The landlord has multiple personalities and wants everyone to pay him.

"The custom of choosing a best man originated in the Song Dynasty. Before the wedding, the newlyweds would select a single man to be their best man. The chosen man would be blessed with good fortune and would also find his own love the following year."

Ye Shu held Xiao Nuan's hand under the table, speaking as if it were the truth, leaving the three people opposite him completely bewildered.

Xiao Nuan turned her head, blinked at Ye Shu's profile, but didn't say anything.

After a long pause, Wang Yu was the first to speak, but for some reason, the video suddenly switched to electronic music.

"Holy crap...it really...why...isn't it...?"

The image on the screen froze on the half of his face, which was close to the screen and staring. I don't know how it was frozen, but it happened by such a precise moment that the upper half of his face was stretched out by the image, making him look like a cockroach from Mars at first glance.

Looking at the face that could give him nightmares, Zhang Xiaoqiang tapped the screen and saw the message "The other party's network is poor." He then complained to his phone:

"Hey Lao Wang, what kind of crappy internet is this? Didn't you say there was a cell tower right next to your house? How come it's so slow?"

"What...is...the...China...network...connected...to...my...telecom...?"

Wang Yu was still uttering words one by one, but thankfully the cockroach-man's big face in the picture was gone, replaced by half a cucumber.

At this moment, Xiao Nuan tugged at Ye Shu's hand under the table. Ye Shu turned slightly and leaned closer, hearing Xiao Nuan whisper in his ear:

"The custom of 'catching the best man' you mentioned? I've never heard of that!"

Xiao Nuan's warm breath tickled Ye Shu's ear. When he heard Xiao Nuan ask a question, he almost couldn't hold back and quickly turned his head to whisper in Xiao Nuan's ear:

"How would you know I just made that up?"

Over there, Zhang Xiaoqiang was still complaining on his phone while discussing with Wang Yu how to prevent the game from lagging, while Han Yang leaned back in his chair, watching Ye Shu and Xiao Nuan whispering to each other across from him. He narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything.

After hearing Ye Shu's words, Xiao Nuan realized it was all made up, so she didn't pay much attention to it. She just turned her head back and stared at the table without saying a word.

At this moment, the waiter knocked on the door, came in, and asked:

"Mr. Ye, is everyone here? Can we serve the food?"

Because Ye Shu had booked the table in advance, even the menu had been ordered beforehand. Hearing this, she nodded:

"Everything's ready, let's get the food."

This restaurant is considered one of the more upscale restaurants in the southern part of the city, but it's not like those restaurants online where two slices of persimmon cost you 88 yuan. At least the portions are large.

Ye Shu wasn't saying those kinds of restaurants were bad. It's just that one person is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. Those kinds of restaurants aren't serving dishes; they're serving noodles.

Ye Shushen knew that he, an ordinary person, was incapable of understanding the underlying principles.

Fortunately, the portions at this restaurant are quite generous. If I had taken my buddies to one of those restaurants where you eat one bite per plate, they would probably have laughed at me for half a year.

We're all practical guys; we'd rather spend that money on some barbecue skewers.

The first dish was served. Although Han Yang and Zhang Xiaoqiang thought the restaurant must be expensive when they saw the storefront when they got out of the car, they were still surprised when they actually saw the dishes.

A bright red lobster sits on a blue-and-white porcelain plate covered with crushed ice, its whiskers still curling up, and white steam rising from the edge of the plate.

Han Yang really didn't expect Ye Shu to go to such lengths, serving lobster right off the bat.

Zhang Xiaoqiang had just figured out the network card issue with Wang Yu when he turned around and saw the lobster lying on the plate:

"Holy crap, am I not dead yet? A lobster?!"

As he spoke, he nudged Han Yang beside him twice:

"Pinch me and see if I'm dreaming. Ye Shu, who wouldn't even spend money on a Chocliz popsicle, is actually treating everyone to lobster?!"

Ye Shu was speechless upon hearing this, thinking to herself, "Is it really necessary? I'm not that stingy!"

But then I thought about it again, and I realized that I was indeed... a bit frugal back in my school days.

When you eat popsicles, they're either small puddings or old-fashioned popsicles, and they're all one yuan each.

The old-fashioned chocolate bar cost four yuan each. He figured they were all cold and sweet anyway, and it wouldn't matter if they tasted the same, so there was no need to spend an extra three yuan.

Wang Yu also saw the lobster on the table in the video, then looked down at the half-eaten cucumber in his hand, and suddenly felt a little unable to eat. He said to the screen:

"Wow, the food is so good! Is it too late for me to buy a ticket and go there now?"

The dishes kept coming up one after another, with crabs, abalone, and whatever else was expensive.

The young men stared wide-eyed at the plates of food.

It's not that they can't afford it; they could easily pay for the meal if they wanted to. They just can't bear to part with it.

Ye Shu felt that although he spoke very strongly about grabbing the best man, he was actually asking them for help.

Besides, the guys were really close when we were in school, and I did get a lot of things from them. Now that my life has improved, I haven't forgotten the old saying, "If I become rich, I won't forget you."

Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the things on the table, almost bursting into tears. He stood up, walked around half the table to Ye Shu, reached out and grabbed Ye Shu's face, looking her up and down, even prying open her eyelids to check her pupils:

"Let me see, is it really Ye Shu?! Have you been possessed by someone? Whoever you are, please don't come down!"

"Get out of here!"

Ye Shu shoved away Zhang Xiaoqiang's hand that was pulling at his eyelids, and the group burst into laughter.

Zhang Xiaoqiang went back and sat down, and the group started eating. Ye Shu first reached out and took a crab. This place really made crabs in a humane way; the shell was like a lid, and the crab meat inside was also pre-processed, so you could just lift it open and eat it directly.

Ye Shu put the crab roe and crab meat into Xiao Nuan's plate, then broke off a crab leg and started sucking on the meat inside. Because she sucked too hard, the tip of her tongue got pricked.

Xiao Nuan lowered her head and ate the crab meat Ye Shu had given her, spoonful by spoonful.

"What do you think about being best men? Are you willing?"

Ye Shu was still sucking on a crab leg when she asked a question.

Han Yang had just shoveled a man's gas station into his mouth, swallowed it, and said:

"He who eats another's food is bound to him, and he who takes another's money is bound to him. Since you've gone to such lengths, what more can I say? I'd even let you use my car as your wedding car."

"You should take a break. I'm really afraid that Ye Shu and the other person will have to get out and push the car halfway through if we use your car as a wedding car."

Zhang Xiaoqiang muttered a complaint from the side, then said to Ye Shu:

"I didn't say anything, I'll be the best man."

On the screen, Wang Yu was eating peanuts and chugging a bottle of beer. He spoke into his phone:

"Don't worry, we brothers can definitely put together a groomsmen group for you."

In fact, given their friendship, they already had the answer in their hearts when Ye Shu mentioned catching the best man.

When a friend gets married, there's no need to invite guests to come.

One phone call, one notification, is enough.