Reborn with Consumption System-Chapter 425 - 206: Han Lie? Which Han Lie?!_2

It wasn’t that she was disloyal. Rather, her excellence was a source of pressure for a man who already lacked confidence. This was compounded by the additional pressure from high-quality men attracted to her looks and personality. Just thinking about it could make one’s heart go out to her boyfriend.

So really, losers shouldn’t pine after goddesses. It’s not a question of whether you can afford to keep them, but whether you can keep up with them.

If you don’t try, you feel unsatisfied.

If you do try, the more you struggle, the more despair you feel, getting beaten by talent and knocked down by reality.

Ah, why put yourself through that misery...

This mismatch holds true regardless of gender—a woman with nothing in her head won’t be happy married to a high-quality man either. When her looks fade, that’s when family disputes begin to surface.

That’s why Han Lie didn’t look twice at Yu Yun and Fang Feifei—he couldn’t be bothered even for a free ride.

On the contrary, he couldn’t stop thinking about Chen Yanfei, always harboring beautiful fantasies in his heart.

—Given the choice between a raw jade stone and a common stone used for pickling vegetables, any sane person would know which to choose, right?

When faced with her straightforwardness, brother Lie replied with sweet nothings, "Of course. The moment you appeared in my sight, it was only natural that you became the center of attention."

She laughed softly and then sighed, "Ah, times have changed, haven’t they? Right, brother Lie?"

Er...

How did the conversation, which was going so well, suddenly become awkward again?

So wild, so hard to tame...

Han Lie found it amusing, but casually threw in a dig, "Yeah, Ding Xiang is much cuter than you. She never embarrasses people in public..."

"What are you implying?!"

Chen Yanfei cried out in indignation, "Ding Xiang has had way more moments of putting her suitors in their place than I ever have, okay?!"

Ding Xiang turned around, her little face filled with disbelief. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Yanfei sis?!"

Seeing Ding Xiang looking as if she’d been sold out and betrayed made Chen Yanfei hurriedly turn away... If I don’t look at her, I won’t feel guilty!

Then, frustrated and flushed with embarrassment, Chen Yanfei snapped at Han Lie, "Can’t you do something productive for once?!"

"OKAY, OKAY!"

Brother Lie pulled it back at just the right time, offering a solution with perfect timing.

"Here’s what we’ll do: I’ve booked a suite at The Ritz-Carlton; it’s specially for you today. You and your classmates go on ahead. Just give my name at the front desk in the lobby."

Chen Yanfei was surprised, "For me? Why make it so extravagant?"

Instead of explaining to get her on board, Han Lie showed a firm side.

"With so many of you, where else could you all have fun? A board game cafe? Not to mention whether they’d even have a private room big enough for all of you, would you pay, or would everyone split the bill? Two hundred bucks for four hours—you could use that money for something better!

Now be good and go. Let me also make a small contribution to the goddess’s birthday..."

First being stern and then gentle, employing both soft and hard tactics, he really had her figured out.

Chen Yanfei’s momentum faltered. Her heart felt both sweet and confused, and she began to hesitate.

"But..."

"No more ’buts’. You know I earn my own money. Hurry up and go—wait for me!"

As she listened to the dial tone, Chen Yanfei bit her lip and looked up at the skyscraper above the IFC Mall.

Just then, her classmate Fang Xing hurried over. Phone in hand and brimming with excitement, he was eager to announce, "Sis Fei, I found a place! There’s a large board game room at the intersection of Zhangyang Road and Yunshan Road that can fit all of us..."

Huang Li let out a wail upon hearing this, "HUH? Yunshan Road?! How far out is that going to be?"

"It’s not far!" Fang Xing tried to explain. "We just take Line 14, only four stops!"

Another girl chimed in, "I’m already feeling sick from the ride from school to here. Can’t we just wander around nearby and play games later?"

"Exactly! Making me pass IFC without going in? You might as well just kill me!"

"Damn it! We don’t even plan on buying anything. Are we all just going to traipse through the mall as a huge group like this?"

"Then who asked *you* to tag along?!"

With six girls and eight boys, opinions were hard to align, and it seemed they were about to descend into argument again.

At this crucial moment, Chen Yanfei made a decisive announcement, "Forget it. We can shop some other time; it’s no fun for us girls to shop with these guys tagging along anyway.

But let’s skip the board game room as well. My friend has arranged a room at The Ritz-Carlton, so let’s go up there and have fun!"

Chen Yanfei’s mediation instantly unified the opinions of both the boys and the girls.

The girls were curious about everything in a luxury hotel, and the boys were happy to avoid shopping and the hassle.

"Really?"

"A room at The Ritz-Carlton? Even the basic room type costs several thousand, right?"

"Can we enter their executive lounge?"

"WOW! Sis Fei, your friend is so considerate. I’ve never been to such a nice hotel before!"

Among them all, only Luo Zijun was dumbstruck.

"Sis Fei, has the room really been booked?"

"Mm." Chen Yanfei looked up, puzzled. "What about it?"

"What a coincidence." Luo Zijun gave a rueful smile. "I was just about to suggest that we book an executive suite at The Ritz-Carlton. I have Marriott membership, but it seems your friend beat me to the punch..."

Luo Zijun was a handsome, puppy-like young man from a wealthy family but with a kind demeanor, popular among his classmates.

Huang Li had designs on him and immediately asked, "Sis Fei, with so many of us, will your friend’s room be big enough?"

Chen Yanfei thought for a moment and vaguely replied, "It should be."

She was recalling the room sizes corresponding to the suite levels—deluxe, executive, and what else was there?