Chapter 168: Who said I'm not going?

Zheng Qian: ???

What is that supposed to mean?

Trying to goad him, huh?

If he doesn't go, he's not a man?

If Zheng Qian hadn't already promised the young lady from the Yebei University administrative office over the phone, he really wouldn't go. So what if he didn't?

Does going make him impressive or something?

He kindly offered his place for these people to sit, and what did he get in return?

Mockery.

Zheng Qian didn't want to give them any more face.

Zheng Qian slammed his glass onto the table.

"Who said I wasn't going?"

Not only was he going, but he would attend this alumni association meeting as an outstanding entrepreneur.

"Zheng Qian, everyone was just joking with you, don't take it so seriously. Come, come, let's drink, let's drink." Cui Jinghui helped Zheng Qian lift his glass.

Under normal circumstances, if Zheng Qian dared to slam his glass like that in front of him, Cui Jinghui would have hit him long ago.

However, he had just used a goading tactic, and this was exactly the effect he wanted.

That was why Cui Jinghui was smiling so cheerfully at Zheng Qian.

"Right, who is the owner here? Why haven't I seen the owner?" Cui Jinghui had been sitting there drinking for several cups, constantly looking for the owner, wanting to see who exactly had taken over Red Rose.

Just then, a man wearing a white shirt and a tie walked towards them.

His temples were graying, and he wore black-rimmed glasses, looking quite refined.

Isn't this the new owner of Red Rose?

He walked straight to Cui Jinghui's table and placed his hands on the tabletop: "I hope everyone is having a good time and enjoying their drinks."

There were usually rules in such venues. During certain activities, the bar owner or someone with significant status had to personally visit each table to greet the guests or have a drink with them.

In the eyes of Cui Jinghui and his group, they assumed the owner was just greeting them politely because he saw they were dressed exceptionally well, trying to get familiar with them.

In reality, Jin Zhiyuan had wanted to come over and chat with Zheng Qian for a bit, but seeing that Zheng Qian had friends with him, he didn't speak to him.

"Hey, hey, hey, uncle, you're the new owner here, right?"

"Not exactly, I'm just the one in charge of things." Jin Zhiyuan answered truthfully, "Is there a problem?"

"Oh, oh." Cui Jinghui cleared his throat.

"I heard you have a woman here who is exceptionally beautiful and has an incredible capacity for liquor. I wonder if she still works here?"

"If she is, could you please invite her over to have a few drinks with us?"

As soon as he said this, Yu Nana spat out a mouthful of wine and burst into uncontrollable laughter.

Lu Shanshan pulled on Cui Jinghui's sleeve, signaling him not to do that.

Cui Jinghui naturally ignored Lu Shanshan.

"There are no sales staff on duty tonight, I don't know who you are talking about?" Jin Zhiyuan still hadn't realized where the problem lay and replied.

"Jin Lu! You don't even know that?"

"Boss, as long as you can call her over to drink with us brothers, I'm willing to pay however much it costs."

"If you know her well, see if you can work on her, maybe after we finish drinking here, she can head to another venue with us brothers to have some fun."

Cui Jinghui's meaning was very clear: he wanted Jin Lu to come over for drinks and then take her out to a hotel room for the night.

It wasn't that he really wanted to do that; Cui Jinghui had known all along that Jin Lu didn't work at Red Rose.

He said these things just to humiliate Zheng Qian.

But Cui Jinghui didn't know that Jin Lu was Jin Zhiyuan's daughter.

After hearing this, Jin Zhiyuan's face turned pale and livid.

After getting out of prison, he had secretly sworn to use the rest of his life to make up for the fatherly love he hadn't given Jin Lu when she was a child.

How could he possibly tolerate someone humiliating his daughter like this?

"You, what is your name?"

Lu Shanshan had been observing the situation from the side. Seeing that Jin Zhiyuan's expression was off, she quickly stood up and grabbed Cui Jinghui: "Uncle, he's had too much to drink, don't listen to the ramblings of a drunkard. Please go on with your work."

"I'm not drunk!"

"My name is Cui Jinghui, the young master of the Seattle Club."

"Why is your face looking so ugly? Do you think I humiliated you?"

"Let me tell you, I'm not short on money."

Cui Jinghui was humiliating Zheng Qian, and Zheng Qian didn't even have much of a reaction, so why was a bar owner looking so upset?

Shouldn't a bar owner be finding hostesses for the customers anyway?

Besides, Cui Jinghui had already said he wasn't short on money.

"Is your father's name Cui Hongliang?" Jin Zhiyuan asked coldly with a grim expression.

In his eyes, everyone saw a flash of killing intent and couldn't help but gasp.

Cui Jinghui: "You know my dad's name? Do you know him? Who are you?"

"Twenty years ago, your father Cui Hongliang used to run errands for me under my command." Jin Zhiyuan gave a disdainful smile.

Before tonight, Jin Zhiyuan hadn't known what kind of background the Seattle Club had, but after investigating, he discovered that the owner behind the scenes was Cui Hongliang, his lackey from twenty years ago.

"Your dad was certainly skilled at shining shoes; he could always make them shine brightly."

Zheng Qian: ???

Yu Nana: ???

Lu Shanshan: ???

Tang Xingyu: ???

"Fuck your mother, what kind of thing are you to dare talk about my father like that?" Cui Jinghui, with his explosive temper, flew into a rage upon hearing this.

In Yezhou, who didn't know his father's prestigious reputation?

Daring to mock him like this, does he want to die?

"Jinghui!"

Tang Xingyu, as the eldest brother among the group, stepped out at this moment and pulled Cui Jinghui behind him.

This old man wanted to open a bar in Yebai, so he must have investigated the local situation thoroughly, feeling he could handle it before daring to do so.

Now he was being insolent in public, acting rudely toward Cui Jinghui's father.

This person had a significant background.

He stepped forward, bowed slightly to Jin Zhiyuan, and cupped his hands:

"May I ask for your honorable name, senior?"

"Knife-Wielding Jin."

Jin Zhiyuan said indifferently, a hint of silence in his eyes.

Boom!

This name was like a hand grenade, exploding right in everyone's ears!

Jin... Knife-Wielding Jin!

The group might not have heard the name Jin Zhiyuan, but they had definitely heard the fearsome reputation of Knife-Wielding Jin.

Twenty years ago, there was a saying in Yezhou: Whether Yezhou is chaotic or not, Brother Knife decides!

Back in the day, when Knife-Wielding Jin stomped his foot, the whole of Yezhou would tremble three times.

Even Zheng Qian had heard stories about Knife-Wielding Jin when he was a child.

It was said that during a gang war, a gang leader took a watermelon knife and chased down over a dozen people from the opposing side.

Hence the name Knife-Wielding Jin.

His stories were still circulating in the underworld.

Zheng Qian never dreamed that Jin Lu's father, Jin Zhiyuan, was actually the legendary Knife-Wielding Jin from the underworld!

If that was the case, then what he said was truly not false.

As for Cui Jinghui's father, let alone shining shoes for Jin Zhiyuan back then, even if he had been carrying his chamber pot, he would believe it.

One had to know that the Cui Family behind Cui Jinghui had only developed in the last decade by capitalizing on dividends; how could they compare to the Knife-Wielding Jin of those days!

Even Tang Xingyu, who had seen many big figures, felt sweat slightly bead on his forehead upon hearing this name.

"You... you are Knife-Wielding Jin?"