After her ninth miscarriage, she finally let her scumbag husband and her beloved get together.

Upon hearing that she couldn't leave, Huqin's face immediately fell.

"Xu Wantang, what do you mean? Are you really trying to renege on your promise?"

Xu Wantang said calmly, "I never admitted to treating everyone from beginning to end, so how am I going back on my word?"

Huqin scoffed.

"There are so many of us who can testify that you're cheating!"

"Xu Wantang, as the third young mistress of the Cen family, you are disgracing the Cen family too much."

"We don't have time to waste here with you. You should explain to the restaurant manager why the third young mistress of the Cen family can't afford to treat everyone to a show of wealth."

As soon as he finished speaking, gloating laughter erupted from all around.

Xu Wantang still raised her hand to block the crowd: "Teacher Hu, with so many of you, surely not one of you knows the law?"

She glanced at the crowd and continued, "Giving false testimony and framing others are both illegal. If the amount involved is huge, it's called extortion, and both of these are punishable by imprisonment."

"As you say, I am disgracing the Cen family. So, I ask you, will the Cen family choose to see me humiliated, or will they choose to have you go to jail to prove the Cen family's innocence?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his laughter abruptly stopped.

Even Huqin's face froze.

But she was experienced and knowledgeable, and quickly calmed down.

"Xu Wantang, scare people won't change anything. There's no need for us to lie to each other. If you admit to paying, you won't lose anything, and we'll remember your kindness. It's no big deal."

The implication is that as long as they are united, Xu Wantang won't dare to act recklessly.

Sure enough, the people behind them all straightened their backs in agreement.

"Third Young Madam, why bother? You don't want to bother the Third Young Master with this kind of thing, do you?"

"That's right. The Third Young Master makes deals worth hundreds of millions in the blink of an eye. He'll probably be even angrier if he hears that his wife can't afford a few hundred thousand, right?"

"Women should learn to be submissive to men."

The people who were speaking were the same ones who had deliberately mocked Xu Wantang in the restroom.

At this very moment, he was still making ambiguous mocking remarks about Xu Wantang.

Xu Wantang was not distracted and went straight to the point.

"After saying all that, Professor Hu, do you have any evidence to prove that I promised to treat you to dinner?"

Hu Qin glared at Xu Wantang and said through gritted teeth, "And what about you? Do you have any evidence to prove you didn't say that?"

"Yes, I have."

Xu Wantang nodded amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd.

Hu Qin instinctively exclaimed, "Impossible!"

Xu Wantang pointed in another direction: "My evidence has arrived."

Everyone immediately looked over and, to their surprise, the restaurant owner, covered in sweat, was walking towards them.

He bypassed Hu Qin and his group and walked directly to Xu Wantang.

"Third Young Madam, I am truly sorry to have put you in this situation."

Seeing how respectful the boss was to Xu Wantang, everyone couldn't help but start to worry.

Hu Qin rolled her eyes, acting as if she were already familiar with someone, and went up to greet them.

"Boss, you don't need to blame yourself. The manager has already told us that the surveillance cameras were broken, and this is just an internal matter within our dance troupe."

The owner turned to her coldly: "My lady, please don't talk nonsense. Our restaurant spends millions on security maintenance every year. How could the surveillance cameras break down so easily? If other VIPs hear this, I will definitely hold you accountable!"

"You..." Hu Qin was stunned and speechless.

"And the manager you mentioned was fired ten minutes ago because he was taking kickbacks. We will investigate the accounts thoroughly."

When the boss mentioned checking the accounts, Hu Qin's expression became noticeably grim.

Xu Wantang instantly understood why the manager and Hu Qin worked so well together; it turned out that Hu Qin also got a share of the kickbacks.

No wonder the meal cost became ridiculously high in the end.

Xu Wantang stepped forward and asked, "Boss, is the surveillance system ready?"

The boss pointed to the large screen on the wall: "It's all set up. The Third Young Mistress can watch it now."

"OK."

Xu Wantang glanced at the diverse expressions on everyone's faces.

The surveillance footage started playing, showing that from the moment they sat down until Hu Qin asked Xu Wantang to treat them to a meal, Xu Wantang never promised to do so.

Xu Wantang feigned surprise: "I thought I remembered it wrong, but I didn't expect... I wonder what the Cen family will do when they find out that someone is slandering the Cen family's family traditions like this."

Upon hearing this, Hu Qin's face turned ashen, but she continued to struggle.

"I just remembered, you didn't say that here, but at the dance troupe."

"Is everyone sure this time?"

With the surveillance footage as a counterattack, no one else dared to agree with Hu Qin, fearing that Xu Wantang would produce more evidence.

Offending the unfavored third young mistress is a small matter, but if the Cen family is truly implicated, even all of them combined would be unable to atone for the crime.

Seeing that everyone was backing down, Hu Qin immediately changed her tune: "Perhaps we all remembered it wrong."

"I misremembered, but it's okay. After all, our group has always been able to admit and correct our mistakes, right?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, Third Young Master..."

"It's not the Third Young Mistress, it's Xu Wantang," Xu Wantang corrected.

"I'm sorry, Xu Wantang," Hu Qin said through gritted teeth.

The others could only follow suit and apologize, while also trying to distance themselves from the situation.

"Xu Wantang, I'm sorry, I was standing behind you the whole time, I thought you had already said it."

"Xu Wantang, don't take it to heart. A magnanimous person doesn't hold a grudge against a petty person."

"..."

These apologies are insincere.

So Xu Wantang didn't take it seriously, after all, she didn't intend to let it go like that.

"Since everyone has apologized, I will forgive you. You can pay for your own meals."

"What! We've already apologized! You're the Third Young Master's wife, shouldn't you show some appreciation?" Hu Qin retorted shamelessly.

Xu Wantang blinked: "I already said so, I've forgiven everyone."

Isn't that what Huqin just said to her?

"But don't worry, everyone. I paid for the food I ordered myself. Oh, and I also had a drink, which I paid for myself too."

As she spoke, Xu Wantang took out a hundred yuan from her bag and placed it on the table.

"..."

The group of people were so angry that their faces turned red and then blue.

Some people simply put the packaged food and drinks back on the table as if they were hot potatoes.

The owner said directly, "The drinks can be refunded, but the food has already been packed up and cannot be refunded. I've already had the cashier recheck the bill."

A short while later, a form nearly a meter long was delivered.

There wasn't much food on the table.

But they were too greedy; when they caught a sucker, they wanted to take everything they could from the restaurant.

All in all, it adds up to more than 660,000!

That's really impressive.

When the colleague from an upper-middle-class family heard this number, his face turned pale and he looked directly at Hu Qin.

"Teacher Hu, didn't you say..."

"Shut up!" Hu Qin said angrily.

"I don't care, I just don't have that much money." The colleague gave up in despair.

"I can't produce it either."

"I also……"

A group of people complained bitterly.

Seeing that the time was right, Xu Wantang spoke up as if offering kind advice: "Let whoever suggests treating us treat us."

Having been reminded to this extent, she felt that was enough.

She pretended to check the time: "It's almost time. You two can continue discussing. I'll be going now."

After saying that, she turned and left.

Huqin also wanted to leave, but the boss stopped her.

"You can leave, but you have to pay first."

Her colleagues quickly surrounded Huqin.

"Teacher Hu, didn't you and Xina say that Xu Wantang would definitely find a way to pay?"

Hu Qin looked pale, and the veins on her forehead were throbbing.

The owner kindly advised, "Why don't you ask around and see who has a card? We can offer some discounts. After all, we're a restaurant in business, and we don't want things to get too messy."

These words instantly reminded everyone.

"Didn't Sheena say she had 880,000 in her account? More than enough to pay."

"Anyway, it was her idea to treat us, so she should pay the bill."

Suddenly, everyone saw a glimmer of hope and rushed toward the private room.

Actually, quite a few people are curious to see who Xina's boyfriend really is.

……

Cen Yuan, who was watching this scene from upstairs, took a sip of tea.

Lin Yue looked at Cen Yuan: "Second Young Master, you deliberately let the boss Tika do this, didn't you? Now Third Young Master and Xina are going to be busy."

"No." Cen Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.

Lin Yue didn't believe it and muttered, "Second Young Master, you've changed."