Chuck and Regine entered the hall and Regine brought her over to her friends' table. Chuck instinctively felt that tonight's party would be interesting. He would definitely eat more since he was starving.
"Don't sit here."
"Yes, I won't be able to eat anymore if I were to eat together with a penny-pincher." Both of the foreign friends said in front of Chuck sarcastically.
So what if Chuck drove a luxury car?
With only a few pennies in his pocket, how could he be considered wealthy?
Also, only fake billionaires would be like him and pretend not to understand common courtesy!
Furthermore, he said he 'didn't bring his wallet with him'. How could he come up with such an excuse?
"Hey, it's just a meal!" Regine was slightly angry. Her friends had gone too far today.
One of her friends scoffed, "Just a meal? I was generous enough to pay for a gift and I refuse to sit with someone like him. Regine, are you going to make me lose my appetite?"
"He said that he didn't bring his wallet out," Regine explained.
"Well, no one's going to believe such a lame excuse! He just doesn't want to pay. Why are you trying to explain for him? Why do you want to side with him?" Regine struggled to clear up the misunderstanding, "Wendy, he really is wealthy. He just really didn't bring his wallet out today,"
"Oh, if he's rich then make him give some money! He can't even do that. How can such a stingy person be rich?" Wendy shook her head and said disdainfully. She couldn't believe it!
Wealthy people did not behave this way, and they definitely were not like Chuck.
He didn't give a red packet, yet he still had the guts to come in and eat. Why was Regine trying to help him talk his way out?
His excuse about not bringing his wallet along made Wendy want to laugh.
Regine sighed. Her friends just didn't want to listen to her.
"Regine, sit here. Tell him to take a seat elsewhere," Elise pulled Regine's hand and had her sit next to her.
She didn't want to see Chuck.
His mere presence made her lose her appetite.
"Don't be like this. You're my friends, and so is he. You..." Regine was really pissed.
Elise had no choice but to compromise. What else could she do? She didn't want to make things difficult with her good friend over someone like Chuck. She would introduce to her a guy later!
The other two foreign friends looked at Chuck with scorn. How could this person be so thick-skinned?
Hmph, if it weren't for Regine, they would never allow him to sit there with them.
"Chuck, please don't mind them. They're always like that. Please sit, the banquet is about to begin," Regine told Chuck.
She was speechless that her three friends didn't like him.
Actually Chuck had tried to sit somewhere else just now, but all the seats were full. He had no choice but to sit here. He sighed. It was just a meal, so he would let it go.
When the dishes were served, Chuck was really hungry and immediately dug into his food. Regine was worried that he would be embarrassed to get food, so she kept serving him food on his plate.
Chuck was really embarrassed and said, "You don't have to."
"No way, you're hungry, aren't you? Come on, eat this." Regine grabbed some food for him and placed it on his platter.
One of her friends protested, "Regine, why are you like this? We still have to eat. I paid for this meal."
Only three dishes were served, but Regine had already given Chuck such a big portion.
"Have you not eaten before? You eat like you've never tried such delicacies before! You must be a worthless country bumpkin. No wonder you didn't try to present any cash gifts and came in shamelessly for the food. You must've never tried such delicious food before!"
Chuck looked at her and didn't say anything. He was minding his own business and enjoying the meal. "Don't pretend to be rich, loser. My appetite is gone just looking at you."
"Sigh, people nowadays are so thick-skinned that they can do anything. How do people like him even survive abroad?"
"Who knows? I don't have much appetite now, but people who didn't pay are happily eating. Why should we not eat when we paid for this? We deserve the food while he? He's just eating sneakily."
"You're right. Let's eat quickly. Since we paid, we'd better eat much more than him."
The three girls didn't care about anything else. They looked down on Chuck and ate immediately, refusing to give him a chance to get near the food. The moment he stretched out his chopsticks, they would definitely snatch the food in front of him away.
Chuck didn't care because Regine kept serving him food anyways.
When he finished his meal, he put down his bowl and chopsticks in satisfaction.
Someone looked at Chuck and questioned discontentedly, "He's finally done! Look, he's finished almost one third of the food on the table. Has he never eaten anything in his life?"
"It must be. I don't even have enough to eat. I wouldn't want to eat together with such a person anymore. This is my worst banquet experience."
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