Chapter 1557 - 617: Forced Treat

Chapter 1557: Chapter 617: Forced Treat

Tang Tiansong’s body stiffened when he heard that voice.

Ye Lingyue and the others also stopped talking, each of them frowning as they looked toward the woman who had suddenly picked a fight.

After a long moment, Tang Tiansong finally forced himself to turn his head. He stood up, lowered his eyes, clasped his fists to the brocade-robed woman, and greeted her with a very bitter voice.

"Miss Thirteen."

The one being called Miss Thirteen was precisely Tang Tianqi of the Outer Heaven Tang Family.

Judging from her appearance, she should be the one representing the Tang Family in this round of the Jiu Provinces Hunting.

"So it really is Tang Tiansong. I heard you got kicked out. How is it that after not seeing you for a while, you’ve actually made it big, daring to walk into a place like Chuyun Tower? The things here, can you even afford to eat them?"

Tang Tianqi had a sweet face, but the words that came out of her mouth were vicious.

Tang Tiansong’s fists involuntarily tightened a bit more.

"Thank you for your concern, Miss Thirteen. Though I’m incompetent, I can still manage to treat a few friends."

"True enough. I heard that after you left, you were rejected by Sister Ling Bo, became heartbroken, left the Tang Family, and even set up some kind of team to play team leader. That’s much more promising than being a Coachman. Since that’s the case, you can settle the bill for my table upstairs as well."

Tang Tianqi’s eyes swept once around the wine table. Seeing that Ye Lingyue and the others were all unfamiliar faces, her smile became even more dazzling.

Tang Tiansong’s face froze, but he did not speak.

Tang Tianqi called over a waiter.

"Waiter, bring the bill for my table upstairs to him as well."

The waiter hesitated a moment, but he didn’t dare offend someone from the Tang Family, so he had no choice but to hand a bill to Tang Tiansong.

On the bill, it said forty thousand Merit Points.

Just that one table had cost forty thousand Merit Points?

What had they eaten, dragon meat and phoenix meat?

Ye Lingyue’s eyes deepened; this surname Tang was simply pushing people too far.

Tang Tiansong’s Jiu Provinces Card probably wasn’t even enough to pay; let alone Tang Tiansong, even any team that had just arrived in Senluo Wanxiang City wouldn’t be able to afford it.

"What’s wrong, Tang Tiansong, you can’t even afford a single meal? You really are a useless wretch. No wonder Sister Ling Bo didn’t look twice at you back then. What qualifications do you have to be compared with my second brother?"

Tang Tianqi slanted a glance at Tang Tiansong.

"That’s enough!"

Ye Lingyue suddenly stood up, but at that moment Tang Tiansong grabbed Ye Lingyue’s hand.

"Team leader, I must trouble you to help me this once. From now on, I, Tang, will listen to everything the team leader says."

Tang Tiansong’s expression looked very pained; it was obvious he didn’t want Ye Lingyue to teach that young woman a lesson.

Ye Lingyue was momentarily speechless. She didn’t know what kind of grudges existed between Tang Tiansong and the Tang Family, but from his appearance, he clearly didn’t want to become enemies with this woman.

Perhaps, he had some unavoidable difficulties.

Ye Lingyue forcibly swallowed this breath of anger.

She took out her Jiu Provinces Card.

"How much is it in total, count it all together."

After being stirred up by Tang Tianqi, she had completely lost her appetite.

She also didn’t want Tang Tiansong to keep being humiliated, and planned to pay the bill and leave.

The waiter froze for a moment, then hurriedly turned back to settle the bill for the three tables.

Tang Tianqi let out a derisive snort.

"Tang Tiansong, you’re really living more and more backwards, actually becoming a kept pretty boy. If you’re going to pick one, at least pick a woman who looks better."

Tang Tiansong clenched his fists more tightly, but he still didn’t say a word.

The waiter soon returned. His expression was a bit strange as he walked forward and bowed.

"Young miss, the bills for these tables have already been settled."

"What do you mean, settled?"

Ye Lingyue and Tang Tianqi were both stunned, especially Ye Lingyue. She was puzzled; she had only just arrived in Senluo Wanxiang City, who would pay her bill for her? That was tens of thousands of Merit Points, not a hundred or two.

"It was the guest in the upstairs private room."

As the waiter was speaking, several people descended from upstairs.

When she saw who it was, Ye Lingyue’s expression grew even uglier.

Tang Tianqi, however, was full of surprised delight.

"Brother Xi, you’re here too?"

Tang Tianqi discarded her earlier domineering, overbearing manner and, like a delighted sparrow, rushed over and very intimately wrapped herself around the newcomer’s arm.

The newcomer’s brows were sharp and cold, the corners of his eyes slightly upturned. His ink-black long hair was meticulously tied to one side, his skin like beeswax, and his thin lips carried a faint, elusive smile.

The guest from the private room was actually Xi Jiuye.

Xi Jiuye kept his expression unreadable, his gaze fixed on Tang Tianqi, though the corner of his eye swept across Ye Lingyue.

His tone was lukewarm as he said,

"Miss Thirteen, what a coincidence."

As he spoke, he pulled his arm out from Tang Tianqi’s grasp.

The Jin Family and the Tang Family were both Outer Heaven Families. When Tang Tianqi settled in the city, she had had a few encounters with Xi Jiuye.

Whether it was his strength or his cold exterior that attracted her, this Miss Thirteen, who was arrogant and rude in front of outsiders, would feel her heart flutter and secretly send him amorous glances every time she saw Xi Jiuye.

Unfortunately, Xi Jiuye had always been indifferent to her.

Who would have thought that today in Chuyun Tower, he would actually spend lavishly to pay her bill.

It was a coincidence, really: the Wanxiang City Lord had found a good Doctor for Third Young Master Jin.

This time, that Doctor’s medical skills were truly extraordinary.

Third Young Master Jin’s four limbs had actually been cured.

Xi Jiuye had invited that Doctor to Chuyun Tower; accompanying him were Hong Mingyue, Yue Mubai, and that Divine Doctor.

Their private room was upstairs.

From the window, they could see what was happening below.

He simply hadn’t expected to run into the Huangquan Team here.

With Xi Jiuye’s level of cultivation, he had already heard Tang Tianqi’s provocative words earlier.

He disliked Tang Tianqi, so he couldn’t be bothered to respond, lest the woman cling to him like a fly again.

But as soon as he heard Ye Lingyue’s voice, he subconsciously looked over.

He happened to see the scene of Tang Tiansong pressing down Ye Lingyue’s hand.

With just one glance, he found it an eyesore and let out a cold snort in his heart.

This woman really was born a Fox Spirit.

With Di Shen not around, she had already latched onto a new man so quickly?

Spending tens of thousands of Merit Points just to curry favor with this new man?

He deliberately refused to let her have her way.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xi Jiuye paid the bill.

As expected, he saw surprise and displeasure on her face.

With her temper, she definitely wouldn’t be willing to accept his favor.

So he simply used Tang Tianqi as a shield.

Sure enough, that woman Tang Tianqi was full of self-satisfaction, thinking Xi Jiuye had paid the bill for her sake.

"Brother Xi, how could I let you spend money on me?"

Tang Tianqi put on a shy expression.

"It was only a small effort."

Xi Jiuye didn’t elaborate.

"But Brother Xi, it’s one thing for you to pay my bill, why did you have to pay for them as well?"

Tang Tianqi pouted.

"Just a few thousand Merit Points. Take it as tossing some coins to beggars on the roadside."

Xi Jiuye’s face was utterly indifferent. After speaking, he didn’t forget to once again sweep Ye Lingyue with the corner of his eye.

The expression on the other party’s face, as expected, changed.