chapter 115
tannia, let’s go eat. I’ve already reserved a table,” Maisie cheerfully called out to everyone after school.
“Okay,” Zinnia said as she plung her bag over her shoulder and followed Maitie.
They all walked out of school together, and Maisie had cars waiting for everyone. As they piled into the vehicles, they chatted and laughed, filling the air. with a lively buzz.
“Zinnia, we’re here,” Maisie called out as their car pulled up to Cloudy Moon, an upscale restaurant renowned for both its exorbitant prices and exquisite
cuisine.
This made it a place that students still in school, whose pocket money was strictly controlled by their parents, were reluctant to dine at..
Getting into Cloudy Moon required more than just money or a prestigious family background. One needed the right connections, too.
“Maisie, you actually got us into Cloudy Moon? I love their food. I came here last month and it cost me half my monthly allowance. I couldn’t even afford a new bag,” a girl squealed excitedly.
Maisie grinned, “Honestly, we only got in thanks to Yannis’s connections. Order whatever you want. It’s my treat.”
“Zinnia, what’s wrong?” Maisie asked, noticing that Zinnia had suddenly stopped walking and followed her gaze.
Zinnia’s gaze landed on a man and a woman entering the five–star hotel across the street. From this distance, she couldn’t quite make out who they
were.
“It’s nothing. Let’s go in,” Zinnia said as she averted her gaze. The man she had just seen looked strikingly like Donald, but the woman beside him definitely wasn’t Maelis.
Realizing this, Zinnia frowned, her brows knitting in suspicion. ‘Is that Donald entering a hotel with another woman?‘ she wondered.
She shook her head. She must be hallucinating. Donald was known for being head over heels for his wife. Everyone in the circle knew that. There was no way he’d be sneaking off to a hotel with another woman.
Besides, even if it were true, it was none of her business now that she had left the Shaw family.
Zinnia pushed aside the strange feeling in her heart and walked with Maisie and the others through the main hall into their private room.
Inside the private room, everyone had already finished ordering. Maisie handed the menu tablet to Zinnia with a smile and asked, “Zinnia, what would you like to eat?”
Zinnia glanced at the dishes on the table. They’d ordered Western food, and each dish cost thousands, some of the pricier ones even tens of thousands. Even a simple plate of vegetables ran over a few hundred dollars.
Everyone had already ordered a dish. After all, with over twenty people eating, ordering too little just wouldn’t cut it. This meal was going to cost a fortune. Zinnia flipped through the menu and ordered roasted beef.
Zinnia glanced at the price and sucked in a breath. ‘3,,000 dollars? Ouch, that’s a bit steep,‘ she thought.
With this money, she could get so many different snacks.
Only after dining at this restaurant did Zinnia truly grasp Jinston’s exorbitant prices.
So it was not that Jinston’s prices were low. It was just that upscale restaurants and small diners were worlds apart.
Only after leaving the Shaw family did Zinnia realize just how many delicious foods there were out there. Jinston wasn’t all just rabbit food.
Before leaving the Shaw family, Zinnia had always thought expensive meat was normal. But after moving out on her own, her spending plummeted.
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She thought, ‘A plate of pasta costi 5 dollars, with egg, tomato, and sausage included.
3,000 dollars divided by 5 equals 600. I can buy 600 portions of pasta with that
A bowl of Caesar salad costs 29 dollars, with grilled chicken, vegetables, croutons, and cheese.
3,000 dollars divided by 25 equals 120. That’s enough for over a hundred bowls of Caesar salad.
