Chapter 1254: Get Me Your Boss
“Tell Scabby Qiang to get his ass here right now, else—” He smiled, showing his freakishly white teeth. “Believe it or not, by tomorrow morning, I will make sure he can no longer live peacefully in City S anymore.”
His ghastly intentions sent a chill down their spines.
Pei Yan rebutted. “Nonsense! Spouting such nonsense when no one here even knows who you are!” The Cat Eyes Bar was held with high regard within the bar scene in City S, akin to Imperial Entertainment’s status in the entertainment industry. No one could easily threaten it. She guessed that Li Rui was bluffing and instructed the security officers. “What are you waiting for, get him out of here.”
Li Rui smirked at them. He was strangely at ease despite the circumstances.
The head security guard gave his underling a look. He understood immediately and went to look for Brother Qiang.
Li Rui chuckled at their antics. He called over the two girls behind him and said, “Have some fruits, the grapes here are delicious. I peeled the skin for you, it will be a waste if you don’t eat them.”
Xia Yingluo smiled and sat down to enjoy the fruits.
Jin Ling’er followed suit. With Li Rui’s status, they were not afraid of anyone. Soon, they would see Pei Yan make a fool of herself. It was the first time Jin Ling’er saw something so exciting and she was prepared to enjoy the great show ahead. She asked the waiter, “Do you have popcorn?”
The waiter was caught by surprise. Miss, do you not see the tense atmosphere building up?
And yet you asked for popcorn?!
“And two sodas, no ice,” Xia Yingluo added.
The waiter was speechless. These two girls were out of their minds!
However, in the spirit of his duty, he adhered to their requests.
At the other end, Pei Yan was busy helping Zhao Yixuan up. Zhao Yixuan was in a mess as glass shards left gashes on his back. His blood—now mixed with alcohol—was dripping. His pathetic state made Pei Yan’s heart ache, but at the same time, she cursed him silently for his incompetence. How could he lose to a playboy? She scolded. “Look at your embarrassing self!”
Zhao Yixuan felt wronged. How could a commoner like him match Li Rui? Anyone with a brain would know from Li Rui’s looks that he was well-trained. Everything was because of this dumb woman. She could have just said hi to Xia Yingluo in the bar and kept it at that, but instead, she chose to come over and taunt them. If not for her, things wouldn’t have turned out this way. He had conveniently forgotten that when Pei Yan came over, he did not stop her.
They thought that Xia Yingluo was dejected and was about to ridicule her. Who would’ve expected things to end up like this?
Zhao Yixuan did not dare to take his anger out on Pei Yan; he suppressed his anger and tried to ignore the pain. At the end of the day, Pei Yan was his fiancee. He had put in tons of effort to attain her liking and did not want all this to be in vain by offending her. Even if he did not love her, her rich family background was enough for him to swallow his pride.
If he had to blame someone, it would have been Xia Yingluo for being too poor! If not for her, he would not have left her and instead went for the rich girl in Pei Yan.
Zhao Yixuan turned around and looked at Xia Yingluo.
Xia Yingluo was wearing a dark-colored dress, and the tiny sparkles on her dress dazzled under the light. Her glossy long hair fell carelessly onto her shoulders, showing off a good portion of her neck. She rested on the burgundy couch and ate her grapes slowly, holding them at her fingertips. Zhang Yixuan would even turn into the grapes to get closer to her.
Noticing his gaze, Xia Yingluo smiled.
She whispered something into the Jin Ling’er’s ears. Jin Ling’er smiled as well and looked at Zhao Yixuan with despise. No matter how foolish Zhao Yixuan was, he understood that Xia Yingluo was badmouthing him.
There was no avenue for him to vent his frustration, he could only stare at them with dagger eyes and turn away.
He thought, When the owner of the bar, Brother Qiang, is here, let’s see who will have the last laugh!
No matter how influential Brother Qiang was, he had to give the Pei Family some face!
A bald man hurriedly ran over. He was clearly unhappy, but the moment he realized who was causing the commotion, his expression changed. Now smiling, he quickened his steps and came over.
Pei Yan showed her satisfaction with a controlled smile. Hmph, he’s lucky that he knows the rules well!
“I didn’t know it was you, my apologies.” Brother Qiang reached his hands out.
Pei Yan reached her hands out elegantly, intending to shake Brother Qiang’s hands.
However, Brother Qiang completely ignored her and instead held onto Li Rui’s hands passionately. “You should have informed me before coming. I’m so sorry for the lack of manners on my part, it’s all my fault!”
Pei Yan’s smile froze, her hands hanging in mid-air awkwardly.
A few people started laughing at her.
Extremely embarrassed, Pei Yan shouted at Brother Qiang, “Big Boss Lu, you are way overboard. Are you trying to offend the Imperial Entertainment’s Pei Family?”
Brother Qiang seemed to have just noticed her and asked, “Imperial Entertainment’s Pei family? I’m sorry Miss. Regarding the Pei family, I only know Chairman Pei Ziheng, President Pei Cheng’an and Pei Chengyou. The Pei family is too big, may I ask who you are?”
His words invoked laughter from the crowd. Jin Ling’er and Xia Yingluo chuckled along as well.
This Brother Qiang was really clever!
His words “the Pei family is too big” killed two birds with one stone by both flattering the Pei family while also implicitly pointing out that Pei Yan was just a small fry using the Pei family name to scare others.
Pei Yan was so angry, her face went pale. She shouted, “Pei Chengyou is my brother!”
“I see, you are Mr. Pei Chengyou’s sister. My apologies for the rudeness.” His actions inferred otherwise as he did not show any respect to Pei Yan. Actually, the moment he saw Li Rui, he knew which side he was going to be on—undoubtedly Li Rui! Who cared whether she was from any royal family. Everyone knew that the Li family was the king of the city’s underground entertainment. Every club, casino, spa and the like was under the protection and supervision of the Li family! Offending the Second Young Master of the Li family was asking for death!
Brother Qiang turned around and looked at Li Rui earnestly. “Second Young Master, I am at your service.”
“Second Young Master” caught Pei Yan and Zhao Yixuan by surprise. So it seemed like they already knew each other?
No wonder he did not give a damn about the Pei family’s name at all.
Pei Yan could not suppress her anger and her voice went even higher. “Brother Qiang, explain to me, who is this person and what is his background? How can you be answering to him like a servant?! I, a rich belle from the Pei family, am getting bullied, and you choose to ignore it?!”