Song Xuanhe glanced at Xiao Yuanmu who was standing not far away with a calm demeanor, then frowned and glanced at Boss Sun who was dressed rather dishevelledly, and finally his gaze fell on the glass of mixed cocktail in Xiao Ranyun's hand.
After his gaze lingered on the cocktail for a few seconds, a complex emotion flashed across his eyes. After the emotion subsided, his face was as cold as ice. He only spoke to Xiao Ranyun with a hint of gentleness: "What's going on?"
Xiao Ranyun already felt very guilty, and she felt even more depressed after seeing Song Xuanhe's expression. She handed the wine glass to Song Xuanhe and said, "Brother Xuanhe, I'm so sorry. I accidentally spilled this glass of wine."
"It's okay." Song Xuanhe shook his head lightly, took the wine from her hand and drank it all. The bitter, sour and astringent wine slid down his throat, bringing an indescribable stimulation. However, Young Master Song, who could never taste food with a slightly inferior taste, did not show any change in his expression. He placed the wine glass on the table with half of the snow-white tablecloth fallen off, and said with a raised corner of his mouth: "It's just a glass of wine, no big deal."
"Song Er——"
Zhou Nan, who was unable to organize himself, stared at Song Xuanhe's calm face with wide eyes. If he had not seen Song Xuanhe mix the wine with his own eyes and drank it himself to know what it tasted like, he would have almost suspected that Song Xuanhe had drunk fake wine.
The taste of the cocktail left in the mouth gradually faded away with time, and Song Xuanhe's cold expression also gradually eased. He had created this drink and successfully deceived Zhou Yunyang. Zhou Yunyang was so angry that he almost had a fight with him. Later, because he really liked the color of this drink, he begged him to mix it many times, and he used this drink to deceive many people.
At that time, when they saw people grinning after drinking and who liked to get into trouble, they would clink glasses with a smile and say that as long as this glass of wine was mixed, someone must pay for it, and every glass of wine must be drunk by someone and it must not be poured out.
At that time, they said this just as a prank because they were still young. Later, after Zhou Yunyang passed away, this glass of wine became their agreement. Every year on Zhou Yunyang's death anniversary, Song Xuanhe would always mix a glass and drink it himself. No one else has ever drunk this glass of wine since then.
The reason she mixed this glass of wine for Zhou Nan today was just a whim, and the reason she mixed another glass for Xiao Ranyun later was because she said almost the same thing to Zhou Yunyang, so she mixed one more glass.
However, no matter how unpalatable this wine is, not everyone can drink it.
Song Xuanhe looked at Boss Sun, who was huddled in his stomach, with a somewhat cold smile on his face, but his tone was still polite: "Excuse me, who are you?"
"My surname is Sun, Young Master Song, just call me Little Sun." Boss Sun didn't dare to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He carefully glanced at Song Xuanhe's face and saw that although he was cold, he was not too angry. He didn't dare to let go of his worry.
Song Xuanhe, the second young master of the Song Group. Sun Jinren had been in the imperial capital for many years, so it was natural that he could not not know him. He even knew that the pretty boy whom he had just flirted with and wanted to support was now Song Xuanhe's boyfriend. However, flirting with his lover behind the back of this young master who had no real power was not the same as being caught on the spot flirting with and bullying his lover.
Even if the person in front of him was really like what the young master of the Song family said, and only treated Xiao Yuanmu as a toy that could be given away for fun, but one has to look at the owner before beating the dog. He had so blatantly embarrassed Song Xuanhe, how could he not be afraid.
"Little Sun?" Song Xuanhe looked up and down at Sun Jinren's fat body, and then a mocking arc appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I dare not call you Little Sun casually, otherwise I will be sorry for Boss Sun's body which is much more precious than others with the good food and wine accumulated over the years."
As soon as Song Xuanhe finished speaking, a few uncontrollable sneers were heard from the side, and some people didn't even try to hide. After all, almost no one who could appear here was afraid of offending Boss Sun, who didn't know who he relied on to get on the boat, so they just burst out laughing.
Zhou Nan was one of the people who laughed out loud. He held his stomach and raised his thumb and said, "Song Er, you are so mean."
There were snickers all around, but Sun Jinren didn't dare to show any anger. Instead, he smiled and said, "You can call me Boss Sun, whatever the Second Young Master likes."
“What happens if I’m upset?”
Song Xuanhe tilted his head slightly, with a smile on the corners of his drooping eyes, as if he was just simply confused.
Sun Jinren shook the fat on his face, and his features formed a flattering arc: "If the Second Young Master is unhappy, Sun will certainly try to make you happy."
"Oh?" Song Xuanhe asked with a squinting look, "How is Boss Sun going to make me happy?"
Faced with the relentless harassment from a young man who was a dozen years younger than him and could almost be his son, Sun Jinren was furious inside even though he didn't show it on his face. Although the Song family was not someone he could afford to offend, Song Xuanhe was just a dandy standing behind the true heir of the Song family. There was nothing to be afraid of. He didn't believe that the Song family would attack him, Sun Jinren, over such a small conflict.
But standing next to Song Xuanhe were Zhou Nan, the only heir of the Zhou family, and two young masters and young ladies from the Xiao family, which was suspected to be one of the eight major families. He dared to casually answer Song Xuanhe with a few words to make the matter disappear, but he did not dare to offend these young masters and young ladies in front of him.
Therefore, even if he was angry, Sun Jinren still squeezed the fat on his face and smiled in his greasy way: "As long as the Second Young Master is happy, there is nothing that Sun cannot do."
Song Xuanhe blinked, and his initial cold expression disappeared, revealing a bit of innocence and straightforwardness. He asked, "Really?"
"Of course it's true!"
Sun Jinren boasted with his belly sticking out, he was always good at observing people's expressions, otherwise he wouldn't have climbed to this position. Seeing Song Xuanhe's exposed expression, he knew that this young master had not experienced any dark times, and even if he was angry just now, he could be easily coaxed into good humor with just a few words.
Song Xuanhe smiled upon hearing this and said, "Just now I was talking to Mr. Zhou and the others about how boring it was before the auction started and that we wanted to see some water sports on the sea. How about Boss Sun give us a show?"
Boss Sun's expression froze, and the smile on his face could no longer be maintained.
"Why? Don't want to?"
The smile on Song Xuanhe's face faded, and he leaned against the long table with his arms folded. He was a head taller than Boss Sun, and he just looked down at him with his eyes downcast. Although he had no expression on his face, Sun Jinren felt that he was looking at him as if he was looking at a disgusting reptile.
Sun Jinren remained silent, but the people watching the show laughed to varying degrees. Someone who wanted to watch the fun said, "Boss Sun, keep your word. We are all people of status on the ship. Don't businessmen value integrity the most? If you go back on your word, no one will dare to do business with you in the future."
Song Xuanhe just stood there with his arms crossed, looking at him coldly without saying a word.
Zhou Nan also wanted to watch the show, but he and Song Xuanhe were good brothers, so he naturally thought more about it. There were not many people on the deck at this time, and all of them were young people. However, this matter had been over for a while, and Song Guochao might come over after hearing the news.
When Song Guochao arrived, even if Song Xuanhe was right, he became unreasonable. What's more, he asked Sun Jinren to jump into the sea, which was a bit too much no matter how you looked at it.
Zhou Nan thought so, and Xiao Shenglin naturally thought of it too. He whispered in Song Xuanhe's ear, "Uncle Song is also on the boat."
Although Song Xuanhe was not afraid of Sun Jinren who would die soon, he also knew that if he continued to make trouble, he would be unreasonable, so even though he was angry, he did not want to make the matter out of control.
He raised his eyes slightly, and his gaze fell on Xiao Yuanmu not far away. Coincidentally, Xiao Yuanmu was also looking at him. Their eyes met and then they calmly looked away, without any sign of abnormality.
Song Xuanhe withdrew his gaze and winked at Zhou Nan.
Zhou Nan understood what he meant, stepped forward and put his arm around Song Xuanhe's shoulders, and said to Sun Jinren, "My brother just likes to joke around. Boss Sun, please don't mind. As your juniors, we can't really let you jump into the sea. Besides, even if we are not your juniors, we can't violate the country's laws, right?"
"Song Er usually likes to joke around when he's in a good mood." Zhou Nan said with a smile, "Boss Sun, you won't mind, right?"
How could Sun Jinren not go down the stairs to save his life? He hurriedly forced a smile and said, "Of course I don't mind, of course I don't mind. It's my honor to make the Second Young Master happy."
Song Xuanhe reached out and patted Boss Sun's thick and elastic shoulders, smiling with his eyes bent, "Uncle Sun, that's not true. It's an honor for us juniors to talk to you. Since there's nothing else to do, we won't delay Boss Sun's business."
Boss Sun's nerves, which had just relaxed a little, suddenly tensed up. He glanced at Xiao Yuanmu from the corner of his eyes and said with a flattering smile, "Sun has nothing to do. I just came down to take a look before the auction starts. Now that the auction is almost started, Sun will go up first."
After Sun Jinren finished speaking, he said goodbye to Song Xuan and the other three people one by one. Finally, he apologized to Xiao Ranyun again before twisting his fat body and quickly disappeared on the splint.
Seeing Sun Jinren leave, Zhou Nan sneered: "I don't know who brought this thing up here, it's an eyesore."
Xiao Shenglin smiled slightly and reminded Song Xuanhe, "Mr. Xiao is still over there. The auction will start soon. It would be better for us to ask him to come along."
Upon hearing this, Song Xuanhe looked at Xiao Yuanmu. Seeing that he was watching Sun Jinren leave with a thoughtful look, he paused for a moment before walking towards him.
"Didn't I tell you to go back to your room?" Song Xuanhe frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
Xiao Yuanmu retracted his gaze and fell on Song Xuanhe's face. When he saw that there was no clear worry hidden in his eyes, his eyes flickered slightly, and then he said in a calm voice: "I came to find you."
What Song Xuanhe wanted to say was completely blocked by the very familiar but not long-lost emotion in Xiao Yuanmu's eyes and the three words "I came to find you". He pursed his lips and finally turned his head away and said, "Won't you call me if you want to find me?"
Xiao Yuanmu's gaze fell on his jade-white earlobe. He watched the smooth and white delicate earlobe turn pink little by little, and then gradually deepen to crimson. The fingers hanging by his side bent involuntarily.
He looked away, removing the darkness from his eyes, and his clear voice had a barely detectable hoarseness: "No one answered your phone."
Song Xuanhe was stunned and took out his mobile phone from his pocket, only to find that it had been turned off. Perhaps he had watched it for too long in the afternoon and forgot to charge it before boarding the cruise ship.
"Let's go." Zhou Nan smiled at Xiao Yuanmu as a greeting, patted Song Xuanhe on the shoulder and said, "Go in, the auction will last more than an hour."
The group returned to the booth they had just sat in the bar. No one had collected the food they ordered and the table was still the same as before.
Zhou Nan sat down and drank the watermelon juice he had ordered but hadn't had time to drink yet. He said to Song Xuanhe, "I will never drink that glass of wine of yours again in my whole life. Tonight, I don't want to drink anything else except watermelon juice."
The matter was resolved, and Xiao Ranyun regained her energy. She looked at Xiao Yuanmu with some curiosity and said, "Brother Xuanhe, is this your boyfriend?"
"Yes." Song Xuanhe introduced: "Xiao Yuanmu, the girl opposite is Xiao Shenglin's sister, Xiao Ranyun."
Xiao Yuanmu nodded calmly and said to Xiao Ranyun, "Hello."
Xiao Ranyun also greeted with a smile: "Hello, Brother Yuanmu."
Zhou Nan was shaking the dice and asking Song Xuanhe to guess the size. Just as he was about to guess, he heard Xiao Yuanmu's almost gentle voice to Xiao Ranyun. He paused and turned to look at him.
Noticing Song Xuanhe's gaze, Xiao Yuanmu asked, "What's wrong?"
Hearing Xiao Yuanmu's clear but not cold voice, Song Xuanhe was slightly stunned, shook his head and said it was okay.
Perhaps it was the sound of the music and the dark environment in the bar that made Xiao Yuanmu's voice sound a little strange. Thinking of this, he dispelled the doubts in his heart.
Zhou Nan became addicted to playing dice. While drinking with Song Xuanhe, he complained that he and Xiao Shenglin didn't go and gamble with him. But once he won, he would immediately smile and let Song Xuanhe drink.
Song Xuanhe knew that he couldn't drink very well, so after drinking a few glasses he became serious and immediately gained the upper hand. Zhou Nan refused to admit defeat and raised his hand to ask someone to bring more wine.
After a while, the wine waiter came over. He put down the opened bottles of wine one by one, but when he stood up, he accidentally knocked over a glass of unfinished wine that he was about to take away.
The wine spilled directly onto Xiao Yuanmu, shocking the waiter so much that he apologized repeatedly.
Zhou Nan faced Xiao Yuanmu. When he saw the waiter's appearance, he frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"
The waiter looked at Song Xuanhe pitifully and whispered, "I really didn't mean to do that. My hand was bumped just now, so the liquid fell out. I didn't mean to do that, Second Young Master."
It would have been better if he didn't explain, but this explanation put the blame on Xiao Yuanmu.
He was standing outside the booth, close to Xiao Yuanmu's sofa. When he was putting down and collecting the wine, the only person who could have bumped into him was Xiao Yuanmu. His saying that he was bumped into by someone is almost the same as pointing out by name that Xiao Yuanmu bumped into him on purpose.
Compared to Zhou Nan's anger, Song Xuanhe was not angry at all. Instead, he felt like laughing. Xiao Yuanmu was not a soft persimmon that could be bullied by anyone.
"Do you mean that Xiao Yuanmu hit you?" Song Xuanhe asked.
The waiter secretly glanced at Song Xuanhe's expression, but the light was dim and the beam of light didn't sweep over at this time, so he couldn't see clearly. But he knew Song Xuanhe, and he knew from his tone that he was not angry, so he became bolder and said, "I don't know either, but when I collected the wine just now, there was still some wine left in the glass, and I was afraid that it would accidentally spill on the guest, so I put the glass away, but I didn't expect it to be bumped by someone, and it spilled out."
"How could you not know?" Xiao Ranyun had a good impression of Xiao Yuanmu, but she didn't like this waiter. She frowned slightly and said, "The only person who could bump into you from your position is Brother Yuanmu. Isn't it the same as saying that Brother Yuanmu bumped into you on purpose?"
"Miss Xiao..." The waiter lowered his head, feeling very aggrieved and said no more.
Xiao Ranyun frowned even more angrily at his aggrieved look, but she didn't know what to say, so she looked at Xiao Shenglin and said, "Brother, you just sit opposite Brother Yuanmu. You should have seen that Brother Yuanmu didn't bump into him just now."
In fact, Xiao Shenglin didn't see it, but although he didn't have much contact with Xiao Yuanmu, he knew that he would not do such a despicable thing in private. It can be seen from the fact that he dared to kick Boss Sun away on the plywood just now that even if he was unhappy, he would not hurt others in this way.
Xiao Shenglin said calmly: "Whether someone bumped into you or you didn't hold it firmly, it's a fact that you failed to do your job and wet the customer's clothes. Shouldn't you apologize immediately?"
The waiter's expression changed and he looked up at Song Xuanhe. His fair face was full of grievance, as if he hoped Song Xuanhe would make the decision for him.
Song Xuanhe couldn't see his face clearly, let alone his expression. Even if he saw it, he wouldn't say much. He wanted to see how Xiao Yuanmu would handle it.
So Song Xuanhe asked, "What are you going to do?"
Xiao Yuanmu took off his suit jacket and said in a clear voice without any fluctuations, "Call your manager over."
The waiter's expression changed slightly, and his voice became a little louder: "Second Master, I really didn't mean it."
"You didn't pour the water on me." Song Xuanhe was not moved at all, "Even if it wasn't intentional, you shouldn't have told me."
The waiter's eyes were really red at this time, there was such a big commotion outside just now, so he naturally went out to see. He knew that Xiao Yuanmu was Song Xuanhe's current boyfriend, but so what, he was just an orphan without parents, not even as good as him, not to mention that he was Song Shao's longest-term boyfriend. He knew that Song Xuanhe liked her lover to be cute and innocent the most, so he was confident that he could make him fall in love with him again.
Before, Young Master Song doted on him the most, but now he was asked to apologize to this man. How could he be willing to do that?
"Call your manager over." Zhou Nan raised his hand and called another waiter, giving instructions.
Seeing his colleague leave and really wanting to call the manager over, he held back his grievance and quickly said, "Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you just now, I hope you can forgive me."
"One hundred and twenty thousand." Xiao Yuanmu said calmly, "The price of this suit."
The waiter was stunned and didn't react.
"What's the meaning?"
"Of course you have to compensate for soiling Brother Yuanmu's clothes." Xiao Ranyun laughed. She had just heard from Brother Zhou Nan and the others that this waiter had cheated Xuan and her brother out of their money. This kind of person loves money the most, so it would be best to make him compensate.
"You want me to pay for your entire suit?" The waiter's eyes widened and his voice rose.
"You soiled his clothes, of course you have to accompany him."
Song Xuanhe was a little surprised at the way Xiao Yuanmu handled the situation, but after thinking about it, he understood that Xiao Yuanmu could really see through other people's nature at a glance. Making those who would do anything for money pay money was indeed the most painful punishment for him.
"I don't have any money." The waiter said, "Mr. Xiao, I'm just a waiter. I really don't have that much money. How about I help you get it dry-cleaned?"
Xiao Yuanmu said nothing, but Zhou Nan asked, "Didn't you have 20 million before? How come the money is gone just like that?"
As soon as Zhou Nan finished speaking, the manager here rushed over. He immediately bowed and apologized. After understanding what happened, he said sincerely: "Mr. Xiao, it was my people who did something wrong. I will definitely compensate you for your clothes. He has no money, so I will advance the compensation to you first."
Unexpectedly, the waiter was so scared that he burst into tears. He suddenly knelt down and said, "Mr. Xiao, please forgive me. I will definitely compensate you. Please give me some time and I will collect 120,000 yuan to compensate you immediately."
He knew exactly what kind of business the manager of this bar was doing secretly. If the manager paid the money for him and knew that he had offended the powerful, he would probably send him directly to that kind of club. How could he have a good life in the future?
"I beg you." The waiter grabbed Xiao Yuanmu's trouser leg and said, "I will definitely give it to you right away. It won't take too long. Give me two days and I'll give it back to you when the cruise ship docks."
Xiao Yuanmu moved his legs, looked at the manager standing aside with an indifferent expression, and said lightly: "Transfer the money now."
The manager was stunned. He thought Xiao Yuanmu would agree to give the waiter two days' grace. The waiters knew what was happening outside, and he naturally knew it too. So he was very clear about Xiao Yuanmu's identity. According to his and the waiter's identities, letting him go at this time was the best solution.
I didn't expect that Xiao Yuanmu would actually ask him to transfer the money directly. Isn't this a slap in the face of the sponsor's predecessor in front of the sponsor?
Although he thought so, the manager also had a sense that it was natural. He had a lot of gray areas and usually dealt with people who were on the edge of a knife. Naturally, he had extraordinary vision to be able to climb to this position. The first time he saw Xiao Yuanmu, he knew that this person was definitely not a simple person. Looking at how he got along with Young Master Song, the two of them did not seem to be in the relationship of a financier and a lover.
But all this was none of his business. He only knew that he would have another little boy who could make money.
Young Master Song has very good taste. He had already taken a fancy to this waiter and was planning to make him his own. Now he has a legitimate reason to do so.
The manager curled his lips slightly, bowed and said: "Okay, Mr. Xiao, you can choose any payment method."
The author has something to say: Song Xuanhe: I hope more blind idiots will bump into Xiao Yuanmu’s gun and help me attract some hatred.
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