Riches in Disguise

"William, stop right there!" Ryan yelled from behind me.

My temper flared. "Are you done? Do you think you're worthy of calling my name?"

I was prepared to slap that idiot if he called my name again.

However, Ryan suddenly picked up a paper napkin in an exaggerated manner and tossed it away. I watched the paper napkin drift to the ground, when he suddenly looked at me in a challenging, disdainful manner. "Pick it up and wipe my leather shoes clean."noveldrama

Lina snorted with laughter. "You're so mean, Ryan."

Ryan looked exceptionally gleeful. "Ha, isn't he a waiter here? I've got to make as much use of him as I can! You'd better move quickly. If you make me unhappy and I complain about you, you might not even have the money to get a cab back to school!"

Lina said, "Ryan, you're so dumb! He's so poor! How can he afford to get a cab? He's definitely going to take the bus."

"Oh, you're right! I'm so sorry, I've just never taken the bus or anything like that in my life. I know nothing about it at all!"

I looked at the two of them and took a deep breath. "If you really have nothing to do, you can go in and eat shit. Don't talk crap around me."

"What did you say?" Ryan did not seem to have expected me to talk back. He looked furious.

"How dare you insult me? Are you tired of living? Where's the manager? I want the manager! Call him out at once! I'm going to make a complaint about you! I'm also going to complain about your manager so that it'll be impossible for you to keep working here!"

"Lina? Ryan?" Felicia walked out at that moment.

Lina was surprised to see her. "What are you doing here? Oh, I know. You're here to work too?"

Felicia gritted her teeth and said, "I came to eat here!"

She did not seem afraid that Lina would make fun of her at all. She walked straight over to me and took my arm. "I came with William."

"You came here to eat? You? Ha!" Lina covered her mouth with her hand and laughed sardonically. "Do you know what kind of place this is and how much it costs per person? Did you check on the Internet before coming? You can't possibly think that this is some kind of buffet restaurant that only costs a couple of bucks, do you?"

Felicia turned red, and she said, "Of course I do! Isn't this a Michelin-star restaurant? It's not like you're coming here and paying with your own money. You only got in here because you're riding on the coattails of some guy. What are you so cocky about?"

"Felicia!" Lina's expression changed. "Watch your mouth! So what if I'm riding on a man's coattails? I'm able to do it because I'm capable of doing so! You try doing it if you can! However, you'll have to see whether they'll want you or not first!"

Ryan immediately laughed contemptuously. "I wouldn't even deign to look at a country bumpkin like that, not even if she threw herself at me!"

Felicia did not back down at all. "I wouldn't want you, either! You're just an ugly upstart with no class!"

"Say that again if you dare!" Felicia seemed to have touched a nerve. Ryan suddenly pushed Lina aside and rushed over, looking ready to come to blows with Felicia.

I hastily pulled Felicia behind me and reached out to shove Ryan away. Ryan stumbled from the force of my shove, and the look on his face became even more contorted as he gathered all his strength and rushed toward me once more.

I did not show any leniency toward him at all, and I landed a kick on his stomach.

There was a thump as Ryan slipped and fell to his knees.

"Ryan!" Lina shouted loudly when she saw that Ryan was no match for me. "Somebody, help! There's a fight going on! Come here! Your VIP customer is getting beaten up! Help, help!"