Three rounds of drinks in!

"This spicy chicken dish here really packs a punch, I can't believe even I'm finding it too hot!" Zhou Hao laughed as he guzzled water.

By now, two-thirds of a bottle of white liquor had been consumed, and Zhou Hao was getting chattier.

Ye Xiao said, "Ever since you first arrived in Minghai City, we haven't had the chance to drink together."

"Right, boss, even though we are now working toward a great goal, to tell you the truth, the time I miss the most is back in Lijiazhou. Do you remember? Once when we both got hurt and ended up at some peasant's house, we managed to scrounge half a bottle of liquor. Drinking that, it felt like the finest ambrosia!" Zhou Hao reminisced with a smile.

Ye Xiao replied, "Indeed, but the past is just memories now. By the way, just before I came here, Guo Pincheng called me and said that Hengzhiyuan Group will be completely under our control by tomorrow."

Upon hearing Guo Pincheng's name, Zhou Hao's face revealed an unusual expression.

"That guy is no good!" Zhou Hao sighed.

When Ye Xiao heard this, he was somewhat puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Guo Pincheng's loyalty to you, boss, I believe in that. But as a person, he's not good, and he's too ruthless in his ways!" Zhou Hao said. "There's a saying, 'Don't push a killer too far.' To force Cao Zhongfa into submission, Guo didn't bother to ask if Cao was willing to transfer his shares. Instead, in front of Cao, he had Cao's wife raped by someone. And that wasn't all, he even chopped off one of Cao Zhongfa's son's hands. Of course, if someone is truly evil to the core or has committed such sins as patricide or stealing someone's wife, I guess that could be understandable."

"Oh?" Ye Xiao listened to Zhou Hao, equally shocked.

Ye Xiao had great trust in Zhou Hao's words. If Zhou Hao said that Guo Pincheng had done so, then it must be true.

"It looks like he has been repressed for too long and couldn't help but vent," Ye Xiao reflected. "However, I didn't see it coming, that he could be so fierce. No wonder he managed to subdue all those people so quickly. Once the business with Heng Zhiyuan Group is settled, the brothers from Blood Blade won't have to help him anymore."

Zhou Hao had no intention of associating with Guo Pincheng to begin with, and now, hearing Ye Xiao's words, he immediately nodded in agreement, "Yes, boss."

The two of them chatted and laughed, ate, and drank, occasionally reminiscing about the old times.

In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed, and Ye Xiao ended up paying an 88-yuan bill.

"Ah, there's still twelve yuan change!" Ye Xiao, looking at the change the restaurant owner handed back to him, laughed and said, "Looks like today we can afford to splurge a bit!"

Zhou Hao, for some reason, maybe a short-circuit in his brain, chimed in, "Boss, with twelve yuan, you couldn't even get a call girl!"

Ye Xiao was momentarily petrified, and the young cashier, in her early twenties with decent looks, upon hearing Zhou Hao's comment, was also stunned, staring blankly at Ye Xiao.

"Miss, I'm not that kind of man!" Ye Xiao tried to explain, after all, the suspicion was evident in the girl's eyes.

"What kind of person do you say you are?" The girl gave Ye Xiao an all-telling eye roll.

Feeling this wasn't a place to stay for long, Ye Xiao quickly turned and made his exit from the spicy chicken restaurant.

Zhou Hao followed swiftly, laughing as they stepped outside, "Boss, why so hasty? That girl was giving you quite a look!"

"Yeah, Young Master Zhou, thanks to you, now I'm seen as a shameless rogue in her eyes," Ye Xiao said.

"What's wrong with being a hooligan?" Zhou Hao chuckled and said, "With the east wind come the beating drums, all hooligans, who is afraid of whom?"

"Do you want me to help you sober up?" Ye Xiao stopped, turned his head, and raised his eyebrows at Zhou Hao!

Zhou Hao had originally wanted to make a fool of Ye Xiao with his drunken antics, but now, seeing Ye Xiao's expression, he got a shiver through his body, immediately laughed sheepishly, and said, "Boss, give me the money, and I'll go buy you a Black Card to drink."

"Drink your own head, go buy it with your own money if you want to drink!" Ye Xiao said huffily.

"Boss, don't you have money there?" Zhou Hao eyes were fixed on the money in Ye Xiao's hand.

Ye Xiao could only smile wryly, really at his wit's end with this guy, and tossed twelve yuan to Zhou Hao, saying, "Get me a chilled one."

"Right away!" Zhou Hao immediately ran into a nearby supermarket!

Ye Xiao stood outside the supermarket waiting, but after five minutes, Zhou Hao still hadn't come out, so Ye Xiao went inside.

When Ye Xiao walked into the supermarket, he saw Zhou Hao happily chatting with a cashier.

"Beauty, I'm really not lying to you, my boss is truly handsome and talented, look, if he weren't good-looking and loaded, why would he come to buy Black Card? This Black Card costs six yuan a bottle!" Zhou Hao earnestly told the girl.

Was this guy really drunk, or was he just pretending?

"Are you done yet?" The girl seemed already fed up with Zhou Hao's endless chatter and shouted at him.

Zhou Hao had intended to flirt with the girl, as he'd seen Ye Xiao make some girls blush and lower their heads when he flirted with them, but this girl didn't seem to show shyness, instead, she looked thoroughly disgusted.

"I'm... I'm done!" Zhou Hao paid and ultimately walked out in a dejected manner.

As he came out of the supermarket, Ye Xiao was leaning against a barrier at the entrance, laughing at Zhou Hao!

"Flirting attempt failed, huh?" Ye Xiao looked at Zhou Hao with a mocking face.

Zhou Hao sighed, handed one bottle of Black Card to Ye Xiao, and said, "I just can't figure it out, what's the deal? That girl nearly chased me out."

Watching Zhou Hao's painfully perplexed face, Ye Xiao took the Black Card, twisted open the cap, took a sip, and said, "Actually, it's not your problem!"

"Really?" Zhou Hao immediately looked at Ye Xiao when he heard his words.

"It's that the girl doesn't know how to appreciate a handsome guy!" Ye Xiao finished his sentence and directly started walking towards Minghai Academy.

"Huh?" Zhou Hao, after thinking about Ye Xiao's words for a few seconds, realized he'd been made fun of.

Zhou Hao quickly followed up, not angry, but with a face eagerly seeking advice, he said to Ye Xiao, "Boss, give me some pointers."

"Pointers? Sure, but let me ask you, if you're going to flirt with someone, just flirt with them. Why bring me up? Do you know? When you were talking to that girl just now, you totally came off like a street thug who relies on his boss to get by." Ye Xiao said, "You've got to focus on highlighting yourself."

"Oh, right!" Zhou Hao pondered thoughtfully!

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