"No way, itâs already 80,000 dollars, and itâs still not enough!"
"This is just too greedy, insatiable greed, isnât it?"
"This guy, seriously, if it were me, Iâd have taken it and left right away..."
Everyone started discussing, wishing they could replace Lin Fan to pick up this money. After all, 80,000 dollars is a massive amount, especially for these students here, itâs practically astronomical, who wouldnât be tempted!
Lai Xiaoming saw Lin Fan refusing to pick up the money, his first reaction was that Lin Fan thought it was too little.
Lin Fan smiled and said, "Do I think itâs too little? Why donât you continue throwing money on the ground to see, I actually want to see how much more you have, maybe if you throw out your entire fortune, I might be tempted."
Lai Xiaoming was so angry that his face turned red, of course, he couldnât throw out his entire fortune.
He originally thought of showing off by throwing out 80,000 dollars to publicly humiliate Lin Fan. In his opinion, 80,000 dollars was already enough, sufficient to make Lin Fan, this delivery man, sell his dignity. Especially Jia Xiaoling, who was already neck-deep in debt, this 80,000 dollars would drive her mad.
However, Jia Xiaoling did not pick up the money.
Lin Fan also did not pick up the money.
This was embarrassing.
Right now, if he wanted to keep up this charade, heâd have to continue throwing money until Lin Fan was willing to bend down to pick it up.
But he couldnât keep throwing money, firstly because he had run out of cash, and secondly, he couldnât afford to shell out more, giving more exceeded what he could bear, and throwing more would hurt.
Seeing this, Lin Fan sneered and said, "What, not throwing anymore, are you out of money, or do you just not want to throw anymore, getting stingy after just 80,000 dollars? This wonât do, you call yourself a rich person?"
Lin Fanâs tone carried mockery.
Lai Xiaoming felt utterly humiliated, angrily said, "You brat, donât be so smug, I said this is just my pocket money!"
Lin Fan said, "Oh, pocket money, you have a debit card besides pocket money, donât you? Isnât there money in your debit card? Come on, throw out a debit card, letâs see."
Everyone was looking at Lai Xiaoming, it was clear that Lai Xiaoming was showing off, everyone saw it, if Lai Xiaoming couldnât throw out more money, no doubt it would mean a failed show-off.
With so many people watching, how could Lai Xiaoming possibly fail in showing off, where would he put his face then!
"Heh, this guy might be out of money!" Jia Xiaoling chuckled, adding fuel to the fire.
Lai Xiaoming was furious, how could he admit he was out of money, it didnât align with his image as a rich person.
In a fit of rage, Lai Xiaoming pulled out a debit card from his bag, huffed, "Itâs just money, I have plenty, this card has..."
Lai Xiaoming was just about to throw it.
"Stop!"
Lai Xiaomei stopped Lai Xiaoming, giving him a look, "Stop embarrassing yourself, pick up the money, donât make it worse!"
Lai Xiaoming, the fool, didnât even know he was being played by Lin Fan. However, Lai Xiaomei could see clearly that Lai Xiaoming was no match for Lin Fan and was being played like a monkey by Lin Fan.
Initially, Lai Xiaoming tried to use money to humiliate Lin Fan, but Lin Fan didnât pick it up, the humiliation failed, the situation was then reversed by Lin Fan, who used a reverse psychology trick, baiting Lai Xiaoming to keep throwing money. If Lai Xiaoming refused to keep throwing, he would look bad, if he continued to throw money, it would lead to a financial loss, a bottomless pit of loss.
Lai Xiaoming merely wanted to show off, but ended up being led by the nose, turning from a show-off to a spectacle.
Lai Xiaomei had no choice but to intervene to save Lai Xiaoming, even if it meant letting him lose face, to minimize losses.
Lai Xiaoming had to listen to his sister. He said "oh" and put away the debit card, then walked over, bent down, and picked up the money from the ground, reluctantly stuffing it back into his bag.
It was truly embarrassing, originally intended to humiliate Lin Fan, making Lin Fan bend down to pick up the money, but in the end, it was he himself who bent down to pick up money, the clown turned out to be himself.
Who knew that 80,000 dollars couldnât even tempt this poor guy Lin Fan, really!
Lai Xiaoming truly underestimated Lin Fan, not to mention Lin Fan is now a billionaire, even when Lin Fan was still a poor student, Madam Su tried to use 300,000 dollars to make Lin Fan leave Su Jinjin, and Lin Fan didnât even care about Madam Su.
Much less now that Lin Fan is a billionaire, Lai Xiaomingâs mere 80,000 dollars is nothing to Lin Fan, and yet he wanted to humiliate Lin Fan, itâs simply dreaming.
Lin Fan chuckled and said, "Canât even show off properly, trying to show off with just this little money, donât make a fool of yourself."
"You!" Lai Xiaoming was infuriated, yet there was nothing he could do to Lin Fan.
This time it was truly embarrassing, and he even lost to Lin Fan, utterly disgraceful.
Lai Xiaomei took a deep look at Lin Fan, realizing she had underestimated Lin Fan. Although Lin Fan was just a deliveryman, he was not simple at all. Lai Xiaoming was being played around by Lin Fan like a monkey, standing no chance against him.
Lai Xiaomei could only continue to cover for her brother, smoothing things over, she said, "I think if we keep causing a scene here, it will completely disrupt the school anniversary, so I suggest we stop talking about it. Since Lin Fan and the others want to stay, let them do as they please, we should hand over the scene back to the principal!"
Lai Xiaomei blamed Lai Xiaoming in her heart, truly a pig teammate. Originally, Lin Fan was the negative example, to be mocked by the crowd, but now it turned out full of awkwardness for themselves.
Meng Xiaoming chuckled and said, "Junior Sister Lai is right, weâre taking up too much time here, I also agree to let this matter rest, Principal, what do you think?"
Principal Zhao wanted to end it quickly, smiled, and said, "Very well, so letâs not talk about this anymore, letâs continue the school anniversary activities. Besides Xiaoming and Xiaomei, we have several other outstanding alumni who were specially invited, letâs invite them up one by one."
Then, Principal Zhao continued to introduce the guests, bringing the sceneâs rhythm back to the school anniversary activities. The previous incident was like an unpleasant episode, but it was finally over.
Liu Qiang, however, was clearly a bit unhappy. Originally, everyone was mocking Lin Fan, yet because of Lai Xiaomingâs slip-up, Lin Fan turned the tables, really quite displeased!
"Lin Fan, you have no other skills but a sharp tongue, too bad itâs useless, arenât you just a poor loser, not even picking up 80,000 dollars, serves you right for being poor! Jia Xiaoling, this 80,000 dollars was enough to pay off your debt, you should blame Lin Fan, care about his face too much, now you still have to live through hard days!" Liu Qiang sneered.
Jia Xiaoling ignored Liu Qiang. Today, Liu Qiang had been stirring the pot, leading the rhythm quite a lot, truly annoying.
Lin Fan, however, simply smiled and said, "Liu Qiang, you are always against me, now both Xiaoling and I have been made into negative examples, humiliated in the middle, are you satisfied?"
Liu Qiang chuckled and said, "Of course, too bad it didnât continue."
Lin Fan smiled and said, "Remember your good mood at this moment, it might not last long."
Liu Qiang snorted, "What do you mean?"
Lin Fan did not say another word.
Liu Qiang was puzzled, what exactly did Lin Fan mean by that? He couldnât figure it out, just let out a heavy hum: "Trying to scare me, you think you can do something to me, just a deliveryman!"
At this time, after introducing a round of guests.
Principal Zhao said, "The above are the specially invited outstanding graduates we have today. Originally, there was another heavyweight guest we specially invited, but probably due to being busy with official duties, he couldnât make it. He was also a student of our Tianhai Middle School, now holding a high position, maybe some students already know who he is, thatâs right, itâs the current Mayor of Tianhai City, Long Dawu!"
"Who said I couldnât make it, here I am, hahaha..."
A burst of hearty laughter, everyone looked towards the voice, and saw Mayor Long walking over.