"Mei, it had been two hours since we entered the mall. Did nothing catch your fancy?" The girl could hardly hide her resentment now. She had wrapped her arms tightly around Xia Yu and was forcing her to enter every showroom but Xia Yu had found faults in every product she was shown. And did not wait for them to choose or pay for their shopping.
Their faces were ugly now. They looked at every good product and salivated but it had never happened before that they could buy nothing.
"There is nothing which caught my fancy. Do you want me to take garbage home? I have some standards." Xia Yu showed a haughty temper but she giggled inside. These foolish girls want to play with her. Now she was going to play with them to their death.
"Oh! Then how about we eat something first!" the girl could not do this anymore. She would fume and shout if she was taken to another shop but could not buy anything.
Xia Yu paused and scanned the area. Her eyes brightened when she noticed a particular shop and nodded.
"That is a good idea." Then she took the lead to enter a good cafe on the fourth floor of the mall. The shop was famous for its exclusive and expensive menu.
"Bring us the best dishes you have." Xia Yu pointed at some of the most expensive dishes.
The girls felt that she was strange. She was only picking up the food by looking at the prices. That was not how a smart woman behaved. But then they grinned. They would never have enough money to spend like that. Even if they have, they would never spend it on food like that. So, it could be their only chance to try such food.
But on their faces, they did not show it at all or so they thought. Xia Yu knew these rich kinds of people. She had been dealing with them every day.
"Lei Mei, you have ordered a lot. We will not be able to finish it." said the woman when the waiter started filing the table. Donuts, pastries, cakes, drinks, tiramisu, eclairs. Sandwiches, salads, dumplings. There was so much that they kept staring.
"You can always ask them to pack leftovers for you." The women were stunned. They had never heard someone taking the leftovers home except poors. Was Xia Yu humiliating them because they would ask her to pay! Their faces turned green. Even if it was true, what right did she have to speak it bluntly?
"Lei Mei! What are you indicating? Are you saying that we are poor and could not afford this meal?" She sounded hurt and the fork in her hand was frozen at its place. It looked like she would not eat it anymore.
"Lei Mei, I thought we were friends! I have never expected you to.." the other girl sighed and shook her head.
Both of them played hurt. Xia Yu's eyes narrowed in confusion but then her eyes widened as if she had just realized what had happened.
"Oh no! Not at all. You are my good friends. How could I ever think about it." she explained hurriedly. But the girls still looked away unconvinced.
"It did not feel like that. You were clearly looking down on us now that you have married into the Han family!" What else could it be? It was all because of that handsome and philthy rich man. Their eyes turned red with envy. If they could find such a man, they would have insulted others and never shared the table with someone like Lei Mei.
But it was her luck. She did not deserve such a great man at all. No one knows why the Han family chose her? But to think that the only daughter in law of the Han family was bowing her head and apologizing to them was so refreshing that they felt pride.
Xia Yu sighed with a troubled look.
"I didn't mean it like that! I just thought… forget it! To correct my errors, we will reverse the roles." She waved her hands and called for a waiter. The girls were confused. In truth, they were about to give in and start eating. And they did not mind taking food home at all. They could store the cakes well and eat for a few days. It was only their pride that they were satisfied with.
"What do you mean by that?" asked one frowning. But Xia Yu only smiled brightly at them. The waitress had already reached their table.
Xia Yu smiled at both of their confused faces, "if you are offended that i have asked you to take the leftovers. Then I can do that this time." she shrugged and then looked at the waitress.
"Excuse me, we have to go somewhere urgently. Can you pack all this food instead?" The waitress was stunned but she was a professional. So with a bright smile she nodded and started taking the dishes back.
The girls were stunned. They looked at the table and then at Xia Yu as if she had spoken an alien language.
"And to make it up, you can take my role and pay for these things. Then you would be the rich girls and I would be the poor one alright?" Xia Yu beamed shamelessly, making the girls dumbfounded. For a long time they did not have any words to say.
They have told her that only poor people take leftovers home while the rich can pay for such food. So she wanted them to pay for it and take the food to her home. But how was that leftover? They have not touched anything at all. And there was so much to it. They would go bankrupt to pay for it.
"Wait! Lei mei! How can we ask you to take the food home? It will look bad." hastily said one and the other nodded.
"Yes, yes. We are friends. We should not take things to heart and react in such a harsh way. Let's eat food here only and you can pay the bill."