CHAPTER 452: CHAPTER 452: THE SCREAMING WOMAN

The three of them slept straight until the afternoon, just as the sun was about to set.

"It’s this late already, let’s go eat something on the second floor and have a look around while we’re at it," Lin Mengyao suggested, holding Xu Ke’s arm.

Yu Xia touched her stomach, it was somewhat empty, and she nodded, "I want to eat curry chicken, I’ve had too much seafood these past few days and don’t want any more." Yu Xia smiled shyly, expressing her thoughts.

"Then let’s have curry chicken, I agree that we’ve had too much seafood," Xu Ke nodded in agreement.

The three of them agreed and headed towards the second floor.

As the last restaurant on the second floor, even though it wasn’t yet dinner time in the afternoon, the place was still packed with customers. Looking in from the outside, there were heads everywhere, making it exceptionally lively.

"There are so many people in this place, the food must be good," Yu Xia whispered, pursing her lips.

"Then let’s go to this one," Xu Ke concluded.

"I just wonder if there are any seats left with so many people here," Lin Mengyao had no objection, and she wrapped an arm around each of them as they walked into the restaurant.

Xu Ke and his group were quite lucky, as there happened to be seats available when they went in.

"Please follow me inside, the three of you," a waitress said with a warm smile, leading the way, but trouble arose behind Xu Ke, stopping them in their tracks.

"Sorry, miss, but all our seats are full right now. Please wait a moment, and we will call you when a spot opens up," a staff member said with some apology to the girl in front.

"Don’t lie to me, I saw before I came in, there is clearly a seat available inside," the woman said with her head held high and a sharp look on her face.

"The seat you mentioned was given to the three guests who came before you; there really are no places now. If there were, we certainly wouldn’t stop you, as we’re here to do business as well, how could we turn away customers," the staff member said with a sincere yet troubled expression.

"Those three over there, it’s them, right?" The woman rudely pointed a polished pink fingernail at Xu Ke’s group.

The staff member nodded, "So right now, we really don’t have any seats available. Please wait a bit, we estimate there will be seats in ten or so minutes."

The woman didn’t listen to what the staff said. She pushed the person aside and grabbed Yu Xia’s arm with unexpected force, pulling the unprepared Yu Xia into a stumble. If she hadn’t been holding onto Lin Mengyao, she might have fallen. But the woman who was pulling her seemed oblivious, arrogantly saying to Xu Ke’s group, "You need to give that seat to us."

Xu Ke cast a cold glance at the woman’s hand holding Yu Xia’s arm and said in a steady tone, "Let go of her hand and apologize."

Hearing Xu Ke’s words, the woman appeared to hear the biggest joke ever, sneering with disbelief on her face. "Ha, what did you say? You want me to apologize to her?" The woman pointed her sharp nail at her own nose, "Did I hear you right? You want me to apologize to her? Who does she think she is, what makes you think I should apologize to her?" The woman was defiant.

Soon, the woman seemed to understand something, let go of Yu Xia’s arm but crossed her own arms in a superior manner, looking down on the three of them, "I know what you’re trying to do, isn’t it just a ploy to ask for money? I’ve met many people like you. Just say, how much money will it take for you to give me the seat?"

The woman took out a pink leather wallet from her bag and looked at the three.

"Why aren’t you speaking? Are you thinking about how much? Don’t worry, I’m someone with nothing but money, I don’t care about your little bit. So just say how much, I don’t have time to waste with you here, better just get straight to the point." The woman said impatiently.

"Ha, who doesn’t have a few lousy bucks? Waving money at us as if you own the place, who do you think you are?" Lin Mengyao retaliated without restraint, her eyes extremely critical, the disdain in her gaze practically cutting into the woman.

"Oh, dare to look at me like that, who gave you the right to look at me this way? Initially, I thought of giving you some money to leave, but now I’ve changed my mind. The stinking money you mentioned, I don’t want to give you a cent, yet you still need to disappear from my sight." The woman’s eyes seemed to harbor fire, wanting to burn Lin Mengyao alive.

Xu Ke stepped in front of Lin Mengyao, shielding her, and impatiently told the woman, "If you can understand human speak, then stay away from us. We won’t give up the seat, so stop wasting your time, it won’t work."

The woman was so angry at Xu Ke’s attitude that she was panting. Seeing Xu Ke about to leave with Yu Xia and Lin Mengyao, the woman suddenly found strength from who knows where and grabbed Xu Ke’s arm, raising her other hand high. At that moment, she only had one thought; she wanted to beat this man who gave her no face, and she wouldn’t let those two women behind him, who looked like vixens, off either.

The woman’s strength was heavy, but Xu Ke intercepted and pushed away the arm she swung down.

Xu Ke used considerable force, and the woman’s high heels twisted sharply with the body’s inertia, causing her to fall on the ground, her tailbone hitting the floor heavily, and her expression changed instantly due to the pain.

"Ahhhhhh!" The woman sat on the ground, pounding the floor with her bag and letting out a piercing scream, "You actually pushed me, even pushed me to the ground, how dare you, how dare you treat me like this," the woman shouted angrily, her voice sharp like a knife scraping people’s eardrums. Those who heard her, especially those closest, couldn’t help but frown with displeasure.

"Who are you, if you have the guts, tell me your name, I’ll make you pay for this. I want to throw you off this cruise ship and feed you to the fish," the woman said, her eyes full of a vicious threat.

"How can you be like this, unreasonable and still blaming others," Yu Xia tightly gripped Lin Mengyao’s arm, speaking much louder than usual. Her pale face flushed red with anger, looking quite upset, yet her furious appearance was far better looking than the woman’s twisted face.