Brother Wolf, after all, is the big boss. Though his influence isn’t vast and he wouldn’t dare cause a scene at the Flower of Earthly Riches, he still picked up the bill with the air of a seasoned leader.
However, the moment he finished looking at the bill, he was utterly dumbfounded!
“Good grief! Fifty thousand quid! This is daylight robbery!”
Just moments ago, Duanmu Lei and Dong Tianyi, who had been feeling a bit foggy in the head, snapped to attention the instant they heard “fifty thousand.” They quickly snatched the bill and examined it closely.
They found that the charges for drinks, the private room, and such were all within a reasonable range, just slightly pricier than your average place. But then again, this was the Flower of Earthly Riches, wasn’t it?
Yet that final item, a service fee of over forty thousand, was outrageously steep, wasn’t it?
Hearing the trio’s objections, the burly man didn’t flinch. Instead, he pulled out his phone and played a video of their antics in the private room from the night before.
“Not to point fingers, but Brother Wolf, you of all people should know the rules, right? We’ve even given you a twenty percent discount on the service fee out of respect!”
Dong Tianyi, Duanmu Lei, and Brother Wolf only needed a glance at the video to understand its contents. At that moment, even Brother Wolf, who had been the loudest earlier, fell silent.
“W-Wolf… Brother Wolf?”
Duanmu Lei still looked at Brother Wolf with a glimmer of hope. At this point, he had no one else to rely on.
Last night, when they’d gone out, Duanmu Qing had given him ten thousand in a fit of pique. But now, faced with a fifty-thousand-pound bill, where on earth was he supposed to find that kind of money?
“Stop yammering and settle the bill already!”
To Duanmu Lei’s shock, even Brother Wolf told him to pay up!
What could render Brother Wolf speechless was, of course, the unspoken rules of the capital’s underworld.
Places like the Flower of Earthly Riches, these dens of pleasure, were riddled with hidden doors and secret rooms, equipped with top-notch beds and all sorts of bedroom accessories. Add to that the stunning beauties with flawless faces and figures, and spending a night here was the dream of countless men.
But this place had its rules: no one was allowed to engage in any improper behaviour with the opposite sex in the private rooms, or else a service fee would be tacked on.
The amount of this fee depended on the severity of the offence and the greed of the boss.
Last night, Duanmu Lei and the other two had gone wild with their drunken antics, so this fifty-thousand fee wasn’t even that much. It was, in a way, a small nod to Brother Wolf’s reputation.
In truth, this so-called fifty-thousand service fee was essentially hush money. Paying it ensured the video wouldn’t leak, so most people caught in this situation would quietly cough up the cash.
Brother Wolf didn’t care much either way, but Duanmu Lei was in a bind. His sister and elderly mother were at the First Hospital not far away. If they saw this video, the consequences would be unthinkable. The problem was, he simply didn’t have the money.
What the two of them didn’t realise, though, was that the most anxious person right now was Dong Tianyi, who’d been silent all along.
Dong Tianyi reflected on how hard he’d worked to finally become the Chief of Medicine at the capital’s First Hospital. With power in his hands, his annual income far exceeded fifty thousand. If this video got out, wouldn’t his bright future be ruined?
So, gritting his teeth, Dong Tianyi pulled a card from his wallet and tossed it onto the table.
None of them were thrilled about footing this service fee, but the burly man didn’t mind. He just grinned and said to the trio, “Money talks, eh? Please wait a moment, esteemed guests.”
The moment the bank card came out, their status shifted from being doused with water to wake them up to being “esteemed guests.” Dong Tianyi, Duanmu Lei, and Brother Wolf were fuming but couldn’t say a word.
