Chapter 330 Eating Hot Pot
At 6 PM, the exhausting day of military training finally came to an end.
Although the students appeared quite happy during the morning's military boxing practice, their complaints rose along with the intensity in the afternoon until the training was over, when they finally heaved a sigh of relief.
As the students gradually left the playground to go to the cafeteria for dinner, Xue Siqi found Li Qianfan and said, "Let's go, we're going to eat."
"Okay," Li Qianfan nodded lightly.
Before leaving school, Li Qianfan made a point to pass by the dry well, using his spiritual power to check on Lin Manyue, who was imprisoned there. He found that her soul power had significantly increased since before and was very stable.
After getting his hair dyed and eating dinner, he would continue to help Lin Manyue concoct elixirs.
After leaving the school, Li Qianfan took Xue Siqi, Yue Yuanyuan, and Feng Xiaorou to a hair salon near the school.
Although Yue Yuanyuan and Feng Xiaorou did not want to dye their hair back to black, they ultimately accepted the idea after Xue Siqi's persuasion.
Time flew quickly!
At 8:30 PM, all three girls had their hair dyed black.
Looking at the three girls in front of him, Li Qianfan's eyes brightened, especially when he saw Xue Siqi standing at the front, he couldn't help but generously compliment, "The colored hair before really lowered your beauty, but now after dyeing it black, your attractiveness has gone up at least five levels, so beautiful!"
No woman dislikes being complimented, especially girls like Xue Siqi who are in their adolescence.
"Really? By dyeing it black, I've become more beautiful?"
Feng Xiaorou was very happy inside, but pretended to be calm.
"Yes, you all look much prettier than before. You already have fair skin, and now with the black hair, it accentuates your complexion even more, especially Xue Siqi. Your skin tone is definitely several shades fairer than before, and your features have become more distinct, looking like a fairy descended to earth."
"Not only Xue Siqi, Feng Xiaorou and Yue Yuanyuan, you both look like fairies as well, so beautiful!"
Li Qianfan was not stingy at all, lavishly praising the three girls.
Under Li Qianfan's barrage of flattery, Feng Xiaorou and Yue Yuanyuan could hardly contain their laughter; their eyes were almost squinted into slits.
Compared to the other two girls, Xue Siqi was much more composed. She rolled her eyes at Li Qianfan and said, "Li Qianfan, no matter how much you flatter us, you can't escape from tonight's hotpot meal, stop talking nonsense and hurry up and go eat hotpot."
Upon hearing this, Feng Xiaorou and Yue Yuanyuan immediately reacted; their smiling faces disappeared instantly as they seriously said, "That's right, no matter how much you compliment us, you still have to treat us to hotpot."
"Of course, I'll treat!"
For Li Qianfan, who had tens of millions in savings, treating them to a hotpot meal was just a drop in the bucket.
Soon, the four of them took a taxi to the town center and chose a very popular hotpot restaurant.
After entering the hotpot restaurant, the three girls didn't hold back at all when ordering, choosing the most expensive items, filling the table with a large variety of dishes. Even though Li Qianfan was wealthy, seeing their way of ordering, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you all finish it?"
"Don't worry about it, even if we only take a bite of each dish, we still want to eat it!"
Xue Siqi, seeing Li Qianfan's pained expression, couldn't contain her joy inside.
"Alright, alright, as long as you're happy," Li Qianfan understood one thing, which was not to reason with women; as long as they were happy, that was good enough.
Actually, Li Qianfan wasn't too fond of hotpot. After simply eating a few bites, he put down his chopsticks and quietly watched the three girls eat.
"You guys keep eating, I'm going to the restroom."
Since this hot pot restaurant had a smoking ban, Li Qianfan, who craved a cigarette after dinner, prepared to go to the restroom to sneak one and satisfy his craving.
Once Li Qianfan left, Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou's gazes zeroed in on Yue Yuanyuan. They chorused, "Yuanyuan, stop eating. Earlier you mentioned you had a way to test out just how big Li Qianfan really is. What's the plan?"
"First, we get Li Qianfan to drink a little, then leave the rest to me!"
Yue Yuanyuan picked up a napkin to wipe her mouth and spoke up.
Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou exchanged glances. Although they were still puzzled, they knew Yue Yuanyuan was famous for her tricky ideas in their circle. Whenever they planned something, it was Yue Yuanyuan who came up with the schemes.
So, they truly trusted Yue Yuanyuan.
Shortly after, Li Qianfan, who had finished smoking, returned. As soon as he sat down, he noticed Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou staring at him with odd expressions.
Li Qianfan furrowed his brows and said, "Why are you staring at me like that? If you've got something to say, just say it."
"We want to drink some alcohol!"
Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou stated without hesitation.
Li Qianfan immediately shook his head and said, "You are still students, and you have military training tomorrow. You can't drink."
"Oh come on, just two bottles each. What a shame it would be not to have a couple of drinks with such delicious hot pot. We promise it won't affect our training tomorrow. Please?"
Feng Xiaorou pleaded with utmost sincerity.
However, Li Qianfan wasn't swayed by Feng Xiaorou's tactics and gently shook his head, "No drinking."
Seeing Li Qianfan's resolute stance, Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou gave each other a look. They had been together long enough to have a strong understanding. Both stood up and flanked Li Qianfan, each draping an arm around one of his, and began acting coy.
"Please, pretty please! Qianfan brother, you are so handsome, just let us have two bottles of alcohol."
"Yes, you're so handsome and so kind-hearted, you'll definitely agree to let us drink, right? And besides, it's fate that we met. Why not just enjoy a drink together? Plus, with you by our side, there won't be any danger, right?"
What Li Qianfan couldn't resist most was girls acting spoiled, and he thought they made some sense. After all, he would be with them, so no danger could occur. Also, these three young women were university students; two bottles of beer each didn't seem excessive.
He nodded slightly and agreed, "Fine, I agree, but only two bottles!"
"Waiter, two cases of beer, please!"
Yue Yuanyuan immediately gestured to the waiter.
"Wasn't it two bottles each?" Li Qianfan was taken aback and blurted out unconsciously.
"We'll return what we don't finish. That's how we've always done it," Xue Siqi and Feng Xiaorou said in unison.
Looking at the trio's expressions, Li Qianfan felt something was off but didn't say anything and began to drink with them.
As they drank, Li Qianfan felt something was amiss. The three women were drinking very slowly but were feeding him drink after drink in turns, which made him become serious. What exactly were these girls trying to do? Why were they pressing him to drink?
Beer alone certainly wouldn't get Li Qianfan drunk, but after downing six bottles, he pretended to show signs of drunkenness and said, "No more, no more. I can't drink anymore. Let's call it a night, shall we?"
"Qianfan brother, it's only ten o'clock. Isn't it a bit early to head back to the university? How about I take you to a more fun activity?"
Seeing Li Qianfan appearing drunk, Yue Yuanyuan's lips curled into a slight smile as she spoke.