Ling Yan went to a turbulent area to work as a military doctor with the peacekeeping force. Ye Xingchen was worried about her safety, so he asked Zhou Dazhu to send someone to follow her secretly.
“Alright, you should cherish your own wife.” Xia Hanyue nodded: “She’s just like your father, except for this one thing. Your father was a gentleman who could not be tempted by women. He didn’t touch any other woman except your mother.”
"Tell me, how can someone like him exist in this world?"
Xia Hanyue's tone was somewhat resentful. When she mentioned these things, she stood there blankly, lost in thought, which made Ye Xingchen suspect that there was some connection between her and his father.
Perhaps, when she threw herself into Ye Jinyu's arms, he rejected her?
"What's with that expression?" While she was lost in thought, Xia Hanyue snapped out of it and glared at Ye Xingchen.
"No, I was just wondering what kind of story there is between you and my dad." Ye Xingchen smiled awkwardly.
"Nothing of the sort, don't overthink it." Xia Hanyue regained her composure. "Come on, let's go somewhere else."
"Where to?" Ye Xingchen asked.
“Red Leaf Society,” Xia Hanyue uttered.
Red Leaf Club is a bar, nothing special, just a bit upscale in its decor.
The prices here are not low, and most of the customers are white-collar workers; ordinary wage earners can't afford it.
Xia Hanyue seemed to be a regular here. When she arrived, a middle-aged woman greeted her warmly: "Miss Xia, it's been a long time."
"I've been busy with company matters lately, so I haven't been able to come. Sister Qing, the usual." Xia Hanyue smiled slightly and led Ye Xingchen to the most prominent spot on the bar.
"What are you doing here?" Ye Xingchen asked.
"Looking for fun." Xia Hanyue uttered three words.
"You? Looking for fun here? You're not just hoping for a romantic encounter, are you?" Ye Xingchen was taken aback.
"You come to a place like this just for a romantic encounter?" Xia Hanyue rolled her eyes at Ye Xingchen. "Just have a few drinks and find something you're interested in, isn't that enough?"
“Yes, yes, you’re right.” Ye Xingchen sat down.
Two cocktails were brought out; they were the "Explosive" brand of Negrog.
This cocktail is already a strong liquor, and the bartender added vodka to make it even stronger.
"You drink such strong liquor?" Ye Xingchen frowned.
"What, scared?" Xia Hanyue said disdainfully, "Your dad downed it in one gulp back then."
Well, this is the third time his father has been mentioned. Ye Xingchen stopped dwelling on the issue. This woman and his father must have a story. This Red Leaf Gathering must contain some kind of memory between her and Ye Jinyu.
Without further ado, he picked up the glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.
It was indeed strong liquor. Even someone as powerful as Ye Xingchen, with his Heavenly Realm cultivation and Celestial Immortal strength, felt a boom in his stomach after drinking just one cup, as if a bomb had exploded.
Xia Hanyue sipped her wine gently. After a few sips, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her eyes became somewhat unfocused.
She looked at Ye Xingchen and smiled slightly: "That's right. Your father also drank it all in one gulp back then, but he collapsed shortly afterward. This is Negrog, the strongest cocktail in the world."
"Is my dad's alcohol tolerance that low? Have another one." Ye Xingchen put down her glass.
"Good, you've got guts." Xia Hanyue stared at Ye Xingchen for a long time, then burst out laughing. She snapped her fingers, and a moment later, she put down another glass of wine.
This time, Ye Xingchen did not drink it all at once, but held the glass and sipped the wine lightly.
A glass of wine has different flavors, sour, sweet, bitter and spicy. He seemed to understand why Xia Hanyue came here to drink such strong wine.
It must be in this place that she has memories of her and the person she loves, and the person she loves must be her own father.
Ye Xingchen certainly didn't dare to gossip, after all, this was her aunt. Although they weren't related by blood, she had been adopted by her maternal grandparents since childhood, so she was no different from a blood relative.
Xia Hanyue seemed preoccupied with her thoughts. She sipped her cocktail slowly, and soon, after finishing the glass, she was already quite tipsy.
She grabbed Ye Xingchen's arm, leaned against him, looked at him with dreamy eyes, a slight smile on her lips, and then closed her eyes.
Ye Xingchen was both amused and exasperated. He understood that she was treating him like her father.
Just as I was figuring out how to end this, some clueless person came up to chat me up.
A man dressed in an expensive custom-made suit, wearing a Vacheron Constantin watch worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, walked over.
He smiled and said, "Beautiful lady, may I buy you a drink?"
"Friend, shouldn't we respect the principle of first come, first served?" Ye Xingchen said somewhat displeased.
"First come, first served?" The man sneered. "I, Chen Wu, never care about order."
He took out a check, signed his name, and tossed it to Ye Xingchen: "Just fill in whatever amount you want."
Ye Xingchen stared at Chen Wu, then picked up the check, took out a pen, and wrote a string of nines on it.
The checks were filled with nearly a billion...
"Thank you, boss. You're so generous." Ye Xingchen presented the check with both hands. "Can this amount be cashed? If so, I'll leave right away."
Chen Wu's face immediately turned purplish-red. He was not short of money, but he was not so rich as to throw away a billion dollars.
Moreover, he felt it wasn't worth spending a billion yuan to seduce a woman.
"You really sold me for this little bit of money?" Xia Hanyue opened her eyes. She had been resting her head on Ye Xingchen's arm, lost in memories of the past, when she was interrupted.
"Of course not. That kind of person is just putting on a show. If I ask him to deliver on his promise, he definitely won't," Ye Xingchen said with a smile.
"Kid, are you kidding me?" Chen Wu grabbed the check and tore it to shreds. He could accept Ye Xingchen filling in tens of millions, but damn it, this kid is too greedy, he wrote down almost a billion.
"What, you can't afford to play?" Ye Xingchen sneered, "If you can't afford to play, then get lost. You're broke but you're trying to pick up girls?"
"You fucking say those words again and see what happens!" Chen Wu roared.
"What are you doing?" Xia Hanyue sat up straight, her face showing a hint of languor as she was seven or eight parts drunk. "I don't like rude people."
"Kid, you're lucky. I'll let you off the hook for the sake of this beautiful lady." Chen Wu straightened his collar and said with a smile, "Beautiful lady, let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Wu."
"I'm not interested in what your name is," Xia Hanyue shook her head and said, "but just now, you ruined my mood. How are we going to settle this score?"
"Oh, then I'm sorry for spoiling your mood. I'll make it up to you," Chen Wu said with a smile.
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