"Someone looked into Jin Xiumin for me, and found out that everything Lu Zixun said was true," Yang Hua, his heart still racing with fear, muttered to himself.
Thinking of the person who had introduced Jin Xiumin to him made Yang Hua’s teeth clench with anger.
It must have been a dirty trick by that bastard from the bar across the street. I was so close to falling for it.
It was peak time for entertaining guests at XS, and Yang Hua told the waitstaff to take good care of the guests in Xiong Kang’s private room.
If anyone caused any trouble, just kick them out.
As Yang Hua made his way to the back, an intriguing idea suddenly popped into his head.
Cats do seem to bring good luck, it seems. I’ll have to ask Xiong Kang to hurry and get a cat to keep things steady here.
Inside the private room, Lu Zixun, who had just learned how to play dice, was already dominating the scene.
He hadn’t lost a single game since he sat at the table.
"Drink up, do you raise goldfish or what!" Lu Zixun, having won another round against Xiong Kang, pointed at the beer-filled cup in front of Xiong Kang, taunting him.
Luckily, everyone here was an acquaintance. If a stranger saw this, their jaw would probably drop.
A cat playing dice is one thing, but being so damn good at it is another.
Xiong Kang, taking the tissue handed to him by Guo Xin’er, wiped his mouth before shaking again, glaring fiercely at Lu Zixun, "You little jerk, let’s go again!"
Helplessly shrugging his shoulders, Lu Zixun idly shook the dice.
He hadn’t expected Xiong Kang to be such easy prey, losing twelve rounds in a row to a newbie.
"Lingchuan City’s little Cat King of dice, pays his respects to the STO headquarters," Lu Zixun, stopping his shaking of the Dice Sect’s dice, playfully bowed his paw at Xiong Kang.
In contrast to the room where Xiong Kang and the others were, Lin An, whose nerves had just eased, tensed up once again.
For the first time, he felt an urge to flee the battle.
Just as he was about to speak, Zhu Fanglei looked around XS and nodded in satisfaction, "This place isn’t bad, even has a free table to play. We can use this as our hangout spot from now on."
After quietly asking a few questions to a nearby waitress, Zhu Fanglei returned to Lin An’s side.
"Mr. An, let’s go. It’s the third private room on the right upstairs."
Zhu Fanglei was taken aback when he found out where they were going.
The difference between the first and the second floor of XS Bar was like night and day.
Not to mention that mysterious third room.
From what he had just heard from the waitress, this third private room was generally not open to the public.
Zhu Fanglei instantly thought of the Wang Family brothers’ incident last time; there had to be some VIP there.
Before Lin An could say anything, Zhu Fanglei organized his thoughts and continued, "Brother, if it doesn’t work out later, don’t lose your composure, I suspect..."
He didn’t finish his sentence but threw a meaningful glance at Lin An, signaling that he understood.
Taking a deep breath, Lin An straightened his collar and walked towards the second floor entrance with a steady gaze in his eyes.
Here I am; I’ll just have to go through with it.
"Good evening, sirs. May I help you with something?"
Arriving at the third room, the waitress, upon seeing the two men, one of whom held a rose, frowned and reached out to stop them.
She remembered very clearly the instructions given by boss Yang Hua just moments ago.
She had seen far too many people come into the bar with roses, hoping for a romantic confession.
If things went well, everyone would happily drink together.
"If they can both accept it, that would be great."
"If they can’t... that’s a whole different accident waiting to happen, and he couldn’t bear that responsibility."
Seeing the expression in the eyes of the waiter, Lin An took out a business card: "Hello, I’m Lin An, head of the Lin Group. I’m here today to confess my love to the girl I cherish. Could we possibly make an arrangement?"
The waiter, with a helpless look on his face, took the business card, glanced at it, and realized that it might actually be serious, but he had never heard of the name Lin An before.
Faced with the waiter who looked quite troubled,
Lin An didn’t give him a hard time and smiled: "If this is something you can’t decide, could you perhaps call your manager for me?"
The waiter was about to say "please wait a moment" when Xiong Kang and Lu Zixun walked out of the private room, one after the other.
"You’re so bad at this, you lost fifteen rounds before you won one against me."
"Don’t talk crap! I was letting you win on purpose. With your little tolerance for alcohol, you would have been hiding under the table long ago if I hadn’t."
The person and cat duo who was headed to the restroom started dissing each other.
Their cursing voices became fainter as they walked further away.
Zhu Fanglei twitched the corners of his mouth, then turned to Lin An, who also looked astonished, and muttered, "Did I just see a cat that can talk and even curse at people?"
Lin An pursed his lips and, regaining his composure, said: "I guess you didn’t see wrong, nor hear wrong."
Zhu Fanglei took a deep breath and, after calming down for a moment, recalled and said: "If I’m not mistaken, the person we just saw is from the STO bureau, Xiong Kang, and the cat beside him... must be the STO’s Guardian Beast."
"Indeed, a person of high rank," Zhu Fanglei thought to himself.
At the same time, he looked at Lin An with sympathy. The girl he liked actually knew such figures; how intense must that pressure be.
Lin An, hanging his head, also sighed internally. This was truly a difficult situation.
"Let’s go sing karaoke later! I’ll sing ’Qingming River Painting’ for you to listen to, alright?"
Standing on Xiong Kang’s shoulder, Lu Zixun felt this plan was solid. He had never heard Lin Siyin sing before.
"Sure, I can also sing you a song I just learned from a game!"
The man and cat duo, hitting it off instantly, looked at each other and smiled, giggling as they walked back to the private room.
Their arm-in-arm posture looked sketchy no matter how one looked at it.
Lu Zixun, suddenly clear-headed, noticed someone holding roses at the door and was momentarily puzzled.
What was this situation? Could it be that someone was allowed to come into XS Bar to sell roses?
He looked at Xiong Kang with confusion.
Xiong Kang shrugged; he didn’t understand the situation either.
"Hello, may I take a bit of your time?"
Mustering up his courage, Lin An didn’t want to miss this opportunity; he feared that if he did...
He would regret it for the rest of his life.
Xiong Kang, putting away the carefree demeanor he had while chatting with Lu Zixun, looked at Lin An with an indifferent expression.
"It goes ... I... I want to confess to a girl, but the waiter isn’t letting us into the private room. He said we need your permission. I wonder if it might be possible..."
Lu Zixun and Xiong Kang didn’t listen to what came after, only hearing something about a confession?
Who was he going to confess to?
Both man and cat felt a sense of alarm and eyed Lin An with a slightly unfriendly expression.
Lu Zixun narrowed his eyes, looking at Lin An: "If I may be so bold to ask, who are you planning to confess to?"