The rise of Korean entertainment.

Chapter 3477 Criticism

Faced with the girls' praise, Li Menglong did not show any joy at all.

Firstly, they were not sincere and their words were full of hypocrisy; secondly, it was too late and his expectations had already been trampled into pieces by these women.

In this case, what else is there to say? Without any so-called expectations, let's pursue some realistic questions: "Who can settle the bill?"

After hearing Li Menglong's words, the girls were not surprised at all, and even felt relieved.

One of the reasons why they were so suspicious before was that Li Menglong did not come up to ask for money.

  How could they feel comfortable drinking something that was free? If Li Menglong didn't do anything, how could he be so generous as to treat them?

All we can say is that they have formed a certain degree of stereotype about Li Menglong, but this is not a bad thing.

After all, the few times that Li Menglong took the initiative to treat them were few and far between, so they could avoid a lot of risks.

  As for the possibility that Li Menglong might be wrongly accused in the process, there is no need to worry about it. Look at him now, does he look aggrieved at all?

Instead, he was mostly delighted. After all, he could get the money. What was the difference between this and picking up money for free on the street?

However, the girls are quite familiar with this kind of situation. It is impossible for them to give money obediently, and they have no money at the moment.

Unless Li Menglong can accept credit card payment, but does he have a machine? Can he just swipe the card with his mouth?

As if aware of this, Li Menglong immediately added: "You can pay by credit card downstairs, and I can even give you some fried chicken. How about that? It's a great discount, right?"

Li Menglong came up with his own solution, which was to borrow the machine from the fried chicken shop on the first floor.

But doing so is not without risks. After all, the money has to go through the boss's wife first. Even if she doesn't embezzle all of it, it's not a problem to take a little commission from her.

As for the specific ratio, that would test the relationship between Li Menglong and the proprietress. It should be less than half, right?

Li Menglong was not very sure, but the money was given by the girls, so if he could pick up half of it, it would be a profit.

Now the problem was thrown to the girls. If they couldn't think of any excuses to shirk their responsibilities, they would have to go down with Li Menglong to swipe the card.

Naturally, they were quite resistant to this. Why should they pay for the coffee they drank by their own ability?

  Besides, they didn't force Li Menglong to buy it. Everything was voluntary. Did he ask their opinions in advance? How did he know whether they were willing to drink coffee?

In short, they were giving Li Menglong face by having a few sips, so he must not push his luck!

Seeing the girls trying to shirk their debt, this is inappropriate. After all, he is a well-known artist and should pay attention to his personal ethics, otherwise he will expose the shameless faces of these women!

The interaction between the two sides is one of back and forth. If there is no external interference, they can talk for a long time. As for the final result, it will most likely end in nothing.

In this kind of situation, whoever puts in the money first will be in an absolutely passive situation.

In similar situations, the girls were cheated more often, for example, they gave Li Menglong money to ask him to buy something, but when he came back he told them that the item was out of stock.

This is not a big deal, but Li Menglong seemed to have forgotten that they had given him money in advance. No matter how many times the girls reminded him, he didn't remember anything happening.

  As for the money in his pocket, that was all saved by him with great difficulty. What does it have to do with these women?

Xu Xian was not surprised by this, but there were a group of teachers around, so they found it quite interesting.

By the way, these people are quite familiar with the girls, and many of them have been working with them since their debut.

But their familiarity with the girls does not mean that they are also familiar with Li Menglong. Especially when it comes to the interactions between the girls and Li Menglong, they are completely in the dark.

Today I finally saw the real side, it turned out to be so interesting.

  They seemed to have returned to the state when they first met the artist, finding everything new and interesting. So, will they fight with Li Menglong soon?

If no one stops it, this is possible.

  But Xu Xian would never allow this to happen, especially in front of so many teachers. They don't care about their face, but she, Xu Xian, still has dignity!

So Xu Xian started to act, and her actions pointed directly to the core issue: "Oppa and I are going to pay the bill. Let's go now, otherwise the fried chicken shop will be closed soon."

While speaking, Xu Xian was pulling Li Menglong's arm, trying to drag him out of the room.

There is a big loophole in Xu Xian's words. It is clearly a 24-hour fried chicken shop, but she said it closes at night.

Fortunately, everyone's attention was not on this, especially Li Menglong. Even though he knew that Xu Xian was making excuses, he still chose to cooperate.

"You sisters, you always let Xu Xian, the youngest one, pay for everything. Do you have the nerve to do that?" Before leaving, Li Menglong did not forget to blame the girls. It would be good even if it made them depressed for just a second.

But the girls also argued: "We are her sisters, aren't you Xu Xian's elder? How dare you ask Xu Xian to pay?"

This can be considered as fighting poison with poison. Since Li Menglong uses seniority to suppress them, they can naturally fight back. Don't think that he will be disgusting later.

Seeing that both parties wanted to interact for a while longer, Xu Xian could only silently increase her strength, and even whispered in Li Menglong's ear: "Oppa, don't bother with them, just go away quickly, please!"

Xu Xian's request was still effective. Even though he was quite unhappy with those women, he still had to give Xu Xian some face.

Not to mention that Xu Xian was planning to pay. This is the God of Wealth, how could he be offended so easily?

However, the girls' previous attack was still effective. After Li Menglong came out, he did reflect a little and wondered if it was inappropriate for him to ask Xu Xian for money.

Even though he received a lot of pocket money from Xu Xian on a daily basis, it was just normal interaction and Li Menglong felt at ease taking it.

But this time was different, he was really prepared to treat everyone, and to be precise, the money for the treat came from those women.

  If he took Xu Xian's money again, wouldn't he be suspected of charging double fees?

After much hesitation, Li Menglong finally stopped Xu Xian at the stairs and said, "Forget it. How can I take your money? This time, I'll treat you!"

  Xu Xian was a little uncomfortable with Li Menglong's sudden generosity. Was he really sincere? Was he not forced at all?

Xu Xian should have tried to test the waters first, for example, by refusing first and then saying that she would bear half of the expenses. If Li Menglong continued to insist at this time, it would mean that the other party was sincere.

But Xu Xian knew Li Menglong too well, and she also knew that human hearts could not withstand temptation.

So before Li Menglong could finish his words, Xu Xian immediately nodded in agreement, as if she had been waiting for this moment. This speed really caught Li Menglong off guard. He couldn't even control his expression. He looked at Xu Xian in astonishment, as if he could see through her soul. The little girl must have been replaced by someone else, right?

Xu Xian was also in great pain at this moment. She was trying hard to hold back her laughter, but Li Menglong's expression was really too funny.

Finally, Xu Xian couldn't hold it back, and her bell-like laughter echoed in the corridor. It was because there were not many people in the company at that time, otherwise, if it were daytime, this laughter would have attracted onlookers.

Li Menglong was naturally confused at first, and felt a little embarrassed afterwards, after all, Xu Xian saw through his heart.

But considering how many times he had embarrassed himself in front of Seohyun, this little embarrassment was barely worth mentioning.

Besides, being able to make Xu Xian laugh so happily is worth it in itself, and Li Menglong should feel proud.

It’s just that Xu Hyun laughed for a little too long. It would be a bit impolite if she continued laughing!

In order to take care of Li Menglong's emotions, Xu Xian did restrain herself a lot, but judging from her constantly shaking shoulders, the little girl would be happy for a long time.

Although he didn't intend to let Xu Xian pay, Li Menglong still brought Xu Xian to the first floor.

The main thing is that if Xu Xian goes up in this state, those women might suspect that he did something to her, so let Xu Xian calm down for a while.

For this reason, Li Menglong specially asked for a glass of ice water, but he didn't pay for it. He had given the boss lady coffee before, so it was just a courtesy.

  But the proprietress doesn't have this awareness. She is giving this to Xu Xian to drink. What does it have to do with Li Menglong?

"If you encounter anything happy, tell it to me so that I can be happy too. I always meet some bad people in my life recently, ah..."

The proprietress sighed and glanced at Li Menglong. This was too much. Who was she hinting at?

  If Li Menglong is a bad person, then are there any good people in this world?

Anyway, he would never take it personally. He would just assume that this old woman was in menopause and be considerate of her emotions.

Xu Xian didn't notice the open and secret struggles between the two people. She couldn't help but want to laugh, but she decided to just share it.

It’s not that she was afraid that Li Menglong would be embarrassed, but this matter might not be so funny to outsiders. She herself was even a little confused.

In order to calm herself down completely, Xu Xian decided to make herself unhappy, such as offering to pay.

The proprietress didn't know about the secret between the two people, so she thought Xu Xian was going to pay for the glass of ice water. This was too much. She was not Li Menglong, how could she be obsessed with money?

"If you mention paying again, I'll be angry!"

The proprietress said it very naturally, but Li Menglong's face was a little tense. Did she know that she had rejected a large sum of money? The key point was that the money belonged to him, Li Menglong.

Even if he didn't intend to take it, it wasn't the boss lady's place to refuse him. At least give him a chance to show his integrity.

It is said that from the moment he spent the money, he has never been happy. It turns out that he is not suitable for giving, and taking advantage is his comfort zone.

Seeing Li Menglong depressed again, Xu Xian almost laughed again.

She decided not to mention the money anymore, otherwise the corners of her mouth would be sore all night.

  In that case, we should change the topic, but Xu Xian didn’t know what to talk about with these two people for a moment. Are there any common topics among the three of them?

Xu Xian can chat about gossip with the boss's wife, or talk about work with Li Menglong, but she can't chat with both of them at the same time. It's impossible to ask for advice on how to make fried chicken, right?

But things often develop in a bad direction, and no one knows who started it. Anyway, Li Menglong and the proprietress have already planned to go to the kitchen to start practicing.

Xu Xian scratched her head and thought silently. It seemed that the focus of the dispute was a new type of fried chicken in the store. The proprietress confidently stated that this fried chicken was the result of her dedicated research and innovation, and it would definitely bring the store's business to a higher level.

  There was nothing wrong with this statement, but it annoyed Li Menglong because he had put a lot of effort into the old fried chicken. How could he just change it? Why didn't he ask for his opinion in advance?

When these shameless words were spoken, the proprietress almost overturned the table.

  Li Menglong's problem is not just poor memory; he is deliberately distorting past facts!

The fried chicken shop's recipe has always been exclusive to the proprietress. The most Li Menglong has learned is the technique and provided some detailed improvements.

  But even with such insignificant work, he dares to say that the old-fashioned fried chicken is all his credit and hard work?

Both of them insisted that they had the dominant power in the matter. Logically, as a third party, Xu Xian should have said something fair, but she knew nothing and she didn't even know these two people at that time.

Unfortunately, neither side can provide any conclusive evidence, so we'll have to put our skills to the test.

The two of them had to go to the kitchen to compete to see whose fried chicken was more classic!

Xu Xian was not optimistic about this duel from the beginning, because the ingredients were all from the store, and the two people's techniques were similar. Was it certain that the finished products would be very different? The kind that could be tasted by outsiders?

If there is no clear winner in terms of taste, the final test will be the question of stance. Those who taste the food will have to choose between Li Menglong and the proprietress.

This choice would be quite tricky even for Xu Xian, not to mention the people on the first floor. Who of these two people do they dare to offend?

So while the two are still in the stage of verbal interaction, Xu Xian must nip this fight in the bud, but what should she do?

It would be a failure to go up to them and try to persuade them directly, as these two people simply would not listen to other people's opinions.

  Therefore, more direct means are needed, such as Xu Xian contributing herself!

"How about you teach me? Whoever can teach me will be the one with better skills!"

Xu Xian looked at the two of them with sincere eyes, trying to make them believe her words, but she herself felt that there was no logic in them.

Just when Xu Xian was ready to give up, these two people actually agreed. So what is the situation now? Does Xu Xian have to learn how to make fried chicken?