Chapter 345: Just listen, don’t take it seriously

Professional Bar.

After a month or so, Su Ming once again visited this bar introduced by Xu Xiayan, which was only open to professionals and sold special liquor.

Tonight, Xu Xiayan booked the place and held a small party, inviting all the leaders of the teams she hired to come and get familiar with each other before the battle.

"You can bring all your team members to participate, it's okay."

Xu Xiayan was also very generous and allowed Su Ming to bring all his family members.

However, this generosity made Su Ming want to roll his eyes.

"There are only a few people in my team. Even if they all come, how much space can they take up?"

Xu Xiayan was just pretending to be generous and was just teasing Su Ming on purpose.

What's more, not everyone in Su Ming's team is interested in places like bars.

For example, Tong Xinyao, as a little girl of only fourteen years old, obviously cannot frequent places like bars. She is not yet old enough to drink. Even if Su Ming wants to take her with her, Chi Qian and others will firmly oppose it.

And there is Mu Yan, this icy beauty who likes to read quietly in a corner. You can tell at a glance that she doesn't like overly noisy places like bars. Even though this professional bar is different from ordinary bars and is not only not noisy but also quite quiet, she has expressed no interest in it.

Feng Qing'er was somewhat eager to make a move.

However, compared to alcohol, this girl seems to prefer desserts and other delicacies. She is a real foodie and is a little uncomfortable with places that require social etiquette. Therefore, after learning that the party was going to be in a bar, the girl hesitated again and again, but finally gave up.

Therefore, in this gathering hosted by Xu Xiayan, the only participants from their "Azure Mercury" group were Su Ming as the group leader, and Chi Qian as the deputy group leader.

That’s right, Ike Qian has become the vice-captain of “Azure Mercury”.

Although the scale of "Blue Mercury" is still small, it does not need a deputy leader to help manage it. Logically, Su Ming is enough as the leader, but who made Su Ming be a hands-off boss for a month, and did not go out for a mission at all during this month, leaving all the affairs to Chi Qian? Since Chi Qian worked hard for his team and was a hands-off boss, Su Ming simply created a deputy leader position for the team and gave it to Chi Qian.

Therefore, Chi Qian is now the de facto second-in-command in "Azure Mercury". Even when Su Ming was a hands-off boss, he was the undisputed leader of the team, responsible for leading the team to complete tasks and all external matters of the team.

It was not until today that the team leader Su Ming finally left home and came to this professional bar with Chi Qian, who was promoted to deputy team leader.

"Is this the place?"

Chi Qian looked at the bar in a relatively remote location in front of him, and was quite surprised to see that it was not as noisy as he had imagined.

"Why? Haven't you been here before?"

Su Ming asked Chi Qian curiously.

"It's not like I haven't been to a special bar that caters to professionals before." Chi Qian said, "But I went to a store on the commercial street. I've never been to a bar in a more remote location like this."

"Okay." Su Ming shrugged and said, "I heard that the boss here likes quietness, so he chose a more remote location, which makes the atmosphere here not as lively as that in the commercial street."

"That's good." Chi Qian nodded in agreement and said, "There are many professionals who don't like the lively atmosphere of traditional bars, especially female professionals. There are many young ladies who don't like going to places like bars. If they knew about this shop, they might come here often."

"Then it's none of my business."

Su Ming curled his lips, walked forward, pushed open the door of the bar, and walked in amid the sound of wind chimes.

Chi Qian followed closely and indeed took on the position of deputy.

The two of them entered the bar. Although it was not abrupt, they still attracted the attention of everyone in the bar.

“————”

All eyes converged on them, making Su Ming and Chi Qian feel an indescribable pressure.

Chi Qian frowned.

Su Ming calmly raised his eyes and looked inside the bar.

The environment of the bar was no different from when Su Ming came here before. It was still illuminated by warm lights, creating a quiet atmosphere.

But compared to last time, this time the bar was no longer filled with only professionals sitting in their seats quietly sipping wine and relaxing. Instead, there were many well-dressed people gathering in twos and threes, either talking in low voices or chatting and laughing with each other while holding up their glasses.

The scene was like successful people from the upper class socializing at a dance party. It had an indescribable sense of sophistication.

There were quite a few people, about several dozen or so.

These people were either the leaders of the team hired by Xu Xiayan, or the confidants or family members brought by those people. Each of them was very impressive and really made people look sideways.

When they focused their attention on himself and Chi Qian, Su Ming clearly felt that many people's gazes changed.

"Captain."

Chi Qian looked at Su Ming.

She saw several familiar faces.

Of course, being familiar doesn’t mean the relationship is good.

Chi Qian could already foresee what kind of troubles he would encounter after entering.

But Su Ming said nothing.

"Come in."

His expression was calm, even indifferent, and he gave people the feeling that he didn't notice so many people present, and he walked into the bar on his own.

Chi Qian said nothing more and followed silently.

Not long after, a voice called Su Ming.

“Here, here!”

Just like when they first met here, Xu Xiayan waved at Su Ming from afar, calling him over.

The difference is that this time, Xu Xiayan was no longer sitting alone waiting for him, but was with someone, greeting the guests she invited.

Su Ming's arrival not only attracted the attention of the people in the bar, but also attracted the attention of Xu Xiayan.

So Xu Xiayan immediately called Su Ming and asked him to come over.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

Su Ming brought Chi Qian forward and exchanged a few words with Xu Xiayan.

"Only a month, not that long." Xu Xiayan smiled softly, looked at Su Ming, then looked at Chi Qian, and said, "I heard that your team has made quite a splash in the past month."

"Really?" Su Ming blinked and pretended not to understand.

"No?" Xu Xiayan said with a half-smile, "They broke our record and became the fastest team to be promoted from E-level to C-level. This fame is known to everyone. How dare you pretend to be ignorant?"

"Well, it's all thanks to Chi Qian and the others." Su Ming pouted and said, "If you want to brag, just brag about them, not me."

Hearing this, Chi Qian on the side spoke up.

"I'm just doing my part." Chi Qian said calmly, "If the captain wants to do that, he can do it easily."

Xu Xiayan might believe this, but the people around her don't quite believe it.

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"Captain Chi, don't underestimate yourself. No one in Tianfeng City will doubt your ability."

The person who said this was naturally Wang Di, who was accompanying Xu Xiayan.

It was seen that Wang Di had been looking at Chi Qian and only chose to speak now.

"You are the young master of the Wang family, right?"

Chi Qian also looked at Wang Di and spoke like this.

Then, Xu Xiayan intervened.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time you meet. Let me introduce you."

Xu Xiayan smiled slightly and pointed at Wang Di.

"This is my deputy, and also the deputy leader of 'Summer Chasing Smoke', the third young master of the Wang family, and a six-star professional, Wang Di."

As she spoke, Xu Xiayan pointed at Su Ming again and spoke to Wang Di.

"This is a junior from my hometown, a genius warlock who graduated from the Demon Hunting Academy at the age of 18. He is also the founder and leader of the recently popular 'Azure Mercury', Su Ming."

Hearing this, Wang Di nodded and turned his gaze to Su Ming.

"Since you are the descendant of Xia Yan's hometown, you are equivalent to my descendant."

Wang Di's attitude was fairly friendly. He didn't look down on Su Ming, nor did he act superior to others as a senior professional or a scion of a large family. I wonder if he did that just for Xu Xiayan's sake.

He said so.

"You went to a foreign country at such a young age to pursue your future, and you successfully created such a special team and recruited such capable people. No matter what others think, you have created a record-breaking history."

Wang Di extended his hand toward Su Ming.

"If there is anything you need my help with, just ask. I will do my best to help wherever I can."

If another young kid had said this, he would probably be so grateful and moved that he would cry.

But for a seasoned man like Su Ming, this is just a social etiquette. Just listen to it and don't take it seriously.

After all, we should “help wherever we can”, right? But what if there are “places where we cannot help”?

Then I can only decline.

So, just listen to this kind of words. If you take them seriously, you will definitely lose.

Of course, it is good not to hit someone who smiles at you. It is very good that the other person is willing to use social etiquette and does not start to act arrogantly and make suggestions.

So Su Ming also stretched out his hand.

"Thank you. I'll keep that in mind."

While shaking hands, Su Ming also used social etiquette.

However, Wang Di was still quite surprised to see Su Ming's calm smile.

"He's only eighteen years old, but he can be so calm in front of a six-star professional who is a direct descendant of a big family. This mentality at least deserves Xia Yan's title of 'genius'."

Wang Di's evaluation of Su Ming improved a lot.

Xu Xiayan looked at this scene, a smile flashing across her eyes.

"Captain Chi Qianchi, there's no need for an introduction, right?"

Xu Xiayan said this to Wang Di.

"Of course not."

Wang Di shook his head.

"I'm no longer the leader." Chi Qian reminded: "You two should stop calling me that in the future."

Xu Xiayan and Wang Di naturally nodded, with no reason to refuse.

"Come, let me introduce you to the people I invited."

Xu Xiayan's words made Su Ming and Chi Qian look over there.

(End of this chapter)