Chapter 525 Cheeks in Pain
At this moment, her fists were clenched tightly as she stood there. Indeed, tobacco and alcohol had high taxes. Seeing the amount of tax ¢ But if anyone felt the most distressed, it was certainly Charlie.
1.7 million for a bottle of wine? That was enough for him to buy a flashy Charlie could never willingly pay that
amount. The inside of his mouth sore from biting down, he looked towar However, Andy's eyes were unfocused, and he didn’t pick up on the cue Charlie was now filled with resentment toward him.
How could
Andy have encouraged him earlier and now refuse to say a word, leavin The room fell silent.
Lester prompted, “Sir?”
As Charlie still refused to be embarrassed, he grabbed Lester's sleeve ¢ “Expensive?” Lester smiled. “Sir, didn’t you say it's merely a bottle of wir Lester wasn't loud, but his words were clear enough for everyone to hee Charlie was also annoyed by how Lester was embarrassing him.
His expression turned ugly as he spat, “But you didn’t say
it was this expensive!” Since the situation had escalated, Charlie no long Gina chimed in, “1.7 million for a bottle of wine? You're trying to rob us!” His roommate also insisted, “Exactly! You're clearly taking advantage of us because we're just students!”
Lester stopped smiling then. “Before opening the bottle, didn't I remind y “But you didn’t mention the price,” Gina huffed coldly. “This is a blatant scam!”
This was Lester's first time encountering this situation. He countered, “T listed on the wine list. I even let you see the origin and vintage just now. “If it wasn't for the fact that this wine is so expensive, why would I, the bs “Aren't you here because you want to suck up to Yvette-" Gina yelled, oi “Who's Yvette? I don't know anyone by that name.
“I made it clear—
you asked the restaurant to send a bottle of wine to the guests in the Dt Yvette's face fell at those words. Everyone else was stunned, too.
So, Lester wasn't here because of Yvette. Now that they all thought abo like Lester knew Yvette at all.
But why did he keep quiet earlier?
Not only was Yvette embarrassed, but they all felt like they had been sla “Why didn’t you deny it earlier, then?"
This question, once asked, only made Yvetter feel even more embarras: Lester shrugged. “You were just making assumptions. We'run a busines “You let us continue to misunderstand just because you didn’t want to te customers!”
It might be common for other tourist spots’ restaurants to rip off custome a century—
old establishment that had existed since hundreds of years ago.
They even had porcelain artifacts displayed on the first floor as cultural I passed down through several generations.
There was no way they would deceive customers over
a bottle of wine. How could they possibly overcharge customers when tt Lester's eyes turned cold. “Sure. You should go ahead and file a police I “In the future, don't act all high and mighty if you can't afford certain thin since you
It was absurd that these students wanted to flaunt their wealth to Dalton
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