Chapter 352: Are you even human?

Zheng Qian quietly observed Jin Lu. Fortunately, her expression hadn't changed.

This kid Cui Jinghui knew how to talk, but he seemed to lack a brain and didn't know how to read the room. Hmm... calling him brother-in-law was fine. It seemed Cui Ziqing had trained him well; he was quite sensible.

"Yeah, well, I just met a Young Master Li today, who came from Shanghu."

"He said he had a lackey in Yebai, and he arranged for us to grab a meal, so we came here."

Zheng Qian casually took the cigarette from Cui Jinghui.

He sat down while holding Jin Lu and nodded with a smile, "Brother Tang, haven't seen you in a few days. You seem to have fallen on hard times, haven't you?"

"Zheng Qian!"

As the saying goes, when enemies meet, they are especially hostile.

If one were to ask who Tang Xingyu hated the most right now, Zheng Qian would definitely be ranked number one.

Back in Jiangnan, he had mobilized nearly ten billion in assets, thinking he could ruthlessly stomp the other party under his feet. But he hadn't expected that the guy would casually throw out over ten billion without even blinking an eye.

What was originally just an ordinary auction had actually caused the Five Shipping Alliance and the Qijinyi Alliance to fall apart.

It even resulted in everything being acquired by the mysterious person from the Shanghai Americas Club.

His old man was very dissatisfied with him and simply stopped his bank accounts, telling him to go back to The Group to study properly.

However, Tang Xingyu was reluctant to give up his own little turf; this Seattle Club was the only industry he had left. With his dad cutting off his allowance, theoretically, this place should have no problem earning hundreds of thousands a month.

But unexpectedly, Cui Jinghui was now in cahoots with Zheng Qian and was suppressing this place.

During this period, basically all the nightclubs in Yebai had been taken over.

Their claws were even starting to reach into the entire Yezhou, and no one knew what they were planning.

"You... you two know each other?"

Li Zijian frowned slightly.

"Yeah, we've met a few times. He's actually my senior," Zheng Qian nodded slightly.

"Young Master Li, he..." Although Tang Xingyu hated Zheng Qian to the core, he didn't know why he was walking with Li Zijian.

"Oh, today I..."

Before he could finish, Zheng Qian waved his hand, "He is my fiancée's senior, and he is here today to accompany our teacher to learn. Little Tang, we haven't eaten yet. Why don't you arrange something for us? Oh, sorry, it looks like you're struggling to make ends meet here, right? Should we change places?"

[Bang—]

Li Zijian slammed the table hard.

He stared coldly at Zheng Qian, "What do you mean? Looking down on my lackey?"

Damn it, seeing Zheng Qian provoke him again and again had long since made Li Zijian burn with rage. Seeing that Zheng Qian was showing signs of escalating, he had to stop it no matter what.

And it looked like this result was caused by this Zheng Qian?

Isn't it just money? Money is the one thing I have plenty of!

"Young Master Li, why are you so agitated? This isn't looking down on him. Look, they're struggling even to serve a fruit platter here. See, those booths are only drinking beer. How disappointing!"

"We have to go see Teacher Xiao in a while. Stinking of beer would be so classless."

"Or is it... that this is the trend in Shanghu?"

Zheng Qian looked at Li Zijian with a puzzled expression and stroked his chin.

[Pfft—]

Jin Lu nearly laughed out loud.

Haven't seen him for a few days, and it felt like Zheng Qian's silver tongue had gotten even sharper.

"Young Master Li, please wait a moment. There is still a bottle of my prized Romanée-Conti in the back..."

Tang Xingyu stood up with a sheepish smile, intending to go to the back.

"Hold on!" Cui Jinghui said, squinting his eyes. "That's not right of you. You owe our suppliers so much money, how can you still have private stock? This bottle of wine is not allowed to be opened. You guys go take the wine back; we'll count it as five thousand towards the debt."

"Damn it!"

Tang Xingyu was burning with rage and gritted his teeth, "Cui Jinghui! It's just that I'm out of money, it doesn't mean my family is! My old man is still the chairman of Xingtu Group! The market value is over ten billion! Is it necessary to push me this hard?"

"And I have guests today, can't you give me some face!?"

He pulled Cui Jinghui to the side, nearly grinding his teeth to dust, and tried hard to lower his voice.

Cui Jinghui pushed his hand away. "Business is business. No matter how rich your family is, what does that have to do with me? I only know you owe me money. Enough talk. Either pay the bill and I'll leave, or I'm taking it to offset the debt!"

Cui Jinghui had figured it out. This Li Zijian probably wasn't a good person either. He claimed to be Jin Lu's senior, but he was likely still harboring ulterior motives and thinking about her. Now, he had to suck up to Zheng Qian properly; he absolutely couldn't let him lose face in front of the woman at this moment.

"Alright, you guys don't need to keep bickering."

Li Zijian snorted coldly, lit a cigarette, and said, "How much money? Just say it. Since I've come to my lackey's place, I can't just ignore it. Also, I advise you to be sensible. With one word from me, I can have the capital from Shanghu take you all over!"

Cui Jinghui raised an eyebrow and was about to say something, but Zheng Qian stopped him. He nodded and said, "Go ahead, tell us how much is owed. Young Master Li is wealthy and generous, feel free to speak up."

Cui Jinghui quickly understood what was going on. He immediately took out the ledger and slammed it on the table. "Unpaid wine and beverage bill: 1.2 million. Venue rental fee: 200,000. Atmosphere team female students: 100,000... Adding it all up, it's exactly 2.3 million."

[Pfft—]

Li Zijian was just about to take a sip of draft beer and nearly spat it all out. He looked up in shock, staring at Tang Xingyu in disbelief. "You, you, you just run this crappy bar, and you actually owe people over two million? Are you even human?"

Tang Xingyu also had his own unspoken grievances. Actually, in the past, coming up with this money wouldn't have been a problem. But his allowance was being controlled by his father, so he could only nod helplessly.

Li Zijian regretted it so much his guts turned green. He did have some money, but taking out over two million just like that was still somewhat difficult. Over the past two years, he had accumulated some wealth by swindling and bluffing, but using it to pay off someone else's debt? Wouldn't that be stupid?

"Hmm..." He was just preparing to think of how to phrase his words.

"We support various payment methods." Cui Jinghui immediately placed the QR code, POS machine, mobile phone, power bank, and more on the table.

Li Zijian: ???

Tang Xingyu excitedly grabbed Li Zijian's hand. "Young Master Li, meeting you is truly the honor of my life! When I met you back in Shanghu, I knew you were no ordinary person. I didn't expect you to be so generous! Saving me from this crisis, once I get over this hurdle, I will definitely repay you with everything I have!"

Li Zijian really wanted to slap himself hard. What should he do? Should he just leave?

He knew clearly that he wasn't a real member of the Shanghai Americas Club; he was just relying on some connections to swindle families who wanted to join, skimming some profit off the top. He had intended to come to Yebai this time to extort another large sum from Tang Xingyu. But he hadn't expected...