Chapter 57 The Wealth Competition


    Horace decided it was time to change the topic instead of going back and forth with these women. He


    waved at the waitress close by and said, "Please give me the menu."


    "Yes, sir. Please wait a moment!" The waitress brought the menu and said with a smile, "Here you go,


    sir."


    "Thank you!" As soon as Horace collected the menu, Macie asked, "Horace, you organized this party


    for La. It''s your treat, right?"


    "Yes. What''s wrong? Do you want to pay the bill?" Horace nced at her, and then at the other mean


    girls before saying, "If you don''t want me to pay for your lunch, you are free to sort out yourselves."


    "No, no. That''s not what I meant. We don''t want to take this opportunity from you." Lucinda inched


    closer to him and whispered, "Horace, if you pay for lunch today and y your cards right, maybe La


    would fall in love with you. This is a golden opportunity. Don''t let stinginess get in the way of your love.


    To be honest, you two are a match made in heaven. You bothe from poor families. How perfect


    can it get?"


    Back then in high school, La and Horace were despised by all their ssmates. They considered


    them to be outcasts. Horace was paying for lunch today and it was La''s birthday, but their former


    ssmates still looked down on them. Just as a leopard cannot change its spots, Lucinda and the


    others couldn''t change their contemptuous attitudes.


    Horace''s face turned cold when he heard Lucinda''s words. He didn''t care about how much the meal


    would cost. What annoyed him was that Lucinda was making a mockery of La. That was a no-no for


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    him. He was also pissed that she was poking her nose into his rtionship with La.


    With angry sparks in his eyes, he said coldly, "Remember, this lunch is in La''s honor. You came here


    to celebrate her birthday. I would have driven you out long ago if it weren''t for her. Watch your mouth. If


    you don''t mind your damn business, I will teach you a lesson you would never forget! After all, I would


    spend less money on lunch if you were out of the picture. One less mouth to feed would be a wee


    development for me!"


    The next second, Caysonughed scornfully andmented, "Well, you don''t need to beat about the


    bush. If you can''t afford it, juste out straight. There''s no need to pretend like you are capable. It


    won''t end well. Just take a good look at yourself. If you say that you can''t afford the lunch, no one will


    be surprised. You are just a poor loser. Why are you pretending to be rich? Tsk, tsk, tsk. You have only


    fifty thousand dors? Humph! That''s my monthly sry. It''s just chicken feed!" Since Cayson arrived,


    he had been listening to all the insults the troublesomedies hurled at Horace. He guessed Horace''s


    family background based on everything that they said and by his appearance.


    "Oh, fifty thousand dors is your monthly sry? That''s really a huge amount of money!" Horace


    sneered at Cayson. He then continued, "Do you know how much is the daily interest on the money in


    my ount? Hmmm. My mind is in a muddle. I''m not sure of the exact figures, but it should be several


    million dors!"


    "Ha-ha! Horace, are you still daydreaming? Wake up!" Macie burst intoughter and pped her hands


    in mockery. She found it funny that Horace was so boastful.


    "Horace, remember I said earlier that I hope we get along well because you are De''s former


    ssmate. Well, I want to warn you to think twice before bragging in my presence in the future. Am I a


    joke to you? How can the daily interest on your bank ount be several million dors? Do you even


    have the slightest idea of how much money could generate such a huge interest? For your information,


    it would be ten billion dors at least. Do you have that amount? Listen to me. Even if you want to tell


    lies in the future, make sure your lies are believable. Don''t try to fool the other party. Otherwise, you


    might just end up making a fool of yourself!"


    Cayson gave Horace an earful as he sat next to his girlfriend, De.


    "Ahem... Oh, really?" Horace sighed and asked helplessly, "Why does no one believe me anytime I''m


    telling the truth?"


    With a smirk, he looked at Cayson and suggested, "Since you are so awesome... Why don''t you make


    it your treat today?"


    "Horace, why the sudden change of ns? Didn''t you say you would foot the bills today? Oh, I get it.


    You want to take advantage of my boyfriend because you know he''s rich! Let me tell you. That won''t


    happen under my watch!" De retorted before Cayson could say anything to Horace.


    "It''s clear that it''s my treat today, right? Good. Now, all I want you to do is to enjoy your meal. Stop


    talking nonsense!" He looked at Cayson and added, "If you think I''m pretending to be rich, you can set


    things straight bypeting with me. Let''s see who is richer between us! There''s something I would


    like to make very clear. I have a good temper, but that doesn''t mean I''m a pushover. Should you try to


    insult me again, you have three options. You either get out of here, offer to pay for the meal, or you can


    "Horace, didn''t you receive the sixty-two thousand dors we donated yesterday? Why are you so


    arrogant as if you had got millions of dors. Yuck! You disgust me!" Lucinda looked at him with a


    disgusted expression.


    Cayson was provoked due to Horace''s audacity. He said coldly, "Horace, I have had it up to here with


    you. I''m up for the challenge. How do you want us topete? Should we take out our phones and


    show our recent bank statements?"


    Cayson was a sessful businessman. Thus, he felt insulted that a poor loser was daring him.


    "No, it''s boring to check bank statements. I have an idea. How about we split the bill today? If I can''t


    afford half of the bill and you can, then you win. My punishment is that I would be at your mercy and do


    whatever you ask of me. However, if it turns out that I can afford half of the bill and you can''t, I''ll show


    you mercy since you''re so old. I only have one request. You must kneel at my feet and admit defeat! In


    the event that we can both afford it, then it would be a tie! If neither of us can foot half of the bill, then


    there would be no winner or loser!"


    As they grew more and more aggressive, Horace decided not to hold back anymore.


    He continued, "Now to the major rule of thispetition. When you want to pay the bill, it must be done


    within ten minutes. The person who takes more than ten minutes to finish the payment would


    automatically be the loser. What do you say? Are you in?"


    "Yes! I am in!" Cayson nced at Horace and stated coldly, "Young man, stop being so full of yourself.


    You should ept that there''s always someone better than you. I can''t believe that you are being so


    arrogant because of fifty thousand dors. That''s an insignificant amount of money in this day and


    age!"


    "h, h, h! Why are you stressing yourself by talking unnecessarily? As I said, actions speak


    louder than words. We have already decided topete. Let''s start ordering now!" Horace threw the


    menu on the table.


    He pointed at the Kobe steak at the top of the menu and said to the waitress, "Please bring six servings


    of this steak!"


    Lucinda was appalled when she heard Horace''s order. A trace of doubt shed in her eyes. A serving


    of the Kobe steak cost twenty thousand dors. This meant that six servings would cost one hundred


    and twenty thousand dors. If the bill was split in two, Horace and Cayson would have to pay sixty


    thousand dors each. ''What is this dumbass doing? He''s setting himself up for humiliation. He only


    had fifty thousand dors left from the donation yesterday. Besides, he ordered three cakes worth more


    than twenty thousand dors in total. He would run out of money soon. I doubt if he even has up to


    sixty thousand dors on him now.''


    Lucinda made calctions in her head. She felt that Horace was shooting himself in the foot because


    he was in a desperate situation.


    ''One hundred and twenty thousand dors?'' At this time, Cayson also calcted the price of six


    servings of Kobe steaks. The same thought that just urred to Lucinda went through his mind too.


    ''Humph! For a second, I thought you were smart. But it turns out you are missing brain cells. Look at


    how you just threw caution to the wind. Ha-ha! I have found myself a new ve!'' Cayson stared at


    Horace with acent smirk. ''The first course of the meal is already above his worth. I should


    just order all the cheap dishes.''


    With this thought in mind, Cayson ordered a vegetable sd which cost only seventy dors.