It wasn’t that all the women in the world needed to revolve around him, but the male genes within naturally made him want to display his feathers in front of beautiful females.
Seeing Zhou Wang looking around curiously at the moment, Zhang Ruifeng couldn’t help but smile and say,
"Bro, is this your first time eating at this hotel?"
"Not the first time here, but it is the first time eating here..."
Zhou Wang faintly smiled in response.
"Could it be that you’ve booked a room here before?"
Seeing Zhou Wang’s laid-back personality, Li Danni gathered the courage to joke with him.
"Not at all, I graduated from Cai University and spent three years here, even worked part-time at this hotel washing plates, hahahaha..."
Zhou Wang explained with a smile.
Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions varied.
Li Danni was slightly surprised, Zhou Wang had washed plates here?
Chen Hao and Zhang Ruifeng found it amusing, seeming to confirm that Zhou Wang wasn’t relying on family.
After all, if his family was wealthy, no way would he take up a dishwashing job, even for experience. Such plots involving rich young men doing odd jobs only appear in those brainless romantic novels aimed at women...
"Oh, so you’re from Cai University, a top student, are you a self-made first-generation rich?"
Li Danni didn’t probe into why Zhou Wang washed dishes here, instead, she turned and said with a laugh.
"Well, not exactly, not a startup. Just got lucky and hit the lottery or something."
Zhou Wang laughed.
Was there anyone left in Huaxia who could win the lottery?
Chen Hao and Zhang Ruifeng exchanged looks, surprised but thinking they understood Zhou Wang better, turns out he was a lucky upstart!
"Pfft!"
Su Yajing, sitting beside, couldn’t hold back, and burst into laughter because her brother’s dead serious bragging was just too funny...
She didn’t know how Zhou Wang made his fortune, but certainly, it wasn’t as simple as winning the lottery. Who could become a shareholder of Wuyou Media and buy a billion-dollar house by winning the lottery?
That would require winning the lottery hundreds of times!
Li Danni and the others didn’t know why Su Yajing laughed, but at this moment, the room door was knocked, interrupting their conversation as the waiter began serving their dishes.
Initially, Zhou Wang wondered why the main dish was hotpot. It wasn’t until the waitress in ethnic attire began serving the side dishes that Zhou Wang realized...
They were having wild mushroom hotpot.
July to September is the best season for mushrooms, as well as the peak season for food poisoning in Yunan Province.
Even though many succumb annually due to their craving for this delicacy, it never stops the people of Yunan from loving mushrooms. Going to the mountains to "pick mushrooms" is a popular activity for both young and old in Yunan.
Of course, for safety’s sake, one should only eat verified mushroom varieties.
Stir-fried boletus mushrooms, ham-steamed chicken roulade, matsutake stew with hen, a hearty plate of fried dry crisp mushrooms, plus the hotpot cooking with over a dozen mushroom types, this seemingly "vegan" meal would cost at least two to three thousand in a star-rated hotel.
There was even a dish on the table that made Zhou Wang, a Yunan native, a bit apprehensive—a cold dish that’s reputed to be "ghostly terrifying."
The legendary cool mixed "Jianshouqing."
Other mushrooms were fine, but "Jianshouqing" was notoriously toxic!
In examples of hallucinatory effects caused by mushroom poisoning among Yunan people, eight out of ten incidents involved Jianshouqing...
Yet, it couldn’t stop people from loving it because Jianshouqing was indeed delicious.
After repeatedly confirming with the waiter that it had been cooked before being mixed, Zhou Wang saw Chen Hao and Li Danni having a few bites without issue, only then did he confidently take a piece for his bowl.
Mmm... Delicious!
Zhou Wang couldn’t help but sigh after chewing a few times.
After 20 minutes of mandatory cooking time ended, they uncovered the pot, and without waiting for the waiter, Su Yajing quickly ladled a bowl of soup for Zhou Wang from his soup bowl.
"Here you go, brother~"
Zhou Wang didn’t hesitate, took the soup, took a pleasant sip, and immediately showed a satisfied expression.
The mushroom soup was so savory, anyone who tasted it would think all other soups in the world were trash.
In cases of poisoning among non-locals, many couldn’t resist the soup and bought some wild mushrooms to cook at home, only to fall ill from insufficient cooking...
As an outsider, Zhang Ruifeng watched others indulge and, doubtful yet curious, asked the waiter for a bowl of soup.
"What a hype... wow, it’s incredibly rich!"
After tasting, Zhang Ruifeng almost swallowed his tongue, hastily drank the whole bowl, and asked the waiter for a second serving.
The influence of the exquisite food temporarily quenched the chatting desire of the five people, who focused on tackling the array of wild mushrooms.
"Why hasn’t the baijiu arrived yet?"
Having eaten a while, Chen Hao remembered and was about to call the waiter when the door of the private room was abruptly opened, revealing a man resembling a manager holding a gift box.
"Manager Zhao, why are you here personally?"
Chen Hao clearly knew the man, a bit surprised as he stood up.
"Hahaha, I heard you ordered a bottle of Flying, so I took the liberty of bringing you a better bottle..."
Manager Zhao laughed, approaching as he placed the gift box on the table, opening it while smiling:
"Luckily, there’s still some Purple Sand Treasure in stock, check it out, Brother Chen. We’ll charge you the Flying price."