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Chapter 281: Money Doesn’t Matter, for I Just Want to Help My Friend
Chapter 281: Money Doesn’t Matter, for I Just Want to Help My Friend
“Forget it! Let him come with us.” Stella smiles beside her, “But make him keep his distance. When we
go out for shopping, then we will let him follow and use him as a servant to carry our shopping bags.”
Leigh sighs exasperatedly, “Use me as a servant? I am too handsome for that!”
“Can you stop it?” Jessie gives him a look full of disgust, “You are not that handsome!”
“Honey…” Leigh clutches his chest dramatically and says in a hurt tone, “You really don’t love me
anymore.”
Lily’s mouth twitches.
Seeing that Stella has agreed too, she doesn’t say anything. Now that he is going, Leigh can really help
carry their stuff so Lily gives her heavy suitcase to him to handle.
Before boarding the ship, she can’t help but ask him, “You really came here alone?”
“Of course, it’s just me. I am just worried about our little fairy.” Leigh answers lazily. He is telling the
truth. It is just him there, and the other two men have already boarded the ship.
“He didn’t come?”
“Who? Oh, you mean Louis?” Leigh raises his eyebrows and smiles meaningfully, “So you are worried
about him? Should I call him over?”
He takes out his cellphone.
Lily hurriedly stops him, glaring at him with anger, “When did I say that? I meant that it is better that he
is not here, or it would be hard to go out and have fun.”
Leigh is all smiles as he asks, “Why? Are you going to Japan to flirt with hot young guys?”
“Shut up!”
Although she hears that Louis did not come, she still feels a little weird. Even after boarding the ship,
she keeps feeling as if someone is staring at her from behind but when she turns around to see, she
finds no one.
The three tickets that Jessie won in the lottery are for ordinary rooms on the ground floor. However,
when they reach the front desk to check-in, the staff tells them that their tickets are lucky tickets and
can be upgraded to a superior room on the top floor for free.
Even one lucky ticket is somewhat believable, but to say all three are lucky tickets feels too much. Lily
feels suspicious, but the receptionist’s expression is too flawless for her to doubt anything.
Leigh doesn’t even have to do anything and he gets to live with Jessie. What a joy!
As soon as Lily puts down her things, Stella who has the room next door comes over and both of them
go to the restaurant on the second floor of the cruise ship.
This whole floor is filled with various forms of entertainment venues, mainly places like billiards rooms,
cinemas, indoor swimming pools, and even a large ball room which opens at 8 pm for guests.
After arriving at the restaurant, Stella chooses a six-person table by the window.
Lily wonders, “Even if both of them are coming down to eat, then we are four people. Why bother
getting a big table?”
Stella smiles meaningfully, “The view from this window is nice.”
Lily looks out the window.
The view is not as nice as the view from the four-person table next to theirs.
Lily and Stella order a meal. By the time they finish the black coffee served by the waiter, Leigh and
Jessie arrive.
They are wearing beige couple sweaters and are being animatedly affectionate and teasing each other.
As Jessie reaches them, Lily says coldly, “You know they say being too affectionate kills you faster. I
think you both should go enjoy by yourselves and save us from the pain of watching you too.”
Stella nods in agreement, “I think so too.”
“Oh, come on, don’t hate me for this!” Jessie takes the seat beside them, “As soon as we get to Japan,
I will break up with him and accompany you to find some tall hot guys!”
Leigh snorted and smirked at her, “Little Fairy, the men there are generally short and ugly. You won’t be
able to find a man as tall and with abs like mine there.”
“Let’s go to a Ginza Nightclub. There must be many hot guys, tall and handsome!”
“They only have looks and nothing else.”
“…”
Lily holds her forehead in her hand. She really wants to change her seat to stay away from this
annoying shameless couple!
“Oh! Hey, Louis!”
Leigh, who is arguing with Jessie, suddenly says. He raises his hand and waves at someone behind
Lily with a bright smile. The name that he just mentioned makes Lily’s heart beat wildly.
There is no way!
The footsteps get closer and two figures stop right beside their table.
Lily turns her head to look and finds Louis standing there in casual clothes. He looks approachable with
a hand in his trouser pocket, his stance a bit lazy and less cold than usual.
Standing beside him is Daniel, his expressions stern and cold. He always looks like the world owes him
something; he looks frightening.
“Leigh, didn’t you say you were too busy with work?” Louis glances at Lily as he says, his lips curling
up a little, “Too busy taking a cruise ship to Japan with your girlfriend, I should say.”
Leigh gives him a cheeky smile and says, “I am really efficient! I finished my work and ran over to
accompany my woman. But Louis, the real question is, what on earth are you doing here? Are you also
going to Japan to have fun?”
“Just a business trip.”
Leigh nods, “Oh! Okay. Come on sit with us! We all know each other anyway.”
“Well then, if you insist.”
Lily watches as Louis and Daniel sit opposite to her and pick up the menu to order. She is still thinking
about Leigh and Louis’s conversation, suspicion rising in her heart.
This has to have been arranged a long time ago. She cannot believe that it is just a coincidence.
“Little Fairy!” Leigh leans over to Jessie and pinches her in her waist playfully, “The two million Stella
gave you are not just for the ticket, right?”
“Ow! It hurts.” Jessie squeezes her eyes shut and chuckles embarrassedly, “Look at how bad things
between her and Mr. Daniel are. Shouldn’t we help? The money is not important; what’s important is
their feelings!”
Lily scolds her, “You traitor!”
She has been wondering why Louis didn’t show any signs of worrying about her going to Japan to
“have fun”. Turns out, he was not worried because someone had already tipped him off and he already
knew that he would be coming along!
Stella choosing the six-person table is also a proof that she knew Louis has boarded the ship.
Such traitors, Stella and Jessie!
Stella leans over to Lily and smiles lightly, “I asked Jessie to help. I didn’t really expect for Louis to
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Lily blushes. She coughs a little to hide it and replies, “Do you think I will forgive you? You all knew!
Only I was kept in the dark.”
“Will you be willing to accept a food processing factory in the Eastern District as an apology?” Stella
asks her, “It was recently acquired by the Long Peace Group. You can reorganize it a bit and have your
mother handle it. She can leave everything to the workers. It will not need much effort. As soon as we
get back, I will transfer it to you and symbolically charge a hundred thousand yuan.”
“I’ll take it! I’ll take it!” Jessie intervenes excitedly, “Lily doesn’t care about it all that! Give it to me. Let
me also experience what it’s like to be a boss.”
Lily pushes her head away, and turns to Stella solemnly, “We are all friends here, don’t talk like that!
The factory is not important. If my friend needs help, then I just want to help!”
Jessie yells with reproach, “Lily, no! Don’t be so shameless!”
“Still less shameless than you!”
“…”
The three women whispers among themselves, not letting the men opposite hear anything.
Leigh pours tea for the two other men and says emotionally, “It’s really fun to be able to spend time with
the people we like. Daniel, I just remembered, weren’t you going to New York? Why…”
Daniel swipes his finger across the rim of his tea cup and says in a tone that is bitterly cold, “Aren’t you
talking a bit too much these days?”