"Yeah, that's why we're letting you treat us," Jiang Miaoke said confidently again.

Ye Xiao immediately asked, quite puzzled, "I just don't get it, what's the connection between me treating and gender equality?"

Jiang Miaoke replied, "In the past, when men and women were unequal, you guys always bullied us women. Now that there's equality, of course, you need to treat us, as a way to apologize."

Ye Xiao, upon hearing this, immediately said, "But back when there was inequality, I wasn't even born yet. That has nothing to do with me."

"How could it not be related?" Jiang Miaoke said, "Who told you to be born so late?"

"What the heck!" Ye Xiao couldn't help but say.

"Swearing! This means you need to treat us to karaoke," Jiang Miaoke said, then turned to Li Siqi, Fang Jing, and Lan Lan, "Do you agree?"

"Agree!" The girls immediately said.

Ye Xiao looked at these girls. He suddenly felt like a lone sheep meeting a pack of wolves, and he was clearly the gentle little lamb.

"Today I really got unlucky running into this bunch of she-wolves!" Ye Xiao gritted his teeth and said.

Li Siqi immediately glared and said, "What did you say?"

"Uh?" Ye Xiao immediately chuckled and said, "I meant, how lucky am I to have bumped into such a group of beauties? That's definitely fortune accumulated over lifetimes."

The girls instantly looked at him with disdain.

At this moment, Li Siqi's phone suddenly rang.

Li Siqi immediately took out her phone, glanced at the screen, and smiled, "It's Tongtong!"

When Ye Xiao heard it was Li Sitong, he immediately asked, "Is she coming too?"

Li Siqi said, "Didn't you want to meet her before?"

Ye Xiao replied, "We're not on good terms. She holds quite a grudge against me, so it's better for us not to meet."

"A grudge?" Li Siqi, hearing Ye Xiao's words, furrowed her brows and said, "How can you be so petty? And Tongtong even said in front of me you have a strong sense of justice!"

Hearing this, Ye Xiao immediately asked, "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Do you think I would make it up myself?" Li Siqi said.

Ye Xiao shook his head and said, "Definitely not. Actually, I really do have a strong sense of justice. Hey, why haven't you answered the call yet? Tongtong and I are old acquaintances; we should go out and eat together."

Li Siqi rolled her eyes at Ye Xiao, then answered the call from Li Sitong.

Meanwhile, Jiang Miaoke pulled Ye Xiao aside, suspiciously glared at him, and asked, "Ye Xiao, be honest with me, how many girlfriends do you actually have? Is this Li Sitong also one of them?"

"How could that be? I'm someone who's loyal in love," Ye Xiao said seriously.

"If you dare to insult the term 'loyal in love' again, I'll fight you!" Jiang Miaoke said, nearly losing her temper.

Seeing Jiang Miaoke get emotional, Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "Alright, alright, I just have a few more close female friends. After all, it's rare to find confidants in life—surely you won't oppose me having a few, right?"

"Why should I object? I'm just curious why someone like Li Sitong would take a liking to you," Jiang Miaoke pouted.

Ye Xiao laughed and said, "Yeah, maybe someone really did lose their mind to like someone like me."

Jiang Miaoke heard this, furrowed her brows and glared at Ye Xiao, "What do you mean?"

Ye Xiao laughed heartily, then looked at Lan Lan and said, "Lan Lan, tell us a good place to eat. Let's have a feast together. I'm naturally generous, so I'll make sure everyone is full."

Generous by nature? After bantering with Jiang Miaoke for so long before agreeing to treat?

Lan Lan's face immediately had a black line, then said, "I don't really know either, what do you guys want to eat?"

"How about going to Huaqianqiu for fish? The Qingjiang Fish there has fewer bones and is quite tasty," Fang Jing suggested.

"Huaqianqiu's secret grilled fish? Alright, let's go there," Jiang Miaoke agreed.

Fang Jing said, "By the way, should we invite Ming Yue?"

"Of course, I have to call my boss. It's like indirectly bribing him," Ye Xiao said.

Fang Jing immediately said, "I didn't mean to encourage you to bribe."

At this moment, Li Siqi hung up the call and said, "I also agree to go to Huaqianqiu for the secret grilled fish; it really does taste good. Anyway, Tongtong said she has to work late tonight."

"What? She won't come over?" Jiang Miaoke asked.

Li Siqi replied, "Dinner might not happen, but if there's anything else tonight, she's certainly up for it."

"That's fine. Let's head for dinner now; I'm really getting hungry," Jiang Miaoke said, rubbing her stomach.

Everyone immediately looked at Ye Xiao, and he quickly said, "Alright, let's go. Oh, by the way, I heard Huaqianqiu is a chain restaurant, which one are we going to?"

"Jinling District, right? Compared to other districts, you should be more familiar with Jinling District." Li Siqi looked at Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately chuckled and said, "Qiqi is really considerate."

"Get lost!" Li Siqi rolled her eyes at Ye Xiao and then said, "There are so few of us, do we really need to take three cars? Tongtong also has a car, and if we're going to the KTV, we're definitely going to drink."

"It's not just Tongtong, there's also Ming Yue. She has a car too," Fang Jing said.

Ye Xiao immediately looked around and said, "This won't do. Except for Fang Jing and me, you all have cars. Parking them at the restaurant or KTV entrance looks impressive but also attracts a lot of attention. How about this? There are five of us, right? Let's all take Coco's Porsche, five people just fit comfortably."

Li Siqi, Jiang Miaoke, Fang Jing, and Lan Lan exchanged glances and eventually agreed to Ye Xiao's suggestion.

"Let's do that then," Li Siqi said.

After that, Ye Xiao got into the driver's seat of the Porsche, and the other four women took their seats.

"Ladies, we're heading straight to Jinling District. Please fasten your seatbelts." Ye Xiao laughed heartily.

"Hurry up and go!" said Jiang Miaoke, sitting in the passenger seat.

The Porsche quickly sped away from Liangju Bay and onto the highway.

On the highway, the speed was naturally much faster, so before long, they arrived at Jinling District. During the drive, Fang Jing called Xia Mingyue, who said she'd go directly to Hua Qianqiu's secret grilled fish to reserve a spot for them.

So, when Ye Xiao led the four women into Hua Qianqiu's secret grilled fish restaurant, they immediately saw Xia Mingyue sitting at a sizable table, waving at them.

"I ordered two Qingjiang fish and some appetizers. If it's not enough, we can order more later," Xia Mingyue said with a smile as everyone sat down.

Li Siqi smiled at Xia Mingyue and said, "Ming Yue, long time no see."

Xia Mingyue also smiled softly at Li Siqi and said, "Indeed, it's been a long time."

"You know each other?" Ye Xiao looked at the two in surprise.

Jiang Miaoke immediately said, "Of course they know each other; they are college classmates."

Xia Mingyue said, "Yes, but we haven't seen each other for a long time since graduating."

"I heard from Coco that you're now Mr. Xia," said Li Siqi with a smile.

"Stop teasing me," Xia Mingyue said, her gaze settling on Lan Lan. Smiling, she asked, "And who is this lovely lady?"

"Hello, I'm Lan Lan!" Although young, Lan Lan was confident and poised while speaking.

"Lan Lan?" Xia Mingyue said, "Lan Wenle is...?"

"My father!" Lan Lan replied.

Xia Mingyue then smiled and said, "Uncle Lan and my father are friends. Although we've never met, we'll have plenty of opportunities to see each other more often in the future."

"Yes!" Lan Lan smiled faintly.

Just then, two Qingjiang fish were served, and the rich aroma made everyone's mouth water. However, perhaps because of the unfamiliar company, the five women ate like ladies, while Ye Xiao paid no attention and gobbled up his food shamelessly.

"The fish tastes just as good as ever," Ye Xiao said admiringly while eating.

"Ye Xiao, have you not eaten in eight hundred years?" Li Siqi looked at Ye Xiao with disdain.

Ye Xiao pretended not to hear and continued eating happily, occasionally inviting the five women to eat like the host.

However, for some reason, this was the calmest meal Ye Xiao ever had with the girls: no bickering, no idle chatter, just eating.

Before the fish was finished, Li Siqi's phone rang again. Her face suddenly turned somber as she glanced at the phone but still answered it.

"Speak!" Li Siqi's voice was a bit cold.

At this moment, everyone else turned to look at Li Siqi. Clearly, her sudden change in expression indicated that something was up.

"Feng Yang, don't test my patience!" Li Siqi's voice wasn't loud, but it was terrifyingly cold.

Feng Yang?

Everyone heard the name, and it was clear the call was from Feng Yang.

Li Siqi then hung up the phone, her face a bit uneasy.

"What's going on?" Jiang Miaoke looked at Li Siqi and asked worriedly.

Li Siqi said, "Feng Yang wants to forcibly terminate the contract and evict Weihang Club from Liangju Bay."

"It seems he's still unhappy," Ye Xiao said, continuing to eat fish with a smile.

Jiang Miaoke immediately looked at Ye Xiao and said, "Ye Xiao, how can you still think about eating? Don't you realize the seriousness of this issue?"

"It's just a matter of moving locations; it's not that big of a deal, is it? Weihang Club is already a brand. No matter where it is, it's still Weihang Club," Ye Xiao said with a smile. "So, I don't think it's that terrible. On the contrary, these circumstances highlight how petty Feng Yang is."

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