CHAPTER 104: CHAPTER 104: JEALOUSY

Isn’t this the same as publicly slapping him in the face?

He originally thought about finding a sense of presence in this State-owned Restaurant.

The result was that he didn’t manage to fix the person, but instead got fixed by someone else.

So, the middle-aged man’s temper flared up at once.

How could he endure such humiliation?

Moreover, in his eyes, Jiang Xin was just a young girl.

She looked so easy to bully.

Anyway, right now, he didn’t have anyone else by his side to help him, some people agreed with him while speaking, which indicated that the people around also felt what he said made some sense.

It’s just that this little girl wouldn’t listen, so today, he felt he had to help her parents properly educate her so she would understand the meaning of hardship.

The middle-aged man’s face changed instantly, and when he looked at Jiang Xin, his eyes could almost spit fire:

"You little brat, I think you really don’t know what’s good for you. You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, right? Today, I just have to teach you a good lesson on behalf of your parents."

As he said this, the middle-aged man directly tossed the chopsticks he had been holding with a loud clatter onto the table, causing the surrounding diners to stop eating and look over to see what was going on.

Jiang Xin frowned unhappily, not expecting that this middle-aged man would be so brazen.

The few words she had just said were already enough to save his face.

What face did he have to dare to say the words he just spoke?

Jiang Xin was instantly furious; did he really think she was easy to bully?

With a sneer, Jiang Xin said to the middle-aged man:

"You think you’re qualified to educate me?"

"I’ve got plenty of money in my pocket, I can spend it however I want, who are you to point fingers at me?"

"I didn’t want to pay attention to you, so I tried to ignore you when you were speaking, to avoid conflict and to stop wasting my time."

"But instead, you decided to be unreasonable and make a scene; isn’t that just too much?"

"I just made it very clear that everyone has their own way of living. I came to the restaurant alone to order food, it’s not like I can’t afford it. I can eat however I want."

"Don’t use your economic capacity to measure others’ financial capabilities, just like that single dish on your table."

"Maybe your monthly salary is thirty yuan a month, but someone else’s salary might be a hundred yuan a month."

"The income levels are so different, so naturally, the spending capacities are not the same either."

"Poor people live their way, rich people live theirs, and you ordered that dish within your means."

"Similarly, the three dishes and one soup I ordered are also within my budget, and you have no right to boss me around."

"I have money in my pocket, and I can spend it however I want. It’s none of your business."

"And to the people around, I’ve made my point clear. Do you understand what I’m saying?"

The people around had been watching the situation, and after hearing Jiang Xin’s analysis, they all nodded.

After all, looking at the clothes this girl was wearing, one glance at her home suggested wealth.

So, being able to come to the State-owned Restaurant and order three dishes and a soup to go at once means the family surely has some means.

So she’s truly wealthy, it’s not like she’s lacking the money for these dishes.

Moreover, they’ve now come to their senses and realized they were just led astray by that middle-aged man, following his lead without thinking.

This young girl did indeed come to buy food, but she’s buying to take it home to eat.

She never mentioned how many people in her family need to eat.

So how could they say she’s wasteful for ordering three dishes? Who knows, maybe there are a lot of people at home waiting to eat, it’s entirely possible.

They were just too foolish a moment ago, easily led by the nose by someone else.

Once they realized it, they found that what Jiang Xin said was completely reasonable.

She has the means, so why live a hard life? There’s no need to force oneself through hardship.

In the end, meddling too much slaps one’s own face.

"Yeah, yeah, young lady, you’re absolutely right, everyone’s spending level is there for everyone to see. If you have the means, why eat poorly?"

"It’s unnecessary to live a hard life if you have the money. It was wrong of us, we were led astray by him a moment ago, which is why we came over to criticize you."

"Yeah, yeah, we apologize to you. It took me some time to realize that the young lady was just telling the server to pack the food, right?"

"So she never intended to dine here, maybe she’s planning to take the food home to eat with her family, so what’s the big deal if she orders more?"

"That’s right, we were all fooled by that man, almost going along with his thoughts to scold the young lady!"

"Looking at it this way, what did the young lady do wrong? She just came to the State-owned Restaurant to help her family buy some food, and we ended up scolding her."

"Isn’t that right? Look at his table with that lonely dish, just one, probably because he’s reluctant to spend the money."

"It’s not that I look down on poor people; after all, we all have similar family conditions and there’s nothing for me to pick on about being poor or not."

"But he berating the young girl was probably because he saw a young girl ordering four dishes and felt unbalanced, so he said such things."

Basically, the people had changed from initially speaking in unison to now completely siding with Jiang Xin.

The middle-aged man’s face was instantly covered in a nervous sweat, as his little thoughts were all exposed.

The words from these people hit him right where it hurt.

The reason why he targeted this young girl like Jiang Xin.

Ultimately, isn’t it just because he thought Jiang Xin, being young, was easy to bully?

People just can’t stand seeing others living better than them.