The five of them gently clinked their glasses and began to swirl the wine in their hands with care.
All of them had some taste to speak of, except for Li Changlin, who lacked knowledge in this area.
However, he had never seen a hog run but had eaten pork before, so he managed not to embarrass himself.
A minute or two later, everyone started to sip the wine slowly. The red wine was quite expensive, and one could tell they were all imported goods, costing several thousand per bottle just by looking at the labels.
"Come on, let’s start with the dishes first. If it’s not enough, we’ll add more later." Since Zhou Xingxing had promised to treat them, he took the initiative to play the host.
He was the first to pick up his chopsticks, signaling everyone to begin eating.
As for Li Changlin and the others, they didn’t stand on ceremony and soon everyone began to eat.
They chatted while eating, thoroughly enjoying themselves.
About fifteen minutes in, Qian Ziwei’s face suddenly showed an embarrassed expression. She then leaned in and whispered something to Lin Ruonan, who quickly put down her chopsticks with a smile, "Excuse me, I need to go to the restroom. Ziwei, come with me, please."
Everyone had noticed Qian Ziwei’s expression, and when Lin Ruonan suddenly spoke up, Li Changlin and the others knew she was covering for Qian Ziwei, so they didn’t pay much attention to it.
"Changlin, do you drink liquor?" With the two ladies away from the table, there were no more inhibitions. Brother Grape finished his wine in one gulp and turned to look at Li Changlin.
"I do drink sometimes, but I can’t handle much. However, if Brother Grape wants to drink, I’ll keep him company to the end," Li Changlin admitted that he wasn’t a good drinker, barely managing two or three shots. But since Zhao Pu had brought it up, he couldn’t snub Brother Grape.
"Alright, then let’s have a bottle of baijiu. Xingzi also can drink about three shots, so you two split a jin and Brother Grape will have a jin to himself." Zhao Pu had served in the army when he was younger, so he had a particular fondness for baijiu.
Li Changlin had no objections and stood up with a smile, "Okay, then I’ll call the waiter to bring a bottle of baijiu."
Having said that, he turned to leave the room, but suddenly, there came a furious shout from outside, "Get out of the way!"
Then there was a sharp slap, clearly someone had been hit across the face.
"Ruonan!" Li Changlin’s expression changed, and he hurried out of the private room. The voice he had heard was Lin Ruonan’s.
"You filthy slut, don’t get too cocky. How dare you hit me? Are you looking for death?" As soon as Li Changlin stepped out of the room, he saw a young man in a suit, glaring at Lin Ruonan. There were five finger marks on his face, evidently from a slap that Lin Ruonan had delivered.
"Say that again if you dare, believe it or not, I’ll tear your mouth!" Lin Ruonan was not to be messed with. Who would dare to speak to her like that in ordinary circumstances?
This man was shameless. As they were coming out of the restroom, he had blocked their way and incessantly spewed filth.
Lin Ruonan had been bothered to the point of lashing out with a slap.
Yet, much to her surprise, the man didn’t back down after being hit and continued to be aggressive, which only infuriated Lin Ruonan further.
"Fuck your sister," the young man cursed, his anger overflowing as he raised his fist and aimed it at Lin Ruonan’s face.
"Stop!" At this moment, Li Changlin was still a distance away from Lin Ruonan. He quickened his pace, running and shouting loudly at the same time.
"Ridiculous." At that moment, Qian Ziwei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly let out a cold snort. Without a moment’s hesitation, she swiftly raised her leg and fiercely kicked the young man in the stomach.
Instantly, the guy’s body was sent flying backward, then he crashed heavily to the ground.
With a thud, the fellow hit the ground with such force that he immediately let out a pitiful scream.
"What happened, what happened?"
"Sounds like it’s Rong Xuan’s voice."
Suddenly, the private room behind the youth burst open, and several people rushed out quickly.
"Rong Xuan, what’s wrong with you?"
"Damn, who dares to hit our second youngest master!"
Seeing the young man on the ground, the few who had run out were all stunned.
Quickly, some of them regained their senses, and two rushed over to help the young man up.
"Brother," the young man sounded so wronged. He had intended to give Lin Ruonan a hard time, but who would have thought that Qian Ziwei, standing beside her, had such great strength to send him flying with just one kick.
The guy was terribly frustrated. He had eyed Lin Ruonan and Qian Ziwei before because they were beautiful, thinking of teasing the taste of the two beauties, but this turned out to be biting off more than he could chew.
It was simply too depressing!
"Why did you hit my brother?" The person the young man called Brother was a young man who looked to be in his late twenties, wearing glasses.
He raised his eyes and looked at Li Changlin.
"Hey, why are you looking at me?" Li Changlin was equally frustrated as he had just approached Lin Ruonan, "What happened, Ruonan, did that guy bully you?"
"Not only did he want to bully me, he also wanted to bully Ziwei, a downright shameless pervert." Lin Ruonan glared fiercely at the young man, then turned to look at the bespectacled youth, "You’re his brother, right? Don’t you know the kind of person your brother is? This guy tried to harass us, got beaten when he failed, and then threatened to make us pay."
"You, you’re talking nonsense." The youth felt ashamed and furious as Lin Ruonan pointed out his embarrassing conduct, and immediately shouted loudly, "Shut up! You deliberately blocked me to ask for my number. Seeing that you were no decent people, I rejected you, but I never expected you to turn things around and blame me instead."
"I’ve seen shameless, but I’ve never seen anyone as shameless as you," Li Changlin said, immediately getting angry.
He strode over, grabbed the front of the young man’s clothes, and then slapped him across the face.
With a crisp smack, Li Changlin delivered the blow with such ferocity that the left side of the young man’s face immediately swelled up.
"You dare hit me? You’re dead; you’re definitely dead. Brother, you have to avenge me!" The slap from Li Changlin left the young man seeing stars.
He trembled with rage all over and immediately reached out, preparing to square up with Li Changlin.
Seeing this, Li Changlin became even more infuriated. He was too fed up to bother with the guy and instantly raised his leg and kicked out fiercely.