Insufficient balance

  Ye Yizhe was so "obedient", naturally, Feng Si Niang couldn't think of the sinister thoughts in his heart. She smiled and walked up to him, holding his hand, saying: "Alright then, it's settled! From now on, with sister me around in Jiangzhou for a day, who dares to bully you!"

  Li Hu saw the situation and knew that things had already become a foregone conclusion. Although he was still a bit perplexed, he didn't like to delve deeper into it and simply said: "Fourth sister, you're joking, my brother Yezi doesn't like to provoke others, how could anyone bully him?"

  "How dare you say that!" Feng Si Niang shouted at Li Hu before Ye Yi Zhe could speak, "It's all because of you that he clashed with Han Shao Kuan. I guarantee that Han Shao Kuan hates him more than he hates you."

  Li Hu was taken aback: "How is that possible?"

  Feng Si Niang snorted and said, "Didn't you hear his last sentence? You and he have never been on the same path. Even if you relied on your own strength to make him lose face today, it would just be adding another stroke to your past grievances in his eyes. What kind of conflict is that? But Ye Zi is different. To put it bluntly, he's just a little kid who suddenly popped up. In Han Shao Kun's eyes, he doesn't even count as a fart. However, the one who directly disrupted his plans was this little kid. He must have already transferred all his hatred towards you to Ye Zi. As I expected, he has probably started investigating Ye Zi's identity. At the first opportunity, he will be the first to deal with him."

  After listening to Feng Si Niang's explanation, Li Hu was also sweating profusely. He wasn't unable to think of this point, it's just that the legendary color of Ye Yi Zhe in his heart made him deliberately ignore some things, and he didn't like to think about things from Ye Yi Zhe's perspective. Feng Si Niang, with her feminine intuition, plus many years of experience more than Li Hu, had a genuine concern for Ye Yi Zhe that came from the bottom of her heart, so she spoke out without hesitation.

  Li Hu's face turned pale, and he looked at Ye Yizhe with a shameful expression. Ye Yizhe also noticed this gaze and directly punched him in the stomach. Li Hu endured the punch without any defense and stared at him in surprise.

  "Have I wiped your butt since you were little and it's still not enough? Are you afraid of having one more sibling?"

  "But it's different this time..." Li Hu wanted to explain, but Ye Yizhe clenched his fist again and hastily shut up. He listened as Ye Yizhe said: "What's the difference? When soldiers come, we'll fight; when water comes, we'll dam it. It's just that their power is a bit stronger than before, and they have more younger brothers. Do you think I'd really run away with my tail between my legs? You think I'm useless? And yet you still want to take down the Green Gang? We can't even get past a single Kirin Hall, what's the point of bragging?"

  Feng Si Niang didn't show any unexpected expression towards Ye Yizhe's words, Ye Yizhe guessed that Hu Zi must have also said something similar in front of her about taking down the Qing Bang, so she just took it as a joke and smiled secretly. However, she didn't know that since he arrived, Li Hu's joke would start to be put into action.

  After laughing, Feng Si Niang said seriously: "However, Han Shaokun is not to be underestimated. Although he didn't dare to make a move just now, it's because he was on my turf and the Phoenix Society's superior position over the other three major forces gave him no courage to cause trouble here, so he could only hold back his anger."

  Yeyizhe smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, I have a sense of propriety. If it were my first day in Jiangzhou today, wouldn't you let me spend it like this? Don't you want to treat me to a drink as the host?"

  Although they still worried about Ye Yizhe a bit, he had said so, and the two could only sit down.

  "Xiao Wei, bring over that bottle of '82 Lafite I've been saving."

  After Xiaowei left the room, Li Hu looked at Ye Yizhe with a jealous expression: "Brother Ye, you really have face. I've always heard that Fourth Sister has been hoarding several good bottles of Lafite, but she's never shared them orally. I didn't expect that as soon as you came, you got to enjoy it with her, and it's even the legendary 'Century Beauty' production."

  "What's 'a fine vintage'? I've hardly ever come into contact with things like red wine, living on the high plains, and I don't really care about them either... so I'd never heard of such a thing before, and couldn't help but ask in puzzlement."

  "There's nothing as eerie as what he said." Feng Si Niang took over the conversation with a smile, and at this moment, Xiao Wei also moved a wine rack into the room. Seeing Feng Si Niang wave her hand, she exited the room. Feng Si Niang opened the wine bottle, smelled it at the tip of her nose, poured some into a wine glass, and after taking a sip, continued to say: "1982 isn't Lafite's best year for producing grapes, but because the production was relatively small, its value increased due to its rarity. Merchants hyped up that year's Lafite to what it is today. What's the point of calling it the 'Century Vintage'? In the end, wine is meant to be drunk, isn't it? I'm not bothered with all those rules."

  As he poured wine for Ye Yizhe and Li Hu, the cup was not even seven-tenths full. Li Hu picked up his wine glass, without saying a word, directly poured it into his mouth, and then smacked his lips, saying: "A glass like this is worth several thousand yuan, but there's nothing special about it."

  He raised his head and saw Ye Yizhe gently swaying his wine glass, looking at the cup with a difficult expression.

  Li Hu suddenly seemed to think of something and patted his head, saying: "I remember now, Fourth Sister, Yezi never drinks alcohol."

  Feng Si Niang's hand holding the cup stopped in mid-air, looking at Ye Yi Zhe. From his expression, she guessed that Li Hu's words were probably true. Just as she was about to say "Then don't drink it", Ye Yi Zhe spoke up first: "It's okay, let's just enjoy ourselves today and have a few cups."

  He raised his wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, imitating those people on TV. He then turned the empty glass upside down to show the two of them before bursting into coughs.

  When Ye Yizhe calmed down and lifted his head, he found that Feng Siniang was staring at him with a dazed expression. He stretched out his hand in front of her eyes and waved it back and forth. Feng Siniang suddenly came to and, like Ye Yizhe, drained the cup of wine in one gulp. "If we get drunk today, we can just sleep here," she said. "Fangfei doesn't have anything else, but there are plenty of warm bed girls."

  She didn't mention what happened earlier, and Ye Yizhe and Li Hu naturally wouldn't bring it up either. Ye Yizhe said with a bit of embarrassment: "Drinking this much shouldn't be a problem, right?" The current him was nowhere near as bold as when he faced Han Shaokun before, not even the bravado he had when drinking was left, completely like a primary school student who didn't know what to say when teased by others for the first time. Matching his tone was his slightly flushed face, it was unclear whether it was from shyness or from drinking for the first time.

  The three people suddenly felt a lot closer and started chatting casually. It wasn't until then that Ye Yizhe found out that Feng Si Niang wasn't her real name, but rather Liu Ruihan, which sounded much nicer, and she was from Jiangxi Province.

  Later, the family declined and reluctantly started mixing on the road. The man who brought her here was surnamed Feng, and she was the fourth in the old abandoned house, so she gave herself this nickname. For years, the name Feng Si Niang has been echoing in the Jiangzhou underground, and Liu Ruihan, except for a few close friends, didn't know many people.

  But there is a reason why Fenghuang Corporation ranks first among the four major forces. The underground emperor of Jiangzhou City is Qingbang, and no one can replace him. In Ye Yizhe's view, she is such a beautiful but unassuming woman. In this atmosphere, it is impossible to make progress without relying on her beauty. However, judging from her character, she is not the kind of person who would sell her body.

  It wasn't until they chatted that he found out the husband who was rumored to have been killed by her, namely the man with the surname Feng, was actually the only son of the Qing Bang's elder, Feng Tian Nan. Although he also resented Feng Si Niang for making him send off a young life with an old one, she didn't know why, but Feng Tian Nan still secretly took care of her.

  With the Green Gang as her backing, who dares to oppose her?

  This is also why even someone like Han Shaokun didn't dare to make a move when faced with her aggressive questioning.

  When mentioning that man with the surname Feng, although Feng Si Niang only mentioned it in passing, Ye Yi Zhe noticed that her eyes still revealed a hint of sadness; she and he must have had deep feelings for each other.

  Ye Yizhe suddenly felt a pang of heartache for no reason at all.

  Three people drank and chatted, Wu Si Niang and Li Hu had a good relationship, because of Ye Yi Zhe's sake, they became even closer. Ye Yi Zhe, who was drinking for the first time, couldn't hold his liquor, after just a few cups he started to sway, so the other two stopped refilling his cup.

  It wasn't until midnight that Li Hu and Ye Yizhe left.

  "Really won't stay here with sister?" Feng Si Niang tapped Ye Yizhe's nose, saying with a flirtatious face, just this little wine she didn't react at all, only her cheeks were slightly flushed.

  If Ye Yizhe was sober, he would definitely shout "good" without hesitation, as he often said, refusing a beauty's invitation is worse than being a beast. But at this moment, he could barely stand upright and didn't notice the beautiful scene in front of him, only waving his hand as Li Hu left Fangfei.

  Li Hu's drinking wouldn't have any effect, but Jiangzhou is currently cracking down on drunk driving. Li Hu, who always abides by the principle of "one less thing is better than one more thing", naturally pulled Ye Yizhe to sit in the back seat and let his subordinates drive.

  Although he is the leader of the four major underground forces in Jiangzhou, the car that came to pick up Ye Yizhe today was a very business-like Audi A6, which had been out for a long time. The reason why such a low-key car was brought out was because he knew that A6 was Ye Yizhe's favorite.

  "Yèzi gē, you haven't got into trouble, have you?" Lǐ Hǔ asked with concern.

  Yi Zhe, who had been swaying in the car as it drove away from Fang Fei Bar, sat up straight and opened the window, saying: "It's okay, although I'm really drunk for the first time, I'm a bit dizzy, but that's alright, some fresh air will do me good."

  Li Hu didn't disturb him and let Ye Yizhe think alone.

  Is this what it means to have set foot in Jiangzhou's world?

  Ye Yizhe felt a bit bewildered, having just set foot on this land yesterday, and today he was drinking and making merry with two people from the four major underground forces in Jiangzhou. He had also made an enemy of another faction, and perhaps the Mu family was also investigating his news. Ye Yizhe couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, for in his view, he had only come to attend school and incidentally search for some past events.

  If there is a beauty, just take a few more glances, nothing else.

  Sister Gan? Hehe, where is it that easy to be, what Liu Ruihan truly thinks in her heart, how could he know so clearly?

  Headache.

  Rubbing his already slightly aching head due to the effects of alcohol, Ye Yizhe was in a daze when the car stopped.

  Yi Zhe got off the bus, and when Li Hu thought of coming down to see him off, he was pressed back in place: "It's late, I can do it myself, you go back and rest early too."

  Li Hu thought for a moment and then said: "Be careful, Yezi."

  Yi Zhe nodded, and Li Hu ordered his men to drive away. He wasn't without the thought of staying at Ye Zi's place, but thinking about it, Ye Zi was a person who feared trouble, and he had already caused him quite some trouble before even arriving, so if he really moved in, even if Ye Zi didn't say anything, he himself would feel embarrassed.

  After all, there are still so many subordinates to take care of, it's not a one-man battle, and even if you want to escape now, it's impossible. It's easy to get in, but it's not that simple to get out.

  Suddenly Li Hu discovered that although his relationship with Ye Zi Ge was still the same as before, willingly giving in, but between each other, there were many things that could never go back to the way they were before.

  But he didn't know that after Ye Yizhe got off the car, he didn't go back to the house directly, but instead walked slowly outside. Although he was still a bit drunk, the cool breeze had sobered him up quite a bit. He walked to a dark corner and said in a cold tone: "Stop sneaking around, come out."