Chapter 9 - Gluttonous woman

Mo Liang wouldn't stop laughing. He was such an ardent drama seeker.

"Hua'er when did you learn all this?" Zhao Liying was equally surprised.

"I didn't learn it. I simply made up most of that myself" She looked nonchalant and took a sip of water.

"You mean to say..."

"Do you really think someone as stingy as Jing Tian could gift an $11,000 price necklace to someone?"

"The necklace we bid for, it does resemble the one He Zongying was wearing but it was not the one. When Jing Tian forced me to yield that necklace, thanks to my father, He Zongying really fancied it. But it was such an expensive item... I assume Jing Tian must have fooled her by giving her a replica.",

Mo Liang and Zhao Liying were aware of Jing Lihua's tense relationship with her family.

"But why did He Zongying not deny it?"

"She was confused." Zhao Lying understood; her eyes glimmered with admiration for her friend. "And did you not observe the smoothness of Jing Lihua? Jing Lihua didn't even give her a chance to retort!"

"And the handbag..."

"Oh, that. I knew that the handbag was not worth much. If you looked closely enough, you could see. Other women in the gathering already knew that much. They just needed someone to say it"

"Fabulous!" Mo Liang broke into claps and dramatically bowed in front of Jing Lihua. "From today onwards, I accept you as my master. Shifu, please accept me as your disciple and teach me the arts of face slapping!"

"You shall not pass."

"Why?"

"This Shifu has certain prerequisites for accepting a disciple"

Meanwhile, owing to the quick service of the restaurant, waiters came rushing with mouth-watering dishes. Zhao Liying, being the glutton she was, spared no time and manners and attacked the meat with her chopsticks.

"And what are they? I shall do my best to meet those prerequisites"

"No. 1 complete s.e.x.u.a.l abstinence..."

"Why my flower wants to have me all for her self?" Mo Liang winked.

"No. 2 no more flirting..."

"You are purposely making hard for me. Aren't you"

"No. 3 no more boosting about your ex career..."

"I feel like this Shifu is too high for me." Mo Liang raised his hands implying he gave up. He busied himself with the food noticing the dishes getting emptied quickly by Zhao Liying.

Jing Lihua picked up a piece of pork and placed it in her mouth. The meat melted in her mouth as it rolled over her tongue. She m.o.a.ned, savoring the taste. The restaurant was surely top-notch in its service. And after having so many days of tasteless food, she finally came to enjoy something good.

After a hearty fight with chopsticks about who will get the last dumpling, they reached a peaceful agreement about splitting it into three. But at the last moment, Zhao Liying snatched it away and hastily placed it in her mouth with the swift movement of her chopsticks before anyone could even think otherwise. They both stared at their shameless friend. In response, she only said while gracefully wiping the side of her mouth.

"When are they bringing the dessert?"

"You gluttonous monster!" Mo Liang mourned over that last dumpling that could have ended in his mouth. Only if he was a little quicker!

In the silence that followed after they finished everything, Zhao Liying suddenly spoke.

"Jing Lihao, I want to ask you something... How's Su Liwei been to you? Is he good? He didn't mistreat you? Did he?" Zhao Liying had genuine concern in her eyes.

Zhao Liying was aware that how crazy her friend was for Su Liwei. Since primary school, he was the only one she had fancied. She still remembered how happy Jing Lihua was when her grandpa announced the engagement. Su Liwei had always been a bit cold towards her. Zhao Liying never liked him.

A slight sadness flashed across her eyes but Jing Lihao hid it quickly without anyone's noticing. Or so she thought. Mo Liang had noticed something. He might seem like a shallow person from his demeanor but he had aa deep understanding of everything.

"And what if he did? What could you do? He is the CEO of Su enterprise." Jing Lihua's eyes challenged her.

"I would rip off his d.i.c.k, chop off his balls and feed them to my pig! Now tell me! Did he mistreat you in any way?"

Mo Liang spat his drink on the table. Even Jing Lihua's face cracked to a funny expression. After coughing his lungs out, Mo Liang slipped away from Zhao Liying and sat beside Jing Lihua.

"Remind me never to offend her in this lifetime"

"You just called her a gluttonous monster"

Mo Liang looked petrified and defensively placed his hands over his threatened 'things'.

"But Zhao Liying, there is a problem. You don't have a pig."

"Doesn't matter! I would feed it to my dog."

"Don't tell me you would feed Su Liwei d.i.c.k to little fluffy!" Mo Liang made a weird face. He really liked little fluffy. He genuinely didn't want him to be traumatized for life.

"Shut up! Or I will feed it yours too." Zhao Liying glared at Mo Liang. That threat was enough to scare him into silence. His love for little fluffy was not more than his love for himself.

"But you told me your dog is very picky. What if it doesn't like the taste?"

"I would add some sausages to make it to its taste." Zhao Liying was getting frustrated. She just wanted to know if that Su Liwei bastard was good to her or not. "Doesn't matter at all! Now tell me he treated you well? Did he?"

"What if it still doesn't like the taste"

Zhao Liying silenced and stabbed a knife in the table. She coldly stared at Jing Liihua with dead serious eyes. Jing Lihua chuckled. Her bestie could be angered to death with such silly things? God, she missed all that teasing in her past life.

"Alright. He was okay. There had been an important business so he had to leave for Vietnam.", Jing Lihua said; her words sounded so genuine that no one could doubt. Mo Liang took a sip, as he intently listened to Jing Lihua. "Are you free this weekend?" Jing Lihua changed the topic.

Zhao Liying was a little gullible, so she didn't suspect a thing.

"Yup. That old man is going to visit his family in Thailand. Finally letting me off. I would have a whole two days to do whatever I want. First I'll visit my favorite spa. I have already made a reservation" Zhao Lihua looked quite enthusiastic.

"Good. I want you to accompany me. I've been invited to a reality show in my home"

"A reality show? Our little flower getting famous? I would love to go but I don't get free days every day. So sorry, you'll have to go alone."

"You seem to have been mistaken Zhao Lihua. I didn't ask you to accompany me. I told you to accompany me" Jing Lihua's eyes had a foxy spark. " Or else, I will have to send these pictures of you eating fattening food...", as she said she took out her cell and slashed her the photos, "...to your diligent manager and he would be right here in next ten minute making you vomit all those dumplings out while dragging your ass away"

Zao Liying was shocked. The truth sunk in. "You... when did you even take those pictures? Wait... It had all been your plan since the beginning. Isn't it? That's why you readily agreed to reserve a room for us...?!"

Even Mo Liang stared at her at the startling plot twist.

"Too slow." Jing Lihua tilted her head to a side and suppressed a laugh.

"You are such a..." Zhao Liying gritted her teeth.

"Careful. I can send you these pictures right now and you would be deprived of even enjoying these savory deserts."

"Fine! I'll go!" Zhao LiYing agreed and grumpily filled her mouth with a spoonful of dessert.

After that, they talked about different thinks completely yielding the defenseless desserts to Zhao Liying to do with them as she wished. Jing Lihua didn't notice but Mo Liang had been a bit quiet all that time.