Besides, Lina and Ryan had been deliberately trying to cause trouble for me. I had done nothing wrong.
I smiled at them.
I wanted to see what they would do now that they had been foiled.
Lina grabbed the waiter's arm. "You can't go! You-you have no right to publish a video of me!"
The manager smiled and said, "Once we censor it, there will be no legal problems at all."
"You - You…"
"Stop talking!" Ryan snapped suddenly while Lina was stuttering.
He knew that it would be very difficult for him to come out of this unscathed, so he said sullenly, "I'll pay the bill and leave at once. Let's just settle the matter."
He walked straight toward the cashier.
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Lina. The onlookers even began mocking her.
"Oh, I see that you're a freeloader. She was so cocky just now that I thought she was the one paying."
"She obviously isn't a decent woman. She's probably a gold-digging influencer."
"That's right! Those women are always pretending to be decent and pure when they're total sluts inside, just like her."
Lina turned red, then her expression became thunderous. She clenched her teeth and glared at me as tears ran down her cheeks. She looked extremely wronged as she wiped away her tears and ran off.
I shook my head. I did not feel any sympathy for her at all.
If she had been polite at the start, things would never have gotten this far.
She had deserved what she got.
I was startled. Did she think of me as someone close to her?
After she took her seat, she looked at me hesitantly. "William, can I post this on my social media?"
"Go ahead."
"Will you think that I'm materialistic?"
I was amused. "Why would I? When I go to a particularly nice restaurant to eat, I like taking photos and sharing too."
Posting on social media to share about a new experience was completely different from posting to show off.
She immediately looked reassured and posted a collage at once.
As soon as she posted it, she received more than a dozen comments.
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