Chapter Forty-Three: Reencountering Huang Ning

  Chen Zhe still had a bit of schadenfreude as he looked at Zhao Tiezhu, waiting for him to get drunk and make a fool of himself. However, as he watched, Zhao Tiezhu had already downed 10 cans with him, and Chen Zhe himself had almost finished 20 cans. Zhao Tiezhu's face was red, his eyes were blurry, but he refused to fall over. It seemed like one more can would make him collapse. So Chen Zhe continued to drink desperately. Before long, they finished a whole case and ordered another one. Li Ling'er and the others were too busy eating to even glance at Zhao Tiezhu, who was drinking bottle after bottle with a drunken gaze. "Brother, if you don't die from drinking, I will!" Zhao Tiezhu thought to himself with a sly smile.

  Finally, the second box was also finished. Chen Zhe knew that he had encountered a "dress up as a pig to eat a tiger" situation. His stomach churned with a wave of nausea, and without saying a word, he rushed out of the private room and headed straight for the bathroom. Faintly, Zhao Tiezhu's voice could be heard: "Senior, I'm getting drunk, but I don't dare drink anymore."

  Chen Zhe had just entered the toilet and vomited, in less than an hour he had drunk more than a box, if he didn't vomit he would have become a wine immortal. After Chen Zhe finished vomiting, he washed his face at the sink, but saw a young man with a full head of yellow hair walking in.

  "Huang Ge!" Chen Zhe exclaimed in surprise.

  "Oh? Chen Zhe, you're also here drinking?" The person called Huang Ge obviously knew Chen Zhe and stopped to greet him. If Zhao Tiezhu were here, he would definitely notice that this was the same Huang Ning who had been beaten by him last time, one of the three young masters of FJ, and the son of the vice mayor.

  "Yeah, I'm coming over tonight with a few juniors." Chen Zhe's eyes lit up as he thought of a plan, seeing that Huang Ning wasn't really interested in him, and quickly said: "There are some extremely beautiful girls coming! Brother Huang, are you interested in going over to meet them together?"

  Huang Ning's heart itched at the mention of it, he had only just recovered from his illness and hadn't been out for many days. During his hospital stay, he was forbidden from smoking, drinking, or women. He thought about the people he met at KTV that day and couldn't help but shudder at the memory of Lei Zi's massive body. He wasn't thinking about revenge, but his father had warned him not to provoke those people again. If he ran into them, he had to be respectful, and if he could make connections with them, it would be a big help for his future and his father's. But he didn't know what their identities were, and after thinking about it for a few days, he gave up trying to figure it out. Now that Chen Zhe mentioned there were beautiful women, he thought it wouldn't hurt to go take a look together, and if they could spark something, the night wouldn't be boring.

  "Alright, I'll go call my buddy to come along," said Huang Ning, first leading Chen Zhe into his private room. In the room, there were seven or eight people sitting, one of whom looked around thirty years old and was seated in the lead position. Huang Ning smiled as he walked over to that person and said: "Ximen brother, this is a classmate of mine, Chen Zhe."

  Chen Zhe hastily called out: "Hello, Big Brother Xi Men."

  That man slightly raised his eyes to look at Chen Zhe, nodded, and didn't say a word. Huang Ning continued: "Chen Zhe wants to invite you to his private room for a drink, there are several pretty good chicks in his private room."

  "Oh?" The man let out a soft hum. Chen Zhe hastily said: "Absolutely on the dot, Big Brother Xi Men you can go and take a look yourself."

  "Then I'll go take a look." The man stood up and said, "Xiao Chen will lead the way."

  Huang Ning made a gesture to the people around him, and several of them immediately went back to drinking on their own, no one being tactless enough to follow him.

  Chen Zhe brought the two to his private room, Chen Zhe entered first, followed by Huang Ning and the man surnamed Ximen. As soon as Huang Ning came in, he saw Li Ling'er and others at a glance, and his face changed instantly. He took a small step back, almost imperceptibly. Looking at the middle-aged man beside him, he seemed to have gained some confidence, and was no longer so fearful.

  Zhao Tiezhu also saw Huang Ning, but his expression was indifferent and he just glanced at him. That one glance shattered the little courage Huang Ning had. "Everyone, pay attention, this is our FJ University's student union vice president..." Chen Zhe was about to introduce, but Huang Ning took a step forward and respectfully said: "Brother Zhao."

  This shout from Zhao Ge instantly made the private room fall silent, except for a few women who were eating and didn't care about anyone else. Everyone else was stunned in an instant.

  Chen Zhe was also shocked, he knew Huang Ning's identity, the son of the vice mayor and one of the three leaders of the White Eagle gang. He usually had to look up to him, but now he was standing next to Zhao Tiezhu like a well-behaved kid, calling him "big brother". This was shocking. The person with the surname Ximen also looked surprised, although he didn't really care about Huang Ning, his father was still the vice mayor after all, so he had always interacted with him as an elder brother. He didn't expect that this young man who didn't look particularly impressive would make Huang Ning address him with such respect, calling him "brother". This was quite strange.

  Zhao Tiezhu didn't find it strange that this person knew his name. In this day and age, Zhao Tiezhu's name wasn't some kind of national secret. With a deputy mayor for a father, finding out his surface identity was easy enough. The only thing he didn't know was whether his old man knew about his position in the National Security Bureau's Special Operations Division. He probably did, or else Huang Ning wouldn't be so respectful at this moment.

  Zhao Tiezhu nodded slightly as a greeting, while Huang Ning continued, "Ximen brother, this is my Zhao brother."

  The middle-aged man walked over with a smile on his face, stretched out his hand and said: "Hello, hello, I'm Xi Menqing (this name is suitable for a villain, Lao Shi won't take another name)."

  Ximen Qing. This name has character, Zhao Tiezhu nodded and stretched out his hand to touch Ximen Qing's, saying: "Zhao Tiezhu."

  Ximen Qing's eyebrows slightly furrowed, this person's tone was too arrogant. Huang Ning seemed to not notice that Ximen Qing was already somewhat displeased and continued to say: "Brother Ximen, Zhao is a capable person, even my father can't praise him enough."

  Ximen Qing's eyebrows were furrowed even tighter, and he thought to himself: "I'm a capable person, but you're not? My boss can take down your father with just one word, so what are you trying to do by flattering him like this? In what way am I, Ximen the great official, inferior to this little brat?"

  Zhao Tiezhu suddenly saw through Huang Ning's trick, trying to flatter him and make Ximen Qing lose face. He thought to himself, "You think you're so clever?" Zhao Tiezhu calmly said, "No need to be polite, you're the capable one, Huang Daxiao." Huang Ning's expression turned serious as he said, "Since Brother Zhao is drinking here, I'll borrow Chen Zhe's wine to toast Brother Zhao a cup." He opened a can of beer from the nearby wine box and drank it in one gulp. At this time, Ximen Qing heard Zhao Tiezhu's words and vaguely discovered Huang Ning's trick. If he didn't toast with wine, he would appear impolite, but if he did, he would unnecessarily lower his own status. This Huang Ning was indeed not simple.

  Zhao Tiezhu wasn't stupid either, he smiled and picked up a can of beer, saying "I'll toast Xi Men first with a can." Then he opened the beer and drank several mouthfuls, before opening another can and saying to Huang Ning "This one's yours," but only took a sip.

  Ximen Qing was delighted at this moment. Huang Ning had first offered a toast to Zhao Tiezhu, but Zhao Tiezhu had instead toasted Ximen Qing first and then turned back to Huang Ning with just a small sip of wine. This move gave face to Ximen Qing while also subtly slapping Huang Ning in the face.

  Huang Ning finished drinking and said to Chen Zhe: "You guys keep drinking, we'll go first."

  Ximen Qing, however, reached into his pocket and pulled out a business card, handing it to Zhao Tiezhu, saying: "If there's anything we can cooperate on in the future, feel free to come find me." After that, he followed Huang Ning out the door.

  "General Manager of Tian Shang Ren Jian Entertainment Co., Ltd. Xi Men Qing." Zhao Tiezhu looked at the business card and smiled secretly, interesting, very interesting.

  Chen Zhe had now recovered from his shock, and after sending the few people out of the private room and coming back, he looked at Zhao Tiezhu with a hint of fear in his eyes: "You and Huang Ge are very familiar?"

  "I've seen it once." Zhao Tiezhu returned to his dazed and confused state. His body leaned slightly towards Cao Ziyue, Ah, this body is really soft. Cao Ziyue just smiled helplessly and didn't react otherwise.

  "Having met once and letting Huang Ge call you brother? What's your background?" Chen Zhe asked directly, fueled by the wine.

  "I? I'm just a big new student, what's the point. Maybe he thinks I'm more handsome than him." Zhao Tiezhu said, and didn't care about Chen Zhe, leaned against Cao Ziyue with his eyes closed, pretending to sleep.

  "Alright, let's go, I'm full." Su Yanni called out, seeing Zhao Tiezhu eating Cao Ziyu's tofu. For no reason, a wave of acid rose in Su Yanni's heart, and she secretly thought that this man was still a pervert, maybe he really was the underwear thief, otherwise why did the cases of stolen underwear disappear from the station during his injury?

  "What? Leaving already? Alright, alright... Oh no, my head is spinning." Zhao Tiezhu naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity to pretend to be drunk, and stood up with a few women, but his legs were unsteady, as if he was about to lean onto Su Yanni's body.

  "Get out of the way." Su Yanni didn't have a good expression. Following Li Ling'er and Cao Ziyi, they left the private room. Chen Zhe saw that several people were about to leave, so he stood up and took Guo Jing to settle the bill.

  Just seeing the magnificent five-figure bill, Chen Zhe's heart also felt a pang of sourness.