Chapter 356 — A Target in Mind
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"Ha ha, Brother Lin here is our guest today — why don't you take a look first, Brother Lin, and see if any of them please you?" An Liwen nodded at Wei Zhao, signaling that he should have first pick.
"Oh — may I pick two?" Wei Zhao asked after a glance.
"Of course, no problem at all!" Su Taizao nodded again and again. He had been worried earlier that Wei Zhao might not pick anyone at all; now, never mind two, the man could take the whole lot and it would be fine. The more the messier, and when it was shown to Gu Pengzhan, all the more convincing it would be!
"That's wonderful, then!" Wei Zhao said with a smile. "But to be honest, these few — none of them have really caught my eye."
Wei Zhao's words made An Liwen and Su Taizao frown. Wasn't this Wei Zhao a little too picky? These five girls might not rank among the supreme beauties of the age, but with careful makeup and dressing they were first-rate beauties all the same — and Wei Zhao actually hadn't taken a fancy to any of them?
Was his standard truly that high, or was he doing it on purpose?
Be that as it may, An Liwen had no choice but to have Manager Yang bring in replacements. Putting on a show of anger, he said, "Manager Yang, what's the meaning of this? Is it because I, An Liwen, haven't come for a few years, so you don't give me any face anymore? Fobbing off goods like these on brothers of mine?"
"This... I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare..." Manager Yang was sweating buckets. "I'll go and change them right away!"
These five girls really were not the top-tier stock of the Starlight Splendor Hotel. Since Su Taizao had said earlier only that he wanted a few good ones to entertain a guest, Manager Yang had reckoned these five were quite enough and hadn't given it much thought!
Little did he expect that this guest would turn out to be a挑剔 one, and that he would end up provoking Young Master An as well. Truly a case of more loss than gain. He hurriedly led the five girls out of the private room.
From Manager Yang's expression, An Liwen could tell at once that these five were certainly not the best stock, and that this Manager Yang had been holding something back. He could not help but shoot Su Taizao a reproachful look: how could the man be so unreliable in handling such a thing?
Since Wei Zhao spent all his days in the company of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, his standards were bound to be uncommonly high. Bring him ordinary painted dolls and powdered commonplaces, and how could they possibly catch his eye?
"My apologies, Brother Lin, for the embarrassment — this Manager Yang really is incompetent at his work!" An Liwen could hardly blame Su Taizao, so he could only lay the fault at Manager Yang's door.
"It's nothing! Let's wait and take another look!" Wei Zhao shook his head slightly, secretly amused. Even if you brought me a heavenly fairy, I still wouldn't look twice.
After a while, the door of the private room was pushed open again. This time Manager Yang entered with three girls who were plainly a cut above the previous five.
"Young Master An, Young Master Lin — how about these?" This time Manager Yang was brimming with confidence. He had brought out several of the hotel's top draws; if the young gentleman still could not choose, then one could only say that this Young Master Lin had no eye for quality.
"Oh, let me see!" Wei Zhao raised his head with perfect composure and let his gaze travel over the three girls Manager Yang had brought. He had to admit that all three were of the very finest stock. Wei Zhao sighed inwardly — why did they have to go into this line of work?