"Now that I'm letting you transfer it, are you willing to accept it?"

"I'm not reconciled, I'm definitely not reconciled... I've put so much effort into this bar. You wouldn't believe it, many of the decorations here were personally brought back from Tibet by me. I just wanted to create an authentic Tibetan cultural experience, but my abilities were limited!"

"Let's keep it running for now, and we'll figure out a solution later."

"You're out of ideas too?"

I smiled and replied, "Don't idolize me too much... The only people who can cure you instantly are the protagonists in movies and TV shows who have cheat codes... We are all ordinary people, so don't pursue methods that are related to miracles. They're really not that magical... Take the Jiulongju business, for example. I staked it out and built it up. If the temporary inn hadn't been successful, I wouldn't have been confident in doing the later shop business... Outsiders might think there was an element of luck involved, but it was truly built step by step."

Chen Jin nodded and said nothing more.

After a moment of silence, I said to him again, "A friend is coming over later, let's go out to eat something first, and then have some drinks."

"What kind of friend?"

"We met in Jimo, and we were in the same racing team..."

"You've come all this way to see me, it seems we're quite close!"

"Uh...it's alright...I left that Jimny in Jimo, so I had him deliver it over."

"Oh my, that must have been quite a long and tiring journey!"

"That's right... so we'll have to make sure you eat and drink well later."

As I spoke, I glanced at my watch and suddenly remembered that I had left my wallet at home. So I said to Chen Jin, "I forgot my wallet. I'll go back and get it and come back to find you later."

"Just use your phone to pay, that's all! Who uses a wallet these days!"

"I'm out of money in WeChat."

"I have it here, so you don't need to go back and forth, it's too much trouble."

"I'm having my period, how can I let you spend money... I'll be right back."

"Then hurry up, I'm really starving!"

...

On the way back, Yu Tou called me again, saying that he was almost at the ancient city. I asked him to park the car at the South Gate and then pick him up. He also told me to hurry up, for the same reason as Chen Jin: he was starving.

After parking the car, I took out my keys and jogged towards the door.

I didn't expect someone to suddenly walk out from inside. Since I was looking down, I bumped straight into them. The impact was quite solid, and there was a gasp from the other side.

I looked up and saw Ye Zhi covering her mouth, looking at me with a pained expression... Then I saw bright red blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, and my nose was also in excruciating pain!

Then I remembered that she had made an appointment with Nicole, and was probably coming to see Nicole.