YM778.TV Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Can't Afford to Pay the Bill
"Certainly, please wait a moment." The cashier smiled professionally, promptly checked the system for the price of table number nine, quickly printed out a bill, and handed it to Liu Yujuan with both hands, "Madam, the total is 328,565 yuan, but we\'ll charge you 320,000 yuan. Please confirm."
"How much?" Liu Yujuan thought she must have heard wrong.
"328,565 yuan, we\'ll charge you 320,000 yuan," the cashier repeated.
"How could it possibly be that much!" Liu Yujuan hastily took the bill to examine it closely.
She hadn\'t realized until she looked, and was shocked when she did.
They had ordered fifteen dishes, none of which cost less than ten thousand yuan, some as high as fifty or sixty thousand.
"That much!"
"Only Yujuan could afford such an expensive meal."
"If it weren\'t for Yujuan, when would we ever have the chance to eat such pricey dishes?"
"There\'s a reason why the dishes are costly, the flavor is incomparable to other restaurants."
Liu Yujuan\'s sisters were all very surprised, but they soon came to terms with it.
This Yang\'s Restaurant is the best in the city.
For five people, spending 320,000 yuan seemed reasonable.
Of course, that was based on the assumption that Liu Yujuan was picking up the tab.
Otherwise, if they had to pay, they would realize whether it was reasonable or not.
Liu Yujuan\'s face turned somewhat ugly as she looked at the bill.
She hadn\'t expected the meal to cost so much.
She only had fifty thousand yuan in her card, and even if she added her credit card, the most she could come up with was one hundred thousand yuan, not even a third of the total. What was she supposed to do?
Having no other choice, Liu Yujuan could only say to her sisters, "I only have fifty thousand yuan in my bank card, and another fifty thousand on my credit card. I can only come up with one hundred thousand in total. You all have to chip in for the rest of the two hundred and twenty thousand. I\'ll pay you back once I get the money from my son-in-law in the next couple of days."
She saw it as advance consumption, not a big deal.
"Yujuan, you know my situation. Just a few days ago, I didn\'t even have enough money to get a membership at the beauty salon."
"Yujuan, you know my situation. Last month when I went shopping, I saw a bag that cost six thousand, and I couldn\'t afford it."
"Yujuan, you know my situation. My son is in college, and I can\'t even afford his monthly living expenses. It\'s my ex-husband who\'s been providing for him."
"Yujuan, you know my situation. My mom just had surgery at the beginning of the year, and all my money went to that. I\'m barely getting by each month, and I wouldn\'t dare come out if it wasn\'t for you inviting me."
The sisters chattered away, each with their own excuse, and who knew if they were true or not.
In any case, the message they wanted to convey was very clear: they had no money.
"You don\'t have it?" Liu Yujuan didn\'t know if their stories were true or not, "My money isn\'t enough, what should we do?"
She turned to the cashier, "My money isn\'t enough, and the rest is tied up in the stock market, unsold. How about I write you an IOU, and I\'ll come to pay the bill in a couple of days?"
Claiming that her money was in the stock market was just a story Liu Yujuan made up, hoping the other party would agree to an IOU.
The cashier shook her head, "I\'m sorry, madam, we have never done that before in our restaurant. If you don\'t have enough money at the moment, you could try calling a friend to borrow some."
Naturally, it was impossible to eat now and pay later with an IOU.
If that were allowed, most people would probably opt for an IOU, and then it would be a mess trying to track everyone down for payment.
"Yujuan, why don\'t you call your daughter, Zhao Yulu? It\'s already one o\'clock, Zhao Yulu should be back together with Xu Yang by now. Just ask Zhao Yulu to have Xu Yang send a few million over casually."
"Right, you said Zhao Yulu was meeting with Xu Yang at eleven, so she must be back with him by now. A phone call, and money won\'t be an issue."
"Absolutely, not to mention a few million, even tens of millions wouldn\'t be a problem."
"Yujuan, make the call quickly."
The sisters urged Liu Yujuan to make a phone call.
"Okay, I\'ll call Yu Lu." Liu Yujuan took out her phone and dialed Zhao Yulu\'s number.
Soon, her expression turned ugly.
"What\'s wrong, Juan?" one of the sisters asked.
"Yu Lu\'s phone is turned off," Liu Yujuan said.
"Why would her phone be off? Could something have gone wrong?" another sister wondered.
"What could go wrong? I think, it\'s because Zhao Yulu and Xu Yang met up and couldn\'t help themselves... You know, young people, they understand. Probably they didn\'t want to be disturbed, so they turned off their phones," one sister joked.
"Li Fang is right," Liu Yujuan\'s eyes lit up, and the ugly look on her face disappeared immediately.
Just moments ago, she had thought that Zhao Yulu turned off her phone because there was a problem with her reunion with Xu Yang.
Now, she thought that Zhao Yulu turned off her phone probably because she was meeting Xu Yang and they didn\'t want any interruptions.
"Ah, why didn\'t I think of that? This is a good thing."
"Indeed, it\'s a good thing. It would be bad if they didn\'t turn off their phones."
"Being young is wonderful."
The sisters had all been young once, so naturally, they understood what was meant.
"If Zhao Yulu\'s phone is turned off, Xu Yang\'s must be too. So, whom do we ask for money?" the sister called Li Fang brought the conversation back to reality.
"Juan, why don\'t you ask your other daughter to lend some money? She\'s been with Xu Yang for almost a year; she must have saved up quite a bit," a sister suggested.
"My other daughter doesn\'t even acknowledge me as her mother, even if she has money, even if I ask, she certainly wouldn\'t be willing to lend it to me."
Whenever Liu Yujuan mentioned Zhao Yuxin, her mood would sour.
Whether they met face-to-face or spoke over the phone, Zhao Yuxin never showed her a pleasant face and spoke very sharply.
"How about calling your ex-husband to see?" someone else suggested.
"I think that\'s possible. Your ex-husband is now the general manager of Jiandi Lao; lending you a few hundred thousand yuan wouldn\'t be an issue at all."
"Right, not just a few hundred thousand, even a few million wouldn\'t be a problem."
"Juan, just borrow from your ex-husband."
Another round of urging from the sisters commenced.
"Alright, I\'ll give him a call and ask." Liu Yujuan wasn\'t sure if Zhao Hai would lend her the money, but it was still a hope.
Moreover, she was left with no other choice.
Her parents had passed away and she hadn\'t been in touch with her relatives on her mother\'s side for many years, so borrowing money was out of the question.
As for relatives on Zhao Hai\'s side and Yang Tiancheng\'s side, no one would recognize her as family anymore.
Among friends, she was only close to these sisters.
Others were merely acquaintances and unlikely to lend her money.
Now, she was left with only Zhao Hai as an option.
She dialed Zhao Hai\'s phone number.
After a long while, the call was answered.
"Hello," Zhao Hai\'s tone was indifferent.
In his opinion, if Liu Yujuan was calling, it couldn\'t be for anything good.
"Zhao Hai, I\'ve put all my money into the stock market and I urgently need three hundred thousand. Please lend it to me; it\'s urgent," Liu Yujuan made up an excuse.
Of course, she couldn\'t tell Zhao Hai she\'d spent her money on luxury cars, designer watches, and expensive items.