Chapter Twenty-Four: Drugged

  Wang Xu and Han Yixue returned from Xiangxiang Pavilion at more than 9 pm, having settled the matter of those scammers. Wang Xu also felt like he had put down a stone in his heart.

  Back to the dormitory, Wang Xu took a bath and tidied up the messy dormitory. After cleaning up the hygiene, he lay on the bed and read medical books for a while before falling asleep.

  The next afternoon after work, Peng Shan called and asked Wang Xu to go out for a drink together.

  Peng Shan and Wang Xu are sworn brothers, this time in Yun City, Wang Xu as a half host, both emotionally and rationally should treat Peng Shan to a good meal.

  Yesterday was a holiday, at noon Wang Xu's mood turned bad because Peng Shan mentioned Yang Han, and he drank too much during lunch. Later, due to the Xiangxiang Pavilion matter, there was no time in the evening either. Today, Wang Xu naturally couldn't refuse.

  Wang Xu and Peng Shan first found a good restaurant to eat, then saw that the time was still early, fortunately found a bar to continue drinking.

  This bar is called Blood Blue, and it's quite famous in Yun City. The name of the bar comes from a special cocktail they serve here, also called Blood Blue.

  This blood-colored blue liquor is said to be made from several high-end wines as the base wine, mixed with special techniques by the bartender, and added with special ingredients. The whole wine presents a blood-red color, and when viewed through a glass, there is also a deep blue color in the middle, hence its name.

  This blood-red liquor smells fragrant and pungent, tastes pure and mellow, and is also the signature drink of this bar. It's said to be the only one in the country, with no other branches.

  Wang Xu has been in Yun City for a short time, but he didn't know about the Blood-colored Azure, Peng Shan had followed someone to drink once two days ago, so this time Wang Xu came.

  Wang Xu and the other person walked into the bar, but they didn't hear the heavy metal music that was common in other bars. Instead, the entire bar was filled with a very pleasant piano melody, the tune was cheerful and beautiful, making people feel carefree and relaxed.

  Listening to this kind of music, feeling the dim light of the bar, it's as if the whole person has instantly left the hustle and bustle of the city and arrived at a paradise on earth, where all burdens and pressures disappear in an instant.

  "This place is quite good, quiet and elegant, without that kind of gaudy noise, it's a great place to kill time." Wang Xu said with a faint smile.

  Two people found a relatively secluded spot to sit down, ordered two cups of crimson blue, listened to music on one side, and chatted casually on the other.

  The blood-colored blue in this bar is indeed good, Wang Xu took a sip and tasted that the blood-colored blue inside actually added not other cocktail white sugar milk and other spices, but several good Chinese medicinal materials, which have the effect of refreshing, these Chinese medicinal materials just covered up the original astringent taste of the base wine, making the whole wine's mouthfeel more pure.

  "The person who concocted this cocktail is not simple." Wang Xu drank his wine while pondering, and based on his knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, he couldn't fully appreciate all the medicinal ingredients added to this wine, which showed that the formula was not ordinary.

  "Huh? He Minhua?" Wang Xu and Peng Shan were talking, when suddenly Peng Shan's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed in a low voice.

  Upon hearing Peng Shan's shout, Wang Xu hastily followed his gaze and saw two women entering the bar. The one in front appeared to be around 40 years old, wearing a black dress with a slender figure, exuding elegance and refinement. The other, who looked like she was 27 or 28, wore a white short-sleeved blouse with a brown tight-fitting jeans, accentuating her captivating curves.

  "That's He Minhua in front, the president of Yunhua Group. I just saw him with our teacher the day before yesterday." Peng Shan said softly to Wang Xu.

  "Is He Minhua's illness better?" Wang Xu asked inexplicably, Peng Shan was following Liu Qiancheng to Yun City to diagnose He Minhua's illness. At this time, He Minhua looked steady and did not look like he was ill.

  "No." Peng Shan shook his head and leaned in close to Wang Xu's ear, saying: "He Mianhua's illness is a leakage of qi, it doesn't affect her normal work."

  "Leaking!" Wang Xu asked in surprise.

  "It's nothing serious, just a hemorrhoid, it's been more than half a year already. It's just that this illness is a bit embarrassing, which is why He Minhua didn't want others to know." Peng Shan said in a low voice.

  "Oh, no wonder." Wang Xu nodded, feeling enlightened. This kind of illness wasn't rare after all, and for women, it was indeed hard to mention, let alone He Minhua. However, this illness shouldn't be difficult to cure, right? Yet He Minhua's illness hadn't been cured even after half a year, which was quite strange.

  Wang Xu and another person were whispering to each other when He Minhua and the woman who came in with her sat down in a private room not far from them.

  "Xiao Qian, let's sit here instead, it's too suffocating inside the private room." He Mianhua said with a smile to the girl beside her.

  "You said sit wherever you want, right?" Yao Qian smiled and nodded, beckoning a waiter over.

  "Boss." The waiter came over and greeted the girl respectfully.

  "Boss!" Wang Xu and Peng Shan, who were sitting not far away, clearly heard the waiter's address to the girl. They looked at each other in surprise, neither of them had expected that the boss of this bar would be such a young beauty.

  "Bring two glasses of Blood Orange and a large fruit platter." Yao Qian ordered, smiling as she sat down across from He Minhua.

  "You're quite famous now with your Blood Jade Blue, even some people from Zhongjiang have come all the way to taste it." He Mianhua said with a smile.

  "I'm just talking nonsense, and I won't be able to enter your eyes, Sister Hua." Yao Qian said with a light smile.

  "Who says I won't let you into my sight? Or else, I'll invest in your shares and open a bar like this on the Central River?" He Minhua said with a smile.

  "Please spare me," Yao Qian hastily waved her hand and said, "I'm already overwhelmed with this one family, if I open another one, won't it be the death of me? No way."

  "It's still reluctant, is it because you're afraid I'll snatch your formula?" He Mianhua smiled.

  "Hua sister, don't bully me like that. With such a big family business of yours, you can't even look down on my small formula?" Yao Qian said with a pout.

  "That big family business isn't mine alone, I'm actually envious of you having no worries at all." He Mianhua said faintly. She's only forty-five this year, her eldest son is just twenty and still in college, yet she single-handedly manages such a large conglomerate, appearing to be carefree and limitless, but who can see the pressure behind the scenes?

  "By the way, Huajie, I heard that Liu Qiancheng diagnosed you the day before yesterday. How's the situation? Is it getting better?" Seeing He Minhua's emotions suddenly drop, Yao Qian quickly changed the subject.

  "After taking two doses of medicine, I still don't feel any effect, it's really frustrating." He Mianhua sighed and said.

  Wang Xu and Peng Shan sat not far away, idly drinking wine while listening to He Minhua and the girl talking. Suddenly, a door of a private room nearby opened instantly, and a 23- or 30-year-old girl rushed out from inside, stumbling and staggering. As she passed by Wang Xu and Peng Shan's seats, she suddenly fell to the ground.

  "Save me!" The girl crawled on the ground, grasping Wang Xu's ankle and shouting.

  Wang Xu heard this and without saying a word, he grabbed the girl's waist and lifted her up from the ground, putting her in an empty seat beside him.

  After putting the girl down, Wang Xu subconsciously reached for the girl's wrist and felt her weak pulse. He frowned and whispered to Peng Shan: "She was drugged."

  As soon as Wang Xu's voice fell, three young men in their twenties rushed out of the package room where the girl had run out. The young man walking in front had a long blood mark on his face, obviously scratched by someone.

  "Damn it, dare to move on me, Ben Shao Ye is really fed up with living." The young man rushed forward, not even looking at Wang Xu and Peng Shan beside him, and slapped the girl's face with a loud slap.

  Wang Xu stood at the side and naturally couldn't just watch, so he reached out and grabbed the young man's wrist, exerting a bit of force to fling him off balance.

  "How dare you interfere with Young Master's affairs?" The young man was held up by two youths who followed behind him, and he barely stood firm, looking coldly at Wang Xu.

  "Zhang Tianhao, my bar is not a place for you to be reckless?" The young man's cold words fell, and Wang Xu had no time to respond when a crisp voice sounded behind the young man.

  "Yao Qian! He Zong!" Zhang Tianhao turned his head back, and at a glance, he saw that He Minhua and the boss of the bar, Yao Qian, had already stood up. His face changed slightly, and he couldn't believe that He Minhua and Yao Qian were actually in the bar, sitting in the main hall.

  "Zhang Tianhao, you're really something, actually drugging someone in my bar." Yao Qian walked up to the girl leaning on Wang Xu, saw her face was flushed and breathing rapidly, even an idiot would know what's going on.

  "Sorry, Yao, it was an accident." Zhang Tianhao's mouth twitched twice as he looked at Zhang Qian and He Minhua, his face changing color, stunned for a full minute before saying a conciliatory sentence to Yao Qian. Then he turned to the two people beside him and shouted: "Let's go!" After that, he turned around and left the bar.

  "This beast!" Watching Zhang Tianhao and the other two leave, Yao Qian gritted her teeth and cursed, before turning back to look at the drugged girl.

  "It's hot, so hot!" At this time, the girl was already completely unconscious, shouting incoherently with her mouth, and subconsciously tearing at her clothes on her chest.

  "What's going on?" Yao Qian was just a girl in her twenties and had never seen such a commotion before, so she was somewhat flustered.

  "Can you find me a brighter room? This girl has been drugged and needs to be treated as soon as possible, or the effects of the drug will become severe." Wang Xu said urgently.

  "Xiao Qian, hurry up and find a room." He Mianhua, after all, was the CEO of Yunhua Group. At this moment, she was quite calm. After hearing Wang Xu's words, she gave him a meaningful glance and said to Yao Qian.

  "Alright, follow me." Yao Qian hastily responded and led the way forward. Wang Xu carried the girl and followed behind with Peng Shan. The few of them quickly arrived at a room deep within the bar.

  "Rip it off!" After entering the room, Wang Xu put the girl on the double bed and, without saying a word, used both hands to forcefully tear open the girl's clothes in front of her chest.