Ruby looked up and muttered, “What a sissy.”
Simon asked, “What did you say?”
Ruby responded, “If you aren’t eating, leave, don’t ruin our appetites.”
“Fine, I’ll leave. Who wants to eat with you anyway?” Simon retorted, but he regretted it as soon as he left. Was he an idiot? Did he really let others dictate his actions?
With nowhere else to go, Simon ended up in the smoking area.
“Simon?”
Hearing someone call his name, Simon turned around. Today was quite the gathering, even Stewart was at the Soothy City Restaurant.
“Is that really you? When did you start liking Soothy City cuisine?” Stewart approached. “Don’t tell me your new girlfriend is from Soothy City.”
Simon was still upset. “What new girlfriend? I just came to the wrong place. What about you? Why are you hanging out here?”
Stewart lit a cigarette. “A business partner of mine is from Soothy City. He likes strong flavors. He doesn’t want to go to high-end places, and he prefers these sorts of places where the common folk come.”
“Stewart, this place isn’t cheap.” Simon didn’t like the sound of that. What did Simon mean? This kind of restaurant was a place for poor people?
Starting prices here were in the tens of thousands, and many people couldn’t afford it. Stewart’s comment about this place being for the poor was clearly discriminatory..
Stewart sneered, “What does the price have to do with it? I’m talking about something deeper. People from Soothy City, no matter how rich, can’t change the fact that they’re fundamentally poor.”
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“Ha-ha!” Zeph Peay responded with silence and turned around to gather his friends from the private room. He had the staff arrange a casual spot in the main hall for them and started ordering food, not giving Stewart any respect.
Stewart was burned with anger and growled. “What an ungrateful wretch! I wonder how long you’ll last in Red Pine City.”
Simon, who had witnessed the whole thing, worried that Stewart would blame him. When Stewart went to the private room to reprimand his staff, Simon sneaked back to the private room where Adam and Lumma were.
Simon closed the door, peeked out through a crack to make sure no one had followed him, and only then did he relax.
Seeing him act so suspiciously, Adam asked, “What’s going on with you?”
Ruby mocked. “He wanted to come back, but he just needed an excuse.”
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