanced at Shi Lei with tilted eyes, and said in a frivolous tone: “Yo, hero saving the beauty! You shouldn’t be butting into the business between this beauty and I? Plus, I’m very interested to see how unpleasant you can make us. Oh right, little sister, your tray and beer are still in our room, don’t you want it back?”
Shi Lei frowned. Originally, it was a small thing, but this guy was rather perverted, and seemed that he’ll make a big fuss over it.
“Unfortunately, although I did not think that I would encounter her here, but i do have some relations with her.” As Shi Lei finished talking, he turned to look at Sun Yiyi and held her petite hands. Hmm, soft and smooth, just like how it felt before when they were young.
“Yiyi, don’t be scared, let’s go get your things from the room, they won’t pick on you.”
After that, Shi Lei held Sun Yiyi’s hands, walked past the two guys and into the room.