Chapter 152 — As If I Do Not Know? "Ah?" Shen Yushu Stared at the Grinning Gu Mengyao, Knowing She Had Been Tricked—Ordinarily Gu Mengyao Would Never Joke Like That; The Two of Them Trading Places Would Have Been More Like It
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Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu seldom came to places like this, so everything made them curious. The ground-floor hall was a song-and-dance lounge, with a bar counter and booth seating; at the very center of the hall stood a stage, where two foreign girls were singing, their outfits not especially revealing.
It was only a little past seven in the evening, still early. The hour for risqué dancing had not yet arrived, and the performances on stage were all fairly proper.
"Would you two prefer the bar or a booth?" The doorman was a seasoned hand. Seeing how curiously the two of them were sizing up the inside of the bar, he knew at once that this was their first visit. Regulars simply found their own seats when they came in and never needed a doorman to lead the way.
"Find us a quieter booth, would you?" Gu Mengyao had always rather envied those television scenes in which a few people sat around the bar drinking together, but this was her first time here, after all, and she felt a little timid.
"Very well, please come with me, ladies." The doorman handed Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu over to a host in the hall, then returned to the bar's entrance.
The waiter led Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu to a booth well off to the side and asked with a smiling face, "Will this do?"
"It's fine. We'll take it." Gu Mengyao nodded, and she and Shen Yushu sat down.
Seats in a remote booth like this were seldom chosen, save by those who wanted to drink alone and nurse a bad mood; and even then, many of them sat by themselves at the bar.
It seemed these two pretty girls really were here for the first time. The waiter sighed faintly. Girls this pure, this innocent of the world, actually walking into a bar... Did they not know how many wolves prowled in here, wolves who made a specialty of prey just like them?
As for the seasoned women who haunted bars all year round, it was anyone's guess who would end up playing whom. A man might blow a fortune and never so much as touch a hand, drawing water with a bamboo basket and coming up empty.
So the wolves all fixed their attention on green, unripe girls like Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. The moment the two of them stepped into the bar, dozens of pairs of eyes fastened onto them...
Yet seeing that Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu carried themselves with uncommon poise, some curious soul went to make inquiries and learned that the two had arrived in an Audi S5. Many of the poor wolves fell back on the spot; these girls were plainly rich young ladies, and the poor wolves felt they had no capital with which to move them.
As for the wolves with a little family standing, they might have some cash in hand, but not knowing how deep the water ran, they too dared not step forward. They all hung back and watched, waiting for the first man to run into a wall.
Wei Zhao parked the Beetle beside Gu Mengyao's Audi S5. The doorman, seeing that he had come alone, had no great deal to say: "Welcome, sir."
Young gentlemen who came here alone were a dime a dozen; there were no few of them every day. The doorman took Wei Zhao for another man out hunting for a pretty face, so naturally he offered no lengthy explanations—he simply opened the car door for Wei Zhao and saw him into the bar.
As he went in, though, Wei Zhao glanced back toward the doorway as if nothing were on his mind, and smiled a thoughtful little smile.
When he turned back and saw Gu Mengyao looking his way, Wei Zhao knew his cover was blown. There was no point in hiding any longer, so he shrugged and walked straight over toward Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, seating himself at a standalone two-person table not far from them.
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