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He was filled with deep regret!
Fortunately, he cut his losses in time and broke up with Chen Wenwen.
New target: Liu Miaomiao!
And so, after this gathering, Zhao Menghua began pursuing Liu Miaomiao.
Whenever he has free time, he sends text messages to inquire about your well-being, as if he wishes he could travel from Beijing to Shanghai every day.
Liu Miaomiao is simple-minded and has never been in a relationship before.
However, she often witnessed Su Xiaoqiang and Gu Ran's public displays of affection, and seeing her best friend's happy appearance, she also began to develop her own standards for choosing a partner.
Compared to Gu Ran, Zhao Menghua was far inferior in every way, and Liu Miaomiao had no interest in him at all.
The person she had a crush on before was named Chu Zihang.
Zhao Menghua simply called himself the second Chu Zihang.
Moreover, in Liu Miaomiao's heart, Chu Zihang's second choice was not Zhao Menghua... but Gu Ran.
She didn't have any special feelings for Gu Ran; he was just her best friend's boyfriend. He had helped her when she was in trouble before, and she felt somewhere between a friend and a brother—a trustworthy person.
But Zhao Menghua's status in her heart was much lower. She was used to seeing Gu Ran's clean and refreshing appearance, but when she saw Zhao Menghua's slicked-back hair, she felt it was greasy no matter how she looked at it.
Furthermore, Zhao Menghua immediately pursued her after dumping Chen Wenwen, which made Liu Miaomiao's impression of him even worse than that of Lu Mingfei, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
So she's getting increasingly annoyed by Zhao Menghua's attempts to flirt with her lately.
Out of consideration for their friendship, and because Liu Miaomiao is soft-hearted, she didn't block him.
But each time, she would read Zhao Menghua's messages but not reply, too lazy to bother with them.
Gu Ran drove to a crossroads, turned around, rolled his eyes, and glanced at the scene.
"What's wrong?" Su Xiaoqiang asked from the back row.
“The car behind us is following us.” Gu Ran turned around and adjusted the rearview mirror. “The driver is Zhao Menghua, and the car has local license plates. It must be a rented car.”
Liu Miaomiao and Su Xiaoqiang turned around at the same time and looked through the car window. Sure enough, the driver was Zhao Menghua, who had rented a Mazda.
"Should we shake him off? Or let him follow us?" Gu Ran asked, tilting her head slightly.
Su Xiaoqiang looked at Liu Miaomiao and let her make the decision.
"Let him come along, it's good for him to lose face," Liu Miaomiao said indifferently.
Even a young girl has her cunning; she chose a high-rise clubhouse to get rid of Zhao Menghua.
Since that was the case, Gu Ran drove to the Bund at a leisurely pace.
After he parked his car, Zhao Menghua also parked his car and followed him into the elevator.
"I was also hungry and hadn't eaten. I didn't know what good food Shanghai had, so I took the liberty of coming with you," Zhao Menghua said shamelessly.
Chasing girls requires a thick skin. Someone like Lu Mingfei, who openly harbors a secret crush but keeps doing it secretly, will never be able to win a girl's heart.
Su Xiaoqiang wrapped one arm around her boyfriend's arm, her soft body leaning gently against him, while her other hand rested on Liu Miaomiao's shoulder. She ignored Zhao Menghua.
Gu Ran wasn't familiar with him, so naturally she wouldn't talk to him.
Liu Miaomiao, being kind-hearted, mentioned to him, "We haven't reserved a seat for you."
"It's okay, I'll just set up a table over there." Zhao Menghua saw that Su Xiaoqiang was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, and Gu Ran was wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, both casual clothes, and thought that the place they were going to probably wasn't very high-end.
Formal attire and formal wear are required for attending upscale Western restaurants; otherwise, you won't even be allowed to enter.
However, seeing Su Xiaoqiang's ample chest pressed casually against Gu Ran's arm, he thought to himself, "If only I had..."
Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it and just go after Liu Miaomiao. Today, Liu Miaomiao is wearing a black dress, her collarbones are delicate and slender, she looks elegant and beautiful.
The elevator quickly reached the top floor.
This wasn't the first time Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao had been here. After Gu Ran returned to Kassel College, the two of them often came here for afternoon tea.
Su Xiaoqiang would also find opportunities to chat with Nuwa.
Although she was still having a cold war with Gu Ran at that time, she still tried her best to help her boyfriend improve his interpersonal relationships.
Du Huimin and Lü Xueer are both quite familiar with her.
Su Xiaoqiang was originally a lively and cheerful girl, a natural flirt and easy to make friends with. Nuwa also liked her quite a bit, but she was too bad at games, otherwise she would have played with her.
The three of them walked to the top-floor clubhouse. The security guard in black, who looked like General Dian Wei, bowed respectfully when he saw Gu Ran coming over.
Gu Ran nodded to him in greeting.
"Manager Lü is inside. Please come in, three of you." The security guard in black led the three inside.
Upon seeing the decor of the top-floor clubhouse, which was several levels higher than that of the Regent Hotel, Zhao Menghua immediately judged that the prices here were very high and it was not a cheap place.
He followed behind the three men, about to go inside, when a security guard stopped him.
"Sir, do you have an appointment?"
“I’m with them,” Zhao Menghua said, pointing to the three people in front of him.
The security guard in black said coldly, "But they only reserved three seats."
"I..." Zhao Menghua finally understood what Liu Miaomiao meant when she said there was no place for him.
Gu Ran and the other two had already entered the clubhouse and showed no intention of bringing him in.
"Hehe, I have to hear how embarrassed he looks." After entering the club, Su Xiaoqiang found a spot with her back against the wall to peek at Zhao Menghua's embarrassment.
"No need for that." At this moment, Lü Xue'er walked over with a smile and handed an iPad to Su Xiaoqiang. "Use this to watch things, and you can also listen to the sounds."
This iPad can display the security camera footage from the entrance.
"Thank you, Sister Xue'er." Su Xiaoqiang happily accepted the iPad.
Lu Xueer came to Shanghai from her hometown in Inner Mongolia and had few friends. Su Xiaoqiang didn't hold it against Lu Xueer's brother for kidnapping her and took the initiative to befriend her.
The two often go shopping together and have a good relationship.
Gu Ran smiled at Lü Xue'er.
"The three of you, please go to the largest cubicle!" Lü Xue'er led the three of them.
There were very few people at the club today, less than ten people in twos and threes, all having small meetings in small cubicles.
This is a gathering place for various small circles, where bigwigs from finance, economics, and business gather to discuss all sorts of secret matters.
Because there's no need to worry about leaks here, it's the most attractive feature of the top-floor clubhouse.
Moreover, this is also a gathering place for mixed-race people in China, which is a story for another circle.
People like Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao, who come here specifically for meals and afternoon tea, are very rare.
The two girls were regulars here, but no one knew their identities. All that was known was that they always wore casual clothes, which made them stand out from the women who wore low-cut dresses.
Moreover, whenever they come, they always manage to use the largest suite if it's available.
Of course, this was actually because of Gu Ran's influence; ordinary mixed-race people wouldn't be able to use the largest cubicle unless they had some status.
After the three of them sat down, they ordered some food and then took out their iPads to look at Zhao Menghua, who was still outside the club.
Su Xiaoqiang seemed to recall her own embarrassing moment and wanted to see how others would make fools of themselves.
Liu Miaomiao was also quite curious.
Gu Ran wasn't particularly interested, but since she had some free time, she decided to visit Nuwa and have a chat with her.
……
Outside the clubhouse, Zhao Menghua spoke while secretly taking two red bills out of his pocket and placing them in the security guard's hand.
"I see your place is quite empty, and there are still seats available. Can I go in and have a private table?"
"Sorry, sir, we only serve members here." The security guard in black refused to accept the two hundred yuan, his hands behind his back, his face expressionless.
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Menghua very generously took out a thousand yuan from his wallet, intending to stuff it into the security guard's pocket.
But the security guard stepped aside, preventing him from putting money in his hand, and his eyes turned cold, as if he felt that this slick-haired young man was trying to humiliate him with money.
This was the first time Zhao Menghua had ever seen a security guard refuse to accept money. Normally, if he simply handed over a Zhonghua cigarette, the security guard would be overjoyed.
He was holding a handful of money, looking somewhat at a loss.
After a while, he stupidly put the money back in his pocket.
"Then... I want to join. How do I join?" Zhao Menghua took out a supplementary credit card his father had given him. "Tell me, how much does it cost?"
In his view, joining a club is simply a matter of paying money; that's how most clubs operate, and it's not like he hasn't been there before.
In the capital, he visited all the lavishly decorated "paradise on earth".
However, the decor here is luxurious and stylish, far superior to the ostentatious displays of wealth found in places like Paradise on Earth.
The membership fee is probably ten or twenty thousand yuan?
In his view, the membership fee was already very high.
"Sir, we require a member's recommendation to join." The security guard in black expressionlessly took out a sign. "This is our membership fee schedule, please take a look."
Zhao Menghua glanced at it and saw that in addition to the membership fee, an annual membership fee of 188,000 yuan was required.
In addition, regular members have to pay extra for food inside.
Chapter 235 The Strangers of a Long-Distance Relationship
The security guard in black said that the membership standard was for ordinary people. When ordinary people saw the fee, they knew it was too high for them, so they left.
"Holy crap... 188,000 a year..." Zhao Menghua was stunned, not expecting the threshold to be so high. "Su Xiaoqiang is really willing to spend money..."
He subconsciously assumed that Su Xiaoqiang must have paid for Gu Ran and the other two to get in, since her family was rich.
"Miss Su is using Mr. Gu's membership card." The security guard in black explained, fearing he might misunderstand, "Mr. Gu is a gold card member here and can bring anyone in. Ordinary members are not allowed to bring non-members in to make purchases."
“Gu…Gu Ran?” Zhao Menghua was taken aback. He didn’t know much about Gu Ran and initially thought he was Lu Mingfei’s follower.
But there was one thing he remembered: on Shilan Middle School's honor roll last year, Lu Mingfei was first, Gu Ran was second, and he, Zhao Menghua, a top student from Peking University, only ranked third.
The first two are both from Kassel College!
Further back, the legendary figure Chu Zihang was also a student at Kassel College.